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Pitch Black

Director:David TwohyWriters:Jim and Ken Wheat and David TwohyUSA Films; R; 107 minutesRelease:2/00Cast:Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser Pitch Black probably deserves a B+. It's a sci-…

Black No More

Author:George S. SchuylerPublisher:Modern Library When everyone around him was lauding the Harlem Renaissance's achievements, black outsider intellectual George Schuyler penned a notoriously…

Black Knight

Director:Gil JungerWriters:Darryl Quarles, Peter Gaulke, and Gerry Swallow20th Century Fox; PG-13; 97 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson Black Knight…

Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black was a 13-year-old middle school student when she became an Internet and music sensation because of "Friday," a painfully catchy pop song that brought her widespread scorn -- and lots of…

Karen Black

Name at birth: Karen ZieglerKaren Black was best known for her film work in the 1970s, including her Oscar-nominated performance as Rayette, the ditzy waitress in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Black grew…

The Black Sox:

The Black Sox: Eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned from baseball for life in 1921 for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series— RHP Eddie Cicotte (1884-1969), OF Happy Felsch (…

Jack Black

Jack Black is the wild-eyed, manic star of the hit comedy School of Rock (2003, directed by Richard Linklater), and half of the comedy-rock duo Tenacious D. Younger moviegoers know him as the voice…

carbon black

(Encyclopedia) carbon black, mixture of partially burned hydrocarbons. Carbon black is produced by partial combustion of natural gas. It is used as a black pigment for inks and paints, and is used in…

bone black

(Encyclopedia) bone black, solid black material, largely carbon, produced by heating animal bones to high temperatures in the absence of air so as to drive off volatile substances. Finely divided…