Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse is coming back for a third season, but will call a new cable network home.
New episodes of For Better or Worse will air on OWN beginning this fall. Additionally OWN will...
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Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx is firing back at Spike Lee for calling his film Django Unchained disrespectful to his ancestors.
"The question for me is: Where's Spike Lee coming from?" Foxx said to London's The Guardian. "He didn't like Whoopi Goldberg, he doesn't like Tyler Perry, he doesn't like anybody, I think he's sort of run his course. I mean, I respect Spike; he's a fantastic director. But he gets a little shady when he's taking shots at his colleagues without looking at the work. To me, that's irresponsible."
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Tyler Perry, Whitney Houston
Oprah Winfrey's OWN will premiere two new original series from Tyler Perry — including a Downton Abbey-esque drama — on May 29, OWN Presidents Sheri Salata and Erik Logan announced Saturday at the winter TV previews.
The Haves and the Have Nots will focus on the dynamics and secrets of the wealthy Cryer family and of the family of their maid, Hanna. Love Thy Neighbor, a half-hour comedy, will center on a local diner and all of its zany customers. The two series are part of...
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American Idol
With a new year comes a fresh set of challenges for some of TV's biggest names, shows and networks. Here are some developments we'll be watching closely.
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Jamie Foxx
There's a reason Jamie Foxx has an Oscar on his mantel. Not only can he act, the Ray star can sing, rap, and he's even pretty good at cross-dressing. Who knew?! For his second time hosting Saturday Night Live, Foxx showed off all these skills and more, and got some help from a few surprise celebrity cameos.
A buddy cop movie starring only one actor? That's the selling point for Tyler Perry's newest film, Alex Cross 2 — Madea: Special Ops, in which Foxx played Perry playing half crime novel detective Alex and...
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Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry is being sued by an author claiming he stole her plotline, Reuters reports.
Terri Donald, who writes under the pseudonym TLO Red'ness, filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia claiming that Perry based his 2012 film Good Deeds on her 2007 book, "Bad Apples Can Be Good Fruit." Donald writes that she sent Perry's production company a copy of her book before filming began. She's seeking $225,000 in damages, as well as a credit on the film.
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Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity 4 debuted at the top of the box office but failed to live up to its predecessors.
The horror film grossed an estimated $30.2 million in its opening weekend, well below the...
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Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Tyler Perry that will bring all of his new television series and projects to OWN, the network announced Monday.
The deal includes two new scripted series that will premiere in 2013, which Perry will executive-produce, write and direct. The series mark the channel's first foray into scripted programming. The partnership between the network and Perry is described as a "multi-year" deal, but additional details of the agreement were not released.
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Oprah Winfrey
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey topped Forbes' list of the highest-paid celebrities, raking in $165 million between May 2011 and May 2012.
Winfrey, whose earnings actually fell by $125 million from the previous year, remains at the top thanks to the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as her eponymous magazine, OWN, her spin-off shows and Sirius radio deal.
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Coming in just behind Winfrey is movie director Michael Bay, who earned $160 million. His Blockbuster film Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, which he earns profits on, took in a whopping $1.1 billion at the box office.
Steven Spielberg took the No. 3 spot, earning $130 million in the last year. His company DreamWorks produced Falling Skies, Terra Nova and Smash for television and the Oscar-nominated films The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse.
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Alicia Keys, Tyler Perry
Tyra Banks is taking America's Next Top Model back to school. The 19th cycle of the hit reality competition, which premieres Friday, Aug. 24 on The CW, marks the show's first-ever College Edition.
In true supermodel fashion, Banks will be accompanied by some famous guests — Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys will be a mentor to the aspiring models in one episode, and Tyler Perry will also make an appearance.
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