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Hate him or love him, Tyler Perry is a twinkle in many an Atlantan’s eye these days.? He’s doing big things in the community and making movies all at the same time.? TP sends out personal email blasts to thousands of people with motivational stories and often photos of his personal life.? In one of his recent blasts, Perry dropped pictures of his former living situation and detailed his dispair and disappointment during that time.? Continue Reading…
There’s a?family fued brewing?between Tyler Perry and his cousin Marlon Campbell.? Marlon, an Atlanta producer/director obviously aspires to be just like his?cuz, so he figures using Tyler’s name in some promotional material for his new flick “Oblivious”?might just?give him the boost he needs.? Well…he had a rude awakening when Tyler’s attorney’s sent him a cease & desist letter demanding him to remove all references to Tyler Perry.???When?Campbell wrote back Continue Reading…
Tyler Perry says he has a stalker…and I?think I?know who it is!
?”I’m trying to be careful how I say this without inciting this person, but I have a stalker,” he begins. “This person sends several hundred emails a day to my office and has planned our wedding and bought rings and such.? She has showed up at my house several times. What’s crazy is I’ve never met this woman nor have I even responded to her emails. I’ve had to increase the guards at my house as well as travel with body guards and I hate that. I hate to have big guys following me around.” (Source)
Now…who would stalk a 6’5 black man…besides a 6’5 woman?? I’m just sayin… 🙂
King Kong ain’t got nuthin on Labron! (SandraRose)
All us ATLiens just LOVE one another!? (LisaCWrites)
Beyonce’s shuttin’ em down! (NecoleBitchie)
Tyler Perry, Usher, Chris Tucker?& more?celebrate Maya Angelou (KreativeTalk)
Former Destiny’s Child member Michelle William’s steps her game up (E-Biz)
Janet?and JD’s?backstage hoopla video?(UrbanHoopla)
Tyler Perry premiered his new film “Meet the Browns” in LA last night.? The movie is starring Angela Bassett, Rick Fox and of course?Lance Gross (Eva Pigford’s Current Boo)?and is scheduled for release on March 21st.? ?I can’t wait to see it!
See more pics from last night AND the trailer after the cut…
In honor of Black History Month, Time Magazine, in partnership with CNN,?has released a list of 25 films that they have dubbed “The 25 Most Important Films on Race“
?”Only when Hollywood realized that a sizable black audience would pay to see films more reflective of their lives, whether funny, poignant or violent, were they given control of the means of production. Sometimes. The fact remains that of the 25 films here, chosen to cover the widest range of black films, fewer than half were directed by blacks.”
The “A”s own Tyler Perry made the cut with “Madea’s Family Reunion” but sadly, What’s Happening Now did not.?
I’m disappointed!? Who do I need to write about this?!?!
Check out all 25 after the jump…
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