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Twelfth Night (1996 film)
Twelfth Night (1996) is Trevor Nunn's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, set in the 19th century, starring Imogen Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, and Toby Stephens; released 25 October 1996 by Fine Line Features.
Twelfth Night (holiday)
Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany on January 5 or 6, ends the Twelve Days of Christmas. Customs include wassailing orchards, the bean-finding Twelfth Night cake, the Lord of Misrule, and Shakespeare's play named for it.
Twelve (2010 film)
Twelve (2010) is a Joel Schumacher drama adapted by Jordan Melamed from Nick McDonell's novel, starring Chace Crawford as drug dealer White Mike, with 50 Cent and narrator Kiefer Sutherland; it premiered at Sundance 2010 and earned a Metascore of 22.
Twelve (트웰브) (TV series)
Twelve (트웰브) is an 8-episode 2025 South Korean fantasy action series on KBS2 and Disney+, based on the twelve zodiac angels led by Ma Dong-seok's Tae-san; it opened at 8.1% Nielsen ratings, fell to 2.4%, and was voted worst K-drama of 2025.
Twelve Academies (Sibi)
The Twelve Academies (십이도, Sibi-do) were twelve private schools in Kaegyong, the Goryeo capital, founded from 1055 by Choe Chung and others to prepare candidates for the civil service examinations.
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men (12 Angry Men) is a 1957 Sidney Lumet courtroom drama adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 CBS Studio One teleplay, in which Henry Fonda's lone holdout juror sways eleven others toward acquittal; Oscar-nominated, Berlin first prize, National Film Registry 2007.
Twelve basic principles of animation
Developed by Disney artists in the 1930s and 1940s, the twelve basic principles of animation are guidelines for believable movement. They are now used in 3D computer animation and video games.
Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also called Twelvetide, are the festive days from Christmas Day to the Eve of Epiphany on January 5, defined as a season by the Council of Tours in 567.
Twelve Forever
Twelve Forever, Netflix animated series (2019) created by Julia Vickerman, based on her 2015 Cartoon Network pilot; 12-year-old Reggie Abbott (Kelsy Abbott) and friends Todd and Esther reach Endless Island, opposed by the Butt Witch (Matt Berry); canceled after one 25-episode season.
Twelve Great Feasts
The Twelve Great Feasts are the principal feasts of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical year, nine on fixed dates and three, Palm Sunday, Ascension, and Pentecost, moving with Pascha.
Twelve Great Generals
The Twelve Great Generals (十二大將軍) were the twelve senior army commanders of the Western Wei fubing militia system, created under Yuwen Tai, each commanding two kaifu and together leading twenty-four armies.
Twelve Guards
The Twelve Guards (十二卫) were the Sui dynasty's palace guard institutions, created around 581 to command the garrison militias and centralize military power in the emperor's hands.
Twelve Imams
The Twelve Imams, also called the 12 Imams, are the divinely appointed successors to Muhammad in Twelver Shi'i belief, from Ali ibn Abi Talib to the hidden Muhammad al-Mahdi.
Twelve Labs
Twelve Labs is a South Korean-founded AI company, started in 2021, that builds video understanding models, Marengo and Pegasus, delivered through its API and Amazon Bedrock.
Twelve Legends (十二谭)
Twelve Legends (十二谭) is a 2021 Youku and Tangren Media Republican-era fantasy web drama adapted from Ni Luo's novel, starring Gulnazar and Jasper Liu in a 32-episode unit-drama about demons, criticized for cheap effects and weak plotting.
Twelve Minor Prophets
The Twelve Minor Prophets, known in Hebrew as Trei Asar, are the last twelve books of the Latter Prophets, from Hosea to Malachi, which Jewish tradition counts as one book.
Twelve Minutes
Twelve Minutes (12 Minutes) is a 2021 point-and-click time-loop thriller by Luis Antonio, published by Annapurna Interactive, starring McAvoy, Ridley, and Dafoe; Metacritic 76.
Twelve Months (novel)
Twelve Months is Jim Butcher's 2026 novel, book 18 of the Dresden Files, set in the year after Battle Ground as Harry Dresden mourns Karrin Murphy while ghouls, Thomas's death sentences, and Lara Raith's betrothal loom. Distinct from Steven Manchester's 2012 novel of the same title.
Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High: 1949 Twentieth Century-Fox war drama directed by Henry King, starring Gregory Peck as Gen. Frank Savage of a demoralized Eighth Air Force B-17 group; Oscar-winning, National Film Registry, leadership-training classic, later an ABC TV series.
Twelve Olympians
The Twelve Olympians are the principal Greek gods worshipped as a set of twelve under Zeus. No ancient list is canonical: Hestia and Dionysus compete for the twelfth seat, Hades is excluded, and the Dodekatheon cult is first attested in Athens, 522/521 BC.
Twelve Provinces system of 995
The Twelve Provinces system of 995 was a Goryeo local-government reform in which King Seongjong placed military governors over twelve provincial seats and divided the country into ten provinces.
Twelve Rank System of Goguryeo
The Twelve Rank System of Goguryeo was the official rank hierarchy of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, recorded in Chinese dynastic histories and the lost Goryeogi.
Twelve Tables
The Twelve Tables (Lex duodecim tabularum), Rome's earliest law code, drafted by the decemvirs 451-450 BC, ratified 449 BC, displayed in the Forum; originals destroyed by the Gauls, text survives in fragments.
Twelve Tribes communities
The Twelve Tribes, formerly the Northeast Kingdom Community Church, is a communal, millenarian new religious movement founded by Elbert and Marsha Spriggs in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the early 1970s.
Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel, also called the Tribes of Jacob, are the biblical divisions of the Israelite people, traditionally traced to Jacob's twelve sons.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is Solomon Northup's memoir, told to and edited by David Wilson, recounting his 1841 kidnapping in Washington and twelve years enslaved in Louisiana until his 1853 rescue; a major antebellum slave narrative and basis of the 2013 Steve McQueen film.
Twelve Years of Balaguer
Twelve Years of Balaguer (Los Doce Años) is the period 1966–1978 when Joaquín Balaguer held the Dominican Republic's presidency for three consecutive terms, marked by economic growth and political repression.
Twelve-bar blues
Twelve-bar blues: the standard blues chord form of twelve 4/4 measures in three four-bar phrases over I7, IV7, and V7, with AAB lyrics and a turnaround; basis of much blues, jazz, and rock and roll.
Twelve-Day War
The Twelve-Day War (12 Day War) was the June 2025 direct conflict between Israel and Iran, begun by Israel's Operation Rising Lion on 13 June, joined by US strikes on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, ended by a ceasefire on 24 June.
Twelve-Day War ceasefire
Twelve-Day War ceasefire: the 24 June 2025 cessation ending the Israel–Iran war (also called the 12-day war), brokered by Trump with Qatari mediation, phased 12+12 hours, unsigned, contested violations and nuclear damage.