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Chipo Chung

Chipo Chung (Chipo Tariro Chung, born 1977, Dar es Salaam) is a Zimbabwean-Chinese actress and activist in London, known for Sunshine, Camelot, Into the Badlands, Black Cake, Silo, and RSC Dido.

Chipotle

Chipotle (Nahuatl chilpōctli): a smoke-dried ripe jalapeño pepper used in Mexican cooking, sold as morita or meco, in powder, or canned in adobo; also the name of Chipotle Mexican Grill, the American restaurant chain founded in Denver in 1993.

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), founded by Steve Ells in Denver in 1993, pioneered the fast-casual burrito chain concept, grew under McDonald's investment 1998-2006, and now operates over 4,000 restaurants with $11.9 billion in 2025 revenue.

Chippendale style

The Chippendale style is English mid-eighteenth-century furniture named for cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, defined by his 1754 book blending Gothic, Chinese, and French Rococo motifs in carved mahogany.

Chippendales

Chippendales is an American male revue dance troupe founded in Los Angeles in 1979, whose shirtless dancers wear bow ties and cuffs and perform for largely female audiences.

Chiprovtsi carpet

The Chiprovtsi carpet (Чипровски килим), also called Chiprovtsi kilim, is a handwoven, geometric, double-sided Bulgarian rug made in Chiprovtsi, northwestern Bulgaria, inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2014.

CHiPs

CHiPs is an NBC police drama (1977–1983, 139 episodes, created by Rick Rosner) about California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox) and Frank 'Ponch' Poncherello (Erik Estrada) in Los Angeles; it spawned CHiPs '99 and a 2017 Dax Shepard film.

CHiPs (film)

CHiPs (2017) is Dax Shepard's action-comedy film remake of the 1977–1983 NBC series, starring Shepard and Michael Peña as CHP officers Jon Baker and Ponch; it grossed $26.8M on a $25M budget and scored 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Chips Hardy

Chips Hardy (Edward John Hardy, born 1950, Ealing, London) is an English writer and former advertising creative director, co-creator of the 2017 BBC/FX drama Taboo with Tom Hardy and Steven Knight, novelist of Each Day a Small Victory, and 2018 Writers' Guild award recipient.

Chiquis Rivera

Chiquis Rivera, born Janney Marin Rivera (1985, Los Angeles), also known as Chiquis, is an American regional Mexican (banda) singer, daughter of Jenni Rivera. Three-time Latin GRAMMY Best Banda Album winner (Playlist, Abeja Reina, Diamantes) and New York Times bestselling memoirist.

Chiquita (musician)

Chiquita (치키타), born Riracha Pondechaphiphat in 2009 in Thailand, is a singer and dancer, the youngest member of YG Entertainment's K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER, debuting in 2023.

Chiquitita

Chiquitita is a 1979 ABBA single by Andersson and Ulvaeus, lead vocal Agnetha Fältskog, premiered at the Music for UNICEF Concert, a number-one hit in at least 10 countries with royalties donated to UNICEF.

Chiquititas

Chiquititas: Argentine children's musical telenovela created by Cris Morena for Telefe (1995–2001), about orphans at the Rincón de Luz home; over 1,000 episodes, 4 million albums sold, Brazilian and Mexican versions, and a 2006 revival.

Chiquito Team Band

Chiquito Team Band is a Dominican salsa vocal quintet formed in 2012, known for the hits "Lejos de ti" and "La llamada de mi ex".

Chiraiya (चिड़िया)

Chiraiya (चिड़िया) is a 2026 six-episode Hindi social drama on JioHotstar about marital rape and consent, directed by Shashant Shah, written by Divy Nidhi Sharma, starring Divya Dutta, Sanjay Mishra, and Prasanna Bisht, adapted from the Bengali series Sampurna.

Chiranjeeva

Chiranjeeva (చిరంజీవ) is a 2025 Telugu fantasy comedy drama directed by Abhinaya Krishna, starring Raj Tarun and Kushitha Kallapu. Released directly on Aha on 7 November 2025, it follows an ambulance driver who gains the power to see people's lifespans.

Chiranjeevi (చిరంజీవి)

Chiranjeevi (చిరంజీవి), born Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad in 1955, is the Telugu cinema 'Megastar': 150+ films since 1978, Khaidi breakthrough in 1983, Nandi and Filmfare awards, Padma Vibhushan, and founder of the Praja Rajyam party.

Chiranjeevi filmography

Chiranjeevi (చిరంజీవి) filmography: Telugu actor's screen career from debut Punadhirallu (1978) through about 138-155 films, the Kodandarami Reddy mass-film era, off-beat Vishwanath and Balachander dramas, awards, and the post-2017 comeback.

Chiranjeevi Sarja (ಚಿರಂಜೀವಿ ಸರ್ಜಾ)

Chiranjeevi Sarja (ಚಿರಂಜೀವಿ ಸರ್ಜಾ), nicknamed Chiru, was a Kannada film actor (1980-2020) from the Sarja acting family, grandson of Shakti Prasad and nephew of Arjun Sarja. He debuted with Vayuputra (2009), acted in 22 films, and died of a heart attack at 39; his last film Rajamartanda released posthumously in 2023.

Chirimen

Chirimen (縮緬) is a Japanese silk crepe fabric with a fine puckered texture, used for women's kimono since the mid-Edo period and woven chiefly in Tango.

Chiron Harris

Chiron, also called Little and Black, is the protagonist of Barry Jenkins's 2016 film Moonlight, a gay Black man from Liberty City, Miami played at three ages by Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Trevante Rhodes.

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem (ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌, also ちるらん にぶんの壱 spinoff) is a historical seinen manga by Shinya Umemura and Eiji Hashimoto in Monthly Comic Zenon about the Bakumatsu Shinsengumi and Hijikata Toshizo; its TBS/U-NEXT/THE SEVEN live-action adaptation streamed worldwide as Song of the Samurai, reaching 5th on HBO Max daily rankings.

Chirutha (చిరుత)

Chirutha (చిరుత) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by C. Ashwini Dutt, marking the acting debut of Ram Charan, son of Chiranjeevi, who won several debut-actor awards.

Chisla

Chisla (Числа, "Numbers") was a literary journal of the Russian emigration published in Paris from 1930 to 1934, edited by I. de Manziarly and Nikolai Otsup and issuing ten issues.

Chistan

Chistan (چیستان), from chist an meaning "what is that?", is the Persian riddle, a veiled verse describing an object, known from pre-Islamic times through classical poets like Rudaki.

Chisum

Chisum (1970) is a John Wayne Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, written by Andrew J. Fenady, dramatizing the Lincoln County War; also known as Chisum and the Lincoln County Cattle War, it grossed $6 million in rentals.

Chit Phumisak

Chit Phumisak (จิตร ภูมิศักดิ์) was a Thai Marxist historian, poet, and linguist, remembered as one of Thailand's most influential left-wing intellectuals until his death in 1966.

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera (Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, 1933–2024), American Broadway dancer, singer, and actress; originated Anita in West Side Story, Velma in Chicago, and Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman; two Tonys, Kennedy Center Honor, Medal of Freedom.

Chitalishte

A chitalishte (читалище) is a self-governing Bulgarian community cultural and educational center combining a library, reading room, and amateur artistic groups, first appearing in 1856.

Chitauri

The Chitauri are a fictional alien race in Marvel Comics, first appearing in The Ultimates in 2003 and known as Loki's invading army in The Avengers (2012).