Tyler Perry has landed an exclusive deal with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network OWN. The deal will make OWN the “singular destination” of Tyler Perry content, including: “upcoming television series or projects from Perry, starting with two new scripted series,” reports UptownMagazine. “We are all energized by the opportunity to collaborate with Tyler who has a proven […]
Two white Atlanta police officers have been cleared of racial profiling allegations against filmmaker Tyler Perry. Although Perry never filed a formal complaint about the traffic stop, the Atlanta Police Department used statements he made on his Facebook page to conduct its four-month internal investigation. Perry was pulled over earlier this year outside his southwest […]
Another fire has broken out at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta. Atlanta firefighters were on the scene late Monday morning working to put out the fire. It’s the second blaze in recent months at the film studio. Fire officials haven’t released much information yet, but reports are saying that construction materials were on fire […]
Tyler Perry is one of the hardest working men in showbiz but its time for him to take a break. The Atlanta filmmaker wrote a letter on his website explaining why he needs a vacation: “I don’t know if you remember this or not, but around 2005 I took off from touring my Madea plays […]
Tyler Perry recently admitted that he became heavily dependent on alcohol when his mother died four months ago. Interestingly, the Atlanta filmmaker said it was President Obama who helped him kick the habit. In a recent sit down with Essence, the “Madea’s Witness Protection” director spoke candidly about how he used alcohol to help him […]
Tyler Perry brought Madea along when he stopped by the Steve Harvey Morning Show on our sister station Majic 107.5 / 97.5 to talk about his 13th film Madea’s Witness Protection Plan, which is in theaters today (June 29). The Atlanta filmmaker also discussed how he still has to fight for movie screens and budgets […]
Tyler Perry branches out in his next movie Alex Cross, which finds the Atlanta filmmaker playing a detective-turned psychologist. Actor Morgan Freeman previously brought the Alex Cross character to life in two big-screen procedurals: 1997′s Kiss the Girls and 2001′s Along Came a Spider. The Alex Cross movie synopsis reads as follows: Crusading Detective/Psychologist ALEX […]
Via: Elev8 Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Emmitt Smith, Angela Bassett, Charles S. Dutton and Loretta Devine were among the celebs who turned out in Dallas to help celebrate T.D. Jakes’ 35 years of ministry on Friday night with a gala, titled “A Triumphant Journey.” Jakes, senior pastor of the 30,000-member Dallas-based church […]
Rumors surfaced recently that Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina walked off of Tyler Perry’s TV show “For Better Or Worse,” but the Atlanta filmmaker took to his Facebook page to shoot down the reports. Perry insisted that the rumors aren’t true because they’ve already wrapped filming on the show, saying, ‘LEAVE THIS BABY ALONE AND […]
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A four alarm fire damaged the huge Tyler Perry studio complex in southwest Atlanta Tuesday evening. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that it took over 100 firefighters and at least 20 trucks to put out the blaze that started around 8:40 p.m. It took about an hour to contain the fire. Thankfully there were no reports […]
