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Eddie Murphy might be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
The 61-year-old actor will obtain the award on the upcoming eightieth annual Golden Globes, the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation introduced Wednesday.
Murphy beforehand earned six Golden Globe nominations, together with new star of the yr again in 1983 for the movie 48 Hrs. His different appearing nominations got here for the films Buying and selling Locations, Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor, Dreamgirls and Dolemite Is My Identify.
“We’re honored to current this yr’s Cecil B. DeMille Award to the enduring and extremely esteemed Mr. Eddie Murphy,” HFPA President Helen Hoehne stated in a press launch. “We’re thrilled to be celebrating the lasting affect on movie and tv that his profession — in entrance of and behind the digicam — has had by way of the a long time.”
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The Coming 2 America actor subsequent stars in Netflix’s comedy You Individuals with Jonah Hill, and he is engaged on the sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.
Earlier recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which is set on by the HFPA Board of Administrators, embody George Clooney, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks and extra.
Comic Jerrod Carmichael will host the upcoming awards present.
Amongst this yr’s nominees, The Banshees of Inisherin led in films with eight nominations, adopted by Every little thing In all places All at As soon as with six and Babylon and The Fabelmans each with 5. For tv, Abbott Elementary had probably the most with 5 nominations, adopted by The Crown, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Solely Murders within the Constructing, Pam & Tommy and The White Lotus all with 4 nods every.
The 2023 Golden Globe Awards air stay Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 5–8 p.m. PT/8–11 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
