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trade roundup
The Heart Wants What It Wants
A kiddie update gets a release date, lawsuits are filed, quirky indies are cast with cult fave actors, Michael from The Wire joins the war effort, and people are watching Gary Unmarried. More »
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Comment by Spirit Fingers: Um, Do Not Want Nick Cage And His Hair Wigs in my cherished Disney movie. Really, he's just ridiculous. 4 Responses | Other threads
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monday morning box office
Enraged at Being Cut Out of the Movie, Giant Squid Devours Would-Be Watchmen Ticket Buyers
Mondays are best spent piecing together the ruin that followed in the weekend's wake. Recovering the satellites, analyzing the soil samples. And looking at the box office receipts! This week: Disappointment haunted all their dreams. More »
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Comment by OMG! Ponies!: What exactly is the difference between Tyler Perry's Madea character and, say, Mammy Two-Shoes from "Tom & Jerry"? 11 Responses | Other threads
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trade roundup
I'm Sorry, But Tyler Perry Will Never Go Away
Today in the news of the showbiz world, we have Meryl Streep as Brechtian hero. Steve Carell as fought-over divorce child. Tyler Perry as fool. And Shonda Rhimes as wicked devil creator. More »
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Comment by ♥Anti-Social Socialite♥: I think the runaways casting so far sound AWESOME - i'm really looking forward to the movie :: the actresses... 4 Responses | Other threads
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monday morning box office
Gun-Wielding Madea Bravely Fends Off Be-Hotpanted Jonas Brothers
Good morning and happy, miserable Monday everyone. (Snow on the East, rain on the West). While you cower inside, away from the elements, ponder over the weekend box office report and wonder... why? More »
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Comment by RonMwangaguhunga: This Madea thing. Guy in drag goes to prison. It would arguably make for an amusing skit, but who --... 13 Responses | Other threads
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defamer attractions
Madea And Jason Duel Over Lackluster Oscar-Weekend B.O.
Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your guide to everything new, noteworthy and momentous at the movies. This week, Madea slaughters Jason, and Oscar slays everybody. More »
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By STVComment by LucilleMcGillicuddy: I must admit, the ads for the Madea movie are pretty funny - I don't believe I'll see it but... 2 Responses | Other threads
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tyler perry
Tyler Perry Still Having Trouble Settling On Mrs. Right
Yesterday, we relayed the frustrations of gender illusionist/multimedia mogul Tyler Perry in his search for "Mrs. Right"—one of the many sacrifices one makes on the journey up the slippery slope of fame and success. More »
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By SethComment by Colander: My church-going (not h8ing, just saying) coworkers were discussing Mr. Perry here, and his halo of gay rumors, and one... 2 Responses | Other threads
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relationships
Tyler Perry's 'Why Can't I Get Married?'
Former writers' sweatshop matron and World's Richest Grandma with a Dick™ Tyler Perry expressed frustrations over his dating life recently to Essence magazine: More »
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By SethComment by dinalohan: NeNe from Real Housewives would be perfect. She doesn't mind the gays (see Anderson Cooper) and she might also have... 2 Responses | Other threads
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awards
Dakota Fanning is the New Black
Among perennial nominees Tyler Perry, Will Smith and Queen Latifah, a flaxen-haired young star has emerged to stake her claim to NAACP Image Awards legend. More »
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By STVComment by topsy: Every once in a while the Image Award nominates a white performer. Sort of along the lines of how... 3 Responses | Other threads
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tyler perry
Hottest Hollywood Scab Tyler Perry Gives In, Opens Studio to WGA
It took four fired writers, a Will Smith-defied picket line, an open letter from Tina Fey (among others), and an intervention by the NAACP, but we're happy to report that the impossible dream has finally landed at Tyler Perry Studios: The mogul is finally coming around to a deal with the WGA. More » -
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Are Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Other Tyler Perry Guests Hollywood's Hottest New Scabs?
