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Barnard Hughes
Barnard Hughes, born Bernard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes (1915–2006), American character actor who won the 1978 Tony for Da, an Emmy for Lou Grant, and starred in Doc, Mr. Merlin, and The Lost Boys.
Barnett Newman
Barnett Newman (1905–1970) was an American painter and founding member of abstract expressionism, best known for large fields of solid color divided by narrow vertical bands he called "zips."
Barney (franchise)
Barney is an American children's media franchise centered on a purple Tyrannosaurus rex who teaches preschoolers through songs, known through the PBS series Barney & Friends.
Barney & Friends
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series on PBS from 1992 to 2010, starring Barney, a purple Tyrannosaurus rex who teaches young children through song and dance.
Barney Fife
Barney Fife (Bernard Fife) is the fictional, bumbling deputy sheriff of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show, played by Don Knotts, who won five Emmys; the character carried one bullet in his shirt pocket and left for Raleigh in 1965.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: American comic strip created by Billy DeBeck, debuted June 17, 1919 as Take Barney Google, F'rinstance; a King Features Appalachian comedy starring Snuffy Smith since 1934, drawn by Lasswell 1942–2001 and John Rose since.
Barney Martin
Barney Martin (1923–2005), American character actor, NYPD detective turned performer; played Morty Seinfeld on Seinfeld, Amos Hart in Chicago's original Broadway cast, and appeared in The Producers and Arthur. Not the 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs pitcher.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller: American ABC sitcom (1975–1982, 8 seasons, 168 episodes) created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker, set in a Greenwich Village NYPD precinct, starring Hal Linden; won 3 Emmys including 1982 Outstanding Comedy Series.
Barney Rubble
Barney Rubble (Bernard Matthew Rubble) is the deuteragonist of The Flintstones (ABC, 1960-1966), Fred Flintstone's best friend, Betty's husband, Bamm-Bamm's adoptive father; modeled on Ed Norton, voiced by Mel Blanc, and also Cockney slang for trouble.
Barney Stinson
Barney Stinson is the womanizing, suit-obsessed character played by Neil Patrick Harris on CBS's How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014), a mocked embodiment of pre-feminist masculinity later criticized as misogynistic and reprised in How I Met Your Father.
Barney the Dinosaur
Barney the Dinosaur is the purple T. rex created by Dallas teacher Sheryl Leach in 1987 home videos, adapted by Connecticut Public Television into PBS's Barney & Friends (1992), a preschool phenomenon that also drew intense adult backlash before Mattel's 2024 revival.
Barney's World
Barney's World is a 2024 CGI-animated preschool series rebooting Barney & Friends, co-produced by Mattel Television and Nelvana. It premiered October 14, 2024 on Max and Treehouse TV, set in a playground with Barney, Billy, Baby Bop, and kids David, Mel, and Vivie.
Barneys New York
Barneys New York was a Manhattan luxury department store founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman as a discount menswear shop, famous for launching designers like Armani, closing after a 2019 bankruptcy and sale to Authentic Brands Group, now licensed for revival.
Barns Courtney
Barns Courtney (Barnaby George Courtney, born 1990, Aylesbury, England) is an English singer-songwriter raised partly in Seattle whose singles "Fire" and "Glitter & Gold" broke through via the 2015 film Burnt; albums include The Attractions of Youth (2017), 404 (2019), and Supernatural (2024).
Barnum (musical)
Barnum is a 1980 Cy Coleman-Michael Stewart-Mark Bramble circus musical about P.T. Barnum; it ran 854 Broadway performances, won three Tonys, and starred Jim Dale and Glenn Close.
Barnyard (film)
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy directed by Steve Oedekerk about farm animals that act human whenever people are away.
Baroda school
The Baroda school is a movement in modern Indian art tied to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, known for narrative figuration.
Barolo
Barolo: Piedmont's flagship DOCG red wine, made only from Nebbiolo in 11 Langhe communes near Alba; aged at least 38 months, famed as "the king of wines" and distinct from Barbaresco.
Baron Ambrosia
Baron Ambrosia is a fictional character created by filmmaker Justin Fornal. He stars in the BronxNet show Bronx Flavor, which ran for 34 episodes starting in 2008.
Baron Danglars
Baron Danglars, a character in Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo), is the Pharaon's purser who frames Edmond Dantès, rises to a wealthy Parisian banker and baron, and is financially ruined by the Count's revenge.
Baron Mordo
Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo) is a Marvel Comics sorcerer and Doctor Strange's arch-nemesis, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Strange Tales #111 (1963); a reworked version played by Chiwetel Ejiofor appears in the MCU films.
Baron Munchausen
Baron Munchausen, fictional tall-tale teller drawn from Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), launched by Raspe's 1785 English book, fixed by Bürger's 1786 German version, and eponym of Munchausen syndrome.
Baron Strucker
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Baron Strucker), Marvel Comics villain, Supreme Hydra leader of Hydra and Nick Fury's nemesis; debuted in Sgt. Fury #5 (1964) by Lee and Kirby; MCU Age of Ultron character.
Baron Trump novels
The Baron Trump novels are two 1890s children's adventure books by Ingersoll Lockwood, following Baron Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp and his dog Bulger; rediscovered in 2017, with rejected Trump prophecy claims.
Baron Vaughn
Baron Vaughn (born 1980, Portales, New Mexico) is an American comedian and actor, Bud on Grace and Frankie, Tom Servo in MST3K's 2017 revival, and co-creator of The New Negroes.
Baron Zemo
Baron Zemo is the shared name of Marvel Comics villains Heinrich Zemo, a Nazi scientist introduced in Avengers #4 (1964), and his son Helmut, the thirteenth Baron, founder of the Thunderbolts and MCU villain played by Daniel Brühl.
Baroness (band)
Baroness is an American sludge/progressive metal band formed in 2003 in Savannah, Georgia, fronted by John Baizley. Known for color-titled albums (Red, Blue, Purple, Stone), a 2015 Grammy nomination, and its Abraxan Hymns label.
Baroness (G.I. Joe)
Baroness (Anastasia DeCobray; also Anastasia Cissarovna or Cisarovna) is the fictional Cobra intelligence officer of Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise, Destro's companion, debuting in Marvel's G.I. Joe comic, voiced by Morgan Lofting, and now an Energon Universe figure set to defect back to Cobra.
Barong mask
A Barong mask is a carved wooden mask from Bali, Indonesia, representing Barong, a mythical protective beast, most famously the lion-like Barong Ket with a human-hair beard.
Barong tagalog
Barong tagalog (Baro ng Tagalog, "dress of the Tagalog"), also called barong or camisa fuera, is the Philippines' embroidered sheer formal men's shirt worn untucked, made of piña or jusi, made national attire by 1975 presidential proclamation.