Eddie Murphy

Eighta s enough characters for Jim Carrey

source: topix.com

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 .

Published Wed, Nov 4

That joke isn't funny anymore

source: LiveJournal posts

s okay to be racist or sizist or both if enough people (or enough of the people that you pay attention to) laugh. I find it interesting that Eddie Murphy was mentioned because there's a really good metaphor for this contained in "The Nutty Professor" (and hell yes there were some big problems...

Published Tue, Oct 27

Murphy cuts house price by $15 million

source: topix.com

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

Published Thu, Oct 22

Steve Martin

source: LiveJournal posts

you think about Steve Martin, you think about dreadful humourless comedies that are only one step away from the dross that Eddie Murphy churns out. You forget that both of these guys used to be very funny indeed. I was always more of a Martin than a Murphy fan and it’s sad to see that he does thing...

Published Wed, Oct 21

Meet Dave (2008)

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of Brian Robbins' 90 minute long Eddie Murphy flick about a bunch of... aliens led by a captain (Murphy) who have flown to Earth ... like a human being (also Murphy), I might have even chuckled ... make me actually LAUGH, since Murphy's film career long ago ... incomprehensible, and partially due to Murp...

Published Thu, Oct 15

Marlon Wayans Has a Pryor Commitment

source: Cinematical

Less than eight months ago, it was confirmed that Eddie Murphy would play the lead role in Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?, a biopic about the legendary comedian. Bill Condon, who directed Murphy to an Oscar nomination in Dreamgirls, wrote the screenplay and was set to direct. The fil...

Published Thu, Oct 8

The 10 Worst Movies to Open at #1

source: LiveJournal posts

34,195,434 In early 2008, Eddie Murphy was riding high: he was in the blockbuster musical Dreamgirls and was the...for it. But then a little movie called Norbit came out, starring Eddie Murphy in three roles. And to give ... just how offensively bad the movie was, Murphy playing a man named “Mr. Wong...

Published Sun, Oct 4

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

source: topix.com

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.

Published Sat, Sep 12