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Black (Pearl Jam song)
"Black" is a Pearl Jam song from Ten (1991), music by Jeff Ament, lyrics by Eddie Vedder. Never a commercial single or video, it reportedly reached Billboard album rock airplay's top three in 1993 and remains a setlist staple.
Black (singer)
Black (singer) is the stage name of Colin Vearncombe (1962–2016), Liverpool singer-songwriter known for the 1987 international hit Wonderful Life; other names include Sweetest Smile and albums Comedy, Black, Are We Having Fun Yet?, and Blind Faith on his Nero Schwarz label.
Black & Blue (Backstreet Boys album)
Black & Blue is the Backstreet Boys' fourth studio album, released November 21, 2000 on Jive Records. It sold about 1.6 million US copies in its first week, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and produced the hit "Shape of My Heart."
Black & White (whisky)
Black & White is a blended Scotch whisky created by James Buchanan in the late 19th century, now owned by Diageo and known for its black and white terrier mascots.
Black Adam
Black Adam is a DC Comics character, the wizard Shazam's fallen first champion Teth-Adam, debuting in 1945's Marvel Family #1. A Kahndaq-based magic-wielding antihero, he stars in the 2022 Dwayne Johnson film and differs from Shazam through his ruthless justice and distinct pantheon.
Black Adam (film)
Black Adam (2022) is a DCEU superhero film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam opposite the Justice Society. Released October 21, 2022; grossed $393.5M on a $190–260M budget; no sequel followed.
Black and Blue
Black and Blue is the Rolling Stones' 1976 thirteenth studio album. It was produced by the Glimmer Twins and featured guest guitarists Ronnie Wood, Harvey Mandel, and Wayne Perkins.
Black and Blue (2019 film)
Black and Blue is a 2019 American action thriller directed by Deon Taylor, starring Naomie Harris as a New Orleans officer on the run with incriminating body-camera footage.
Black and white cookie
Black and white cookie, also called half-moon or Amerikaner: a soft, cake-like New York City bakery cookie frosted half chocolate, half vanilla fondant; origin debated between Glaser's Bake Shop (1902) and Utica's Hemstrought's Bakery.
Black and White Forbidden Zone (黑白禁区)
Black and White Forbidden Zone (黑白禁区, The Penalty Zone) is a 2020 Chinese undercover narcotics-crime drama, 44 episodes on iQiyi/Tencent Video/Youku, directed by 赵浚凯, starring 欧豪 as amnesiac undercover cop 淦天雷; Douban 4.8.
Black and Yellow
"Black and Yellow" is a 2010 hip-hop single by Wiz Khalifa, produced by Stargate, about his black-and-yellow car and Pittsburgh's colors. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, became the Steelers' Super Bowl XLV anthem, and earned two Grammy nominations.
Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement (BAM), coined by Larry Neal, was the cultural wing of Black Power, roughly 1965-1976, founded around Amiri Baraka's Harlem theater, producing Black art for Black audiences across poetry, drama, music, and photography.
Black Arts Movement and creative music
The Black Arts Movement and creative music refers to African American avant-garde jazz collectives of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Black Artists' Group and UGMAA, that applied cultural self-determination to music.
Black Bag
Black Bag is a 2025 American spy drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by David Koepp, and starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married British intelligence agents.
Black Bag (novel)
Black Bag is a 2026 comic campus novel by British poet-novelist Luke Kennard, published by John Murray (UK, 12 March 2026) and Zando (US, 17 March 2026), shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026; its plot reworks Charles Goetzinger's 1967 Oregon State bag-wearing experiment.
Black Bazaar
Black Bazaar is a 2009 novel by the Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou about a Congolese immigrant in Paris, a dandy nicknamed Fessologue, who discovers writing after his companion leaves him.
Black Bear (film)
Black Bear (2020 film), Lawrence Michael Levine's meta drama starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, and Sarah Gadon; Sundance premiere January 24, 2020, two-part film-within-a-film structure, Momentum Pictures release December 4, 2020.
Black Beatles
"Black Beatles" is a 2016 hip-hop single by Mississippi duo Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane, produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and their first Billboard Hot 100 number one.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1877), Anna Sewell's only novel, subtitled The Autobiography of a Horse, narrates a working horse's life in Victorian England; it sold millions, spurred horse-welfare reform including the bearing-rein controversy, and founded the animal-autobiography genre.
Black Beauty (1994 film)
Black Beauty (1994) is Caroline Thompson's Warner Bros. adaptation of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel, the first film version told from the horse's first-person view, voiced by Alan Cumming, released July 29, 1994, rated G, grossing $4.2 million.
Black Beauty (2020 film)
Black Beauty (2020) is a Disney+ original drama, a modern reimagining of Anna Sewell's novel directed by Ashley Avis, with Kate Winslet voicing a wild mustang mare and Mackenzie Foy as Jo Green; released November 27, 2020, shot in South Africa, mixed reviews (RT 47%, Metacritic 52).
Black Betty
Black Betty (Roud 11668) is a traditional African-American work song of disputed meaning, first recorded by James "Iron Head" Baker in 1933 and Lead Belly in 1939, best known from Ram Jam's 1977 hit arranged by Bill Bartlett, later boycotted by NAACP and CORE and now a sports chant.
Black Bird (miniseries)
Black Bird is a 2022 six-episode Apple TV+ true-crime limited series created by Dennis Lehane from James Keene's memoir In With the Devil, starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ray Liotta; Hauser won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
Black Bolt
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) is a Marvel Comics superhero, king of the Inhumans, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four #45, 1965). His voice, tied to his brain's speech center, is so destructive he is functionally mute; notable arcs include Infinity's Terrigen bomb and his 2017 solo series.
Black Book (film)
Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek) is a 2006 World War II thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Carice van Houten as a Jewish singer who joins the Dutch Resistance.
Black Books
Black Books is a Channel 4 British sitcom (2000–2004, 18 episodes, 3 series) created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, starring Moran as misanthropic bookseller Bernard Black with Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig; it won BAFTA Situation Comedy awards in 2001 and 2005.
Black Box (2020 film)
Black Box (2020) is a psychological horror-thriller, the feature debut of director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., starring Mamoudou Athie and Phylicia Rashad. Released October 6, 2020 on Prime Video in the Welcome to the Blumhouse anthology, it follows an amnesiac father whose experimental memory treatment unravels his identity; 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 62.
Black Box (2026 film)
Black Box (Black Box: Flight 298; Russian: Рейс 298) is a 2026 horror sci-fi thriller directed by Steven Quale, written by Stephen Susco, starring Tom Brittney; Vero Airlines Flight 298 faces supernatural terror; 70% Tomatometer, $521,167 gross.
Black Box (band)
Black Box (also Blackbox) is an Italian house trio of Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni, and Valerio Semplici, formed 1988, behind "Ride on Time," a six-week UK number 1 sampled from Loleatta Holloway, distinct from Black Box Recorder.
Black Box Diaries
Black Box Diaries (ブラック・ボックス・ダイアリーズ) is Shiori Itō's 2024 documentary on her own rape case against Noriyuki Yamaguchi, based on her book Black Box; Sundance 2024 premiere, 2025 Oscar nomination, and a Japan release delayed until December 2025 over unauthorized footage.