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Tyler Perry told his millions of fans that he’s in the throes of a midlife crisis, even as he flashes his newly developed muscles after undergoing a wondrous weightlifting binge in 2020. The founder and owner of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, which has produced a blizzard of current TV shows and movies, is letting…

Filmmaker Tyler Perry continued his philanthropy in a huge way for families in metro Atlanta, just in time for Thanksgiving. Perry hosted a drive-thru food giveaway for 5,000 families at his Tyler Perry Studios in East Point, Georgia, south of Atlanta. “Although we wish that we could feed everyone in need, we will close the…

At the beginning of 2020, Tyler Perry was criticized when he bragged that he’s the only writer and director of all of his many television shows and movies. It appears that the founder and CEO of the gargantuan Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta has pivoted from the previous posture that he has “no writer’s room.”…

Tyler Perry has officially become a billionaire. The 50-year-old filmmaker has been named as Hollywood’s latest member of the club after earning $1.4 billion in pre-tax income since 2005, and it’s said he’s currently worth $1 billion overall. According to Forbes magazine, Tyler has earned his wealth through shrewd business prowess, and he owns 100…

After Monica initially balked at a Verzuz battle with longtime heated rival Brandy, but the Atlanta-born singer finally relented to fans’ wishes to do the event. Not only will Monica Calhoun, 39, and Brandy Norwood, 41, unfurl their classic hits that soared on the Billboard charts in the 1990s, they are going to hold…

Lawrence Robinson recently scored a breakout role on Tyler Perry‘s series “Sistas” where he plays Chris, the love interest of Shari Belafonte’s character, Lisa Mott. He spoke with rolling out about how his son helped him maintain focus on his greater goals while simultaneously holding down a gig at the airport.

Tyler Perry took to his Instagram account to share what experts say will improve your chances of surviving the coronavirus if you contract the disease. Perry, 50, told his nearly 6 million IG followers that Blacks, who are contracting and dying from COVID-19 at inordinate numbers compared to their White counterparts, need to increase their…

Tyler Perry’s majestic 330-acre studio complex has remained shuttered since the outbreak of the pandemic in the U.S. The 51-year-old movie mogul is anxious to return to work on his six TV shows and he has a military-style plan to bring his wishes to fruition, TMZ reports. Anyone who is working on his shows, as…

Pretty soon, folks are going to start calling the station “Tyler Perry’s BET Network.” That’s because Tyler Perry is bringing back “House of Payne,” his popular comedy series about a multigenerational family, on BET. The news comes on the heels of a recent announcement that Perry also is launching another show titled “Assisted Living” on BET,…

Movie and TV mogul Tyler Perry surprised readers when he admitted he does not miss playing Madea and that, in fact, he has always hated transforming himself into the famous gun-toting, foulmouthed grandmother. In an interview with Level while promoting his latest film “A Fall From Grace,” Perry spoke about a wide range of issues,…

Tyler Perry and Crystal Fox discuss the new Netflix movie A Fall from Grace. Perry also describes his childhood and witnessing the women in his life endure emotional trauma due to heartbreak.

TV and movie mogul Tyler Perry received some pushback when he boasted on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, that he is the sole writer for all of his current shows. But he had a response to his critics. While the Tyler Perry Studio owner mostly received props for his indefatiguable devotion to his shows, which include…

Movie mogul Tyler Perry has been riding a powerful wave in recent months. His uninterrupted upward trajectory has been punctuated by the grand opening of his Tyler Perry Studios that attracted the crème de la crème of music, politics and entertainment. Since then, Perry has launched two new BET shows, “The Oval” and “Sistas” while…

Tyler Perry Studios will soon be open to the public. Perry has announced that official visitor tours will begin on his vast movie-making campus in 2020. According to the New York Times, Tyler Perry Studios is larger than the iconic Hollywood lots of MGM, Disney and Paramount Pictures combined. “Are you looking forward to going…

As most Black people fight for a veritable seat at the table, Tyler Perry told the 2019 BET Awards audience that he, instead, went off to build his own table. Fans got a glimpse of this stupendous table during his monstrously successful Tyler Perry Studios grand opening near downtown Atlanta in October. Fans and media…

Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam reflects on receiving a star at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta in October and discusses her new Lifetime movie, Radio Christmas, which premieres Saturday, Nov. 9.

No one will soon forget the spectacular, star-studded party that Tyler Perry threw in Atlanta for the grand opening of his $250 million Tyler Perry Studios in in October – most of all Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. The Hollywood power couple vlogged their entire trip that began in greater Los Aneles, continued on their…

Tyler Perry is killing the game right now and he has the celebrity receipts to prove it. Fresh off the star-studded grand opening of the impressive Tyler Perry Studios campus near downtown Atlanta, the movie mogul has unveiled three new TV projects, including “The Oval” and “Sistas” that just debuted on BET as well as…

Who needs Madea, anyway? Tyler Perry is on fire these days. Just weeks after Perry hosted an awe-inspiring celebrity party at his Atlanta studio, the movie mogul will now host the Democratic national debates at his sprawling Tyler Perry Studios complex in November. This news comes just as it was announced that Perry will be…

Steve Harvey is the walking embodiment of the age-old axiom that “when one door closes, another one opens.” Now that Harvey has a few minutes on his hands after being unceremoniously ousted from the daytime talk show genre — despite “Steve” garnering high ratings for seven seasons — he appears to be focusing his energies…