Kylie Minogue: … and Sia, among others, and Golden (2018) is flavored with country music. Minogue returned to dance-pop for DISCO (2020), and with that release she became the first female artist to reach the top position on the British album chart in each of five consecutive decades. In 2024 she collected her…

Golden, city, seat (1861) of Jefferson county, north-central Colorado, U.S. It lies on Clear Creek at an elevation of 5,675 feet (1,730 metres) at the foot of Lookout Mountain, just west of Denver, and it is separated from the metropolitan area by the Table Mountains plateau. Founded as a mining

Jane Smiley: Early Warning and Golden Age (both 2015), the second and third volumes, were similarly expansive narratives about subsequent generations of the Langdon clan.

Netherlands: Dutch civilization in the Golden Age (1609–1713): The century from the conclusion of the Twelve Years’ Truce in 1609 until either the death of Prince William III in 1702 or the conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 is known in Dutch history as the “Golden Age.” It…

Terrence McNally: …on Broadway in 2007, and Golden Age, which followed in 2012. In his play Mothers and Sons (2014), McNally examined a mother coming to terms with her late son’s homosexuality and with society’s evolving understanding of what constitutes a family. Fire and Air (2018) is about the Ballets Russes and…

Golden Age, in Latin literature, the period, from approximately 70 bc to ad 18, during which the Latin language was brought to perfection as a literary medium and many Latin classical masterpieces were composed. The Golden Age can be subdivided into two major sections, the Ciceronian period (q.v.;

Golden Age, the period of Spanish literature extending from the early 16th century to the late 17th century, generally considered the high point in Spain’s literary history. The Golden Age began with the partial political unification of Spain about 1500. Its literature is characterized by patriotic

Golden Age of American radio, period lasting roughly from 1930 through the 1940s, when the medium of commercial broadcast radio grew into the fabric of daily life in the United States, providing news and entertainment to a country struggling with economic depression and war. During American radio’s

Marilyn Manson: Marilyn Manson, the band: …the Valley of Death) (2000), The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003), and We Are Chaos (2020), were relatively less successful.

Franklin J. Schaffner: …became known as TV’s “golden age.” He made his directorial debut in 1949, helming episodes for the TV show Wesley. He later directed more than 150 live dramas for such notable anthology series as The Ford Theatre Hour, Playhouse 90, and Studio One in Hollywood. For the latter program,…

Luis Buñuel: Life and work: …second film, L’Age d’or (1930; The Golden Age), an assault on the repression of sex by organized religion. In one of its most-controversial scenes, Christ is seen leaving an orgy orchestrated by the Marquis de Sade. Before its release, MGM put both Buñuel and the film’s star, Lya Lys, under…

golden algae, (class Chrysophyceae), class of about 33 genera and some 1,200 species of algae (division Chromophyta) found in both marine and fresh waters. The group is fairly diverse in form, and its taxonomy is contentious. Most golden algae are single-celled biflagellates with two specialized

angel’s trumpet: Species: The species Brugmansia arborea, golden angel’s trumpet (B. aurea), B. insignis, red angel’s trumpet (B. sanguinea), B. versicolor, and B. vulcanicola were variously distributed in the Andes region of South America, ranging from Colombia to northern Chile.

Pietro Antonio Cesti: …opera, Il pomo d’oro (1667; The Golden Apple); his masterpiece, Dori (1661); and his most popular opera, Orontea, appear in modern editions. He is said to have written about 100 operas, but only 15 are extant. Christ Church, Oxford, Eng., possesses an important manuscript collection of 18 secular and three…

The Golden Apples, collection of short stories by Eudora Welty, published in 1949 and considered one of her finest works. The stories had all been published previously, and Welty added one novella-length story, “Main Families in Morgana.” Symbolism from Greek mythology unifies the stories, all of

national flag consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black and white borders. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2 at sea and 3 to 5 on land.When independence was being planned by British Guiana in the early 1960s, a

The Golden Ass, prose narrative of the 2nd century ce by Lucius Apuleius, who called it Metamorphoses. In all probability Apuleius used material from a lost Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae, which is cited by some as the source for an extant Greek work on a similar theme, the brief Lucius, or the

