From Elev8.com Tyler Perry has taken up the cause of health, in addition to promoting his new movie “Madea’s Big Happy Family“. Earlier this week, we posted a story about Madea, Tyler Perry’s character, endorsing healthy eating in “Madea Returns With Family And Healthy Eating”.  Today Tyler Perry is bringing awareness of healthy issue by […]

Dover, Delaware– UPDATE: The Delaware Supreme Court ruled on February 17th 2011 that the white movie theater manager, David Stewart,  did not discriminate against a theater mostly full of black patrons when he gave an announcement prior to a showing of “Why Did I Get Married” in 2007. We originally reported that the Human Relations […]

There are moments captured on  film which leave an invaluable social etching on the soul of society. Gospel music is one form of music that has been used over the years in movies to set the tone.

via: Mymajicdc.com One of the prominent leading ladies of Tyler Perry’s dark new movie “For Colored Girls” spoke with John Monds about her thoughts on Perry’s attempt to turn the celebrated play about multiple Black women’s growing pains into a feature film. Phylicia Rashad was in town to attend the Washington, DC premiere of the film at […]

via: Necolebitchie.com Essence Magazine is celebrating the release of Tyler Perry’s new film “For Colored Girls” with the release of 2 special edition covers featuring the cast of the movie. The cover features Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Janet Jackson and Kerry Washington while the men cover includes director Tyler Perry, Hill Harper, Michael Ealy and […]

Currently on the promo grind for the Tyler Perry drama For Colored Girls, a glowing Janet Jackson appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” for a candid interview with Robin Roberts. The soft-spoken entertainer explained how she learned of the Broadway play For Colored Girls by visiting her bro Michael as a kid when he appeared […]

via: UrbanInformer.com Tyler Perry went on Oprah Wednesday afternoon to share details about his painful childhood memories of physical and sexual abuse and a choice that almost took his life as a teen.

ATLANTA — Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character “Madea” back on tour. Perry posted a message on his Web site Saturday that said he had taken some time off in the past few months “so I could spend my mother’s final days at her side.” His mother, Willie […]

From NAACP.org: Washington, DC (November 23, 2009) – The NAACP, the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, announced today that acclaimed film director Tyler Perry has donated one million dollars, marking the largest gift ever given by an individual entertainer. In addition, Perry purchased several NAACP commissioned Jacob Lawrence lithographs and additional lithographs by […]

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