The controversy surrounding The Boondocks’ Tyler Perry-inspired “Pause” episode continues.
The episode featured a Tyler Perry-ish character named Winston Jordan, a closeted homosexual who regularly harassed other men. With reports that the director has fired his entire staff over the episode heating up the blogosphere, there are now claims that the person who wrote the episode is actually an ex-Perry staffer, who was fired years ago.
Has Tyler Perry fired his entire staff over an episode The Boondocks?
According to Celebrity Gossip Guy Carlton Jordan, the episode was so true to life, that the writer/actor/director is convinced that someone on his staff leaked information to the writing staff of The Boondocks.
Since he has no way of determining who leaked what, he fired them all.
Tyler Perry and Janet Jackson swung by The TODAY Show Monday to chat up their new flick, Why Did I Get Married Too, the follow-up to Perry’s wildly-successful 2007 ensemble comedy-drama.
The flick hits theaters April 2.
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Here’s the latest trailer for Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, the follow-up to 2007′s comedy-drama Why Did I Get Married?
Reuniting the same charismatic cast and characters from his hit comedy/drama, Why Did I Get Married?, Tyler Perry brings us the next chapter in the lives of eight college friends struggling with the challenges of marital life in Why Did I Get Married Too.
Why Did I Get Married Too opens in theaters April 2.
After taking some time off to recover from the death of his beloved mother, writer, producer, and director Tyler Perry is bringing his signature character back to the stage in a new production set to tour in 2010.
Tyler’s mother, Willie Maxine Perry, died Dec. 8 at the age of 64.
“My mother was the apple of my eye, so this has been difficult to say the least….I’ll say more about her as I am able. It’s just too soon to talk publicly about it.”
In a statement on his website Saturday, Perry says he’s reviving gun-toting grandma Madea on stage for the first time in five years. Madea’s Big Happy Family will begin touring in El Paso, Texas on Jan. 4, before hitting Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and Portland.
“‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’ is my new play. Trust me when I tell you, I need to laugh and make you laugh even harder. All I want to say is that if you have not seen ‘Madea’ live on stage you haven’t seen Madea at all….”
Writer, producer, director Tyler Perry is mourning the death of his mother. The Madea star took to his website to announce the death of his mother on Tuesday. Willie Maxine Perry — a preschool teacher at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center — was 64.
Perry, 40, simply posted his mother’s full name, birth date and the date of her death with a photo of the two at the Los Angeles premiere of Madea’s Family Reunion in 2006.
“Thank you for all your prayers,” Tyler wrote without explaining the cause of his mom’s passing.
In a 2006 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Perry identified his mother as the inspiration for his most popular character, Madea.
Tyler Perry has gotten into some hot water regarding some song lyrics featured in his 2009 movie, Madea Goes to Jail. The popular filmmaker is accused of lifting lyrics from a gospel song for the movie. According to a federal lawsuit, Tyler allegedly pirated an entire verse from “When I Think of the Goodness of Jesus,” written in 1950 by singer Bertha James.
No credit or payment was made for the lyrics used in a monologue by Perry’s Madea during a court proceeding in the film. James’ estate is seeking unspecified damages for copyright infringement from Perry and Lionsgate Entertainment which distributes his films.
Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the gift, announced Monday, is the largest donation from an individual in the organization’s history.
Hot off the presses: Entertainment Tonight has unveiled our first look at Malik Yoba, Janet Jackson, and the rest of the cast of Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?, the sequel to the 2007 box office hit Why Did I Get Married?.
The film hits theaters April 2010.
Tyler Perry appeared on 60 Minutes Sunday, where the hit filmmaker revealed thathe was “insulted” and “pissed off” by legendary lensman Spike Lee’s criticisms of Perry’s popular alter ego, Madea. Lee recently called Perry characters such as Madea examples of “coonery” and “buffoonery.”
“I would love to read that [criticism] to my fan base,” Perry told 60 Minutes correspondent Byron Pitts. “All these characters of mine are bait, bait to get people talking about God, love, family, and faith…..That pisses me off. It is so insulting,”