List of Ballon d’Or Winners: The Ballon d’Or is an annual award for football (soccer) players presented by the French magazine France Football, a monthly publication covering football news. First awarded in 1956, it quickly became one of the sport’s most prestigious individual honors. The Ballon d’Or is awarded to football…

ball cactus: …ball cactus (Parodia scopa) and golden ball cactus (P. leninghausii), which are especially valued for their woolly appearance.

barrel cactus: The golden barrel cactus (E. grusonii) is a common desert ornamental, noted for its striking golden spines; the plant is an endangered species in the wild.

Tasman: …west of Separation Point in Golden Bay. His encounter there with the Māori was a tragic one, and Tasman sailed away naming the area Murderers’ Bay. In 1770 Capt. James Cook sailed past Golden Bay beyond Separation Point into Tasman Bay/Te Tai-o-Aorere; the latter appeared landlocked, and Cook named it…

Berlin International Film Festival: Martay was awarded a Golden Bear (Goldener Bär), the festival’s top prize, for his work in bringing the Berlinale to reality. Other prizes awarded at the first Berlinale included a Golden Bear for best music film to Cinderella (1951), which also won the festival’s audience-choice prize, the Big Bronze…

Jack Nicklaus is an American professional golfer, a dominating figure in world golf from the 1960s to the ’80s. (Read Jack Nicklaus’s Britannica entry on the U.S. Open.) While a student at Ohio State University, Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1959 and again in 1961. Also in 1961

forsythia, (genus Forsythia), genus of about seven species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae) native to eastern Europe and East Asia. Several are cultivated as low-maintenance fast-growing ornamental shrubs. Forsythia plants are deciduous shrubs. In some species the yellow

Rabindranath Tagore: Life in East Bengal and literary maturity: …published several poetry collections, notably Sonar Tari (1894; The Golden Boat), and plays, notably Chitrangada (1892; Chitra). Tagore’s poems are virtually untranslatable, as are his more than 2,000 songs, which achieved considerable popularity among all classes of Bengali society.

Antonio de Guevara: by Lord Berners, The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius, 1535, and by Sir Thomas North, The Diall of Princes, 1557, frequently reprinted through the 20th century), an attempt to invent a model for rulers, became one of the most influential books of the 16th century. Well received outside…

The Golden Bough, a study of comparative religion by Sir James Frazer. It was originally published in two volumes in 1890 with the subtitle A Study in Comparative Religion and was enlarged and republished with the subtitle A Study in Magic and Religion (12 volumes, 1911–15). Aftermath, a Supplement

The Golden Bough, a study of comparative religion by Sir James Frazer. It was originally published in two volumes in 1890 with the subtitle A Study in Comparative Religion and was enlarged and republished with the subtitle A Study in Magic and Religion (12 volumes, 1911–15). Aftermath, a Supplement

The Golden Bough, a study of comparative religion by Sir James Frazer. It was originally published in two volumes in 1890 with the subtitle A Study in Comparative Religion and was enlarged and republished with the subtitle A Study in Magic and Religion (12 volumes, 1911–15). Aftermath, a Supplement

bowerbird: The golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) makes a rooflike bridge from tower to tower. Male gardeners, any of the four species of the genus Amblyornis, plant a lawn of tree moss around the maypole and embellish it with flowers, berries, and other objects. The brown, or crestless,…

The Golden Bowl, novel by Henry James, published in 1904. Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live in Europe, where they collect art and relish each other’s company. Through the efforts of the manipulative Fanny Assingham, Maggie becomes engaged to Amerigo, an Italian

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: …(1979), The Bostonians (1984), and The Golden Bowl (2000).

