Actor/director/producer/writer Tyler Perry is in all measurable ways a success. The Atlanta-based Perry went from homeless to Hollywood with his gospel-influenced stage plays and then moved into movies and TV. But, like many successful people, he has critics. Industry veterans like Spike Lee and increasingly, some viewers, find his work stereotypical and his shows banal. […]

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Tyler Perry was in the news a few days ago for a new partnership with Oprah Winfrey and now he's back there for a good deed. After Perry heard a news report about a local disabled Georgia woman having her customized Chrysler minivan stolen from her house, the star decided to jump in and help. […]

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This could be a game changer. Today, OWN – Oprah Winfrey Network announced an exclusive partnership with Tyler Perry, the award winning actor, director, screenwriter, playwright and producer, to become his singular destination for all new television series and projects, including two new scripted series for the network to premiere in mid 2013.  These will […]

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CLICK HERE to Listen to Tyler Perry's full interview. Tyler Perry joined the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning to discuss his spot on the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage but not before dropping some major news exclusively to Joyner and the crew. Currently, Perry is on his widely popular nationwide stage act tour "Madea Gets […]

Tyler Perry’s done a lot of great things in his life. He pulled himself out of poverty by creating stage plays for the black community, he parlayed that into a multimillion dollar movie career and his own studio and he got the theatrical classic “For Colored Girls” to the big screen. But next year he […]

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Tyler Perry’s done a lot of great things in his life. He pulled himself out of poverty by creating stage plays for the black community, he parlayed that into a multimillion dollar movie career and his own studio and he got the theatrical classic “For Colored Girls” to the big screen. But next year he […]

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CNN is reporting that two white Atlanta police officers who pulled over and questioned Tyler Perry have been exonerated of racial profiling by an internal investigation, according to documents released Tuesday. On Feb. 24, Perry left his studio in southwest Atlanta alone in a white Porsche Panamera. As the actor and director later explained in […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators have determined that a fire at filmmaker Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios was caused by careless smoking. Capt. Marian McDaniel is with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. McDaniel said Tuesday that no criminal charges were pending. The fire broke out Monday morning on the roof of a building undergoing repairs. It took […]

Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Tyler Perry's studio fire, Rosie O'Donnell's secret marriage, and the woman who suffers with 100 orgasms a day; saying, "shoot it wouldn't ruin my day, but it would ruin my pants."

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Her OWN cable network may be struggling, but its namesake continues to reign supreme when it comes to personal bank accounts. Oprah Winfrey earned $165 million from May 2011 to May 2012 to top Forbes’ list of highest-paid celebrities for the fourth consecutive year.  Dr. Dre and Tyler Perry also made the top ten. At […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — Firefighters are battling a blaze at filmmaker Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios, the second fire in the past four months at the complex. Details of the fire late Monday morning were not immediately available, but video from WSB-TV showed about two-dozen firefighters on the roof of a building at the complex. There were […]