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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rasputia, una bulldog de 3 años y 56 libras, busca un hogar definitivo y será uno de los muchos animales destacados en el VCA Walk for the Animals el sábado 21 de febrero.

NORBIT: Crass, crude, politically incorrect but often very funny farce celebrating Eddie Murphy's ability to bring wildly diverse characters to life from under mountains of makeup; Norbit (Murphy), a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

She is wearing a hot-pink nightie fringed by tiny hot-pink feathers. Her big, brown legs wrap around the man lying beneath her. Her makeup is perfect. She turns toward the camera and seemingly growls.

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