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*Netflix released on Monday a trailer for “ Dolemite Is My Name,” starring Eddie Murphy as the actor behind the 1970s blaxploitation film character. Late actor and musician Rudy Ray Moore was the original filmmaker and star of the 1975 movie “Dolemite.” He was also considered the “Godfather of Rap,” as hip-hop artists often sample his music. […]

[…] The complete list of AAFCA Awards recipients is as follows: Best Film: “Us” (Universal Pictures) Best Director: Jordan Peele (“Us,” Universal Pictures) Best Actor: Eddie Murphy (“ Dolemite Is My Name,” Netflix) Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o (“Us,” Universal Pictures) Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx (“Just Mercy,” Warner Bros. Pictures) Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“Dolemite Is […]

[…] coming via Netflix Films in a biopic about the 1970s blaxploitation icon and “Godfather of rap,” Rudy Ray Moore, and his rise in the entertainment industry. “ Dolemite Is My Name“ follows Moore as a down-on-his-luck record store manager who self-produced and distributed a string of raunchy party comedy albums and eventually created the independently produced hit […]

[…] ‘Tiny’ Harris is said to be all types of turned-on by the fact that her man is playing a 70s pimp in the upcoming Netflix feature “ Dolemite Is My Name!” The film is set to tell the story of Rudy Ray Moore, a legendary comedian, musician, singer, actor, and movie producer who popularized the character Dolemite, Hot […]

(L-R): Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson and Tituss Burgess (Getty Images) *Eddie Murphy’s Netflix biopic “ Dolemite Is My Name!” has padded its cast with Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Tituss Burgess and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, reports Variety. As previously reported, the film centers on the life of Rudy Ray Moore, who recorded the Dolemite […]

*Eddie Murphy is set to make his return to the screen with Netflix’s “ Dolemite Is My Name.” Murphy will produce and star in this biopic about the late singer and actor Rudy Ray Moore, the star of the blaxploitation films. “Hustle and Flow’s” Craig Brewer is helming the project from a script by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski. OTHER NEWS […]

*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 leading the show in 35 years. As we previously reported, Murphy, 58, is also set to go on a stand-up comedy tour next year and […]

[…] Dolemite.  He also starred in the film, playing the part of Willie Green, who was the villain in the film. In Eddie Murphy’s Dimension Films feature “ Dolemite is my Name,” Martin is played by superstar actor Wesley Snipes, giving you a slight peep into the colorful character that D’Urville Martin was. Those small Black independent films […]

[…] supporting actor for his role in ‘Just Mercy.’ Lil Rel Howery was the Host/MC of the event Jamie Foxx (Just Mercy), Jordan Peele (Us), Eddie Murphy ( Dolemite Is My Name), Debra Martin Chase & Kasi Lemmons (Harriet), Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite), Melina Matsoukas & Lena Waithe (Queen & Slim), Matthew Cherry (Hair Love), Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (Waves), […]

[…] and Jordan Peele *Key & Peele’s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have made separate deals this week, with Key joining Eddie Murphy in the Netflix film “ Dolemite Is My Name,” and YouTube picking up Peele’s sci-fi anthology series “Weird City.” Co-created and written by Peele and Key & Peele’s Charlie Sanders, “Weird City” is set in […]

[…] performances.” ‘Just Mercy’ stars Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan OLD CLIP RESURFACES OF KEKE PALMER SCHOOLING WENDY WILLIAMS ABOUT TREY SONGZ DRAMA Eddie Murphy (in ‘ Dolemite is My Name’) “This is a historic occasion for BET Networks, and we’re thrilled to be able to celebrate our network’s 40th anniversary in conjunction with this milestone moment […]

[…] June 24, 2018 In other T.I. news, the rapper may follow up his appearance in “Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp” with a role opposite Eddie Murphy in “ Dolemite Is My Name!,” the forthcoming Netflix’s biopic of comedian and film producer Rudy Ray Moore. Murphy plays Moore in the production, which began shooting last week with Craig Brewer […]

[…] Uncut Gems BEST ACTOR **WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory Robert De Niro, The Irishman Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver, Marriage Story Eddie Murphy,  Dolemite Is My Name Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems BEST ACTRESS **WINNER: Renée Zellweger, Judy Awkwafina, The Farewell Cynthia Erivo, Harriet Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story Lupita Nyong’o, Us Saoirse Ronan, Little Women Charlize Theron, Bombshell BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR **WINNER: […]

[…] it comes to illicit sex, never fathered a child before now. Up until today, this was secret news. EDDIE MURPHY TALKS RETURN TO SCREEN IN NETFLIX’S ‘ DOLEMITE IS MY NAME’ / EUR EXCLUSIVE-WATCH Ray J, David Weintraub, and Too Short and baby daughters Well, here’s more via TMZ: Our sources say Too Short’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, […]

[…] Mbatha, Bella Murphy, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Bates ©Images courtesy of Amazon Studios ©Images courtesy of Amazon Studios Director Craig Brewer, who worked with Murphy on “ Dolemite Is My Name,” dished about the project to Entertainment Weekly last December. “There’s this moment that I always go back to: when we were screening Dolemite Is My Name, […]