Golden Boy, drama in three acts by Clifford Odets, produced and published in 1937. It traces the downfall of Joe Bonaparte, a gifted young musician who becomes corrupted by money and brutality when he chooses to become a prizefighter rather than a classical

Rouben Mamoulian: Films of the 1930s: …very well received, nor was Golden Boy (1939), Mamoulian’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s proletarian drama of the same name, which had been a smash for the Group Theatre in 1937. William Holden (in his screen debut) starred in it as a boxing violinist torn between the inimical demands of his…

Paul Hornung was a glamorous star of the Green Bay Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s whose versatile on-field performance and off-field reputation as a fun-loving, hard-drinking carouser and playboy mark him as a symbol of an increasingly distant era of American sports and cultural life.

Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti: Type 41 (“Golden Bugatti,” or “La Royale”), produced in the 1920s, was probably the most meticulously built of all cars and one of the most costly; only a few (six to eight) were constructed. The Bugatti firm did not survive very long after Ettore Bugatti’s…

Golden Bull of 1222, charter granted by King Andrew II of Hungary, which stated the basic rights and privileges of the Hungarian nobility and clergymen and the limits of the monarch’s powers. The Hungarian nobles, aroused by Andrew’s excesses and extravagances, forced him to promulgate the Golden

Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV, constitution for the Holy Roman Empire promulgated in 1356 by the emperor Charles IV. It was intended to eliminate papal interference in German political affairs and to recognize the importance of the princes, especially the electors, of the empire. Its name, like

Teutonic Order: Eastern Europe and Prussia.: …obtained from Frederick the so-called Golden Bull of Rimini as a legal basis for the settlement. By this charter, Frederick confirmed to Hermann and to the order not only the lands to be granted by Conrad but also those that the knights were to conquer from the Prussians. Later (1234),…

Czechoslovak history: The Přemyslid rulers of Bohemia (895–1306): …a charter known as the Golden Bull of Sicily, which regulated the relationship between Bohemia and the empire. The Bohemian king’s obligations were reduced to a minimum, but, as elector, he ranked first among the four secular members of the college of electors.

tansy: Common tansy, or garden tansy (T. vulgare), is sometimes known as golden-buttons and is an invasive species in many places outside its native range.

golden calf, idol worshipped by the Hebrews during the period of the Exodus from Egypt in the 13th century bc and during the age of Jeroboam I, king of Israel, in the 10th century bc. Mentioned in Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 in the Old Testament, worship of the golden calf is seen as a supreme act of

calla: The golden, or yellow, calla lily (Z. elliottiana), with more heart-shaped leaves, and the pink, or red, calla lily (Z. rehmannii) are also grown. The spotted, or black-throated, calla lily (Z. albomaculata), with white-spotted leaves, has a whitish to yellow or pink spathe that shades within…

tapestry: 15th century: …famous for its production of tapis d’or, or “golden carpets,” so called because of the profuse use of gold threads. Examples such as The Triumph of Christ, popularly known as the Mazarin Tapestry (c. 1500), are characterized by their richness of effect.

golden cat, either of two cats of the family Felidae: the African golden cat (Profelis aurata), or the Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), also known as Temminck’s cat. The African golden cat is a solitary, nocturnal inhabitant of tropical forests. It is 90–100 cm (36–40 inches) long, including

Spain: Lepanto: …have always been their “Golden Age.”

golden chain, (Laburnum anagyriodes), small tree or shrub of the pea family (Fabaceae), cultivated as an ornamental. The golden chain tree is native to southern Europe. The plant is one of only two species in the genus Laburnum, the other being alpine, or Scotch, laburnum (L. alpinum); a hybrid of

David Henry Hwang: Hwang’s next play, Golden Child (produced 1996, revised 1998), had a relatively short run but ultimately was nominated for a Tony Award. Based on the stories of Hwang’s maternal grandmother, it examines the tensions between tradition and change in Chinese society.

Michael Ritchie: The 1980s: The Golden Child was one of 1986’s top-grossing films, thanks largely to the charisma of star Eddie Murphy. After the disappointing The Couch Trip (1988), Ritchie reteamed with Chase on Fletch Lives (1989), but it failed to match the success of the 1985 original.

Maria Elena Vieira da Silva: …seen in the dreamlike cityscape Golden City (1956). She and her husband, the Hungarian artist Arpad Szenes, lived in Brazil during World War II. Vieira da Silva returned to Paris in 1947 and became a French citizen in 1956.

