|
Bête Noire
''Bête noire'' ("black beast" in French, meaning something that is an object of aversion or the bane of one’s existence) may refer to: * ''Bête Noire'' (album), a 1987 album by Bryan Ferry * ''Bête Noire'' (comics), a 2005 comics anthology * "Bête Noire" (''NCIS''), a 2004 TV episode * "Bête Noire" (''Black Mirror''), an episode of the seventh series of ''Black Mirror'' See also * Black Beast (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bête Noire (album)
''Bête Noire'' is the seventh solo studio album by the English singer Bryan Ferry, released on 2 November 1987 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and by Reprise Records in the United States. It was a commercial and critical success, peaking at No. 9 in the UK and was certified Music recording sales certification, Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The first single, "The Right Stuff (Bryan Ferry song), The Right Stuff"—a collaboration with Johnny Marr adapted from the Smiths' instrumental B-side "Money Changes Everything"—was the album's only top-40 entry in the UK, peaking at No. 37. The second single, "Kiss and Tell (Bryan Ferry song), Kiss and Tell", narrowly missed the UK top 40 (peaking at No. 41), but made the US top 40 (becoming Ferry's only solo single to chart in the US Top 40). The song also appeared in the drama film, ''Bright Lights, Big City (film), Bright Lights, Big City'' (1988), starring Michael J. Fox. The third and final single, "Limbo (Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bête Noire (comics)
''Bête Noire'' is an international comics anthology published by Fantagraphics Books. While planned to be four issues, only the first issue was published. Issue one The first issue featured the following artists: *Suzy Amakane (Japan) *MS Bastian (Switzerland) *Frédéric Coché (France) *Ichiba Daisuke (Japan) * Adam Dant (United Kingdom) *Ludovic Debeurme (France) *Lucie Durbiano (France) *Quentin Faucompré (France) *Anke Feuchtenberger (Germany) *Reijo Karkkainen (Finland) *Peter Köhler (Sweden) *Ben Jones (United States) *Olaf Ladousse (Spain) *Junko Mizuno (Japan) *Morgan Navarro (France) *Takeshi Nemoto (Japan) *Helge Reumann (Switzerland) *Caroline Sury (Japan) * Henriette Valium (Canada) *Fabio Viscogliosi (Italy) *F© + Witko (France) *Yuichi Yokoyama (Japan) References *''Bête Noire'' #1, Spring 2005; Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bête Noire (NCIS)
Bête, la Bête (), Beste or la Beste (''Jeu de la Beste''), originally known as Homme or l'Homme (''Jeu de l'Homme''), was an old, French, Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game, usually for three to five players. It was a derivative of Triomphe created by introducing the concept of bidding. Its earlier name gives away its descent from the 16th-century Spanish game of Ombre. J > A > 10 > 9 > 8 > (7) > (6). Dealing Deal and play (cards), play are anticlockwise. The first dealer is chosen by lot (cards), lot. The pack is placed face down and players take the top card in turn, the player draw (cards), drawing the first King or other nominated card dealing first. Five cards are dealt to each player either as 2+2+1, 2+3, 3+2 or 2+1+2. The mode of dealing is up to the first dealer and then stays the same for rest of the game. After dealing the talon (cards), talon is placed face down on the table and the dealer turns the top card for Trump (card games), trump, leaving it on top of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
