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Eddie Murphy Is The Most Overpaid Actor In Hollywood According To Forbes
Once seen as a series of soaring precedents afforded to Hollywood's best and brightest, the massive paychecks given to high-profile actors and directors today have since grown smaller with the film industry's cost-cutting measures. However, for an elite group of individuals, their price tag ...
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'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series Lands At CBS; 'Terriers' May Live Again Via Kickstarter-Funded TV Movie
Shawn Ryan's "Beverly Hills Cop" television series, which had everyone buzzing a week ago, has landed at CBS, according to Deadline. The network, which we're pretty sure is almost exclusively for people's elderly uncles, has given it a pilot commitment. The new series will follow the exploits of Aar...
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Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series Moves Forward As Networks Circle
While once much talked about, possibly-Brett Ratner-directed "Beverly Hills Cop 4" is, for all intents and purposes, dead. However Axel Foley is still kicking around and is now headed to the small screen. "What I'm trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Fol...
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'Twins' Sequel 'Triplets' In The Works With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito & Eddie Murphy
A sequel to "Twins" has been batted around and rumored for so long we suppose it was inevitable. But even we didn't see this coming.
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Weekend Box Office: 'The Lorax' Tops Again, While 'John Carter' Fulfills Its Prophecy & Underperforms, Underwhelms Domestically
There's no real joy in reporting on a massive bomb. Mostly because, why hate? Usually the participants involved will cry into piles of hundred dollar bills why you return to your menial workday job, gloating seems like a waste of energy. It's especially disconcerting when it comes from someone like ...
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5 Great Eddie Murphy Performances From When His Movies Were Actually Promoted (Oh Yeah, 'A Thousand Words' Is In Theaters)
You might not have noticed, but Eddie Murphy has a new movie in theaters today. That's a slightly loaded sentence: "A Thousand Words" was shot four years ago, has been barely screened for critics (those who have seen it have been vicious), and is being put into a mere 1900 theaters, nearly half as m...
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Spike Lee To Direct Eddie Murphy In HBO Biopic On Notorious Washington Mayor Marion Barry
Well, here's a pretty big surprise. Eddie Murphy, who was poised for a comeback with "Tower Heist," seemed to have those hoped dash by the film underperforming at the box office, coupled with his association in the Ratnergate Oscar ceremony fallout, that led to the comic actor stepping...
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Brian Grazer Steps in as 84th Academy Awards Producer
Oscar winner Brian Grazer is stepping in to produce the 84th Academy Awards with Don Mischer, AMPAS president Tom Sherak said Wednesday. The news comes in the wake of Brett Ratner's departure from the event earlier this week. Today, Eddie Murphy withdrew as host of the ceremony earlier today. ...
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Eddie Murphy Bails On Hosting The Oscars
Well, this is hardly a surprise and we kind of expected as much when Brett Ratner stepped down from producing the Oscars yesterday. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced this afternoon Eddie Murphy has withdrawn from hosting the Oscars.
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