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Tyler Perry Blasted On X After Disming Poor Writing Critiques
Tyler Perry wants the world to know he doesn't care about your criticisms of his films and will not change his formula for making them.
Tyler Perry Signs New Deal With BET
Tyler Perry may not have been able to seal the deal during the brief time when Paramount Global was toying around with the possibility of putting BET Media Group up for sale, but the TV and film mogul has struck a multi-year deal with the network that will ensure his content has a home there for […]
First Trailer For Tyler Perry’s Netflix Thriller ‘Mea Culpa’ Arrives
Reactions are all over the place for Tyler Perry's new Netflix thriller Mea Culpa starring Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes.
Christian Keyes Accuses “Powerful” Person Of Sexual Harassment
Christian Keyes, an actor and model from Michigan, accused a powerful figure in the television and film industry of sexually harassing him.
Kelly Rowland & Trevante Rhodes & More Tapped To Star In Tyler Perry’s Netflix Film ‘Mea Culpa’
The devil works hard, but Tyler Perry and his typewriter work harder. The post Kelly Rowland & Trevante Rhodes & More Tapped To Star In Tyler Perry’s Netflix Film ‘Mea Culpa’ appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Tyler Perry Is “Looking Forward To Telling Unique Stories” As He Signs Deal With Amazon Studios
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty Love him or hate him, you have to respect Tyler Perry‘s hustle and work ethic. According to Variety, arguably one of the most successful Black directors in TV and film is now taking his brand to Amazon Studios by signing a four-picture film deal with the platform. That means Perry will write, direct, and produce four new movies for release on Prime Video, which already has a few of Perry’s gems available for streaming such as Daddy’s Little Girls, Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, For Colored Girls, and, for those trying to get into the holiday spirit, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas. “I’m excited and grateful to start working with Amazon Studios to bring movies to Prime Video,” Perry said in a statement announcing the deal. ...
Atlanta’s Latest Episode Includes Another Teddy Perkins-Style Cameo
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Atlanta, Season 4 Episode 5, “Work Ethic!”] Atlanta’s final season continues its march towards the end with “Work Ethic!,” in which Van (Zazie Beetz) finds herself as well as her daughter Lottie (Austin Elle Fisher) sucked into the world of a TV mega-producer. Van initially arrives at a studio lot as a day player on a sitcom, but after an outburst from Lottie attracts the attention of the seemingly omniscient Kirkwood Chocolate (who communicates with his underlings strictly through a PA system), Van finds herself fighting to locate her daughter in the chaos of Kirkwood’s many, many ongoing productions. In classic Atlanta fashion, Van’s quest to find Lottie grows increasingly surreal and violent, until she eventually is able to confront Ki...
Tyler Perry Donates $500,000 To The Apollo Theater At Spring Benefit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shahar Azran / Shahar Azran The Apollo Theater had a huge night during their annual Spring Benefit raising a record-breaking $3.7 million including a $500,000 gift from Tyler Perry who made the surprise announcement during his acceptance speech. As per Variety the esteemed director, producer and actor gave back to the Black creative community in a major way. When he was accepting the Impact Award presented by Academy Award® winner and The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg he revealed his initiative. “My studio [in Georgia] was once a former Confederate-owned army base where there were 3.9 million negroes and slaves at the time, and there were Confederate soldiers plotting and planning how to keep them enslaved,” Perry said. Related Stories “While now...
Tyler Perry Bringing Madea Out of Retirement For Upcoming Netflix Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Tran / Getty Madea is not done yet. Tuesday (Jun.8), Netflix announced that Tyler Perry is bringing the beloved gun-toting grandmother from retirement for a new film called A Madea Homecoming. The Hollywood Reporter says the film, which will be the 12th movie starring Perry as Madea, will be shot at his studio in Atlanta and will see him handle both writing and directing duties and premiere exclusively on the streaming service 2022. The decision to bring Madea back comes just three years after he announced he put the grey wig on the shelf. Perry took to Instagram to make the big announcement in a video saying the reason he brought her back is the fact “we need to laugh, man, too much is going on in the country. We need to laugh, so, I wa...
Tyler Perry Accepts Humanitarian Award at 2021 Oscars With Plea To Not Hate Police Officers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty Recent remarks from Tyler Perry have confused fans after announcing his refusal to hate police officers during his Academy Awards speech. On Sunday (April 25), the Atlanta media mogul recently took home the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work in helping others and feeding people during the pandemic, per a Fox 5 Atlanta report. Perry using his billion-dollar wallet to help people in their time of need has been well documented over the year. His good deeds include: leaving $21,000 in tips at an Atlanta restaurant, paying the tab for seniors shopping at 73 groceries stores, offering to pay for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks and Secoriea Turner, donating $100,000 to the legal defense fund of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, and feed...
Tyler Perry Received Both Shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine To Help Boost Confidence In It
Source: Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment / Getty President Joe Biden is getting some help to fulfill his pledge to get 100,000,000 million American’s vaccinated against COVID-19 in his year one of his presidency, and it’s none other than Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry is here to spread the word that the vaccine is safe. The life-saving medicine arrived rather quickly, thanks to scientists and doctors working around the clock to find a vaccine to protect people from dying from COVD-19. Donald Trump and his poorly named private-public partnership, Operation Warp Speed, was created to help facilitate and ramp-up vaccine development and delivered on that part and gave much cause for concern regarding people willing to take the vaccine. Along with the Trump Administration’s poor lack of planning, Va...
Tyler Perry Donates $100K Toward Legal Fees For Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend
Source: Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment / Getty Tyler Perry has donated a large sum of money to Kenneth Walker’s GoFundMe that’s raising money for his legal battle against one of the cops responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Breonna Taylor. According to TMZ, the 51-year-old billionaire contributed a whopping $100,000 paid in two installments of $10,000, one $50,000 and a $30,000 to reach the fund’s asking amount. The media mogul has been on a philanthropic streak over the last couple of years. His recent work helped pay for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks who was gunned down by Atlanta PD in a parking lot, paid for the groceries for senior citizens across multiple grocery stores, fed families for Thanksgiving, and covered the funeral and rent for Tyne...
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