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Bella White

Bella White (Isabel Farley White) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary blending bluegrass, Americana, and country. Albums: Just Like Leaving (2020), Among Other Things (2023), A Sign In The Weather (2026), all on Rounder Records; "Burn Me Once" appears on The Hunger Games soundtrack.

Belladonna (actress)

Belladonna, stage name of Michelle Anne Sinclair (born 1981, Biloxi, Mississippi), is an American former adult film performer, director, and producer; founder of Belladonna Entertainment, Evil Angel's first female director, AVN Hall of Fame inductee (2011), and later actress in Inherent Vice (2014).

Belladonna of Sadness (悲しみのベラドンナ)

Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, Kanashimi no Beradonna), also called Belladonna, is Eiichi Yamamoto's 1973 Mushi Production anime, the final Animerama film, adapted from Michelet's La Sorcière, told largely through panned watercolor paintings, a 1973 box-office failure restored in 4K in 2016.

Bellamy Young

Bellamy Young, stage name of Amy Maria Young, is an American actress, singer, and producer known for playing President Mellie Grant on Scandal from 2012 to 2018.

BellaNaija

BellaNaija is a Nigerian lifestyle and entertainment media platform founded in 2006 by Uche Pedro and based in Lagos, known for documenting African weddings, fashion, and celebrity culture.

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange (ベラトリックス・レストレンジ), née Black, is a Harry Potter Death Eater, sister of Andromeda and Narcissa, wife of Rodolphus, Voldemort's most devoted follower, killed by Molly Weasley; portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.

Belle (2013 film)

Belle is a 2013 British period drama by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle; inspired by the 1779 Zoffany portrait, released 2014, budget $10.9m, Metacritic 64.

Belle (music)

Belle (벨) is the stage name of Shim Hye-won, a Korean-American singer who debuted in 2023 as main vocalist of the girl group KISS OF LIFE.

Belle (竜とそばかすの姫) (2021 film)

Belle (竜とそばかすの姫) is Mamoru Hosoda's 2021 Studio Chizu anime film about Suzu, a 17-year-old who becomes the singer Belle in the virtual world U; 6.6 billion yen Japanese gross, Cannes Premiere 2021.

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian, also styled Belle & Sebastian, are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996 around Stuart Murdoch, known for Tigermilk, If You're Feeling Sinister, and literate chamber pop.

Belle Burden

Belle Burden, full name Flobelle Fairbanks Burden, is an American author and attorney known for her debut memoir Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, a 2026 number 1 bestseller.

Belle de Jour (film)

Belle de Jour (Belle de jour) is Luis Buñuel's 1967 Franco-Italian drama starring Catherine Deneuve as Séverine, a surgeon's wife secretly working afternoons in a brothel; adapted from Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel, it won the 1967 Venice Golden Lion.

Belle Delphine

Belle Delphine, real name Mary-Belle Kirschner (born 1999, South Africa), is a UK-based cosplayer and OnlyFans creator famous for the 2019 $30 GamerGirl Bath Water stunt, ahegao e-girl persona, Instagram bans, and reported £1 million monthly OnlyFans earnings.

Belle Dingle

Belle Dingle (Tinkerbelle Lisa Dingle, later Belle King) is a fictional Emmerdale character born on screen Christmas Day 1998 to Zak and Lisa Dingle, played by Eden Taylor-Draper since 2005, known for the Gemma Andrews killing, schizophrenia storyline, and abusive marriage to Tom King.

Belle du Seigneur

Belle du Seigneur is a 1968 French novel by Albert Cohen about the adulterous love between Solal and Ariane in Geneva, which won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.

Belle Époque (1992 film)

Belle Époque (1992) is a Spanish comedy directed by Fernando Trueba: a deserter in 1931 Spain shelters with retired painter Manolo and his four daughters; won the 1993 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and nine Goyas.

Belle et Sébastien

Belle et Sébastien is a 2013 French family adventure film directed by Nicolas Vanier, about a boy in the Second World War-era French Alps who tames a large white dog, Belle.

Belle et Sébastien 2: The Adventure Continues

Belle et Sébastien 2: The Adventure Continues (Belle et Sébastien : l'aventure continue) is a 2015 French family adventure film by Christian Duguay, sequel to the 2013 film, with Félix Bossuet and Tchéky Karyo, set in 1945 and shot in Savoie and Ain.

Belle Knox

Belle Knox, stage name of Miriam Weeks (born 1995), American former adult film performer outed as a Duke University freshman in 2014, saying porn paid her tuition; later a law student.

Belle Mariano

Belle Mariano (Belinda Angelito Mariano, born 2002) is a Filipina actress and singer from ABS-CBN who starred in He's Into Her, won the 2022 Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Asian Star Prize, headlines the DonBelle films, and releases music on StarPop.

Belle Starr

Belle Starr (Myra Maybelle Shirley, 1848–1889), the "Bandit Queen" of the American West, an outlaw associate of the James-Younger circle, once convicted of horse theft, murdered unsolved in Indian Territory.

Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry is an early 15th-century illuminated book of hours made in Paris by the Limbourg brothers.

Bellini (cocktail)

Bellini: Venetian sparkling cocktail of white peach purée and Prosecco, invented by Giuseppe Cipriani at Harry's Bar, Venice, in 1948 (Oxford Companion says around 1945), named for painter Giovanni Bellini; IBA Contemporary Classic.

Bellman and True

Bellman and True is a 1987 British heist crime drama directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Bernard Hill as coerced computer expert Hiller; Euston Films production, US gross $226,944, distinct from Bellman & Symfon or Bellman MCP server.

Bellosguardo Foundation

The Bellosguardo Foundation is a nonprofit that owns Bellosguardo, a 24-acre oceanfront estate in Santa Barbara built in 1937 by Anna Clark and bequeathed by her daughter Huguette Clark.

Bellring Shoujo Heart

Bellring Shoujo Heart (BELLRING少女ハート) is a Japanese alternative idol group formed in Tokyo, known for psychedelic, rock-based songs performed in black sailor uniforms with wings.

Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing is a 1956 Broadway musical comedy by Comden, Green, and Styne about answering-service operator Ella Peterson, running 924 performances, and a 1960 MGM film directed by Vincente Minnelli starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, Holliday's final film.

Bellum Punicum

Bellum Punicum, also spelled Bellum Poenicum, was an epic poem in Latin by Gnaeus Naevius on the First Punic War of 264 to 241 BC, surviving in about 60 fragments.

Belly (band)

Belly is an American alternative rock band formed in 1991 by ex-Throwing Muses and Breeders member Tanya Donelly with Tom and Chris Gorman; the 1993 gold album Star, hit "Feed the Tree", and 1995's King distinguished it from other 1990s alternative acts.

Belly (film)

Belly is a 1998 American crime drama directed by Hype Williams, his feature debut, starring Nas and DMX as criminal partners from Queens who grow apart.