Tyler Perry

By bfennell Director and actor Tyler Perry is back with the sequel to 2007’s hit “Why Did I Get Married?” “Why Did I Get Married Too” hits theaters April 2010 and takes things to a whole new level. The trailer alone leaves audiences guessing about the fate of the four couples, and what their future holds. C...

The Madeafication of African-American storytelling from Tyler Perry and his imitators has been a depressing downward spiral, reducing important social topics to countrified nonsense, often chased with a heavy wallop of misguided religious justification. Though "presented" by Ty...

Tyler Perry recently admitted to being molested by an older woman when he was younger, along with being abused by family. Tyler Perry wrote an open letter to his fans and discussed how he was abused and molested by an older woman as a child:

Move over Tyler Perry, Beyonce has her eyes set on Hollywood, even if she's not starring in the film. I'd like to do a film loosely based on my father's (Mathew Knowles) childhood and school years. He's had an interesting life. But that will probably be in a couple of years."

Tyler Perry's latest e-mail message to fans explains his attraction to the film "Precious," which he is executive producing along with Oprah Winfrey.

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" won the top award at the Toronto International Film Festival Saturday, giving the Oprah Winfrey/Tyler Perry produced film a huge leg up for the forthcoming Oscar season.

By Hulu I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF star and director Tyler Perry talks about his latest look at African-American life. Find out how he assembled a stellar cast including singing legend Gladys Knight and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson. I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF star and director Tyler Perry talks about...

You gave me one of the best weeks of my life. I'm so happy that you all went to see I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF. When I tell you that all of Hollywood is scratching their heads again, I love it. Thank you so much! And I can't even begin to talk about the comments on the message board. You got it and that's all...

Perry's latest movie, the comedy "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opened at the top of the box office this weekend. Besides directing and writing the film, based on his stage play of the same name, Perry co-stars as his brash, cross-dressing alter ego, Madea. Perry's "Madea Goes to Jail" also ope...

TBS has announced that Tyler Perry will host a one-hour special on the network to promote his new film "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," which hits theaters on Sept. 11.

Following the sudden death of her brother Michael in June, Janet is said to be moving forward with the as-yet-untitled book, the Tyler Perry movie "Why Did I Get Married Too" and a new album - all due by early 2010. Why Did I Get Married Too" features the singer-actress reprises her role as psy...

The director, who was due to direct Michael's sister Janet in the sequel to his 2007 hit "Why Did I Get Married?" confirmed that Jackson was on her way to Atlanta to begin production on the film Thursday when she got word of her brother's death and her plane was immediately re-routed to Los An...

Though I Can Do Bad features Perry's signature grandma character Madea, the buxom old lady is nowhere to be found on the poster. Instead it's an elegant image of Henson's face within a yellow rose, the kind of image that suggests a drama or at least a ...

 United States In addition to producing, writing, directing and starring in movies — he plays three roles in his latest, “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” — he also produces two television series from his base in Atlanta. But the juggernaut of his career began in ...

By Wilson Morales No other African American filmmaker has made an impact in the film business this decade like Perry. Bringing his theatrical character Madea Simmons to the big screen has proven very successful at the box office. From 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' to 'Madea's Family Reunion' to 'Why Did I Get M...

By Brad Memberto/Staff Writer Madea (Tyler Perry, left) and TT (Sofia Vergara) in a scene from "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail." / Lionsgate Mabel Madea Simmons is a very funny movie character. Everytime Madea hits the screen, you just know something ... Oh, give "Madea" a break Denver Post

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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" topped the US box office in its first weekend with $41 million. The dramedy, which brought Perry's all-time opening weekend, is poised to sprint past the overall take of his top-grossing film, "Tyler Perry's Madea's ...

By Christopher Campbell Seriously, though, Madea won’t be up for any Academy Awards next year, but damn is Perry’s character popular. Enough that the sassy matriarch has now evolved from a supporting character into the star of her own vehicle (which gave the filmmaker his biggest opening yet this past weekend). Y...

It's true -- Tyler Perry is now officially one of Hollywood's most reliable brands. "Madea Goes to Jail" may have been his biggest opening-weekend hit to date, but it was hardly a fluke. He's released seven films in barely four years that have an ...

Simply use your browser’s ‘Print’ command and a printer-friendly document will be generated automatically. by Shainah Reed Has it finally occurred to everyone that Tyler Perry needs to lock up Madea for good and throw away the key? ... Contactmusic.com - Box Office Prophets

Regrettably, "Madea Goes to Jail" doesn't have Kathy Bates or Alfre Woodard, who were so good in "The Family That Preys; or Tasha Smith, who was the best thing in "Why Did I Get Married?" and now that I think of it, "Daddy's Little Girls," too. ... Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" Salon

By Wilson Morales Tyler Perry Janet Jackson starred in the lead role of Tyler Perry's box office smash, 'Why Did I Get Married?' The twice divorced pop star won an NAACP Image Award for her performance. BUY IT, TRY IT: 'Madea's Family Reunion' on DVD>>>  

By Wilson Morales Tyler Perry The best-selling playwright turned Hollywood hot-shot (real name: Emmitt R. Perry, Jr.) was born Sept. 14, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tyler Perry Janet Jackson starred in the lead role of Tyler Perry's box office smash, 'Why Did I Get Married?' The twice divorced pop star wo...

By Karina Longworth Variety reports that Lionsgate has signed a deal to acquire Sundance Grand Jury and Audience Award winner Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniel and featuring a tour de force supporting performance from Mo’Nique. According to the bare-bones news blurb, “Oprah Winf...

