Archive for the 'Eddie Murphy' Category

She's had some BAD luck with money!

Waaaay back in January, we heard reports that Eddie Murphy's ex-wife Nicole Murphy had blown every penny of her $15 million divorce settlement!

At the time, we had also heard that she owed $836K in back taxes to the IRS, as well as $600K to a law firm, $60K to a landscaping firm, and $5 MILLION on her LA home!

Now, we're hearing that Nicole has been scammed out of

Eddie Murphy is going the serious route!

The actor, who recently premiered the movie Tower Heist, is reportedly in talks with HBO films to star in - and executive produce - a biopic about the controversial former mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion Barry, who was imprisoned for six years after being videotaped smoking crack cocaine, and then went on to run the city once again from 1994-1998!

If all goes as planned, Spike Lee will serve as director, and John Ridley is attached to write!

Certainly sounds like there some serious talent on board!

Could be really good!

What do U think?? Do U want to see this one made??

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As much as we would have loved to watch Eddie Murphy (or the Muppets) host the Oscars, we'll have to settle for his next big screen comedy A Thousand Words.

The story follows a loud-mouthed executive who screws over some kind of an Indian mystic in a book deal and is cursed to inch closer to death with every word he wastes. We're taking a big guess here, but we're assuming he's only got a thousand left.

While we admit the trailer makes it appear as if an alternate title for the film was Charades: The Movie, we're still happy to see Eddie being funny again and not starring in movies about daddy daycare centers.

This type of fantastical premise worked for Jim Carrey in both Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty, so maybe this could be the hit Eddie's career needs.

Check out the trailer above and let us know what you think!

Despite stating he was resigning from hosting the Oscars next year, Eddie Murphy didn’t seem too down about his decision.

The funny man spent the afternoon yesterday shopping at Restoration Hardware in Los Angeles.

Murphy was snapped by the paps heading to his Rolls Royce with his hands full of bags.

A little bit of retail therapy to get his mind off his decision to quit the Oscars maybe?

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We still want The Muppets to host…but Betty would be an EXTREMELY CLOSE second choice! Or maybe she can host WITH Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all the others!!! EPIC!

A very lucky Perezcious Reader got the wonderful opportunity to see Betty White speak at Southern California's Distinguished Speaker Series in Pasadena last night….and sure enough, the subject of the Oscars came up!

Betty actually hadn't heard that Eddie Murphy had quit the Oscars yet, but when event host Doug McIntyre asked if she'd like to take over for Eddie, Ms. White had the following to say:

Why does the Academy feel the need to ONLY choose people from Tower Heist to produce and host the show???

Now that Tower Heist director Brett Ratner and Tower Heist producer/star Eddie Murphy have resigned from the Oscars, Academy president Tom Sherak is interested in getting TOWER HEIST producer Brian Grazer to take over for Brett.

No word yet on who will take over for Eddie, but there are plenty of other Tower Heist actors who would probably be up for the job! Maybe they can ask Ben Stiller or Matthew Broderick! OR maybe Alan Alda is game!

What do U think? Should Brian Grazer take over as Oscar producer? Or would U prefer someone NOT associated with Tower Heist???

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Looks like former Oscars host Robin Williams will NOT be taking over hosting duties for this year's show.

During a VERY recent interview, Robin opened up about Eddie Murphy stepping down from the show…and announced that doesn't want to replace him: