Arts and culture

Divani (poetry)

Divani, or divan poetry, is the classical court poetry of Islamic literatures, written chiefly in Persian and Ottoman Turkish in fixed forms inherited from Arabic models.

Dive bar: an unpretentious, cheap, long-established neighborhood bar, originally 1880s American slang for an illegal drinking den. Features jukeboxes, neon, regulars, minimal food; now imitated by pricier neo-dives.

Dive in Wonderland

Dive in Wonderland (不思議の国でアリスと) is a 2025 Japanese animated fantasy film by P.A.WORKS, the first Japanese theatrical anime adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, directed by Toshiya Shinohara, released August 29, 2025, 95 minutes, Shochiku.

Diver Down

Diver Down is Van Halen's fifth studio album, released April 14, 1982 on Warner Bros. A 31-minute, cover-heavy record made in 12 days for about $46,000, it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard chart and spurred Eddie Van Halen's push for creative control.

Divergent (film)

Divergent (2014), Neil Burger's adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel, stars Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior in a faction-divided dystopian Chicago; it opened to $56 million, grossed $150.8 million in the US, and its series ended unfinished after Allegiant.

Divergent (novel series)

Divergent is Veronica Roth's young adult dystopian trilogy (Divergent, 2011; Insurgent; Allegiant) set in a future Chicago divided into five factions; divergent heroine Tris Prior stars in a partly cancelled film series.

Divergent (novel)

Divergent (2011) is Veronica Roth's YA dystopian novel, first of a trilogy, set in a walled Chicago divided into five factions; 16-year-old Tris Prior tests as Divergent, unfit for any one faction.

Diversity (dance troupe)

Diversity is a British street dance troupe from Essex and London, formerly Swift Moves Juniors, that won Britain's Got Talent series 3 in 2009, beating Susan Boyle, and tours narrative stage shows led by Ashley Banjo.

Divided Heaven

Divided Heaven (German: Der geteilte Himmel) is a 1963 narrative by East German writer Christa Wolf, one of the best-known works of East German literature.

Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) is a 2000 Czech war tragicomedy by Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský in which a childless couple hides a Jewish escapee under Nazi occupation; it won five Czech Lions and earned a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination.

Divine (performer)

Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead, 1945-1988), Baltimore drag performer and John Waters collaborator, star of Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray, also a disco singer with hits like You Think You're A Man.

Divine (rapper)

Divine, real name Vivian Fernandes, is a Mumbai gully rap pioneer whose 2015 track Mere Gully Mein with Naezy launched Indian street hip-hop and inspired the film Gully Boy; debut album Kohinoor on Nas's Mass Appeal India.

Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia; Dante's Comedìa) is Dante Alighieri's 14,233-line terza rima poem in three cantiche of a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, begun around 1307, preserved in about 800 manuscripts, first printed in 1472, and translated into more than 50 languages.

Divine Comedy (2025 film)

Divine Comedy (Komedie Elahi, کمدی الهی) is a 2025 satirical drama by Iranian director Ali Asgari, premiering in Venice Orizzonti, about a banned filmmaker's one-day Vespa odyssey through Tehran to screen his censored film underground.

Divine Intervention (يد إلهية)

Divine Intervention (يد إلهية, Yadon ilaheyya) is Elia Suleiman's 2002 Palestinian-French satirical comedy about lovers separated by an Israeli checkpoint; first Palestinian film in Cannes competition, winning the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI, later barred then readmitted for Oscar consideration.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film) is a 2002 American comedy-drama directed by Callie Khouri, adapted from Rebecca Wells's novels, and grossed over $73 million worldwide.

Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent is Lewis Capaldi's 2019 debut album (Vertigo/Capitol), titled from a lyric in the unreleased song Figure It Out. It topped the UK chart for ten weeks, was Britain's best-selling album of 2019 and 2020, and spawned Someone You Loved.

Diving into the Wreck

Diving into the Wreck is a 1973 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich, written in 1971 and 1972, whose title poem follows a lone diver down to a shipwreck.

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Divino Niño

Divino Niño is a Colombian-born psychedelic pop band based in Chicago, led by Bogotá childhood friends Camilo Medina and Javier Forero and known for bilingual songwriting.

Divinyls

Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 by Chrissy Amphlett and Mark McEntee, best known for the hit "I Touch Myself".

Division literature

Division literature (분단문학, bundan munhak) is Korean literature about the peninsula's division and the Korean War, spanning anti-communist, humanistic, ideological, and war-childhood novels by writers such as Yun Heung-gil and Ch'oe Inhun, plus related poetry, criticism, and Paik Nak-chung's division system theory.

Sep 19, 2026

División Minúscula

División Minúscula is a Mexican pop-rock band formed in 1996 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, whose 2006 album Defecto Perfecto went gold on the strength of "Sognare".

División Palermo

División Palermo is an Argentine Netflix comedy series created, directed by, and starring Santiago Korovsky, about an inclusive urban guard in Buenos Aires. Two seasons (2023, 2025); won a 2024 International Emmy for Best Comedy.

Divisionism

Divisionism is a painting technique that applies pure, unmixed pigments in small touches so colors blend optically in the eye, developed by Georges Seurat in France from 1884.

Sep 19, 2026

Divlje Jagode (group)

Divlje Jagode (Дивље Јагоде) are a heavy metal and hard rock group formed in 1977 in the Yugoslav rock scene, founded and still led by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača.

Divorce (TV series)

Divorce (HBO, 2016-2019) is an American comedy series created by Sharon Horgan, starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances and Thomas Haden Church as Robert, a suburban New York couple ending a long marriage; three seasons, 10-episode first season.

Divorce in the Black

Divorce in the Black is Tyler Perry's 2024 Prime Video drama starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict about a woman whose abusive husband abandons their marriage; it earned a 0% Tomatometer but a 73% audience score.

Divorce Italian Style

Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce Italian Style), 1961 Pietro Germi black comedy with Marcello Mastroianni; a Sicilian baron plots an honor killing since divorce was illegal; Oscar-winning screenplay, Cannes 1962.

Divorced at the Wedding Day

Divorced at the Wedding Day is a 2025 DramaBox vertical micro-drama (also known via the Chinese version The Wedding Day Divorce) in which pregnant widow Alessia is mistaken for her brother Enzo's mistress at his engagement party, starring Tiffany Alvord and Travis DesLaurier.