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Breasts and Eggs (乳と卵)

Breasts and Eggs (乳と卵) is Mieko Kawakami's 2007 Akutagawa Prize-winning novella, expanded into the novel Natsu monogatari (夏物語) and translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd (Picador, 2020), about Natsuko, Makiko, and Midoriko.

Breath (2017 film)

Breath (2017) is Simon Baker's feature directorial debut, an Australian drama adapted from Tim Winton's Miles Franklin-winning novel about two 1970s teenage surfers; premiered at TIFF 2017, released in Australia May 2018, earning A$4.36 million.

Breath (숨) (2007 film)

Breath (숨, Soom) is Kim Ki-duk's 2007 South Korean drama about a woman visiting a mute death-row inmate; starring Park Zi-a, Ha Jung-woo, and Chang Chen, it competed at Cannes 2007 and is distinct from Jang Min-yong's 2007 experimental short The Breath.

Breath of Fire (TV series)

Breath of Fire is HBO's 2024 four-part documentary series by Hayley Pappas and Smiley Stevens on Kundalini yoga teacher Guru Jagat (Katie Griggs), based on Hayley Phelan's Vanity Fair story, covering Yogi Bhajan's movement and her 2021 death.

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Breath, Eyes, Memory is a 1994 debut novel by the Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat, following Sophie Caco, a girl sent at twelve from rural Haiti to New York.

Breathe (2014 film)

Breathe (Respire), 2014 French drama by Mélanie Laurent, adapted from Anne-Sophie Brasme's novel; toxic friendship between teenagers Charlie (Joséphine Japy) and Sarah (Lou de Laâge); Cannes Semaine de la Critique premiere, two César nominations. Distinct from Breathe In (2014) and Breathe (2017).

Breathe (2017 film)

Breathe (2017) is Andy Serkis's directorial debut, a British biographical drama about Robin Cavendish, paralyzed by polio at 28, produced by his son Jonathan Cavendish, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, released October 2017.

Breathe (British band)

Breathe (British band) was an English pop group formed in London in 1984. They were the first British act to place three Top 10 pop hits from their 1988 debut album.

Breathe (TV series)

Breathe (TV series) is a 2018 Hindi-language Indian crime thriller on Amazon Prime Video, its second Indian original after Inside Edge. R. Madhavan plays Danny Mascarenhas, who kills organ donors to save his son; Amit Sadh plays inspector Kabir Sawant. Eight episodes, directed by Mayank Sharma, followed by Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020).

Breathe: Into the Shadows

Breathe: Into the Shadows, an Indian Hindi-language Amazon Prime Video psychological crime thriller (2020–2022), second chapter of the Breathe franchise, starring Abhishek Bachchan as psychiatrist Avinash Sabharwal, whose daughter's kidnapping forces him to kill; Amit Sadh reprises Kabir Sawant.

Breathless (1960 film)

Breathless (À bout de souffle), Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 French New Wave debut feature with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, a black-and-white 90-minute crime drama famous for jump cuts.

Breathless (Spanish TV series)

Breathless (Respira) is a Spanish Netflix medical drama created by Carlos Montero, set in Valencia's fictional public Hospital Joaquín Sorolla, starring Najwa Nimri, Blanca Suárez, and Manu Ríos; it premiered August 30, 2024, with a third and final season filming from May 2026.

Breathtaking

Breathtaking (2024 ITV drama): three-part adaptation of Dr Rachel Clarke's Covid-19 memoir, written with Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah, starring Joanne Froggatt as consultant Dr Abbey Henderson on the overwhelmed NHS frontline; aired 19-21 February 2024.

Breathturn

Breathturn (Atemwende) is a 1967 collection of 80 poems by Paul Celan, his sixth volume, published by Suhrkamp in Frankfurt am Main, marking the start of his late style.

