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  Eddie Murphy - Delirious
Light years before political correctness--1983 to be exact--or his comeback in tame Disney comedies, Eddie Murphy was a charismatic, wonderfully offensive, egocentric 22-year-old fl comedian known for crude celebrity impersonations and often shockingly frank diatribes on racial and sexual politics.
The audacious concert film Eddie Murphy Raw rubbed some people the wrong way upon its release in 1987, but there's no denying that between Murphy's more insensitive bits about women and gay men is some of his most inspired material.
Of course, some would argue that his best role was as himself, and there is plenty of evidence for that--many of the skits feature Murphy au naturel and the opening sequence is taken from his monologue when he returned to the show triumphantly after leaving for Hollywood.
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  How Eddie Murphy got his groove back | Eddie Murphy | Cover Story | Movies | Entertainment Weekly | 1
It's the winter of 1992, and Eddie Murphy is sitting in his New Jersey mansion, Bubble Hill, wearing a faded blue sweatshirt, facing uncomfortable questions about the state of his career.
Murphy plays R&B singer James ''Thunder'' Early, a dynamic, innovative soul belter who, despite his powerful voice and charismatic presence, has never managed to achieve the fame and respect he feels he deserves.
Depending on how you look at it, Murphy's career — like those of two of his greatest heroes, Richard Pryor and Elvis Presley — can be seen as either an inspirational story or a cautionary one, a tale of blazing talent that couldn't be denied or of karma that couldn't be escaped.
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  Eddie Murphy: Biography
Eddie Murphy absorbed the lifestyle of Roosevelt like the proverbial sponge, focusing on his youth experiences to draw the basis of "The Barbecue" and "Drinking Fathers." Both skits are side-splitting accounts of an afternoon family get-together, with near-disastrous results.
Murphy went on to become the talk of the burgeoning New York comedy circuit and eventually parlayed that into a 1980 audition for "Saturday Night Live." His four-year stint with the show produced such memorable characters as the pimp Velvet Jones, the intense and angry poet Tyrone Green, Mr.
Murphy's brilliant and uncanny impressionist skills are accented on "Old Jew" from his 1988 film "Coming To America," and "Grandma Klump," from his zany 1996 "The Nutty Professor," which, incidentally, received a 1997 Oscar for Best Makeup, certainly a payback for the long hours Murphy spent under heavy makeover.
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  Eddie Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eddie Murphy (born Edward Regan Murphy on April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian, singer and actor.
Murphy later starred in many comedies including the Beverly Hills Cop series, for which he was recognized by receiving a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a comedy for his performance in Beverly Hills Cop, as well as Trading Places, and Coming to America in subsequent years.
Despite Murphy's participation, the 1980–1981 season was considered such a disaster that NBC fired Jean Doumanian and everybody in the cast, with the exception of Murphy and Joe Piscopo.
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 Eddie Murphy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eddie Murphy (born April 3 1961) is an American comedian and actor.
Murphy was also a one-hit wonder in the 1980s with the single All the Time".
this book aint about eddie murphy,its about a guy that lived next to eddie when he was a pre-teen,talking bout dinner,lunches with the murphy family,its not bout eddie murphy at all has one photo of eddie and lots of pics of the author,dont waste a dollar...
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 SFGate: Daily Dish : Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy is the father of his ex-lover Melanie Brown's 11-week-old daughter, according to the former Spice Girl's spokeswoman.
Eddie Murphy has vowed to stand by his ex-lover Melanie Brown if paternity tests reveal he is the father of her two-month old daughter.
Brown insists Murphy was a loving boyfriend and excited about the baby when she flew to her native England to visit her mother last December, but when she returned Murphy had ended their relationship and was denying paternity of the baby.
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 Eddie Murphy
Eddie was a bright kid, who spent a great deal of time on impressions and comedy stand-up routines rather than academics.
Eddie's comic talent was evident from an early age, and by 15 he was writing and performing his own routines at youth centers and local bars, as well as at the Roosevelt High School auditorium.
