Gavin Newsom is taking a victory lap today on the first anniversary of California’s film and TV tax credits program being jacked up to $750 million, and the potential presidential contender has Disney, a Shrek prequel, and Ben Affleck along for the ride. Along with an untitled Pixar project, the…

It’s time for waffles. Universal Pictures has made official what Shrek star Eddie Murphy began talking about on the press tour for Beverly Hill Cop: Axel Foley: There’s a Donkey movie happening from DreamWorks Animation and it’s coming to theaters on Friday, June 30, 2028. The movie is an origin…

With 65 being the standard retirement age, it only seemed appropriate that in the month Eddie Murphy turned 65, he would be honored with a life achievement award. At last night’s 51st Annual AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony, the four-time grandfather…

Netflix will stream The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Eddie Murphy beginning May 31, over a month after the April 18 gala tribute in his honor at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the company announced today. The American Film Institute has been presenting its AFI Life…

Contrary to popular belief at the time, comic-cum-actor Eddie Murphy didn’t leave the 2007 Oscars hall early after losing out on a Best Supporting Actor statuette because he was a sore loser; rather, the Dreamgirls star recently revealed he departed because he didn’t want to be the target of pity all…

After 30 years, Eddie Murphy has moved on from his beef with Saturday Night Live and David Spade over the flop of 1995’s Vampire in Brooklyn. Spade recently clarified that he and Murphy are “all good” after reuniting at last year’s SNL50: The 50th Anniversary Special, noting that he previously…

When was the last time you saw a major studio release about a living movie star? In the last year, folk, rock and pop fans might have seen A Complete Unknown, with Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan, or Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, about the making of The Boss's "difficult" 1982 album N…

The American Film Institute Board of Trustees will give its 51st AFI Life Achievement Award to Eddie Murphy at the org’s Gala Tribute on April 18 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “Eddie Murphy is an American icon,” said Kathleen Kennedy, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. “A trailblazing…

Eddie Murphy is recalling his 1988 Oscars speech, in which he called out the Academy for its lack of recognition of Black actors, and what Robin Williams told him before he took the stage. In a new interview, Murphy recalled presenting at the Oscars, where he presented the Best Picture…

Netflix announced on Tuesday that Being Eddie, a new documentary on iconic comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, is set to begin streaming on the platform on Wednesday, November 12. Helmed by two-time Oscar winner Angus Wall, the doc’s official synopsis notes, “it goes without saying that there is…

Although Eddie Murphy worked with Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson in the aughts, he might have been his own favorite leading lady. The Oscar nominee recently defended his 2007 comedy Norbit as a “funny” movie, following theories that the Brian Robbins-directed movie cost him the golden statuette for…

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Murphy will continue his long collaborative relationship with Imagine Entertainment. He's set to star in Playas Ball, a comedy that will be directed by Kyle Newacheck, who just helmed the Netflix hit Happy Gilmore 2. They're keeping the logline under wraps, but it's described to me…