Speaking of Tyler Perry, a trailer for the star’s new TBS dramedy, For Better or Worse, has been released. The show stars Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White and is based on their characters, warring spouses Angela and Marcus, from the feature films Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?
Writer, actor, producer, director, all-around-Renaissance Man Tyler Perry has topped Forbes’ annual list of the highest paid men in entertainment, earning a whopping $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
His closest competition was producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who made $113 million over the past year, and lensman Steven Spielberg, who finished third with $107 million earned.
Tyler Perry — who nearly blew a gasket when he was mocked on a 2010 episode of The Boondocks — found himself on the receiving end of the South Park treatment in a parody that aired on the longrunning animated Comedy Central series on Wednesday.
Spike Lee will not be pleased…Tyler Perry is bringing another television series to TBS. On Tuesday, the cable network picked up 10 episodes of a new dramedy from the director-producer-actor called For Better or For Worse, a spinoff project from his popular Why Did I Get Married? film franchise.
And in this corner….Two of the most successful Black filmmakers in Hollywood history are at one another’s throats again. It seems Tyler Perry never quite got over a 2009 interview in which legendary lensman Spike Lee quipped that Perry’s films “harken back to Amos n’ Andy.”
“Each artist should be allowed to pursue their artistic endeavors, but I still think there is a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonery,” Lee told 60 Minutes at the time. “I know it’s making a lot of money and breaking records, but we can do better. … I am a huge basketball fan, and when I watch the games on TNT, I see these two ads for these two shows (Tyler Perry’s ‘Meet the Browns’ and ‘House of Payne’), and I am scratching my head. We got a black president, and we going back to Mantan Moreland and Sleep ‘n’ Eat?”
After nearly two years of keeping his silence, Tyler unleashed the beast on Spike during a press conference for his latest comedy, Madea’s Big Happy Family, opening in theaters this weekend.
Check out this new trailer for Madea’s Big Happy Family, the latest film from writer/producer/director/Man in a Dress Tyler Perry.
We’ve got your first look at the return of Everyone’s Favorite Pistol-Totin’ Granny in this trailer for Tyler Perry’s new comedy, Madea’s Big Happy Family.
Well — this is about as close as Tyler’s going to get to the Oscars! The actor/director/philanthropist Tyler Perry is rolling out the cinematic red carpet for yet another African-American horror story — this one titled Madea’s Big Happy Family.
Actor Tyler Perry got into the Christmas spirit by offering to purchase a new home for an 88-year-old Georgia grandmother who lost her home in a fire, officials said Sunday.
The first theatrical trailer for For Colored Girls…., the latest directorial effort from writer/producer/director Tyler Perry, debuted online early Wednesday.
The upcoming film is based on a 1975 play which features a series of 20 poems telling stories of love, abandonment, domestic abuse, and other issues faced by women of color.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf has a star-studded cast ensemble which consists of Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, and Anika Noni Rose.
The film is set for release in the US on Nov. 5.