Tyler Perry's crisp white tuxedo was a bold choice of attire at the opening of his new studio Saturday night, when the mogul was dodging the worst of his fired former writers' union-busting accusations reported here last week. The WGA came through with its picket line on behalf of Kellie Griffin, Christopher Moore, Teri Brown-Jackson, and Lamont Ferrell — the House Of Payne Four whom Perry allegedly let go for their attempts to unionize the show's writing staff. One reported list of attendees had Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier and several illustrious others crossing the picket line Saturday night, while the WGA sent word late Saturday that a second protest was planned for another, smaller event at Perry's Atlanta mansion on Sunday morning. So what does it all mean besides Oprah scabbing her way to free drinks and having a drunken Madea-Off with Poitier and Ruby Dee? More »
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By STVComment by ninepeoplesfavorite: They aren't scabs. And this wasn't the opening of Tyler Perry's "studio." It was a secret meeting of... more » | Other threads
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tyler perry
Tyler Perry's Union Woes No Longer Concealable Beneath XXXL Dress
One of the advantages of being a self-contained media emperor also happens to be one of that job's thorniest disadvantages: You are on the hook for everything. Take Tyler Perry, whose ability to print money you'll already have gleaned from reading our probing Defamer Answers study: Between grossing $225 million in three years at the box office and nabbing a $200 million deal for his syndicated series House of Payne, this weekend's opening of his new Tyler Perry Studios outside Atlanta should have been a landmark occasion for the formerly homeless hyphenate and occasional cross-dressing superstar. More »
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By STVComment by WGARefugee: The WGA's interest in justice reminds me of the catholic church's interest in civilizing the Incas. 2 Responses | Other threads
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tyler perry
Memo to Tyler Perry: The Critics Like You! Really!
Last week's Defamer survey of the Tyler Perry phenomenon wasn't intended as some jokey, indulgent irony OD at your expense. Gayfaced frock-rocking aside, his quarter-billion dollar (and counting) film franchise is built on plots, subplots and unapologetic throwbacks to the golden age of melodrama, and now, with his fantastically perverse The Family That Preys, the critical culture from which Perry has long shielded his films before release is finally coming around. Preys currently has a 54% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and we're especially fond of Bob Baker's "memo" to Perry published today in the LA Times: More » -
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America Feels the 'Burn'
It's a special day for moviegoers — the first time in three weeks those studio jokers didn't leave the equivalent of a flaming bag of crap on our doorstep Friday morning. Thanks, Hollywood! Their reward? One of the best non-Labor Day September weekends in years, as illustrated by our regular browse through the Monday Morning Box Office: More »
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By STVComment by Talya: I'm sorry...saw this movie over the weekend. WORSE MOVIE EVER. Everyone who's in this (minus the always miraculous... 1 Responses | Other threads
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tyler perry
Wherein We Attempt to Comprehend Cross-Dressing Media Titan Tyler Perry
In keeping with this site's insatiable need to know, our ongoing questions about Tyler Perry — that Emperor of All Black Media who's most handsomely paid to wear a dress — got the best of us today as his new film The Family That Preys opens in theaters. Far more than our previous subjects of Defamer Answers, Perry is a man whose mythology is both cultivated and oddly removed from his fame; having earned a combined $250 million in less than four years, his audience does his speaking for him. Is he gay? It doesn't matter; TBS just bought 100 episodes of House of Payne. Why do critics hate him? It doesn't matter; Madea's Family Reunion opened at number one. More »
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By STVComment by coolmikeperry: I had an ex-girlfriend who made me watch all of his dvd'ed plays. The key to Mr. Perry's (no relation) success... 5 Responses | Other threads
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defamer attractions
Coens, Cops and Tyler Perry Take on 'The Women' in Fall's First Battle Royale
Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your weekly guide to peaks, valleys and pratfalls among the latest new movies in theaters. And finally, after consecutive weekends when we thought God had up and abandoned us with the feral makers of College and Disaster Movie, we have some real films to write about. So read on for our typically expert preview of what's what at the box office, including Coen surprises, Alan Ball atrocities, potential ladyfights, timely new DVD's and one melodrama to rule them all. As always, our opinions are our own; you simply can't fake this kind of refinement, taste and acuity. More »
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By STVComment by NotReadyForPrimeTime: Are you saying that "The Fall" is a flop because it didn't make any money, or is that your review? I... 2 Responses | Other threads
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trade roundup
Introducing The World's Richest Grandma With A Dick
· Tyler Perry, whose syndicated sitcom House of Payne could wind up earning him $200 million, now has a series pickup from TBS for a show based on Meet the Browns. Asked how he'd spend all this money, Perry squealed, "Zac Posen said he'd custom-design me a whole line of frumpy dresses. How 'bout that for starters?!" [Variety] More »
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By SethComment by unrequited_narcissism: "Hey-whatever happened to that gay bed and breakfast you guys were fixing up? Is that still happening?" Gay Bed and Breakfast?... more » | Other threads
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star trek
Meet the Fleet of J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek,' Including Unlikely Actors Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder
