Ron Howard’s Inferno suffered a startling defeat in its North American box-office debut, grossing an estimated $15 million from 3,575 theaters to come in behind holdover Boo! A Madea Halloween, which scared up $16.7 million from 2,299 theaters in its sophomore outing.

Heading into the weekend, it was a given that Inferno – starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones – would win the Halloween costume contest with a $20 million-$30 million opening, considering its pedigree and the fact that it was the

Tyler Perry is no stranger to controversy, but the filmmaker went the extra mile for one of his most controversial creations on a recent interview.

Speaking with the cast of his hit show, “The Haves and the Have Nots,” Perry asked Crystal Fox how she felt about playing a character viewers love to hate.

“You are one of the most controversial characters I have ever written,” Perry told Fox. “Because she’s Christian. And lots of people, man. They are giving you, ‘What kind of Christian does not

It’s Madea (Tyler Perry) as you’ve never seen her before – in her first animated movie. After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the ’hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley Youth Center from being shut down. With her irresistible sass and wisdom, Madea rallies the local kids to make a stand—and proves that behind her tough exterior is a whole lot of love!

Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love hit

For Better For Worse is back on OWN and actors Michael Jai White and Tasha Smithhave had some experience playing husband and wife. They were a couple in both of theWhy Did I Get Married movies. Their characters proved to be so popular that Tyler Perry spun them off into a TV show. 

White and Smith say it easy for them to play a married couple. although both are married to other people in real life, because they’re good friends. And yes, at one point, they dated.

“Yes, that’s true back in the

Tyler Perry and Gelila Bekele

Tyler Perry’s about to take on his most challenging role yet! The self-made media mogul is going to be a dad!

While celebrating his 45th birthday last week, Bossip.com reports that Tyler revealed he’s about to achieve another huge milestone in his life. He joyfully told guests that he’s expecting his first child!

Although Tyler was thrilled to announce the big news to his friends during the bash, where Stevie Wonder was performing, he supposedly kept the mother’s

Tuesday’s  series premiere of Tyler Perry’s If Loving You is Wrong became the most watched series premiere in OWN network history after drawing 1.93 million viewers. 

The episode delivered a 1.47 rating in the key “women aged 25-54 (W25-54)” demo, which translates to a 206% increase vs. one year ago, and the ratings built every quarter hour among W25-54 climbing 13% over the course of the hour, the network announced today, citing Nielsen.

The second episode at 10 p.m. delivered 1.92 million v

Former Christian worship singer, Katy Perry, left the Lord’s side for fame and now finds herself on the wrong side of the law.

A coalition of Christian’s most popular rappers have officially filed suit against the “Dark Horse” hit-maker and pop superstar for ripping off a beat from an award-winning faith-based rap, and using it in her profane hit song.

St. Louis News is reporting the suit was filed by Marcus Gray, known as F

Former Christian worship singer, Katy Perry, left the Lord’s side for fame and now finds herself on the wrong side of the law.

A coalition of Christian’s most popular rappers have officially filed suit against the “Dark Horse” hit-maker and pop superstar for ripping off a beat from an award-winning faith-based rap, and using it in her profane hit song.

St. Louis News is reporting the suit was filed by Marcus Gray, known as F

Rihanna is plotting her next movie role but is avoiding director Tyler Perry, who wants the singer to star in one of his romantic comedies, RadarOnline.com has learned.

And a big reason why is that the late Whitney Houston once warned her that Perry’s films were for African-American has-beens! a source told Radar.

“Although Tyler has been courting Rihanna for a year and a half, hoping to build a movie around her, she has rejected the idea,” a source close to the star’s business affairs told R

Street racers couldn’t catch a time-traveling dog and his son at the multiplex this weekend.

Though Disney’s “Need for Speed” was expected to take the No. 1 position at the box office, DreamWorks’ “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” took the lead, with the action film in third place.

The animated movie, about the adventures of a genius dog and the human son he adopted, earned $21.2 million, according to studio estimates released Sunday. Debuting last weekend at No. 2, the 3-D kiddie-jaunt features voices