Eddie Murphy has clarified why he famously left the 2007 Oscars after losing Best Supporting Actor. Murphy, 64, had been nominated in the category for his role as soul singer James “Thunder” Early in ...

Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer talk Song Sung Blue, the emotional true story and how the biopic changed them in a major way.

My Name is Dolemite’ director Craig Brewer returns to the blend of music and drama that served him well with ‘Hustle & Flow’, ...

The comedy recordings by legendary singer, actor, and filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore have been sold to the independent label 800 Pound Gorilla Records by his longtime manager Donald H. Randell. The deal was ...

Overtly vulgar and salacious, “Dolemite Is My Name” is an unabashed celebration of the spirit and life of 1970s blaxploitation-era film icon Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy). The film chronicles Moore’s ...

The true story of "Blaxploitation" star, Rudy Ray Moore, an ambitious but unsuccessful entertainer, who tries on every hat in the business until he finally hits on a character, Dolemite, that ...

The Netflix film “Dolemite Is My Name” may feature Eddie Murphy as the lead, but the actor says it’s Tyler Perry who embodies the real-life version of the titular character. Murphy won critical ...

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Murphy‘s return to the screen in Dolemite Is My Name has put him in the awards mix, and he seems poised to regain his position atop the comedy heap starting with tomorrow’s historic ...

A version of this story about “Dolemite Is My Name” writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of ...

NEW YORK — Eddie Murphy sits in a luxurious New York hotel suite, trying to explain what it’s like to be caught off guard. The entertainer, who zoomed into the pop culture zeitgeist some 40 years ago ...

The opening scene of Craig Brewer’s Dolemite Is My Name — a Netflix original — sets the mood for what’s to come. It is Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) selling himself to a local radio RJ, Roj (played by ...

Late in Netflix’s Dolemite Is My Name, a loving biopic about plucky underdog filmmaking written by the masters of loving biopics about plucky underdog filmmakers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ...