Eddie Murphy stood 10 toes down on his decision to make his 2007 comedy “Norbit” after he earned his first Oscar nomination for “Dreamgirls.” The conversation came about while Murphy was appearing on ...

In December 2006, the glitzy movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dreamgirls — a fictionalized retelling based on the rise of Motown sensations The Supremes — opened to cheers from both critics and ...

Jessie Buckley is heavily favored to win the Academy Award for Best Actress this weekend for her wrenching performance in the grief drama Hamnet. Her Oscar profile seemed like a boon to her latest ...

As the first 10 minutes of Norbit seem to go on for hours, it was hard not to think, “Oh God, not another Codename: The Cleaner!” But as long as the opening scenes seemed to drag, when Rasputia steps ...

Viewed through a conventional, critical lens, "Norbit" is just another crass Eddie Murphy comedy. Of course the movie -- featuring the toothy comedian as a Chinese curmudgeon, a bespectacled goofball ...