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The Rockettes

The Rockettes (Radio City Rockettes) are an American precision dance company founded in 1925 in St. Louis as the Missouri Rockets, in residence at Radio City Music Hall since 1932 and famed for the Christmas Spectacular, eye-high kick lines, and the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is the NBC private-eye series (1974-1980) starring James Garner as Jim Rockford, created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell, winner of five Emmys including 1978 Outstanding Drama Series, revived as a David Boreanaz NBC reboot in January 2027.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical sci-fi horror-comedy film by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien, adapted from the 1973 London stage musical, starring Tim Curry, famous for midnight audience-participation screenings and the longest theatrical run in film history.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (also The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event) is Fox's 2016 pre-taped TV musical remake of the 1975 cult film, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Laverne Cox as Frank-N-Furter and Tim Curry as the Criminologist; it earned mixed-to-negative reviews.

The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show is Richard O'Brien's 1973 glam-rock musical, premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, basis of the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, about Brad, Janet, and Frank-N-Furter.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is an 1863 oil painting by Albert Bierstadt depicting the Wind River Range in Wyoming, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Rogue Prince

The Rogue Prince: George R. R. Martin's 2014 novelette 'The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother' (Rogues anthology; later in Fire & Blood) about Prince Daemon Targaryen, and the House of the Dragon episode named for it.

The Rogue Prince of Persia

The Rogue Prince of Persia is a 2D roguelite action-platformer by Evil Empire and Ubisoft, a Dead Cells spiritual successor. Steam Early Access May 27, 2024; full release August 20, 2025; Switch December 16, 2025; 90% positive Steam reviews.

The Roku Channel

The Roku Channel is a free, ad-supported streaming service owned by Roku, Inc., launched in September 2017, offering more than 80,000 movies and TV shows, 350-plus live channels, and Roku Originals.

The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans

The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans (ROCEEH) is an interdisciplinary research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Initiated in 2008, it examines human development and dispersal.

The Rolling Bridge

The Rolling Bridge is a movable footbridge at Paddington Basin in London that opens by curling into a circle. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it was completed in 2004.

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones: English rock band formed in London in 1962, named after Muddy Waters' "Rollin' Stone." Jagger-Richards partnership, blues roots, 31 studio albums, Rock Hall 1989, Hackney Diamonds 2023.

The Rolling Stones (album)

The Rolling Stones (album): 1964 Decca debut of the Rolling Stones, UK No. 1 with an untitled cover; issued in the US as England's Newest Hit Makers, No. 11, mostly blues covers plus Tell Me.

The Rolling Stones discography

The Rolling Stones discography: the London rock band's catalog from 1962 onward, 25 UK studio albums, parallel UK and US 1960s tracklists, the 1968–1972 classic run, and recent albums Hackney Diamonds (2023) and Foreign Tongues (2026).

The Rolling Stones No. 2

The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the band's second UK studio album (Decca, 15 January 1965, LK4661), mostly American R&B covers with three Jagger–Richards originals; it topped the UK chart for 10 weeks and shares its David Bailey cover with the US 12 X 5.

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus: 1968 concert film and BBC special concept by Mick Jagger and Michael Lindsay-Hogg, featuring The Who, The Dirty Mac, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal; shelved until 1996.

The Rolling Stones, Now!

The Rolling Stones, Now! is the band's third US album, released by London Records on February 12, 1965. A US-only assembly of UK material, it includes "Heart of Stone" (US Top 20) and "Little Red Rooster" (UK number one).

The Romance of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣)

The Romance of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣), also The Return of the Condor Heroes, is Jin Yong's 1959–1961 wuxia novel, second of the Condor Trilogy, about Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü's taboo teacher–student love during the Mongol siege of Xiangyang.

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (传闻中的陈芊芊)

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (传闻中的陈芊芊) is a 2020 Tencent Video costume rom-com, 24 episodes, in which screenwriter Chen Xiaoqian is trapped in her own female-dominant (nvzun) script as Third Princess Chen Qianqian, starring Zhao Lusi and Ding Yuxi, directed by Cha Chuan Yi.

The Romancing Star (精装追女仔)

The Romancing Star (精装追女仔) is a 1987 Hong Kong Cantonese romantic comedy directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Eric Tsang, and Maggie Cheung.

The Romanoffs

The Romanoffs is a 2018 Amazon Prime Video anthology drama created, written, and directed by Mad Men's Matthew Weiner: eight standalone episodes about people claiming Romanov descent, aired October 12 to November 23, 2018, Metascore 56, Tomatometer 49%.

The Romantic (album)

The Romantic is Bruno Mars' fourth solo studio album, released by Atlantic Records on February 27, 2026, his first solo album since 24K Magic (2016). Nine songs, 31 minutes; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the single "I Just Might" debuting at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

The Romantic Agony

The Romantic Agony is a 1933 work of literary history by Italian critic Mario Praz, tracing erotic cruelty and morbid themes in European Romantic literature.

The Romantic Ideology

The Romantic Ideology is a 1983 book by Jerome J. McGann arguing that Romantic scholarship had uncritically absorbed Romanticism's own self-representations, a critique widely credited with changing Romantic studies.

The Romantic Tour

The Romantic Tour is Bruno Mars's 2026–2027 all-stadium world tour supporting his album The Romantic; launched April 10, 2026 in Las Vegas, it set a Live Nation record with 2.1 million tickets sold in one day.

The Romantics

The Romantics are an American rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1977, blending power pop and new wave; their 1983 album In Heat was a commercial peak.

The Romantics (2023 TV series)

The Romantics is a 2023 four-part Netflix documentary series directed by Smriti Mundhra that celebrates Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra and his studio, Yash Raj Films.

The Romaunt of the Rose

The Romaunt of the Rose is a Middle English partial translation of the French allegorical poem Le Roman de la Rose, attributed in part to Geoffrey Chaucer.

The Ron Clark Story

The Ron Clark Story (2006) is a TNT television film directed by Randa Haines, starring Matthew Perry as real-life teacher Ron Clark, who moves from North Carolina to a tough Harlem elementary school; Emmy-nominated, over 12 million viewers.

The Ronettes

The Ronettes: 1960s New York girl group of Ronnie Spector, Estelle Bennett, and Nedra Talley; hits "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You" with Phil Spector's Wall of Sound; Rock Hall 2007.