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Eddie Murphy accepts the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award during a tribute to him on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Eddie Murphy receives life achievement award by AFI, drawing standing ovation at star-filled tribute

Eddie Murphy has received the American Film Institute’s life achievement award at a star-studded ceremony.

Comedian Dave Chappelle appears during an interview in Yellow Springs, Ohio on April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

Dave Chappelle stands firm through backlash and considers revisiting ‘Chappelle’s Show’

Comedian Dave Chappelle, center, takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new studio for WYSO Public Radio at a building in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jonathan Landrum)

Dave Chappelle helps keep Ohio radio station rooted in hometown with restored building

Tiffany Haddish presents the AP Coach of the Year award during the NFL Honors award show, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Inside Super Bowl week’s concerts, parties and celebrity scene heading into big game

Keke Palmer arrives at the premiere of "The Pickup" on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Dave Chappelle stands firm through backlash and considers revisiting ‘Chappelle’s Show’

Dave Chappelle finds clarity away from the spotlight in the Ohio village where he lives. In an interview, he reflects on his comedic voice before the opening of a restored 19th-century schoolhouse that now houses a public radio station. (AP Video: Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

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Dave Chappelle celebrates with residents at opening of new building for Ohio radio station

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Raphael Saadiq poses for a portrait on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Raphael Saadiq talks upcoming one-man show tour, Beyoncé’s work ethic and his work on ‘Sinners’

Comedian Conan O'Brien walks out on stage at the start of the 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Conan O'Brien, Sunday, March 23, 2025, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Conan O’Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center

Former Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the chairman's award during the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards

Tom Broecker arrives at the premiere of "Live from New York!" on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File)

‘Saturday Night Live’ costume designer Tom Broecker wants every host to feel at home

This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, bottom row from left, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, and Adam Sandler. (AP Photo)

‘Saturday Night Live’ plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who’s coming and how to watch

This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Bad Bunny, Quinta Brunson, Sabrina Carpenter, Dave Chappelle, Miley Cyrus, Robert De Niro, second row from left, Adam Driver, Ayo Edebiri, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, Scarlett Johansson, Peyton Manning, and bottom row from left, Steve Martin, Paul McCartney, John Mulaney, Pedro Pascal, Martin Short and Paul Simon. (AP Photo)

‘SNL50' anniversary special will have alums join Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and more

Sabrina Carpenter, center, performs a medley during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Grammy Awards 2025: A partial list of winners

Trevor Noah arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Trevor Noah is tapped to once again host the Grammy Awards

Conan O'Brien arrives at a photo call for "Conan O'Brien Must Go", April 16, 2024, at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Conan O’Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

Timothee Chalamet arrives at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Timothée Chalamet returns to ‘SNL’ as host — and musical guest

2024 Kennedy Center Honorees from the band the Grateful Dead, from left, Billy Kreutzmann, Bobby Weir, and Mickey Hart are announced at the start of the Kennedy Center Honors Gala, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Washington. At right is fellow Honoree Francis Ford Coppola. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center pays tribute to Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

FILE - Comedian Dave Chappelle performs at Madison Square Garden during his 50th birthday celebration week on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, in New York. American comedian Dave Chappelle called the Israeli war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip a "genocide" Thursday, May 23, 2024, to cheers while performing in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while urging Americans to fight antisemitism so Jews don't feel like they need to be protected by Israel. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Dave Chappelle says there’s a ‘genocide’ in the Gaza Strip as Israel-Hamas war rages on there

Kevin Hart attends the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented to Kevin Hart, Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Washington. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Comedian Kevin Hart joins an elite group honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American humor

Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis speaks during a tribute to NFL player Jim Brown Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Jim Brown remembered as “man among men” during tribute to Browns late Hall of Fame running back

This combination of photos shows comedian Dave Chappelle attending the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington on Oct. 27, 2019, left, and businessman Elon Musk at the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22, 2022. After Chappelle's show on Sunday at the Chase Center in San Francisco, the comedian invited the billionaire on stage. Musk obliged, wearing an “I Love Twitter” T-shirt. Loud boos filled the arena – along with some cheers, too. (AP Photo)

Elon Musk takes the stage, amid boos, at Chappelle’s show

Comedian Mohammed Amer poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Los Angeles to promote his Netflix series "Mo." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Mo Amer’s ‘Mo’ is a love letter to his heritage and hometown

This image released by Netflix shows Lee Jung-jae, center, Park Hae-soo, right, and Oh Yeong-soo in a scene from the Korean series "Squid Game." Both Park Hae-Soo and Oh Yeong-Su were nominated for an Emmy Award for best supporting actor in a drama series. Lee Jung-jae was nominated for lead actor in a drama series. (Netflix via AP)

Emmy surprises: ‘Squid Game,’ Dave Chappelle, ‘This Is Us’

FILE - Musician Taylor Hawkins appears at One Love Malibu in Calabasas, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2018. Foo Fighters will honor the rock band’s late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts in September — one in London and the other in Los Angeles. The twin shows will take place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Hawkins died March 25, 2022, during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Members of Queen, the Police, Rush to honor Taylor Hawkins

FILE - Ricky Gervais appears at a screening of Netflix's "After Life" in New York on March 7, 2019. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special blasted as ‘anti-trans rants’

Alleged Chappelle tackler also charged in roommate stabbing

FILE - Dave Chappelle appears during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Man charged in Dave Chappelle attack pleads not guilty

FILE - Dave Chappelle appears during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

No felony charge for man who tackled Dave Chappelle on stage

FILE - Dave Chappelle appears during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Dave Chappelle tackled during comedy show, police arrest man

FILE - Dave Chappelle arrives at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington on Oct. 27, 2019. Chappelle says his threat to pull the plug on his plans to open a comedy club near his hometown in Ohio wasn’t because he opposed a proposal for affordable housing. He became the target of criticism this week after speaking against the development in Yellow Springs. He said in a statement through his spokesperson that the plan wasn’t the right fit for the village. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Dave Chappelle says he didn’t oppose affordable housing

FILE - Comedian Dave Chappelle attends a boxing bout Nov. 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. Two former Netflix employees who raised concerns about anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle’s TV special are dropping labor complaints and one has resigned from the company. Terra Field, a senior software engineer who is trans, announced a voluntary resignation on Monday, Nov. 22. Field and B. Pagels-Minor also are dropping a National Labor Relations Board complaint that claimed retaliation. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus, File)

Trans Netflix workers drop labor complaint but one resigns

Jay-Z speaks during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Jay-Z, Foo Fighters welcomed into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

People protest outside the Netflix building on Vine Street in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Critics and supporters of Dave Chappelle's Netflix special and its anti-transgender comments gathered outside the company's offices Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Chappelle special spurs Netflix walkout and counter protests

People protest outside the Netflix building on Vine Street in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Critics and supporters of Dave Chappelle's Netflix special and its anti-transgender comments gathered outside the company's offices Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Chappelle special spurs Netflix walkout and counter protests

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018 file photo, Dave Chappelle poses in the press room with the best comedy album award for "The Age of Spin" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York. Netflix said Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 that it had fired an employee for disclosing confidential financial information about what it paid for Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer," which some condemned as being transphobic. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Netflix employee fired in wake of Chappelle special furor

FILE - Dave Chappelle arrives at the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. A top Netflix executive said Dave Chappelle's special “The Closer” doesn't cross “the line on hate” and will remain on the streaming service despite fallout over the comedian's remarks about the trans community. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Netflix backs Chappelle despite criticism over trans remarks

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