edgepedia

Arts and culture

124,020 articles

Westerwaldlied

Westerwaldlied, also "O du schöner Westerwald" or "Westerwaldmarsch": German folk and soldier song about the Westerwald, text 1932 by Willi Münker's FAD camp, march by Joseph Neuhäuser 1935, popular Wehrmacht song, contested in the Bundeswehr songbook.

Westgate Resorts

Westgate Resorts is an American timeshare and hospitality company in Orlando, Florida, founded by David A. Siegel in 1982 with 16 villas near Walt Disney World.

Westhampton (film)

Westhampton is a 2025 American drama, Christian Nilsson's debut feature, starring Finn Wittrock as filmmaker Tom Bell, who returns to his Long Island hometown after a high-school car accident; premiered at Tribeca 2025, released July 10, 2026.

Westlife

Westlife: Irish pop vocal group formed in Sligo, 3 July 1998, managed by Louis Walsh; 14 UK Number 1 singles (behind only the Beatles and Elvis), 8 Number 1 albums, 55 million records; split 2012, reunited 2018.

Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College, founded 1926 by John Finley Williamson in Dayton, Ohio, is a choral-focused music college of Rider University, moved from its Princeton campus to Lawrenceville in 2020, famed for the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

Weston family

The Weston family of Canada, founders of George Weston Limited (1882), controls Loblaw and Choice Properties through private holding company Wittington Investments; a British branch built Associated British Foods and Primark.

Westside Connection

Westside Connection, the Los Angeles gangsta rap supergroup of Ice Cube, Mack 10, and WC, released Bow Down (1996, platinum) and Terrorist Threats (2003, gold) before disbanding in 2005 after a feud between Mack 10 and Ice Cube's brother-in-law.

Westside Cowboy

Westside Cowboy: Manchester indie rock four-piece formed 2023 (Bradbury, Haycocks, O'Connell, Murphy), winners of Glastonbury's 2025 Emerging Talent Competition; creators of the "Britainicana" sound; debut album It Goes On released August 2026 on Island Records.

Westside Gunn

Westside Gunn (Alvin Lamar Worthy, b. 1982), also the Flygod, is a Buffalo rapper and Griselda Records co-founder known for the Hitler Wears Hermes mixtape series, Flygod (2016), Pray for Paris (2020), and reviving 1990s New York hardcore rap.

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, also known as Westward Ho!, is an 1862 mural by Emanuel Leutze in the United States Capitol depicting pioneers and Manifest Destiny.

Westworld

Westworld: HBO science-fiction drama series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, based on Michael Crichton's 1973 film about an android theme park; ran 2016-2022, four seasons, 54 Emmy nominations, 9 wins, cancelled November 2022.

Westworld (film)

Westworld (1973) is Michael Crichton's MGM science fiction Western about a robot theme park, starring Yul Brynner as the Gunslinger; the first feature film to use computer-processed imagery.

Westworld (TV series)

Westworld is an American HBO science fiction series developed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, adapted from Michael Crichton's 1973 film and running four seasons from 2016 to 2022.

Wet Dreams (몽정기)

Wet Dreams (몽정기, Mongjunggi) is a 2002 South Korean teen sex comedy directed by Jung Cho-shin, starring Lee Beom-su and Kim Seon-ah, set in 1988, with 2.5 million admissions and a 2005 sequel.

Wet Hot American Summer

Wet Hot American Summer (2001) is a David Wain and Michael Showalter cult comedy set on the last day of Camp Firewood in 1981, starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Bradley Cooper, a box office failure that later spawned two Netflix prequel series.

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is an eight-episode 2015 Netflix prequel to the 2001 cult film, reuniting Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, and the original cast at Camp Firewood, 1981.

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is an eight-episode 2017 Netflix limited comedy series by David Wain and Michael Showalter, a sequel to the 2001 cult film set at the Camp Firewood ten-year reunion in 1991, with the original cast returning.

Wet Leg

Wet Leg: English indie rock band formed 2019 on the Isle of Wight by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers; viral 2021 single "Chaise Longue," 2022 UK No. 1 debut, Grammy and BRIT winner, five-piece since moisturizer (2025).

Wet market

Wet market: a traditional fresh-food market where independent vendors sell perishables such as vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, kept cool with water and ice; also called traditional food markets, common across Asia, distinct from dry markets and supermarkets.

Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet, Scottish pop-soul band formed in Glasgow in 1982 (Graeme Clark, Tommy Cunningham, Neil Mitchell, Marti Pellow, Graeme Duffin), best known for the 15-week UK No. 1 cover "Love Is All Around" from Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Wethandaya Pyo

Wethandaya Pyo is a Burmese pyo, an ornate classical verse work retelling the Vessantara Jataka, the tale of Prince Vessantara whose perfect generosity is rewarded with a triumphant homecoming.

Wetherspoons

Wetherspoons (J D Wetherspoon plc, JDW) is a British pub chain founded by Tim Martin in 1979 in Muswell Hill, London. FTSE 250 managed-pub operator of 792 UK and Ireland pubs plus franchised sites, known for low prices, converted historic buildings, and its Curry Club.

Wetlands (2013 film)

Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete), 2013 German comedy-drama by David Wnendt, adapted from Charlotte Roche's 2008 scandal-novel; Carla Juri plays unhygienic teen Helen Memel hospitalized after a shaving accident, trying to reunite her divorced parents.

Wetsuit

Wetsuit: neoprene garment trapping a body-warmed water layer for cold-water insulation, invented by Hugh Bradner (1951, UC Berkeley), never patented; 3–7 mm thickness by temperature, loses about 21.5% insulation at 5 m depth.

Weval

Weval are an Amsterdam electronic music duo formed by Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers in 2010, known for albums on Kompakt and Ninja Tune's Technicolour.

Weverse

Weverse (위버스) is a global fan platform launched in 2019 by beNX, a subsidiary of South Korean entertainment firm HYBE, combining artist posts, paid messaging, shopping, and ticketing.

Weyes Blood

Weyes Blood is the musical project of American singer-songwriter Natalie Mering, known for orchestral folk-pop and the acclaimed albums Titanic Rising (2019) and And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022).

Weyward

Weyward, Emilia Hart's 2023 debut novel (St. Martin's Press), follows three women of one family line in 1619, 1942, and 2019, connected by nature-linked powers, in Cumbrian witch-trial historical fiction that won two Goodreads Choice Awards.

WGFT (song)

WGFT ("We Gettin' Fucked Tonight", censored as "She Goin' Up Tonight") is a 2025 hip-hop single by Gunna featuring Burna Boy, the third single from The Last Wun, peaking at No. 16 on the Hot 100.

Wh0

Wh0 is a British house music act formed in 2018 by Robert Chetcuti and Tom Cross, known for a masked image and releases on Toolroom Records.