Breckin Meyer

Breckin Meyer (born 1974) is an American actor, writer, producer and musician known for Clueless (1995), Road Trip (2000), Rat Race, the Garfield films, Franklin & Bash, and voicing Joseph Gribble on King of the Hill, with five Emmy nominations for Robot Chicken writing.

Bree Olson

Bree Olson (Rachel Marie Oberlin, born 1986, Houston, Texas) is an American former adult film actress, Adam & Eve contract star and 2008 AVN Best New Starlet, known for living with Charlie Sheen in 2011 and for speaking on post-porn stigma.

Bree Turner

Bree Turner, also Bree Nicole Turner, is an American actress and former professional dancer born 1977 in Palo Alto, California, best known as Rosalee Calvert on NBC's Grimm (2011-2017) and for comedy film roles such as Deuce Bigalow.

Bree Van de Kamp

Bree Van de Kamp (later Hodge, Weston; née Mason) is the perfectionist homemaker of ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), played by Marcia Cross, created by Marc Cherry from his mother, ending the series elected to the Kentucky legislature.

Breeches

Breeches, also called knee breeches or britches, are men's bifurcated garments reaching the knee, standard male dress from the 16th to 18th centuries, replaced by trousers in the 1790s, surviving as riding breeches.

Breeching (boys)

Breeching, also called the breeching ceremony, was the European and American rite of passage in which a boy aged roughly two to eight exchanged infant dresses for his first breeches or trousers, marking entry into boyhood, from the sixteenth century until its decline by the 1920s.

Breeder (film)

Breeder (2026) horror comedy, Alex Goyette's feature debut, starring Daniel Doheny, Dot-Marie Jones, and Maddie Phillips; Tribeca premiere June 6, 2026, IFC/Shudder US release October 28, 2026; distinct from the 2020 Danish film of the same name.

Breeders (TV series)

Breeders is a British comedy-drama (2020–2023) created by Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, starring Freeman and Daisy Haggard as parents Paul and Ally Worsley; four series of ten 30-minute episodes on Sky and FX.

Breen (Star Trek)

The Breen (Breen Confederacy, later Breen Imperium) are a reclusive, helmeted humanoid species in Star Trek, a major Alpha Quadrant power that allied with the Dominion in 2375 and was unmasked on screen in Star Trek: Discovery season five.

Breeze by the Sea (不如海边吹吹风)

Breeze by the Sea (不如海邊吹吹風) is a 2024 Taiwanese romantic comedy-drama, 18 episodes, directed by Peter Ho, starring Chen Bolin and Puff Kuo, adapted from Korean IP Top Star Yoo-Baik and filmed in Kinmen.

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), originally titled A Fair Wind, is an 1876 oil painting by Winslow Homer of a young man and three boys sailing a catboat.

Breezy Bowl XX

Breezy Bowl XX is Chris Brown's 2025 20th-anniversary stadium world tour, promoted by Live Nation, running June 8 to October 16, 2025 across Europe and North America with Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller, and Jhené Aiko, grossing about $298 million and ranking No. 7 on Pollstar's 2025 year-end list.

Bregenzer Festspiele

Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival): annual summer opera festival in Bregenz, Austria, founded 1946, famed for its Seebühne floating stage on Lake Constance with about 7,000 seats, two-year production cycles, and its 80th-anniversary 2026 season of La traviata.

Bremer Literaturpreis

The Bremer Literaturpreis is a renowned German literary award given annually since 1954 for a single published German-language work, presented in Bremen, with laureates including Paul Celan and Elfriede Jelinek.

Brenda Bakke

Brenda Bakke (Brenda Jean Bakke, born 1963) is an American actress from Klamath Falls, Oregon, known for Selena Coombs in American Gothic and Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential, plus Hot Shots! Part Deux and her novel Driving in LA.

Brenda Benet

Brenda Benet (Brenda Ann Nelson, 1945-1982), American TV and film actress known for The Young Marrieds and as Lee DuMonde on Days of Our Lives; former wife of Bill Bixby; died by suicide in 1982.