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Venantius Fortunatus
Venantius Fortunatus was an Italian-born Latin poet who made his career in Merovingian Gaul, became bishop of Poitiers around 599, and wrote hymns still sung in the Catholic liturgy.
Venda oral poetry
Venda oral poetry is the performed verse, praise poetry, chants, and song-stories in Tshivenda of the Vhavenda people of Limpopo Province, South Africa, and southern Zimbabwe.
Vended
Vended is an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018 and fronted by Griffin Taylor, son of Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, with drummer Simon Crahan, son of Shawn Crahan.
Vendetta (2022 film)
Vendetta (2022) is an American action thriller directed and written by Jared Cohn, starring Clive Standen, Theo Rossi, Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, and Mike Tyson; released May 17, 2022, it earned $175,173 internationally and holds 57% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu
Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (வெந்து தணிந்தது காடு), aka The Scorched Forest Part 1: The Kindling, is a 2022 Tamil gangster film by Gautham Vasudev Menon starring Silambarasan TR, written by Jeyamohan, with AR Rahman music, released 15 September 2022.
Venedikt Erofeev
Venedikt Erofeev (Венедикт Васильевич Ерофеев; 1938–1990) was a Soviet-era Russian writer best known for the prose poem Moscow–Petushki, a samizdat classic about a drunkard's train journey.
Veneno
Veneno (Veneno: Vida y muerte de un icono) is a 2020 Spanish biographical miniseries by Los Javis on Atresplayer Premium about trans icon Cristina Ortiz, La Veneno, starring Isabel Torres, Daniela Santiago, and Jedet; GLAAD-winning and HBO Max-distributed.
Venetian glass
Venetian glass, made chiefly on Murano since the 1291 furnace relocation, is a soda-lime luxury glass tradition defined by cristallo, filigrana, millefiori, and lattimo techniques, its European dominance, façon de Venise imitators, Bohemian competition, and the modern Vetro Artistico Murano trademark.
Venetian school
The Venetian school was a tradition of Renaissance painting in Venice from the fifteenth through the sixteenth centuries, led by Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese.
Venetian Snares
Venetian Snares, also known as Aaron Funk, is a Canadian electronic musician from Winnipeg, credited with pioneering breakcore through complex, brutally fast drum programming in unusual time signatures.
Venezianische Epigramme
Venezianische Epigramme (Venetian Epigrams) is a cycle of satirical and erotic distichs by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written during his second stay in Venice in 1790.
Vengaboys
Vengaboys (Venga Boys) are a Dutch Eurodance group from Rotterdam created by producers Danski and Delmundo, known for late-1990s hits "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!", "We Like to Party!", and "We're Going to Ibiza!", with over 25 million records sold.
Vengayin Maindhan
Vengayin Maindhan (வேங்கையின் மைந்தன்), meaning "Tiger's Son", is a 1963 Tamil historical novel by Akilan about Rajendra Chola I that won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Vengeance (2009 film)
Vengeance (復仇) is Johnnie To's 2009 Hong Kong-France action thriller, written by Wai Ka-fai, starring Johnny Hallyday as an amnesiac chef avenging his daughter's family in Macau; it competed at Cannes 2009.
Vengeance (2022 film)
Vengeance (2022) is B.J. Novak's directorial debut, a darkly comic thriller in which New York podcaster Ben Manalowitz investigates a casual girlfriend's death in West Texas; Focus Features released it July 29, 2022.
Vengeance (2026 film)
Vengeance is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language political drama film, the directorial debut of Rahul Ashok, starring Abarnathi as an ambitious civil servant who rises through politics, released in March 2026.
Vengeance Is Mine (復讐するは我にあり)
Vengeance Is Mine (復讐するは我にあり, Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari) is Shohei Imamura's 1979 Japanese crime drama, based on Ryūzō Saki's Naoki Prize novel about serial killer Akira Nishiguchi, starring Ken Ogata as Iwao Enokizu during a 78-day, five-victim killing spree; it won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Picture.
Vengeance: A Love Story
Vengeance: A Love Story is a 2017 American vigilante thriller directed by Johnny Martin, starring Nicolas Cage, adapted from Joyce Carol Oates' novella Rape: A Love Story, released September 15, 2017.
Vengeance! (报仇)
Vengeance! (報仇) is Chang Cheh's 1970 Shaw Brothers martial arts film, also called Kung Fu Vengeance, starring David Chiang and Ti Lung; it won Best Director and Best Actor at the 16th Asian Film Festival and shifted Hong Kong cinema from wuxia swordplay to Republic-era kung fu.
Venghai (வேங்கை)
Venghai (வேங்கை), also spelled Vengai, is a 2011 Tamil action drama directed by Hari, starring Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rajkiran, and Prakash Raj; released 7 July 2011 after a Madras High Court title dispute.
Veniamin Kaverin
Veniamin Kaverin (Вениамин Каверин; born Veniamin Zilber, 1902–1989) was a Soviet Russian prose writer best known for the adventure novel Two Captains, winner of the 1946 Stalin Prize.
Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica), the world's oldest film festival, founded 1932 by La Biennale on the Lido di Venezia; Golden Lion top prize since 1949; 83rd edition 2–12 September 2026.
Venice Preserv'd
Venice Preserv'd is a 1682 tragedy by Thomas Otway in which an impoverished nobleman betrays a plot against the Venetian Senate to save his wife.
Venice: The Series
Venice: The Series, also called Venice the Series, is an American web soap opera co-created by Crystal Chappell and Kim Turrisi, premiering December 4, 2009, inspired by Guiding Light's Otalia storyline, starring Chappell as gay designer Gina Brogno in Venice Beach, fan-funded, and a 2014 Daytime Emmy winner.
Venisamhara
Venisanhara (वेणीसंहारम्, Veṇīsaṃhāra), meaning "the binding of the braid," is a six-act Sanskrit drama by Bhatta Narayana that dramatizes the Mahabharata war through Bhima's vengeance; it is his only surviving play.
Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Prabhu (வெங்கட் பிரபு), born Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren in 1975, is a Tamil film director, actor, and playback singer, son of Gangai Amaran and nephew of Ilaiyaraaja, known for Chennai 600028, Mankatha, Maanaadu, and GOAT.
Venkatadri Express (వెంకటాద్రి ఎక్స్ప్రెస్) (film)
Venkatadri Express (వెంకటాద్రి ఎక్స్ప్రెస్) is a 2013 Telugu comedy-romance film, Merlapaka Gandhi's directorial debut, starring Sundeep Kishan and Rakul Preet Singh; a son at 99 recorded mistakes misses the train to Tirupati and it became Sundeep Kishan's first solo hit.
Venkatesh (దగ్గుబాటి వెంకటేష్) (actor)
Daggubati Venkatesh (దగ్గుబాటి వెంకటేష్), also Victory Venkatesh, born 1960, is a Telugu film actor, son of producer D. Ramanaidu, Suresh Productions board member, multiple Nandi and Filmfare Award winner.
Venkitesh V. P.
Venkitesh V. P. (വെങ്കിടേഷ് വി പി), also called Venki, is a Malayalam actor and TV personality; he played villain Murugan in the 2025 Telugu film Kingdom opposite Vijay Deverakonda, after roles in Stand Up, The Priest, and Kho Kho, and runs the Suda Suda Idli food truck in Thiruvananthapuram.
Venky Mama (వెంకీ మామా)
Venky Mama (Telugu: వెంకీ మామా) is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action comedy drama directed by K. S. Ravindra, starring real-life uncle and nephew Venkatesh Daggubati and Naga Chaitanya.