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52-716: In 2022, the festival changed its name. It was held June 25 and 26 that year and hosted by comedian Arsenio Hall . The event is organized by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association , which presents the summer Hollywood Bowl concerts. The festival was founded as the Playboy Jazz Festival by Hugh Hefner and first held in Chicago at the Chicago Stadium in 1959. However, the festival did not occur again until 1979, when

104-473: A "cult following" years after its release, despite negative press, with one of the highest-grossing box office of the year it was released, as well as one of the highest-grossing films featuring a predominantly African-American cast. In early 2017, an announcement was publicized which addressed the impending production of a sequel to the film. Kevin Misher was named as producer, and Sheffield and Blaustein ,

156-518: A "hollow and wearying Eddie Murphy fairy tale" and bemoans, "That an Eddie Murphy movie would come to this." Vincent Canby in The New York Times was also critical of the writing, calling it a "possibly funny idea" but suggesting the screenplay had escaped before it was ready. Canby viewed the film as essentially a romantic comedy but said the romantic elements fell flat, and the film instead goes for broad slapstick . Kathleen Carroll of

208-430: A basketball game vendor; Garcelle Beauvais as a royal rose bearer; Victoria Dillard as a royal personal bather; as well as the film debuts of Ruben Hudson as a street hustler, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as a boy getting a haircut. Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as Mortimer and Randolph Duke respectively from Landis's Murphy-starring comedy film Trading Places (1983) who have become homeless after

260-458: A career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on Soul Train . In 1984, he was the announcer/sidekick for Alan Thicke during the short-lived talk show Thicke of the Night (a role for which he has on occasion noted his confusion with Monty Hall ). He appeared on five weeks of episodes of the short-lived NBC game show Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour from 1983 to 1984. He was also

312-449: A co-host on Lopez Tonight (November 25, 2009) since he regarded Hall as his inspiration and the first "late night party show host". Hall has filled in as guest host for NBC's Access Hollywood Live (2011) and CNN 's evening talk/interview program Piers Morgan Tonight in 2012. In 2012, Hall was a contestant on the fifth edition of The Celebrity Apprentice , which began airing February 19, 2012. Hall represented his charity,

364-457: A dinner scene. Hall has guest co-hosted Wednesday evenings on The Tim Conway Jr. Show on KLSX 97.1 FM radio. He hosted MyNetworkTV 's comedic web video show The World's Funniest Moments and TV One 's 100 Greatest Black Power Moves . He also appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher in May 2012, in a discussion commemorating the 1992 Los Angeles riots . Hall was considered the host of

416-418: A family of poor goat herders. Although Akeem thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live, Semmi is not comfortable with living in such meager conditions. After a dinner date with Lisa is thwarted when Semmi furnishes their apartment with a hot tub and other luxuries, Akeem confiscates his money and donates it to two familiar homeless men . Semmi wires a telegraph to King Jaffe for more money, prompting

468-571: A lawsuit against JMC Pop Ups LLC for creating a temporary version of McDowell's, the fictional fast food restaurant similar to McDonald's , via the Copyright Claims Board, a tribunal created in 2020 to deal with such matters. The pop up restaurant had operated in Springfield, Virginia , and Cherry Hill, New Jersey , in 2022 prior to the suit. McDowell's was featured in both the original movie and its sequel. Coming to America

520-675: A month later in the UK and earned $ 7,712,622 during its seven-week run. It opened on September 2 in West Germany, where it debuted at number one with $ 3,715,791 from 297 screens. It ended its run after 13 weeks with $ 15,743,447. Several contemporary articles stated that the worldwide gross for the movie was $ 350 million. Coming To America received positive reviews upon release. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 73% of 55 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Eddie Murphy

572-517: A party at Eddie Murphy 's house. Hall dropped the lawsuit after O'Connor apologized and retracted her allegations. Coming to America Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis , based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy , written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein , and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones , John Amos , Madge Sinclair , and Shari Headley . It tells

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624-401: A rivalry with Jay Leno after the latter was named host of The Tonight Show , during which Hall said that he would "kick Jay's ass" in ratings . Hall was a supporter of gay rights long before the movement had become overwhelmingly popular and supported in the mainstream, especially in black culture . In the early 1990s, this culminated in an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show where Hall

676-443: A shot… I was going out of my way to help this guy, and he fucked me over. Now he's got a hit picture on his resumé, a movie that made over $ 200 million, as opposed to him coming off a couple of fucked-up movies – which is where I'd rather see him be right now. Despite the experience, Landis and Murphy collaborated again six years later on Beverly Hills Cop III . South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings Mbube during

