LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix will make its presence felt at next month’s 51st NAACP Image Awards. The streaming giant on Thursday emerged with a leading 42 nominations, including for Ava DuVernay’s limited series “Whey They See Us” and the Eddie Murphy-led film “Dolemite is My Name.” Thirty of Netflix’s nominations came in television categories […]
Eddie Murphy credits Barack Obama for luring him back in to the world of stand-up comedy. Murphy recalled the time he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015, and Obama asked him two questions that ignited his return to movies and stand-up comedy. RELATED: Eddie Murphy Regrets The Comedy He Did When He Was Younger […]
TORONTO – If you’re always dreamed of going to Cannes for one of the world’s most famous film festivals, you can save yourself some air miles and some flying time by going to Canada instead. The annual Toronto Film Festival, around since 1976, is one of the largest film festivals in the world. This year, […]
TORONTO (AP) — It took Eddie Murphy more than a decade to get a movie made about Rudy Ray Moore. Judging by the response to the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, the wait was worth it. “Dolemite Is My Name” drew some of the best reviews of Murphy’s career, following the film’s premiere […]