Though J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot has been bumped from this winter to next May, Paramount has released a new sheaf of official character posters to keep the slim-pickings teaser trailer company. And what posters they are: why, who wouldn't recognize the younger versions of... um, whoever that's supposed to be... and, uh, Bones? Wait, and that ten-year-old kid is Chekov? Set our phasers on stunned. More »
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lionsgate
Lionsgate Hits $340 Million Credit Jackpot; We Help Them Spend It
We have all kinds of fun ideas for how Lionsgate can splurge with its new $340 million credit line, a kind of shocking development considering Wall Street's recent exodus from the deadly film-financing racket. The budget-minded 'Gate, having leapfrogged from one genre hit to another (accruing a $331 million cash war chest along the way, according to Variety) is evidently immune to the crunch, however, even nabbing a 2.25% interest rate we haven't seen since our very first student loans. More » -
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Tyler Perry Locks Up Three-Year Crossdressing Pact With Lionsgate
After a nearly four-year partnership that has yielded only the finest in crossdressing minstrelsy and Cosby-kid jail-ho cameos, Lionsgate and Tyler Perry today announced a new development pact for the glitter-shitting auteur through at least 2011. According to a press release issued this afternoon, the deal picks up after the release of Perry's next two films — The Family That Preys and Madea Goes to Jail (infamously co-starring Keshia Knight Pulliam in the plum role of "Imprisoned Hooker") — and will keep the 'Gate in the lucrative Perry DVD business for the foreseeable future as well. More » -
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Keshia Knight Pulliam Lands Coveted Role of 'Imprisoned Hooker' Opposite Tyler Perry
We were not among the critics who recently took offense to Tyler Perry's frocked-out "minstrelsy" antics in Meet the Browns, but we are more than a little beside ourselves with today's news that Perry has cast Keshia Knight Pulliam — best known as the youngest Huxtable child, Rudy, on The Cosby Show — as an "imprisoned prostitute" in his upcoming installment in the Madea canon, Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail. We can't believe it; she grew up so fast! More »
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By STVComment by kit10indublin: Didn't she do that great 'child actor' thing and divorce her parents when she was like, 10? Pity Gary Coleman and... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Tyler Perry Merely Capitalizing On Our Basic Human Need To Laugh At A Grown Man In Dress
We admit not devoting much thought to the sensation that is Tyler Perry's Madea franchise (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, and this week's Meet the Browns among others) beyond the actor-writer-director's garish drag stylings and Lionsgate's savvy in attracting one of moviegoing's most underserved audiences back to theaters every couple years. Thank God for Salon's James Hannaham, who today breaks down the Perry phenomenon for the controversial throwbacks to minstrelsy, misogyny and all-around insensitivity old Madea may actually represent: More » -
trade roundup
Leno, Conan Win First Round Of Late-Night Ratings Fight Without Writers
· Overcoming the apparently mild inconvenience of putting on shows without their striking writers, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien still triumphed over fully staffed talk-show rivals David Letterman and Craig Ferguson in Wednesday night's Nielsen battle. In fairness to the WGA-approved programs, however, it should be noted that many viewers might have chosen to tune in to Leno out of irresistible curiosity about how unfunny the host would be on his own. [THR] More »
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By MarkComment by Victor Ward: Has anyone ever watched that Craig Ferguson show? more » | Other threads
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hard out here for a spouse
Why Is Everyone Seeing Why Did I Get Married? We Send A Married To Investigate
Hey, TGI Friday! What are you doing tonight? Checking movie times? How couple-y of you! You wouldn't by chance be in a monogamous relationship? You wouldn't by chance be trying to solve the age-old "Well I'd really like to eat after the movie, but I don't know if we can make the 7:10, and if we go to the 8:10 I'll be starving and he'll want to get popcorn, and that's so many calories and I shouldn't even really be having carbs after 6 p.m., so maybe we should just eat before the movie, and go easy on the wine so we don't fall asleep" dilemma, would you? Because studies have found that dilemma to be a telling precursor to the larger, more existential "Holy shit am I going to be doing this every Friday for the rest of my life????" problem, which is to say, you are either married already, or fully possessed of the possibility that marriage is an option for you, meaning the fun and games are over and "fun" for you may consist of checking into the phenomenon that is Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? if you haven't already. But can a movie with Janet Jackson really be that true to life? And is "truth" really what you want to witness right now? Shit, I don't know; and since when am I sober enough on the weekend to see a movie? So I asked my married friend Stephanie for a review. [Jezebel]
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By MoeComment by ceejeemcbeegee is not here: My boy Dustin at pajiba.com put it best: "With his latest release, Tyler Perry ... continues to spread the positive racial... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Lionsgate Presents: Tyler Perry's When Did I Become The Biggest Box Office Draw in Hollywood?
Let the weekend box office numbers be your much-needed rays of sunshine on this gloomy Monday morning: More »
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By MarkComment by Her Royal Empress Dr. Bufflekins III, Esq.: @IamnotStarJones: I hope there isn't anyone out there who really thinks Tyler Perry is the only black filmmaker. He's just... more » | Other threads
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