Eddie Murphy Articles

Adam Sandler in drag/not in drag, Jack and Jill Henry Cavill/Tarsem Singh's IMMORTALS to Top Weekend Box Office "Guess what's playing in movie critic hell?" asks the Boston Herald's James Verniere. Here's what: Directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler, Jack and Jill has a 0% approval rating among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics (though I spotted two fresh tomatoes on the list). The lowbrow [...]

Billy Crystal will be replacing Eddie Murphy as Oscar host, who quite the show after Oscarcast co-producer Brett Ratner officially resigned from his post. There has been no official confirmation from the Academy as of yet. Crystal tweeted the following a little while ago: "Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my [...]

Academy President Tom Sherak has confirmed that Brian Grazer will join Don Mischer as producer of the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony. This will mark Grazer's first time in that capacity. The Academy press release makes no mention of either Brett Ratner or Eddie Murphy, both of whom have departed the Oscar show within the last 24 hours or so. See below: "Brian Grazer is a [...]

Brian Grazer will replace Brett Ratner as co-producer of the 2012 Academy Awards, according to "sources" cited in The Hollywood Reporter. So far, there has been no official word from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Ratner was out after using the word "fag" at a q&a for his movie Tower Heist and, apparently, also for discussing his alleged sex life with Olivia [...]