Tag Archives: Tyler Perry

MOST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT EVEN LONGER TO SEE PRECIOUS…

So what that it’s one of the most anticipated movies of the year, you think that’s going to solve cash-flow problems?
Despite the unprecedented preview weekend, the TYLER PERRY and OPRAH WINFREY backed Precious isn’t a safe enough bet for Lionsgate to just release the film wide. Instead execs are determined to ’stay the course’ and continue with [...]

MO’NIQUE BACK PEDDLES: SAYS SHE’S GRATEFUL FOR ‘PRECIOUS’ OSCAR BUZZ…

Looks like somebody got a call from OPRAH.
After famously thumbing her nose at the Academy of Arts And Sciences for the buzz surrounding her performance in the dark indie drama Precious, seems like MO’NIQUE is now (begrudgingly) singing a different tune.
“Any buzz, I’m appreciative of,” is what the comedian turned actor turned talk show host [...]

FIRST LOOK: TYLER PERRY’S ‘WHY DID I GET MARRIED 2′ & JANET TALKS MJ & JD

Here’s your first look at TYLER PERRY’S sequel to his successful 2007 film Why Did I Get Married – trading the snow for an exotic locale, the follow-up looks to have a little more drama than the fist one.
With JANET JACKSON, JILL SCOTT, MICHAEL JAI WHITE, TASHA SMITH and MAALIK YOBA all returning, the film [...]

TYLER PERRY TO SPIKE LEE: ‘WHO YOU CALLIN COON?’

ALICIA KEYS 6th ANNUAL KEEP A CHILD ALIVE BLACK BALL…

ALICIA KEYS is busy. With her new album due into the label in just a few days, the Grammy winner still found time to host her 6th Annual Black Ball last night in New York City. The black tie affair helps raise money and awareness for her charity Keep A Child Alive, which helps provide [...]

TYLER PERRY TALKS ABOUT CHILDHOOD ABUSE AND HIS MOLESTATION…

Writer/Producer/Actor TYLER PERRY is opening some very deep wounds in an open-email he penned to his supporters via his website this weekend. The multi-hyphenate penned the email, urging the public to see the new film Precious – the story of a 16 year-old girl living with an abusive mother. Perry has made no secret of his [...]

MO’NIQUE SAYS F**K AN OSCAR, I JUST WANT THE CHEDDAR?

Here’s a rumor I hope isn’t true. As we just reported a few stories ago, MO’NIQUE was absent from the showing of her new film Precious over the weekend at the New York Film Festival. Now logic would tell you that she missed the screening – where the flick isn’t in competition – due to [...]