Tyler Perry

May 1st, 2012

A four-alarm fire broke out at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Tuesday night.

Fire department officials confirmed the blaze caused significant damage to at least one building in the filmmaker’s complex.

Nearly 100 firefighters were called in to help fight the flames, though no injuries have been reported.

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April 20th, 2012

Aspiring actress Racquel Bailey is so desperate to break through, she spent $1,500 on a billboard to get movie mogul Tyler Perry’s attention.

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March 30th, 2012

Bobbi Kristina Brown has been cast in a recurring role on Tyler Perry‘s “For Better or Worse.”

A spokesperson for Perry confirms the daughter of the late Whitney Houston will appear on the TBS sitcom’s upcoming second season.

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February 19th, 2012

Whitney Houston has been laid to rest next to her father, John Russell Houston, Jr., who died in 2003.

The singer was buried on Sunday at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ.

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February 18th, 2012

Tyler Perry gave a stirring speech at Whitney Houston’s funeral on Saturday, telling the mourners assembled at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey that nothing the late singer went through “was enough to separate her from the love of God.”

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January 28th, 2012

Tyler Perry is bringing back his most famous character, along with some new faces.

Madea’s Witness Protection will feature Perry as the larger-than-life title grandmother, along with Denise Richards and Eugene Levy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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December 14th, 2011

Tyler Perry has a new movie coming out, and he’s not wearing a wig!

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November 29th, 2011

Tyler Perry, himself a victim of sexual abuse, has written an open letter to an 11-year-old alleged victim of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky.

The writer-actor-producer penned the powerful piece for Newsweek.

In it, Perry applauds the boy’s brave decision to speak out and calls him his “hero.”

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