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Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy directed by Martin Brest, starring Eddie Murphy as Detroit detective Axel Foley, the year's biggest box office hit.

Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)

Beverly Hills Cop, also known as the Beverly Hills Cop series, is an American action-comedy film series starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, with four films released from 1984 to 2024.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American action comedy directed by Tony Scott and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley. It investigates the "Alphabet Crimes" in Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III, also known as Beverly Hills Cop 3, is a 1994 American action comedy directed by John Landis, with Eddie Murphy returning as Axel Foley.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the working title of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, is the 2024 Netflix action-comedy sequel directed by Mark Molloy, starring Eddie Murphy as Detroit detective Axel Foley alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, and returning cast, released July 3, 2024.

Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills High School (BHHS), 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, is the public 9-12 high school of Beverly Hills Unified School District, founded 1927. About 1,173 students; 75% English and 60% math proficiency (2026); UC admission rate 67.8%.

Beverly Hills Ninja

Beverly Hills Ninja is a 1997 American slapstick comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Chris Farley as a clumsy ninja investigating a Beverly Hills murder.

Beverly Hills Supper Club fire

1977 fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky, during Memorial Day weekend; 165 died, mostly in the Cabaret Room. Third deadliest U.S. nightclub fire; no sprinklers or alarms.

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210: American teen drama series (1990-2000) on Fox, created by Darren Star, produced by Aaron Spelling; followed Minnesota twins at West Beverly Hills High; 304 episodes, spawned Melrose Place and later reboots.

Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills, California: independent city (incorporated 1914) surrounded by Los Angeles, population about 31,000, median home value over $2 million, Rodeo Drive luxury retail, own police, fire, and water utility, D Line subway arriving 2026-2027.

Beverly Johnson

Beverly Johnson (born 1952) is an American model, author, and entrepreneur, the first Black model on the cover of American Vogue (August 1974, Francesco Scavullo photo), with 500+ covers, a bestselling 2015 memoir, and an off-Broadway play.

Beverly Karplus Hartline

Beverly Karplus Hartline (born 1950) is an American physicist and science administrator known for leadership at Department of Energy national laboratories and efforts to broaden participation in physics.

Beverly L. Davidson

Beverly L. Davidson is an American molecular neuroscientist and gene-therapy researcher at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, known for gene silencing in the brain.

Beverly M. Emerson

Beverly M. Emerson is an American molecular biologist who studies gene regulation and epigenetic changes in cancer, and is a Distinguished Scientist at OHSU's Knight Cancer Institute.

Beverly Marsh

Beverly Marsh (Beverly Rogan) is the only female member of the Losers' Club in Stephen King's 1986 novel It, set in Derry, Maine. Known for her marksmanship, abusive father Al and husband Tom Rogan, and screen portrayals by Annette O'Toole, Sophia Lillis, and Jessica Chastain.

Beverly Pingerelli

Beverly Pingerelli is an American politician and Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 28th district, after serving on the Peoria Unified Governing Board from 2015 to 2023.

Beverly S. Mitchell

Beverly S. Mitchell is an American hematologist-oncologist at Stanford known for research on leukemia drug resistance, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2001.

Beverly Vance

Beverly Vance, also Beverly Aikins (born 1961), American registered nurse and mother of Vice President JD Vance; featured in Hillbilly Elegy, recovered from addiction, now a recovery advocate living in Middletown, Ohio.

Beverly White

Beverly Jean White (1928-2021), Democratic Utah state representative for Tooele County (House, 1971-1991), Utah State Democratic Committee secretary, author of Women Legislators of Utah.

Beverly, Chicago

Beverly, Chicago: community area 72 on the Far Southwest Side, on the Blue Island Ridge, the city's highest natural ground. Irish-American, integrated South Side neighborhood; 19,521 residents, median household income $132,097, Rock Island Metra line.

Bevi (Hydration Labs, Inc.)

Bevi, the brand of Hydration Labs, Inc., makes smart water dispensers founded in 2013 that filter tap water into still, sparkling, and flavored drinks for offices.

Bevifibatide citrate (formerly batifiban)

Bevifibatide citrate (formerly batifiban, 贝塔宁/BETAGRIN) is a cyclic peptide GPIIb/IIIa and αvβ3 dual-target antiplatelet drug approved in China in June 2024 for ACS patients undergoing PCI, with Phase III composite endpoint HR 0.57.

Bevil Rudd

Bevil Gordon d'Urban Rudd (1895-1948), South African runner, won 400m gold, 800m bronze, and 4x400m relay silver at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, then became a Daily Telegraph editor.

Bevin Boys

Bevin Boys: some 48,000 young British men conscripted into coal mines from December 1943 to 1948 under Ernest Bevin's ballot of national service numbers, denied medals, pensions, and recognition until 1995.

Bevin Bru

Bevin Bru (born 1991, Miami) is a Cuban American actress, writer, and producer known for Angelique Martin in Batwoman Season 2, Detective Melody Abreu in ABC's R.J. Decker, and the films Head Count and 57 Seconds.

Bevis of Hampton

Bevis of Hampton, also known as Sir Beves of Hamtoun, is a popular Middle English romance of about 1300, adapted from the Anglo-Norman Boeve de Haumtone.

Bevo (mascot)

Bevo is the live Texas longhorn steer mascot of the University of Texas at Austin, first introduced in 1916 and named from "beeve" in the Alcalde; Bevo XV, handled by the Silver Spurs, is the fifteenth holder.

Bevonescein

Bevonescein (ALM-488), an Alume Biosciences peptide-fluorescein conjugate, binds nerve extracellular matrix for intraoperative nerve visualization; completed Phase 1 and Phase 3 head and neck surgery trials, NDA planned 2026.

Bewafa Sanam (बेवफ़ा सनम)

Bewafa Sanam (बेवफ़ा सनम) is a 1995 Hindi drama-romance directed and produced by Gulshan Kumar under T-Series, starring Krishan Kumar and Shilpa Shirodkar, released 12 May 1995; distinct from Sanam Bewafa (1991) and later 2023 films of the same title.

Bewafaa (बेवफ़ा) (2005 film)

Bewafaa (बेवफ़ा), 2005 Hindi romantic musical drama directed by Dharmesh Darshan, produced by Boney Kapoor, starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Sushmita Sen; released 25 February 2005, music Nadeem-Shravan, below-average at the box office.