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Mike Epps shared that he was once lined up to play legendary comedian Richard Pryor in a major biopic. He expressed how much the role meant to him and the pressure that came with portraying such an ...
B efore there was a Kevin Hart or even an Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor was the undisputed king of comedy — and his career ...
Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack, his wife told CNN. Pryor, who had been ill with multiple sclerosis, died at Encino Hospital ...
Jeff Margolis was an award-winning producer and director known for helming live telecasts of the Oscars, Emmys and other ...
Jeff Margolis, a TV producer and director who specialized in live events from the Oscars to the Emmys and SAG Awards, died ...
Pam Grier clearly remembers when she first learned her ex-boyfriend Richard Pryor nearly ended his life. It was 1980, and the actress was on set filming "Fort Apache, The Bronx." A production ...
Then I popped on Superman III and immediately I knew it was a bad decision. It starts with Richard Pryor’s character in an unemployment office. He then, magically, becomes the world’s greatest ...
The post Richard Pryor’s Warner Albums to Be Reissued as 7xLP Box Set appeared first on Consequence. Six of Richard Pryor’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled into a 7xLP box ...
Richard Pryor’s legendary run is chronicled in the new box set I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983), out now via Rhino. Scott Saul, an English professor at the University of ...
Groundbreaking black US comedian Richard Pryor has died after almost 20 years with multiple sclerosis. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack at Encino hospital near Los Angeles, his wife Jennifer ...