Facts Of The Day (Eddie Murphy)

October 31st, 2009 British actress SUSAN HAMPSHIRE is dreading leaving home for an upcoming theatre tour - because her husband SIR EDDIE KULUKUNDIS' dementia is worsening. The veteran star has been married to the theatre impresario for nearly thirty years and has been nursing him since his health began to fail a year ago.

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesActress BRITTANY MURPHY sparked panic in her neighbourhood in the early hours of Wednesday (28Oct09) when she was allegedly heard yelling about gunfire outside her Hollywood home. Concerned neighbours placed an emergency call to the police at around 2.30am and when officers arrived on the scene, they found the Sin City star in a frantic state on her balcony, according to TMZ.com.

October 21st, 2009 EDDIE MURPHY is suffering in the global economic downturn - he's been forced to slash the asking price for his home by $15 million (£10 million). The Shrek star put his New Jersey estate on the market almost five years ago, with a price tag of $30 million (£20 million).

October 9th, 2009 Comedian MARLON WAYANS is set to play legendary funnyman RICHARD PRYOR in a new biopic. A string of Hollywood heavyweights are lining up behind the project, which will be directed by Dreamgirls' Bill Condon and produced by Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Pryor's widow Jennifer.

October 4th, 2009 Funnyman EDDIE IZZARD struggled to make audiences laugh during his early days on the stand-up circuit, according to comedienne JO BRAND. The comic-turned-actor, who starred alongside Tom Cruise in World War II drama Valkyrie, first found fame with his comedy routines in the U.K.

August 27th, 2009 Hollywood bosses have stepped in to silence speculation about the next BATMAN movie - insisting there isn't even a script yet for the superhero sequel. Rumours about the planned follow-up to The Dark Knight have been plentiful ever since the blockbuster hit cinemas in 2008.

August 26th, 2009 Eddie Cibrian has filed for divorceLOS ANGELES — Eddie Cibrian (sib-ree-EN') is divorcing his wife of nearly eight years. Court records show the 36-year-old actor, who has appeared on TV shows such as "Ugly Betty" and "The Starter Wife," filed for divorce on Monday.

July 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A 'false' Arab prince accused of conning his way around the world with beautiful women and cars is said to be a good actor and originally started his antics as a joke after watching the Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America. According to The Cairns Post, Abdelkarim Serhani was charged with a 42,000-dollar fraud after allegedly living the high life on Hamilton Island for 16 days and has since been hiding in Cairns hostels.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Donkey from Shrek has been named 'The Most Loved Movie Animal' in a new poll. Lovefilm, the UK's largest online DVD and games rental service, asked more than 2,000 of its members to vote for their most loveable film animal and Donkey, voiced by Hollywood funnyman Eddie Murphy, topped the poll.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Harrison Ford was Hollywood's top earning actor last year, according to Forbes magazine. Ford earned 43.3 million pounds for his role in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Eddie Murphy has dismissed reports he's being considered for The Riddler role in the next Batman sequel. Reports previously stated that Murphy and Johnny Depp are the favourites to recreate the role made famous on screen by Jim Carrey in 1995's Batman Forever and on TV by Frank Gorshin, who died in 2005.

June 10th, 2009 Coroner says Danny Gans died accidentallyLAS VEGAS — Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death was accidental, caused by a prescription painkiller, a coroner said Tuesday. Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said an autopsy, toxicology and microscopic samples showed the 52-year-old Gans died from toxic levels of hydromorphone.

June 8th, 2009 'Imagine That,' Murphy makes solid family comedyLOS ANGELES — The words "Eddie Murphy family comedy" are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover. Between "Meet Dave," ''The Haunted Mansion" and "Daddy Day Care," he doesn't exactly have the greatest track record with this genre, at least in terms of quality (box-office success can be an entirely different and often baffling phenomenon).

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - American actor Eddie Murphy is said to have made his seven-year-old co-star cry when he decided to show her who's boss during filming. Murphy, 48, joked that he had to let Yara Shahidi know who was in charge, when they filmed 'Imagine That', reports the China Daily.

May 8th, 2009 Texas dog home after 8 years, answering new nameAUSTIN, Texas — A puppy that scampered away from her Texas home is all grown up now and mysteriously back after eight years. Owner Alison Murphy of Austin isn't sure where Dancer has been but says obedience school is the next stop for her newly recovered pet.