Eddie Murphy looks like the latest victim of the Star Magic Syndrome, in which it is assumed that a movie will be a hit simply because it stars an enormously talented person. Thus it is not necessary to give much thought to what he does or says, or to the story he finds himself occupying. "Beverly Hills Cop" is a movie with an enormously appealing idea a tough black detective from Detroit goes to Beverly Hills to avenge the murder of a friend but the filmmakers apparently expected Murphy to carry this idea entirely by himself.
writer Greg Russo was not some hotshot 20-something who rolled into Hollywood and made waves off a film-school short. When he graduated from Vassar College in the early 2000s, he shipped off to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he worked as a Manhattan headhunter by day and wrote at night. Russo describes it as “the most soulless occupation imaginable,” but it afforded him the chance to eventually upend his life at 27, move to Los Angeles, and start pitching scripts. Luckily, headhunters can pitch anything.
So Russo pitched thrillers. He understood the fundamentals of tension and character, and he could write at any scale. His first big studio sale was a Hitchcockian two-hander set in an elevator. Eventually, New Line Cinema hired him to sequelize the disaster movie
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Tommy Tiny Lister, a former professional wrestler who got famous for his role as Deebo in Friday movies, died on Thursday aged 62. Tommy Lister was diagnosed with Coronavirus earlier this year but had recovered.
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Tommy Lister s manager, Cindy Cowan, revealed in a statement that the 62-year-old star was found unconscious in his home in Marina, California, on Thursday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a gentle giant, Cowan said. He had a smile as broad as you could imagine. He s going to be missed by so many. We re all devastated.
come to america. do you remember working at burger king? yeah, i used to go to comedy clubs, and then go clean up. when you were working in burger king, the dream was to become a successful comedian. but did you ever think i m going to be a movie star one day? it s my destiny? what kept me going was my dream. that was my work, i knew i had something that i love, doing standup comedy. i knew one day if i kept doing it, kept getting good at it, it could take me places. i grew up watching richard pryor, eddie murphy and once i became a comedian, yeah, i strived for that, but i never knew that i would be up there with those guys, with the rush hour movies. i always wanted to do something like beverly hills cops. who is the funniest person you ve ever seen? funniest person i ve ever seen my family is funny, but as far as funny, richard pryor,
bad guys. this trayvon martin. this had hood on,. right. that you think might have attracted the attention of the shooter, zimmerman? my thesis is parents don t let your kids go out wearing these damn hoodies because they being attract the attention not only of the cops but of nut jobs apparently like this george zimmerman. when they see and respond, it is a stereotype. it is repugnant. it all the things that offend us. why are people blaming the victim for his own demise and. this is exactly. i hate this because i have so much in common with geraldo who is a loon. grow a mustache. this is what happened what happened to me when there was a murdered girl from jerusalemy. 18 years old. murdered at 4:00 in the morning when she was wondering around the meat packing district with no shoes on.