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4 days ago · Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as The Emperor. The character is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace .
4 days ago · Valentino: The Last Emperor is a 2008 documentary film depicting the life and career of renowned Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani. The film provides an intimate portrayal of the final chapter of Valentino's illustrious career and delves into the close-knit bond between Valentino and his long-time business partner ...
2 days ago · Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon Shoki, which was meant to retroactively legitimise the Yamato dynasty by dating its foundation further back to the year 660 BCE.
1 day ago · Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran.
2 days ago · The 25 top-selling rock albums of all time. Here's what drinking 3 litres of water a day does to your skin. I hiked this remote mountain pass in Albania and found unspoilt landscapes and soulful ...
4 days ago · Following the life of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his birth in 1908 through his childhood in the fortress-like Forbidden City and his later misguided collaboration with the Japanese... in World War II, The Last Emperor tells the history of China through the eyes of the man brought up to believe he was the country's ...
4 days ago · TOKYO: Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and other films, has died aged 71, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday.
