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Vicente Rojo

Vicente Rojo Almazán was a Spanish-born Mexican painter and graphic designer, a leading figure of the Generación de la Ruptura who moved to Mexico in 1949.

Viceroy's House (film)

Viceroy's House (Partition: 1947 in India) is Gurinder Chadha's 2017 historical drama about the 1947 Partition of India, starring Hugh Bonneville as Lord Mountbatten, with an upstairs-downstairs structure and a Churchill-conspiracy thesis drawn from Sarila's The Shadow of the Great Game.

Viceroys

The Viceroys are a Jamaican reggae trio formed around 1966 by vocalist Wesley Tinglin, who led the group until his 2018 death; their first hit was "Ya Ho".

Vices & Virtues

Vices & Virtues is the third studio album by Panic! at the Disco, released March 22, 2011 on Fueled By Ramen. Recorded as a duo of Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith after Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left, produced by John Feldmann and Butch Walker, it debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200.

Vichar Sagar

Vichar Sagar ("Ocean of Inquiry") is a 19th-century Hindi treatise on Advaita Vedanta by the Dādū Panth monk Nishchaladas, written in verse and prose for readers without Sanskrit.

Vichitra Jeevan

Vichitra Jeevan (विचित्र जीवन) is a title attributed to the Hindi novelist, playwright, and Hindi Pradip editor Balkrishna Bhatt (1844–1914), but surveys of his fiction do not list it, leaving its existence, date, and contents unconfirmed.

Vichitravirya (विचित्रवीर्य)

Vichitravirya (विचित्रवीर्य), Kuru king of Hastinapur in the Mahabharata: younger son of Shantanu and Satyavati, husband of Ambika and Ambalika, died childless of consumption; Vyasa's niyoga produced Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura.

Vichyssoise

Vichyssoise (crème vichyssoise glacée) is a chilled puréed leek-and-potato cream soup, usually garnished with chives. Invented in New York by Ritz-Carlton chef Louis Diat around 1917 from his mother's hot soup; unlike hot potage Parmentier, and never popular in France.

Vicious (film)

Vicious is a 2025 horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, starring Dakota Fanning as Polly, who must fill a mysterious box with something she needs, hates, and loves. Released on Paramount+ October 10, 2025 after its theatrical release was canceled.

Vicious (TV series)

Vicious is a British ITV sitcom broadcast from 2013 to 2016, starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as an older gay couple in Covent Garden.

Vick Hope

Vick Hope (Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope, born 1989, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British TV and radio presenter, journalist, and author, co-host of BBC Radio 1's Going Home drivetime show and a Countryfile presenter, married to Calvin Harris.

Vicki Gunvalson

Vicki Gunvalson (Victoria Gunvalson, born 1962) is the original 'OG of the OC' cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County (2006-2020, returning for Season 20 in 2026) and founder of Coto Insurance.

Vicki Iovine

Vicki Iovine (Vicki Ann McCarty, born 1954) is an American author, lawyer, and former model, Miss September 1979 Playboy Playmate, and author of the Girlfriends' Guide parenting series including The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (1995).

Vicki Lawrence

Vicki Lawrence, born Vicki Ann Axelrad in 1949, American actress, comedian, and singer; played Mama (Thelma Harper) on The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family; 1973 hit single.

Vicki Lewis

Vicki Lewis, born 1960 in Cincinnati, is an American actress and singer: Beth on NBC's NewsRadio, Deb/Flo in Finding Nemo, Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Countess Lily in Anastasia, Ovation and Carbonell award winner, USC lecturer. Distinct from author Vicki Lewis Thompson.

Vicki Michelle

Vicki Michelle (born 1950, Chigwell, Essex) is an English actress best known as waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche in all 85 episodes of the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992); also a radio presenter, producer of Run for Your Wife, and MBE recipient.

Vicki Pepperdine

Vicki Pepperdine (born 1961, Roehampton, London) is an English actress, writer, and executive producer, co-creator and star of BBC Four's Getting On as Dr Pippa Moore, twice BAFTA-nominated for its writing, and known for Puppy Love, Dear Joan and Jericha, Poor Things, and Magic Mike's Last Dance.

Vicki Peterson

Vicki Peterson (Victoria Anne Theresa Peterson), born 1958 in Los Angeles, is a founding member, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Bangles, and later of Psycho Sisters, Continental Drifters, Action Skulls, and the duo with husband John Cowsill.

Vicki Vale

Vicki Vale (Victoria Elizabeth "Vicki" Vale) is a DC Comics photojournalist debuting in Batman #49 (1948), a red-haired Lois Lane analog who tries to prove Bruce Wayne is Batman; Kim Basinger played her in 1989's Batman.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Woody Allen's US-Spain romantic comedy-drama starring Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, and Penélope Cruz, filmed in Barcelona and Oviedo; Cruz won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Vicky Donor (विकी डोनर)

Vicky Donor (विक्की डोनर) is a 2012 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Shoojit Sircar, produced by John Abraham, starring debutants Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam, about a commercial sperm donor; it earned 9.2x its production cost and spurred sperm-donation inquiries across India.

Vicky Kaushal (विक्की कौशल)

Vicky Kaushal (विक्की कौशल), born 1988 in Mumbai, is a Hindi film actor, son of action director Sham Kaushal, who went from assistant director on Gangs of Wasseypur to lead roles in Masaan, Uri, Sardar Udham, Sam Bahadur, and Chhaava.

Vicky Krieps

Vicky Krieps (born 1983) is a Luxembourgish actress, known as Alma in Phantom Thread and Empress Elisabeth in Corsage; Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Performance winner and Deutsche Filmakademie president.

Vicky McClure

Vicky McClure (Vicky Lee McClure), English actress born 1983 in Nottingham, known for Lol in This Is England, DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty, and Lana Washington in Trigger Point; BAFTA winner 2011, MBE 2023, founder of Our Dementia Choir.

Vicky Myers

Vicky Myers (Victoria Ann Myers, born 1976, Stockport) is an English actress who plays DS Lisa Swain on Coronation Street, a 2021 four-episode guest role that became a series regular part in 2024, after earlier credits in Age Before Beauty, The Five, and Unforgotten.

Vicky Pattison

Vicky Pattison (born 1987, Newcastle) is an English TV personality, author, and Heart Radio presenter, known for Geordie Shore (2011–2014), winning I'm a Celebrity 2015, and hosting The Honesty Box.

Vicky the Viking

Vicky the Viking (小さなバイキング ビッケ; Wickie und die starken Männer) is a 1974 Japanese-German-Austrian anime co-production by Zuiyo, ZDF, and ORF, based on Runer Jonsson's books, about clever young Wickie of Flake who outthinks danger for chief Halvar's crew.

Vicky Vette

Vicky Vette (born 1965, Stavanger, Norway) is an American adult film performer and web entrepreneur, also known as Vicky the Viking Vixen, who entered the industry in 2003 at 37, won AVN, XBIZ, and NightMoves awards, joined the AVN and NightMoves Halls of Fame, and runs VickyAtHome.com and the VNA Network.

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video (विक्की विद्या का वो वाला वीडियो)

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video (विक्की विद्या का वो वाला वीडियो) is a 2024 Hindi comedy directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa, starring Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri as newlyweds whose stolen wedding-night CD triggers a chaotic recovery hunt; released 11 October 2024, later on Netflix.

Victim

Victim (1961) is a British Basil Dearden thriller starring Dirk Bogarde as a closeted barrister fighting a blackmail ring; the first commercial British film to address homosexuality and legal reform, preceding the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.