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Rate Murphy's 'Nash' Tops 21st Century Film Flops

Original at topix.com external link    21 hours ago

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Rate Eddie Murphy: a defence

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Nov 27

At the bottom? ... Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection For all that blogging has, at least partly, grown up around saying the unsayable, that is not the point of what follows.

Rate Latest 'Shrek' to be last in series

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Nov 25

The latest Shrek movie will reportedly be the last in the series. Shrek Forever After , debuting on May 21 next year in 3D, will again feature the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz.

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Eddie Murphy Gets R-Rated With Talking Animals

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Nov 24

Dr. Dolittle this is not. It was announced recently that Eddie Murphy will be producing an R-rated animated film called The Misadventures of Fluffy .

Rate Murphy Attached to 'Trading Places'/'Dolittle'-Style Comedy

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Nov 21

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Rate Eddie Murphy Doing Talking Animals Social Comedy?

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Nov 20

There are two Eddie Murphys, the guy making the movies we want him to make-- Trading Places , Coming To America -- and the more recent guy who makes the kind of movies no one should make-- Norbit , Imagine That , etc.

Rate Eddie Murphy Takes on The Misadventures of Fluffy

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Nov 19

Risky Business Blog reports that Eddie Murphy is attached to produce and possibly star in The Misadventures of Fluffy for Paramount.

November of 2009

 

Rate Eddie Murphy's Long-Term Effect on Ad Agency Diversity

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Nov 11

How is Eddie Murphy playing a role in a new push to diversify ad agencies? Former agency account exec Lincoln Stephens is both an example and an evangelist of the "Boomerang" effect.

Rate Eighta s enough characters for Jim Carrey

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Nov 4

Eight's enough characters for Carrey in 'Christmas Carol' W ho does Jim Carrey think he is - Eddie Murphy? In the 2000 "The Nutty Professor" sequel, Murphy played eight roles .

Rate Mark Kermode

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Nov 1

So it's true: the undead really are. Since Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee first donned Dracula's wardrobe, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have chugged romantic gore in Ann Rice's Interview with a Vampire and even Eddie Murphy blooded himself as a Vampire in Brooklyn.

October of 2009

 

Rate Sandler Tucks Sack To Play More Than Just Jack

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Oct 29

Loading ... Variety is reporting that Adam Sandler is going to be pulling an Eddie Murphy in his next film.

Rate Murphy cuts house price by $15 million

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Oct 22

Eddie Murphy is suffering in the global economic downturn - he's been forced to slash the asking price for his home by $15 million .

Rate Eddie Murphy cuts price of fancy New Jersey estate in half

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Oct 21

Eddie Murphy's home in home in Englewood, New Jersey. Once priced at $30 million, the comedian has cut that price in half in order to sell it in this troubled economy.

Rate Beverly Hills Cop 4? with Rosewood and Taggert?

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Oct 17

Yup you read that right.A A project is in the works for another installment of the Beverly Hills Cop line.A Oh brother!A The original not only cemented Eddie Murphy in the mainstream but man it was one of the best films of it's genre to come along since.A The second installment was also a great mo...

Rate Eddie Murphy Squanders Career Yet Again, Bails On Pryor Biopic

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Oct 8

If you suffered through Imagine That or Meet Dave or, God forbid, Norbit , you might have comforted yourself with the reminder that Eddie Murphy had plans to star in a biopic about Richard Pryor, reminding us all that he's a talented actor and maybe reviving his career after it almost happe...

September of 2009

 

Rate Brett Ratner backs 'organic' product placement

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Sep 24

Director Brett Ratner discussed the risky business of integrating brands into movies Thursday at an Advertising Week event focused on "consumer attention in a media-saturated world." Using the example of his current "Beverly Hills Cop" project -- which Ratner said is "a huge priority...

Rate Perry's 'I Can Do Bad' is pretty good

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Sep 12

At some point, one would think Tyler Perry's signature character Mabel "Madea" Simmons would run into the Klumps, the family from The Nutty Professor which Eddie Murphy made famous.

Rate Beverly Hills Cop

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Sep 3

The consuming ambition of this movie, whatever else it might be up to, is to pass off Eddie Murphy as a black Clint Eastwood.

