FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rasputia, a 3-year-old, 56-pound bulldog, is looking for her forever home and will be one of many animals spotlighted at the VCA Walk for the Animals on Saturday, Feb. 21. “She ...

Two recent film portrayals of African-American women have drawn huge audiences: Tyler Perry's Madea character, which has spawned a franchise; and Eddie Murphy's Rasputia in Norbit. Both characters are ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rasputia, una bulldog de 3 años y 56 libras, busca un hogar definitivo y será uno de los muchos animales destacados en el VCA Walk for the Animals el sábado 21 de febrero.

Physical transformation or not, “Norbit” is unlikely to send Eddie Murphy back to the Kodak Theatre in a year’s time. But why grouse when the movie qualifies him for even greater honors? Surely some ...

Original ideas are shunned like lepers in today’s Hollywood, so what were the chances Eddie Murphy would last the decade without climbing into another fat suit? The only thing novel about the comedian ...

Viewed through a conventional, critical lens, "Norbit" is just another crass Eddie Murphy comedy. Of course the movie -- featuring the toothy comedian as a Chinese curmudgeon, a bespectacled goofball ...

EDDIE MURPHY is the most gifted shape-shifter working in comedy today. He can do just about anything and make us laugh — usually the more sophomoric, the better. But in the crass comedy “Norbit,” he’s ...

She is wearing a hot-pink nightie fringed by tiny hot-pink feathers. Her big, brown legs wrap around the man lying beneath her. Her makeup is perfect. She turns toward the camera and seemingly growls.

Norbit: Comedy. Starring Eddie Murphy and Thandie Newton. Directed by Brian Robbins. (PG-13. 105 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...