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Black, White & Gray - Love Kills

Black, White & Gray - Love Kills is a 2025 Hindi-language SonyLIV crime-thriller mockumentary in six episodes, directed by Pushkar Sunil Mahabal, starring Mayur More, Palak Jaiswal, Deven Bhojani, and Tigmanshu Dhulia, about a fictional Nagpur murder case investigated by journalist Daniel Gray.

Blackadder

Blackadder is a BBC1 British historical sitcom (1983–1989, plus specials) starring Rowan Atkinson as successive Edmund Blackadders and Tony Robinson as Baldrick, written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, and Atkinson, spanning medieval, Elizabethan, Regency, and First World War settings.

Blackadder Goes Forth

Blackadder Goes Forth, also called Blackadder 4, is the 1989 fourth and final BBC series of Blackadder by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, set in 1917 Western Front trenches, starring Rowan Atkinson, and famous for its poppy-field finale Goodbyeee.

Blackadder II

Blackadder II (1986) is the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, set at the Elizabethan court of Queen Elizabeth I, aired in six episodes on BBC One from 9 January to 20 February 1986.

Blackadder the Third

Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder (also known as Blackadder III), set in the Regency era with Edmund Blackadder as butler to Prince George. Six episodes aired on BBC One in 1987; it won the 1988 BAFTA for Best Comedy Series.

BlackAF

#blackAF is a 2020 Netflix comedy series created by and starring Kenya Barris as a fictionalized version of himself, with Rashida Jones as his wife Joya. Eight episodes, mockumentary format, 46% critics score, renewed then cancelled in 2021.

Blackbear (musician)

blackbear (Matthew Tyler Musto, b. 1990, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter-producer blending pop, emo, R&B, and hip-hop; co-wrote Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and released Deadroses, Digital Druglord, and Everything Means Nothing.

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost is a 1968 American family fantasy comedy from Walt Disney Productions, directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, and Suzanne Pleshette.

BlackBerry (film)

BlackBerry (2023) is a Canadian comedy-drama biopic directed by Matt Johnson, adapted from the book Losing the Signal, starring Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, and Johnson as Research in Motion's founders, dramatizing the smartphone's rise and fall.

Blackberry Smoke

Blackberry Smoke, Atlanta Southern rock band formed in 2000, led by Charlie Starr; albums Holding All the Roses and Like an Arrow hit No. 1 on Billboard country; drummer Brit Turner died 2024.

Blackbird (2019 film)

Blackbird (2019) is Roger Michell's English-language remake of the Danish film Silent Heart, written by Christian Torpe. Susan Sarandon stars as Lily, a woman with ALS gathering her family for a final weekend before an assisted death; premiered at TIFF 2019.

Blackbird (Beatles song)

"Blackbird" is a 1968 Beatles song from the White Album (side two, track 3), a solo Paul McCartney acoustic piece credited to Lennon-McCartney. Recorded 11 June 1968 in 32 takes with foot taps and Eltham's birdsong tape; its motif derives from Bach's Bourrée in E minor, and McCartney links it to the Little Rock Nine.

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle (1955) is Richard Brooks's MGM drama, adapted from Evan Hunter's novel, starring Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier as teacher and student in a violent New York vocational school; first film to feature rock 'n' roll via "Rock Around the Clock."

Blackboards (تخته سیاه)

Blackboards (تخته سیاه, Takhte Siah) is Samira Makhmalbaf's 2000 Iranian-Italian fiction film about Kurdish itinerant teachers carrying blackboards along the Iran-Iraq border; it won the 2000 Cannes Jury Prize.

Blackbriar

Blackbriar is a Dutch gothic and symphonic metal band from Assen, formed in 2012 and fronted by vocalist Zora Cock, known for its cinematic music videos.

Blackened (song)

Blackened is the opening track of Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice for All, written by Hetfield, Ulrich, and Newsted; a 190 BPM thrash song about nuclear winter, with a 2020 quarantine re-recording.

Blackest Night

Blackest Night is DC Comics' 2009-2010 crossover event by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, in which Black Hand and Nekron raise dead heroes as the Black Lantern Corps; it concluded the War of Light and led into Brightest Day.

Blackface

Blackface, also known as blackface minstrelsy, is theatrical makeup in which performers darken their faces with burnt cork to caricature Black people, flourishing in 19th-century America.

Blackfire (DC Comics)

Blackfire (Princess Komand'r) is a DC Comics supervillain, elder sister of Starfire of Tamaran; created by Wolfman and Pérez, first appearing in The New Teen Titans #22 (1982), she cannot fly, absorbs stellar energy, and betrayed Tamaran to the Citadel.

Blackfoot (band)

Blackfoot, also known as Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot, is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Jacksonville, Florida, best known as a southern hard rock act.

Blackfoot oral literature

Blackfoot oral literature is the body of stories, songs, and teachings passed down by speech among the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) peoples of Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

Blackgaze

Blackgaze, also known as blackened shoegaze, is a fusion genre combining black metal techniques like blast beats and shrieked vocals with the layered, reverb-drenched guitars of shoegaze.

Blackheart

Blackheart is a Marvel Comics demon, son of Mephisto, created from the sins of Christ's Crown, New York; debuting in Daredevil #270 (1989), he is a Ghost Rider enemy, former King of Hell, and 2007 film villain.

Blackie Lawless

Blackie Lawless, stage name of Steven Edward Duren, is the American heavy metal founder, singer, and guitarist of W.A.S.P. (formed 1982, Los Angeles), famous for the PMRC-targeted single Animal (Fuck Like a Beast), shock rock stage shows, and later Christian-era concept albums.

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman: 2018 Spike Lee film, based on Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman, about a Black Colorado Springs detective infiltrating the KKK; Cannes Grand Prix winner starring John David Washington and Adam Driver.

Blacklight (film)

Blacklight (2022) is a Mark Williams action thriller starring Liam Neeson as FBI fixer Travis Block, who exposes the secret Operation Unity program. Filmed in Melbourne and Canberra, it earned $16 million worldwide and 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design is an Australian professional video equipment maker founded by Grant Petty in Melbourne (sources say 2001 or 2002), known for DeckLink cards, URSA, PYXIS and Pocket cinema cameras, Blackmagic RAW, and DaVinci Resolve, acquired in 2009.

Blackmail (1929 film)

Blackmail (1929) is Alfred Hitchcock's thriller about Alice White, blackmailed after killing an assailant; made in silent and sound versions, the sound version was Britain's first feature-length talkie, starring Anny Ondra with Joan Barry dubbing her voice.

Blackmail (2025 film)

Blackmail (பிளாக்மெயில்) is a 2025 Tamil crime thriller written and directed by Mu Maran, starring G.V. Prakash Kumar, Teju Ashwini, Srikanth, and Bindu Madhavi; released 12 September 2025 and streaming on SunNXT from 30 October 2025.

Blackmail (मेल) (2018 film)

Blackmail (Blackमेल) is a 2018 Hindi black comedy-drama directed by Abhinay Deo, starring Irrfan Khan as Dev, who blackmails his wife's lover after discovering her affair; released 6 April 2018, grossing about $3 million worldwide.