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Vṛndāvana Dāsa
Vṛndāvana Dāsa (वृन्दावन दास) was a sixteenth-century Bengali Vaiṣṇava poet and disciple of Nityānanda who wrote the Chaitanya Bhagavata, the first full-length Bangla hagiography of Krishna Chaitanya.
Vrusshabha
Vrusshabha (വൃഷഭ), also spelled Vrushabha, is a 2025 Malayalam-Telugu bilingual fantasy action drama directed by Nanda Kishore, starring Mohanlal as a reincarnated king; released 25 December 2025, it grossed ₹2.16 crore worldwide and received largely negative reviews.
Vs. (Pearl Jam album)
Vs. (1993) is Pearl Jam's second studio album, produced by Brendan O'Brien at The Site in Nicasio; it debuted at number 1 on Billboard with 950,378 copies in five days, a five-year record, and is 7x platinum.
Vsauce
Vsauce is an American educational YouTube network created by Michael Stevens in 2010, with channels including Vsauce2 and Vsauce3 that together report over 25 million subscribers.
Vsesvit
Vsesvit (Ukrainian: Всесвіт, meaning Universe) is a Ukrainian monthly journal of foreign literature, founded in Kharkiv in January 1925 and known as the oldest Ukrainian literary magazine still in publication.
Vsevolod Garshin
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (1855 to 1888) was a Russian short-story writer famous for "Four Days" and "The Red Flower", admired for tales of war, injustice, and mental illness.
Vsevolod Meyerhold (Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд)
Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold (Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд), born Karl Kazimir Theodor Mayergold, Russian and Soviet theatre director, MAT actor, creator of biomechanics, head of the Meyerhold State Theatre (1920–1938), executed 1940, rehabilitated 1955.
VTSS
VTSS is the performing name of Martyna Maja, a Polish-born DJ, producer, and singer of hard, rave-influenced techno who emerged from Warsaw's underground in the late 2010s.
VTuber
VTuber (virtual YouTuber): a live streamer performing through a motion-tracked 2D or 3D avatar. Started by Kizuna AI in 2016; now a billion-dollar industry led by agencies Hololive and Nijisanji.
VTV Ganesh
VTV Ganesh (விடிவி கணேஷ்), born 1961 in Villupuram, is a Tamil film actor, comedian, and producer named after Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010); runs VTV Productions, works in Telugu films, and dubs for Tamil releases.
Vũ Ngọc Phan
Vũ Ngọc Phan (1902–1987) was a Vietnamese writer, literary critic, and folklorist, author of Nhà văn hiện đại and Tục ngữ, ca dao, dân ca Việt Nam.
Vũ Trọng Phụng
Vũ Trọng Phụng (1912–1939) was a Vietnamese writer and journalist, a leading realist figure best known for the satirical novels Số đỏ (Dumb Luck) and Trúng số độc đắc.
Vũ.
Vũ. is the stage name of Hoàng Thái Vũ (born 1995), a Vietnamese singer-songwriter from Hanoi known for stripped-down acoustic indie pop and nicknamed the Prince of Vietnamese indie.
Vuk Award
The Vuk Award (Вукова награда) is an annual Serbian cultural award established in 1964 by the Cultural and Educational Community of Serbia, honoring the legacy of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.
Vuk Karadžić
Vuk Karadžić (Вук Караџић, 1787–1864) was a Serbian philologist who reformed the Serbian alphabet and literary language, collected folk songs, and wrote the first Serbian dictionary in 1818.
Vulcan (Marvel Comics)
Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) is a Marvel Comics mutant, third Summers brother of Cyclops and Havok, introduced in X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006) and later Emperor of the Shi'ar in War of Kings.
Vulcan (Star Trek)
Vulcans are Star Trek's logical, emotion-suppressing humanoid species from the desert planet Vulcan orbiting 40 Eridani A, founded on Surak's teachings, known for Spock, the mind meld, katras, and the Vulcan salute, and distinct from the real-world 19th-century planet Vulcan hypothesis.
Vulcan nerve pinch
Vulcan nerve pinch (also Vulcan neck pinch), fictional Star Trek technique rendering humanoids unconscious via pressure between neck and shoulder; invented by Leonard Nimoy for "The Enemy Within"; distinct from the nonexistent "Vulcan death grip" bluff.
Vulcan salute
Vulcan salute: split-fingered hand greeting of Star Trek's Spock, devised by Leonard Nimoy from the Jewish Kohanim blessing, first seen in 1967's "Amok Time" with "Live long and prosper".
Vulcanizadora
Vulcanizadora is a 2024 American indie film by Joel Potrykus, premiering at Tribeca, in which Potrykus and Joshua Burge reprise their Buzzard characters Marty and Derek on a disturbing pact in the Michigan woods; not the Mexican tire-shop term vulcanizadora.
Vulfpeck
Vulfpeck is an American funk band formed in 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss, and Joe Dart; known for Sleepify, independent Vulf Records releases, and sold-out Madison Square Garden shows.
Vulgar auteurism
Vulgar auteurism (V.A.) is an early-2010s online film-critical tendency, coined skeptically by Andrew Tracy, applying auteur theory to dismissed genre directors like Paul W.S. Anderson, Michael Bay, and Tony Scott.
Vulgar Display of Power
Vulgar Display of Power, Pantera's sixth studio album (Atco, February 25, 1992), defined groove metal with Terry Date producing at Pantego Sound Studio; it peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200 and is certified 2x Platinum.
Vulgaria (低俗喜剧)
Vulgaria, also known as 低俗喜劇, is a 2012 Hong Kong black comedy by Pang Ho-cheung that satirizes the film industry through a producer's deal with a triad boss.
Vulnicura
Vulnicura, Björk's ninth album (One Little Indian, 20 January 2015), a breakup record about her split with Matthew Barney, arranged in a dated timeline, with strings by Björk and production by Arca and The Haxan Cloak.
Vulture (Marvel Comics)
Vulture (Marvel Comics): Adrian Toomes, elderly electronics engineer and Spider-Man foe with an electromagnetic flight harness, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #2 (1963), founding Sinister Six member, later played by Michael Keaton in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Vultures 1
Vultures 1 is the 2024 debut album by ¥$, the duo of Ye (Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign; 15 tracks on YZY, Billboard 200 No. 1, hit CARNIVAL, FUGA distribution dispute, Donna Summer lawsuit.
Vultures 2
Vultures 2 (VULTURES 2), second studio album by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign), surprise-released August 3, 2024 on YZY; 16 tracks, 49 minutes; debuted No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 107,000 units and was updated on streaming after release.
Vulvodynia (band)
Vulvodynia (band): South African deathcore/brutal death metal band from Durban, formed 2014, named for the vulvar pain condition. Albums include Psychosadistic Design, Mob Justice, Praenuntius Infiniti, Entabeni.
Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (ఉన్నది ఒకటే జిందగీ), also spelled Vunnadi Okate Zindagi, is a 2017 Telugu romantic drama directed by Kishore Tirumala, starring Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameswaran, Lavanya Tripathi, and Sree Vishnu; released 27 October 2017, it earned about Rs 17 crore share and was below average.