728-497: A weekly sitcom version of the film was produced for CBS , following the film's success, starring Tommy Davidson as Prince Tariq, and Paul Bates reprising his role as Oha. The pilot went unsold, but was televised on July 4, 1989, as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series. A Tamil film, My Dear Marthandan , was produced based on the plot of Coming to America . A Hong Kong film, The Fun,

780-475: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arsenio Hall Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a late-night talk show , The Arsenio Hall Show , from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014. He has appeared in Martial Law , Coming to America (1988), Coming 2 America (2021), and Harlem Nights (1989). He

832-551: Is ruined by the unexpected arrival of the Zamundan entourage, Lisa later becomes angry and confused that Akeem lied to her about his identity. Akeem explains that he wanted her to love him for who, not what, he is, even offering to renounce his throne. Still hurt and angry, Lisa refuses to marry him. Despondent, Akeem resigns himself to the arranged marriage. As they leave, Jaffe is reprimanded by Aoleon for clinging to outdated traditions instead of thinking of their son's happiness. At

884-512: The New York Daily News called the film "an adorably amusing upscale fairy tale, an endearingly romantic comedy which has all the fabulous fake opulence of an old-fashioned Hollywood musical as well as the traditionally sappy happy ending." Siskel & Ebert had mixed opinions on the film. Siskel enjoyed the acting from Murphy and Hall but Ebert was disappointed that Murphy did not bring his usual more lively performance, and Ebert

936-571: The Celebrity Apprentice winner, being "hired" by Donald Trump over the other celebrity finalist, singer Clay Aiken . For winning The Celebrity Apprentice , Hall won the $ 250,000 grand prize for his charity, in addition to money for the tasks he and his team performed when he was a team leader. A revival of Hall's syndicated late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show , premiered September 9, 2013, on Tribune owned stations and other networks via CBS Television Distribution . It

988-538: The Fox network introduced The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers , created to directly challenge The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . After a moderate start, ratings for the show sagged. Relations between Rivers and network executives at Fox quickly eroded, and she left in 1987. The series was subsequently renamed The Late Show , and featured several interim hosts, including Ross Shafer , Suzanne Somers , Shawn Thompson , Richard Belzer and Robert Townsend , before it

1040-733: The Hollywood Bowl played host in Los Angeles in celebration of the magazine's 25th anniversary. The event is held there annually; in 2022, it changed its name to the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival. The Festival is held on a Saturday and Sunday in mid-June. Bill Cosby was the emcee of the majority of the annual festivals from 1979 to 2012. In 2013, comedian George Lopez took over after Cosby retired, and continued hosting through 2019. The 2022 and 2023 festivals were hosted by comedian Arsenio Hall . In 2014,

1092-560: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association , which presents the summer Hollywood Bowl concerts, assumed presenting and booking duties. The Festival is broadcast live by the Southern California jazz public radio station KKJZ . In 2020, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In November 2021 the name was changed to "Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival" effective June 2022. This jazz festival article

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1144-476: The Magic Johnson Foundation , which is dedicated to advancing economic and social equality by engaging minorities in every aspect of their communities; increasing academic and innovative achievement; and raising HIV/AIDS awareness, treatment and prevention. While Hall clashed with Aubrey O'Day , he befriended a majority of the cast. On May 20, 2012, in the live season finale, he was chosen as

1196-635: The Joffers to travel to Queens to find him. Cleo initially disapproves of Akeem as he believes he is poor and therefore not good enough for his daughter. He becomes ecstatic when he discovers that Akeem is actually an extremely wealthy prince, after meeting his parents. When Akeem discovers that his parents have arrived in New York, he and Lisa go to the McDowell residence to lie low and Cleo welcomes them while driving away Darryl. After Cleo's bond with Akeem

1248-593: The Luck & the Tycoon , also has the same plot. The melody heard in the bathroom scene, where Prince Akeem is being washed by female servants, was sampled in Snoop Dogg 's 2006 song " That's That " featuring R. Kelly ; a remix of the song featuring American rapper Nas includes a woman's voice saying "the royal penis is clean, Your Highness", a line taken from the same scene. The movie has been described as having

1300-530: The New York City borough of Queens and rent a squalid tenement in the neighborhood of Long Island City under the guise of poor foreign students. Beginning their search for Akeem's bride, they are invited by local barber shop owner Clarence to a rally raising money for the neighborhood. During the rally, Akeem encounters Lisa McDowell, who possesses all the qualities he is looking for in a woman. Upon his insistence, he and Semmi get entry-level jobs working at

1352-566: The United States, it was a commercial box-office success, both domestically and worldwide. The film debuted at number one with $ 21,404,420 from 2,064 screens, for a five-day total of $ 28,409,497. The film made $ 128,152,301 in the United States and ended up with a worldwide total of $ 288,752,301. It was the highest earning film that year for the studio and the third-highest-grossing film at the United States box office. It opened

