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Gospel singer and evangelist Duranice Pace died on Jan. 14, 2021, at the age of 62. Pace was the eldest sister of the gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters. While a cause of death hasn’t been revealed by her family, she was hospitalized at the top of the year and previously battled thyroid cancer. Her…

Tyler Perry will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars in April. The actor and director is being recognized for his extensive work on humanitarian and social justice causes, while the Motion Picture and Television Fund will become the first organization to also receive the accolade in recognition of heading toward its 100th…

Tyler Perry’s hit drama series “The Haves and the Have Nots” will be coming to an end. The show’s midseason finale airs tonight, Jan. 12, and its final run of new episodes will start airing in May. According to Deadline, “The Haves and the Have Nots” is the last Tyler Perry TV series on OWN…

With the Georgia Senate runoff just days away, Tyler Perry has joined the growing list of celebrities appealing to Georgia voters ahead of the fateful election. On Thursday, Dec. 31, the billionaire filmmaker uploaded a video to Facebook as he discussed the election with his followers. Although Perry admitted that he is not a fan…

Tyler Lepley is taking public ownership of his sexual orientation by proclaiming he has always been a woman-loving heterosexual — and also denies that his director, Tyler Perry, is gay. Lepley, one of the stars of the popular sex-drenched drama “P-Valley,” refutes the beliefs of some fans who say he displays gay tendencies, particularly on…

Queen of Media Oprah Winfrey just sold most of her shares in her Oprah Winfrey Network to its majority owner, Discovery Inc. According to Bloomberg, Winfrey’s company, Harpo Inc., filed to sell half of the 1.34 million shares and will receive $36 million in stock. Winfrey will remain CEO of OWN but now has a…

Now that Tyler Perry has confirmed that he is single, it appears he has a bigger issue to deal with: more women. After the billionaire filmmaker shared a recent gym photo as he revealed his relationship status, women started coming out of the woodworks to shoot their shot. Tons of women have taken to social…

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…

LeBron James is learning that winning championships in the City of Angels can be a highly profitable endeavor, while the rest of us learned that Tyler Perry still has plenty left over after giving out so much money during a tumultuous 2020. The NBA superstar and movie mogul are among the entertainers and athletes who…

Tyler Perry has made a very sizable donation to the legal fund of Kenneth Walker, who was Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, in order to fight the lawsuit filed against him by a Louisville cop. The 51-year-old movie tycoon donated $100,000 to Walker who is being sued by Louisville Metropolitan Police Officer Jonathan Mattingly for shooting the cop…

Tyler Perry has inspired nearly as much awe in recent years for his random acts of kindness as he has for the construction of his massive Atlanta-based studio campus and his dizzying array of TV shows and movies. Page Six and the British newspaper The Sun are reporting that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are…

Who else is ready for “more sex, lies and murder” in the name of the infamous (yet fictitious) Rakudushis cult? Well, the wait is over. Starting on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, on BET+, Tyler Perry is bringing back his newest and most risqué TV series, “Ruthless.” Rolling out‘s Porsha Monique spoke with both…

The midseason return of Tyler Perry’s Ruthless is back with a vengeance and we’re here for it! There will be three new midseason shows, and they all premiere on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26 on BET+. So, after that scrumptious dinner (or perhaps before dinner, if you simply can’t wait), grab a blanket, get real cozy on…

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 recently shed light on how he was affected by Spike Lee’s judgement. During an interview with Variety, Perry discussed Lee’s past comments about his work. Lee once called Perry’s films “buffoonery.” Perry said that he viewed Lee as an inspiration as a filmmaker. “If any criticisms stung, it would have been his, because…

Tyler Perry has never been shy about his desire to build up the Black community. The movie mogul recently joined an initiative that will target 25 counties and 250k Black residents in Florida in an effort to mobilize the Black vote in the republican dominant state, according to TMZ. Equal Ground Education is the nonpartisan…

Kim Kardashian West has signed up for PAW Patrol: The Movie. The 39-year-old star — who has children North, 7, Saint, 4, Chicago, 2, and Psalm, 17 months — joked that she is now a “cool mom” to her kids after joining the cast of the animated movie, which will also feature the vocal talents…

Tyler Perry is set to be honored with the People’s Champion award at the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards. The 51-year-old actor, writer, producer and director, who has been hailed a “natural leader,” will be recognized for his contributions to entertainment and his support of charitable organizations such as Feeding America and Covenant House. Perry…

Tyler Perry movingly reflected on his family history as he accepted the Governors Award at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. The 51-year-old filmmaker and his foundation received the award in recognition of his work on inclusivity and philanthropic efforts and spoke about a quilt his grandmother had sewn for him…