Tyler Perry News
Tyler Perry Gives Back Big!
tonic.com –
2009-11-26
Tyler Perry is closing out a very good year and opening his wallet to express gratitude. The acclaimed mogul has given the NAACP a generous gift of $1 million, the organization's single largest donation from an individual. ... Full Article
Perry facing plagiarism lawsuit
canoe.ca –
2009-11-26
Tyler Perry is facing legal action over accusations he used portions of a song written by the late Bertha James in his movie Madea Goes To Jail without permission. ... Full Article
Just in time for Thanksgiving, filmmaker Tyler Perry and Food Network personality and author Paula Deen are making sizable gifts to area hunger relief organizations. ... Full Article
Tyler Perry 's Meet the Browns is on its way to broadcast television. The syndication company Debmar-Mercury's deal places the sitcom in more than 70 percent of the nation for a September debut on major station groups, including Fox, Tribune,... ... Full Article
This year ladies and gentle ladies (hee hee, did you catch the reference to girly men??), it looks like we have our vicarious candidate! Gabourey Sidibe is the Oscar buzzed up star of the Oprah Winfrey , Tyler Perry produced,... ... Full Article
But black and Latino like who, exactly? Lately, there's been a tart exchange between Tyler Perry and Spike Lee. The back-and-forth volleys have been entertaining - who doesn't like watching rich people argue? - but also enlightening. ... Full Article
Director Lee Daniels is "Speechless" and "Humbled" by the Support He Has Received from Winfrey and Perry
cbsnews.com –
2009-11-02
The dark urban drama, which opens in U.S. cinemas on Friday, follows Clareece "Precious" Jones, an overweight, illiterate and abused Harlem teen who is pregnant with her second child and invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that... ... Full Article
Oprah Winfrey did not write "The Bluest Eye" or "Middlesex" or "Love in the Time of Cholera." But her formidably influential book club has helped many an author -- alive or dead, famous or no -- reach a wider audience. ... Full Article
10-27-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
eurweb.com –
2009-10-27
TYLER PERRY RESPONDS TO SPIKE LEE CRITICISM: Actor/director/producer says he was 'pissed off' by filmmaker saying Madea is 'coonery.' (video) *In an interview on "60 Minutes," Tyler Perry got a chance to defend himself against comments made last spring by... ... Full Article
When the nominees for the 2009 Gotham Awards were announced last week, movie bloggers and awards junkies looked at the list and exclaimed "Where's 'Precious?' " Some even wondered if the movie's absence suggests a coming backlash against executive producers... ... Full Article