Eddie is Not a Sore Loser!

After Eddie Murphy lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar on Sunday night, he got up and left his seat. TMZ reported that Murphy was "a sore loser" and stormed out of the Kodak Theatre. However, according to his rep, he would have left even if he had won.

"Eddie had always planned on leaving after his category was announced to spend the rest of the evening with his family," says rep Arnold Robinson, adding, "He did the same thing following the Golden Globe Awards." (Murphy did win at the Globes.)

I'm going with his rep's version of this story. I really like Eddie Murphy and would hate to find out that he was an angry loser! Source

Smokey Robinson is Mad at Dream Girls

In an interview on NPR Radio yesterday, Smokey Robinson blasted Dream Girls calling the account of Motown a "betrayal of black history". At issue was Jamie Foxx's portrayal of the character based loosely on Berry Gordy. The real Gordy

"borrowed $800 from his family's funds and started Motown so that we could be paid. And for him to be maligned and made out like this villainous character is very, very, very offensive to me."

Legendary R&B artist Smokey Robinson was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. I would imagine the writers/producers/director of Dream Girls will all say that this was a fictional account, but anyone who knows anything about Dream Girls and Motown knows this film was based on Berry Gordy and The Supremes.