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Eddie Murphy says Robin Williams tried to talk him out of critical Oscars speech: 'Why go there?'

Eddie Murphy gave a sharp speech at the 1988 Oscars about the Academy overlooking Black performers. The comedian tells EW fellow comic Robin Williams tried to talk him out of it, worrying it wouldn't ...
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Eddie Murphy Called Out the Oscars Live on Stage in 1988 for Not Awarding Black Actors, Says Robin Williams Warned Him It Might Not Be Funny: ‘Why Go There?’

Eddie Murphy recently joined Entertainment Weekly to promote his Netflix documentary “Being Eddie” and looked back to when he presented best picture to Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Last Emperor.” Murphy ...
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Being Eddie Review: Sycophantic Portrait Of Eddie Murphy Is Too Self-Congratulatory To Be Interesting

Angus Wall's adulatory portrait of Eddie Murphy is little more than an excessively long puff piece. Being Eddieelevates Murphy's undeniable contributions to comedy while completely disregarding ...
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Eddie Murphy says Robin Williams tried to talk him out of critical Oscars speech: 'Why go there?'

The "Being Eddie" subject tells EW, his comic peer gave him second thoughts about the speech, but not because of potential controversy. Eddie Murphy gave a sharp speech at the 1988 Oscars about the ...