1983 – HBO airs Murphy’s concert special, “Eddie Murphy – Delirious.” June 8, 1983 – “Trading Places,” a comedy starring Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis, debuts in theaters.

Comedic legend Eddie Murphy shares some of the early career advice he received in the new Apple TV+ documentary about Black ...

Eddie Murphy has never struggled to find work. The “Coming to America” star, 63, recently revealed that he’s only had to audition for one role in his almost 50-year career. Murphy opened up ...

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Among his generation of stars, Eddie Murphy had an especially atypical Hollywood trajectory. At 19, he became only the second Black not-ready-for-prime-time player on ...

The film was first directed by Norman Jewison, the director of Poitier's In the Heat of the Night, who cast Denzel Washington in the starring role before Spike Lee took over as director.

You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was ...

In Apple TV+’s new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet, Eddie Murphy revealed the one project for which he auditioned in his storied career. Murphy spoke candidly about his early career in ...

Were Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington.nearly cast together?(Photo Credit –Facebook/Instagram) Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington joining forces in a Spike Lee ...

Murphy was in talks to portray author Alex Haley in the Norman Jewison-helmed version before Spike Lee took over directing, with Washington as the titular civil rights icon. “They were talking ...

Eddie Murphy, who at the age of 19 became the only second Black not-ready-for-prime-time player on Saturday Night Live, reflected on his five-decade-long successful career and his only audition.

In the documentary, Murphy, 63, says his success was almost a foregone conclusion — at least in his own head. Related: Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union Discuss Being Black and On ...