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**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Mike Epps PRYOR NEWS --- Two words, five times over: Harvey Weinstein; Mike Epps; Oprah Winfrey ; Lee Daniel; and, Richard Pryor. Seems like the biopic of the legendary comic is finally getting a green light with Weinstein at the helm . Seems Harvey Scissorhands wants it in the Oscar race for next year, or the year following . . . and, one thing seems to be for sure: Marlon Wayans doesn't seem to be on board to play Richard (despite his recently-leaked audition tape as Pryor) . . . time will tell, perhaps. Oprah is provisionally set as Pryor's bordello-running madam of a grandmother, Mama, as Pryor affectionately called her, and the lifeline in so many ways for Richard from youth until when he lost her around 1977 - 1978, just a few weeks before he made his groundbreaking first Live in Concert film. Many still believe that Pryor immolated himself with alcohol and lit the match ov...