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Dragonheart

Dragonheart is a 1996 American fantasy adventure film directed by Rob Cohen, starring Dennis Quaid as a knight allied with Draco, the last living dragon voiced by Sean Connery.

Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a Dungeons & Dragons high fantasy campaign setting on the world of Krynn, created by Laura and Tracy Hickman with Margaret Weis for TSR in 1984, spanning the War of the Lance modules, nearly 200 novels, and recent revivals.

Dragonriders of Pern

Dragonriders of Pern is Anne McCaffrey's science fiction series, begun with "Weyr Search" (1967) and Dragonflight (1968), set on the colonized planet Pern where telepathic, genetically engineered dragons and their riders fight Thread spores falling from the Red Star.

Dragons Forever (飞龙猛将)

Dragons Forever (飞龙猛将, also Cyclone Z or 3 Brothers) is a 1988 Golden Harvest Hong Kong action comedy directed by Sammo Hung, the final film pairing Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao, about a lawyer defending a drug-front chemical factory.

Dragons' Den

Dragons' Den is the BBC business pitch show, adapted from Japan's Money no Tora, airing since 2005, in which five Dragons invest their own money for equity; over half of on-air deals fail due diligence.

Dragons' Den (British TV programme)

Dragons' Den is the BBC business pitch show, adapted from Japan's Money no Tora, premiering 4 January 2005 on BBC Two. Five Dragons invest their own money; about 30 percent of 1,491 pitches across 22 series won deals; Peter Jones is the only ever-present Dragon.

Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series)

Dragons' Den is CBC's Canadian reality series, debuting October 4, 2006 and hosted by Dianne Buckner, where entrepreneurs pitch businesses to investor Dragons for equity; adapted from Japan's Tigers of Money, now in season 21.

Dragonslayer (1981 film)

Dragonslayer (1981) is a Disney/Paramount dark fantasy directed by Matthew Robbins, starring Peter MacNicol and Ralph Richardson, whose dragon Vermithrax Pejorative was animated by ILM using go motion; a box office flop later acclaimed for its effects.

Dragostea Din Tei

Dragostea din tei is a 2003 Romanian-language Eurodance hit by Moldovan trio O-Zone, written by Dan Bălan; 12 weeks atop the Eurochart Hot 100, about 12 million copies sold, and made viral by the Numa Numa video.

Dragotin Kette

Dragotin Kette (1876–1899) was a Slovene poet, one of the four central figures of the Slovene Moderna, known for his modernized sonnets and lyric poetry.

Dragula (song)

Dragula is a 1998 Rob Zombie song, the first single from Hellbilly Deluxe on Geffen, written with producer Scott Humphrey and named after Grandpa Munster's car in The Munsters; it became his signature solo song and a Halloween staple.

Drain Gang

Drain Gang is a Swedish music collective from Stockholm formed in 2013, consisting of Bladee, Ecco2k, Thaiboy Digital, and producer Whitearmor, known for heavily Auto-Tuned cloud rap.

Drake (musician)

Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham, born 1986, Toronto) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and former Degrassi actor; five Grammy wins from 56 nominations, Billboard Artist of the Decade 2021, and the 2026 three-album release Iceman, Maid of Honour, Habibti.

Drake & Josh

Drake & Josh (also Drake and Josh) is a Dan Schneider-created Nickelodeon teen sitcom (2004–2007, four seasons) starring Drake Bell and Josh Peck as opposite stepbrothers; a The Amanda Show spin-off with TV movies and Kids' Choice recognition.

Drake albums discography

Drake albums discography: studio albums, mixtapes, and collabs by Canadian rapper Drake, from Thank Me Later (2010) and Take Care (2011) to the 2026 three-album release ICEMAN, MAID OF HONOUR, HABIBTI, which debuted at Nos. 1-3 on the Billboard 200.

Drake Bell

Drake Bell (Jared Drake Bell, born 1986) is an American actor and pop-rock musician known for Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh, Spider-Man voice roles, his albums Telegraph and Non-Stop Flight, his 2021 child endangerment conviction, and his 2024 Quiet on Set abuse disclosure.

Drake Hogestyn

Drake Hogestyn (Donald Drake Hogestyn, 1953-2024), American actor, played John Black on Days of Our Lives for 38 years, over 4,200 episodes, after a minor-league baseball career; died of pancreatic cancer.

Drake–Kanye West feud

Drake–Kanye West feud: long-running rivalry between Drake and Kanye West (Ye), from 2008 shared managers through the 2018 Pusha T 'Story of Adidon' clash, the 2021 Free Larry Hoover reconciliation concert, and renewed disses in 2022–2024.

Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud

The Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud, also called the Drake-Kendrick beef, is the 2024 rap rivalry that escalated from the 2013 'Control' verse into diss tracks including 'Not Like Us,' which topped Spotify, won five Grammys, and survived Drake's dismissed UMG defamation suit.

Drakeo the Ruler

Drakeo the Ruler (Darrell Wayne Caldwell), Los Angeles rapper of the Stinc Team, creator of the "nervous music" flow, acquitted in a lyrics-based murder trial, killed backstage at the 2021 Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival.

Drakht-i Asurig

Drakht-i Asurig (درخت آسوریگ, also Draxt ī Āsūrīg) is a Middle Persian debate poem, the oldest Persian munāzara, in which a date palm and a goat contend for precedence.

Dram shop

Dram shop laws, also called commercial host liability, are U.S. state laws holding alcohol sellers liable for harm by visibly intoxicated or underage patrons; adopted in over 40 states and DC, absent in Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Virginia.

Drama

Drama (Greek δρᾶν, "to act") is art that represents action through performers; it spans ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, and satyr play, later genres like melodrama, and scripts for theatre.

Drama (film and television)

Drama (film and television) is the broad genre of scripted serious narrative works built on conflict and emotion, distinguished from comedy and specific genres, spanning three-act film structure, television subgenres, and micro-dramas.

Drama (Yes album)

Drama (1980) is the tenth Yes studio album and the only one with Buggles singer Trevor Horn on lead vocals, replacing Jon Anderson alongside Geoff Downes; it reached No. 2 in the UK, sold disappointingly, and led to the band's 1981 breakup.

Drama Centre London

Drama Centre London, also known as Drama Centre, was a British drama school founded in 1963. It was known for its Character Analysis and Movement Psychology technique.

Drama Gong

Drama Gong is a form of Balinese popular theater combining spoken drama, dance, and gamelan gong kebyar accompaniment, first staged at Gianyar in 1966 and performed largely in Balinese.

Drama Queens (podcast)

Drama Queens is an iHeartRadio rewatch podcast launched June 2021 by One Tree Hill actresses Bethany Joy Lenz, Hilarie Burton, and Sophia Bush, recapping all 187 episodes; Robert Buckley later cohosted, and the podcast ended with live Wilmington finales in November 2025.

DramaFever

DramaFever (2009-2018) was a New York streaming service for subtitled Korean and Asian dramas, founded by Seung Bak and Suk Park, later owned by SoftBank and Warner Bros., and shut down in October 2018.

Dramat absurd

Dramat absurd, or teatr absurdu, is a Polish term for absurd drama, named by critic Martin Esslin, whose main works include Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Ionesco's The Bald Soprano.