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UniMás

UniMás (formerly TeleFutura) is TelevisaUnivision's second US Spanish-language broadcast network, launched January 14, 2002, rebranded January 7, 2013, targeting Hispanics 18-34 with sports, dramas and reality from Televisa, Caracol and RTI.

Uninhabited Planet Survive! (無人惑星サヴァイヴ)

Uninhabited Planet Survive! (無人惑星サヴァイヴ, Mujin Wakusei Survive), aka Planet Survival: 52-episode NHK Educational TV anime (Oct 2003–Oct 2004) by Madhouse and Telecom Animation Film, directed by Yuichiro Yano, about seven teens and a robot cat stranded on an uninhabited planet.

Uninvited (2024 film)

Uninvited (2024) is a Philippine mystery crime thriller directed by Dan Villegas, written by Dodo Dayao, starring Vilma Santos, Aga Muhlach, and Nadine Lustre; an MMFF 2024 revenge film about a mother targeting the billionaire behind her daughter's death, released on Netflix in 2025.

Union (film)

Union (2024) is an American documentary by Stephen Maing and Brett Story about Chris Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union's campaign to unionize the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island; Sundance Special Jury Award winner and Oscar shortlist.

Union (Yes album)

Union (Yes album), 1991 Arista release, thirteenth Yes studio album merging the Big Generator lineup with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe as an octet; produced by Elias, Howe, Rabin, Offord; 84-date revolving-stage tour.

Union County (film)

Union County is a 2026 American docudrama by Adam Meeks, his feature debut adapted from his 2020 short, starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo as foster brothers in an Ohio drug court recovery program; Sundance premiere, Oscilloscope release, 95% Rotten Tomatoes.

Union J

Union J: British boy band formed on The X Factor UK series 9 in 2012 from trio Triple J plus George Shelley; finished fourth, RCA Records, two albums (2013, 2014), dissolved 2019, 2022 reunion.

Union Jack dress

The Union Jack dress is the flag mini dress Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) wore at the 1997 BRIT Awards, made by sewing a tea towel onto a Gucci dress; later auctioned for £41,000 and revived by Cavalli in 2007.

Union of Algerian Writers

The Union of Algerian Writers (اتحاد الكتّاب الجزائريّين, French: Union des écrivains algériens) is an Algerian cultural association founded in 1963 that gathers writers across all political and linguistic currents.

Union of Moroccan Writers

The Union of Moroccan Writers (اتحاد كتاب المغرب) is Morocco's national association of writers, launched in 1961 by Mohamed Aziz Lahbabi as an independent cultural organization.

Union Pacific

Union Pacific (1939) is Cecil B. DeMille's Paramount Western, from Ernest Haycox's Trouble Shooter, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea as allies defending transcontinental railroad construction from saboteurs; it won the 2002-retroactive 1939 Cannes Palme d'Or.

Union Town (film)

Union Town (2026) is Barbara Kopple's documentary completing her labor trilogy after Harlan County U.S.A. and American Dream, following New York UPS Teamsters, Amazon workers, and migrant deliveristas organizing, including the six-day 2024 Christmas Amazon strike; premiered at Venice 2026.

Uniq (band)

UNIQ (유니크) was a five-member Chinese-Korean boy group under Yuehua Entertainment, debuting October 2014 with Falling In Love; members Yixuan, Sungjoo, Wenhan, Seungyoun, and Yibo later pursued solo careers after a 2018 hiatus.

Uniq Poet

Uniq Poet is the stage name of Utsaha Joshi, a Nepali rapper and poet who rose out of the Kathmandu battle-rap league Raw Barz in the 2010s.

Uniqlo (ユニクロ)

Uniqlo (ユニクロ) is a Japanese casual clothing retail chain operated by Fast Retailing, which opened its first store in Hiroshima in 1984 and sells good-quality casual clothing at low prices through in-house planning and production.

Unique 3

Unique 3 is an English dance group from Bradford, West Yorkshire, formed in 1988, best known for the bleep techno singles "The Theme" and "Musical Melody".

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio) is a 1913 plaster sculpture by the Italian Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni, showing an armless striding figure fused with the air it displaces.

Unique Salonga

Unique Salonga is a Filipino singer-songwriter, born in 2000, who was the original lead singer of IV of Spades from 2014 to 2018 and released the acclaimed solo album Grandma in 2018.

Unis (유니스) (group)

UNIS (유니스) was an eight-member multinational K-pop girl group under F&F Entertainment, formed on SBS's Universe Ticket, debuting March 27, 2024 with We UNIS and disbanding September 26, 2026.

Unishe April

Unishe April (উনিশে এপ্রিল) is Rituparno Ghosh's 1994 Bengali drama about a dancer mother (Aparna Sen) and her daughter (Debashree Roy); it won the 1995 National Film Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Actress. Not the 2023 web series of the same name.

Unisphere

The Unisphere is a 140-foot stainless steel globe by Gilmore D. Clarke, built and donated by U.S. Steel for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; a 1995 NYC landmark with three satellite rings and 96 fountains.

Unit 7

Unit 7 (Grupo 7) is a 2012 Spanish police thriller by Alberto Rodríguez about a rogue Seville anti-drug squad before the 1992 Expo, starring Antonio de la Torre and Mario Casas, with 16 Goya nominations and two wins.

Unit operation

Unit operation: the basic step of an industrial or food process (mixing, heating, drying, filtration), based on momentum, heat, or mass transfer, subject to mass and energy conservation laws, distinct from whole process design.

UNITE HERE

UNITE HERE: North American labor union of about 300,000 hotel, gaming, food service, laundry, textile, and airport workers, formed by the 2004 merger of UNITE and HERE, AFL-CIO affiliated, led by president Gwen Mills since 2024.

UNITE with Tomorrowland Italy

UNITE with Tomorrowland Italy was the Italian edition of the UNITE satellite series linked to Tomorrowland in Belgium, held on 28 July 2018 at Parco di Monza near Milan.

United Abominations

United Abominations (2007) is Megadeth's eleventh studio album and first for Roadrunner Records, with Mustaine, the Drover brothers, and James LoMenzo; includes the Cristina Scabbia duet re-recording of À Tout le Monde.

United Artists

United Artists, also known as United Artists Corporation, is an American film company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith to distribute independent producers' films.

United Breweries Group

United Breweries Group (UB Group), Bengaluru-headquartered Indian brewing conglomerate founded 1915 by Thomas Leishman; built by the Mallya family, now with Heineken holding ~61.5% of United Breweries Limited, maker of Kingfisher beer, and Diageo controlling former flagship United Spirits.

United Federation of Planets

United Federation of Planets (UFP), the fictional interstellar government of Star Trek, founded 2161 in San Francisco by humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites; over 150 member worlds led by an elected president and council, served by Starfleet and governed by the Prime Directive.

United Food and Commercial Workers

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), North American labor union of 1.2 million grocery, meatpacking, retail, and food processing workers, formed by the 1979 merger of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and the Retail Clerks.