Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Murphy gave a sharp speech at the 1988 Oscars about the Academy overlooking Black performers. The comedian tells EW fellow ...

Eddie Murphy is recalling his 1988 Oscars speech, in which he called out the Academy for its lack of recognition of Black actors, and what Robin Williams told him before he took the stage. In a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credit: YouTube / @Oscars Eddie Murphy recently recalled what Robin Williams told him before they presented awards at the ...

Eddie Murphy says Robin Williams tried to talk him out of his speech calling out the Oscars for overlooking Black stars. The 64-year-old actor took the Academy to task at the 1988 ceremony, but his ...

Eddie Murphy’s speech addressing the lack of recognition of Black actors at the 1988 Oscars almost didn’t happen — and it was a fellow comedian who tried to talk him out of it. “I remember being with ...

Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams at the 1988 Academy Awards It wasn't the speech's hot-button content that made Williams hesitate as much as Murphy's tone in delivering it. "I was like, 'Oh, you don't ...

Eddie Murphy gave a sharp speech at the 1988 Oscars about the Academy overlooking Black performers. The comedian tells EW fellow comic Robin Williams tried to talk him out of it, worrying it wouldn't ...

The "Being Eddie" subject tells EW, his comic peer gave him second thoughts about the speech, but not because of potential controversy. Eddie Murphy gave a sharp speech at the 1988 Oscars about the ...