Romeo has been making moves in the movie world and has just been cast in the upcoming Tyler Perry film, Madea’s Witness Protection!

Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White, stars of Tyler Perry’s latest TBS sitcom “For Better Or For Worse,” have fierce words for his critics, “it’s just hateration — especially if you don’t do nothing!” In a small luncheon with several bloggers last week at the Essence Magazine offices, the actors couldn’t sing Tyler’s praises enough. […]

Kim Kardashian‘s marriage may or may not be in trouble, but her acting career has been elevated now that she’ll be co-starring in the new Tyler Perry film The Marriage Counselor. She delivered her good news via Twitter on the night of her 31st birthday (October 21st), and they’ll begin shooting the movie on October […]

Comedian and actor Chris Rock gets “reel” in the latest issue of Vibe magazine. The Hollywood themed issue covers a variety of topics and in the interview with Rock they asked about the trend of Black comedians having to wear dresses. “I mean, hey, lots of comedians dress up like women, not just Black. It’s […]

Mr. Tyler Perry can’t seem to catch a break these days. First Mario Van Peebles took a sideways shot at him (and other Black men wearing dresses in films) at this year’s Urbanworld Film festival and now author Touré has gone for his pearl necklace-adorned jugular. Touré debated the merits of Perry’s films with Newsone […]

The star wattage continued to shine brightly  Friday night, as The Urbanworld Film Festival entered its second night.  Director Mario Van Peebles, 50 Cent and Lynn Whitfield were on hand to promote their film “All Things Fall Apart.”  50 hit the red carpet with his own entourage of eye candy, posing for pics with the […]

Add Tyler Perry to the new Forbes magazine list of the highest-paid men in entertainment. The actor/director/screenwriter/producer/author films have raked in more than $500 million worldwide. Perry beat out the man responsible for The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who earned a reported $113 million over the course of the […]

Tyler Perry may be following in Oprah Winfrey’s footsteps by getting his own cable network. Perry who turns his plays, television shows and films into movies may be forming Tyler TV. According to the NY Times, Tyler TV, which is still a working title, is intended as a home base for the prolific Mr. Perry […]

Tune in for an all new episode of “Cinema in Noir” on BlogTalkRadio.  On this week’s podcast we discuss: –The lastest in casting news (Chris Brown, Meagan Good, Vin Diesel) –Viola Davis‘ comments in this month’s Essence Magazine concerning her initial hesitation playing a maid in upcoming film,  The Help. Is there a tendency to […]

Tyler Perry covers Ebony magazine’s August 2011 issue. Inside, he reveals the 3 events in his life that profoundly changed him; the first being turning 40, the second being his mother dying, and the third being his appearance on “Oprah” in which he shared details about being sexually abused. He also admits to almost becoming […]

(via HipHopWired) Tyler Perry graces the cover of the August issue of Ebony Magazine.  In an exclusive interview, Hollywood’s most powerful black director opens up about his past sexual abuse, his rivalry with fellow director Spike Lee, and his love life.  Perry admits that in late 2010, he and his girlfriend experienced a pregnancy scare. […]

Early poster art for Tyler Perry’s upcoming crime thriller I, Alex Cross has been posted on the QED International (the company producing the film) web page. The synopsis for the film has also been revealed: “Crusading Detective/Psychologist ALEX CROSS (Tyler Perry) meets his match against the psychotic, mob hit man, MICHAEL SULLIVAN aka THE BUTCHER. […]