Whether you like Tyler Perry or not, he can certainly make a hit movie. In fact, he's already done that twice this year: I Can Do Bad All By Myself just took the top spot at the box office with $24 million, and Madea Goes to Jail took $41 million opening weekend back in February.

Perry's Madea character had now been in 10 films, if you count direct-to-DVD movies. As Asylum notes, that's more than Jim Varney's Ernest character!

Nicholas Nadel writes: "Could Madea be the new Ernest? Indeed, when examined side by side, the similarities between the two beloved characters are uncanny. Both...

Happy Birthday to "Doogie Howser, M.D." star Neil Patrick Harris (1973), Houston Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte (1972), actor/rapper Ice Cube (1969), "Friends" star Courteney Cox (1964), "Mad About You" star Helen Hunt (1963), baseball Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs (1958), "According to Jim" star Jim Belushi (1954), "Earnest" actor Jim Varney (1949; d. 2000), Air Supply singer Russell Hitchcock (1949), Spencer Davis Group bassist Muff Winwood (1943), singer Harry Nilsson (1941; d. 1994), country legend Waylon Jennings (1937; d. 2002), musician Errol Garner (1921; d. 1977), Western actor Lash LaRue...

Happy Birthday to "Doogie Howser, M.D." star Neil Patrick Harris (1973), Houston Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte (1972), actor/rapper Ice Cube (1969), "Friends" star Courteney Cox (1964), "Mad About You" star Helen Hunt (1963), baseball Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs (1958), "According to Jim" star Jim Belushi (1954), "Earnest" actor Jim Varney (1949; d. 2000), Air Supply singer Russell Hitchcock (1949), Spencer Davis Group bassist Muff Winwood (1943), singer Harry Nilsson (1941; d. 1994), country legend Waylon Jennings (1937; d. 2002), musician Errol Garner (1921; d. 1977), Western actor Lash LaRue...