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Azura Skye
Azura Skye (Azura Dawn Storozynski, born 1981) is an American actress known as Jane Cooper on Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, for supporting roles in 28 Days, Bandits, and Red Dragon, and for Best Actress awards for The Swerve (2018).
Azure (color)
Azure is the sky-blue color whose name came from Persian lajward (lapis lazuli) via Greek lazour and Old French azur, entering English in the early 14th century; it named the ultramarine pigment, later cobalt-blue smalt, and now a family of light blues.
Azusa Tadokoro (田所 あずさ)
Azusa Tadokoro (田所あずさ, born 1993) is a Japanese voice actress and Lantis singer from Ibaraki, 36th Horipro Scout Caravan grand prix winner, voice of Mogami Shizuka in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Symboli Rudolf, and Moroha; INSPION Agency member since April 2026.
Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) was a French-Tunisian couturier known for body-con stretch silhouettes, an off-calendar independent business model, the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, and his fashion collection; the Alaïa house continues under Richemont.
B Gata H Kei (B型H系)
B Gata H Kei (B型H系), or Yamada's First Time, is a Sanri Yoko four-panel comedy manga serialized in Weekly Young Jump 2004-2011 (300 chapters, 9 volumes), about a virgin high school girl aiming for 100 sex partners, adapted into a 12-episode 2010 anime by HAL Film Maker directed by Yusuke Yamamoto.
B Howard
B Howard (Brandon Alexander Howard) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer, son of Miki Howard; produced Ne-Yo's In My Own Words, released Genesis (2010) in Japan, and was the USA's slated Intervision 2025 entrant.
B major
B major: major key with B as tonic, scale B C# D# E F# G# A#, five sharps (F# C# G# D# A#), relative minor G# minor, enharmonic with C-flat major; dominant of E major.
B minor
B minor: minor key with 2 sharps (F#, C#), scale B C# D E F# G A, relative major D major, parallel major B major; home of Bach's Mass in B minor and Tchaikovsky's Pathétique.
B movie
B movie: originally the low-budget second feature of a Hollywood double bill (1930s–1950s), later any cheap genre film; associated with Poverty Row studios, Val Lewton, and the 1948 Paramount Decree's end of the system.
B Positive
B Positive (CBS, 2020-2022) is a sitcom created by Marco Pennette with Chuck Lorre, starring Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford; a divorced dad needs a kidney donor and gets one from high school classmate Gina, inspired by Pennette's own 2013 transplant.
B Praak
B Praak (Pratik Bachan, born 1986) is an Indian singer, composer, and music director from Chandigarh active in Punjabi and Hindi music; known for Mann Bharrya, Teri Mitti, and Filhall, and a National Film Award winner.
B-52 (cocktail)
B-52 (cocktail): layered shot of equal parts coffee liqueur, Irish cream, and Grand Marnier, credited to Peter Fich, Banff Springs Hotel, 1977; named for the band The B-52s; IBA New Era drink.
B-8EIGHT
B-8EIGHT, also written B8eight, is a five-member Nepali boy band formed in 2009, known for fusing urban sounds with Nepali roots; "K Yo Maya Ho" was their 2014 breakthrough.
B-Boy Blues
B-Boy Blues (2021 film, also called B-Boy Blues movie) is Jussie Smollett's directorial debut, adapting James Earl Hardy's 1994 novel about Brooklyn journalist Mitchell Crawford and Harlem bike messenger Raheim Rivers; released on BET+ June 9, 2022.
B-flat major
B-flat major (B♭ major), also spelled Bb major, is the major key with B-flat as tonic and a two-flat key signature (B♭, E♭); scale B♭ C D E♭ F G A, relative minor G minor, enharmonic with A♯ major.
B-Front
B-Front is the stage name of Bob van der Palen (born 1988), a Dutch hardstyle producer and DJ known for a melodic, atmospheric take on rawstyle.
B-Gram Records
B-Gram Records (ビーグラムレコーズ) is a Japanese record label in the Being group, best known as the 1990s home of ZARD, WANDS, Maki Ohguro, and DEEN.
B-Real
B-Real (Louis Mario Freese, born 1970) is the American rapper and nasal-voiced lead vocalist of Cypress Hill, the pioneering Latino-American hip-hop group from Los Angeles; also of Prophets of Rage, Serial Killers, and the Dr. Greenthumb's cannabis chain.
B-roll
B-roll (B roll, B-reel) is supplemental footage intercut with a video's main A-roll to cover cuts, establish scenes, and add variety; named for the second film reel, now sourced from shoots, stock, archives, or generative AI.
B: the Beginning
B: the Beginning is a 2018 Netflix original anime by Production I.G, created and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa (originally titled Perfect Bones). Set in Cremona, it follows detective Keith Flick and Killer B; a second season, Succession, followed in 2021.
B. A. Baracus
B. A. Baracus (Sergeant Bosco Albert "Bad Attitude" Baracus) is The A-Team's mechanic, driver, and muscle, played by Mr. T on NBC 1983-1987; famous for his fear of flying, his customized 1983 GMC van, and catchphrases like "I pity the fool"; recast as Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in the 2010 film.
B. B. King
B.B. King (Riley B. King, 1925–2015), Mississippi Delta electric blues guitarist and singer nicknamed Blues Boy at WDIA radio; famous for Lucille, his vibrato, "Three O'Clock Blues," "The Thrill Is Gone," 15 Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
B. C. Gowrishankar
B. C. Gowrishankar (ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ಗೌರಿಶಂಕರ್; 1950–2004) was an Indian Kannada cinematographer and director, six-time Karnataka State Film Award winner, known for Om, Mysore Mallige, and Pushpaka Vimana.
B. C. Sanyal
B. C. Sanyal, born Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal, was an Indian painter, sculptor, and art educator who founded the Lahore School of Fine Arts and co-founded the Delhi Silpi Chakra.
B. D. Hyman
B. D. Hyman (Barbara Davis Sherry, born 1947) is Bette Davis's only biological child, author of the 1985 memoir My Mother's Keeper and the 1987 Pentecostal sequel Narrow Is the Way; Davis disinherited her and her sons.
B. Gopal
B. Gopal (Bejavada Gopal, బి. గోపాల్) is a Telugu film director known for faction-action blockbusters with Balakrishna (Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu) and Chiranjeevi's Indra; Filmfare Best Telugu Director winner. Not the journalist Anand Gopal or historian B. R. Gopal.
B. J. and the Bear
B.J. and the Bear is an NBC action-comedy series (Feb 10, 1979 – May 9, 1981; 46 episodes plus the 1978 pilot The Foundlings) starring Greg Evigan as trucker B.J. McKay and his chimpanzee Bear, created by Glen A. Larson, with a Sheriff Lobo spin-off and no DVD or streaming release.
B. J. Novak
B.J. Novak (Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak), American writer, actor, comedian, and director; Office writer-cast member playing Ryan Howard, author of One More Thing and The Book with No Pictures, director of Vengeance (2022).
B. J. Thomas
B.J. Thomas (Billy Joe Thomas, 1942-2021) was an American pop, country, and gospel singer of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling," a five-time Grammy winner whose 1976 album Home Where I Belong was the first gospel record to go platinum.
B. Jeyamohan
B. Jeyamohan (ஜெயமோகன்), born 1962 in Nagercoil, is an Indian Tamil and Malayalam novelist, critic, and screenwriter, known for the 26-volume Mahabharata retelling Venmurasu and films like Ponniyin Selvan and Naan Kadavul.