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Blow the Man Down (song)

"Blow the Man Down" is an English sea shanty, a halyard work song first documented in 1867 and closely associated with the Black Ball Line of packet ships sailing between New York and Liverpool.

Blow Up Your Video

Blow Up Your Video is a 1988 studio album by AC/DC, their first produced by Harry Vanda and George Young since 1978, reaching No. 2 in the UK.

Blow-Up and Other Stories

Blow-Up and Other Stories, first published as End of the Game and Other Stories in 1967, collects 15 short stories by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar.

Blowin' in the Wind

Blowin' in the Wind, Bob Dylan folk song written and first performed in 1962, released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). Set to the spiritual No More Auction Block; Peter, Paul and Mary's version hit No. 2 on Billboard and made it a civil rights anthem, unlike Dylan's own chart-failing record.

Blown Away

Blown Away is a Canadian glassblowing reality competition, also called a glass art contest series, produced by marblemedia for Makeful and Netflix from 2019, hosted by Nick Uhas and Hunter March with judge Katherine Gray, filmed in Hamilton, Ontario.

Blown Away (1994 film)

Blown Away is a 1994 American action thriller directed by Stephen Hopkins, in which Boston bomb-squad specialist Jeff Bridges is hunted by bomber Tommy Lee Jones, released by MGM.

Blowup

Blowup (Blow-Up), Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 first English-language film, follows fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings), who enlarges park snapshots and believes he captured a murder; it won the 1967 Palme d'Or and influenced The Conversation and Blow Out.

BLT

BLT (bacon, lettuce, and tomato): an American sandwich of crisp bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on toasted bread, named in 1940s diners, distinct from the triple-decker club sandwich that adds turkey and a third slice of bread.

Blu Cantrell

Blu Cantrell (Tiffany Cobb, born 1976, Providence RI), American R&B singer; hits 'Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)' (US No. 2, 2001) and 'Breathe' with Sean Paul (UK No. 1, 3x Platinum); two albums, two Grammy nominations.

Blu del Barrio

Blu del Barrio (born 1997) is an American non-binary actor and LAMDA graduate, best known as Adira Tal on Star Trek: Discovery, the franchise's first non-binary character and first non-binary actor, later in Trap House and voice roles.

Blu Hunt

Blu Hunt, born 1995 in Sacramento, California, is an American actress of Lakota descent known for Inadu/The Hollow in The Originals, Danielle Moonstar in The New Mutants (2020), and August Catawnee in Netflix's Another Life.

Blu*3

Blu*3, later styled Blu 3, is a Ugandan all-female vocal group formed in 2004 after winning the Coca-Cola Popstars contest, disbanded around 2008 and reunited since 2023.

Bludnymph

bludnymph is the stage name of Kya Hansen (born 1998), a Canadian dark pop and pop-rap singer from Kelowna, British Columbia, signed to APG; debut EP DROOL (2023), Chainsmokers collaboration, album nympho (2026).

Blue (1993 film)

Blue (1993) is Derek Jarman's final feature: 76-79 minutes of a single International Klein Blue screen with a soundtrack of voices (Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, John Quentin, Jarman) and Simon Fisher Turner's score, meditating on AIDS, blindness, and death, simulcast on Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3.

Blue (2009 film)

Blue (2009) is a Hindi underwater action thriller directed by Anthony D'Souza, starring Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, and Zayed Khan hunting treasure from the shipwreck Lady in Blue in the Bahamas; a costly Diwali release that flopped.

Blue (2012 TV series)

Blue (2012 TV series), also Blue: A Secret Life, is an American drama web series by Rodrigo García on the WIGS YouTube channel, starring Julia Stiles as a single mother secretly working as a call girl; 42 episodes, 2012–2014.

Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Blue (Da Ba Dee) is a 1998 Eurodance single by Italy's Eiffel 65, also known as Da Ba Dee. Written in two hours at Turin's Bliss Corporation, it hit number 1 in 17 countries and the UK, sold over 1.6 million UK chart units, and was Grammy-nominated in 2001.

Blue (English group)

Blue is an English pop/R&B boy band formed in London in 2000 by Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan, and Simon Webbe. Three UK number 1 albums (All Rise, One Love, Guilty), three number 1 singles, two BRIT Awards, and a 2011 Eurovision entry.

Blue (Joni Mitchell album)

Blue (1971) is Joni Mitchell's fourth album on Reprise, written and produced entirely by her after her breakup with Graham Nash. Ten spare songs including River, Carey, and A Case of You; Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2000.

Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)

Blue (1996) is LeAnn Rimes' Curb Records debut album, built on Bill Mack's song "Blue" written for Patsy Cline. It hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200, went 6x Platinum, and won Rimes two Grammys at 14.

Blue (video)

Blue (1993) is Derek Jarman's final feature: a static deep-blue screen with music by Simon Fisher Turner and spoken narration by Jarman, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry and John Quentin, premiered simultaneously on Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 on 19 September 1993; distinct from same-titled works by other artists.

Blue (Yung Kai song)

"blue" is a 2024 viral indie-pop single by Chinese-Canadian singer yung kai (Max Aloyious Zhang), released August 2, 2024 via Flood Division/BMG, inspired by the C-drama When I Fly Towards You, surpassing one billion streams and going Gold in Canada.

Blue and white pottery

Blue and white pottery: ceramics painted with cobalt blue pigment under a transparent glaze, also called qinghuaci (青花瓷). Originated in ninth-century Iraq, matured at Yuan Jingdezhen, and was imitated worldwide from Iznik to Delft.

Blue Banisters

Blue Banisters is Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album, released October 22, 2021 on Polydor/Interscope; her second 2021 album after Chemtrails Over the Country Club, formerly announced as Rock Candy Sweet, 15 pandemic- and family-themed songs scoring 80 on Metacritic.

Blue Bayou

Blue Bayou is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, recorded in 1961 and released in 1963 on In Dreams (Monument Records). It peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Linda Ronstadt's 1977 Simple Dreams cover reached No. 3 pop and No. 2 country.

Blue Bayou (film)

Blue Bayou is a 2021 American drama written, directed, produced by, and starring Justin Chon, with Alicia Vikander. It premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and depicts a Korean adoptee in Louisiana facing deportation under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000's citizenship gap.

Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle is a DC Comics superhero legacy borne by three characters: Dan Garrett (1939), inventor Ted Kord (1966), and Jaime Reyes (2006), star of the 2023 film.

Blue Beetle (film)

Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film from Warner Bros. directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, starring Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes, DC's first Latino live-action lead.

Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

Jaime Reyes, the third Blue Beetle in DC Comics, is a Mexican-American teen from El Paso bonded to the alien Reach scarab Khaji Da. Created by Giffen, Rogers, and Hamner in Infinite Crisis #3 (2006); starred in the 2023 film and returns in Man of Tomorrow.

Blue Bell Creameries

Blue Bell Creameries: Brenham, Texas-based private ice cream maker founded 1907 as Brenham Creamery Company, renamed 1930; sold in 24 states via direct store delivery; Kruse family-owned with Sid Bass minority stake; 2015 listeria outbreak led to $19.35 million penalties.