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 ...

Humane Society of Broward seeks permanent home for Rasputia, promotes Walk for the Animals event The Humane Society of Broward County is seeking a permanent, loving home for Rasputia. They also ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humane Society of Broward seeks permanent home for Rasputia, promotes Walk for the Animals event The Humane Society of Broward County is seeking a permanent, loving home for Rasputia. They also ...