Vito Pandolfi: …commedia dell’arte in the film The Golden Coach (1952). Pandolfi also directed two films: Gli ultimi (1962; “The Last Ones”), based on a work by Father Davide Maria Turoldo, and Provincia di Latina (1965; “The Province of Latina”), a documentary.

stagecraft: Costume of the 20th century and beyond: Natalya Goncharova’s design for Le Coq d’or in 1914 was unprecedented in its use of vivid colours, chiefly shades of red, yellow, and orange, with other colours for discordant emphasis. The forms of the costumes and their decorations were based on traditional Russian folk dress, though that dress was…

Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust series: …Lights (1995; also published as The Golden Compass, 1996), the first volume of the trilogy, won the 1996 Carnegie Medal in Literature and was adapted into a major motion picture (2007). It was followed by The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). The latter volume won the Whitbread…

Kathy Bates: Films: … (2006), Bee Movie (2007), and The Golden Compass (2007).

tickseed: Golden coreopsis (C. tinctoria) is a popular garden plant, and swamp tickseed (C. rosea) is grown in wildflower gardens.

corydalis: Major species: …with pink yellow-tipped flowers; and golden corydalis (C. aurea), a 15-cm (6-inch) annual. Southern corydalis (C. micranthra) is found throughout the southern United States and has small yellow flowers.

cowrie: The 10-centimetre (4-inch) golden cowrie (C. aurantium) was traditionally worn by royalty in Pacific Islands, and the money cowrie (C. moneta), a 2.5-centimetre (1-inch) yellow species, has served as currency in Africa and elsewhere.

Suppose you have a long or short position in a stock, exchange-traded fund (ETF), cryptocurrency, or futures contract, and it begins to reverse course for a few days. Is this part of a minor fluctuation—what traders call market noise—or could it be a sign that a major trend reversal is underway?

Mexican tulip poppy, (Hunnemannia fumariifolia), perennial plant of the poppy family (Papaveraceae) native to southwestern North America. The plant is the only member of the genus Hunnemannia and is grown as an ornamental. The Mexican tulip poppy has large four-petaled sulfur-yellow flowers about 5

ribes: Major species: speciosum); golden, or clove, currant (R. aureum), bearing spicy-fragrant yellow flowers; and R. viburnifolium, a sprawling evergreen.

Greece: Greece’s debt crisis: …election, including the ultraright-wing nationalist Golden Dawn party, which registered about 7 percent of the vote. As the winner, ND had the first opportunity to try to form a coalition government but was unable to do so, as were Syriza and PASOK, forcing a new election on June 17. This…

Ozaki Kōyō: …the novel Konjiki yasha (1897–1902; The Golden Demon), which portrayed the social cost of modernization when the power of money wins out over human affection and social responsibility. Kōyō’s guidance was eagerly sought by young writers. Two of his best-known disciples were the romantic-short-story writer Izumi Kyōka and the naturalistic…

Verbenaceae: … (Holmskioldia sanguinea) and species of pigeon berry, or golden dewdrop (Duranta), and glory-bower (Clerodendrum) are cultivated as ornamentals. The shrub lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla) is notable for its fragrant oil. The family also includes teak (Tectona grandis), an important timber tree of Southeast Asia (see teak).

William Kirby: …a writer whose historical novel The Golden Dog (1877, authorized version 1896) is a classic of Canadian literature.

golden eagle, (Aquila chrysaetos), dark brown eagle of the family Accipitridae, characterized by golden lanceolate nape feathers (hackles), dark eyes, yellow cere, gray beak, fully feathered legs, large yellow feet, and great talons. Its wingspread reaches 2.3 metres (almost 8 feet). It is the

chinquapin: …or giant, evergreen chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), is native to western North America. It may be 45 metres (148 feet) tall and has lance-shaped leaves about 15 cm (6 inches) long, coated beneath with golden-yellow scales. The bush, or Sierra evergreen, chinquapin (Chrysolepis sempervirens) is a small spreading mountain shrub…

