And despite the movie’s 9% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Norbit opened at the top of the box office and surpassed $159 million worldwide. Murphy’s Rasputia and Mr. Wong transformations also ...

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 ...

If Alan Arkin had made a mean-spirited, vulgar comedy that played theaters last February, Eddie Murphy might be an Oscar winner today. Though Norbit earned $95 million in theaters — some folks can't ...

Film fans sometimes reference the “Norbit” theory, and Eddie Murphy is the reason why. In 2006, he delivered a standout performance in 'Dreamgirls,' with many predicting an Oscar win that would cement ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

Eddie Murphy’s comedy “Norbit,” in which he plays three wildly different roles, opened as the top weekend movie with $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Movie fans couldn’t pass up ...

Think Norbit is Eddie Murphy's worst movie? Uh, the actor would like to remind you about the existence of The Adventures of Pluto Nash and Holy Man. Murphy pushed back at the assertion that his ...

Few visual effects are as special as Rick Baker’s makeup for Eddie Murphy’s comedies. Whether he’s aging Murphy in “Life,” or providing convincing flesh to fill out fat suits in the “Nutty Professor” ...

After suffering through an anemic Super Bowl weekend at the boxoffice, Hollywood is counting on the fifth screen appearance of Hannibal Lecter as well as a comedian in a fat suit to restore life to ...

Movie fans couldn't pass up three Eddie Murphys for the price of one. Murphy's comedy "Norbit," in which he plays three wildly different roles, opened as the top weekend movie with $33.7 million, ...

Although Eddie Murphy worked with Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson in the aughts, he might have been his own favorite leading lady. The Oscar nominee recently defended his 2007 comedy Norbit as a “funny” ...