Rate The rest of this week's releases

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Aug 19

Hard as it is to believe, Eddie Murphy remains one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood despite a run of flops including Meet Dave, Norbit and The Haunted Mansion.

Rate Imagine That

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Aug 15

There really isn't a spark of genuine humour or life in the entire thing, and the movie grinds its way to a syrupy finale, says Peter Bradshaw As the years and, indeed, the decades slip by, it's getting harder to remember the Eddie Murphy of Beverly Hills Cop or Trading Places.

Rate From $30,000 to Retired -- in 15 Years

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Aug 14

In April 1987, inspired by how Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd managed to turn the tables on the Duke brothers in the comedy Trading Places , John Henkel moved from Arizona to Chicago with $30,000 to begin his career in trading options.

Rate Aubrey O'Day Records Eddie Murphy Cover With Young Money Producer

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Aug 3

Aubrey O'Day took some time out of her busy "Peepshow" rehearsals to work with Young Money's Shanell Woodgett for a cover of Eddie Murphy's 1985 hit "Party all the Time." O'Day worked with Maestro on the production and, according to Celebuzz , she even wrote a new bridge for the song.

June of 2009

 

Rate Eddie is 'too old to be a rebel'

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Jun 11    2 related articles

Eddie Murphy reckons he's too old to embrace his former rebellious ways. He told Parade.com that he was "a square, but added in his defence: "I'm 48, and you're supposed to be the square... I mean being a 48-year-old rebel is not cool." Eddie reckons the one thing that has remained consistent abou...

Rate Haden Church makes film for daughter

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

Usually the most offensive thing about an Eddie Murphy movie is the script. Not so in the new family comedy Imagine That, which may test the sensitivities of the politically correct with its borderline caricature of a faux-Native American financier.

Rate Movie Review: `Imagine That,' Eddie Murphy stars in an enjoyable family comedy

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jun 8    3 related articles

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The words "Eddie Murphy family comedy" are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover.

Year 2009

 

Rate DVD Reviews: Fresh, frenzied Murphy tops releases

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, May 24

This week, we start with a familiar, but younger, face: Eddie Murphy: Delirious - 25th Anniversary Edition This two-disc set contains, among many things, concert footage of a raw and untamed Eddie Murphy.

Rate Best Or Worst--But Why?

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Apr 20

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Jane, you ignorant slut..." For every point, a counterpoint. But why extremes? Many, many years ago an acquaintance of mine recommended the Eddie Murphy disaster Best Defense .

Rate On This Day in History: April 3 Brooklyn Beginnings For Eddie Murphy

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Apr 3

Eddie Murphy was born in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn on April 3, 1961, the son of Charles Murphy, a New York City policeman and amateur comedian and his wife, Lillian, a telephone operator.

Rate Eddie Murphy

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Apr 2

As the most talented and influential comedic force to emerge from the 1980's, comedian-actor Eddie Murphy blazed the trail for an entire generation of young black comics to follow.

Rate Summer Movie Preview 2009

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Mar 31

Paramount Pictures' 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Tom Cruise in 'Valkyrie' Eddie Murphy and Christian Bale as Batman Jack Black speaks onstage at Spike TV's 2008 'Video Game Awards' held at Sony Pictures' Studios on December 14, 2008 in Culver City, California Cameron Diaz vi...

Rate Yesterday's Stock Market Rally in Perspective

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Mar 24

Watching the US Stock Market Rally yesterday on Secretary Geithner's Toxic Asset Plan reminded me of the following scene from the Dan Aykroid and Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places .

Rate Fat Joe Inspired By His Wife On 'One,' Featuring Akon

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Mar 19

Fat Joe feels as royal as Eddie Murphy in "Coming to America" every time he steps foot in the motherland.

Rate All-Star Animated Voices

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Mar 14

Eddie Murphy as Donkey, in "Shrek" Why we love him: Who knew neediness could be such a turn-on? And his devotion to Shrek, bad breath and all, Looks a little like Eddie, too, especially around the jaw.

