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Barbecue Showdown
Barbecue Showdown (originally The American Barbecue Showdown) is a Netflix reality competition series, premiered September 18, 2020, in which American pitmasters compete for the American Barbecue Champion title and a $50,000 prize, judged by Kevin Bludso and Melissa Cookston across three seasons.
Barbenheimer
Barbenheimer: portmanteau for the July 21, 2023 same-day release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and its viral meme phenomenon; $235.5M combined domestic opening, nearly $2.5B worldwide, Japan controversy, and imitators like Glicked.
Barber's pole
Barber's pole: striped cylindrical trade sign outside barbershops, red and white or red, white, and blue, rooted in barber-surgeon bloodletting and namesake of the barber pole motion illusion.
Barbera
Barbera is a dark-skinned red wine grape from Piedmont, Italy, distinct from Nebbiolo and Dolcetto; known for bright acidity, low tannins, deep color, appellations Barbera d'Asti, d'Alba, and Nizza DOCG, and plantings in California.
Barberini Faun
The Barberini Faun, also known as the Drunk Satyr, is a Hellenistic marble statue of a sleeping satyr found in Rome in the 1620s and now in Munich's Glyptothek.
Barberini Ivory
The Barberini Ivory, also called the Barberini Diptych, is a Byzantine ivory relief of a triumphant emperor, carved in Constantinople around 525–550 and held in the Louvre.
Barbershop (film)
Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy-drama directed by Tim Story, following Ice Cube's Calvin Palmer over one day as he tries to buy back his South Side Chicago barbershop.
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Barbershop 2: Back in Business is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, the sequel to Barbershop, in which Ice Cube's Calvin Palmer defends his South Side Chicago barbershop.
Barbershop music
Barbershop music, also known as barbershop harmony, is a uniquely American style of unaccompanied four-part close-harmony singing, revived in 1938 with the founding of the Barbershop Harmony Society in Tulsa.
Barbershop quartet
Barbershop quartet: an a cappella, four-voice ensemble (tenor, lead, baritone, bass) singing unaccompanied four-part close harmony, an African-American-rooted American style organized by the 1938-founded Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA).
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Barbershop: The Next Cut is a 2016 American comedy-drama, the third in the Barbershop series, directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Ice Cube and Regina Hall.
Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder (born 1941, Tehran) is a French-Swiss director and producer, co-founder of Les Films du Losange with Eric Rohmer, director of More, General Idi Amin Dada, Barfly, and the Oscar-nominated Reversal of Fortune.
Barbi Benton
Barbi Benton (Barbara Klein, born 1950, Sacramento) is an American model, actress, and singer; Hugh Hefner's girlfriend 1969-1976, four-time Playboy cover figure, Hee Haw regular, and country singer of "Brass Buckles."
Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre: London multi-arts venue in the City of London, opened 3 March 1982 by Queen Elizabeth II. Designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon within the Brutalist Barbican Estate; home of the London Symphony Orchestra; now undergoing a £191m renewal.
Barbie
Barbie is Mattel's fashion doll, debuted March 9, 1959 at the New York Toy Fair by co-founder Ruth Handler, modeled on Germany's Bild Lilli and named after her daughter Barbara. Over 1 billion sold, 250+ careers, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.
Barbie (film)
Barbie (2023) is Greta Gerwig's live-action comedy based on the Mattel doll, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling; it earned $1 billion in 17 days, became 2023's top film, and received eight Oscar nominations.
Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship
Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship (Barbie y Teresa: La receta de la amistad) is a 2025 Mattel Television CG animated special, directed by Karen J. Lloyd, premiering March 6, 2025 on Netflix, in which the two Barbies help Teresa open her cousin's New York tamale restaurant.
Barbie Almalbis
Barbie Almalbis, born Yvette Barbra Hontiveros Almalbis-Honasan, is a Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist who fronted Hungry Young Poets from 1996 and Barbie's Cradle, then recorded solo albums from Parade (2006) to Not That Girl (2025).
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 direct-to-video CGI Barbie musical, the series' first, loosely adapting Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper; directed by William Lau, starring Kelly Sheridan as dual leads and Martin Short as villain Preminger.
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow (2007) is the third direct-to-video Barbie Fairytopia film, directed by William Lau, with Kelly Sheridan as Elina, who learns the Flight of Spring at the Crystal Palace to stop Laverna's ten-year winter.
Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia (Barbie: Mermaidia) is a 2006 direct-to-video computer-animated film, the first Barbie sequel, in which fairy Elina trades her wings for a mermaid tail to rescue prince Nalu from Laverna.
Barbie Ferreira
Barbie Ferreira (Barbara Ferreira), American actress and model from Queens, New York; Tumblr-to-American Apparel discovery at 16, viral unretouched 2016 Aerie campaign, Kat Hernandez on HBO's Euphoria (2019-2022), later indie films and a 2025 Victoria's Secret runway debut.
Barbie Forteza
Barbie Forteza, full name Barbara Ambas Forteza, is a Filipino actress born in 1997 who is best known as a lead star of GMA Network, billed as the "Kapuso Primetime Princess."
Barbie Girl
Barbie Girl: 1997 eurodance single by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua from Aquarium, written by Rasted, Norreen, Dif, and Nystrøm; UK #1, US #7; Mattel's trademark suit was dismissed as parody, and Mattel later licensed it for Barbie World.
Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛)
Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛, Da S, Big S), Taiwanese actress, singer, and host (1976–2025). Debuted 1994 as S.O.S with sister Dee Hsu; starred as Shan Cai in Meteor Garden (2001); died of influenza-related pneumonia in Japan at 48.
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is a 2006 direct-to-video animated musical fantasy film in which Barbie voices Princess Genevieve, one of twelve dancing sisters.
Barbie in the Nutcracker
Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) is the first CGI-animated Barbie film, from Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel, directed by Owen Hurley, with Kelly Sheridan as Barbie/Clara, Tim Curry as the Mouse King, Tchaikovsky's score, and motion-captured New York City Ballet dances.
Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase
Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase is a 2024 Mattel Television Studios animated Netflix series (8 x 25 min, TV-Y7) in which Barbie Malibu and Brooklyn Roberts chase suspects across Europe after show horses Tornado and Pepper and a diamond saddle are stolen; season 2 was retitled Beach Detectives.
Barbie: A Touch of Magic
Barbie: A Touch of Magic is a CGI-animated Mattel Television series (2023-2024) on Netflix in which Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts find Peggy, a baby Pegasus, and protect her from Rocki the Glyph across two 13-episode seasons.
Barbie: Fairytopia
Barbie: Fairytopia (2005) is a direct-to-video CGI Barbie film, the first with an original storyline, starring Elina, a wingless fairy fighting Laverna; it spawned Mermaidia, Magic of the Rainbow, and a stage show.