Two recent film portrayals of African-American women have drawn huge audiences: Tyler Perry's Madea character, which has spawned a franchise; and Eddie Murphy's Rasputia in Norbit. Both characters are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaning into every racial stereotype imaginable to generate humor, Norbit feels like a warped mirror of the wholesome yet ...

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 ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rasputia, a 3-year-old, 56-pound bulldog, is looking for her forever home and will be one of many animals spotlighted at the VCA Walk for the Animals on Saturday, Feb. 21. “She ...

Original ideas are shunned like lepers in today’s Hollywood, so what were the chances Eddie Murphy would last the decade without climbing into another fat suit? The only thing novel about the comedian ...

WASHINGTON — She is wearing a hot pink nightie fringed by tiny hot pink feathers. Her big, brown legs are polished and wrap around the man lying beneath her. Her makeup is perfect. The man lying ...

With his brazen gifts for mimicry, Eddie Murphy may now be the Peter Sellers of blockbuster toilet comedy movies. His “Norbit” is a comedy for masochists–an often awful parade of flatulent gags about ...

Physical transformation or not, “Norbit” is unlikely to send Eddie Murphy back to the Kodak Theatre in a year’s time. But why grouse when the movie qualifies him for even greater honors? Surely some ...

Norbit: Comedy. Starring Eddie Murphy and Thandie Newton. Directed by Brian Robbins. (PG-13. 105 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show ...

I'm the kind of person who has to do things for himself. So, when controversy out broke over Eddie Murphy’s film ‘‘Norbit,’’ I headed for the theater. I had read many of the reviews and had heard much ...

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, ...