Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry to Be Toasted at Paley Honors, With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Host Committee
The Paley Center for Media announced Wednesday that it will honor Tyler Perry at its Paley Honors gala, taking place in Beverly Hills on Dec. 4. The event, which will be held at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, will serve as a celebration of Perry’s long and versatile career as an actor, writer, director, producer, studio owner […]
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BET Launches Pair of Tyler Perry FAST Channels
BET is expanding the reach of its shows from Tyler Perry. The Paramount-owned (for now, at least) outlet is launching two FAST channels that will feature episodes of the prolific Perry’s BET and BET+ series. The two channels, straightforwardly titled BET Tyler Perry Drama and BET Tyler Perry Comedy, will feature all of Perry’s BET […]
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Tyler Perry on 2024 Election: “What Is Important to Me Is That America Remains a Democracy”
Tyler Perry weighed in on where his loyalties are in the 2024 presidential election on Monday evening. “Let me tell you what’s important to me, and I want you to hear me clearly when I say this,” Perry told The Hollywood Reporter, when asked whether he was supporting Biden’s re-election bid, at the New York […]
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“Can an Artist Just Be an Artist Without Representing Their Culture?”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With the Director of ‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’
Despite the many plays, films and TV shows produced by the prolific writer-director, Tyler Perry has avoided overtly mining his own personal history for this body of work. For Gelila Bekele, co-director of Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (who also shares a child with Perry), she recognized an opportunity to share how Perry built […]
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Tyler Perry Pens Op-Ed in Response to Airport Racial Profiling: “Affront to Our Dignity”
Tyler Perry penned an op-ed Wednesday speaking out against alleged racial discrimination experienced by his friends, comedians Eric André and Clayton English. In his column, published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Perry addresses a lawsuit filed earlier this year alleging that both André and English were unlawfully stopped by authorities at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Earlier this […]
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Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ to Star Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor
The ever-busy Tyler Perry has rounded out the cast for his next Netflix movie, Straw. Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar and Mike Merrill have boarded the film about a devoted single mother facing unfortunate events that send her down an unexpected path. Struggling against circumstances beyond her control, […]
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PEN America Literary Gala Celebrates Writers and Addresses Criticism Over Gaza War Response
The 2024 PEN America Literary Gala welcomed hundreds of guests inside Manhattan’s Museum of Natural History on Thursday, including several prominent figures from the entertainment industry. Seth Meyers served as emcee for the annual black-tie fundraiser, which recognizes individuals who “celebrate, champion and defend freedom of expression.” The gala took place following the recent cancellation […]
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Tyler Perry, DeVon Franklin and Netflix Partner on Faith-Based Film Deal
Tyler Perry and DeVon Franklin (Miracles From Heaven) are getting into business with Netflix to make faith-based movies together. The first film under their new partnership will be R&B, written by Mike Elliott (Brown Sugar) and Cory Tynan, and described as a modern-day retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz, an iconic Biblical love story. […]
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Tyler Perry Studios to Develop Unscripted Content In Deal With Asylum Entertainment Group
Tyler Perry Studios and non-scripted production company Asylum Entertainment Group have launched a joint venture to develop and produce unscripted series for the world market. As part of their creative partnership, Antoinetta Stallings has been named vp of unscripted programming for the Madea filmmaker’s Atlanta-based studio, and will work alongside Asylum to produce unscripted formats. […]
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Tyler Perry, BET Extend Their Content Partnership
Tyler Perry and BET are continuing their fruitful business relationship. The cable outlet and Perry have signed a new, multi-year content partnership that will have Perry create and produce hundreds more hours of programming for BET and its streaming service, BET+. The deal, which runs through 2028, extends and builds on a relationship that dates […]
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Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”
Over the past four years, Tyler Perry had been planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta, which would have added 12 soundstages to the 330-acre property. Now, however, those ambitions are on hold — thanks to the rapid developments he’s seeing in the realm of artificial intelligence, including OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora, […]
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Tyler Perry Inks First-Look TV Deal at Netflix
Netflix is doubling down on its commitment to the ever-busy Tyler Perry. The streaming service announced Monday that it was adding a multi-year, first-look series deal to its ongoing partnership with Perry. The first series under the new pact is titled Beauty in Black, a 16-episode hour-long drama, written, directed and produced by the man himself. Per […]
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