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Bound for Glory (1976 film)
Bound for Glory (1976) is Hal Ashby's biopic of folk singer Woody Guthrie, starring David Carradine, from Guthrie's 1943 autobiography. First feature to use the Steadicam; Haskell Wexler won the cinematography Oscar among six nominations and two wins.
BoundA 1996 American neo-noir erotic thriller, Bound is the debut feature of the Wachowskis (credited here to Lana Wachowski), and it announces a filmmaker's sensibility already fully formed: cool, controlled, and madly in love with the machinery of genre. The reason to care is simple: it takes the oldest heist setup in the book and runs it through a love story mainstream Hollywood had almost never bothered to film, and it does so with style to burn.
Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir erotic thriller, the debut feature of the Wachowskis, starring Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, and Joe Pantoliano as two women plotting to steal mob money.
Boundaries (band)
Boundaries is an American metalcore band from Hartford, Connecticut, formed around 2013-2015, known for My Body in Bloom, Death Is Little More (2024), and Yearning: The Unbeautiful After (2026) on Sumerian Records.
Boundless
Boundless (Sin límites) is a 2022 Spanish six-episode Amazon Prime Video and RTVE historical miniseries directed by Simon West, starring Rodrigo Santoro as Magellan and Álvaro Morte as Elcano, dramatizing the first circumnavigation; distinct from the Esquire series of the same name.
Bouquet (Gwen Stefani album)
Bouquet is Gwen Stefani's fifth studio album, released November 15, 2024 on Interscope. A 10-track, 33-minute soft rock and country-tinged record about her marriage to Blake Shelton, produced by Scott Hendricks, with the duet Purple Irises and mixed reviews.
Bourbon whiskey
Bourbon whiskey: American whiskey of at least 51% corn, distilled to 160 proof or less and aged in new charred oak; also called Kentucky straight bourbon. Key facts: US-only name, 95% made in Kentucky, sour mash process, ~16 million barrels aging, $10.6 billion industry.
Bourgeois drama
Bourgeois drama (French, drame bourgeois) is a genre of eighteenth-century European theater, theorized by Denis Diderot after 1750, that replaced kings and comic servants with middle-class characters in a serious genre between tragedy and comedy.
Bourgeois tragedy
Bourgeois tragedy (German: Bürgerliches Trauerspiel) is a form of tragedy whose characters are private people in bourgeois settings, arising in the 18th century with Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson.
Bourne (franchise)
Bourne franchise: spy thriller series from Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne novels; five Universal films (2002-2016) with Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner, over $1.64 billion grossed, Treadstone TV series, and a sixth film, The Bourne Dilemma, in production.
Bourne (novel series)
The Bourne novel series features Jason Bourne, alias of CIA agent David Webb. Ludlum wrote three originals (1980-1990); Lustbader continued it from 2004, then Brian Freeman rebooted it from 2020, totaling 22 books.
Boursin cheese
Boursin cheese, a French fresh cow's milk spread also called Gournay cheese, created by François Boursin in Normandy; Garlic & Fine Herbs launched 1963, famous for "Du pain, du vin, du Boursin," now owned by Bel Group.
Bourvil
Bourvil, stage name of André Robert Raimbourg (1917–1970), was a French singer and comic actor from Normandy who recorded around 300 songs and starred in 62 films.
Boutonnière
Boutonnière, also called buttonhole in British English, is a single flower or bud worn on the left lapel of a suit or tuxedo, traditionally through the lapel buttonhole; distinct from the fuller corsage.
Bouvard and Pécuchet
Bouvard and Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert, published posthumously in 1881. It follows two Paris copy clerks who retire to Normandy and fail at mastering every branch of knowledge.
Bouyon
Bouyon, a name meaning soup, is a dance music genre from Dominica created by the band WCK in the late 1980s, blending cadence-lypso, jing ping, soca, and dancehall.
Bouzouki (μπουζούκι)
The bouzouki (μπουζούκι) is Greece's long-necked plucked lute, derived from the saz, with trichordo (D-A-D, 68 cm) and tetrachordo forms, siblings tzouras and baglamas, central to rebetiko and laiko and listed as Greek intangible cultural heritage.
Bovo-bukh
Bovo-bukh, also known as Bovo d'Antona, is a chivalric romance in Old Yiddish verse by Elia Levita, regarded as the first secular work written in Yiddish.
Bovril
Bovril, the British beef and yeast extract paste created by John Lawson Johnston as Johnston's Fluid Beef around the 1870s French army beef contract, renamed in 1886; made as a hot drink, spread, and stock, briefly vegetarian 2004-2006, now a Unilever brand made in Burton on Trent.
Bow Maylada
Bow Maylada (Maylada Susri, โบว์ เมลดา สุศรี) is a Thai actress and singer who debuted in 2010 with Kiss Me Five and won a 2025 Nataraj Award for Best Leading Actress.
Bow tie
Bow tie: neckwear tied in a bow with two loops, word attested 1887. Descends from the 17th-century cravat worn by Croatian mercenaries; white tie formality uses a white bow tie. Distinct from long neckties.
Bow Wow (rapper)
Bow Wow (Shad Gregory Moss, born 1987, Columbus, Ohio), formerly Lil' Bow Wow, American rapper and actor; double-platinum 2000 debut Beware of Dog, Jermaine Dupri mentorship, hits like "Like You," and films Like Mike and Tokyo Drift.
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow: English new wave band formed in London in 1980 by Malcolm McLaren with ex-Adam and the Ants members and teenage singer Annabella Lwin; known for the Burundi beat and "I Want Candy".
Bowen Yang
Bowen Yang (born 1990) is an Australian-born American comedian, actor, writer, and Las Culturistas podcaster; first Chinese American SNL cast member, five-time Emmy nominee, star of Fire Island, Wicked, and Oh, Mary!
Bowes Museum
The Bowes Museum, founded by Joséphine and John Bowes in Barnard Castle, County Durham, opened in 1892; a French château-style Grade I listed museum holding over 58,000 objects including the Silver Swan automaton and works by Goya and Canaletto.
Bowfinger
Bowfinger is a 1999 American comedy directed by Frank Oz, written by and starring Steve Martin with Eddie Murphy in dual roles, about a broke producer secretly filming star Kit Ramsey; released August 13, 1999 by Universal.
Bowing in Japan
Bowing in Japan (ojigi, お辞儀) is the standard Japanese greeting, thanks, and apology gesture, replacing the handshake. Key forms are eshaku (15°), keirei (30°), and saikeirei (45°); it came from China, was formalized in samurai etiquette, and raises perceived attractiveness most strongly for Japanese observers.
Bowkylion (โบกี้ไลอ้อน)
Bowkylion (โบกี้ไลอ้อน), born 1994, is a Thai singer-songwriter under What The Duck, famous from The Voice Thailand Season 4 and hits like วาดไว้ (Recall) and ลงใจ; album Lionheart (2020), later a Voice coach.
Bowler hat
Bowler hat, also called derby or Coke hat: hard felt hat with dome crown and curled brim, created 1849 by Lock & Co. for Edward Coke's gamekeepers; later City of London icon and traditional Aymara women's dress in Bolivia.
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine (2002) is Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary on American gun culture, built around the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, its Cannes 55th Anniversary Prize, and its disputed factual claims.
Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup (BFS) is an American pop-punk band formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas, based in Denton. Known for "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" and "1985," it earned a Grammy nomination and still tours.