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Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Renny Harlin pirate adventure starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella; a $98 million Carolco production that grossed about $16 million, bankrupted its studio, and was certified by Guinness as the biggest box office flop.

Cutthroat Kitchen

Cutthroat Kitchen is an American cooking competition series hosted by Alton Brown on Food Network from 2013 to 2017, in which chefs bid to sabotage rivals.

Cutting Crew

Cutting Crew, English pop rock band formed in London in 1985 by Nick Van Eede and Kevin Scott MacMichael, known for the 1987 US number-one single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and albums Broadcast, The Scattering, and Compus Mentus.

Cutting for Stone

Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese's 2009 debut novel (Knopf), follows twins Marion and Shiva Stone, born to an Indian nun and British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; a bestselling medical family saga of exile and medicine.

Cutting It Short

Cutting It Short (Czech: Postřižiny) is a memoir novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, narrated by Maryška, the young wife of a brewery manager in Nymburk in the 1920s.

Cutting Through Rocks

Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) is a 2025 documentary by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni about Sara Shahverdi, first elected councilwoman of her rural Iranian village; Sundance Grand Jury winner and 2026 Oscar nominee.

Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

Cuttlefish That Loves Diving (爱潜水的乌贼), real name Yuan Ye, is a Chinese web novelist and Qidian platinum author, best known for the Lovecraftian steampunk hit Lord of Mysteries (诡秘之主) and its sequel Circle of Inevitability.

Cuttputlli

Cuttputlli (कठपुतली), also spelled Cuttputli, is a 2022 Hindi crime thriller directed by Ranjit M Tewari, starring Akshay Kumar as cop Arjan Sethi; the official remake of Tamil film Ratsasan, it premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 September 2022.

Cutty Sark (whisky)

Cutty Sark is a blended Scotch whisky brand created in 1923 by Berry Bros. & Rudd, named after the tea clipper ship. Known for its yellow McBey label, Prohibition-era US smuggling ties, the 1961 million-case US milestone, and current ownership by La Martiniquaise-Bardinet.

Cuvée

Cuvée (from French cuve, vat) is a wine term meaning a batch of wine made in one vat, a blend or assemblage of wines, the first-pressed juice in Champagne, or a producer's prestige bottling; it has no single legal definition.

Cuvinte potrivite

Cuvinte potrivite (Romanian for "Fit Words") is the first poetry volume of Romanian writer Tudor Arghezi, published in 1927, opening with the poem "Testament" and marking a turning point in modern Romanian lyric poetry.

Cuz I Love You

Cuz I Love You is Lizzo's third studio album, released in 2019. It blends pop, R&B, and funk, and won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2020 Grammys.

Cy Endfield

Cy Endfield (Cyril Raker Endfield, 1914–1995) was an American film director, screenwriter, magician, and inventor. Blacklisted by HUAC in 1951, he exiled to Britain, directed Hell Drivers and Zulu (1964), and later invented a pocket computer typewriter.

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly (Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr., 1928–2011), American painter and sculptor based in Rome from 1957, known for scribbled, classically inspired canvases, blackboard paintings, Fifty Days at Iliam, and white plaster sculptures.

Cyberbully (2011 film)

Cyberbully (Cyberbu//y), 2011 ABC Family TV movie directed by Charles Binamé, written by Teena Booth, starring Emily Osment as cyberbullied teen Taylor Hillridge; premiered July 17, 2011, distinct from the 2015 Maisie Williams British film.

Cyberchase

Cyberchase is a PBS KIDS animated math education series premiering January 21, 2002, produced by Thirteen/WNET and Nelvana. The CyberSquad (Jackie, Matt, Inez, Digit) uses math to stop Hacker; includes For Real segments and NSF-backed research.

CYBERJAPAN DANCERS

CYBERJAPAN DANCERS (サイバージャパン・ダンサーズ) is a Japanese go-go dance and vocal collective of nearly 25 dancers, formed in 2000 by DJ MITOMI TOKOTO and making its major debut in 2017.

Cyberman

Cyberman: fictional cyborg species from Doctor Who, first seen in The Tenth Planet (1966), created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis; Mondasian origin, emotionless, seeks conversion of all organic life, with later Cybus parallel-universe and parallel-evolution versions.

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a 1980s science fiction subgenre of "high tech, low life" dystopias, coined by Bruce Bethke (1983), shaped by Gibson's Neuromancer and Sterling's Mirrorshades, later spawning postcyberpunk.

Cyberpunk derivatives

Cyberpunk derivatives: science fiction subgenres named after cyberpunk, from steampunk, dieselpunk, and biopunk to solarpunk and postcyberpunk, distinguished by technology, era, and tone.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (サイバーパンク: エッジランナーズ2) is a 2026 standalone 10-episode Netflix anime by CD PROJEKT RED and TRIGGER, directed by Kai Ikarashi, following new characters Weak, D, Roman, and Talia in Night City, with Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 tie-in content.

Cybill

Cybill, a CBS sitcom (1995-1998) starring Cybill Shepherd as actress Cybill Sheridan, a Carsey-Werner-produced feminist comedy with Christine Baranski, 12 Emmy nominations, and a cancellation controversy involving Les Moonves.

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd, born 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American actress, model, and singer known for The Last Picture Show, Moonlighting with Bruce Willis, and her sitcom Cybill, with Golden Globe wins and four Emmy nominations.

Cyborg (DC Comics)

Cyborg (Victor Stone), DC Comics superhero created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, debuting in DC Comics Presents #26 (1980); rebuilt by his father Silas Stone, a Teen Titan turned Justice League founder, with powers including super strength, computer interfacing, and teleportation.

Cyborg (film)

Cyborg (1989) is an Albert Pyun post-apocalyptic action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, made by Cannon Films from cancelled Masters of the Universe 2 and Spider-Man sets, grossing about $10 million.

Cyborg 009 (サイボーグ009)

Cyborg 009 (サイボーグ009) is Shotaro Ishinomori's 1964 manga about nine people rebuilt as cyborg soldiers by Black Ghost who rebel; it popularized 'cyborg' in Japan and spawned anime from 1966 to the 2026 Nemesis series.

Cyborg She (僕の彼女はサイボーグ)

Cyborg She (僕の彼女はサイボーグ) is a 2008 Japanese science-fiction romantic comedy directed by South Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong, in which a cyborg from the future protects a lonely student.

Cyborg Superman

Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw) is a DC Comics supervillain created by Dan Jurgens; a cyborg built with Superman's DNA who impersonated him in Reign of the Supermen (1993), destroyed Coast City with Mongul, and later led the Manhunters and joined the Sinestro Corps.

Cybotron (American band)

Cybotron: American electro/techno group founded 1980 in Detroit by Juan Atkins and Rik Davis (3070); 'Alleys of Your Mind' (1981), 'Clear', album Enter (1983); split 1985; reunited 2019.

Cyclone (DC Comics)

Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel) is a DC Comics superheroine with wind manipulation and flight powers from T.O. Morrow's nanites; granddaughter of Ma Hunkel, the original Red Tornado, and a Justice Society member played by Quintessa Swindell in Black Adam (2022).