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Boys Like Girls

Boys Like Girls (BOYS LIKE GIRLS) is an American pop-rock band from Andover, Massachusetts, formed mid-2000s around Martin Johnson. Known for the 2006 debut, Love Drunk (2009, #1 Top Rock Albums), the Taylor Swift duet "Two Is Better Than One," and the 2023 comeback album Sunday at Foxwoods.

Boys Noize

Boys Noize is the moniker of Alexander Ridha, a German electro and techno producer and DJ who founded the Berlin label Boysnoize Records in 2005.

Boys of Abu Ghraib

Boys of Abu Ghraib is a 2014 American war drama, Luke Moran's writing-directing debut, starring Moran, Sean Astin, John Heard, Sara Paxton, and Omid Abtahi; a soldier at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison befriends a detainee, released March 28, 2014.

Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side (1995) is a comedy-drama road film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Don Roos, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, and Drew Barrymore as three women forming a chosen family; one lead is HIV positive.

Boys Over Flowers (꽃보다 남자) (2009 TV series)

Boys Over Flowers (꽃보다 남자, Kkotboda Namja) is a 2009 KBS2 Korean drama remake of Yoko Kamio's manga Hana Yori Dango, starring Koo Hye-sun and Lee Min-ho, with a 34.8% finale rating.

Boys Over Flowers (花より男子)

Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango) is Yoko Kamio's 1992–2004 shōjo manga, 37 volumes, about poor girl Tsukushi Makino defying the F4 at elite Eitoku Academy; Guinness-record shōjo series adapted into dramas across Asia.

Boys Planet (보이즈 플래닛)

Boys Planet (보이즈 플래닛) is Mnet and CJ ENM's 2023 boy group survival audition, the male follow-up to Girls Planet 999 after the Produce 101 scandal, with Group K versus Group G and 100% viewer voting verified by Samil PwC; it created ZEROBASEONE.

Boys Town (film)

Boys Town (1938) is an MGM drama directed by Norman Taurog, starring Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan and Mickey Rooney as Whitey Marsh; it won Oscars for Best Actor and Original Story.

Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal harmony group from Philadelphia, formed in 1985, whose ballads "End of the Road" and "One Sweet Day" set Hot 100 records.

Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American drama film written and directed by John Singleton, following three young men coming of age in South Central Los Angeles.

Boyz-n-the-Hood

Boyz-n-the-Hood: 1987 gangsta rap single by Eazy-E, written by Ice Cube, produced by Dr. Dre; first Ruthless Records release, launched N.W.A, later covered by Dynamite Hack and Megan Thee Stallion.

Boyzone

Boyzone: Irish boy band formed in Dublin in November 1993 by Louis Walsh; members Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch; six UK number-one singles, five number-one albums, 25 million records.

Boz Scaggs

Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose 1976 album Silk Degrees produced the hits "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle".

Boza

Boza: thick, lightly fermented cereal drink of Turkey and the Balkans (braga, busa), made from millet, wheat, or maize; sweet-sour, pH 3.16–4.63, alcohol 0.03–0.79%, served in winter with cinnamon and roasted chickpeas.

Boza (musician)

Boza, born Humberto Ceballos in Panama City in 1997, is a Panamanian urbano latino singer whose viral 2020 hit "Hecha Pa' Mi" made him Panama's most visible urban artist.

Božena Němcová

Božena Němcová, born Barbora Novotná (1820–1862), was a Czech writer and folklorist regarded as the founder of modern Czech prose, best known for the novel Babička (1855).

Bozo the Clown

Bozo the Clown is an American clown character created in 1946 by Alan Livingston for Capitol Records, voiced by Pinto Colvig, and franchised nationwide by Larry Harmon from 1956.

Bozor Sobir

Bozor Sobir (Бозор Собир) was a Tajik poet regarded as a leading figure of modern Tajik poetry, known for patriotic verse and awarded the Rudaki State Prize in 1988.

Bozorg Alavi

Bozorg Alavi (بزرگ علوی), born Sayyed Mojtabā Alavi, was an Iranian leftist writer and a founder of modern Persian prose fiction, best known for his 1952 novel Her Eyes.

BP 180

BP 180 (பிபி 180) is a 2025 Tamil crime thriller directed by JP, starring Tanya Ravichandran as Dr. Thangam and Daniel Balaji as gangster Arnold in his final completed film, released 28 November 2025.

BPM Festival 2017

The BPM Festival 2017 was a ten-day electronic music festival held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, from 6 to 15 January 2017, marking its tenth anniversary before a fatal shooting.

Bra

Bra (brassiere): undergarment covering and supporting the breasts. From Cadolle's 1869 corselet-gorge and Crosby's 1914 Backless Brassiere patent to cup sizing, the 1979 Jogbra, and modern fit research.

Bra size

Bra size: a two-part garment label combining a band number (underbust circumference) and a cup letter (bust-minus-band difference). Also called cup size. Originated with Camp's 1932 A–D letters and Warner's 1935 alphabet bra; sizing systems differ by country and fitting accuracy is contested.

Braceface

Braceface is a Canadian animated series (premiered June 2, 2001, 78 episodes) created by Melissa Clark for Nelvana, about Sharon Spitz, whose malfunctioning braces cause chaos; Alicia Silverstone voiced her.

Bracelet

Bracelet: ornamental band, chain, or rigid ring worn on the wrist; also called bangle (closed rigid circle), cuff (open rigid band), or chain. Defined by construction, sizing, and ancient origins from Varna gold to Egyptian flint bangles.

Bracket (group)

Bracket is a Nigerian music duo of Smash and Vast from Nsukka, Enugu State, whose "Afro high-life" sound broke through with "Yori Yori" in 2009.

Brad Allan

Brad Allan (Bradley James Allan, 1973-2021), Australian stuntman and action director, first non-Asian member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team; stunt coordinator for Shang-Chi, Kingsman, and Pacific Rim.

Brad Anderson (director)

Brad Anderson (born 1964, Madison, Connecticut) is the American director of Session 9, The Machinist, and The Call, distinct from Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson; he also directs prestige TV including The Wire and Fringe.

Brad Bird

Brad Bird (born 1957) is an American director and animator behind The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and the 2026 Netflix film Ray Gunn.

Brad Bird filmography

Brad Bird is a director and voice actor known for his work on The Incredibles and Ratatouille. He directed six theatrical features and won two Academy Awards.