A teenager has been arrested and charged with breaking and entering into Tyler Perry’s home. Chloe Ware, 18, was caught within moments after breaking into the actor and playwright’s mansion on Paces Ferry in Atlanta according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  Perry’s bodyguard caught Ware around 4 a.m. last Thursday, but two others escaped, police […]

Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry has offered to rebuild the home of an 88-year-old great-grandmother who lost all her belongings in a fire. PEOPLE is reporting that Perry reached out to an 88-year-old great-grandmother of seven, who lost everything when her house in Coweta County — just southwest of Atlanta — burned to the ground. The […]

Nominees for the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today. Despite the praise for its cast, Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls failed to earn a nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture category. The film adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking 1974 choreopoem was also overlooked by The Golden […]

Here is an interesting review of Tyler Perry’s adaptation of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide..” by Courtland Milloy in The Washington Post: Can anyone name a movie that came out recently starring a black man who wasn’t a sociopath? Someone who had a terrific screen presence, like a young Paul Robeson? And he […]

The third installment of the controversial Peabody Award-winning comedy, The Boondocks: The Complete Third Season, debuts on DVD today – raw, uncensored and uncut. Based on Aaron McGruder’s hard hitting comic strip, the first two seasons animated series have become an instant television classic. Now fans of the show can complete their collection and own […]

Lionsgate’s ‘For Colored Girls’ opened in the No. 3 spot with an estimated $20.1 million box office. The Tyler Perry-helmed ensemble piece boasts an outstanding cast including Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad and Thandie Newton, and is Perry’s first directorial effort not based on his own material. For Colored Girls […]

Director Tyler Perry has thrown his hat in the Oscar ring with For Colored Girls. Based on Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking 1974 choreopoem, the film boasts a dazzling, multigenerational cast of black actresses: Janet Jackson, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Tessa Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg, and Macy Gray.

On October 25, director Tyler Perry and the cast of the film adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem “For Colored Girls: Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” attended a press conference at the London Hotel in Manhattan, NY. Several cast members of the film described how they prepared for their intense roles. Kimberly […]

The cast of For Colored Girls hit the red carpet last night (October 25) for the New York City premiere. Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Kerry Washington, Estelle, Ciara and more celebs were all in attendance. For Colored Girls is set to hit the theatres on November 5th. Check out the premiere pics below: RELATED: “For […]