In December 2006, the glitzy movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dreamgirls — a fictionalized retelling based on the rise of Motown sensations The Supremes — opened to cheers from both critics and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And despite the movie’s 9% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Norbit opened at the top of the box office and surpassed $159 ...
If Alan Arkin had made a mean-spirited, vulgar comedy that played theaters last February, Eddie Murphy might be an Oscar winner today. Though Norbit earned $95 million in theaters — some folks can't ...
“Here’s the thing with ‘Norbit’ — it came out and they gave me Razzie Awards for worst actress, worst actor and worst actor of the decade. And I was like, ‘Come on now,’” Murphy said. By McKinley ...
André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...
Eddie Murphy believes Norbit isn’t that bad although some think his aforementioned goofy comedy helped him lose the Oscar for his turn in Dreamgirls. Eddie Murphy is now featured in a new heist movie, ...
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” ...