 FL - Jan 9, 2009 add a little sermonizing and you've got this melodrama baked from the Tyler Perry recipe. It's a Madea sermon without Madea — based on TD Jakes' novel. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Your Mama) YOUR MAMAS NOTES: No matter how you slice it, dice it, bend it or turn it inside out, Tyler Perry is a real estate size queen. Thanks to an informant we'll call Georgia Peach, Your Mama has learned that the cross dressing actor/writer/director of scorchingly successful plays, films and boo...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. Tyler Perry is selling his 17,000 sq ft. bachelor pad in Fairburn, GA. And it looks like he’s trying to quickly get it off his hands as it’s going for the clearance price of $3.6 mill. It’s 6 bedrooms and 6.5 that of which he and his alle...

By Wilson Morales In speaking exclusively with Davis, she spoke about her role, working with Meryl Streep and her upcoming film with Tyler Perry, 'Madea Goes To Jail'. Did you think about the timeframe of the film, the 60s, and how African Americans were treated at the time? How was working with Tyler Perry?

By Zack Lee As many of you may know, Tyler Perry’s claim to fan was his highly popular Madea series. And in my opinion, is one of the last people still making possibly Black movies on a consistent basis. Now to the review… ...

Perry - born Emmett Perry - says, "As a kid, I considered suicide and even attempted it a couple of times because I thought it would be easier to be dead. I remember when I was 17, I did something that ticked (my father) off - something minor. My father grabbed me, threw me to the floor and stomped m...

By Wilson Morales Ready to more add spice to his film once again, Sofia Vergara has been cast in Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes To Jail'. Already cast in the film are Tyler Perry, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, David and Tamela Mann, Viola Davis, and Judge Mablean Ephriam.

Bend Weekly Meet The Browns Movie Review  Canada - Along with death and taxes, it seems that another inevitability of life is that a Tyler Perry movie will coast into multiplexes every few months, ... Perry serves up laughs Standard Freeholder all 3 news articles

By Wilson Morales It's worth noting that while 'Horton' played in almost double the amout of theaters that 'Meet The Browns' played in, the Tyler Perry film took in the highest per-theater average of any film in the top ten with $9,977. Rounding out the top five was Warner Bros' 10,000 B.C with $8.7 million doll...

Watching them, you'd never question why Tyler Perry and his plays have become cultural phenomenons. After all, audiences eat up every Jesus jonesing word of their demographically corrent comedy. They laugh uproariously at every joke (no matter how cutting or corny) and they openly and l...

Now that Madea has left her rather large mark on the stage and big screen, the next step for creator Tyler Perry is to bring the gun-toting grandma to life in her own cartoon series.

By gdaysunshine Mary J. Blige and other celebrities including 50 Cent, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean, actor Tyler Perry have all been accused of ordering steroids or human growth hormone from doctors and pharmacists. Blige is vehemently denying ever having used a performance-enhancing drug. Albany County Di...

By Rick Tyler Perry will head the Starfleet Academy in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” feature for Paramount. The Hollywood Reporter confirms rumors that actor/writer/director/producer/wardrobe consultant Tyler Perry will join director J.J. Abrams’ ensemble (and relatively unknown) cast.

It's easy to understand why critics and certain audiences don't "get" Tyler Perry - he's not speaking to them. His is a demographic devoted to family, faith, and the foibles derived from both. He comes from a background that understands the urban experience, offering insights that even th...

Tyler Perry: The Plays Box Set - DVD Review Inside Pulse, NY - In the first of these plays, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Madea (Tyler Perry) is sick and her family comes to see her, however it's the rest of the family ... Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume One - DVD Review Inside Pulse

Watch Madea on this weeks House of Payne on Dailymotion Tyler Perry is back in the role of Madea on this week's episode of "House Of Payne," 9/8c only on TBS.

By Jason the TVaholic VH1 has 10 episodes of Hogan Knows Best tonight. Tonight, BET has the season finale of American Gangster and TBS has four new episodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Prime Picks Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (ABC): Repeat. Fred Astaire voices a mailman that tells why Santa lives in the North P...

By karina Almost three years ago, after Diary of a Mad Black Woman opened to big box office but largely negative reviews (16% on Rotten Tomatoes, in spite of fairly sympathetic reviews from EW and the New York Times) Lionsgate gave up even screening Tyler Perry films for critics. This is not an unprec...

By Mark Reacting to the third number one opening posted by the producer/actor/director/playwright/media mogul behind Why Did I Get Married?, Lionsgate president Tom Ortenberg somewhat ominously warned all of Hollywood, "My strong hunch is that this is the last time anybody will underesti...

Why Did I Get Married?" is Tyler Perry's best screen effort to date, which is to say it's comfortably mediocre instead of criminally intolerable. Last February's "Daddy's Little Girls" brought mogul/filmmaker Tyler Perry to his lowest point. Not only was the feature a cancerous, social...

How the land became available is what has put Tyler Perry and Moreton Rolleston Jr. at odds. It's a tangled web of lawsuits, countersuits and appeals that started 22 years ago and continues today.

Related story: How did it get to this mess? Fifteen years ago, when Tyler Perry was broke and lost, he found comfort in driving his run-down Hyundai Excel past the grand mansions on Paces Ferry Road. "One day," he'd say.

Tyler Perry property dispute creates drama worthy of Madea   USA - Sep 25, 2007 Tyler Perry, who's a writer, director and actor, is perhaps best known for his colorful alter ego Madea. His success in movies and other media allowed him ...

In the course of one week, an extended Atlanta family has lost three children in two separate tragedies: two to a fire, another to an errant bullet. Thursday, one family received some monetary relief when acclaimed playwright Tyler Perry offered to pay for the funerals of the children who...