Richard Pryor News

A more troubling question is why so little is being spent from the first. In "Brewster's Millions," a comedy starring Richard Pryor, a man is told he can keep $300 million if he manages to spend $30 million in one month.

He wasn't yet the King of Pop - he was barely even a prince. Rather, he was a child star trying to make the leap from precocious to profound - a leap that most can't pull off.

"For many years, people have been asking me, 'Quincy, what was your very first big assignment?' My answer now is, "THE WIZ." a ' Anytime you have 9 singing principals, 120 dancers, 6 sound technicians, 3 conductors, 4 contractors, 300 musicians, 105 singers, 9 orchestrators, 6 copyists, 5 music editors; you are talkin' big numbers.

A tycoon was compared in court to a character in the film Brewster's Millions because he said he could not pay his estranged wife a share of his 400 million fortune because he had lost it all.

There are certainly no lack of comparisons today between Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

29 in Gary, Ind. He is the seventh child of Joseph and Katherine Esther Jackson.

With the crowded reflation trade showing signs of fatigue, notwithstanding the highest close in Chinese stocks today since July, the FOMC meets for a 2 day meeting and their commentary on the QE side of their monetary policy will either reignite it or further its rest.

Just because you're the director of an Eddie Murphy movie doesn't mean you're in charge.

OK, I've never been that enamored with the original "Land of the Lost" or most of Sid and Marty Krofft's trippy, they-must've-been-on-that-stuff-when-they-came-up-with-this Saturday-morning shows from the '70s. I was much more a fan of their '80s work.

Alderman Ike! Head of the City Council's Police and Fire Committees! Are you Okay? Say it ain't so...say that the indictment is a dream...somebody please stop the rapid eye movements during my peaceful sleep.

OPINION/ANALYSIS: Call it Brewster's tax code. When it comes to health coverage, our tax system is a variation on "Brewster's Millions." In the Richard Pryor movie, Brewster stood to inherit $300 million if he could spend $30 million in 30 days ... and have absolutely nothing to show for it.

The Comedy Network gives props to one of the most influential comedians of all time with the Canadian premiere of two iconic stand-up specials starring George Carlin.

Upcoming: Ashanti in 'Wiz;" more Cirque; 'Night Music' Ashanti will make her stage debut in " The Wiz " as part of New York City Center's Encores! Summer Stars , according to the New York Times .

Like Richard Pryor in the movie "Brewster's Millions," Rick Johnstone is finding out that it's not very easy to spend a whole lot of money in a short period of time.

As the most talented and influential comedic force to emerge from the 1980's, comedian-actor Eddie Murphy blazed the trail for an entire generation of young black comics to follow.

Today Show "> Today Show Caption Contest Somebody should pay. Deep down, we've always known that the world of Illinois politics, or more precisely Chicago politics, is a messy place.

Aaron Warr will direct "My Guaranteed Student Loan," an independent film about a student who goes off to acting school in New York City but ends up back to his hometown of Peoria when he can't keep up with his tuition bill.

Comedian Paul Mooney's provocative brand of humor on the discussion of race in America has been leaving audiences in stitches for decades.

You'd think that being Richard Pryor's son would mean that all kinds of doors swing wide open for you.

Your Online Community Connection Listen Live The same studio that brought us the Academy Award winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" is considering a film on the life of Richard Pryor starring Eddie Murphy.