Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised. “They were talking about doing Malcolm X,” Murphy recalled. “Norman Jewison was putting it together.

Murphy was in talks to portray author Alex Haley in the Norman Jewison-helmed version before Spike Lee took over directing, with Washington as the titular civil rights icon. “They were talking about ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The son of Malcolm X’s biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his ...

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Eddie Murphy is detailing the unexpected career advice he received from Sidney Poitier. Murphy recently said during an interview for the Apple TV+ documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black ...