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Tyler Perry, producer and creator of TBS sitcoms "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" had been named as one of Barbara Walters10 Most Fascinating People of 2009.

Observers say the $1 million donated by Tyler Perry to the NAACP on Monday might spark several other hefty donations from wealthy black philanthropists, gifts that could help revive the civil rights organization as it continues to face questions about its relevancy.

This critic was told to stay at home tonight when TWILIGHT: NEW MOON screens in Atlanta.

3 entitled "The Master Plan." The disk will feature a more contemporary urban/R&B twist to traditional gospel music.

Like its 1954 predecessor "The Belles of St. Trinian's" where doughy English actor Alistair Sims played headmistress Millicent Fritton, this remake is a throwback to Shakespeare's era, when women were banned from the stage and all roles were played by men.

WHY DID I GET MARRIED? - Tyler Perry proved himself a force at the box office again, following "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "Madea's Family Reunion" with this hit comedy-drama about four couples who go on a retreat together to assess their respective relationships.

"No one in Hollywood gives a shit about us until we make money." "I've never really had a media edifice supporting me," says Tucker Max over a beer in a college-town strip-mall restaurant.

Lynn Crosbie Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009 11:01AM EDT H ave you ever woken from a television coma, sat upright and asked: What is going on? Maybe because that wired little shill, Vince, is smacking a Slap Chop and Graty around.

Tyler Perry is a freak of cinematic nature. His Madea clan: "Family Reunion," "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," "Meet the Browns" and "Madea Goes to Jail" averaged an astronomical 95 percent audience approval.

Tyler Perry's rise from poverty in New Orleans to fame in Atlanta as a writer, director, star and movie studio owner is already show business legend.

Playwright, director, producer and actor Tyler Perry introduced Mabel "Madea" Simmons, the chain-smoking, tough-talking, pistol-packing woman with a heart of gold and immense religious faith, more than 10 years ago in a play called I Can Do Bad All by Myself .

There's more life, more heart, more simple pleasure in "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" than in any Tyler Perry movie since his first, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." He stages a decent fistfight, a riveting and potentially deadly showdown in a bathtub and half a dozen big, moving musical numbers.

Being bad is good for Tyler Perry, whose latest movie, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opened at the top of the box office with more than $24 million.

Tyler Perry's latest film, 'I Can Do Bad All by Myself' was number one at the weekend box office with $24 million.

Like Frank Sinatra so famously sang back in his heyday, writer/director/actor/filmmaker Tyler Perry isn't afraid to navigate the tricky waters of Hollywood his way.

There's more life, more heart, more simple pleasure in I Can Do Bad All by Myself than in any Tyler Perry movie since his first, Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, and Adam Rodriguez in Tyler Perry's 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself.' Like a chef who keeps making the same recipe over and over, Tyler Perry has found his strength and he's sticking to it.

Thumbing his nose at critics and doing his own thing has become director/writer/star Tyler Perry's mantra.

DMN Newswire--2009-8-6--Supervising music mixer Joseph Magee has completed mixes at Ocean Way's recently re-opened Record One studios for the upcoming, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," written and directed by Tyler Perry, based on his play.

DMN Newswire--2009-8-6--Supervising music mixer Joseph Magee has completed mixes at Ocean Way's recently re-opened Record One studios for the upcoming, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," written and directed by Tyler Perry, based on his play.