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Top Model
Top Model (Next Top Model) is a global reality TV format originating with America's Next Top Model (2003), created and hosted by Tyra Banks; 24 ANTM cycles, licensed in over 100 territories with local versions in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and more.
Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake is a 2013 crime drama series by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, also known as Top of the Lake: China Girl for season 2, following detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) investigating a pregnant 12-year-old's disappearance in New Zealand.
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (TOTP) was the BBC's weekly UK singles chart show, broadcast 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006, featuring mimed performances, pop promos, and the number one single each week.
Top of the World (2026 film)
Top of the World (2026 film) is an American documentary short directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West about the Windows on the World restaurant atop the World Trade Center's North Tower, released by CNN Films for the September 11 attacks' 25th anniversary.
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, launched January 30, 1965 as Hot R&B LPs and renamed in 1999, weekly ranks US R&B and hip-hop albums by Luminate-compiled equivalent album units; Drake holds the record with 18 No. 1s.
Top Secret!
Top Secret! is a 1984 Paramount parody comedy by ZAZ (Abrahams, the Zucker brothers) spoofing Cold War spy films, WWII dramas, and Elvis musicals; Val Kilmer's film debut as Nick Rivers, a $8 million Pinewood production that underperformed but gained a cult following.
Top Shot
Top Shot is a History Channel reality competition series (premiered June 6, 2010) hosted by Colby Donaldson, in which 16 marksmen per season compete with historical weapons for a $100,000 prize; produced by Pilgrim Films & Television.
Top Stop Music
Top Stop Music is an American independent record label in Miami, founded in 2008 by Sergio George and Gregory Elias, best known for launching Prince Royce.
Topaz (1969 film)
Topaz (1969) is Alfred Hitchcock's Cold War espionage thriller for Universal, adapted from Leon Uris's novel, starring Frederick Stafford; notable for its $4 million budget, three filmed endings, and box office failure.
Toph Beifong
Toph Beifong (北方拓芙), the Blind Bandit, is a blind earthbending master from Avatar: The Last Airbender who teaches Aang, bends metal via seismic sense, later leads Republic City police, and appears in Korra, Netflix live action (Miya Cech), and games.
Topher DiMaggio
Topher DiMaggio, born Michael Romeo Christopher Fink, is an American gay adult film performer and underwear model, best known as Superman in a 2016 porn parody.
Topher Grace
Topher Grace (Christopher John Grace, born 1978) is an American actor known for Eric Forman on That '70s Show, Venom in Spider-Man 3, David Duke in BlacKkKlansman, and Home Economics.
Topi Shukla
Topi Shukla (टोपी शुक्ला) is a Hindi novel by Rahi Masoom Raza, published in 1969, following the friendship of a Hindu boy, Topi, and a Muslim boy, Iffan.
Topic
Topic, born Tobias Topić, is a German DJ and producer from Solingen known for his melancholic dance music and the 2019 multi-platinum hit "Breaking Me" with A7S.
Topkapi
Topkapi (1964) is Jules Dassin's comedy-heist film, adapted from Eric Ambler's The Light of Day, about thieves stealing an emerald dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace; Peter Ustinov won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Topkapi Dagger
The Topkapi Dagger is a jeweled 18th-century Ottoman ceremonial dagger made in 1746 for Sultan Mahmud I's gift to Nadir Shah of Iran, now displayed in Topkapi Palace's treasury.
Toplessness
Toplessness is the state of not covering the torso, especially female breast exposure in public or media. Covers etymology (1580–90), historical cultural norms from Egypt, Greece, and India, and US law: 34 states permit, 3 prohibit, courts mostly uphold female-only bans.
Toploader
Toploader: English rock band from Eastbourne formed 1997, known for the cover 'Dancing in the Moonlight' (No. 7 UK, one billion Spotify streams) and the triple-platinum debut album Onka's Big Moka (UK No. 4); split 2003, returned with Only Human in 2011.
Toplumcu gerçekçilik
Toplumcu gerçekçilik, or socialist realism, is a Marxist literary and artistic method made official Soviet doctrine in 1934 and strong in Turkish literature from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Toplumcu roman
The toplumcu roman (socialist realist novel), also called toplumcu gerçekçilik, is the Turkish novel written in the socialist realist manner, dominant from the Meşrutiyet period until roughly the 1980s.
Toplumsal gerçekçi şiir
Toplumsal gerçekçi şiir is social realist poetry, a current of Turkish poetry treating workers and class relations from a Marxist standpoint, begun by Nâzım Hikmet.
Topo Chico
Topo Chico is a carbonated mineral water bottled since 1895 at the Cerro del Topo Chico spring in Monterrey, Mexico, prized for its unusually strong carbonation.
Topo Gigio
Topo Gigio, Italian puppet mouse created by Maria Perego, debuted on RAI in 1959 with Domenico Modugno's voice and Peppino Mazzullo as its historic voice; famous on The Ed Sullivan Show and revived at Sanremo 2025.
Topper Guild
Topper Guild, American prank and stunt creator on TikTok and YouTube; 100M+ followers, 25B+ YouTube views, WME-represented, with the streaming series Topper Guild: Creator Essentials.
Topper Headon
Topper Headon (Nicholas Bowen Headon, born 1955), English drummer for the Clash 1977–1982; played on London Calling and Sandinista!, wrote and recorded "Rock the Casbah," dismissed for heroin addiction, later released the solo album Waking Up.
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy (1999) is Mike Leigh's British musical drama about Gilbert and Sullivan creating The Mikado, starring Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner; it won Oscars for costume design and makeup.
Toque
Toque is a brimless, close-fitting hat that covers several traditions. These include the tall, pleated chef's hat, women's fashion hats, and Canadian knitted winter caps.
TOQUEL
TOQUEL is the stage name of Klaudjo Dhespo, a Greek rapper of Albanian descent, born in 1994 and raised in Heraklion, Crete, and a leading figure in Greek trap.
Toquinho
Toquinho (Antônio Pecci Filho), born 1946 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian singer and guitarist known for bossa nova and MPB, especially his partnership with Vinicius de Moraes.
Tor Books
Tor Books, founded 1980 in New York by Tom Doherty as Tom Doherty Associates, is the flagship Macmillan SFF imprint; Locus best-publisher winner 1988–2024, home of Ender's Game and The Wheel of Time.