1404-576: The album. "That's The Way It Is" by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK, before the film's release, in February 1988, and became a top ten hit. It was released as a single in the US at the time of the film's release. Side A Side B The jingle for the commercial for the fictional product Soul Glo was composed by Nile Rodgers , who has suggested it is his "proudest moment". Vocals were provided by Christopher Max. A television pilot of

1456-414: The business eventually, but his decision was not confirmed until he appeared on Lopez Tonight in 2009 (although he initially considered a weekend show because he did not want to compete in ratings against his friend George Lopez). On May 5, 2016, Hall filed a $ 5 million defamation lawsuit against Sinéad O'Connor after she claimed he had fueled Prince's drug habit and had also spiked his drink at

1508-524: The comedy hit Trading Places . Landis recalled the differences in working with Murphy on the two movies: "The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world... But I still think he's wonderful in the movie." Murphy said: We had a tussling confrontation… We didn't come to blows. Personalities didn't mesh. ... He directed me in Trading Places when I

1560-645: The events of the film and receive money from Akeem. A segment of the Trading Places score can be heard during their scene. As previously indicated, Coming to America features Murphy and Hall in several different roles, of different races and genders. Following the success of this film, this became a Murphy staple, as seen in four later films: Vampire in Brooklyn (1995); The Nutty Professor (1996) and its sequel (2000); and Norbit (2007). Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis . The two men had previously worked together on

1612-458: The film, plus 15% of film rentals. Landis received $ 600,000, plus 10% of gross receipts. Landis's calling card (" See You Next Wednesday ") appears as an " easter egg " within the film, on a science-fiction movie poster in the subway station after Lisa storms off the train. Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York City. Released on June 29, 1988, by Paramount Pictures in

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1664-480: The local fast-food restaurant called McDowell's, a McDonald's knockoff owned by widower Cleo McDowell, Lisa's father. Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's love are complicated by Lisa's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend Darryl Jenks whose father owns Soul Glo (a Jheri curl –like hairstyling aid). After Darryl announces their engagement—without Lisa's consent—to their families, she starts dating Akeem, who claims that he comes from

1716-478: The makeup effects for both Murphy's and Arsenio Hall's multiple supporting characters. The film was the subject of the Buchwald v. Paramount civil suit, which the humorist Art Buchwald filed in 1990 against the film's producers on the grounds that the film's idea was stolen from his 1982 script treatment about a rich, despotic African potentate who comes to America for a state visit. Paramount had optioned

1768-482: The opening sequence (the song also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight ). The group has since recorded several different versions of Mbube; however, the version heard in Coming to America had not been released on its soundtrack or on CD as of 2006. A promotional song for the film, also titled " Coming to America ", was written and performed by The System . Murphy received a personal salary of $ 8 million for his work on

1820-518: The original screenwriters, were also attached to the project. However, the participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was left undefined. On January 11, 2019, it was announced that the sequel was moving forward with Murphy reprising his role and Craig Brewer as director (having previously worked with Murphy on the Netflix film Dolemite Is My Name ). Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, John Amos, Paul Bates and James Earl Jones returning for

1872-402: The original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the animated series The Real Ghostbusters from 1986 to 1987. In 1988, he co-starred in the comedy film Coming to America with Eddie Murphy . During his career, he set up Arsenio Hall Communications in 1987, and then he had signed a two-year, multi-picture agreement with Paramount Pictures to develop films for an exclusive agreement. In 1986,

1924-526: The short-lived sitcom Arsenio (1997) and Martial Law with Sammo Hung (1998–2000), and hosted the revival of Star Search (2003–2004). While hosting Star Search , he popularized the catchphrase "Hit me with the digits!" Hall appeared as himself in Chappelle's Show in March 2004 (convinced by Swedish comedy director Saman Khadiri) when Chappelle was imagining "what Arsenio is doing right now" in

1976-407: The story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988. In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this

2028-465: The syndicated version of Deal or No Deal and filmed a pilot (there were six taped). However, by the time the syndicated series began on September 8, 2008, Howie Mandel was chosen as host. Hall also appeared regularly on The Jay Leno Show , and was a guest on Lopez Tonight . George Lopez credits Arsenio as the reason he had a late night show; Lopez appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show more times than any other comedian. Lopez requested Hall be

2080-485: The treatment from Buchwald, and John Landis was attached as director and Eddie Murphy as the lead , but after two years of development hell Paramount abandoned the project in March 1985. In 1987, Paramount began working on Coming to America based on a story by Eddie Murphy. Buchwald won the breach of contract action and the court ordered monetary damages. The parties later settled the case out-of-court before an appeal going to trial. In August 2022, Paramount filed

