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Barely Alive

Barely Alive is an American dubstep duo from Massachusetts, formed in 2013 by childhood friends Matt and Willie, signed to Disciple Recordings and fixtures of the riddim scene.

Barely Lethal

Barely Lethal is a 2015 American action-comedy directed by Kyle Newman, written by John D'Arco, starring Hailee Steinfeld as teen agent Megan Walsh, with Jessica Alba, Samuel L. Jackson, Sophie Turner; released May 29, 2015, PG-13, 96 minutes.

Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies: Canadian pop rock band formed 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, known as BNL. Hits: "One Week" (Hot 100 No. 1, 1998); albums Gordon and Stunt; 15 million records; Hall of Fame.

Barfi! (बर्फी!)

Barfi! (बर्फी!) is a 2012 Hindi romantic comedy-drama by Anurag Basu starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz; India's Oscar entry for 2013 and one of 2012's highest-grossing Bollywood films.

Barfly (film)

Barfly (1987) is Barbet Schroeder's comedy-drama from Charles Bukowski's only screenplay, a semi-autobiographical story of Henry Chinaski, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, financed by Cannon Films after a seven-year struggle.

Barfuss

Barfuss (Barefoot) is a 2005 German romantic comedy-drama directed by and starring Til Schweiger with Johanna Wokalek; a job-loser saves a psychiatric patient who follows him barefoot. Released 31 March 2005, 1.5 million admissions, FBW wertvoll, remade in the US in 2014.

Bargain (몸값)

Bargain (몸값, Momgap) is a 2022 TVING South Korean disaster thriller series, a six-episode one-take expansion of Lee Chung-hyun's 2015 short film, starring Jin Sun-kyu and Jeon Jong-seo; it won Best Screenplay at Canneseries 2023.

Bargain Hunt

Bargain Hunt is a long-running BBC One daytime antiques game show, first aired 13 March 2000 with David Dickinson, in which red and blue teams spend £300 on three antiques sold at auction for profit.

Barista

Barista (Italian for bartender; plural baristi): a person trained to make and serve coffee, especially espresso drinks, in a coffee bar; classified as occupation 471231 in Australia, with espresso doses typically 18-21 g.

Baritone

Baritone: the middle male classical voice type between tenor and bass, range about G2–G4, classified by tessitura and passaggio; Fach subtypes include Kavalierbariton, Heldenbariton, and Spielbariton, with roles such as Rigoletto, Scarpia, and Don Giovanni.

Baritone guitar

Baritone guitar: a six-string guitar with a 27-30 inch scale length, tuned a fourth or fifth below standard (typically B-E-A-D-F#-B), between guitar and bass; pioneered by Danelectro in 1956, used in country, metal, surf, and film scoring.

Baritone horn

Baritone horn: B-flat tenor brass instrument of the British brass band, cylindrical bore, three valves, brighter tone than the euphonium; descended from Sax's baritone saxhorn.

Baritone saxophone

Baritone saxophone (bari sax): largest common saxophone, pitched in E flat, sounding an octave and major sixth below written pitch. Invented by Adolphe Sax, 1842; standard low-A-equipped bass voice of big bands, quartets, and wind ensembles.

Barış Arduç

Barış Arduç (born 1987) is a Turkish TV and film actor of Albanian descent, known for Kiralık Aşk's Ömer İplikçi, Alparslan, and Netflix's Kulüp.

Barış Bıçakçı

Barış Bıçakçı (born 1966, Adana) is a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, and translator whose plain, minimalist fiction is set almost entirely in Ankara, making him closely identified with the capital in contemporary Turkish literature.

Bark at the Moon

Bark at the Moon, also called Bark At The Moon, is Ozzy Osbourne's third studio album, released 15 November 1983, his first with guitarist Jake E. Lee after Randy Rhoads's death; it peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

Bark painting

Bark painting is an Australian Aboriginal art form using earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, most characteristically in Arnhem Land, with surviving works dating from the mid-19th century.

Barkat Jamal Fakir Troupe

Barkat Jamal Fakir Troupe is a Pakistani Sufi ensemble from Jhol, Sindh, led by Barkat Jamal, known for 'Maahi Diyaan Jhokaan' on Coke Studio Pakistan in 2019.

Barkha Singh (बरखा सिंह)

Barkha Singh (बरखा सिंह), Indian actress born 1992 in Bikaner, Rajasthan; child artist in Mujhse Dosti Karoge (2002), TV's Girls On Top, web star of Engineering Girls and Please Find Attached, later Criminal Justice 4 and The Sabarmati Report.

Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, born 1985, Mogadishu) is a Somali-American actor; his debut as pirate captain Muse in Captain Phillips (2013) won a BAFTA and brought Oscar, Golden Globe, and SAG nominations, launching credits including Blade Runner 2049 and The Curse.

Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의 개)

Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의 개, Flandersui Gae) is Bong Joon-ho's 2000 South Korean debut feature, a dark comedy in which lecturer Yun-ju (Lee Sung-jae) dognaps apartment dogs while office worker Hyun-nam (Bae Doona) investigates the disappearances.

Barkskins (TV series)

Barkskins is a 2020 National Geographic eight-part limited series created by Elwood Reid from Annie Proulx's novel, set in 1690s New France around a settler massacre, starring David Thewlis and Marcia Gay Harden, cancelled after one season.

Barley water

Barley water, also called lemon barley water, is a drink of barley simmered in water and strained, often flavored with citrus. Known for the 1834 Robinsons-Wimbledon link, an 1788 recipe, and Japanese mugicha barley tea.

Barley wine

Barley wine (Barley Wine, UK spelling) is a very strong top-fermented ale, 8-12% ABV, named for wine-like strength; English and American variants, first named for Bass No. 1, aged like wine.

Barmer Boys

Barmer Boys are a Rajasthani Manganiyar folk trio from Barmer, Rajasthan, formed in 2011 around singer Mangey Khan and known for Sufi kalaams, Kabir bhajans, and beatboxing.

Barnaba Classic

Barnaba Classic is the stage name of Elias Barnabas Inyasi, a Tanzanian bongo flava singer and producer known for romantic Swahili songwriting and the award-winning album Love Sounds Different.

Barnabas Collins

Barnabas Collins is the vampire protagonist of the American daytime serial Dark Shadows (1966–1971), played by Jonathan Frid, who transformed the failing show into a cultural phenomenon.

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones (神威勇探), CBS private-eye series 1973–1980 starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether; a Quinn Martin 'old Columbo' with a milk-drinking elderly detective, 178 episodes, Cannon crossovers.

Barnaby Rudge

Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty is Charles Dickens's 1841 historical novel, his first, set during London's anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780, featuring the simple-minded Barnaby, his raven Grip, and an unsolved double murder.

Barnaparichay

Barnaparichay (বর্ণপরিচয়, "Introduction to Letters") is a Bengali alphabet primer by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, published in 1855 and still the customary first book for Bengali children.