For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Tyler Perry's heart is in the right place, but he still has a tin ear. The same tonal problems that plagued last year's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" resurface in "Madea's Family Reunion." Serving this ...

Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...

When Tyler Perry shows someone the scar on his left wrist from a suicide attempt, he tugs down the watchband of his Rolex. When that doesn't expose the entire scar, he takes the Rolex off. It's not ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

This stage production is directed by Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, Why Did I Get Married?) and stars Tyler Perry (Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea Goes to Jail, ...

Following the success this past weekend with the national release of “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” Lions Gate Film has announced that it will partner with actor and writer Tyler Perry on his ...

Tyler Perry is pulling triple duty once again for the newest addition to his "Madea" franchise, and he's bringing the whole family with him. It's been a minute since we've seen Madea on our screens.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen years ago, Tyler Perry brought his DIY play to the big screen. Released in 2005, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” chronicles ...