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Beauty and Sadness
Beauty and Sadness (Utsukushisa to kanashimi to, 美しさと哀しみと) is a 1964 novel by Kawabata Yasunari, his last published novel, set in Kyoto around an old affair.
Beauty and the Baker (להיות איתה)
Beauty and the Baker (להיות איתה, Lihyot Ita; The Baker and the Beauty) is an Israeli Keshet 12 romantic comedy-drama by Assi Azar starring Aviv Alush and Rotem Sela, adapted in five countries and sold worldwide.
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a French literary fairy tale published by Villeneuve in 1740 and abridged by Beaumont in 1756; tale type ATU 425C, adapted by Cocteau (1946) and Disney (1991, 2017).
Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) is Jean Cocteau's 1946 French black-and-white fantasy film, his first feature, adapted from Leprince de Beaumont's tale, starring Jean Marais and Josette Day, shot by Henri Alekan, and a landmark of cinematic fantasy.
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)
Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) is Ron Koslow's CBS romantic fantasy drama starring Ron Perlman as tunnel-dwelling Vincent and Linda Hamilton as ADA Catherine Chandler; 56 episodes, 6 Emmys, George R.R. Martin among its writers.
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast (1991) is Disney's 30th animated feature, directed by Trousdale and Wise, the first animated film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, winning Best Song and Best Original Score.
Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)
Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack): Disney album by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman; 16 songs, 50 minutes; first Disney album certified gold and platinum simultaneously; four Grammys; Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson title duet.
Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)
La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast, 2014) is a French-German romantic fantasy directed by Christophe Gans, starring Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux, adapted from Villeneuve's 1740 tale, released 12 February 2014, budgeted at $45 million, with mixed-to-negative reviews (Metascore 39).
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 Disney live-action musical fantasy directed by Bill Condon, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, and grossing over $1.26 billion worldwide.
Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)
Beauty and the Beast is the Oscar-winning title ballad of Disney's 1991 animated film, written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, sung by Angela Lansbury in the film and by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson on the hit pop duet.
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Beauty and the Beast is Disney's 1994 Broadway musical, the first stage adaptation of a Disney film, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton; it ran 13 years, won one Tony, and is currently unavailable for licensing.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) is a Disney direct-to-video animated midquel directed by Andy Knight, with Forte the pipe organ (Tim Curry) scheming against Belle's Christmas; first film of Walt Disney Animation Canada.
Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)
Beauty and the Beat is the Go-Go's 1981 debut album on I.R.S. Records, produced by Richard Gottehrer in New York; it topped the Billboard album chart for six weeks in 1982, the first all-female band to do so with self-written, self-performed songs.
Beauty Behind the Madness
Beauty Behind the Madness is the Weeknd's second studio album, released August 28, 2015 on XO/Republic. It features "Can't Feel My Face" and "Earned It", scored 74 on Metacritic, and won the Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album.
Beauty in Black
Beauty in Black is a Tyler Perry Netflix drama (2024– ) set in Chicago, starring Taylor Polidore Williams as Kimmie and Crystle Stewart as Mallory of the Bellarie hair-care dynasty; renewed for Season 4 after Season 3 was planned as the final season.
Beauty mark
Beauty mark: cultural term for an attractive small facial mole, medically a nevus (melanocytic nevus). Includes artificial mouches worn in 17th-18th century Europe and Marilyn Monroe's 1950s icon; ABCDE rule flags dangerous change.
Beauty pageant
A beauty pageant, also called a beauty contest, is a public competition judged chiefly on contestants' physical appearance, from local events to Miss World and Miss Universe.
Beauty Revealed
Beauty Revealed is an 1828 watercolor-on-ivory miniature by Sarah Goodridge depicting only her bared breasts, made as a gift for statesman Daniel Webster; held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 2006.235.74.
Beauty salon
A beauty salon, also known as a beauty parlor or aesthetic salon, is a retail service establishment where clients pay for hair, skin, and nail treatments.
Beauty School Dropout (band)
Beauty School Dropout (BSD) is a Los Angeles rock band formed in 2020 by Cole Hutzler, Brent Burdett, and Bardo, blending pop, punk, alt-rock, and hip hop as "Renegade-Pop"; first signing to Mark Hoppus's Verswire label.
Beauty Shop
Beauty Shop is a 2005 American comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a hairstylist who leaves her overbearing boss and opens her own salon in Atlanta.
Beauty trends among American conservatives
Beauty trends among American conservatives, also called Mar-a-Lago face and Republican makeup, are the plastic surgery, makeup, and fashion aesthetics associated with MAGA figures, marked by overfilled cheeks, full lips, and heavy glam, costing up to $90,000.
Beauvais Cathedral
Beauvais Cathedral, also known as Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, is an unfinished Gothic Catholic cathedral in Beauvais, northern France, built from 1225 and known for the world's tallest Gothic choir vault.
Beauvais Manufactory
Beauvais Manufactory, or Manufacture de Beauvais, is a French tapestry manufactory founded in 1664 at Beauvais on Colbert's initiative under Louis XIV, and it still weaves today.
Beauveria
Beauveria is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales); its type species Beauveria bassiana (basionym Botrytis bassiana, 1835) infects insects through the cuticle and is widely used as a mycoinsecticide for aphid, beetle, and lepidopteran pest control.
Beauveria bassiana
Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic soil fungus discovered by Agostino Bassi in 1835, infects over 700 insect species through the cuticle and is formulated worldwide as the mycoinsecticide active substance in strains such as GHA and 203.
Beauveria bassiana strain BB1
Beauveria bassiana strain BB1 is a strain of a fungus that kills insects, listed in EU pesticide statistics yet not approved as an EU active substance.
Beaux Arts Trio
Beaux Arts Trio: American piano trio (1955–2008) founded by Daniel Guilet, Bernard Greenhouse, and Menahem Pressler; famed for its complete Philips Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms trio recordings.
Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts architecture, also called Beaux-Arts style or Beaux Arts Classicism, is a classical, eclectic style tied to Paris's École des Beaux-Arts and dominant in America, 1880 to 1920.
Beaver
Beaver (Castor canadensis, Castor fiber): large semi-aquatic rodents that build dams, lodges, and canals, acting as ecosystem engineers. Dams typically 5–70 m long; fur trade once cut North American numbers from 60–400 million to about 6–12 million.