Eddie Murphy Set to Receive 51st AFI Life Achievement Award
The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that Eddie Murphy will receive the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award. The award will be... Read More
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‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Review: The Heat is Back On as Eddie Murphy Returns to His Movie Star Roots
It has been 30 years since Axel Foley’s last trip to the west coast, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is a welcome return to... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 236: Greatest Movie Stars of All Time Draft
On episode 236 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributors... Read More
Eddie Murphy to star in Reginald Hudlin-directed holiday comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’ for Prime Video
It was announced today that Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner Eddie Murphy will star in Prime Video’s holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane. Reginald Hudlin (Boomerang) will direct the... Read More
Eddie Murphy signs three-picture deal with Amazon Studios
The deal follows the success of Coming 2 America on Prime Video Amazon Studios has closed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Academy Award-nominee... Read More
Film Review: ‘Coming 2 America’ should’ve let Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall stay put
Around the midway point of Coming 2 America, one of our new central characters, Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler), remarks that the only movies being made today... Read More
Amazon Studios has released the first looks at Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones and more in the upcoming Coming 2 America, set for... Read More
Amazon sets ‘Coming 2 America’ for March 2021 debut
Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. This long-awaited sequel to the iconic comedy Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240... Read More
How the Creative Arts Emmys did, history-making wins and what we can expect on Saturday night in the Guest categories
We did it! We made it through four nights of the Creative Arts Emmys in the middle of the week, in the middle of a... Read More
Emmy Predictions: Guest Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series could be a matter of time
How much does size matter? In the case of the guest acting Emmy award, sometimes more is better and this year could definitely prove that.... Read More
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