This Day In History

May 2 1972
J. Edgar Hoover dies in his sleep at the age of 77.

May 2 1997
At 4:45 a.m., L.A. County Sheriff's deputies pull over a car in West Hollywood driven by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. In the passenger seat is one Atisone Seiuli, a 20-year-old pre-op transsexual prostitute. Murphy informs the officers that he was just trying to be a "good samaritan" and give his she-male acquaintance a ride home. Seiuli is taken into custody for an outstanding prostitution warrant, but the officers allow Murphy to leave without any further ado.

Eddie Murphy: Raw

Eddie Murphy: I'm sadistic. I go to the supermarkets to watch mothers lose it and beat the shit out of their kids.

Eddie Murphy: [as Bill Cosby] Yoouuu cannot say filth flarn filth flarn filth in front of people!
Eddie Murphy: And I said "I never said no filth flarn filth I don't know what you're talking about I'm offended that you called fuck you!" And that's when Bill got raw on me!
Eddie Murphy: [as Bill Cosby] That's what I'm talking about! Yoouuuuu cannot say... fuck!

[backdated from an old livejournal entry]

Eddie Murphy to Play Richard Pryor in New Biopic

From Perez Hilton:
"Eddie Murphy scored his dream role!
The degenerate daddy has been tapped to play his 'idol', the late funny great Richard Pryor in a new film.
It should actually be pretty good. Oscar-winning writer Bill Condon is reportedly attached to the project as well.
Eddie is apparently so jazzed about playing Pryor that he waived his his usual fees for the project, which has a relatively low budget of $25 million.
Don't eff it up, Eddie!"