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Brass Eye
Brass Eye is a British Channel 4 satirical fake-news series by Chris Morris, six episodes in 1997 plus the 2001 Paedogeddon special on media paedophilia panic, which drew record complaints, regulatory censure and an apology order.
Brass instrument
Brass instrument (labrosone, lip-reed aerophone): wind instrument sounded by the player's vibrating lips against a mouthpiece, defined by sound production not material; includes trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba; pitch changed by valves or slide.
Brass Monkey (cocktail)
Brass Monkey cocktail: an American drink of dark rum, vodka, and orange juice, also a 1970s-80s Heublein premix and the Beastie Boys' 1986 Licensed to Ill song subject; distinct from the malt-liquor-and-OJ version and the cold-weather slang.
Brassaï
Brassaï, the pseudonym of Gyula Halász, was a Hungarian-born French photographer famous for his dramatic photographs of Paris at night, collected in his 1932 book Paris de Nuit.
Brassed Off
Brassed Off (1996) is Mark Herman's British comedy-drama about the fictional Grimley Colliery Band, based on Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, and Ewan McGregor, with music by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
Brasserie
Brasserie: French word literally meaning brewery; since the 19th century also a large café-restaurant with continuous service, broad menu, and Art deco decor, born from Alsatian breweries in Paris.
Brasserie Les Halles
Brasserie Les Halles, a French brasserie at 411 Park Avenue South, Manhattan, founded 1990 by Jose de Meirelles, Philippe Lajaunie, and Jean-Michel Diot; Anthony Bourdain was executive chef from 1998 and wrote Kitchen Confidential there; Park Avenue location closed 2016, last location 2017, site reopened as La Brasserie in 2022.
Brassic
Brassic is a British Sky comedy-drama (2019-2025, 7 series, 50 episodes) co-created by Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst, following Vinnie, a Lancashire man with bipolar disorder, and his petty-criminal friends in the fictional town of Hawley.
Brat (2025 film)
Brat (2025) is an Indian Kannada-language action thriller directed by Shashank, starring Darling Krishna as Kristy, whose cricket betting clashes with his honest constable father; distinct from the Polish film Brat by Sobieszczański.
Brat (album)
Brat (brat) is the sixth studio album by British pop artist Charli XCX, released June 7, 2024 on Atlantic Records; its lime-green cover sparked "brat summer", Collins' 2024 word of the year, and three Grammy wins.
Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
Brat and it's completely different but also still brat is Charli XCX's October 11, 2024 Atlantic remix album of Brat, with new vocals on every track and guests including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and Robyn; it pushed Brat to UK Number 1.
Brat Pack
The Brat Pack is the label David Blum coined in a June 1985 New York magazine cover story for young 1980s film stars such as Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, and Andrew McCarthy, anchored by The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire; the actors rejected the name, later examined in McCarthy's 2024 Hulu documentary Brats.
Brat Summer
Brat summer: 2024 cultural phenomenon from Charli XCX's album brat (June 7, 2024), its lime-green Pantone 3570-C cover, viral TikTok spread, Kamala Harris 'kamala IS brat' moment, and remix album.
Brat Tour
Brat Tour: Charli xcx's 2024-2025 concert tour for her album Brat, with UK and US arena legs, minimalist industrial staging by Jonny Kingsbury, and festival dates including Glastonbury 2025.
Brats (2024 film)
Brats (2024) is a 92-minute documentary directed and written by Andrew McCarthy, premiering at Tribeca and streaming on Hulu from June 13, 2024, in which Brat Pack members including Estevez, Moore, Lowe, and Sheedy reflect on the label David Blum coined in 1985.
Bratwurst
Bratwurst (German: Bratwurst) is a fresh German sausage of ground pork and veal with marjoram, grilled or fried. Nearly 50 regional varieties; earliest German record 1404 in Arnstadt; Nürnberger type is EU-protected.
Bratz (film)
Bratz is a 2007 American live-action comedy film based on MGA Entertainment's Bratz fashion dolls. It follows four teenage friends whose bond is tested in high school.
Bratzillaz
Bratzillaz (House of Witchez) was MGA Entertainment's witch-themed Bratz spinoff doll line, 2012-2013, created to compete with Monster High; 38 dolls, five original witch characters, and a 10-episode YouTube webseries.
Braunschweiger (sausage)
Braunschweiger: a German-origin sausage named for Braunschweig. In Germany a spreadable smoked Mettwurst, in Austria a Brühwurst called Dürre, and in the US a cooked smoked liver sausage with at least 30 percent liver.
Brave (2012 film)
Brave (2012) is Pixar's 13th feature, also called The Bear and the Bow, directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Pixar's first female-led fairy tale, set in Scotland, it won the 2013 Best Animated Feature Oscar and grossed $273.3 million in the US.
Brave and Beautiful
Brave and Beautiful (Cesur ve Güzel) is a 2016–2017 Turkish romantic revenge drama on Star TV, 32 episodes, starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Tuba Büyüküstün, produced by Ay Yapım, sold to over 100 territories, Seoul and Emmy-nominated.
Brave Citizen (용감한 시민)
Brave Citizen (용감한 시민) is a 2023 South Korean action comedy-drama directed by Park Jin-pyo, adapted from Kim Jung-hyun's Naver webtoon. Shin Hye-sun plays a former boxing champion turned substitute teacher who wears a cat mask to punish a bully; 267,371 admissions.
Brave New World
Brave New World (Vidunderlige nye verden) is Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel of a World State that controls people through engineered happiness, the Bokanovsky Process, castes, conditioning, and soma, with the ironic Shakespearean title from The Tempest.
Brave New World (American TV series)
Brave New World (2020) is an American Peacock sci-fi drama series adapted from Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, created by Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor, showrunner David Wiener; 9 episodes, premiered July 15, 2020, cancelled after one season, Metascore 54.
Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)
Brave New World is Iron Maiden's twelfth studio album, released 29 May 2000 on EMI. First album with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith back and three guitars; recorded live at Guillaume Tell Studios, Paris, produced by Kevin Shirley; UK number 7.
Brave Story (ブレイブ ストーリー)
Brave Story (ブレイブ ストーリー) is a 2006 GONZO anime film adapting Miyuki Miyabe's fantasy novel; directed by Koichi Chigira, released July 8, 2006 by Warner Bros., it won a Japan Academy Prize animation award.
Brave the Dark
Brave the Dark (2025) is an Angel Studios drama directed by Damian Harris, starring Jared Harris as teacher Stan Deen and Nicholas Hamilton as Nate, based on the true 1980s Pennsylvania story; released January 24, 2025, grossing $4.5 million.
Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 American historical epic directed by and starring Mel Gibson as Scottish rebel William Wallace; it won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Braven
Braven is a 2018 action thriller, also called Braven (2018), directed by Lin Oeding, starring Jason Momoa as logger Joe Braven defending his Newfoundland cabin from drug traffickers; released by Saban Films, 94 minutes, R-rated.
Bravest Warriors
Bravest Warriors: Pendleton Ward's animated sci-fi comedy, a 2009 Random! Cartoons short that became Cartoon Hangover's first series in 2012, following teen heroes Chris, Beth, Danny, and Wallow saving aliens with emotion powers.