Comedy icon Eddie Murphy is opening up about his career ... winning Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier and legendary musician James Brown. But while Poitier’s advice to stick to comedic roles ...

Hollywood "elders" had conflicting takes when it came to Eddie Murphy's career ... from late entertainers Marlon Brando and soul icon James Brown, who told the entertainer to refrain from using ...

Eddie Murphy is a legend in comedy circles and ... Murphy also shared some interesting advice he received from James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul.” In 2006, Murphy played James “Thunder ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing himself ...

James Brown. "He told me I should stop cursing," Murphy said, laughing. "He said, 'You wanna be in this business for a long time? Stop that cursing.'" Related: Eddie Murphy told Martin Lawrence he ...

Related: Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union Discuss ... t forget where you came from") and Godfather of Soul James Brown. (Murphy parodied Brown on SNL, and his Dreamgirls character ...

"I don’t know if it was an insult or a compliment," Murphy says in the new Apple TV+ documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet' Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Eddie Murphy made his mark on Hollywood by ...