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Wonderwall Music

Wonderwall Music, George Harrison's 1968 soundtrack to Joe Massot's film Wonderwall, was the first solo album by a Beatle and the first Apple Records LP, blending Indian classical and Western rock instrumentals.

Wonderwell

Wonderwell (2023) is a fantasy drama directed by Vlad Marsavin, starring Carrie Fisher in her final role as the witch Hazel, with Rita Ora and Kiera Milward; filmed in Italy in 2016, released June 23, 2023 by Vertical Entertainment.

WondLa (TV series)

WondLa is a Skydance Animation animated sci-fi series on Apple TV+, adapted from Tony DiTerlizzi's The Search for WondLa trilogy, showrun by Bobs Gannaway. Three seasons ran 2024-2025, following Eva Nine on the alien world Orbona, ending November 26, 2025.

Wong Bik-wan

Wong Bik-wan (黄碧云; Huang Biyun), born in Hong Kong in 1961, is a Hong Kong novelist, essayist, and former journalist who won the 2014 Dream of the Red Chamber Award.

Wong Fei Hung Series

Wong Fei Hung Series (黃飛鴻新傳) is a 1995–1996 Hong Kong–Chinese television film series of five four-episode stories about folk hero Wong Fei-hung, produced by Tsui Hark for ATV and starring Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo, Maggie Shiu, and Max Mok.

Wong Fu Productions

Wong Fu Productions, founded 2003 by Philip Wang, Wesley Chan, and Ted Fu, is an independent digital studio and YouTube channel (3M+ subscribers) known for Asian American shorts like "Strangers, Again," the Netflix film "Everything Before Us," and the 2026 self-financed feature "Sung."

Wong Ka Kui (黄家驹)

Wong Ka Kui, also known as Huang Jiaju, was a Hong Kong singer and co-founder of the rock band Beyond. He was a lead vocalist and chief songwriter.

Wong Kar-wai (王家卫)

Wong Kar-wai (王家卫), born 1958 in Shanghai, is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. Known for Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, and Happy Together, he was the first Hong Kong director to win Cannes Best Director (1997) and chaired the 2006 Cannes jury.

Wonhee (이원희)

Wonhee (원희, Lee Won-hee, born 2007, Busan) is the ILLIT center and lead vocalist under Belift Lab who won R U Next? with about 3.3 million votes and debuted March 25, 2024 with SUPER REAL ME and "Magnetic"; distinct from the producer Youngwonhee.

Wonho

Wonho (원호), legal name Lee Ho-seok, is a South Korean singer who debuted with Monsta X in 2015 and went solo in 2020 under Highline Entertainment.

Wonka (film)

Wonka (2023) is a Paul King musical fantasy origin story of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet with Hugh Grant and Olivia Colman; it grossed $218.4 million domestically for Warner Bros.

Wonka (soundtrack)

Wonka (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the 2023 WaterTower Music album for Paul King's Wonka film: 24 tracks, 56 minutes, songs by Neil Hannon with score by Joby Talbot, recorded at Abbey Road and AIR Studios, reprising Pure Imagination and Oompa Loompa.

Wonka Bar

Wonka Bar: fictional chocolate bar from Roald Dahl's 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, made real by Quaker Oats for the 1971 film, later Nestlé, now Ferrero with a 2026 Netflix-tied relaunch.

Wonton

Wonton (馄饨, húntun; Cantonese 云吞, Sichuan 抄手) is a Chinese dumpling of minced pork or shrimp in a thin square wheat wrapper, boiled and served in broth or with chili oil; recorded since the Western Han and split from jiaozi by the Tang dynasty.

Wonwoo (전원우)

Wonwoo (전원우), born Jeon Won-woo in 1996, is the lead rapper of SEVENTEEN's hip-hop team, half of the JxW subunit, and a solo artist whose birthday releases include GOGAE and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter; he has served as a social service worker since April 2025.

Wonyoungism

Wonyoungism (원영이즘) is a TikTok self-improvement trend from 2023 built around IVE singer Jang Wonyoung, covering skincare, pink aesthetics, and discipline; it drew criticism for promoting eating disorders among young fans.

Woo Da-vi (우다비)

Woo Da-vi (우다비) is a South Korean actress born in 1999, known for playing Hong Ju-ran in the 2024 tvN series Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born.

Woo Jinyoung (D1CE)

Woo Jinyoung (우진영) is a South Korean rapper who won MIXNINE, debuted with the boy group D1CE in 2019, and released the solo mini album 3-2=A in 2021.

Woochi

Woochi (전우치, Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard) is Choi Dong-hoon's 2009 Korean fantasy action film starring Gang Dong-won, in which a framed Joseon wizard sealed in a scroll fights goblins in 2009 Seoul; it drew 6.13 million admissions.

Wood (song)

Wood (2025) is a Taylor Swift song, track 9 on The Life of a Showgirl, written with Max Martin and Shellback. A disco-tinged double entendre about Travis Kelce and superstitions, it debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Wood carving

Wood carving: subtractive craft of shaping wood with knives, chisels, and gouges into sculpture, relief, ornament, and functional objects; also called Holzschnitzerei. Covers tool profiles, wood selection, chip and relief carving, and cultural traditions.

Wood Harris

Wood Harris (Sherwin David Harris, born 1969, Chicago) is an American actor known as Avon Barksdale on HBO's The Wire, Julius Campbell in Remember the Titans, Ace in Paid in Full, and Tony 'Little Duke' Burton in the Creed films.

Woodblock printing in Japan

Woodblock printing in Japan (mokuhanga, ukiyo-e woodblock prints): a relief printing technique arriving in the 8th century, maturing into Edo-period multicolor nishiki-e after Harunobu's 1765 breakthrough, produced by publisher, designer, carver, and printer.

Woodcut

Woodcut (xylography) is a relief printmaking technique carving a design into a plank of wood, inked and printed from the raised surface; oldest print method, from China, with chiaroscuro, ukiyo-e, and linocut relatives.

Woodcutters

Woodcutters (Holzfällen) is a 1984 novel by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, recounting an artistic dinner in Vienna that sparked one of Austria's largest literary scandals.

Wooden Horse and Lady

"Wooden Horse and Lady" (목마와 숙녀, Mokma wa suknyeo) is a 1955 poem by Korean modernist poet Park In-hwan and his best-known work, expressing urban postwar sorrow through lyrical imagery.

Woodford Reserve

Woodford Reserve: Brown-Forman's Kentucky straight bourbon, launched 1996 at the historic Labrot & Graham distillery in Versailles; 72/18/10 mash bill, triple pot distillation, 90.4 proof, Official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby since 1999.

Woodlawn (film)

Woodlawn (2015) is a faith-based sports drama by the Erwin brothers, starring Sean Astin, Caleb Castille, and Jon Voight, about the 1973 spiritual revival of Birmingham's desegregated Woodlawn High School football team and star Tony Nathan.

Woods and Valleys of Yushan

Woods and Valleys of Yushan (虞山林壑图) is a hanging scroll by the Yuan dynasty painter Ni Zan, painted in 1371 and held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Woodstock

Woodstock, billed as the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, was a 1969 music festival on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, drawing about 450,000 people.