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Index
A
Academy Awards (Oscars), 78
Aerosmith, 29
Ali
, 81, 83
Ali, Muhammad, 74, 81–83
Ali, Tatyana M., 44
And in This Corner
. . . , 34
Avery, James, 44
B
Bad Boys
, 62–63, 65
Bad Boys II
, 84
Bar-Kays, 14
Big Willie Style
, 73, 75
Billboard
magazine, 16, 17, 29,
34, 50, 73
“Boom! Shake the Room,” 54
Bonneville Salt Flats, 68
Born to Reign
, 83
Borowitz, Andy, 44, 58, 59
Borowitz, Susan, 44–45, 58, 59
Bright, Helen (grandmother), 10
Bruckheimer, Jerry, 62
C
Chamberlain, Wilt, 13
Chuck D., 47
Code Red,
54–55
Cosby, Bill, 52, 58
Cosby Show, The
, 51, 52
D
Damon, Matt, 80
Danson, Ted, 54
disc jockeys (DJs), 18, 23
E
Elliot, Jack, 40
Enemy of the State
, 75
Erving, Julius, 13
F
Fab 5 Freddy, 47
Fox, Michael J., 44
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
, 38–40,
41–43, 44, 45–47, 48, 51,
55, 56, 57–60, 63–64,
66–67, 69–70
G
“Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,” 75
“Girls Ain’t Nothing But
Trouble,” 27–28, 29, 31
Goldberg, Whoopie, 54
Goldblum, Jeff, 67
Golden Raspberry Awards
(Razzies), 78, 79
Goodman, Dana, 20, 25, 31
Grammy Awards, 5–6, 7, 8, 33,
39, 50, 79
Greene, Mike, 7