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Chiffon cake
Chiffon cake, an American oil-based foam cake invented by Harry Baker in the 1920s and released by General Mills in 1948 as "the first new cake in 100 years," combines whipped egg whites, baking powder, oil, and egg yolks for a tall, moist crumb.
Chihayafuru (ちはやふる)
Chihayafuru (ちはやふる) is Yuki Suetsugu's 50-volume josei manga, serialized in Be-Love since 2007, about Chihaya Ayase and competitive karuta; adapted into a three-season anime from 2011, live-action films, and Meguri.
Chihiro (song)
Chihiro (CHIHIRO) is a 5:03 song by Billie Eilish, track 3 on Hit Me Hard and Soft (May 17, 2024, Darkroom/Interscope), written with Finneas, named for the Spirited Away protagonist, peaking at UK number 7.
Chihna Yatra
Chihna Yatra (চিহ্নযাত্ৰা), literally "pageant in painted scenes," was the first drama of Assamese saint Srimanta Sankaradeva, staged about 1468; the text is lost, but it marks the beginning of Assamese drama.
Chihwaseon (취화선)
Chihwaseon (취화선, Painted Fire) is Im Kwon-taek's 2002 biographical drama about Joseon painter Jang Seung-up (Ohwon), starring Choi Min-sik; it won Best Director at Cannes 2002, the first Korean film to win a Cannes competition award.
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island (映画ちいかわ ニンジョの島の秘密)
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island (映画ちいかわ 人魚の島のひみつ) is the first Chiikawa theatrical anime film, released July 24, 2026 by Toho; directed by Kei Oikawa, scripted by Nagano, animated by CygamesPictures, adapting the manga's Siren arc, grossing over 18.1 billion yen in Japan.
Chiitan (ちぃたん)
Chiitan☆ (ちぃたん☆) is a Japanese small-clawed-otter fairy mascot and stunt-video creator, official character of the Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association, managed by Charando, with over 7 million followers and no formal tie to Susaki city.
Chika Anzai (安済 知佳)
Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui Prefecture with Avex Pictures, known for Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil and Reina Kousaka in Sound! Euphonium, and winner of the 17th Seiyu Awards Lead Voice Actor Award.
Chika-idol (underground idol)
Chika-idol (地下アイドル), also called live idol or indie idol, is the Japanese subscene of independent idol groups performing mainly in small live houses rather than on television, centered on Tokyo districts like Akihabara.
Chikamatsu Hanji
Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二; real name Hozumi Nariteru, 1725–1783) was a Japanese playwright of bunraku puppet theater, active in Osaka, known for Imoseyama Onna Teikin and Keisei Awa no Naruto.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門, 1653–1724), born Sugimori Nobumori, was a Japanese playwright for puppet jōruri (bunraku) and kabuki; over 100 plays including Sonezaki Shinjū and Kokusen'ya kassen, creator of sewamono domestic drama.
Chikankari
Chikankari (चिकनकारी) is a delicate hand embroidery from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, begun as white-on-white work on muslin and now worked in many colors on chiffon, muslin, and silk.
Chikhai Bardo
"Chikhai Bardo" is the seventh episode of Severance season 2, written by Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman and directed by cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné in her debut.
Chikn Nuggit
Chikn Nuggit is a BuzzFeed Animation Lab short-form animated web series created by Kyra Kupetsky, premiering October 15, 2020 on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram, about a long-eared dog and fast-food-named friends, with over 300 episodes, LGBTQ representation, a 2023 Frederator TV deal, and a 2026 AI dispute.
Chiko
Chiko is a 2008 German gangster drama, the feature debut of Hamburg director Özgür Yildirim, produced by Fatih Akin. Denis Moschitto plays a Turkish German drug dealer; it won two 2009 German Film Awards.
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles: Mexican dish of fried corn tortilla pieces cooked in red or green chile salsa, garnished with onion, cheese, and cream; Nahuatl name, 1831 and 1845 printed recipes, hangover-food reputation.
Child 44 (film)
Child 44 is a 2015 thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa, based on Tom Rob Smith's novel, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman as Soviet investigators hunting a child killer in 1953; it was banned in Russia and flopped critically and commercially.
Child actor
Child actor: a minor performing in film, TV, or theater. US child performers are exempt from FLSA labor protections, relying on state laws like California's Coogan Act (15% trust), while the UK uses council performance licences and chaperones.
Child beauty pageant
Child beauty pageant: a beauty contest for child contestants, mostly girls under eight, judged on appearance and personality. US-based, unregulated, about 250,000 entrants yearly; criticized for sexualization, banned for under-13s in France since 2014.
Child Catcher
The Child Catcher is a villain created for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (not in Fleming's book, credited to Roald Dahl), played by ballet dancer Robert Helpmann and retained in the stage musical.
Child of Europe
Child of Europe (Dziecię Europy) is a 1946 poem by Czesław Miłosz, written in New York and addressed to Europeans who survived World War II through moral compromise.
Child of God
Child of God is a 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy, his third, set in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the early 1960s, following outcast Lester Ballard into violence and murder.
Child of Rage
Child of Rage is a 1992 American fact-based television drama directed by Larry Peerce, starring Ashley Peldon and Mel Harris, about a couple who adopt a disturbed girl.
Child Star (film)
Child Star (2024) is a Hulu documentary, Demi Lovato's directorial debut co-directed with Nicola Marsh, interviewing former child stars like Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci, and JoJo Siwa about childhood fame's harms and child-performer protections.
Child-interview comedy format
Child-interview comedy format: adults ask children open-ended questions on adult topics for humor, from Art Linkletter's House Party and CTV's Just Kidding to Recess Therapy and viral clips like the Apparently Kid.
Child's Play (1988 film)
Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film directed by Tom Holland, in which dying serial killer Charles Lee Ray transfers his soul into a doll named Chucky.
Child's Play (2019 film)
Child's Play (2019), Japanese チャイルド・プレイ, is a Lars Klevberg horror reboot of the 1988 killer-doll film, with Mark Hamill voicing an AI Buddi doll; non-canon to Don Mancini's Chucky continuity, it opened June 21, 2019 with $14.1 million.
Child's Play (franchise)
Child's Play is an American horror franchise about Chucky, a doll possessed by serial killer Charles Lee Ray, begun by the 1988 film; it spans six sequels by Don Mancini, a non-canon 2019 AI-doll remake, and the Chucky TV series.
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 2 (1990) is a Universal horror sequel directed by John Lafia, written by Don Mancini, in which the rebuilt Chucky doll hunts Andy Barclay in a foster home; $12 million budget, $26.9 million US gross.
Child's Play 3
Child's Play 3 is a 1991 American supernatural horror film, the third in the Child's Play franchise, directed by Jack Bender and released by Universal Pictures.