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Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) was an Italian poet of the sixteenth century, best known for the pastoral play Aminta (1573) and the epic poem Gerusalemme liberata on the First Crusade.
Torque (film)
Torque (2004) is a Joseph Kahn action film starring Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, and Monet Mazur, a self-aware Fast & Furious parody with motorcycles; it grossed $46.5 million on a $40 million budget and scored 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Torrance Coombs
Torrance Coombs, Canadian-American actor born 1983 in Vancouver, known as Bash on Reign (2013–2016) and Thomas Culpepper on The Tudors; UBC BFA acting graduate.
Torrei Hart
Torrei Hart (born 1978, Philadelphia) is an American actress, comedian, producer, and TV personality, ex-wife of Kevin Hart; known for Turnt, Super Turnt, Atlanta Exes, Heavenly Hart Haircare, and the Brutally Honest podcast.
Torrente
Torrente is a Spanish comedy film franchise created by and starring Santiago Segura as José Luis Torrente, a racist, Franco-nostalgic ex-policeman. Beginning with Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (1998), it became Spain's most commercially successful film franchise.
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella is a 2001 Spanish comedy directed by Santiago Segura, second in the Torrente saga. Torrente opens a detective agency in Marbella against arms dealer Spinelli; it sold 5,321,969 tickets for €22.1 million.
Torrente for President
Torrente for President (Torrente Presidente) is a 2026 Spanish comedy, the sixth Torrente film, directed by and starring Santiago Segura, in which the ex-cop joins the populist NOX party; a record Spanish box-office hit released March 13, 2026.
Torrey DeVitto
Torrey DeVitto (born 1984), full name Torrey Joel DeVitto, is an American actress and former model known as Dr. Natalie Manning on Chicago Med, Melissa Hastings in Pretty Little Liars, and Dr. Meredith Fell in The Vampire Diaries; daughter of Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto.
Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson (Sarah Victoria Higginson), Canadian actress born 1969 in Burlington, Ontario; known for Dr. Elizabeth Weir on Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2008), Gemini-winning lead in Deep in the City, and The English Patient.
Torta
Torta: a Mexican sandwich on a bolillo or telera roll filled with meats, cheese, avocado, and chile; also Spanish for cake or pie, Italian for a round cake, and Portuguese for pie. Regional styles include cemitas, guacamayas, and tortas ahogadas.
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck portraying paisano drifters in a hillside district above Monterey, California, after World War I, his first successful novel.
Toru Dutt
Toru Dutt (1856–1877), Bengali poet, translator, and novelist of Calcutta; wrote in English and French; works include A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876), Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), and Le Journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers.
Toru Funamura
Toru Funamura (船村徹), born Fukuda Hiroo in 1932, was a Japanese enka composer who wrote thousands of songs including 'Ōshō' and received the Order of Culture in 2016.
Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹)
Tōru Furuya (古谷徹) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He has voiced many leading heroes, including Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam since 1979.
Toru Muranishi (村西とおる)
Toru Muranishi (村西とおる), born 1948 in Iwaki, Fukushima, is a Japanese AV director called the "Emperor of AV": about 3,000 titles, hametori and ekiben innovations, Diamond Visual, a 370-year US sentence request, and Netflix's The Naked Director model.
Tory Belleci
Tory Belleci (Salvatore Paul Belleci), American TV host and model maker born 1970 in Monterey, California; ILM model builder, MythBusters Build Team daredevil (2003-2014), later White Rabbit Project, The Explosion Show, Motor MythBusters, Mythfits podcast.
Tory Burch
Tory Burch: American luxury lifestyle brand founded in 2004 by designer Tory Burch, known for the Reva ballet flat, Double T logo, accessible-luxury positioning, near-$2 billion 2023 revenue, and the Tory Burch Foundation for women entrepreneurs.
Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez (Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson), Canadian rapper and singer born 1992 in Ontario; fuses rap and R&B. Debut I Told You (2016) Top Ten in Canada and US with multi-platinum "Say It" and Grammy-nominated "Luv"; serving a ten-year prison sentence for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
Tosa Mitsunobu
Tosa Mitsunobu (土佐光信, active 1469 to about 1525) was a Japanese Muromachi-period painter who headed the court Painting Office and established the Tosa school of classical courtly painting.
Tosa Mitsuoki
Tosa Mitsuoki (土佐光起, 1617–1691) was a Japanese painter of the early Edo period who revived the Tosa school of yamato-e in Kyoto, restoring his family's hereditary court painting post in 1654.
Tosa Nikki
Tosa Nikki (土佐日記, "The Tosa Diary") is a Japanese travel diary attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki, written in kana and regarded as the first kana diary.
Tosa school
The Tosa school (土佐派, Tosa-ha) is a school of Japanese painters that carried on the native yamato-e court tradition from the 15th century to the end of the Edo period.
Tosca
Tosca, Puccini's 1900 three-act opera with libretto by Illica and Giacosa after Sardou's La Tosca, premiered at Rome's Teatro Costanzi; a verismo thriller about Floria Tosca, Cavaradossi, and Scarpia, famous for "Vissi d'arte".
Tosca Musk
Tosca Musk (born 1974, Pretoria) is a South African-born filmmaker, sister of Elon Musk, and cofounder-CEO of Passionflix, a 2017 streaming service adapting romance novels for the female gaze, with budgets under $10 million and 15-day shoots.
Tosh.0
Tosh.0 (also written TOSH.0), an American Comedy Central clip-comedy series hosted by Daniel Tosh, ran 12 seasons from June 4, 2009 to 2020 and featured viral-video commentary plus its signature Web Redemption segment.
Toshi (Japanese singer)
Toshi (Toshimitsu Deyama, 出山利三), born 1965 in Chiba Prefecture, is a Japanese singer best known as lead vocalist of the rock band X Japan, which he left in 1997.
Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳慧)
Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳慧), 1933–2022, Japanese composer and pianist of Kobe birth and Tokyo death; Cage student, Yoko Ono's first husband, Fluxus figure, and composer of indeterminate, traditional-instrument, and ten symphonic works.
Toshi Sabri
Toshi Sabri, born Muhammad Ovez Sabri, is an Indian playback singer and composer known for "Maahi" (2009) and for the duo Shaarib–Toshi with his brother Sharib.
Toshi Seeger
Toshi Seeger (Toshi Aline Ohta, 1922–2013), American festival organizer, filmmaker, and environmental activist; co-founder of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, producer of Rainbow Quest, and Pete Seeger's career partner for seven decades.
Toshihiko Seki (関俊彦)
Toshihiko Seki (関俊彦), born 1962 in Tochigi, is a Japanese voice actor with 81 Produce known as Momotaros in Kamen Rider Den-O, Doi Hansuke in Nintama Rantaro, Genjyo Sanzo in Saiyuki, and Muzan in Demon Slayer.