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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery is a 1901 autobiography by American educator Booker T. Washington, tracing his rise from slavery to founding the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa, also known as Lerwick Up Helly Aa, is a winter fire festival in Shetland, Scotland, where costumed guizers burn a replica Viking longship.
Up Here
Up Here is a 2023 Hulu musical romantic comedy series, adapted from Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez's 2015 stage musical, starring Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes as lovers in 1999 New York; eight episodes, cancelled after one season.
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke (1978), also called Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke, is a Paramount comedy directed by Lou Adler, the first stoner comedy, starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong; it earned over $44 million.
Up in Smoke Tour
The Up in Smoke Tour was a 2000 North American hip-hop package tour headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Eminem; 44 shows, over $22.2 million grossed, and a 2000 concert film DVD.
Up in the Air (2009 film)
Up in the Air is Jason Reitman's 2009 comedy-drama starring George Clooney as corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham, adapted from Walter Kirn's 2001 novel. It earned six Oscar nominations, six Golden Globe nominations, and National Board of Review Best Film.
Up the Yangtze
Up the Yangtze (2007) is Yung Chang's EyeSteelFilm and NFB documentary following teenagers Yu Shui (Cindy) and Chen Bo Yu (Jerry) working a Three Gorges Farewell Cruise; 93 minutes, Sundance selection, 96% Rotten Tomatoes.
Up to eleven
"Up to eleven" is an English idiom from the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where Nigel Tufnel's amp knobs run to 11 instead of 10; it means at or beyond maximum, and entered the Shorter OED in 2002.
Up to No Good (TV series)
Up to No Good, also titled Maud, is a 2026 British six-part Channel 4 crime drama starring Glenn Close as killer Maud Oldcastle, adapted from Helene Tursten's Elderly Lady story collections, written by Nina and Moses Raine and directed by Lee Haven Jones.
Up Where We Belong
"Up Where We Belong" is a 1982 duet by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings for An Officer and a Gentleman; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Up with People
Up with People (UWP), begun as Sing-Out '65, was a touring youth performing-arts and educational organization founded by J. Blanton Belk in 1965 as an offshoot of Moral Re-Armament, incorporated in 1968, known for Super Bowl halftime shows and world-leader performances, suspended in 2000, and relaunched as WorldSmart and later VOICES programs.
Up-Front Works discography
The Up-Front Works discography catalogs releases by the Japanese publisher Up-Front Works, whose flagship label Zetima is best known for Hello! Project acts including Morning Musume.
Up! (album)
Up! (2002) is Shania Twain's fourth studio album, produced and co-written by Mutt Lange and released on Mercury Nashville in three same-tracklist versions: red pop/rock, green country, and blue international mixes. It was RIAA Diamond certified, Twain's third Diamond album.
Upadhyaksha (ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ)
Upadhyaksha (ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ) is a 2024 Kannada comedy, sequel to Adhyaksha (2014), directed by Anil Kumar, starring Chikkanna in his lead debut as Narayana, released 26 January 2024.
Upakhyana
Upakhyana (उपाख्यान, upākhyāna) is a Sanskrit term for a subordinate tale or episode embedded in a longer narrative, especially the Mahabharata, whose 67 cataloged upakhyanas clarify points of dharma.
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) is an Indian novelist and retired civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service, best known for his debut novel English, August (1988) and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Upamitibhavaprapanchakatha
Upamitibhavaprapanchakatha is a tenth-century Jain allegorical narrative in Sanskrit by the monk Siddharshi, completed in 906, which Hermann Jacobi called the first elaborate allegory in Indian literature.
Upanishad Ganga (उपनिषद् गंगा)
Upanishad Ganga (उपनिषद् गंगा) is a 52-episode Hindi TV series on the Upanishads by Chinmaya Creations, conceived by Swami Tejomayananda, directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, aired on Doordarshan 2012-2013 and later on YouTube in five languages.
Upapandavas (उपपाण्डव)
Upapandavas (उपपाण्डव), the five sons of Draupadi in the Mahabharata: Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutakarma, Shatanika, Shrutasena, one by each Pandava; all killed by Ashwatthama in the Sauptika Parva night raid.
Upapurana
Upapurana (उपपुराण, "secondary Purana") is a genre of Sanskrit Hindu religious literature beside the eighteen Mahapuranas, resembling them in mythology and ritual; lists disagree, and over 100 titles are known.
Uparupaka
Uparupaka (उपरूपक, literally "a lesser drama") is the Sanskrit dramaturgical term for minor drama and dance-drama forms, contrasted with the ten major rupakas of Bharata's Natyashastra and emphasizing music, dance, and gesture; Vishvanatha's Sahityadarpana recognizes eighteen.
Uparvas
Uparvas (ઉપરવાસ) is a 1975 Gujarati novel by Raghuveer Chaudhari, first part of the trilogy Uparvas Kathatrayi, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977 and depicts village life in North Gujarat.
Upasana Singh
Upasana Singh (उपासना सिंह), Indian actress of Hindi, Punjabi, and regional film and TV; Pinky Bua on Comedy Nights with Kapil; PTC and Indian Telly Award winner; also producer and CINTAA General Secretary.
Upatapassi
Upatapassi, who calls himself Sarasigāmamūla-mahāsāmī, was a fifteenth-century Pali author of the Vuttamālāsandesa Śataka, a 102-stanza poem with laudatory verses meant to teach verse recitation.
Upchurch (musician)
Upchurch (Ryan Edward Upchurch, born 1991, Pegram, Tennessee), also Upchurch the Redneck, is an independent American country rap and hick-hop artist whose 2015 EP Cheatham County charted on Billboard and who alternates hip-hop and country albums.
Upcycling
Upcycling transforms waste or unwanted products into goods of higher quality or value without breaking them down, contrasting with downcycling and recycling. Term coined by Reiner Pilz (1994); apparel LCAs report up to 87% impact reduction, dependent on durability and energy source.
UpDating
UpDating is a New York City-based live dating and comedy show created by Brandon Berman and Harrison Forman, featuring blindfolded first dates, audience voting, 120+ cities toured, and an ITV America TV adaptation.
Upen Patel
Upen Patel (born 1980, London) is a British-Indian model and actor; debut 36 China Town (2006, Filmfare Best Debut Male), films include Namastey London, I (Tamil debut), and reality shows Bigg Boss 8 and Nach Baliye.
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) (actor)
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ), also Upendra Rao, Kannada film director and actor born 1967 or 1968; directed eight films including A, Upendra, Super; known for reverse-screenplay storytelling; founded Uttama Prajakeeya Party in 2018.
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) (film)
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) is a 1999 Kannada psychological thriller written, directed by, and starring Upendra as Naanu, with Raveena Tandon, Prema, and Damini; released 22 October 1999, music by Gurukiran, a box office success now considered a Kannada classic with sequel Uppi 2 (2015).