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Eddie Murphy will likely be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
The 61-year-old actor will obtain the award at the upcoming eightieth annual Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 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 Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor, Dreamgirls and Dolemite Is My Name.
“We’re honored to present this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award to the iconic and highly esteemed Mr. Eddie Murphy,” HFPA President Helen Hoehne mentioned in a press launch. “We’re thrilled to be celebrating the lasting impact on film and television that his career — in front of and behind the camera — has had through the decades.”
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The Coming 2 America actor subsequent stars in Netflix’s comedy You People with Jonah Hill, and he is engaged on the sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.
Previous recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which is determined on by the HFPA Board of Directors, embrace George Clooney, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks and extra.
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will host the upcoming awards present.
Among this yr’s nominees, The Banshees of Inisherin led in motion pictures with eight nominations, adopted by Everything Everywhere All at Once with six and Babylon and The Fabelmans each with 5. For tv, Abbott Elementary had essentially the most with 5 nominations, adopted by The Crown, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Only Murders within the Building, 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.
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