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Many people watched Tyler Perry plays and then went on to watch his movies. My understanding from friends who have seen some of his plays is that quite a bit of buffoonery went on in the plays.

Caption: Spike Lee and Tonya Lews Lee 6th annual Keep a Child Alive New York City, USA .... Outspoken moviemaker SPIKE LEE has picked a new film fight with actor/director TYLER PERRY after suggesting the MADEA GOES TO JAIL star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans. The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and ...

Caption: Tyler Perry Celebrities kick off two major initiatives, Participate and Cities of Service, to encourage volunteerism - held in Times Square New York City, USA .... TYLER PERRY was inspired to open up about his horrific childhood - after watching OPRAH WINFREY reveal her own dealings with abusive relatives.

Producer Tyler Perry speaks onstage at the 'Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire' press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel on September 13, 2009 in Toronto, Canada.

Caption: Tyler Perry Celebrities kick off two major initiatives, Participate and Cities of Service, to encourage volunteerism - held in Times Square New York City, USA .... PERRY: 'I WAS BEATEN AND MOLESTED AS A CHILD' Actor/director TYLER PERRY has opened up about his horrific childhood - confessing he was beaten, abused and molested by some ...

In the beginning, when God created Hollywood, He commanded the movie studios to release their worst films during January and August of each year.

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.

The forecast was bright at the box office for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," which earned $30.1 million to lead this weekend's films.

In the movie "I Can Do Bad All by Myself", a hard-living nightclub singer discovers the importance of family with the help of a handsome Mexican immigrant.

It was all sunshine and rainbows for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs at the box office over the weekend.

Prolific filmmaker Tyler Perry scored his second No. 1 movie of the year at the North American box office on Sunday, leading a weak field of newcomers in what is traditionally one of the industry's slowest weekends.

Incandescent filmmaker Tyler Perry's latest family comedy "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" opened in the top place in North America's ticket booths this weekend, with an estimated 24 million dollars in ticket sales during three days beginning Friday, preliminary estimates provided by North American boxoffice authorities Sunday show.

Perry has rode the house-dress of his most popular character, Aunt Madea - a chain-smoking, gun-toting and cussing doppelganger of everybody's favorite auntie - to become a phenomenon.

Brian White and Taraji P. Henson in 'Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself' Lionsgate Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige and Adam Rodriguez have a night out in 'Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself' The Weinstein Company 'Inglourious Basterds' Warner Brothers Bobby Campo and Shantel Vansanten try to escape Death in 'The Final Destination' ...

Actress Hope Olaide Wilson attends the premiere of Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All By Myself", in New York, on Tuesday, Sept.

Kanye West apologized Sunday for yet another outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, this time directed at country-pop sweetheart Taylor Swift.

One thing certainly has to be said about filmmaker Tyler Perry - he knows his audience.

Tyler Perry's done it again, as his I Can Do Bad All By Myself conquered the box office on Friday, according to early estimates .

Tyler Perry attends the premiere of Tyler Perry's: Madea Goes to Jail in New York in February 2009.

The man cannot be stopped. His movies are never screened in advance for the press, and they usually end up winning the weekend box office battle.