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Currents

Currents is an American melodic metalcore band formed in Connecticut in 2011, fronted by Brian Wille and signed to SharpTone Records, which broke through with the 2020 album The Way It Ends.

Currie Graham

Currie Graham (born 1967, Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, distinct from the evangelist Billy Graham, writer Graham Greene, or actor Graham Greene. Known for Lt. Thomas Bale on NYPD Blue, DA Mario Siletti on Murder in the First, Calvin Chadwick on Agent Carter, and Kliner Sr. in Reacher.

Curry

Curry, from Tamil kari (sauce), is the Western term for spiced sauce-based South Asian and Southeast Asian dishes and for British-invented curry powder, a blend Indian cuisine itself does not use as a standard.

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is Christo Tomy's 2023 Malayalam-language Netflix true-crime documentary on the Koodathayi cyanide poisoning of six family members by Jolly Joseph, released 22 December 2023.

Curry and Pepper (咖喱辣椒)

Curry and Pepper (咖喱辣椒) is a 1990 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Blackie Ko, starring Jacky Cheung and Stephen Chow as Hong Kong police detectives.

Curry Barker

Curry Barker (born 1999, Mobile, Alabama) is an American filmmaker and actor behind the YouTube channel That's a Bad Idea, the $800 found-footage hit Milk & Serial, and the 2026 horror blockbuster Obsession, sold to Focus Features for $15 million.

Curry powder

Curry powder, also called Madras or curry spice, is a British-invented pre-mixed spice blend built on turmeric, coriander, and cumin, rarely used in India, with distinct Jamaican, Japanese, and Sri Lankan variants.

Currywurst

Currywurst (curry sausage) is a German fast-food dish of sliced fried sausage with curry ketchup, attributed to Herta Heuwer, Berlin, 4 September 1949, trademarked as "Chillup" in 1959, with rival Hamburg, Duisburg, and Ruhr claims and a famous Volkswagen factory version.

Curse of Chucky

Curse of Chucky (2013) is the sixth Child's Play film, also called the sixth Chucky movie, written and directed by Don Mancini, released direct to video, starring Fiona Dourif as Nica, returning the series to straight horror.

Curse of the Golden Flower (满城尽带黄金甲)

Curse of the Golden Flower (满城尽带黄金甲) is Zhang Yimou's 2006 Tang-court epic adapted from Cao Yu's play Thunderstorm, starring Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, and Jay Chou; it broke Chinese box-office records and won Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Actress.

Curse of the ninth

The curse of the ninth is a superstition that composers die after completing a ninth symphony, with Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, and Mahler as its standard examples.

Cursed (2005 film)

Cursed (2005) is a Wes Craven werewolf horror film written by Kevin Williamson, starring Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, and Joshua Jackson, notorious for scrapped footage, four reshoots, and a PG-13 recut.

Cursed (2020 TV series)

Cursed is a 2020 Netflix fantasy drama, 10 episodes, reimagining Arthurian legend through Nimue (Katherine Langford), based on the Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler illustrated novel; cancelled July 2021 after one season.

Cursed and Killed

Cursed and Killed (Прокляты и убиты) is an unfinished novel about World War II by Viktor Astafyev, published in two parts in 1992 and 1994.

Cursed Films

Cursed Films is a Shudder documentary series (2020-2022) directed by Jay Cheel examining the myths behind supposedly cursed horror productions such as The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Omen, The Crow, and Twilight Zone: The Movie, balancing superstition with skeptical investigation.

Curses! (TV series)

Curses! is a DreamWorks Animation animated spooky adventure comedy for kids on Apple TV+, premiered October 27, 2023. Created by Jim Cooper and Jeff Dixon, it follows the Vanderhouven family returning stolen artifacts to lift a curse that turned Alex to stone; two seasons, 20 episodes, ended 2024.

Cursive (band)

Cursive (band): Omaha, Nebraska indie rock/emo band formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Stephen Pedersen, and Clint Schnase on Saddle Creek, known for Domestica (2000) and The Ugly Organ (2003).

Cursive singing

Cursive singing, or indie girl voice, is a pop vocal style of added diphthongs, softened consonants, and vocal fry, named in a 2009 tweet by @TRACKDROPPA and associated with Amy Winehouse, Lorde, and Halsey.

Cursor Mundi

Cursor Mundi is an anonymous Middle English poem of roughly 24,000 to 30,000 lines, written in the Northern dialect around 1300, retelling Christian history from the Creation to Doomsday.

Cursum Perficio

Cursum Perficio is Anthrax's twelfth studio album, released September 18, 2026 on Nuclear Blast and Megaforce, its first since 2016's For All Kings; the Latin title means 'I complete my journey' and hints it may be the thrash band's last.

Curt Smith

Curt Smith (born 1961, Bath, England) is an English singer, bassist, and producer, co-founder of Tears for Fears with Roland Orzabal; lead vocalist on hits like Mad World and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, with a parallel solo career.

Curtain Call: The Hits

Curtain Call: The Hits is Eminem's first greatest-hits compilation, released December 6, 2005 on Aftermath/Interscope. 17 tracks (24 deluxe) spanning 1999-2005 singles plus FACK, Shake That, and When I'm Gone; it topped the UK and Billboard 200 charts.

Curtained hair

Curtained hair, also called curtain bangs or the eboy haircut, is a middle-parted hairstyle with face-framing panels, peaking in the 1990s on David Beckham and Brad Pitt.

Curtis (50 Cent album)

Curtis is 50 Cent's third studio album, released September 11, 2007 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope. It lost its famous first-week sales battle with Kanye West's Graduation (691,000 vs 957,000 copies), peaked at number 2, and scored 58 on Metacritic.

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong (born 1953, Detroit) is an American character actor known as Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, Ahmet Ertegun in Ray, Metatron on Supernatural, and co-creator of King of the Nerds.

Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson (1945–2016), American film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Reno, Nevada. Directed L.A. Confidential (Oscar for adapted screenplay), Wonder Boys, and 8 Mile with Eminem; final film Chasing Mavericks.

Curtis Lepore

Curtis Lepore (born 1983, Smithtown, New York) is an American Vine and TikTok personality and former GhostXShip frontman; in 2014 he pled no contest to felony assault after a rape charge involving Vine star Jessi Smiles.

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), Chicago soul singer-songwriter and guitarist, led the Impressions, wrote civil rights anthems like "People Get Ready," scored Super Fly (1972), and recorded New World Order after a 1990 accident left him quadriplegic.

Curtis Pritchard

Curtis Pritchard (born 1996, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English ballroom and Latin dancer, choreographer on Dancing with the Stars Ireland, and four-time Love Island franchise finalist, best known for placing fourth on Love Island UK season 5.

Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone, Australian chef from Melbourne, trained under Marco Pierre White at Quo Vadis, hosted Take Home Chef and Top Chef Masters, and ran Michelin-starred Maude and Gwen in Los Angeles.