Eddie Murphy

Common’s teenage obsessions: ‘Michael Jordan gave me the shoes off his feet’
As he releases his new album, A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2), the US rapper remembers his terrible chat-up lines and the magic of the moonwalk
As told to Tara Joshi
24, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM

Shrek at 20: an unfunny and overrated low for blockbuster animation
The fairytale comedy was a hit with critics and audiences but its toilet humour, glibness and shoddy animation mark it out as a misfire
Scott Tobias
18, May, 2021 @6:04 AM

Coming 2 America is an unfunny disaster for representation | Kovie Biakolo
Eddie Murphy’s much-anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy is archaic in its portrayal of both black Africans and Americans as well as being devoid of humour
Kovie Biakolo
08, Mar, 2021 @6:36 AM

Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy makes a right royal turnaround
Prince Akeem returns to New York to claim his son in this about-turn sequel with its heart, and politics, in the right place
Simran Hans
06, Mar, 2021 @3:00 PM

Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy comes up gasping for heir
Murphy is back as the Zamundan prince seeking his son in the US, in this tired sequel to the 80s comedy hit
Peter Bradshaw
04, Mar, 2021 @8:00 PM

Coming to America's Arsenio Hall: 'In the 90s I was black Twitter'
As late-night TV’s first black host, Hall introduced MC Hammer and RuPaul to the world. Now, he’s returning to the spotlight in the sequel to Eddie Murphy hit Coming to America
Lanre Bakare
02, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM

Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 45th season
An unusual, partly remote, season still delivered some winning skits including appearances from Jake Gyllenhaal, Eddie Murphy and Adam Driver
Zach Vasquez
18, May, 2020 @8:15 AM

'I crack up every time': comedians' all-time favourite standup routines
Top comics pick the routines that make them howl with laughter, from Eddie Murphy on Rocky to Eddie Izzard on penknives and Michelle Wolf on women’s worst enemies
Interviews by Ben Williams
06, Apr, 2020 @4:00 PM

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood gets Oscar boost at Critics Choice awards
Quentin Tarantino’s latest wins best film as Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho and 1917’s Sam Mendes tie for best director
Staff and agencies
13, Jan, 2020 @11:13 AM

Saturday Night Live: Eddie Murphy returns after 35 years and lives up to hype
Murphy reprises some of his most popular characters, and reminds us that no one can match him
Zach Vasquez
22, Dec, 2019 @2:15 PM

The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Our pick of the top films released in the US this year brings a shocking class war, tearjerking breakups, war, glamour, horror and everything in between. Tell us your favourites too
20, Dec, 2019 @1:50 PM

The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
Our pick of the year’s top movies released in the UK reveals the end of an era, painful breakups, festive families, horrors both real and imagined, and heroes of many kinds
20, Dec, 2019 @9:36 AM
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