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Yakety Sax
Yakety Sax, also called the Benny Hill theme, is an instrumental saxophone tune by Boots Randolph and Spider Rich, inspired by Yakety Yak, a 1963 US Top Forty hit famous for slapstick chase scenes.
Yakhal'inkomo
Yakhal'inkomo, a Nguni title meaning "the cry of the cow", is the first poetry collection by South African poet Mongane Wally Serote, published in 1972 and winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize.
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt (Enos Edward Canutt, 1895-1986), champion rodeo cowboy from Colfax, Washington, who became Hollywood's premier stuntman, doubled for John Wayne and Clark Gable, staged the Stagecoach transfer and Ben-Hur chariot race, and earned an Honorary Oscar.
Yakiniku (焼肉)
Yakiniku (焼肉), Japanese tabletop grilled meat with Korean origins from bulgogi and galbi, developed by Zainichi Koreans in postwar black markets; named in the 1950s, with 20,997 restaurants by 2004.
Yakitori (焼き鳥)
Yakitori (焼き鳥, やきとり) is Japanese grilled chicken on skewers, seasoned with shio salt or tare soy glaze and grilled over binchotan charcoal; the word also covers pork and offal skewers, and it is a subset of kushiyaki.
Yakiv Stepovy
Yakiv Stepovy (Яків Степовий), born Yakiv Yakymenko, was a Ukrainian composer and music critic who helped found a national Ukrainian musical school, dying in Kyiv in 1921.
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are the Warner siblings, cartoon stars of Animaniacs (1993–1998; 99 episodes). Created by Tom Ruegger, voiced by Paulsen, Harnell, MacNeille, rebooted on Hulu 2020–2023.
Yakov Polonsky
Yakov Polonsky (Яков Петрович Полонский) was a Russian poet and prose writer who lived from 1819 to 1898, known for the lyric "My campfire shines in the mist."
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис)
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис, born Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, 1951, Odessa) is a Soviet-born American comedian, 'What a country!' catchphrase, 1986–87 sitcom, Branson theater, Pepperdine doctorate 2019.
Yakov Zak
Yakov Zak was a Soviet pianist and teacher, born in Odessa, who won first prize at the 1937 Chopin Competition in Warsaw and taught for four decades at the Moscow Conservatory.
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ)
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ) is Karnataka's coastal all-night dance-drama, blending dance, music, improvised dialogue, and elaborate costume; styles include Badagu Thittu and Thenku Thittu, with related forms Talamaddale and Gombeyata.
Yakshaganam
Yakshaganam (యక్షగానము) is a Telugu musical dance-drama genre combining story, verse, music, dance, and acting, first recorded in 1430 and performed from dusk to dawn.
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) (TV series)
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) is a 2024 Telugu Disney+ Hotstar dark fantasy series directed by Teja Marni, produced by Arka Media Works, starring Vedhika as cursed yakshini Maya, with Rahul Vijay, Lakshmi Manchu, and Ajay, released 14 June 2024 in six episodes.
Yakub (actor)
Yakub (Yakub Mehboob Khan, याक़ूब, 1903-1958) was an Indian Hindi film actor and comedian from Jabalpur; debut Bajirao Mastani (1925), original Birju in Aurat (1940), over 130 films.
Yakub Kolas
Yakub Kolas (Якуб Колас), born Kanstantsin Mitskevich (1882–1956), was a Belarusian poet and prose writer, a founder of modern Belarusian literature and vice-president of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.
Yakult (ヤクルト)
Yakult (ヤクルト) is a Japanese probiotic fermented milk drink launched in 1935 by Dr. Minoru Shirota, containing Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota, sold in 39 countries via Yakult Ladies and stores, with up to 100 billion cells per bottle in Yakult 1000.
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889–1974) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, and diplomat, a leading figure of early Republican Turkish literature whose novels trace Turkish society from the late Ottoman era to the 1950s.
Yakusha-e
Yakusha-e (役者絵, literally "actor pictures") are Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints depicting kabuki actors, a principal ukiyo-e subject from the 17th century through the Edo period (1603–1868), with famous designs by Tōshūsai Sharaku and the Utagawa school.
Yakushi Nyorai of Jingo-ji
The Yakushi Nyorai of Jingo-ji (神護寺薬師如来立像) is a National Treasure wooden Buddha statue enshrined at Jingo-ji temple in Kyoto, carved in the late 8th century.
Yakushi Nyorai of Shin'yakushi-ji
The Yakushi Nyorai of Shin'yakushi-ji is a wooden seated statue of the Medicine Buddha at Shin'yakushiji temple in Nara, Japan, carved in the 8th or 9th century.
Yakushi Nyorai of Tōshōdai-ji
The Yakushi Nyorai of Tōshōdai-ji (薬師如来立像) is a National Treasure standing statue of the Medicine Buddha, carved in wood-core dry lacquer and enshrined in Tōshōdai-ji's Golden Hall in Nara.
Yale school (deconstruction)
The Yale school, also called American deconstruction, was a group of critics at Yale University, including Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, who made deconstruction dominant in American literary theory.
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama, now David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, is Yale University's graduate theater conservatory, founded 1924, a separate professional school since 1955, tuition-free since a 2021 $150 million Geffen gift, and home to Yale Repertory Theatre.
Yale Symphony Orchestra
The Yale Symphony Orchestra (YSO) is Yale University's undergraduate orchestra, founded in 1965, with 80–90 mostly non-music-major Yale College students, six concerts yearly in Woolsey Hall, a midnight Halloween show, tours to 13 countries, and directors from John Mauceri to Elizabeth Askren.
Yalgaar (यलगार)
Yalgaar (यलगार), a 1992 Hindi action drama directed and produced by Feroz Khan, stars Feroz Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kabir Bedi, Manisha Koirala, and Nagma; released October 1992 by F.K. International.
Yali Topol Margalith
Yali Topol Margalith (born 2000), Israeli-born London-based actress and granddaughter of Chaim Topol; plays Cilka in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Lauren Gibson in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Mirab in House of David.
Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican actress who debuted untrained as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma in 2018, becoming the first Indigenous Mexican woman nominated for Best Actress.
Yalı Çapkını
Yalı Çapkını (The Kingfisher) is a Turkish Star TV drama by OGM Pictures, aired 23 September 2022 to 4 April 2025, 101 episodes, starring Afra Saraçoğlu and Mert Ramazan Demir in a Gaziantep arranged-marriage story; 2022's most-watched series, ratings later declined.
Yalın
Yalın, born Hüseyin Yalın in 1980 in Istanbul, is a Turkish pop singer who writes his own songs and rose to fame with his 2004 debut album Ellerine Sağlık.
Yalla Erhal Ya Bashar (song)
"Yalla Erhal Ya Bashar" (يلا إرحل يا بشار) is a Syrian protest song calling on President Bashar al-Assad to leave, sung by demonstrators in 2011.