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Zepp Sapporo
Zepp Sapporo (Zepp札幌) is a live music venue in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Japan, opened in 1998 as the first hall of the Zepp chain, holding 2,009 standing.
Zeppo Marx
Zeppo Marx (Herbert Manfred Marx, 1901-1979), youngest Marx Brother, straight man in the first five Marx Brothers films; later talent agent behind Double Indemnity, Marman clamp maker, and cardiac pulse monitor patentee.
Zeppole
Zeppole (singular zeppola) are Italian fried pastries; the zeppola di San Giuseppe is a choux ring filled with pastry cream and amarena cherry for 19 March. First recipe Cavalcanti 1837; variants in Puglia, Sicily, Rome, and Italian America.
Zerkaa
Zerkaa, Joshua Charlie Joseph Bradley, also known as Josh Zerker, is an English YouTuber born 1992, founding member of the Sidemen, main channel 4.69M subscribers, most watched UK Twitch streamer in 2022.
Zermatt Neo
Zermatt Neo is a Singaporean competitive eater and YouTube creator, a former personal trainer and dietitian, ranked No. 1 by Food League Singapore in 2020, known for multi-kilogram hawker-food challenges.
Zero (2016 film)
Zero (ஜீரோ) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language fantasy horror film written and directed by Shiv Mohaa, starring Ashwin Kakumanu, Sshivada, and J. D. Chakravarthy, released on 25 March 2016.
Zero (2018 film)
Zero (शून्य) is a 2018 Hindi romantic comedy-drama directed by Aanand L. Rai, starring Shah Rukh Khan as Bauua Singh, a man with dwarfism, opposite Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif; a Rs 200 crore VFX-heavy flop rated 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Zero (2024 film)
Zero (2024) is Jean Luc Herbulot's American action comedy thriller, also called Zero (2024 film), in which two Americans (Hus Miller, Cam McHarg) wake in Dakar with bombs and follow Willem Dafoe's phone voice for ten hours; TIFF 2024 premiere, 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, US release April 11, 2025.
Zero (musician)
Zero is a British DJ and producer from the Surrey and Brighton bass scene who emerged in 2017 and releases UK garage, bassline, and dubstep on his BARCODES label.
Zero 7
Zero 7 is a British downtempo project of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker; Simple Things (2001) went gold, earned a Mercury nomination, and defined their chillout, guest-vocalist sound.
Zero A. D.: The Birth of Christ
Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ is a 2026 biblical drama directed by Alejandro Monteverde for Angel Studios, starring Deva Cassel, Jim Caviezel, Sam Worthington, and Ben Mendelsohn, depicting Herod's Massacre of the Innocents; US release December 11, 2026.
Zero Chill
Zero Chill is a 2021 British-Canadian Netflix teen sports drama, also known as a Lime Pictures production, about figure skater Kayla MacBentley moving from Canada to England for her twin brother's hockey academy; canceled after one ten-episode season in November 2021.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's dramatization of the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden, starring Jessica Chastain as analyst Maya; five Oscar nominations and a major torture-accuracy controversy.
Zero Day
Zero Day is a 2025 Netflix six-episode political thriller limited series starring Robert De Niro as former President George Mullen investigating a deadly nationwide cyberattack; created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael S. Schmidt, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, distinct from the 2016 documentary Zero Days.
Zero for Conduct
Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège) is Jean Vigo's 1933 French short about boarding school boys rebelling against their teachers; banned in France until 1945, it inspired The 400 Blows and if....
Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel (Samuel Joel Mostel, 1915-1977), American actor and painter; three Tonys for Rhinoceros, Forum, Fiddler on the Roof; blacklisted after 1955 HUAC; The Producers.
Zero Punctuation
Zero Punctuation is Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's weekly video game review series on The Escapist, running 2007 to 2023, known for rapid-fire comedic commentary over crude cartoons; it continues as Fully Ramblomatic on Second Wind.
Zero se Restart
Zero se Restart (जीरो से रिस्टार्ट) is a 2024 Hindi documentary by Jaskunwar Kohli, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, documenting the making of 12th Fail; it premiered at IFFI Goa, released 13 December 2024, and streams on Prime Video.
Zero to Hero (妈妈的神奇小子)
Zero to Hero (媽媽的神奇小子) is a 2021 Hong Kong biographical sports drama directed by Jimmy Wan, produced by and starring Sandra Ng, based on Paralympic sprinter So Wa-wai and his mother; Hong Kong's 94th Academy Awards submission.
Zero Two (ゼロツー)
Zero Two (ゼロツー), Code:002, is the female lead of the anime DARLING in the FRANXX: a human-klaxosaur hybrid pistil of Strelizia, partnered with Hiro, nicknamed Partner Killer; distinct from Kamen Rider Zero-Two.
Zerobaseone (제로베이스원)
Zerobaseone (제로베이스원, ZB1) is a South Korean boy group under WAKEONE formed on Mnet's Boys Planet, debuting July 2023 with nine members; after the project ended in January 2026 it continues as five members, with consecutive million-selling albums.
Zerobaseone discography
Zerobaseone discography (제로베이스원, ZB1): releases of the Boys Planet-formed K-pop boy group, spanning Korean EPs YOUTH IN THE SHADE through Ascend-, the album NEVER SAY NEVER, and Japanese releases Yura Yura, PREZENT, and Kaiki LOVE.
Zeroville (film)
Zeroville is James Franco's 2019 comedy-drama adaptation of Steve Erickson's 2007 novel, starring Franco as Vikar, a film editor in 1969 Hollywood; it bombed with a 23% Rotten Tomatoes score and $65,424 gross.
Zettai ryōiki (絶対領域)
Zettai ryōiki (絶対領域, absolute territory) is Japanese otaku slang for the bare-thigh gap between a short skirt and over-knee socks; coined in a 2001 blog post about the mascot Mayura, standardized by a 4:1:2.5 golden ratio, and later used in maid cafes, photo books, sticker advertising, and a 2014 Akihabara knee-sock shop.
Zeus (Ζεύς) (Marvel Comics)
Zeus (Ζεύς), Zeus Panhellenios, also known as Jupiter in Timely Comics, is Marvel Comics' king of the Olympian gods, father of Hercules, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Venus #5 (1949).
Zeus Record
Zeus Record is a record label in Naples, Italy, founded by Espedito Barrucci in the early 1960s and still run by his family, known for Neapolitan and neomelodico music.
Zeuz
Zeuz, real name Tim Kremer, is a Cologne-based German DJ and producer who works in hard techno, known for "This Is My Bassline" (2021) and "Techno On My Mind" (2022).
Zev Siegl
Zev Siegl (born 1942) is an American entrepreneur, co-founder of Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle in 1971 with Jerry Baldwin and Gordon Bowker; its first paid employee, vice president until 1980, later startup mentor and speaker.
Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghe'i
Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghe'i (زینالعابدین مراغهای, 1839–1910) was an Iranian satirist in Ottoman exile whose Travelogue of Ibrahim Beg is regarded as the first modern Persian novel and helped prepare opinion for the Constitutional Revolution.
Zeynab
Zeynab, full name Oloukèmi Zeynab Abibou, is a Beninese world-music singer and songwriter born in 1975 in Abidjan, who won best female West African artist at the 2005 Kora Awards.