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Beetlejuice (entertainer)

Beetlejuice, born Lester Napoleon Green (1968), is an American comedian and actor, a Wack Pack member on The Howard Stern Show since 1999, known for Bubble Boy, Scary Movie 2, and @beetlepimp. Distinct from the Tim Burton film character.

Beetlejuice (franchise)

Beetlejuice franchise: Tim Burton's 1988 dark-comedy film, its 1989–1991 animated series (94 episodes), the 2018 Broadway musical, and the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; Warner Bros.-owned afterlife comedy brand with 400+ licensees.

Beetlejuice (musical)

Beetlejuice the Musical: Broadway adaptation of Tim Burton's 1988 film, score by Eddie Perfect, book by Brown and King, directed by Alex Timbers; three Broadway runs (2019–20, 2022–23, 2025–26), eight Tony nominations, national tour.

Beetlejuice (soundtrack)

Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), also called the Beetlejuice score, is Danny Elfman's 1988 Geffen album for Tim Burton's film, 20 tracks with Harry Belafonte's Day-O and Jump in Line, conducted by William Ross.

Beetlejuice (TV series)

Beetlejuice is an American animated television series that ran from 1989 to 1992, following goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice in the surreal Neitherworld.

Beetlejuice 2

Beetlejuice 2, also known as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, is a 2024 American fantasy-horror comedy directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Jenna Ortega.

Beetroot

Beetroot (Beta vulgaris Garden Beet Group) is the swollen red root vegetable of beet, domesticated from sea beet, historically grown for leaves, now eaten boiled, pickled, or in borscht and studied for dietary nitrate and betalains.

Beeville, Texas

Beeville, Texas: county seat of Bee County on Poesta Creek between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Founded 1859 as Maryville, renamed Beeville; 13,669 residents (2020); economy of oilfield services, corrections, agribusiness; Stage 4 water emergency since 2025-2026.

Beeville, TX Micro Area

Beeville, TX Micro Area (CBSA 13300) is a micropolitan statistical area covering Bee County, Texas, anchored by Beeville. About 31,000 residents, $57,673 median household income, one of eight South Texas micro areas.

Beewolf

Beewolves (Philanthus, Crabronidae) are solitary digger wasps that hunt bees; the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum cultivates antibiotic-producing Streptomyces philanthi in antennal glands to protect its cocoons, a symbiosis dating about 68 million years.

Beezie Madden

Beezie Madden is the competitive name of Elizabeth "Beezie" Madden, born 1963 in Milwaukee, an American show jumper with four Olympic medals, including team gold in 2004 and 2008.

Befana

La Befana (Befana), Italy's Epiphany witch: a broom-riding old woman who fills stockings on the night of 5 January with sweets for good children and coal for naughty ones; name corrupted from Epifania, roots in pre-Christian Roman winter rites.

Befikre (बेफ़िक्रे)

Befikre (बेफ़िक्रे), a 2016 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Aditya Chopra for Yash Raj Films, stars Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor as dare-driven lovers in Paris; released 9 December 2016, 132 minutes, U/A, mixed reviews and below-average India box office.

Beflubutamid

Beflubutamid, also called beflubutamid-M (F4050) as the S-enantiomer, is a fluorinated PDS-inhibiting herbicide for broadleaf weeds in winter cereals, EU-approved since 2007 with approval extended to 31 July 2028.

Before

Before (2024) is a 10-episode Apple TV+ psychological thriller limited series created by Sarah Thorp, starring Billy Crystal as child psychiatrist Eli Adler, with Judith Light, Jacobi Jupe, and Rosie Perez; aired October 25 to December 20, 2024, Metacritic 46.

Before and After (film)

Before and After is a 1996 American drama directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson as parents whose son is accused of murder.

Before Columbus Foundation

The Before Columbus Foundation is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1976, co-founded by Ishmael Reed, best known for its annual American Book Awards honoring multicultural literature.

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (ビフォア クライシス ファイナルファンタジーVII)

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (ビフォア クライシス ファイナルファンタジーVII) is Square Enix's 2004 Japan-only mobile game, the first Compilation of Final Fantasy VII title, casting players as Turks six years before FFVII; later retold in Ever Crisis.

Before I Fall

Before I Fall is a 2010 young adult novel by Lauren Oliver about a popular high school senior who relives the day of her death six times.

Before I Fall (film)

Before I Fall is a 2017 American teen drama film directed by Ry Russo-Young. It follows a high school senior who relives the day of her death repeatedly.

Before I Forget (The Kid Laroi album)

BEFORE I FORGET is The Kid LAROI's second studio album, released January 9, 2026 via Columbia Records. The 15-track breakup album replaced a scrapped record titled Watch This! and features Lithe, Andrew Aged, and Clara La San.

Before I Go to Sleep (film)

Before I Go to Sleep is a 2014 psychological thriller directed by Rowan Joffé, adapted from S.J. Watson's bestselling amnesia novel, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, and Mark Strong; it grossed $3.2 million in the US and scored 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Before I Self Destruct

Before I Self Destruct is 50 Cent's fourth studio album, released November 2009 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, featuring Eminem, Ne-Yo, and R. Kelly, debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and packaged with a 50 Cent-directed film.

Before I Wake (2016 film)

Before I Wake (2016), originally titled Somnia, is a Mike Flanagan supernatural horror film starring Kate Bosworth, Jacob Tremblay, and Thomas Jane about a foster child whose dreams manifest physically; delayed by Relativity's bankruptcy, it reached Netflix US in January 2018.

Before Midnight

Before Midnight (2013) is Richard Linklater's third Before trilogy film, reuniting Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine in Greece; scripted dialogue, Sundance premiere, 94 Metascore, Oscar-nominated screenplay.

Before Night Falls (film)

Before Night Falls (Antes que anochezca) is Julian Schnabel's 2000 biographical drama about Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, starring Javier Bardem, who won the Venice Volpi Cup and an Oscar nomination; shot in Mexico, released by Fine Line Features in 2001.

Before Present

Before Present (BP) is a time scale used mainly in archaeology and geology, with the present fixed at AD 1950, originating with radiocarbon dating in the late 1940s.

Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise (1995) is Richard Linklater's romance starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as strangers who spend one night talking through Vienna; first of the Before trilogy, Silver Bear winner, National Film Registry inductee.

Before Sunset

Before Sunset (2004) is Richard Linklater's real-time romantic drama sequel to Before Sunrise, reuniting Ethan Hawke's Jesse and Julie Delpy's Celine in Paris; it earned a 91 Metascore and an Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Kōhi ga Samenai Uchi ni) is a 2015 Japanese novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi about a Tokyo café where time travel is possible.