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White-Robed Guanyin
White-Robed Guanyin (Chinese: Baiyi Guanyin, 白衣观音) is a form of the bodhisattva Guanyin depicted in white robes, typically seated on a rock beside water with a willow vase.
Whitearmor
Whitearmor (Ludwig Rosenberg) is a Swedish producer and member of Drain Gang with Bladee, Ecco2k, and Thaiboy Digital, formed 2013. Known for cloud-rap production, the 2022 solo album In the Abyss: Music for Weddings, and producing Bladee's Sulfur Surfer.
Whitecaps (The Sopranos)
Whitecaps is the season 4 finale (episode 52) of HBO's The Sopranos, aired December 8, 2002. Written by David Chase, Robin Green, and Mitchell Burgess, directed by John Patterson, it ends Tony and Carmela's marriage after Irina exposes his affair with Svetlana.
Whitechapel (band)
Whitechapel is an American deathcore band formed in 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee, known for a three-guitar lineup and albums ranging from brutal early deathcore to the melodic work of 2019 through 2025.
Whitechapel (TV series)
Whitechapel is a British ITV crime drama (2009-2013, Carnival Films) created by Ben Court and Caroline Ip, in which DI Chandler, DS Miles, and adviser Edward Buchan solve modern East End murders echoing historical crimes such as Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins.
Whiteout (2009 film)
Whiteout is a 2009 Antarctic murder mystery thriller directed by Dominic Sena, starring Kate Beckinsale as a U.S. Marshal solving Antarctica's first homicide before winter sets in.
Whitesnake
Whitesnake is the British hard rock band founded in 1978 by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale; its blues rock era gave way to MTV-era success with Slide It In and the eight-million-selling 1987 album before Coverdale's 2025 retirement.
Whitesnake (album)
The 1987 album Whitesnake transformed the British hard rock band into international superstars. It achieved double platinum status with hits like "Here I Go Again."
Whitesnake discography
Whitesnake discography: recorded output of David Coverdale's British hard rock band, formed 1978 after his White Snake solo album. 13 studio albums from Trouble (1978) to Flesh & Blood (2019), plus the 8x platinum 1987 album and later reissue campaigns.
Whitewashing in film
Whitewashing in film is casting white actors in non-white roles, from silent-era blackface and yellowface through The Good Earth, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Ghost in the Shell, with modern backlash, actor withdrawals, and blackwashing debates.
Whitework embroidery
Whitework embroidery is embroidery worked in white thread on white fabric, where texture carries the design; named traditions include broderie anglaise, Ayrshire work, Mountmellick, Hardanger, and chikankari.
Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber (born 1945) is an American author of the horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and of Communion (1987), the best-selling abduction account that made him ufology's most prominent experiencer.
Whitman Mayo
Whitman Blount Mayo (1930–2001), American actor, played Grady Wilson on NBC's Sanford and Son, starred in the 1975 spinoff Grady and Sanford Arms, later taught drama at Clark Atlanta University.
Whitney (album)
Whitney (1987) is Whitney Houston's second studio album on Arista, the first by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, with four Hot 100 #1 singles, over 20 million copies sold, and Diamond certification.
Whitney (TV series)
Whitney is the NBC multi-camera sitcom created by and starring Whitney Cummings, running 2011–2013, about a woman keeping her live-in relationship with Alex (Chris D'Elia) from going stale; canceled after two seasons.
Whitney Able
Whitney Able (born 1982, Houston, Texas) is an American indie film actress, lead in Gareth Edwards's Monsters (2010) as Sam and Chloe in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane; not the National Able Network.
Whitney Avalon
Whitney Avalon (born Whitney Sara Cohen, 1981) is an American actress, singer, and YouTube creator known for the Princess Rap Battle series, Phineas and Ferb songwriting, and roles on St. Denis Medical and Days of Our Lives.
Whitney Blake
Whitney Blake, born Nancy Ann Whitney (1926–2002), was an American actress who played Dorothy Baxter on Hazel for four seasons and later co-created the sitcom One Day at a Time.
Whitney Cummings
Whitney Cummings, American comedian and creator-star of NBC's Whitney and co-creator of CBS's 2 Broke Girls; six stand-up specials, Good For You podcast, EP on Roseanne, 2026 Big Baby tour.
Whitney Dean
Whitney Dean, credited as Whitney Carter during her marriage to Lee Carter, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Shona McGarty from 2008 to 2024 and briefly in 2026.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston, "The Voice" (1963–2012), American singer from Newark, New Jersey; six Grammys, 200+ million records, seven consecutive No. 1 singles, The Bodyguard soundtrack, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Whitney Houston (album)
Whitney Houston (1985), Whitney Houston's debut studio album on Arista, produced by Kashif, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Masser, and Narada Michael Walden; 25 million sold, four Hot 100 No. 1 singles, RIAA Diamond.
Whitney Houston albums discography
Whitney Houston albums discography: seven lifetime studio albums (Whitney Houston 1985 to I Look to You 2009), the Bodyguard soundtrack (45 million copies, biggest-selling soundtrack ever), The Preacher's Wife (best-selling gospel album), three RIAA Diamond albums, and posthumous releases including WH1TNEY.
Whitney Houston singles discography
Whitney Houston singles discography: the released singles of the American singer, with 11 Billboard Hot 100 number ones including a record seven consecutive streak, four UK number one singles, and posthumous releases such as Higher Love and the Clean Bandit How Will I Know remix.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a 2022 American musical biopic directed by Kasi Lemmons and written by Anthony McCarten, starring Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston.
Whitney Leavitt
Whitney Leavitt, American reality TV personality and dancer, original cast member of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (MomTok), DWTS season 34 with Mark Ballas, Broadway Roxie Hart in Chicago, leaving the show after season 5.
Whitney Miller
Whitney Miller, also Whitney Miller-Humphrey, is an American chef and cookbook author who won the first US MasterChef in 2010 at age 22, then was no longer the youngest winner.
Whitney Port
Whitney Eve Port, American reality TV personality and designer, original The Hills cast member (2006), star of The City (2008-2010), founder of Whitney Eve, host of the With Whit podcast.
Whitney Rose (TV personality)
Whitney Rose (born 1986) is an American reality TV personality, original cast member of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City since 2020, founder of Wild Rose Beauty, ex-Mormon, and third cousin of Heather Gay; she filed for divorce from Justin Rose in October 2026.
Whitney Springs
Whitney Springs (working title) is an undated Paramount musical comedy directed by Trey Parker, written by Vernon Chatman, and produced by Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, Parker, and Matt Stone, about a slave-reenactor intern; delayed from July 2025 and March 2026.