Many "non-white" people have been nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees). But no "non-black" people have ever been nominated for an NAACP award.

i agree with "brown" colored anonymous' comment, and i LOVE that he said "brown" skin. because truly, black people are not BLACK. but what am i? sallow-off-white-freckled skin? getting so complicated anymore. but i did become angry once when i was trying to get some info on a gorgeous "black girl'" who was with my "black" friend, when he pushed me to describe her as "milk chocolate brown". i think we are getting out of control with this crap. dont you? and what happened to that whole african-american thing?? which then would make me welsh-scottish-indian-american.i'm tired already.

I feel if he wanted to leave than that was on him. He may regret later not seeing the rest of the cast members but thas something he will have to deal with. Eddie Murphy is a good actor and as long as he puts out great movies, who cares where he is or when he leaves or anything else!

Bittersweet. I don't think Eddie really cared before, being in business all this time and making so much money in the movies, but he probably did finally want to win it and was hurt and embarassed. I frankly think his movie "Norbit" hurt him because it was blasted as politically incorrect and making fun of fat, black women stereotypes and that bit in and threw the race to the second best choice. But I heard he was warned not to release his movie but to delay after the Oscars but he insisted on putting it out on schedule. I'm sure somewhere, deep down, he must know that movie's unpopular press cost him that Oscar. Of course, he's handsome and incredible in that role! Amazing. But that's Hollywood for you!

MURPHY DEFINITLY HAS ALOT OF ENEMYS IN HOLLYWOOD. IM SURPRISED THEY NOMINATED HIM. THAT SAID /THE GUY IS GREAT HE IS A NATURAL CUT THE GUY A BREAK

To Veda

A judgment call on your comments about IQ, grammar, then state that Eddie Murphy "is phony pig".

Check yourself, Please!!

his fellow castmates were nominated (and won), he should have stayed for them and for dreamgirls.

I saw "Dreamgirls" and while I liked, not loved, but liked the movie and bought the soundtrack, I was surprised when the Oscar nominations came out and Eddie Murphy was one of the nominees. He did do a good, solid job, but it was not Oscar winner material, in my humble opinion. He was Eddie Murphy in the movie, not James Early. I felt like it was too much Eddie. I liked Jennifer Hudson's performance and felt she WAS Effie White, while Eddie was Eddie playing James Early. But again, that is just my personal opinion.
As far as him leaving is concerned, yes it shows that he is not a good sport, but then he doesn't have to be. I don't understand people judging him. Nothing makes us feel so righteous as the faults of others. If Eddie Murphy wanted to leave, which he did, then he should have left, which he did. Case closed.

well annonymous, I agree with you totally, my question to you is this though. When is enough, will it take 1000 years? Nothing will ever make better what happened, but if we never ever ever ever ever can get past it, then it will always be an issue...and by the way, in this day and age, I'd rather be black then gay, cause gay people are more discriminated against today then anyone else, and guess who is gay, so don't try to think for a second that i have ever only been verbaly attacked....in fact the most predjudice i face is from the black community, rap songs making fun of gay people, " the low down" mentality.....and hey , thanks tim hardaway for saying you hate gays, imagine if i said i hated black people, i owuld be arrested, so why wasn't he charged, cause he wold have called it racist

eddie murphy losing to alan arkin had nothing to do with race. alan arkin won because he gave a great performance and because he is an old school actor. let's face it he's 73 and his last nomination was forty years ago. i knew they were going to give at least one award to an old timer and peter o'toole wasn't the one. i believe eddie murphy did a great job also and maybe he has a right be upset because sentiment losted him they award. please haters enough with the sore loser crap because he isn't the only one to act like that. when nicole kidman won her oscar i distinctly remember rene zellweger ducking out early and going home. the same with bill murray when he lost. it is a competition after all, people want to win.

canadian watcher,

It's that attitude that gets us no where. You say you are tired of paying for something you didn't do personally... well then why don't all blacks and indians just forget about what happened in their past... just treat it like history... even when it still exists today. You're talking about verbally being attacked for your beliefs? What about the thousands of blacks that were lynched, burned to death, etc... just for being born black. Now I agree that what happened to you should not of happened... but if you're upset about that how do you think black people feel?

hey there DEE, well if you read all the posts, you will see that the issue of race was brought up when a a person who is a minority said that was why eddie didn't win, so it was part of the discussion...and what an ignorant thing to say, that only minorities can face racism, are you telling me that being called a honky,being verbally and physically confronted, just because of my skin color, which happens to be white, isn't considered racism, I really hope you don't think that isn't racism, if you do it just sows you are talking out of ignorance, not logical thinking

Now to answer the page's question: Eddie hasn't made a good movie since Boomerang. Since he knows that he won't be getting an Oscar nod for NORBIT, he was upset but, honestly, he should have at least given his respects to his fellow castmates if he was a true gentleman...What am i talking about...isn't Mel B walking around with his eighth kid?? Gentleman he is not...

to annonymous guy, well there a bunch of them, but to the perosn who thought I only said it cause i got hurt by black people, sorry there part time dr.phil, you are wrong. and as for saying only white people are racist, wow, that just made everything else you say foolish, cause no logical person can believe that. yes, black people faced terrible oppresion and abuse, awful, one of if not the worst stain on humanity, but it is ricj when people like, oh, Barry Bonds say they face racism, and then days later say he wants to beat babe ruths record so he can take down the great white hope...wow, now that is racist. The problem is, you can never call a black person racist cause they call you a racist back. Here is great example, there are schools where white people can't go, clubs that white people can't join, scholarships, business grants, etc., that i can't get, and only caus emy skin is white. We can't get rid of racism, if it is promoted by society. How can I tell my kids, " don't ever judge someone on the basis of their skin color" and then have them ask me why it is alright that they can't get a certain scholarship only because they are white, it is counter intuitive. My fear is that, and i hear it alot, that many people in my age range ( 29) are sick of being called racist when they are not, sick of paying for mistakes i never made and policies i denounce, and sick of being made to feel guilt for no reason.It is these people who want to stop racism, but are starting to get sick and tired of trying to stop it while, society promotes it, they will revolt soon, and anger will boli over. One of my best friends is black, my family has middle eastern members, I have worked on anti-racism campaigns, but once at an event I disagreed publicly with racial quoatas, and was shouted down, called racist and a honky, and not a single black person had a problem with me being attacked.....how is that right

My. Murphy, would you and Mr. Cruise please come out of the closet!