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Eddie Murphy is out and Marlon Wayans is in for the Richard Pryor biopic — Cinematical Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera gets a premiere date! — Playbill 5 TV shows that deserve the big-screen treatment — TV.com Modest Mouse has a brand new video, and it's trippy — Stereogum The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles get picked up for full seasons — HitFix Check out Read more
According to Entertainment Weekly, writer/director Bill Condon (screenwriter of Chicago, writer/director of Dreamgirls) is shopping around his newest script, Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? The magazine notes that Eddie Murphy, who has included Pryor impressions in his act for years, would be a natural fit for portraying Pryor in the biopic. This would reunite Condon and Murphy after Read more
When celebs appear on Sesame Street, they've got to flex their ABCs. Comedian Richard Pryor had his own way of doing the alphabet thang without putting those kiddies to X, Y, Zzzzzz. . . Who knew the letters could have 'tude without a tune? This is fun. Read more
Sesame Street has changed! If you haven't tuned into the beloved educational program since you were a child, you may be in for a shock when you turn it on with your tot. Mr. Snuffleupagus is now simply Snuffy and everyone can see him! Cookie Monster eats fruits and vegetables and encourages children to exercise and the opening song is now sung with a hip-hop beat. The people at the Children's Read more
