Duckie Simpson
Duckie can mean: * An informal word for a rubber duck * Duckie, a character from ''Pretty in Pink'' * ''Duckie'' (group), a London-based collective of performance artists * Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, founding member of reggae band Black Uhuru * Duckie Thot, an Australian model See also * Ducky (other) * Duck (other) Duck is a name applied to several bird species of the family Anatidae. Duck, The Duck or ducks may also refer to: Places * Duck, North Carolina, United States, a small town * Duck, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Mont ...

Rubber Duck
A rubber duck or a rubber duckie is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. Rubber ducks were invented in the late 1800s when it became possible to more easily shape rubber, and are believed to improve developmental skills in children during water play. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced, and many organisations use yellow rubber ducks in rubber duck races for fundraising worldwide. History The history of the rubber duck is linked to the emergence of rubber manufacturing in the late 19th century. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber when manufacturers began using Charles Goodyear's invention, vulcanized rubber. Consequently, these solid rubber ducks were not capable of floating and were instead intended as chew toys. Scul ...
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Pretty In Pink
''Pretty in Pink'' is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. A cult classic, it is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film. It was directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, and written by John Hughes, who also served as co-executive producer. The film was named after a song by the Psychedelic Furs, and the film's soundtrack, which has been acclaimed as "among the most brilliant in modern cinema", features a re-recorded version of the song. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's " If You Leave" became an international hit and charted at #4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in May 1986. Plot High school senior Andie Walsh lives with her underemployed working-class father, Jack, in a Chicago suburb. Andie's best friend, the outsider Phil "Duckie" Dale is in love with her, but is afraid to tell her how he truly feels. In school, Duckie and Andie, along with their friends, are harassed and ...
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Duckie (group)
Duckie is a collective of performance artists that describes itself as "a Post Gay independent arts outfit." They produce a mix of so-called "cultural interventions", such as club nights, new-mode pop, burlesque and performance events, as well as anti-theatre experimentation. They have described their work as "mixing the arthouse with the dosshouse" and putting "highbrow performance in backstreet pubs and lowbrow performance in posh theatres". Supported by grants from the British Council and Arts Council England, Duckie is based in London but has played in Berlin, Germany, Greece and Tokyo as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Blackpool Tower Ballroom and the Sydney Opera House. Duckie's work is characterised by its engagement with the queer lifestyle and community, showcasing queer performers and performance art at its weekly Saturday club night and providing "a creative forum for alternative gay and lesbian performance and culture". The company's outlook is distinctly workin ...
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Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru ( Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful period in the 1980s, with their album ''Anthem'' winning the first ever Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1985. History The group formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1972, initially called “Uhuru" (the Swahili word for freedom), with a line-up of Garth Dennis, Don Carlos, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson.Thompson, p. 38 Their first release was a cover version of The Impressions' "Romancing to the Folk Song", which was followed by "Time is on Our Side"; Neither song was a success and they split up, with Carlos pursuing a solo career, as did Dennis, before joining The Wailing Souls. Simpson also briefly worked with the Wailing Souls, before forming a new version of Uhuru with Errol Nelson (of The Jayes) and Michael Rose, the ...
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Duckie Thot
Nyadak Thot (born 23 October 1995) is an South Sudanese-Australian model. Thot became the last eliminated on the eighth cycle of ''Australia's Next Top Model'' and made her runway debut at the Yeezy S/S 17 show. She is best known for being a face of Fenty Beauty as well as playing the lead role in the Alice in Wonderland-inspired 2018 Pirelli Calendar. Early life Thot was raised in Melbourne, Australia with her family as South Sudanese refugees. Her mother was pregnant with her when they left the country due to war. She is one of seven siblings, and the first to be born in Australia. In Melbourne, her classmates and teachers at school weren't able to pronounce her birth name, Nyadak; this led to Thot going by the nickname "Duckie", which she prefers to go by as a model. She attended Maranatha Christian School and graduated in 2013. Career Thot was introduced to the modelling industry by her model and youtube star sister, Nikki Perkins, who chaperoned her on photo shoots. From ...
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Ducky (other)
Ducky is a real-life nickname and a fictional given name. It may also refer to: * Ján Ducký, Slovak politician and oligarch * Ducky, a Taiwanese brand of keyboard - see List of mechanical keyboards * "Ducky", an episode of the web series '' Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures'' * Ducky, a character in T''he Land Before Time'' series of animated films * Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, a character in the television series ''NCIS'' See also * Duckie (other) Duckie can mean: * An informal word for a rubber duck * Duckie, a character from ''Pretty in Pink'' * ''Duckie'' (group), a London-based collective of performance artists * Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, founding member of reggae band Black Uhuru ...