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Demonte Colony

Demonte Colony (டிமான்டி காலனி) is a 2015 Tamil horror thriller directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu, starring Arulnithi; four friends enter a haunted Chennai mansion and return with a cursed necklace, spawning a franchise from 2024 onward.

Demonte Colony 2

Demonte Colony 2 (2024) is a Tamil supernatural horror thriller by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu, a prequel-and-sequel to his 2015 film Demonte Colony, starring Arulnithi and Priya Bhavani Shankar, released 15 August 2024 and streaming on ZEE5.

Demonte Colony 3

Demonte Colony 3 (டிமான்டி காலனி 3) is a 2026 Tamil supernatural horror thriller, the third film in the franchise, directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu and starring Arulnithi as Srini/Raghu alongside Priya Bhavani Shankar. Its release was stayed by the Madras High Court in September 2026 after a ₹50 crore Zee5 OTT sale.

Demoscene

Demoscene (demo scene): international computer art subculture producing demos, non-interactive real-time audiovisual programs. Born in 1980s crack-intro piracy culture; demoparties, 4k/64k size comps, UNESCO heritage recognition.

Dempsey and Firpo

Dempsey and Firpo is a 1924 oil painting by American artist George Bellows showing Luis Ángel Firpo knocking heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey out of the ring at New York's Polo Grounds.

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace: British ITV crime drama (1985–1986) by London Weekend Television, created by Ranald Graham, starring Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber as mismatched New York and London detectives who later married.

Dempsey Bryk

Dempsey Bryk (born 1996, New York City) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director, son of Greg Bryk and brother of Billy Bryk. He played Prince Airk Tanthalos in Disney+'s Willow and directed Crash Land, his SXSW 2026 feature debut.

Den (comics)

Den is Richard Corben's fantasy comic character, David Ellis Norman transformed into a muscular adventurer in Neverwhere. Serialized in Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal 1977-78, adapted in the Heavy Metal film, restored by Dark Horse in five volumes 2023-2025.

Den første Sne

"Den første Sne" (Danish for "The First Snow") titles several Nordic poems and songs, the best known a playful 1872 poem by the Danish writer Fr. Winkel Horn.

Den of Thieves (film)

Den of Thieves is a 2018 American heist crime film, Christian Gudegast's directorial debut, starring Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and 50 Cent, about LA deputies pursuing a crew robbing the Federal Reserve; released by STX, grossing $44.9M, with a 2025 sequel Pantera.

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) is a Lionsgate action-heist sequel directed by Christian Gudegast, starring Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. hunting the Pink Panther mafia in a European diamond heist inspired by the 2003 Antwerp robbery; it opened No. 1 with $15.5 million.

Den Poezii

Den Poezii (День поэзии, "The Day of Poetry") is a Russian-language annual poetry almanac first published in Moscow in 1956, the principal showcase of Russian poetry in the Soviet era.

Den stora gåtan

Den stora gåtan (The Great Enigma) is a 2004 poetry collection by Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, published by Albert Bonniers förlag, his last major new collection.

Den Watts

Den Watts, known as Dirty Den, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Leslie Grantham from 1985 to 1989 and 2003 to 2005. Landlord of the Queen Vic, famous for serving Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986 to 30.5 million viewers, and murdered by Chrissie Watts in 2005.

Dene oral literature

Dene oral literature is the body of stories, histories, and songs transmitted by speech among the Dene, Athabaskan-speaking peoples from the Mackenzie River region to Alaska.

Denée Benton

Denée Benton (born 1991) is an American actress from Eustis, Florida, a Carnegie Mellon graduate known for her Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Natasha in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, roles in Hamilton and Into the Woods, and Peggy Scott in HBO's The Gilded Age.

Denethor

Denethor II is the last Ruling Steward of Gondor in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, father of Boromir and Faramir, who despairs and burns himself during the siege of Minas Tirith.

Deng Chao

Deng Chao (邓超), born 1979 in Nanchang, is a Chinese actor and director, Central Academy of Drama graduate, Hundred Flowers and Shanghai Golden Goblet award winner, and fourth Chinese-language actor past 10 billion yuan in film box office.

Deng Kai (actor)

Deng Kai (邓凯, birth name Deng Shang), born 1995 in Dalian, is a Chinese actor and former model who debuted in 2018 and became known for playing Qi Min in Pursuit of Jade (2026).

Deng Lun (邓伦)

Deng Lun (邓伦, Allen Deng), born 1992 in Shijiazhuang, is a Chinese actor, Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate, star of Ashes of Love (2018), fined 106 million yuan for tax evasion in March 2022 and blacklisted from mainland entertainment.

Deng Shiru

Deng Shiru (1743–1805) was a Chinese calligrapher and seal carver of the Qing dynasty, first to fully embody the stele school and founder of a seal-carving school.

Deng Tuzi the Lecher

Deng Tuzi the Lecher (登徒子) is a fictional courtier in a fu poem attributed to the Warring States poet Song Yu, now a Chinese byword for a lecher.

Dengeki Novel Prize (電撃小説大賞)

The Dengeki Novel Prize (電撃小説大賞) is an annual Japanese literary award founded in 1994 by ASCII Media Works to scout unpublished novels for its Dengeki Bunko light-novel line.

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Mitchell Elliott (1922–1992), British character actor; won three consecutive BAFTA Best Supporting Actor awards for Trading Places, A Private Function, and Defence of the Realm, and was Oscar-nominated for A Room with a View.

Denial (2016 film)

Denial (2016 film), directed by Mick Jackson, written by David Hare; drama of the Irving v. Lipstadt libel trial, starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson; courtroom dialogue verbatim from transcripts; Bleecker Street release.

Denial Is a River

Denial Is a River: 2024 song by American rapper Doechii (Jaylah Hickmon) from Alligator Bites Never Heal, a therapy-dialogue rap about infidelity and drug use; UK No. 9, Billboard Hot 100 No. 65.

Denials (The White Lotus)

Denials is the sixth episode of The White Lotus season 3 (HBO, aired March 23, 2025), written and directed by Mike White. It follows the Thai resort guests the morning after the Full Moon Party: Tim Ratliff's hallucinations and hidden gun, Saxon's realization about Lochlan, and Laurie's rift with Jaclyn.

Deniece Williams

Deniece Williams (June Deniece Chandler), American soul and gospel singer from Gary, Indiana; four-octave soprano, Wonderlove alumna, number one hits "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" and "Let's Hear It for the Boy," four Grammy wins.

Denikaina Ready (దేనికైనా రెడీ)

Denikaina Ready (దేనికైనా రెడీ), also Dhenikaina Ready, is a 2012 Telugu comedy-drama directed by G. Nageswara Reddy, produced by Mohan Babu, starring Vishnu Manchu and Hansika Motwani; a remake of Udayapuram Sulthan, notable for its Brahmin-community controversy and High Court scene-deletion order.

Denim

Denim, a warp-faced cotton twill with indigo warp and white weft, from serge de Nîmes; distinguished from plain-weave chambray by weight (10-16 oz), fading, and its use in riveted jeans.