Pierce Brosnan: James Bond: …first film in the series, GoldenEye (1995), made more than $350 million worldwide, the most ever for a Bond film at that time. The second, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), scored record grosses for a Bond film in the United States. Brosnan brought out the human side of the Bond character,…

snake: Specializations for securing food: …such as that of the golden fer-de-lance (Bothrops insularis) of Queimada Island, off the Brazilian coast, which would lose as prey most of the birds it bites if they could fly very far away. Other venoms kill more slowly, and the snake bites, retires, and waits, finally trailing the bitten…

Pelias: …task of bearing off the Golden Fleece. According to Homer, Pelias and Neleus were twin sons of Tyro (daughter of Salmoneus, founder of Salmonia in Elis) by the sea god Poseidon, who came to her disguised as the river god Enipeus, whom she loved. The twins were exposed at birth…

Franz Grillparzer: …trilogy Das Goldene Vlies (1821; The Golden Fleece) was interrupted by the suicide of Grillparzer’s mother and by illness. This drama, with Medea’s assertion that life is not worth living, is the most pessimistic of his works and offers humanity little hope. Once more the conflict between a life of…

The Order of the Golden Fleece, order of knighthood founded in Burgundy in 1430 and associated later especially with Habsburg Austria and with Spain. The order was founded by Philip III the Good, duke of Burgundy, at Bruges in Flanders in 1430, to commemorate his wedding there to Isabella of

Golden Gate, strait, in California, western coastal U.S., connecting San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean and separating San Francisco from Marin County. An ancient river mouth, it is about 3 miles (5 km) long, from 1 to 3 miles wide, and 300 feet (90 metres) deep and serves as the ocean

Jerusalem: Architecture: An eighth gate, the Golden Gate, to the east, remains sealed, however, for it is through this portal that Jewish legend states that the messiah will enter the city. The Jaffa and Damascus gates are still the main entrances. The city wall remains intact and unbroken, save for a…

Golden Gate Bridge, suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate in California to link San Francisco with Marin county to the north. Upon its completion in 1937, it was the tallest and longest suspension bridge in the world. The Golden Gate Bridge came to be recognized as a symbol of the power and

Golden Gate Highlands National Park, national park in southeastern Free State province, South Africa, near the Lesotho border. It was established in 1963 and originally had an area of 18.5 square miles (48 square km) in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains. The park was subsequently expanded on

Alcatraz: …Alcatraz became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and it is now a museum and popular tourist destination.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: The de Young, located in Golden Gate Park and founded in 1895, is the older of the two museums. Its highly regarded collection of American paintings features more than 1,000 works dating from colonial to contemporary times. Disrepair and earthquake damage forced the museum to close in 2000 for a…

San Francisco: Education: Other institutions include Golden Gate University (1853), the City College of San Francisco (1935; a two-year public college), and the San Francisco Art Institute (1871).

Vikram Seth: … (1985) foreshadows the polish of The Golden Gate, a novel of the popular culture of California’s Silicon Valley, written entirely in metered, rhyming 14-line stanzas and based on Charles Johnston’s translation of Aleksandr Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin (1833). In the work Seth successfully harnesses contemporary situations to a demanding…

ginger ale: Golden, or aromatic, ginger ales tend to be sweeter, less acid, darker, and generally more pungent.

The Golden Girls, American television sitcom created by writer and producer Susan Harris that aired on the NBC network from 1985 to 1992. The series follows four older women living together as roommates in Miami. The Golden Girls was acclaimed for its positive portrayal of older women and female

Golden Globe Award, any of the awards presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in recognition of outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television during the previous year. Within the entertainment industry, the Golden Globes are considered second in importance

yacht: Transatlantic racing and global circumnavigation: Circumnavigation races included the Golden Globe Race, sponsored by the Sunday Times of London in 1968, and races later organized by the Royal Naval Racing Association and held quadrennially from 1973. The introduction of self-steering gear did much to facilitate such racing.

