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Tincture (heraldry)

Tincture (heraldry), also called heraldic tinctures or heraldic colours: the metals (or, argent), colours (gules, azure, sable, vert, purpure) and furs (ermine, vair) of coats of arms, governed by the rule of tincture.

Tindersticks

Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band formed in Nottingham in 1992 from Asphalt Ribbons, led by baritone singer Stuart A. Staples, known for orchestral chamber pop and a decades-long film-score collaboration with director Claire Denis.

Tineke Younger

Tineke "Tini" Younger, also TinekeYounger, is an American TikTok chef from Frederick, Maryland, known for her viral mac and cheese, Next Level Chef season 2, and the cookbook Today We Are Cooking.

Tingatinga

Tingatinga is a Tanzanian school of painting founded in Dar es Salaam in 1968 by Edward Saidi Tingatinga, known for flat, bright colors and bold black outlines.

Tini (singer)

Tini (Martina Alejandra Stoessel Muzlera, born 1997, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Latin-pop singer and actress, star of Disney's Violetta (2012-2015), solo albums TINI (2016) through Un mechón de pelo (2024), and the 2026 FUTTTURA World Tour.

Tini Gessler

Tini Gessler is a German-born DJ and producer of house and techno, raised in Sitges, Spain, and an elrow resident DJ since 2017 who has released on Drumcode and Toolroom.

Tinie Tempah

Tinie Tempah, real name Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu Jr (born 1988), is a British rapper from Plumstead, south London. Seven UK No 1 singles 2010-2020, two Brit Awards, albums Disc-Overy, Demonstration, Youth; founder of Disturbing London.

Tinikling

Tinikling is a Philippine folk dance from Leyte in which dancers step between bamboo poles struck on the ground, imitating the tikling bird and avoiding the traps it evades.

Tink (musician)

Tink (Trinity Laure'Ale Home, born 1995) is a Chicago-area R&B singer and rapper from Calumet City, Illinois, known for the Winter's Diary mixtapes, the shelved Timbaland album Think Tink, and independent albums including Thanks 4 Nothing.

Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell, also Tinkerbell, is J. M. Barrie's fairy from Peter Pan (1904 play, 1911 novel), humanized by Disney's 1953 animated film; designed by Marc Davis, modeled on Margaret Kerry, later star of the 2008–2015 Disney Fairies films.

Tinker Bell (film series)

The Tinker Bell film series is a set of six direct-to-video computer-animated fantasy films produced by DisneyToon Studios from 2008 to 2015 as part of the Disney Fairies franchise.

Tinker Bell (film)

Tinker Bell (2008) is a DisneyToon Studios computer-animated film directed by Bradley Raymond, the first Disney Fairies movie and the first in which Tinker Bell speaks, voiced by Mae Whitman, released on DVD October 28, 2008.

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) is DisneyToon Studios' sixth Disney Fairies film, directed by Steve Loter, focusing on animal fairy Fawn (Ginnifer Goodwin) befriending the beast Gruff in Pixie Hollow.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is John le Carré's 1974 novel, first of the Karla Trilogy, in which George Smiley hunts a Soviet mole in MI6's Circus; adapted in the 1979 BBC serial with Alec Guinness and the 2011 film with Gary Oldman.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) is Tomas Alfredson's Cold War spy thriller adapted from John le Carré's 1974 novel, starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley hunting a Soviet mole in MI6; it won two BAFTAs from eleven nominations and earned an 85 Metascore.

Tinkerer (Marvel Comics)

Tinkerer (Phineas Mason), aka Terrible Tinkerer, is a Marvel Comics Spider-Man villain created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Spider-Man #2 (1963); an elderly electronics technician who builds and repairs weapons for villains, with Ultimate version Elijah Stern and MCU, Miles Morales game adaptations.

Tinlicker

Tinlicker is a Dutch electronic music group from Utrecht, formed in 2012 by Micha Heyboer and Jordi van Achthoven, known for the billion-stream track "Because You Move Me".

Tinnu Anand

Tinnu Anand (टिन्नू आनंद), born Virender Raj Anand, is an Indian actor-director of Hindi cinema, son of writer Inder Raj Anand, who directed Amitabh Bachchan in Kaalia, Shahenshah, Main Azaad Hoon and Major Saab after assisting Satyajit Ray on five films.

Tinsel

Tinsel: glittering thin strips or threads of metal or metal-coated plastic; originally a mid-15th-century English name for costly cloth interwoven with gold or silver thread, from Old French estincelle, spark.

Tinsel Town (film)

Tinsel Town is a 2025 Sky Original Christmas comedy directed by Chris Foggin, starring Kiefer Sutherland as washed-up action star Bradley Mack and Rebel Wilson as choreographer Jill, filmed in Yorkshire and released November 28, 2025 in the US and December 5, 2025 on Sky Cinema.

Tinsley Mortimer

Tinsley Mortimer (Tinsley Randolph Mercer), American socialite and reality personality, RHONY Seasons 9–12, starred in High Society (2010), founded Samantha Thavasa handbag line, now lives in Augusta, Georgia, with husband Robert Bovard.

Tintin (character)

Tintin is the young Belgian reporter hero of Hergé's 24-album series The Adventures of Tintin, first published 10 January 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième, accompanied by his fox terrier Snowy (Milou) and cast including Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus.

Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass (Giovanni Brass, born 26 March 1933) is an Italian director of Venetian origin, avant-garde debut in 1963, known for Swinging London films, Salon Kitty, the disputed Caligula, and Tanizaki-adapted erotic films.

Tintoretto

Tintoretto, born Jacopo Robusti (1518 or 1519–1594), was a Venetian painter of the 16th century, known for dynamic compositions and his great cycle at the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice.

Tintype

Tintype (ferrotype, melainotype): a 19th-century direct-positive photograph made by the wet collodion process on black-lacquered iron, patented 1856–1857, cheap and fast, used for Civil War portraits and revived by contemporary artists on aluminum.

Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things is a 2023 Hulu drama miniseries, also called the Dear Sugar series, adapted by Liz Tigelaar from Cheryl Strayed's 2012 advice-column book, starring Kathryn Hahn as Clare, an alternate-reality Strayed who never hiked the Pacific Crest Trail.

Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer: 1971 Elton John song with Bernie Taupin lyrics, opening Madman Across the Water, recorded at Trident Studios; a US #41 single revived by Almost Famous and later covers.

Tiny Desk Concerts

Tiny Desk Concerts: NPR Music's intimate live video series, created by Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson in 2008 after a Laura Gibson SXSW show; no Auto-Tune, artists behind Boilen's desk, 1,100+ tapings, Tiny Desk Contest since 2015.

Tiny Jesus

Tiny Jesus, also called Little Jesus or Mini Jesus, is a pocket-size Jesus figurine with outstretched arms, hidden in public places as playful Christian outreach; distinct from king cake babies.

Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is Stone Temple Pilots' third album, released March 26, 1996 on Atlantic; 12 glam- and psychedelic-leaning tracks, produced by Brendan O'Brien, reaching No. 4 in the US.