2132-489: The virus. Hall and Johnson filmed a public service announcement about the disease that aired in the early 1990s. Between 1988 and 1991, Hall hosted the MTV Video Music Awards . Over the years, he has appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows, in special features, as a voice actor, on game shows and other award shows. Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall had leading roles on television shows such as

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2184-453: The wedding procession, a still-heartbroken Akeem becomes surprised when his veiled bride is Lisa herself. Following the ceremony, they ride happily in a carriage to the cheers of Zamundans. Witnessing such splendor, Lisa is both surprised and touched by the fact that Akeem would have given it up just for her. Akeem offers again to abdicate if she does not want this life, but Lisa playfully declines. The cast also includes: Vondie Curtis-Hall as

2236-487: Was also critical of the unoriginal script. Siskel, in print, reviewed the film more enthusiastically, giving it three and a half stars out of four, and describing it as "a sweet, oft-told story", adding that "Murphy and Hall add a number of very sharp supporting roles hidden by makeup to add spice to the general level of gentleness." The film was nominated for two Oscars : Best Costume Design for Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Best Makeup for Rick Baker , who designed

2288-771: Was also the host of Star Search and appeared as Alan Thicke 's sidekick on the talk show Thicke of the Night . In 2012, he won NBC 's reality-competition game show Celebrity Apprentice 5 . Hall was born in Cleveland , Ohio, the son of Fred and Annie Hall. His father is a Baptist minister . Hall performed as a magician when he was a child. He graduated from Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio , in 1973, after briefly attending John F. Kennedy High School . He later attended Ohio University and Kent State University . Hall later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue

2340-762: Was canceled after one season due to low ratings. The last taping aired May 30, 2014. Arsenio appeared in a bit in the January 2024 Emmys. In 1997, after being out of the public eye for three years, Hall gave an interview to dispel rumors regarding what had driven him off stage. "I went on the Internet," he said, "and read I was in detox at Betty Ford . I got online under a fake name and typed in, 'I know Arsenio better than anyone else and he's not in detox, you idiots!'" Hall has one son, born in 1998. Hall says he took time off to raise his son before resuming The Arsenio Hall Show in 2013. Hall had an interest in returning to

2392-429: Was canceled in 1988. Hall was also chosen to host the show in the fall of 1987, and his stint proved immensely popular, leading to his being offered his own show in syndication. From January 2, 1989, to May 27, 1994, he had a Paramount contract to host a nationwide syndicated late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show . It was a breakout success, rating especially high among the coveted younger demographic, and it

2444-483: Was in full control at this point, starkly evident in Coming to America ' s John Landis' coasting direction." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times called it

2496-491: Was just starting out as a kid, but he was still treating me like a kid five years later during Coming to America . And I hired him to direct the movie! I was gonna direct Coming to America myself, but I knew that Landis had just done three fucked-up pictures in a row and that his career was hanging by a thread after the Twilight Zone trial . I figured the guy was nice to me when I did Trading Places , so I'd give him

2548-567: Was known for its audience's distinctive alternative to applause in chanting, "Woof, woof, woof!" (which originated in the Cleveland Browns ' Dawg Pound in the east end zone) while pumping their fists. The practice soon became such a ritual that by 1991 it had become a " pop culture stamp of approval"—one that Hall said had become "so popular it's getting on people's nerves". The gesture was so well known that it appeared in films such as Pretty Woman and The Hard Way . He also had

2600-514: Was never picked up for a series. A sequel, Coming 2 America , was released on March 4, 2021. In the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, crown prince Akeem Joffer grows weary of his pampered lifestyle on his 21st birthday and wishes to do more for himself. When his parents King Jaffe and Queen Aoleon present him with an arranged bride-to-be , Akeem takes action. Seeking an independent woman who loves him for himself and not his social status, Akeem and his best friend/personal aide, Semmi, travel to

2652-605: Was protested by gay rights activists, who criticized that he didn't have any gay guests on the show and that he would occasionally play gay characters; Hall was clearly upset by the accusation, saying he had famously put LGBT celebrities on his show, including Elton John , and had others on who preferred not to publicly advocate their sexual orientation. After passionately stating his points, Hall received overwhelming woof chants of support from his audience. Additionally, Hall used his fame during this period to help fight worldwide prejudice against HIV/AIDS after Magic Johnson contracted

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2704-475: Was released on DVD on June 3, 2008. The Film was released on Blu-Ray on June 3, 2008, and re-released on Blu-Ray on January 1, 2013 and on June 12, 2018. Coming To America was released on 4K Blu-Ray on December 1, 2020. The soundtrack to the film was released on LP, cassette and CD. The songs "Coming to America" by The System, "Better Late Than Never" by The Cover Girls and "Come into My Life" by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from

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