It’s official: Eddie Murphy will host the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2012. On Tuesday, the 50-year-old funnyman issued a statement expressing his excitement about taking the tough hosting gig of Hollywood’s night of nights.
Comedian and sometimes rapper Katt Williams is in trouble again. Williams — who was arrested for theft in suburban Atlanta in 2009 — is facing felony charges of intimidating a witness after he tried to hold a laborer and his wife hostage after the man was attacked by two of Katt’s friends at a Los Angeles property where Williams has been staying.
Drizzy’s always had a way with the ladies — but only of the human kind! Drake shows what happens when a “real man” meets a robot in a new collaborative video with Will Ferrell’s comedy website FunnyOrDie.com. The clip promotes the Demi & Ashton Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher and dedicated to ending child sex slavery and human trafficking across the Globe.
Cash-strapped comedian Sinbad has landed his own reality show on WEtv (Women’s Enterainment) — the same network that recently greenlit a docu-soap starring singer Toni Braxton and her sisters. .
“It’s not your run-of-the-mill reality show. I’m looking at this medium to find ways to be creative. If done right, reality TV can be funny,” he tells Entertainment Weekly.
Nicki Minaj is a “Creep!” Now that’s an assessment that Kimberly Jones can get behind. Young Money’s resident Harajuku Barbie made her inaugural musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, where she lent her talents and quirky facial expressions to a Digital Short, featuring fictional band The Lonely Island.
Had he lived, Richard Pryor would have celebrated his 70th birthday this month, so in his honor SIRIUS XM will launch Richard Pryor Radio, a four-day uncensored channel devoted to the comedian’s decades of groundbreaking — And dare we say profane? — body of work.
Richard Pryor Radio will launch Dec. 30 at 5 AM ET and will run through 11:59 PM ET on Jan. 2 on SIRIUS Channel 108 and XM Channel 139. The channel will feature hundreds of tracks from Pryor’s live concert performances, stand-up gigs, and comedy albums spanning 1968-1992.
Steve Harvey, comedian-turned-wise-cracking relationship guru, is offering some “straight talk” on the “myth” that men and women can happily engage in platonic relationships.
The nationally-syndicated radio host solidified his standing as the 21st century’s answer to Dr. Ruth after his first book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, shot to the top of The New York Times Bestsellers List in 2009.
In an interview with CNN’s Fredericka Whitfield, Harvey — who is promoting his newest relationship manual, Straight Talk, No Chaser – breaks down why members of the opposite sex can never be “just friends.”
Watch, listen, and let us know if you agree!
Akon harmonizes the beauty of sexual bliss in the latest Digital Short from Saturday Night Live: “I Just Had Sex!”
Hide Yo’ Kids, Hide Yo’ Wife, and Hide Yo’ Husband: Antoine Dodson is the Most-Watched Man on YouTube!
All Hell broke loose at a birthday party comedian Mike Epps was hosting for his wife last week.
