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Despicable Me

Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy about Gru, a supervillain whose plan to steal the moon is derailed by three orphaned girls he adopts, launching Illumination's franchise.

Despicable Me (film)

Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, about the supervillain Gru, who is reformed by three orphaned girls.

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 (2013), Illumination's animated sequel directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, follows reformed villain Gru joining the Anti-Villain League; it grossed $970.8 million worldwide on a $76 million budget and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 (2017) is Illumination and Universal's third Despicable Me film, directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, starring Steve Carell as Gru and twin Dru and Trey Parker as Balthazar Bratt; it grossed $1.03 billion worldwide with mixed reviews.

Despicable Me 4

Despicable Me 4 (2024) is Illumination's fourth Gru film, directed by Chris Renaud, introducing Gru Jr., Maxime Le Mal, and the Mega Minions; it grossed about $972 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.

Despicable Me 4 (soundtrack)

Despicable Me 4 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Back Lot Music album for the 2024 Illumination film, with Heitor Pereira's score and Pharrell Williams' single Double Life, plus licensed songs by Culture Club, BTS, and DragonForce.

Despina Vandi (Δέσποινα Βανδή)

Despina Vandi (Δέσποινα Βανδή), born Despina Malea in 1969 in Tübingen, Germany, is a Greek laïko-pop singer. Her album Gia (2001) was Greece's best seller of 2001-2002 and she won the 2002 World Music Award for Best Selling Greek Artist.

Después de Ti

Después de Ti is a 2026 dream-pop ballad single by Colombian singer KAROL G with Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex, premiered at Coachella, released April 23, 2026 on Interscope, and closing her album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto.

Dessan

Dessan (also spelled destan or dastan) is an epic genre of Turkmen literature, known since the 18th century, that combines fairy tales, folk legends, and love or heroic material.

Dessert

Dessert is the sweet course served at the end of a meal, typically including cake, pie, fruit, pudding, and ice cream; the word comes from the French desservir, meaning "to clear the table".

Dessert wine

Dessert wine, also called pudding wine, is a sweet wine served with or as dessert, made by late harvest, noble rot, freezing, drying, or fortification.

Destan

Destan is a long versified narrative in Turkish literature that recounts historical and social events through heroes' extraordinary adventures, traditionally performed with melody before an audience.

Destiel

Destiel is the slash ship name for Dean Winchester and Castiel of Supernatural, coined around 2008-2011, AO3's most popular ship, partially canonized in the 2020 episode "Despair" when Castiel confesses his love.

Destin Daniel Cretton

Destin Daniel Cretton (born 1978, Maui, Hawaii) is an American director of Short Term 12, Just Mercy, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day; second Asian-American MCU director after Ang Lee.

Destination Moon (film)

Destination Moon (1950) is a George Pal-produced, Irving Pichel-directed Technicolor science fiction film, loosely based on Robert A. Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo, that won the Oscar for Best Special Effects and launched the 1950s science fiction film boom.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo, 1943 Warner Bros. war film, Delmer Daves's directing debut, starring Cary Grant as sub captain Cassidy on a spy mission into Tokyo Bay for the Doolittle Raid, Navy training tool, Oscar-nominated story by Steve Fisher.

Destination Wedding

Destination Wedding (2018) is a Victor Levin romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder as mismatched wedding guests Frank and Lindsay at a Paso Robles vineyard wedding; R-rated two-hander, 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, distinct from the Hallmark film of the same name.

Destination X (British TV series)

Destination X is a BBC One reality competition hosted by Rob Brydon, adapted from the Belgian Bestemming X, in which 13 contestants on a blacked-out bus guess their European location; least accurate is eliminated, £100,000 prize.

Destination X (TV series) season 1

Destination X season 1: first season of the blindfolded European geo-guessing reality competition adapted from Belgium's Bestemming X. US version (NBC, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, May 27–July 29, 2025, 10 episodes, $250,000) won by Rick Szabo; UK version (BBC One, Rob Brydon, £100,000) won by Judith.

Destined (长风渡 (电视剧))

Destined (长风渡) is a 2023 40-episode Chinese costume romance drama directed by Yin Tao, starring Bai Jingting and Song Yi, adapted from Mo Shubai's Jinjiang novel; it broke iQIYI's fastest heat-10,000 record in 41 hours.

Destined With You

Destined With You (이 연애는 불가항력) is a 2023 JTBC fantasy romance drama, 16 episodes, starring Jo Bo-ah and Rowoon as a civil servant and a cursed lawyer linked by a book sealed 300 years ago; streamed on Netflix, averaged 2.613% Nielsen.

Destiny (1921 film)

Destiny (Der müde Tod, The Weary Death) is Fritz Lang's 1921 German Expressionist silent fantasy, produced by Erich Pommer for Decla-Bioscop, in which Lil Dagover bargains with Death across three episodes; restored with tinting in 2016.

Destiny (Irene Adler)

Destiny (Irene Adler), Marvel Comics blind mutant precog created by Claremont and Byrne, debuted in Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981), died to Legion in #255, was resurrected in 2021's Inferno, partner of Mystique and author of Destiny's Diaries.

Destiny Deacon

Destiny Deacon (1957–2024) was a Kuku/Erub/Mer Australian artist and political activist whose photographs and installations used black dolls and Aboriginal kitsch to satirize racist stereotypes.

Destiny Fulfilled

Destiny Fulfilled (2004) is the fifth and final studio album by Destiny's Child, reuniting Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams; released November 15, 2004, it sold 5.5 million units in its fiscal year.

Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child, also known as Girls Tyme, was a Houston R&B girl group signed to Columbia Records in 1997. Hits include Say My Name, Independent Women Part I (11 weeks at No. 1), and Survivor; disbanded 2006 after launching Beyoncé's solo career.

Destiny's Child (album)

Destiny's Child is the 1998 self-titled debut album by the Houston R&B girl group Destiny's Child, a neo-soul record produced mainly by D'Wayne Wiggins; it peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the hit "No, No, No".

Destiny's Child discography

Destiny's Child is an American R&B girl group formed in Houston, Texas, in 1990. The final lineup recorded the peak albums, and "Independent Women, Pt. 1" spent 11 weeks at number one.

DeStorm Power

DeStorm Power (born 1982) is an American rapper, YouTuber, Vine star, and Zeus Network co-founder; 2011 American Music Award winner and 2018 Emmy nominee for Caught The Series, distinct from any energy company of a similar name.

Destra Garcia

Destra Garcia, known mononymously as Destra, is a Trinidadian soca singer called the "Queen of Bacchanal," best known for the 2003 anthem "It's Carnival" with Machel Montano.