Arts and culture

Detroit techno

Detroit techno: electronic dance music genre created in early-1980s Detroit by the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), named via Atkins' 'Techno City' on a British compilation, spread to Europe via Transmat's 'Strings of Life' and the 1988 Techno! compilation.

Detroit Techno Militia

Detroit Techno Militia (DTM) is a Detroit-based collective of DJs and producers and a record label, founded in 2002 to preserve and promote Detroit techno heritage worldwide.

Detroit-style pizza

Detroit-style pizza, born 1946 at Buddy's Rendezvous in Detroit, is a rectangular pan pizza with Wisconsin brick cheese caramelized to the edges (frico) and sauce on top, now a nationally trending style.

Detskaya Literatura

Detskaya Literatura («Де́тская литерату́ра", "Children's Literature") was a Soviet and Russian journal reviewing and criticizing children's books, published in Moscow from 1932 to 1941 and revived in 1965.

Detty December

Detty December is the annual party season from December into early January, when diaspora visitors flock to Lagos and Accra for concerts and beach events.

Detvan

Detvan is a lyrical-epic poem by the Slovak Romantic poet Andrej Sládkovič, written in 1845 and published in 1853, celebrating the strength and morality of the Slovak people.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, also known as European Gigolo, is a 2005 American comedy sequel starring Rob Schneider, who returns as Deuce Bigalow to clear his friend of murder charges in Amsterdam.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell, in which Rob Schneider's aquarium cleaner becomes a gigolo and earns over $92 million worldwide.

Deuda

Deuda (देउडा) is a folk song-and-dance tradition of western Nepal, sung in a circle by groups exchanging question-and-answer verse, notably at the Gaura festival, and also practiced in India's Kumaon and Garhwal.

Deus (film)

Deus (2022), aka Deus: The Dark Sphere, a British sci-fi thriller by Steve Stone starring Claudia Black; the Achilles crew finds a Mars-orbit sphere broadcasting 'God' in every language. Low ratings (IMDb 4.4), $11,997 box office.

Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina, Latin for "god from the machine" (Greek theos ek mechanes), is a plot device from ancient Greek theater where a crane lowered a god onstage to resolve the plot; now any contrived, unforeshadowed ending.

Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon (Yellow Label), classical record label founded 1898 in Hanover by Emil and Joseph Berliner; oldest active label, now in Universal Music Group, Berlin; firsts in orchestral, tape, CD recording.

Deutsche Rundschau

Deutsche Rundschau was a German literary and political monthly review published in Berlin from 1874 to 1964, founded by Julius Rodenberg and known for first publishing Theodor Fontane's Der Schimmelretier

Deutsche Schillerstiftung

The Deutsche Schillerstiftung is a German literary foundation seated in Weimar, founded in Dresden in 1859 to support distinguished German-language writers with annual honoraria and promotion prizes.

Deutsche Schlager-Festspiele

The Deutsche Schlager-Festspiele were an annual competition for German-language schlager songs, staged by Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden from 1961 to 1966 and revived in 1994 and from 1997 to 1999.

Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte

The Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte (DVjs) is a German quarterly journal for literary studies and intellectual history, first published in 1923 and regarded as the leading journal of German-language Germanistik.

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) is a state-funded German prize for children's and young adult literature, awarded annually since 1956 with a total endowment of 72,000 euros.

Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach

The Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literature Archive Marbach, DLA) is a German literary archive in Marbach am Neckar, founded in 1955, holding some 1,600 author estates.

Deutschland (song)

"Deutschland" is a 2019 song by German band Rammstein, lead single of its untitled seventh album, opening at number 1 in Germany and charting in 27 countries.

Deutschland 83

Deutschland 83 is a 2015 German Cold War spy series created by Anna and Jörg Winger for UFA Fiction and RTL, starring Jonas Nay as East German agent Martin Rauch infiltrating the Bundeswehr in 1983. First German-language drama on major US cable TV (SundanceTV); won an International Emmy; followed by Deutschland 86 and 89.

Deutschland 86

Deutschland 86 (Deutschland86), 2018 second season of the German spy series Deutschland 83, a UFA Fiction production for Amazon Prime Video; 10x45-minute episodes starring Jonas Nay and Maria Schrader as GDR agents in 1986, set in South Africa, Angola, Libya, Paris, and Berlin.

Deutschland 89

Deutschland 89 is the third and final season of the German spy series Deutschland by Anna and Jörg Winger, following DDR agent Martin Rauch from the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 to German reunification; eight episodes premiered on Amazon Prime Video in September 2020.

Deutschlandlied

Deutschlandlied (Das Lied der Deutschen), Germany's national anthem: written 1841 by Hoffmann von Fallersleben on Helgoland to Haydn's 1797 melody; only the third stanza, 'Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit', is official since 1952, confirmed 1991.

Deutschrock

Deutschrock is rock music with German lyrics, a loose label covering 1970s pioneers like Udo Lindenberg, the Neue Deutsche Welle, and bands still charting in 2026.

Deux

Deux (듀스) was a South Korean hip-hop dance duo formed in 1993 by Lee Hyun-do and Kim Sung-jae, credited as the starting point of Korean hip-hop before breaking up in 1995.

Deux Vultures

Deux Vultures were a Kenyan rap duo made up of Nasty Thomas and Colonel Mustapha, formed in 2002 and known for the hit 'Monalisa' and the 2004 songs 'Kinyaunyau' and 'Adhiambo C'.

Dev (Bengali actor)

Dev (দেব), born Deepak Adhikari (দীপক অধিকারী) in 1982, is a Bengali film actor, producer and Trinamool Congress MP from Ghatal; star of Chander Pahar, Zulfiqar and Projapoti.

Dev (singer)

Dev, born Devin Star Tailes in 1989, is an American singer and rapper known for the hook of Far East Movement's 2010 hit "Like a G6."

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Dev (देव) (2004 film)

Dev (देव) is a 2004 Hindi political drama directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Amitabh Bachchan as JCP Dev Pratap Singh opposite Om Puri, Fardeen Khan, and Kareena Kapoor; released 11 June 2004, it won two Filmfare Critics Awards and drew controversy over its Gujarat riots backdrop.