“Coming 2 America,” the sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy, has landed on a date to come to audiences. The film which reunites Murphy and Arsenio Hall will debut on Amazon Prime Video on March...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a virtual Emmys version of the wrong-winner Oscars gaffe, Ron Cephas Jones’ guest actor award for “This Is Us” was announced for another nominee, Jason Bateman.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Foxx has won a plethora of major awards including an Oscar and Grammy. But after the African American Film Critics Association recognized him Wednesday night, the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix will make its presence felt at next month's 51st NAACP Image Awards.

The streaming giant on Thursday emerged with a leading 42 nominations, including for Ava...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy delivered an early holiday gift to “Saturday Night Live.”

With Murphy aboard as host after a decades-long absence, the NBC show earned its biggest audience...

TORONTO (AP) — Eddie Murphy is very fond of his couch.

He talks about it a lot. It's where, according to Murphy, he's spent much of his last few years, in a happy retreat from the public...

For the amount of cursing, vulgarity and nudity in "Dolemite Is My Name ," it might come as a surprise that it's actually a rather sweet and heartfelt film. "Dolemite" is not here to shock and...

TORONTO (AP) — It took Eddie Murphy more than a decade to get a movie made about Rudy Ray Moore. Judging by the response to the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, the wait was worth...

TORONTO (AP) — The 44th Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thursday with a documentary celebration of Canada's own The Band and the premiere of Armando Iannucci's adaptation of "David...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Murphy will be returning to a place that helped launch his career — "Saturday Night Live."

The comedian will be the host of the sketch comedy show on Dec. 21, marking...

"Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever" (Crown Archetype), by Nick de Semlyen

Our favorite funnymen of the 1980s reached glorious heights and...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, where TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs.

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'BOOMERANG' IS BACK

Halle Berry and Lena Waithe say they've updated the 1992 movie "Boomerang" for a new generation.

Berry said the original story that focused on black characters' lives and work was innovative for its time.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Halle Berry and Lena Waithe say they've updated the 1992 movie "Boomerang" for a new generation.

Berry said the original story that focused on black characters' lives and work was innovative for its time.

But the issues that millennials face today are different and required a "fresher" approach for the BET series premiering 10 p.m. EST Tuesday, Berry said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy and his fiancee Paige Butcher have a new baby boy.

The couple released a statement through Murphy's publicist Monday saying Max Charles Murphy was born Friday and weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

The boy's middle name is a tribute to Murphy's older brother and fellow comedian Charlie Murphy, who died of leukemia last year.

LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Costumes play a leading role as movies transport viewers to other times, open doors to foreign cultures, and imagine wars in distant galaxies.

Now, some of those ensembles are on display for the first time in "Creating the Illusion: Costumes & Characters from the Paramount Pictures Archive," opening Saturday at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio and running through Aug. 12.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says that Michael Che and Colin Jost of "Saturday Night Live" will co-host this year's Emmy Awards.

Che and Jost anchor the "Weekend Update" segment of "Saturday Night Live" and are head writers on the long-running sketch show.

The Emmy ceremony rotates from the major broadcast networks, allowing them to use the host's job to highlight a show or performers. "SNL" has enjoyed a ratings resurgence with its sharp-edged jabs at President Donald Trump and his administration.

Dave Chappelle, Cedric the Entertainer and George Lopez were among comedians who gathered to say goodbye to fellow comic Charlie Murphy, who died last week following a battle with leukemia.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dave Chappelle has teamed up with John Mayer to remember comedian Charlie Murphy.

Chappelle appeared on stage at Mayer's Columbus, Ohio, concert Wednesday night and told the crowd "everybody in comedy is heartbroken" about Murphy's death from leukemia.

Chappelle told Mayer he was "a sight for sore eyes" after learning about Murphy's death.

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Murphy, the older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comic performer in his own right who turned encounters with Rick James and Prince into standout sketches on "Chappelle's Show," has died. He was 57.

Murphy died Wednesday in New York of leukemia, according to his representative, Domenick Nati.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — You would think that being a comic legend, an Oscar-nominee and starring in some of Hollywood's greatest blockbusters would mean having an abundance of scripts to choose from.

But Eddie Murphy says part of the reason he hasn't made many movies in recent years is because he hasn't been asked a lot.

"I don't usually get offered stuff," the 55-year-old said in a recent interview.