*Eddie Murphy headlines the new Netflix film “Dolemite Is My Name” next month, and he’ll follow up his small-screen return by hosting “Saturday Night Live’s” Christmas episode, marking his first time ...

In the first trailer for Netflix movie 'Dolemite Is My Name,' Eddie Murphy plays a struggling comedian who finds success performing stand-up under the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and a ...

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 ...

In 2002, right there in the lobby of the Broadmoor Cinema 4 in Baton Rouge, a legend held court. “Well, let me explain to you,” said Rudy Ray Moore, the actor and comedian known as Dolemite. “I have ...

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 it. "Dolemite Is My ...

Usually when a former mega-star mounts a comeback, he takes his career in a completely new direction. John Travolta was the king of 1970’s musicals and dance films like Grease and Saturday Night Fever ...

LOS ANGELES – Eddie Murphy is suddenly everywhere again bringing the laughter. Just don't call it a comeback. The 58-year-old comedian is stepping up on the big screen in grand 1970s pimp attire as ...

Eddie Murphy hasn't had a truly impactful entertainment vehicle since his Oscar-nominated supporting role as an R&B singer in decline in the 2006 musical "Dreamgirls." But, at age 58, the one-time ...

“Dolemite Is My Name” kicks off the Eddie Murphy renaissance that’s been a very long time coming. And this comic biopic is a blast from start to finish. As ’70s cult comedian Rudy Ray Moore, Murphy is ...

If you’ve read a review, thinkpiece, or tweet about Eddie Murphy in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard that the comedian is back. The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Daily Beast, and ...

TORONTO – Early on in the Netflix biopic comedy “Dolemite Is My Name,” Eddie Murphy – as 1970s-era blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore – is tooling around the record store where he works and hits the ...

If you've only seen the top tier of the so-called "blaxploitation" action films of the 1970s -- "Super Fly," "Black Caesar," "Foxy Brown" -- it may be time to go deeper. "Dolemite" (1975) will do the ...