124,020 articles
Wicked Bible
The Wicked Bible (Adulterous or Sinners' Bible), a 1631 octavo King James Bible by royal printers Barker and Lucas, omitted 'not' from Exodus 20:14 and printed 'great-asse' in Deuteronomy 5:24; printers fined, copies destroyed, about 25 survive.
Wicked City (1987 film)
Wicked City (妖獣都市, Yoju Toshi) is a 1987 Japanese animated horror film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, adapted from Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel, about Black Guards Taki and Makie protecting envoy Giuseppe Mayart for a human-demon peace treaty.
Wicked Game
"Wicked Game" is a 1989 song by American singer Chris Isaak, from his album Heart Shaped World, known for its haunting guitar and falsetto chorus.
Wicked Lester
Wicked Lester, also known by its original name Rainbow, was Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's pre-Kiss New York band; its 1971-1972 Epic album, recorded at Electric Lady Studios, was rejected, bought back in 1977, and remains officially unreleased.
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters (2023) is a Thea Sharrock comedy-mystery starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, based on the 1920s Littlehampton poison-pen letter scandal; premiered at TIFF 2023, released 2024 by Sony Pictures Classics.
Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures is an American adult film production studio, founded in 1993 by Steve Orenstein, known for its narrative feature films and contract performers, the "Wicked Girls."
Wicked Tuna
Wicked Tuna is a National Geographic reality series (2012-2024, 13 seasons) following Gloucester, Massachusetts captains competing for Atlantic bluefin tuna by rod and reel, with the Outer Banks spin-off; canceled August 2024.
Wicked Wisdom
Wicked Wisdom, also known as Wicked Evolution, is a Los Angeles nu metal and heavy metal band fronted by actress Jada Pinkett Smith as Jada Koren, formed around 2002-2003, which opened for Britney Spears in 2004, played Ozzfest 2005's second stage, and released My Story (2004) and Wicked Wisdom (2006).
Wicked Witch of the East
The Wicked Witch of the East, also Nessarose Thropp in Wicked, is the Oz tyrant killed by Dorothy's falling house in Baum's 1900 novel; her silver shoes pass to Dorothy, and MGM's 1939 film made her the Witch of the West's sister.
Wicked Witch of the West
The Wicked Witch of the West is the antagonist of Baum's 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a one-eyed, non-green old woman; the 1939 MGM film with Margaret Hamilton added green skin, and Maguire's Wicked renamed her Elphaba Thropp.
Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good (2025) is Jon M. Chu's Universal musical fantasy, the second film adapting Act 2 of the Broadway musical Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, released November 21, 2025.
Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack
Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack is the cast recording for the 2025 film Wicked: For Good, released November 21, 2025 by Republic and Verve Records.
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Wicked: One Wonderful Night is an American television musical special that aired on NBC on November 6, 2025, co-hosted by film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Wicked: The Soundtrack
Wicked: The Soundtrack (2024) is the cast album for Universal's first Wicked film with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Stephen Schwartz songs, 13 tracks, 56 minutes, released November 22, 2024 via Republic Records, UK's top soundtrack of 2024.
Wicker
Wicker (wickerwork) is the weaving of thin flexible sticks, stems, or reeds, traditionally immature willow, into baskets and furniture; the word, from Scandinavian vikker (willow), names the technique, not a material.
Wicker Park (film)
Wicker Park is a 2004 American psychological drama directed by Paul McGuigan, starring Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger, set in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Wickie und die starken Männer (2009 film)
Wickie und die starken Männer (Vicky the Viking) is Michael Bully Herbig's 2009 German live-action family film, based on Runer Jonsson's books and the 1974 anime, starring Jonas Hämmerle, released 9 September 2009 with about 5 million German admissions.
Wide Awake (1998 film)
Wide Awake is a 1998 American comedy-drama directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Joseph Cross as a boy searching for God after his grandfather's death.
Wide Putin Walking
Wide Putin Walking (IT'S HIM) is a 2020 viral video meme stretching 2018 RT inauguration footage of Vladimir Putin walking Kremlin corridors, set to Piano Fantasia's "Song for Denise"; it spawned Wide World Leaders Walking and faded after February 2022.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys's 1966 novel published by André Deutsch, is a prequel to Jane Eyre telling the story of Bertha Mason as Antoinette Cosway in post-emancipation 1830s Jamaica; a foundational neo-Victorian and postcolonial text.
Wide shot
Wide shot (WS), also called long shot or full shot: a camera framing showing a subject head-to-toe with substantial environment, used for establishing shots, master shots, scale, and spatial context; distinct from full shot and extreme wide shot.
Widescreen
Widescreen refers to image formats wider than the traditional 4:3 frame, including 16:9 video, 1.85:1 flat film, and anamorphic 2.39:1; born of the 1950s CinemaScope race against television.
Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic is an Athens, Georgia jam rock band formed in the mid-1980s by John Bell, Michael Houser, and Dave Schools, named for Houser's nickname. Known for Space Wrangler (1988), 60 straight Red Rocks sell-outs, and 3 million albums sold.
Widget (beer)
Widget (beer): a small hollow device, invented at Guinness in Dublin in 1968 by Tony Carey and Sammy Hildebrand, placed in cans or bottles of nitrogenated beer such as Guinness Draught; it releases a pressurized jet of beer and nitrogen on opening to create a draught-style creamy foam head.
Widok z ziarnkiem piasku
"Widok z ziarnkiem piasku" ("View with a Grain of Sand") is a 1986 poem by Polish poet Wisława Szymborska, examining how language imposes names on a self-unaware world.
Widow Clicquot
Widow Clicquot, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866), French widow who took over the Veuve Clicquot champagne house in 1805, invented riddling (remuage), created the first blended rose champagne, and shipped her 1811 comet vintage to Russia; also the 2023 film starring Haley Bennett.
Widow's Bay
Widow's Bay is a 2026 Apple TV comedy horror series created by Katie Dippold, starring Matthew Rhys as Mayor Tom Loftis of a cursed New England island town; it won a record 14 Emmys and was renewed for season 2.
Widows (2018 film)
Widows (2018) is Steve McQueen's heist thriller, co-written with Gillian Flynn from Lynda La Plante's 1983 ITV series, about four Chicago widows pulling a $5 million heist to repay a $2 million debt; it earned a 91% Tomatometer and $42.4 million US gross.
Widows and orphans
Widows and orphans are typographic faults: stranded single lines at the top or bottom of pages or columns. Covers definitions, terminology disputes, CSS widows/orphans properties, and fixes in InDesign, LaTeX, and web text-wrap.
Widows' War
Widows' War is a 2024-2025 GMA Network Philippine murder-mystery drama starring Bea Alonzo as Sam and Carla Abellana as George, friends married into the Palacios family who become suspects after their husbands Paco and Basil die. Aired July 1, 2024 to January 17, 2025.