First, the good news. Uncharacteristically for a February release targeting African-American viewers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman is not a yuppie romantic comedy featuring Gabrielle Union and Morris ...

If the posters have primed you for wicked fun with a gun-toting matron from the projects, be forewarned that writer/actor Tyler Perry’s cross-dressing turn as same only accounts for a meager portion ...

Tyler Perry's Madea came back to screens on July 11 in 'Madea's Destination Wedding' For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. First ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyler Perry first achieved mainstream success with the release of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"; after raising $5.6 million himself ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...

Tyler Perry first achieved mainstream success with the release of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"; after raising $5.6 million himself for the film's production, it earned a gross of $50.7 million after ...

Cataloging the Sins of Tyler Perry’s Religiously Inspired BlockbustersHow closely five of the Christian filmmaker’s top-grossing earlier movies stick to scripture — or, more to the point, do not.