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 ...

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 ...

Eddie Murphy’s gift for inhabiting characters (and fondness for make-up) gets a plus-sized workout in “Norbit,” a rude new vehicle. This is a screwball comedy in which he plays a husband and wife.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Murphy is cognizant of the movies he's made in his long and decorated career in Hollywood. Some are must-watch films — think ...

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 ...

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 ...

EDDIE MURPHY is the most gifted shape-shifter working in comedy today. He can do just about anything and make us laugh — usually the more sophomoric, the better. But in the crass comedy “Norbit,” he’s ...

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 ...

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 ...