Eddie Murphy has also been rumored to be initially a part of hits such as Ghostbusters (featuring his Trading Places co-star Dan Aykroyd and fellow SNL alummus Bill Murray).
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 Sexy Male Celebrities - Eddie Murphy
Murphy made a less-than-auspicious directorial debut with the violent, profanity-riddled Harlem Nights (1989), which, though profitable, did not match the huge grosses of his earlier starring vehicles.
Murphy's film career stalled in the early '90s as inevitable sequels seemed to exhaust the freshness and energy of his bad boy persona: Another 48 HRS (1990) and two Beverly Hills Cop follow-ups in 1987 and 1994 failed to ignite interest.
Murphy's personal life has had its ups and downs as well: he has been hit with several lawsuits for paternity, sexual harassment, and filming delays; writer Art Buchwald successfully proved that Coming to America had been based on a Buchwald storyline.
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 Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy's stint as one of the stand-out performers on Saturday Night Live (1981-84) led to a successful movie career and made him one of the top earners in Hollywood.
Murphy has also had success with his comedy recordings, winning a Grammy for Eddie Murphy: Comedian (1983), and he even had a hit dance single in 1986 ("Party All The Time").
Murphy explained that he was just being a "good Samaritan" and he was not charged.
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 Eddie Murphy Photos - Eddie Murphy News - Eddie Murphy Information
More Pictures Eddie Murphy was born in Brooklyn New York in 1961, the youngest son of Lillian Murphy, a widow who married Vernon Lynch, the step father of Eddie, his brother Charlie, and Vernon Jr.
Eddie himself had aspirations of being in show business since he was a child.
Eddie Murphy: You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out.
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 Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
Eddie Murphy: Raw appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
Murphy’s speech remained appropriately centered, and a little reverb gave it a live feel.
Murphy’s lines were reasonably natural but they could come across as a little reedy at times.
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 Eddie Murphy MP3 Downloads - Eddie Murphy Music Downloads - Eddie Murphy Music Videos
Like Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor before him, Eddie Murphy was the preeminent African-American comic of his era; in fact, Murphy was arguably the preeminent comic of the 1980s, period -- at his peak, no other performer, regardless of race, was a bigger star or a more audacious talent.
In 1982, Murphy issued his debut comedy album, a self-titled live effort which drew fire for its controversial portrayal of the Asian community and misogynistic overtones as well as "Faggots," the first of many homophobic routines which ultimately resulted in a boycott call from the gay community.
Murphy was the hottest actor in Hollywood when he signed on for the 1986 quasi-mystical action comedy The Golden Child; the film was a commercial and critical bomb, and for the first time his star power was in question.
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 Eddie Murphy at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eddie Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an African-American comedian and actor.
Murphy later starred in many comedies including the Beverly Hills Cop series and Coming to America.
Murphy had a one-hit wonder in the 1980s with the single "Party All the Time".
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 Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy is a popular comedian, movie star, and part-time singer who started life in the housing projects of Brooklyn.
Murphy and his older brother, Charles, were placed in foster care when their mother was hospitalized for a long period of time.
Murphy has been harshly criticized by Spike Lee for not using his show business clout to help fl actors break into film.
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 Scotland on Sunday - Eddie Murphy does not wannabe father but Mel B 'has DNA proof'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
EDDIE Murphy is the father of ex-Spice Girl Mel B's baby, according to fresh allegations made yesterday.
Murphy, who is already father to six children by two different women, denied being the father when the pair split in December after a seven-month relationship.
Murphy has previously stated that he would support the child if he was proved to be the father, and it is now rumoured that the cost of her upbringing could cost him £10m.
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 Eddie Murphy - Photos, Bio and News for Eddie Murphy | TVGuide.com
Eddie Murphy is set to star in a family-oriented big-screen adaptation of TV's Fantasy Island, filling (much to SAG's consternation, I always imagine) multiple roles....
Eddie Murphy and a former Spice Girl a...
Eddie Murphy Relationships + Famous Couples at WhosDatedWho.com
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 ABC 7 News - Melanie Brown Says Eddie Murphy is the Father of Child   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eddie Murphy has said that he's not sure if he's the father of ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown's unborn child.
