Spotlight or spot light may refer to:
Lighting
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Spot light, an articulating automotive auxiliary lamp
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Spotlight (theatre lighting)
A spotlight (or followspot) is a powerful stage lighting instrument which projects a bright beam of light onto a performance space. Spotlights are controlled by a spotlight operator who tracks actors around the stage. Spotlights are most commonl ...
* Spotlight, a
searchlight
A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely luminosity, bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a part ...
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Stage lighting instrument
Stage lighting instruments (lanterns, or luminaires in Europe) are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television st ...
, stage lighting instruments, of several types
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Spotlight'' (film), a 2015 American drama film
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''The Spotlight'' (film), a 1927 American comedy silent film
Music
Albums
* ''Spotlight'', a 2001 album by
Tír na nÓg
* ''Spotlight'', a 2007 album by
Djumbo
* ''Spotlight'', a 2009 album by
Antoine Clamaran
* ''Spotlight'', a 2016 EP by
Up10tion
Songs
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"Spotlight" (Madonna song), 1988
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"Spotlight" (Jennifer Hudson song), 2008
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"Spotlight" (Gucci Mane song), 2009
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"Spotlight" (Mutemath song), 2009
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"Spotlight" (Marshmello and Lil Peep song), 2018
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"Spotlight" (Jessie Ware song), 2020
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"Spotlight" (Xiao Zhan song), 2020
* "Spotlight", song by Kylie Minogue from the album ''
Disco
Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...
'', 2020
* "Spotlight". song by The Sweet from the album ''
Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be'', 1971
* "Spotlight", song by Selena Gomez & the Scene from the album ''
A Year Without Rain'', 2010
* "Spotlight", song by Shakira from the album ''
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Music", she has had a Cultural impact of Shakira, significant impact on the ...
'', 2014
* "Spotlight", song by
Fayray
, (born April 18, 1976) stylized as FAYRAY, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She made her debut in July 1998 with the single "Taiyō no Gravity". She grew up in the United States and speaks English.
Biography
Fayray is the middle child of a fa ...
, 2005
* "Spotlightz", song by XO-IQ, featured in the television series ''
Make It Pop
''Make It Pop'' is a Canadian musical comedy series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon that aired on Nickelodeon from March 26, 2015 to August 20, 2016. The series stars Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley.
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Periodicals
*''SPOTLIGHT'',
Con Edison
Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 ...
's newsletter
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The Spotlight'', a weekly American newspaper, now out of print
Television
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''Spotlight'' (BBC News), BBC's regional news programme for the southwest of England
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''Spotlight'' (BBC Northern Ireland television programme), a current affairs programme in Northern Ireland
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''Spotlight'' (Canadian TV program), a 1975 Canadian current affairs television program that aired on CBC
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''Spotlight'' (South Korean TV series), a 2008 South Korean television series that aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
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Spotlight (TV channel)
Spotlight was an American premium cable television network that was founded by the Times Mirror Satellite Programming Company unit of the Times Mirror Company, and owned as a joint venture with Storer Communications, Cox Cable and Tele-Commu ...
, a defunct premium movie channel
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Spotlight TV, a British music channel
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''Spotlight 2'' (web series), an Indian web series
Enterprises and organizations
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Spotlight (''Boston Globe''), a newspaper investigative team, in US
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Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is a Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and voice over artists in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadca ...
, a UK casting service company featuring directories of actors and actresses
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Spotlight Group, Australian retail conglomerate
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Spotlight PA, investigative reporting partnership of Pennsylvania news organizations
Technology
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Spotlight (Apple), search technology integrated into macOS and iOS
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DBpedia Spotlight, named entity extraction for DBpedia resources
* Spotlight SAR, a technique to improve resolution for
synthetic-aperture radar
* SpotLight GPS Pet Locator, a product of
Positioning Animals Worldwide
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Windows Spotlight
Other
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Spotlight effect
The spotlight effect is the psychological phenomenon by which people tend to Theory of mind, believe they are being noticed more than they really are. Being that one is constantly in the center of Self-concept, one's own world, an ''accurate'' ev ...
, phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are
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Celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group due to the attention given to them by mass media. The word is also used to refer to famous individuals. A person may attain celebrity status by having great w ...
, the spotlight
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SPOTLIGHT project, a European Commission-funded research project on health promotion
See also
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Light (disambiguation)
Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision.
Light or Lights may also refer to:
Illumination
* Lighting
* Light bulb
* Traffic light
Arts and entertainment Music
* Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian s ...
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Limelight (disambiguation)
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Spot (disambiguation)
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