Eddie Murphy to receive lifetime achievement award at Golden Globes

The honour for Eddie Murphy adds a big name to the Globes telecast on Jan 10. PHOTO: REUTERS

LOS ANGELES – American comedian Eddie Murphy will accept a lifetime achievement honour in January at the Golden Globes, the annual ceremony that is trying to restore its reputation in Hollywood after a diversity and ethics scandal.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the group that votes on the Globe winners, announced on Wednesday that Murphy would receive the Cecil B. DeMille award to celebrate his contributions to entertainment.

Murphy, 61, was a cast member on television sketch show Saturday Night Live and went on to star in films such as Beverly Hills Cop (1984 to present), Coming To America (1988 and 2021), The Nutty Professor (1996 and 2000) and Dreamgirls (2006).

Previous DeMille award recipients include Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Sophia Loren, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro.

The honour for Murphy adds a big name to the Globes telecast on Jan 10. The ceremony has been known as a star-studded event that kicks off Hollywood’s awards season, but it is unclear which nominees will attend the upcoming event.

The Globes were tainted after a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation probed the HFPA’s practices and revealed the organisation had no black members.

Long-time broadcaster NBC dropped the 2022 telecast, but the Comcast-owned network agreed to air the Globes again in 2023 after the organisation made reforms. REUTERS

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