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BlackLine
BlackLine is an American cloud software company, founded in 2001 by Therese Tucker and headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, that automates the financial close and account reconciliation for corporate finance departments.
Blacklisting
Blacklisting: systematic denial of employment via lists of politically or union-troublesome people; also called black list. Spans 1880s US labor blacklists, AGLOSO, the Hollywood blacklist, and UK construction blacklisting.
Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design is an Australian professional video equipment maker founded by Grant Petty in Melbourne (sources say 2001 or 2002), known for DeckLink cards, URSA, PYXIS and Pocket cinema cameras, Blackmagic RAW, and DaVinci Resolve, acquired in 2009.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is a line of compact digital film cameras from Blackmagic Design, launched in 2013 and now offering 4K and 6K models.
Blackmail
Blackmail: threatening to expose damaging information unless a demand for money, property, or action is met; a form of extortion. Illegal in all US states and federally (18 USC 873), and under the UK Theft Act 1968 s.21 (max 14 years).
Blackmail (1929 film)
Blackmail (1929) is Alfred Hitchcock's thriller about Alice White, blackmailed after killing an assailant; made in silent and sound versions, the sound version was Britain's first feature-length talkie, starring Anny Ondra with Joan Barry dubbing her voice.
Blackmail (2025 film)
Blackmail (பிளாக்மெயில்) is a 2025 Tamil crime thriller written and directed by Mu Maran, starring G.V. Prakash Kumar, Teju Ashwini, Srikanth, and Bindu Madhavi; released 12 September 2025 and streaming on SunNXT from 30 October 2025.
Blackmail (मेल) (2018 film)
Blackmail (Blackमेल) is a 2018 Hindi black comedy-drama directed by Abhinay Deo, starring Irrfan Khan as Dev, who blackmails his wife's lover after discovering her affair; released 6 April 2018, grossing about $3 million worldwide.
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night: American Renaissance folk-rock band formed 1997 in Mount Sinai, NY, by ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night; eleven studio albums from Shadow of the Moon (1998) to Nature's Light (2021).
Blackout (2023 film)
Blackout (2023) is Larry Fessenden's 103-minute werewolf horror film, premiered at Fantasia, released theatrically March 13, 2024 by Dark Sky Films, starring Alex Hurt as a painter who believes he is a werewolf, distinct from other films titled Blackout.
Blackout (2024 film)
Blackout (ब्लैकआउट) is a 2024 Hindi comedy-thriller directed by Devang Shashin Bhavsar, starring Vikrant Massey, Sunil Grover, and Mouni Roy, released 7 June 2024 on JioCinema; distinct from the 2024 Larry Fessenden werewolf film of the same name.
Blackout (Britney Spears album)
Blackout is the fifth studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released on Jive Records in 2007 and later called her best and most influential album by Billboard.
Blackout (broadcasting)
Blackout (broadcasting): a geographic restriction preventing a TV or streaming service from showing a program, usually a live sports event, to protect exclusive rights holders or ticket sales. Covers the US Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, the FCC's 1975 rule repealed in 2014, the NFL sellout rule, regional sports network blackouts, and the UK's UEFA Article 48 3pm blackout.
Blackout Tuesday
Blackout Tuesday, June 2, 2020, a music-industry protest from #TheShowMustBePaused by Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang; black Instagram squares tagged #BlackLivesMatter drowned out activist information.
Blackpink (블랙핑크)
Blackpink (블랙핑크) is a four-member YG Entertainment girl group, debuted August 8, 2016 with SQUARE ONE; members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, Lisa; albums THE ALBUM, BORN PINK, DEADLINE; produced by Teddy.
Blackpink discography
The Blackpink discography is the catalog of releases by the South Korean girl group Blackpink, from its 2016 debut single album Square One to the 2026 EP Deadline.
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort and unitary authority on Lancashire's Fylde coast, famed for its Tower, three piers, Pleasure Beach and Illuminations. It draws about 18 million visitors and £1.5 billion in spend yearly, alongside major regeneration and deep deprivation.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C., the Seasiders or Tangerines, is an English club founded 1887, based at Bloomfield Road. Won the 1953 FA Cup 4-3 over Bolton in the Matthews Final; second in the top flight 1956; now in League One.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Pleasure Beach Resort) is a family-owned amusement park in Blackpool, Lancashire, founded in 1896 by W.G. Bean and John Outhwaite, home to the Big One, ICON, and Grade II listed Noah's Ark.
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower is a Grade I listed entertainment complex and observation tower in Blackpool, England, opened in 1894 as a British imitation of the Eiffel Tower.
BlackRock
BlackRock is an American investment management firm, the world's largest asset manager, founded by Larry Fink in 1988 with $11.6 trillion under management by the end of 2024.
Blackrock College
Blackrock College ("the Rock"), founded 1860 by the Holy Ghost Fathers as the French College, is a fee-paying Catholic boys' day and boarding secondary school in Blackrock, Dublin, part of a Willow Park campus with over 1,600 boys.
Blacksad
Blacksad (Un lugar entre las sombras) is a noir comic series by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido about black-cat detective John Blacksad in 1950s anthropomorphic-animal America, published by Dargaud since November 2000 with about 2 million copies sold.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blacksad: Under the Skin is a 2019 narrative adventure game by Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, published by Microids, based on the Blacksad comics; detective John Blacksad investigates a 1950s New York boxing scandal, Metascore 65.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg, Virginia: Montgomery County town founded 1798 by William Black on 38 acres, home of Virginia Tech (founded 1872 as a land-grant college); population 44,826 in 2020.
Blackshirts
Blackshirts (camicie nere, squadristi) were Italian Fascism's paramilitary squads, formed from 1919, legalized in 1923 as the MVSN militia under Mussolini, and dissolved in 1943.
Blackshore
Blackshore is a six-part Irish crime drama (RTÉ One, 2024) created by Kate O'Riordan, starring Lisa Dwan as DI Fia Lucey, a Dublin detective sent to fictional Blackwater to investigate a murder linked to her family's past.
Blacksky
Blacksky is a community-run ecosystem on the Bluesky social network, created by Rudy Fraser in 2023, combining a curated feed amplifying Black users with moderation services.
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a craftsperson who shapes iron and steel by heating metal in a forge until it softens, then hammering it into form on an anvil.
Blackstar (album)
Blackstar (★) is David Bowie's 25th and final studio album, released 8 January 2016 on his 69th birthday, two days before his death; a jazz-inflected seven-track record made with the Donny McCaslin Quartet and Tony Visconti, it won four posthumous Grammys.