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Belén Rodríguez

Belén Rodríguez (María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani, born 1984, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine model, showgirl and TV host active in Italy since 2004; breakthrough as runner-up (44%) on L'Isola dei famosi 2008, Sanremo 2011 co-host, host of Le Iene and Tu sì que vales.

Belenggu

Belenggu (Shackles) is a 1940 novel by the Indonesian author Armijn Pane, telling of a love triangle between a doctor, his wife, and his childhood friend.

Belfast (film)

Belfast (2021) is Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical black-and-white drama about nine-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill) during the August 1969 outbreak of the Troubles, starring Balfe, Dornan, Dench, and Hinds; it won Branagh the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Belfie

Belfie (butt selfie) is slang for a self-taken photo of one's own buttocks, a blend of butt/bum and selfie. First Instagram example July 18, 2012; word debuted on Urban Dictionary in 2013, popularized by Jen Selter and Kim Kardashian.

Belfort & Lupin

Belfort & Lupin is a French animated series (26 x 22 min, 2025) about Louis XIV's favorite dog Belfort and the Versailles garden wolf Lupin, created by Teddy J. Stehly, directed by Philippe Vidal, produced by Ellipse Animation and Belvision.

Belgian Beer Weekend

The Belgian Beer Weekend is a free-admission beer festival held each September on the Grand-Place in Brussels, first held in 1998 and organized by Belgian Brewers, with about 60,000 visitors a year.

Belgian chocolate

Belgian chocolate: chocolate whose complete mixing, refining, and conching are done in Belgium under the Choprabisco Belgian Chocolate Code. Known for pralines (Neuhaus, Leonidas) and for supplying 20% of world industrial chocolate via Barry Callebaut, Cargill, and Puratos.

Belgian cuisine

Belgian cuisine (cuisine belge, Belgische keuken): the cooking of Belgium, split into Flemish beer-braised and Walloon French-leaning traditions, known for frites, mussels, waffles, chocolate, and UNESCO-recognized beer culture.

Belgian surrealism

Belgian surrealism is the branch of the Surrealist movement that developed in Belgium from 1924, centered in Brussels on the poet Paul Nougé and the painter René Magritte.

Belgian Symbolism

Belgian Symbolism (symbolisme belge) is the branch of the Symbolist movement that developed in Belgium from about 1880, led by Maurice Maeterlinck, Émile Verhaeren, and Georges Rodenbach.

Belgian waffle

Belgian waffle, gaufre de Bruxelles or gaufre de Liège: waffle varieties from Belgium. Brussels style is rectangular, light, yeast or egg-white leavened; Liège is dense brioche dough with pearl sugar; the American version is a baking-powder adaptation popularized at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Belgin Şimşek

Belgin Şimşek is a Turkish actress known for playing Gonca Hatun in the ATV historical series Kuruluş: Osman and its sequel Kuruluş: Orhan, after supporting roles from 2021.

Belgrade Beer Fest

The Belgrade Beer Fest is a large annual beer-and-music festival in Belgrade, Serbia. Since 2022, Skymusic has organized the event, claiming it is the largest in southeastern Europe.

Belgravia (TV series)

Belgravia is a 2020 six-part British period drama by Julian Fellowes, adapted from his 2016 novel, airing on ITV and Epix; it follows the Trenchard and Bellasis families and a Waterloo-era secret, with a 2024 sequel, The Next Chapter.

Believe (Cher album)

Believe is the 22nd studio album by American singer Cher, released by Warner Music UK in October 1998, whose title track first used Auto-Tune as an intentional creative effect.

Believe (Cher song)

"Believe" is a 1998 dance-pop song by American singer Cher that topped charts in 21 countries and pioneered the deliberate use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect.

Believe (Justin Bieber album)

Believe, Justin Bieber's third studio album (2012, Island Def Jam), executive produced by Scooter Braun and Usher, moved from teen pop to dance-pop and Euro-house; guests Ludacris, Big Sean, Drake, Nicki Minaj; UK number one.

Believe (music)

Believe (music), a French digital music distribution and label-services company founded by Denis Ladegaillerie in 2005, reported €988.8 million in 2024 revenue and delisted in August 2025.

Believe in Yourself (song)

Believe in Yourself is the title of several unrelated songs, including Joe Raposo's 1972 Sesame Street encouragement song and Charlie Smalls' 1975 The Wiz track.

Believe Me (TV series)

Believe Me is a 2026 four-part ITV1 true crime drama written by Jeff Pope, directed by Julia Ford, about three victims of black cab rapist John Worboys, starring Daniel Mays, Aimée-Ffion Edwards, Aasiya Shah, and Miriam Petche.

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey is a 2018 Lifetime TV movie directed by Jim Donovan, starring Katie Douglas as 1984 abduction survivor Lisa McVey, who escaped serial killer Bobby Joe Long and helped capture him.

Believe Tour

Believe Tour: Justin Bieber's second world tour (September 29, 2012 – December 8, 2013), presented by AEG Live with Carly Rae Jepsen, supporting the 2012 album Believe; three-deck stage, Jon M. Chu involvement.

Believer (2018 film)

Believer (독전, Dokjeon) is a 2018 South Korean crime-action film by Lee Hae-young, a remake of Johnnie To's Drug War, starring Cho Jin-woong and Ryu Jun-yeol; it sold over 5 million admissions in Korea and spawned the Netflix sequel Believer 2.

Believer (Imagine Dragons song)

"Believer" is a 2017 Imagine Dragons song from Evolve, written with Mattman & Robin and Justin Tranter; it peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100, spent 29 weeks atop the Hot Rock & Alternative chart, and exceeds 2 billion Spotify streams and YouTube views.

Believer 2 (독전 2)

Believer 2 (독전 2) is a 2023 Netflix South Korean crime action film directed by Baik, a midquel to 2018's Believer, following Detective Won-ho's hunt for drug kingpin Mr. Lee, with Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won, and Han Hyo-joo.

Belift Lab

Belift Lab (빌리프랩) is a South Korean HYBE-owned K-pop label, founded 2018 as a CJ ENM–Big Hit joint venture, that formed ENHYPEN via I-LAND (2020) and ILLIT via R U Next? (2024).

Belinda

Belinda, born Belinda Peregrín Schüll in Madrid in 1989, is a Spanish-born Mexican Latin pop singer and actress who rose to fame on Mexican children's television.

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle (born 1958) is an American singer, lead vocalist of the Go-Go's and a solo pop star known for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," "Mad About You," and "I Get Weak," still touring in 2026–27.

Belinda Chandra

Belinda Chandra (Bel) is a fictional nurse from Croydon and the Fifteenth Doctor's companion in Doctor Who's 2025 season, played by Varada Sethu, introduced in "The Robot Revolution" (12 April 2025) across eight episodes.

Belinda Lang

Belinda Lang (Belinda Lucy Lang(e), born 1953, Marylebone; LoC says 1955) is an English actress, best known as Bill Porter in 2point4 Children and for West End theatre, directing, and Haig-Lang Productions.