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Home • Entertainment

Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles

The film, starring Eddie Murphy, celebrated its release on Netflix last Saturday.
By Joi-Marie McKenzie · Updated December 6, 2020
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It felt like a Black family reunion for comedy’s best and brightest at the Dolemite Is My Name premiere in Los Angeles last Saturday.

The Netflix film, which stars Eddie Murphy as blaxploitation star Rudy Ray Moore, celebrated its release with a red carpet event at Westwood’s Regency Theater.

“It’s a great inspirational story about this man who did something incredible and people don’t know about it,” Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter at the event.

The premiere also marked the big screen return of Murphy, who has long left the limelight of Hollywood, for family life.

Stars including Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Epps, Snoop Dogg, Tituss Burgess, Keegan-Michael Key and Craig Robinson attended the A-list event.

Take a look at our favorite photos from the red carpet event. Just looking at them makes us want to giggle.

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Eddie Murphy
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Wesley Snipes
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Don “Magic” Juan
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Tituss Burgess
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Luenell
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Karrueche Tran
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Keegan-Michael Key
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)
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The O’Jays
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Samuel L. Jackson, Elise Neal, Ruth E. Carter, and Craig Brewer
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Tracy Morgan
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Samuel L. Jackson
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Rachel Luna/FilmMagic)
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Snoop Dogg and Elise Neal
Black Comedy's Funniest Turned Out For 'Dolemite Is My Name' Premiere In Los Angeles
(Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)
TOPICS:  Eddie Murphy