Rate 'Imagine' it: Murphy stars in a tear-jerker

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Mar 12

Eddie Murphy, plus adorable little girl, a little bit of fantasy and lots of funny - it could be a winning formula for Imagine That , a father-daughter comedy, opening June 12.

Rate 411 Fact or Fiction Movies/TV 03.06.09: Week 167

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Mar 11

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Is Eddie Murphy an inspired choice to play Richard Pryor in a biopic of the late comedian's turbulent life? 411's Todd Vote and DC Perry debate these and other topic in week 167 of 411 Fact or Fiction: ...

Rate Eddie Murphy In Talks To Star In Richard Pryor Biopic

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Mar 3

Although talks are still preliminary, the deal would lead to Murphy starring in the biopic, reportedly titled "Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?," about the groundbreaking comedian who died in December ...

Rate Eddie Murphy To Play Pryor In New Film

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Mar 1    1 related articles

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U.S. actor Eddie Murphy will play Richard Pryor in a new movie about the late cutting-edge stand-up comic, industry sources say.

Rate Murphy Set to Play Pryor in Upcoming Bio Pic

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Feb 28    1 related articles

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IMBD has a report revealing that screen superstar Eddie Murphy has landed his dream role - portraying the late, great comedic icon Richard Pryor in a new bio film.

Rate Eddie Murphy in Richard Pryor biopic?

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Feb 26

Writer/director Bill Condon, who just completed his debut run as producer of the 2009 Academy Awards , is shopping his script Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? to the studio subsidiaries and independent ...

Rate Jerry Lewis awarded humanitarian Oscar

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Feb 22

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In a heartfelt _ and mercifully short _ speech, Lewis profusely thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which presented him its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The award was presented to the 82-year-old actor by Eddie Murphy, who starred in a remake of one of Lewis' s...

Rate Opinion: Eddie Murphy Raw

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Feb 18

Now I can't have no 'curse' show. I mean, I gotta throw in a few jokes in between the curses." - Eddie Murphy Review By: Joel Cunningham Published: September 16, 2004 Stars: Eddie Murphy Director: Robert ...

Rate Martin Lawrence Replaces Eddie Murphy As African Prince

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Feb 18

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It would almost be possible to get behind a remake of Coming to America , for the sake of giving Eddie Murphy something good to do and bringing back some fond 80s memories.

Rate Coming to America: I Love the 80s Edition

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Feb 16

Once upon a time Eddie Murphy actually appeared in outstanding movies. Even though Paramount stole the story from Art Buchwald and spent years lying to judges about the hit film's profits, " Coming to America " ...

Rate Mel B's 7million delight

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Feb 13

Mel B is set to receive 7million in child support from Eddie Murphy. The 15-month-long bitter legal battle between the pair has finally been resolved - after the 'Shrek' star agreed to pay Spice Girl Mel 35,000 ...

Rate Eddie Murphy And Jada Pinkett Smith Grab Razzie Nominations

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Jan 23    1 related articles

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Posted Jan 21st 2009 11:43PM by Wilson Morales Filed under: It's All Reel , Entertainment You can tell that Eddie Murphy's heyday as a successful comedian has come and gone now that he gets recognized more for ...

Rate Trailer For Eddie Murphy's Imagine that -- And it doesn't look so terrible - Imagine that

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Jan 17

I have a theory about Eddie Murphy - I believe that he bought all the "Dreamgirls" hype back in 2007 and truly believed that he was going to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Rate Craziest Rumor Talk: Eddie Murphy As The Riddler

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Dec 23    1 related articles

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Posted Dec 23rd 2008 3:09PM by Wilson Morales Filed under: It's All Reel , Entertainment Last week so many stories were flying around the net as to who was confirmed to be in the next Batman film than none of ...

Rate Eddie Murphy's New Comedy Is an Unending Ego Trip

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jul 14

Published: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 11, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. It's said that Eddie Murphy loves to see himself on the screen and is always on the lookout for projects that ...

Rate Eddie Murphy: Inside the Head of 'Meet Dave'

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jul 7

Eddie Murphy plays a mini spaceship captain in a vessel that looks exactly like Eddie Murphy in 'Meet Dave' -- and ET's Thea Andrews gets the goods from the funnyman himself! "Coming from 'Saturday Night Live' ...

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