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Bol (بول) (film)
Bol (بول) is a 2011 Urdu Pakistani social drama written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor, starring Humaima Malick, Manzar Sehbai, Atif Aslam and Mahira Khan; a death-row daughter's story about gender, family planning and transgender rights, and the highest-grossing Pakistani film at the time.
Bol Bachchan (बोल बच्चन)
Bol Bachchan (बोल बच्चन) is a 2012 Rohit Shetty Hindi action comedy starring Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan, officially inspired by the 1979 Gol Maal; it earned ₹102.94 crore net in India and won Bachchan comic-role awards.
Bol Bol Rani
Bol Bol Rani (बोल बोल राणी) is a 2026 Marathi mystery thriller directed by debutant Sid Vinsurkar, starring Sai Tamhankar, Chinmay Mandlekar, and Subodh Bhave, retelling a small-town murder through three unreliable narrators; adapted from Bhalchandra Sule's 1978 play.
Bol Radha Bol (बोल राधा बोल)
Bol Radha Bol (बोल राधा बोल) is a 1992 Hindi comedy thriller directed by David Dhawan, starring Rishi Kapoor in a double role as Kishan Malhotra and impostor Tony, with Juhi Chawla; a Hit per Bollywood Hungama, distinct from the 2022 Bhojpuri film of the same name.
Bolaji Badejo
Bolaji Badejo (1953-1992), Nigerian graphic designer, played the adult Xenomorph in Alien (1979); discovered in a Soho pub, 6 ft 10 in tall, his only acting credit.
Bolero
Bolero: slow romantic Latin American song genre born in Santiago de Cuba's trova tradition (Pepe Sánchez's 'Tristezas', 1883); distinct from the Spanish dance and Ravel's Boléro; UNESCO-inscribed in 2023.
Boléro
Boléro (M. 81) is Maurice Ravel's 1928 one-movement ballet for orchestra, commissioned by Ida Rubinstein, premiered 22 November 1928 at the Paris Opéra; a single C major melody over a snare-drum ostinato builds through one long crescendo, and a 2024 French court confirmed Ravel as sole author.
Bolero (1984 film)
Bolero (1984) is an erotic drama directed, written, and shot by John Derek, starring Bo Derek as an heiress seeking her ideal lover in Morocco and Spain. Released by Cannon Films, it earned $9 million, a Metascore of 13, and six Razzie Awards including Worst Picture.
Bolesław Prus
Bolesław Prus was the pen name of Aleksander Głowacki, a Polish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist (1847–1912) whose novels The Doll and Pharaoh rank among the greatest works of Polish literature.
Bolis Pupul
Bolis Pupul is the stage name of Boris Zeebroek, a Belgian electronic musician of Chinese-Belgian heritage based in Ghent, known for Topical Dancer with Charlotte Adigéry and his 2024 solo debut Letter to Yu.
Bolívar
Bolívar (Bolívar, una lucha admirable) is a 2019 Colombian Caracol Televisión historical drama created by Juana Uribe about Simón Bolívar: 60 episodes, Netflix release 21 June 2019, starring Luis Gerónimo Abreu.
Bolivar Trask
Bolivar Trask, Marvel Comics anthropologist and Sentinels creator, debuted in X-Men #14 (1965) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; father of Larry Trask, died stopping Master Mold, portrayed by Bill Duke and Peter Dinklage in film.
Boliyan
Boliyan (ਬੋਲੀਆਂ; singular boli) are couplet-based Punjabi folk verses sung in call-and-response with percussion and clapping, accompanying bhangra and giddha at weddings, festivals, and harvest celebrations.
Bollingen Prize
The Bollingen Prize for American Poetry is a biennial $175,000 prize established in 1948 by Paul Mellon and administered by Yale University Library since 1949.
Bolo Ta Ra Ra
Bolo Ta Ra Ra is the 1995 debut album by Indian singer Daler Mehndi, released on Magnasound, whose title track carried Punjabi bhangra into mainstream Indian pop.
Bolo tie
Bolo tie, also bola tie or cowboy tie: a cord necktie with a decorative slide and metal tips, emerging in the 1940s American Southwest, popularized by Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni silversmiths, and the official state neckwear of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Bolo Yeung
Bolo Yeung (Yang Sze, 楊斯), Hong Kong actor and former Mr. Hong Kong bodybuilder (1970, held ten years), famous as a screen villain in Enter the Dragon (1973), Bloodsport (1988), and Double Impact (1991).
Bologna sausage
Bologna sausage (also baloney; Hungarian párizsi) is a cooked, emulsion-type sausage in large casings, descended from mortadella of Bologna, Italy; US-regulated like frankfurters, made of beef, pork, or poultry.
Bolognese (The Bear)
"Bolognese" is season 2, episode 8 of FX's The Bear, aired June 22, 2023, directed by Christopher Storer. The episode centers on the restaurant's do-or-die NICET fire suppression test, which Fak saves by uncovering Mikey's sabotage.
Bolognese sauce
Bolognese sauce, or ragù alla bolognese, is Bologna's slow-simmered meat sauce: minced beef and pancetta with soffritto, a little tomato, wine, and milk. Official Accademia recipes date to 1982 and 2023; served with tagliatelle, not spaghetti.
Bolognese school
The Bolognese school is the tradition of painting that arose in Bologna in the 1580s around the Carracci cousins, whose followers included Guido Reni, Domenichino, and Guercino.
Bolond Istók
Bolond Istók, or Istók the Fool, is an unfinished comic-heroic narrative poem by the Hungarian poet János Arany, composed between 1850 and 1880, following a foundling through Hungarian poverty.
Bolshoi Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet, founded 1776 in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre, is the world's largest ballet company by dancer count, known for virtuosic style, its own academy, the 1959 US debut, and state control from the tsars to Gergiev.
Bolshoi Theatre (Большой театр)
The Bolshoi Theatre (Большой театр, GABT) is Russia's national opera and ballet theatre on Theatre Square, Moscow, founded 28 March 1776 under Catherine II; its landmark building by Bove burned in 1853 and was rebuilt by Cavos, reopening 1856 with Klodt's bronze Apollo quadriga.
Bolt (2008 film)
Bolt (2008) is a Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated comedy-adventure, directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard, about a TV super-dog voiced by John Travolta; Disney's first feature designed for 3-D, Oscar-nominated, formerly titled American Dog.
Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower: Coventry, England death metal band (1986-2016), founded as Bolthrower by Gavin Ward and Barry Thomson, war-themed lyrics and Warhammer 40K artwork, eight albums from In Battle There Is No Law to Those Once Loyal.
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, England, that became a major center of fine cotton spinning, and where Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779.
Boman Irani
Boman Irani (born 1959, Mumbai) is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artist, photographer, and director of Parsi descent, known for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., 3 Idiots, Khosla Ka Ghosla, and his directorial debut The Mehta Boys (2025).
Bomb (2025 film)
Bomb (பாம்) is a 2025 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Vishal Venkat, starring Arjun Das and Kaali Venkat, about a dead atheist whose gassy corpse is treated as a divine miracle; released 12 September 2025, distinct from the 2025 DC superhero film.
Bomb (EP)
bomb (stylized lowercase) is the third mini album by K-pop girl group ILLIT, released June 16, 2025 by Belift Lab; five tracks led by "Billyeoon Goyangi (Do the Dance)", first Circle Album Chart number one for the group.