Actor/director TYLER PERRY always had faith he would find success - despite experiencing homelessness and hunger when starting out.
The Madea Goes To Jail filmmaker was ...
Prolific filmmaker Tyler Perry, whose comedies are a big hit with black women, scored the biggest opening of his career on Sunday as "Madea Goes to Jail" sold $41.1 million worth of tickets....
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Madea Goes to Jail, the comedy-drama starring Perry's signature drag character, grossed a whopping...
NEW YORK — Director Tyler Perry is having no problem posting bail for the protagonist of his movie "Madea Goes to Jail," which leads the box office with a $41.1 million opening weekend.
Tyler Perry in Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" align="left" hspace="5" />Review in a Hurry: Don't be fooled: By 90 minutes in, Madea has still not gone to jail. Instead of screwball shenanigans or poignant insight, prolific writer/director/star Tyler Perry gives us...
Tyler Perry brings back his most popular character, Madea, to theaters this weekend in Madea Goes to Jail , and she's expected to slay Jason, who slashed his way to the top of ...
Moviemaker Tyler Perry can't believe Hollywood is making such a fuss about his decision to cast Keshia Knight Pulliam as a prostitute in his new movie - because it's been over two decades since the actress played Bill Cosby's cute kid on The Cosby Show.[...] Read more!
Tyler Perry transitions another one of his hit plays to the big screen with this adaptation of +Madea Goes to Jail. The successful filmmaker stars once again as the mischief-prone older woman whose exploits this time lead her to jail... Continue summary
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Tyler Perry returns with his latest movie, Madea Goes to Jail, this weekend. The 39-year-old star has become one of the most powerful African Americans in Hollywood.[...] Read more!
Here's Tyler Perry as Madea Simmons in the upcoming movie poster for "Madea Goes to Jail" (left) -- and "90210" star Tori Spelling (right). Only one of them is in drag. Hallelu-yer!We're just sayin'.
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Spike Lee and Tyler Perry are among the directors nominated at the upcoming NAACP Image Awards. The civil rights organization announced the nominations in three directing categories on Tuesday, with Lee and Tyler leading the pack.[...] Read more!
SPIKE LEE and TYLER PERRY are among the directors nominated at the upcoming NAACP Image Awards.
The civil rights organisation announced the nominations in three ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Six construction companies have filed liens against actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry's home and movie studio, claiming they are owed thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.[...] Read more!
Filmmaker TYLER PERRY has blasted allegations he failed to pay for work on two construction projects, insisting he is the victim of extortion attempts because of his ...
Tyler Perry -- the dude who earned $125 mil between June 2007 - 2008 and produced shows like "House of Payne" -- is being accused of deadbeat-ism over his house.Several contractors claim they did work on Perry's 30,000 square foot palace overlooking...
Singer MARY J. BLIGE and filmmaker TYLER PERRY were among the recipients of the BET Honors on Saturday (17Jan09).
The awards ceremony - which pays tribute to the ...
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys is about an upper-crust family and their working-class counterparts, who discover that scandal knows no social boundaries. Also on DVD: Mirrors, Appaloosa, My Best Friend's Girl, Swing Vote, Brideshead Revisited.
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America's Next Top Model winner Eva Marcille (formerly Eva Pigford) said yes when Tyler Perry's House of Payne...
MARY J. BLIGE and TYLER PERRY will be honoured at the second annual BET Honours.
The R+B singer and the filmmaker are just two of the stars set to be recognised at the ...
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DALLAS — A woman who accused actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry of stealing material from her play for his movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" lost her federal lawsuit against the entertainer on Tuesday.
Tyler Perry" align="left" hspace="5" />Tyler Perry's empire is secure for now.
A federal judge ruled in favor of the family-friendly entertainment dynamo Tuesday, determining that a woman who claimed Perry pilfered...
The woman who accused Tyler Perry of ripping off "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" just became the very thing she was suing over, after a court decided she had no case against the star.A Texas jury decided Donna West didn't have enough evidence to support...
MARSHALL, Texas — Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
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MARSHALL, Texas (AP) - Tyler Perry went to court to face allegations that he stole material from someone else for his blockbuster film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."[...] Read more!
MARSHALL, Texas — Tyler Perry went to court to face allegations that he stole material from someone else for his blockbuster film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
ONE ego towers above all others on the set of TBS's "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" - and it's not hard to guess whose. "Tyler makes everyone on his staff - the crew and cast - call him 'Mr. Perry' to his face. He won't respond to anyone who calls...
News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin says that he and other top media executives "worked hard to find a middle ground" in their negotiations with the Writers Guild ...
Tyler Perry assembled an all-star cast - Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr. , Hank Aaron, Andrew Young, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker and Whitney Houston - at Saturday's opening of his new multimillion-dollar TV and film studio in Atlanta, the first owned by an African American. ...
WILL SMITH, SIDNEY POITIER, FOREST WHITAKER and WHITNEY HOUSTON gave the opening of movie mogul TYLER PERRY's new film studios in Atlanta, Georgia some star power on ...