He's baaaaack. FX has bought Charlie Sheen's new sitcom, Anger Management, to air next summer, the cable network announced Thursday.
The project, based loosely on the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson film of the same name, will begin production in early 2012 on the 10-episode first season. Like Nicholson's character, Sheen will play an anger management therapist who is in need of some serious couch time himself and wreaks havoc on his patients' personal lives. Sheen will retain a...
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Another sign Tyler Perry's taking over the world? He's Hollywood's highest-paid man, Forbes says.
The prolific actor, producer and director was the top male earner from May 2010 to May 2011, according to a list Forbes released Monday. Perry was No. 2 last year behind James Cameron.
Tyler Perry signs on for third TBS series
Perry took in $130 million in that period ...
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High school is hard enough for teenagers — now picture enrolling before you've hit puberty.
In new Disney Channel series A.N.T. Farm, 11-year-old Chyna Parks, played by China Anne McClain, attends high school as part of its Advanced Natural Talents program for gifted students. Chyna, along with best friends Olive (Sierra McCormick) and Fletcher (Jake Short), struggles to fit in with the older teens who aren't too fond of the grade-skipping kids. And Chyna doesn't exactly rub the upper-classmen the right way at first.
"Chyna really doesn't care what the high schoolers say or what they think about her," McClain, who is 12, says. "She says, 'Move out of my way I'm going to make my big entrance.'" Chyna demonstrated that outlook in the show's preview episode last month where she invites herself to a high school party. After her classmates do their best to cause trouble for her, Chyna shines — and also saves the day.
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He's at it again! Tyler Perry has signed a deal to bring dramedy series For Better or Worse to TBS. The show will be based on his Why Did I Get Married? film franchise and feature Married's Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith reprising their roles. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which is expected to debut in the fall...
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Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls topped the 42nd NAACP Image Awards with three trophies, including Best Picture.
Tyler Perry leads NAACP Image Awards nominations
The film also took home the director and supporting actress awards Friday for Perry and Kimberly Elise, respectively.
Perry had a great night overall: His TV series, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, won ...
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