CONTENTS

Also by Becky Aikman

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

PROLOGUE—BEVERLY HILLS, JULY 24, 1989

CHAPTER 1

ONCE IN TEN LIFETIMES

CHAPTER 2

PROSTITUTES AND EMPTY-HEADED BLONDES

CHAPTER 3

“NEXT! NEXT!

CHAPTER 4

WIELDING A GRACEFUL CLEAVER

CHAPTER 5

TITS AND BULLETS

CHAPTER 6

UNLIKABLE

CHAPTER 7

THE EPIC IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S HEAD

CHAPTER 8

D-GIRLS

CHAPTER 9

PLAYING A DIFFERENT GAME

CHAPTER 10

THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB

CHAPTER 11

THE CURSE OF KATHERINE

CHAPTER 12

WHO’S PLAYING WHOM?

CHAPTER 13

“GOOD LUCK, HONEY!”

CHAPTER 14

A FRESH EYE ON AMERICA

CHAPTER 15

REAL CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 16

“THE BLOND ONE!”

CHAPTER 17

THE GIRLS IN THE THUNDERBIRD

CHAPTER 18

HOT AS A PISTOL

CHAPTER 19

BAD BOYS

CHAPTER 20

THE KID ENTERS THE PICTURE

CHAPTER 21

WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT

CHAPTER 22

OWNING THE ROAD

CHAPTER 23

SOMETHING’S CROSSED OVER

CHAPTER 24

READY, STEADY, BLOW

CHAPTER 25

OFF THE CLIFF

CHAPTER 26

KEEP ON FLYING

CHAPTER 27

MASSACRE AT THE MULTIPLEX

CHAPTER 28

THE SNOWBALL EFFECT

CHAPTER 29

WHO KILLED THELMA AND LOUISE?

CHAPTER 30

A FILM OF THEIR OWN

EPILOGUE—SANTA MONICA, MARCH 30, 1992

Photographs

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

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