Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Gets It Right

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment


Trish Kinney

His latest film is based on a subject that the filmmaker knows way too much about, based on his recent disclosure of severe childhood abuse.

Tyler Perry: I Was Beaten, Molested, Bathed In Ammonia As A Child

people.com | Michael Y. Park | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


There's nothing funny about Tyler Perry's latest work: a revealing account of the horrific abuse he suffered as a child. "I always thought I would ...

Tyler Perry Discusses I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Tyler Perry came to Manhattan to offer a lively Q&A session with a broad range of press people. Once it opened it topped the box office.

Tyler Perry Does Good All By Himself

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment


Jackie K. Cooper

The music, the story, the solid acting of all the cast make this a movie to remember.

Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Start The 'Precious' Oscar Push

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment


TORONTO — Lee Daniels has an Oscar-winning movie to his credit, but he still needed some big-time help to draw attention to his latest film abou...

Tyler Perry Crushes Box Office Competition, Beckinsale Disappoints

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Being bad is good for Tyler Perry, whose latest movie, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opened at the top of the box office this week...

NBC Unveils New "More Blacks and Gays" Tagline

The Hollywood Ham | Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy


The Hollywood Ham

The new slogan accompanies a shift in the programming. In addition to a merger with the CW, NBC has signed a deal with popular black man, Tyler Perry.

Tyler Perry Treats 65 Swimming Pool Excluded Kids To Disney World

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment


PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Perry is paying for 65 children from a Philadelphia day camp to go to Walt Disney World after reading about allegations tha...

Tyler Perry 'Stalker' Dawne Wilson THREATENS MURDER (MUGSHOT)

tmz.com | Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:55AM by TMZ Staff | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment


TMZ has obtained the restraining order against the woman accused of stalking Tyler Perry -- and the document is nothing short of shocking .... the all...

Dear Tyler Perry: Please Direct Ghostbusters III

Dan Abramson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Comedy


Dan Abramson

As you can see from my picture, I am a white guy. Not even a cool white guy. I'm the white guy that black comedians do impressions of. And as you can imagine, like most white people, I do not see your movies.

"Madea" Outperforms The Jonas Brothers

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.01.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" wasn't paroled from the top spot at the box office, taking No. 1 for a second straight weekend ...

Tyler Perry Contemplates Killing Madea

AP | MICHAEL CIDONI | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry wants Madea dead. That may come as a surprise, given the big-hearted but foul-tempered, pistol-packin' granny has eme...

Five Worst Oscar Telecast Moments

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

This reconfigured Oscars telecast failed for a simplereason: It was the most ineptly directed Oscar show ever.

Contractors File Liens Against Tyler Perry's Mansion

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


ATLANTA — Six construction companies have filed liens against actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry's home and movie studio, claiming they are owed tho...

2008 Film Wrap-Up, Part I: The Moments That Mattered

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

Let's discuss certain scenes, moments, character beats, and what-not that worked in 2008, regardless of the quality of the films that contained them.

Tyler Perry's Alleged Role As Union Buster Becoming Big Obama Embarrassment?

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 11.03.2008 | Entertainment


One of Barack Obama's staunchest supporters and prized campaigners and film biographers from the motion picture and television business has just been ...

A Setback In The War On The War On Trees

New York Times | Robbie Brown | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green


ATLANTA -- So proud are Atlantans of their sprawling canopy of dogwoods, magnolias and pines -- and, of course, peach trees -- that builders must pay ...

The 5 Least Influential People In The World

236.com | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home


"Time" magazine's "100 Most Influential People" issue hit newsstands Friday, putting rising superstars Miley Cyrus and Tyler Perry in the company of l...

Cosby Kid Grows Up, Plays Prostitute

Hollywood Reporter | Gregg Goldstein | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment


Little Rudy from "The Cosby Show" all grown up and playing a hooker? Yes indeed, thanks to Tyler Perry. Keshia Knight Pulliam will star as an impriso...

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Raymond Leon Roker

People like Rev. Jeremiah Wright don't speak for all blacks. We are not in lock step, no matter how much we all might like rap music.

Cate Blanchett And George Clooney Creamed By Tyler Perry At Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Academy Awards heavyweights such as George Clooney and Cate Blanchett were no match for another of Tyler Perry's populist tales. The Lionsgate releas...