Tyler Perry News

A fire last night at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta nearly threatened to put Madea out of commission. Luckily, the Atlanta police arrived in time to stop the blaze with only some damage to backlot ...
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Firefighters were called to Tyler Perry's movie studio in Atlanta, Georgia after a major blaze broke out there on Tuesday night. Atlanta's emergency services rushed to tackle the fire at the huge...
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Georgia police have launched an investigation into actor/director Tyler Perry's claims he was racially profiled by two white cops during a recent traffic stop. The Diary of a Mad Black Woman star ...
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Tyler Perry has called for federal agents to take racial profiling seriously as a potential hate crime after a terrifying recent encounter with two white cops. The star took to Facebook to recoun...
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Janet Jackson has ruled herself out of the next season of The X Factor because she just can't work the show into her schedule. The Nasty singer was one of the stars rumored to be in the running t...
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Tyler Perry has obtained a pilot's license so he can personally fly his pals to his private island in the Bahamas.
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Leading into the Academy Awards this upcoming Sunday, I’m trying to catch up on all the Best Picture nominees which I missed in 2011. Last night I watched the Alexander Payne drama “The Descendant...
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Gabrielle Union attended Tyler Perry's "Good Deeds" Los Angeles premiere yesterday wearing a simple yet sexy dress that teased just a bit of skin.
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Kim Kardashian is to make her sitcom debut on Tim Allen's new show "Last Man Standing." The socialite will follow in the footsteps of singer Nick Jonas, who played a deadbeat dad in the series ov...
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October was a big month for celebrity weddings - funnyman Seth Rogen tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Lauren Miller, Twilight star Nikki Reed married singer/songwriter/American Idol castoff P...
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Jamie Foxx and Tyler Perry have been hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit from a convicted bank robber who claims the pair stole his ideas for their new film. Foxx, Perry and Martin Lawrence s...
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Child sex abuse survivor Tyler Perry has penned an open letter to the former 11-year-old who recently came out as an alleged victim of disgraced football coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky has been i...
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Director Tyler Perry has defended his decision to cast socialite Kim Kardashian in his upcoming film The Marriage Counselor after disapproving fans vowed to boycott the movie. Kardashian signed on...
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Kim Kardashian had an extra reason to celebrate at her 31st birthday party on Friday after landing a role in Tyler Perry's latest film. The socialite turned 31 on Friday and celebrated with her f...
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry was the guest of honor at the Triumph Awards on Wednesday as he accepted an award from U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton. The Madea's Family Reunion director receive...
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Actor/director Tyler Perry has been named the highest paid man in entertainment by the bosses at money magazine Forbes. Perry raked in $130 million in a year, thanks in part to his popular TV show...
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Happy Birthday to: Actor/director Tyler Perry (1969) Boy Meets World actor Ben Savage (1980) Singer Fiona Apple (1977) Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney (1975) Fashion designer Stella McC...
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Actor/director Tyler Perry is one step closer to landing his own TV channel after signing a deal with bosses at leading movie studio Lionsgate. The Madea Goes to Jail star has previously voiced h...
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Recently, it was reported that "The Situation" and Ronnie got into a major fist-fight while shooting the fourth season of the "Jersey Shore" in Italy. The two have long been frienemies and it ...
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This weekend I was finally able to see the Duncan Jones sci-fi/thriller “Source Code,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal. After viewing it though, I’m fairly certain that Hollywood is attempting to compens...
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Generous director Tyler Perry has gifted an elderly woman with a brand new house after hearing how her family home was burned to the ground shortly before Christmas. Rosa Lee Ransby, 88, and her ...
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Director Tyler Perry will be honored at an upcoming Las Vegas film convention for "singlehandedly" changing the face of Hollywood. The Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail moviemaker will be handed Ci...
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I’m not old, but I am mature. I’m not in the let’s-go-clubbin’-this-Saturday-night set, but I’m still in the coveted demographic that advertisers like. I’m old enough to remember when vampires were...
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Martin Lawrence is back as Big Momma in part three of that trilogy, Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son. Now there’s another famous man in a big lady costume. Tyler Perry’s Madea has been in more film...
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Actor/director Tyler Perry has signed up to play famed fictional sleuth Dr. Alex Cross in a new movie. The character, created in James Patterson's crime novels, has been immortalized on the big sc...
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Sade is the toast of the music world again after landing four nominations for the 2011 NAACP Image Awards on Wednesday. The sultry British singer will compete for Outstanding Female Artist, Outst...
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I got quality time with Oprah Winfrey at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. For the launch of OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Winfrey threw a party in the garden of the Langham H...
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Oprah Winfrey and pal Tyler Perry have stormed to the top of Forbes magazine's end-of-year rich list. Oprah takes the top spot on the newly-released Hollywood's 20 Highest-Earning of 2010 with an...
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A teenager caught breaking into filmmaker Tyler Perry's Georgia home on Thursday has been charged with criminal trespass. Chloe Ware was caught by the director's bodyguard as she attempted to esc...
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Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” has come and gone. Like most of his work, it was a critically panned, melodramatic, over the top and frankly annoying piece of cinema, but hey, it still made a boa...
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