The Nutty Professor News

Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the clown.

Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana are seen in a portrait taken by photographer Marco Glaviano in this 2012 publicity photo provided by Guttman Associates.

Yes, it's entirely appropriate for the first Jerry Lewis star vehicle in decades to make its premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival; after all, the French have famously been among the most ardent supporters of the funnyman's films over the last half century.

Having banked three sold-out shows at South Point Showroom, Jerry Lewis is headed to the country where he is so legendarily beloved: France.

And Sunday morning proved to be no exception, as Eddie Murphy and girlfriend Paige Butcher stepped out in Los Angeles en route to a local coffeehouse.

Remember Martin & Lewis? The peerless comedy-and-music stage shows that rocked nightclubs across the country for a decade? Remember the timeless movies starring that great tandem? And the great performances after the act split up, "The Nutty Professor" - one of the greatest comedies ever made - and the astonishing dramatic turn opposite Robert De ... (more)