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Diadora

Diadora: Italian sportswear brand founded 1948 in Caerano di San Marco by Marcello Danieli; known for Björn Borg tennis shoes, the N9000, Heritage Made in Italy line, Diadora Utility safety footwear, and Geox-group ownership since 2009.

Diageo

Diageo plc, formed by the 1997 merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness, is a British beverage alcohol company selling Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff and other brands in about 180 countries, ranked first in international spirits by retail sales value.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis (2019) is a seven-episode Netflix documentary series based on Lisa Sanders' New York Times Magazine column, in which she crowdsources diagnoses for mysterious, undiagnosed medical conditions from readers worldwide.

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001) was a CBS mystery/medical crime drama starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a crime-solving physician aided by his detective son Steve, played by real-life son Barry Van Dyke; a Jake and the Fatman spin-off spanning 178 episodes, eight seasons, and five TV movies.

Diagon Alley

Diagon Alley is the fictional wizarding shopping street behind the Leaky Cauldron in London in Harry Potter, home to Gringotts bank and Ollivanders, entered by tapping a brick; recreated at Universal Studios Florida (opened July 8, 2014) and as a Leavesden film set.

Diagram

Diagram: a simplified drawing representing a machine, system, process, or idea to explain how it works, from Greek diágramma. Covers types (flowchart, Venn, tree), diagram versus chart selection, and the diagram's role in art theory and art history.

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), American actress and singer, star of NBC's Julia (1968–71), the first TV series led by an African-American woman in a non-domestic role; Tony winner for No Strings, Oscar nominee for Claudine, and Dynasty's Dominique Deveraux.

Dial H for Hero

Dial H for Hero is a DC Comics concept, the H-Dial rotary phone that turns its user into a random superhero for one hour. Created by Dave Wood and Jim Mooney in House of Mystery #156 (1966); dialers include Robby Reed, Chris King, Vicki Grant, Hero Cruz, and Miguel Montez.

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder (1954) is Alfred Hitchcock's thriller adapted by Frederick Knott from his stage play, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings; shot in 3-D, released mostly flat, grossing $6.1 million.

Dialogue (Bakhtin)

Dialogue (Bakhtin), or dialogism, is Mikhail Bakhtin's concept that every utterance responds to past discourse and anticipates an answer, developed with Voloshinov's 1929 Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, linked to heteroglossia and polyphony, and distinct from everyday conversation.

Diamanda Galás

Diamanda Galás (born 1955, San Diego) is an American avant-garde vocalist, pianist, and composer; debut The Litanies of Satan (1982), AIDS trilogy Masque of the Red Death, Plague Mass, multiphonic extended vocal technique, Intravenal Sound Operations label.

Diamond (2026 film)

Diamond (2026) is Andy Garcia's neo-noir crime drama, also called a contemporary noir homage, in which Garcia writes, directs, produces, and stars as anachronistic LA private detective Joe Diamond; it premiered Out of Competition at Cannes 2026, runs 118 minutes, and stars Vicky Krieps, Brendan Fraser, and Dustin Hoffman.

Diamond Dogs

Diamond Dogs is David Bowie's eighth studio album, a 1974 RCA concept album loosely based on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four after rights were denied, set in Hunger City, reaching UK number one and spawning the Diamond Dogs Tour.

Diamond Eyes

Diamond Eyes is Deftones' sixth studio album (Reprise, May 4, 2010), produced by Nick Raskulinecz, first album with bassist Sergio Vega after Chi Cheng's 2008 accident, debuting at number 6 on the Billboard 200.

Diamond Head (group)

Diamond Head is an English heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, best known for the 1980 album Lightning to the Nations and its influence on Metallica.

Diamond Is Unbreakable (ダイヤモンドは砕けない)

Diamond Is Unbreakable (ダイヤモンドは砕けない) is Part 4 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, set in 1999 Morioh with Josuke Higashikata hunting serial killer Yoshikage Kira; adapted as a 39-episode 2016 anime and a 2017 Takashi Miike live-action film.

Diamond Jubilee (album)

Diamond Jubilee is a 2024 album by Cindy Lee, Patrick Flegel's drag persona (ex-Women): 32 tracks, over two hours, self-released via Geocities and YouTube, later Polaris-shortlisted and Pitchfork's 2024 album of the year.

Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the British throne, celebrated in June 2012 with a Thames pageant, street lunches, and beacon lightings worldwide.

Diamond Life

Diamond Life is the 1984 debut album by British band Sade, released 16 July 1984 on Epic. Recorded at Power Plant Studios with producer Robin Millar, it reached UK No. 2 and US No. 5, won the 1985 Brit Award for Best British Album, and features Smooth Operator and Your Love Is King.

Diamond Platnumz

Diamond Platnumz (Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, born 1989) is a Tanzanian bongo flava superstar from Tandale, Dar es Salaam, founder of WCB Wasafi, first sub-Saharan artist to one billion YouTube views, and a 2015 MTV EMA winner.

Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio is an American country band formed in Nashville in 1989 from the Tennessee River Boys, signed to Arista Nashville in 1990. Its 1991 debut single "Meet in the Middle" was the first by a country group to hit No. 1; six Vocal Group of the Year awards and a 2011 Grammy for The Reason.

Diamonds (Rihanna song)

Diamonds (Rihanna song): 2012 midtempo pop ballad written by Sia, produced by Benny Blanco and Stargate, lead single of Unapologetic; 12th Rihanna Hot 100 No. 1 for three weeks, nearly once recorded by Eminem.

Diamonds & Rust (song)

Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 folk song written by Joan Baez about Bob Dylan, released April 1975 on A&M, a Top 35 US hit, later covered as a heavy metal staple by Judas Priest on Sin After Sin (1977).

Diamonds and Pearls

Diamonds and Pearls is a 1991 studio album by the American musician Prince, his first with the New Power Generation, featuring the Billboard number-one single "Cream".

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a Jule Styne and Leo Robin show tune from the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, introduced by Carol Channing and made iconic by Marilyn Monroe's pink-dress 1953 film number.

Diamonds Are Forever (film)

Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond film directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery as 007 investigating a diamond smuggling ring led by Blofeld.

Diamonds Are Forever (song)

"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) is the Shirley Bassey theme song for the seventh James Bond film, music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black; recorded at CTS Studios London, nearly rejected by producer Harry Saltzman as too sexy.

Diamonds from Heera

Diamonds From Heera is a 1986 album by the British bhangra group Heera. Directed by Deepak Khazanchi, it is regarded as an early example of Punjabi pop.

Dian Parkinson

Dian Parkinson (Dianna Lynn Batts, born 1944), American model, Miss World USA 1965 and Miss World first runner-up, and a Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right from 1975 to 1993; later sued and then dropped a harassment suit against Bob Barker.

Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam

Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam is a 1932 Indonesian novel by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, published by Balai Pustaka, telling of a poor villager's failed love for a wealthy young woman.