Golden Gloves, amateur boxing competition initiated by Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune. First sponsored by the Tribune in 1926, annual tournaments were held between Chicago and New York teams from 1927. The New York organizer was Paul Gallico of the New York Daily News. In later

chrysography: …splendid manuscripts known as the Golden Gospels were produced. Most famous among these masterpieces is the Godescalc Gospels, written between 781 and 783, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Japanese architecture: The Asuka period: …and a main hall (kondō), both used for worship. Support buildings, such as lecture halls, a belfry, and living quarters, lay outside and to the north of the inner cloister. True to the continental style, the buildings and gates were sited along a south-north axis and were symmetrical in…

golden hamster, (Mesocricetus auratus), a species of hamster commonly kept as a pet. Like other hamsters, it has a stout body with short, stocky legs and short, wide feet with small, sharp claws. The head has small, furry ears and huge internal cheek pouches that open inside the lips and extend to

Sir Francis Drake: Circumnavigation of the world: …which Drake later renamed the Golden Hind (or Hinde), weighed only about 100 tons. It seemed little enough with which to undertake a venture into the domain of the most powerful monarch and empire in the world.

Kamala Markandaya: Literary career: …Man (1972), Two Virgins (1973), The Golden Honeycomb (1977), and Pleasure City (1982; also published as Shalimar).

Golden Horde, Russian designation for the Ulus Juchi, the western part of the Mongol empire, which flourished from the mid-13th century to the end of the 14th century. The people of the Golden Horde were a mixture of Turks and Mongols, with the latter generally constituting the aristocracy. The

Istanbul: City site: …a long ridge above the Golden Horn; the other is a solitary eminence in the southwest corner. Around their slopes are ranged many of the mosques and other historic landmarks that were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985.

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger: …famous poem “Guldhornene” (1802; “The Golden Horns”), about the loss of two golden horns symbolizing a union of past and present, after his meeting with the Norwegian scientist and philosopher Henrik Steffens, who was eager to spread the doctrine of German Romanticism in Denmark. The ideals of Steffens gave…

Ontario: Settlement patterns: …complex known as the “Golden Horseshoe” sprawls along the Lake Ontario shore from Oshawa to St. Catharines and includes greater Toronto and the port and industrial city of Hamilton. Toronto is Canada’s largest city. Its hinterland embraces not only much of the province but also a good part of…

battlefield medicine: …has been dubbed the “golden hour,” when prompt treatment of bleeding has the best chance of preventing death. Thus, developments in military medicine have focused on treatment to quickly stop bleeding and on the provision of immediate medical care. In the early 21st century these developments—together with the use…

Golden House of Nero, palace in ancient Rome that was constructed by the emperor Nero between ad 65 and 68, after the great fire of 64 (an occasion the emperor used to expropriate an area of more than 200 acres [81 hectares] of land in the centre of the city). Nero had already planned and begun a

Salman Rushdie: Post-fatwa writings: In The Golden House (2017) Rushdie explored the immigrant experience in the United States through a wealthy Indian family that settles in New York City in the early 21st century. His next novel, Quichotte (2019), was inspired by Cervantes’s Don Quixote.

ide: The golden ide is a hardy, reddish gold variety of the species commonly kept in pools and park lakes.

Sea Islands, low-lying chain of about 100 sandy islands off the Atlantic Ocean coast of the southeastern United States. The islands stretch for some 300 miles (480 km), generally southwestward and then southward along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida between the mouths of the

jackal: …species are usually recognized: the golden, or Asiatic, jackal (C. aureus), found from eastern Europe to Southeast Asia, the African golden wolf (C. anthus), found in northern and eastern Africa, and the black-backed (C. mesomelas) and side-striped (C. adustus) jackals of southern and eastern Africa. Jackals grow to a length…

kiwi: Other species: Golden kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) has fewer hairs and yellower, sweeter flesh than A. deliciosa and is grown commercially in some places. Other kiwis include two cold-hardy species (A. arguta and A. kolomikta), Chinese egg gooseberry (A. coriacea), red kiwi (A. melanandra), silver vine (A. polygama),…