Murphy, who stars in the upcoming "Dreamgirls" film, was recently asked by a TV interviewer if he was excited that Brown was pregnant.
Murphy, 45, escorted film producer Tracey Edmonds to the premiere of "Dreamgirls" in New York earlier this week.
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 Eddie Murphy - Biography, pictures and audio clips
Eddie joined Saturday Night Live as a full time member in 1980 as a young 19 year old comedian.
After a couple of slow years, Eddie Murphy's career was somewhat rejuvenated with the Beverly Hills Cop series.
But the late eighties and early nineties were tough times for Eddie Murphy at the box office; until the Nutty Professor was released in 1996.
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 Eddie Murphy @ Filmbug
Eddie Murphy is the most commercially successful African-American actor in the history of the motion picture business, and is one of the industry's top-five box-office performers overall.
Murphy began his career as a stand-up comedian 25 years ago.
In addition, Murphy starred in and produced the hit comedy Life, co-starring Martin Lawrence, and starred opposite Steve Martin in the comedy hit Bowfinger.
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 AskMen.com - Eddie Murphy
The undisputed king of modern comedy, Eddie Murphy is a superstar who inspired a generation of stand-up performers and actors.
He took live television by storm on the NBC cult hit and revived the program when it was on the verge of being cancelled after the departure of producer Lorne Michaels and the original cast.
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961, and raised in Long Island in a middle-class community.
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 Eddie Murphy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
However, in the late 80's and early 90's, Murphy's fame was fading via a series of poor sequels, drab comedies, and ego-driven vehicles that the public avoided in droves.
Murphy was also a one-hit wonder in the 1980s with the single "Party All the Time." Intended as dance music, the song was repetitious and resembled the adolescent-driven bubblegum music of the '60s and '70s.
Murphy claimed that he had just been driving through and he asked him for a ride home.
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 Amazon.com: Eddie Murphy: Music: Eddie Murphy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eddie could have come out and read the Magna Carta and had people rolling in the aisles; the man is just plain funny.
Eddie murphy was the man back in the 80s mixing outragous and raunchy one liners with hilarious stories that revolved around everyday life that everyone regardless of their race could relate to.
This is the Eddie Murphy that everyone mentions in the same breath as Red Foxx and Richard Pryor, not the Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy.
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 Amazon.com: Eddie Murphy Raw: DVD: Robert Townsend,Eddie Murphy,Leonard Jackson,Deon Richmond,Barbara Iley,Kim ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
You cant really compare Eddie Murphy to Richard Pryor or any of the other great comedians before him because he basically tells you that he loves them and he wanted to be on their level.
Some people criticize Raw as if Eddie Murphy is bragging about being the greatest comedian ever and no other will ever be as good as him and that's not what this standup is about at all.
Tatyana Ali as Eddie's sister (sketch), Billie Allen as Eddie's aunt (sketch), James Brown III as Thanksgiving Guest (sketch), Edye Byrde as Mrs.
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 Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy: Hollywood's $2 billion man talks about his marriage, 'Beverly Hills Cop III' and the joys of fatherhood.
Murphy was trying to be a 'good Samaritan' when he picked up transvestite prostitute: publicist.
Eddie Murphy drops lawsuit against National Enquirer regarding him and transvestite prostitute.
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 Eddie Murphy Common Mistyped Searches for Eddie Murphy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Murphy began his comedy career at the young age of 16.
Eddie Murphy absorbed the lifestyle of Roosevelt like the proverbial sponge, focusing on his youth experiences to draw the basis of "The Barbecue" and "Drinking Fathers.
Eddie Murphy - funny man. Eddie Murphy was a major fl star of the 80's
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 Poobi Web Resources Eddie Murphy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eddie Murphys experience in foster care was a short, but very important part of his life.
Eddie Murphy moves into Dan's house after Dan is framed for drug posession and embarassed before all he knew.
Eddie Murphy absorbed the lifestyle of Roosevelt like the proverbial sponge, focusing on his youth...
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