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Wilson Cruz
Wilson Cruz (born 1973, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and GLAAD national spokesperson; the first openly gay actor as an openly gay network-TV series regular, known for Rickie Vasquez in My So-Called Life and Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery.
Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Wilson Fisk, also known as the Kingpin, is a fictional New York crime lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio since 2015 in Daredevil.
Wilson Harris
Wilson Harris, born Theodore Wilson Harris (1921–2018), was a Guyanese novelist, poet, and critic, a former land surveyor whose experimental fiction, including the Guyana Quartet, departed from realism.
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born 1971, Brooklyn) is an American actor who originated Angel Dumott Schunard in Rent on Off-Broadway, Broadway, West End, and film, winning the 1996 Tony and Drama Desk Awards and a 1999 Olivier Award.
Wilson Martins
Wilson Martins (1921–2010) was a Brazilian literary critic, historian of ideas, and newspaper columnist, best known for the seven-volume História da inteligência brasileira and a weekly column that ran in Brazilian newspapers for decades.
Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips is an American vocal trio of Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson, and Chynna Phillips, daughters of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and the Mamas & the Papas' John and Michelle Phillips.
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett (1941–2006), "The Wicked Pickett," American soul and R&B singer from Prattville, Alabama; Atlantic Records star of "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally," "Land of 1,000 Dances"; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991.
Wilson Simoninha
Wilson Simoninha is a Brazilian MPB and soul singer, composer, and producer, son of singer Wilson Simonal, who debuted as a solo artist in 2000.
Wilson's Heart (House)
"Wilson's Heart" is the sixteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the medical drama House, first aired on Fox on May 19, 2008.
Wim Crouwel
Wim Crouwel, born Willem Crouwel (1928–2019), was a Dutch graphic designer and typographer who created New Alphabet and Gridnik and co-founded the studio Total Design in 1963.
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker who was a leading figure of the New German Cinema of the 1970s, known for films like Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire.
Wimpy (restaurant)
Wimpy, also Wimpy Bar or Wimpy Grills, is a hamburger chain founded in Indiana in 1934, named after Popeye's J. Wellington Wimpy. Now owned by South Africa's Famous Brands, it has about 544 South African restaurants and 61 table-service UK outlets.
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel, released by DreamWorks.
Win Butler
Win Butler (Edwin Farnham Butler III, born 1980, Truckee, California) is the American co-founder and frontman of Montreal's Arcade Fire, Grammy-winning for The Suburbs, married to Régine Chassagne until their announced 2025 separation.
Win or Lose (TV series)
Win or Lose is Pixar's first original long-form animated series, an 8-episode Disney+ show (premiered February 19, 2025) following the Pickles middle school softball team, with each episode retelling the week before their championship game from a different character's perspective.
Win Win
Win Win is a 2011 American comedy-drama directed by Tom McCarthy and co-written with Joe Tiboni, starring Paul Giamatti as a struggling New Jersey lawyer and wrestling coach; Fox Searchlight released it to 94-95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Win, Lose or Draw
Win, Lose or Draw is a drawing-based US game show co-created by Burt Reynolds and Bert Convy, airing on NBC and in syndication 1987–1990, with spinoffs in the UK, on Disney Channel, and as video games.
Winans family
The Winans family is a Detroit gospel dynasty founded by David "Pop" and Delores Winans, parents of the quartet The Winans, the duo BeBe & CeCe Winans, and the third-generation group Winans Phase 2.
Wincenty of Kielcza
Wincenty of Kielcza (Wincenty z Kielczy, c. 1200 – after 1261) was a Polish Dominican friar who wrote two lives of Saint Stanislaus and the hymn Gaude Mater Polonia.
Wincest
Wincest: fandom portmanteau of Winchester and incest for the Sam/Dean slash pairing in Supernatural; coined October 2005, among the fandom's most popular ships behind Destiel; generalized as slang for incest.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 (1950) is an Anthony Mann Western starring James Stewart as Lin McAdam, who wins a rare Winchester 1873 rifle in a Dodge City contest, loses it to Dutch Henry Brown, his father's killer brother, and pursues it across the West.
Winchester (film)
Winchester is a 2018 supernatural horror film by the Spierig brothers starring Helen Mirren as rifle heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook; partly shot at the real Winchester Mystery House, it earned $25.1 million and poor reviews.
Winchester Psalter
The Winchester Psalter, also called the Psalter of Henry of Blois, is an illuminated Romanesque psalter made at Winchester around 1150, famous for its 38 full-page miniatures.
Wind & Wuthering
Wind & Wuthering, Genesis's eighth studio album (Charisma, December 1976/January 1977), recorded in the Netherlands; second post-Gabriel LP, last with Steve Hackett, UK No. 7, final fully progressive Genesis album.
Wind and Truth
Wind and Truth (Viento y Verdad) is Brandon Sanderson's fifth Stormlight Archive novel, published December 6, 2024 by Tor. At about 491,000 words it closes the series' first five-book arc around Dalinar's contest of champions against Odium, debuted at #1 on the NYT list, and is the series' most divisive entry.
Wind Beneath My Wings
Wind Beneath My Wings, by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley, is a 1982 country ballad made famous by Bette Midler's Beaches version, a 1989 Hot 100 #1 and 1990 Grammy Song and Record of the Year winner.
Wind chime
A wind chime, also known as a wind-bell, is a percussion instrument of suspended tubes, rods, or bells rung by the wind and hung outside buildings as ornament.
Wind God and Thunder God Screens
Wind God and Thunder God Screens (Fūjin Raijin-zu byōbu) is a pair of 17th-century gold-leaf screens by Tawaraya Sotatsu, held at Kennin-ji temple in Kyoto.
Wind in the Pines Among Ten Thousand Valleys
Wind in the Pines Among Ten Thousand Valleys (萬壑松風圖) is a monumental 1124 landscape hanging scroll by the Song painter Li Tang, held in Taipei.
Wind instrument
Wind instrument: any instrument sounding by a vibrating air column, divided into woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone) and brasses by sound production, not material; bore physics, three exciter types, and 35,000-year-old flutes distinguish it.