Eddie Murphy Tanks At The Box Office
Posted on Mar 11, 2012 @ 01:15PM - 6 comments
Eddie Murphy's new movie, A Thousand Words, sat on the shelf for four years before its release, based on its box office return this weekend, it should have stayed there. The flick, which cost $40 million to make, took in only $6.3 million in ticket sales.
That's one big ouch.
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The result, writes Deadline's veteran Hollywood watcher Nikki Finke, "demonstrates the tragic degree to which reviewers and audience have deserted Eddie Murphy.
"Where Eddie’s career goes from here will be debated. He should have hosted the Oscars. Now he really needs to go back into television."
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No Sony "Love?" For Jennifer Lopez
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 @ 07:18PM - 1 comment
Although Jennifer Lopez is in the middle of a musical comeback, she is leaving the Sony Epic Record Label, RadarOnline.com has learned.
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Deadline.com’s Nikki Finke broke the story on Monday saying the split was amicable.
And, there is now speculation that her seventh studio album LOVE? will not drop this April as planned.
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Finke reports that Jennifer’s last two singles Louboutinis and Fresh Out The Oven, fulfilled her contract with Epic. Her album Love is scheduled to feature Danja, Jim Jonsin, Darkchild, Chris n Teebs from Dropzone and The Neptunes.
J-Lo hasn’t wasted time, Finke claims she’s already in talks with Island Def Jam’s L.A. Reid.
Lopez’s manager Benny Medina told Finke in a statement that “Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music group, and they have shared many successes together, but the time was right to make a change that best serves the direction her career as an actress and recording artist. She is grateful and appreciative to everyone Sony for all that they accomplished together.”
