Tamela and David Mann, who frequently star together in Tyler Perry’s projects, have been married since 1988 Ariana Quihuiz is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 ...

Taja V. Simpson and Ryan Easter attend the "Fear" premiere on January 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, California ; Tyler Perry attends "Tyler Perry's Straw" Screening on June 03, 2025 in New York City ; ...

If you want to know just how stupid the current campaign against drag really is, I present to you Mabel Earlene Simmons. She was born June 26, 1935, in a small town about an hour outside of Baton ...

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.

While Tyler Perry and Spike Lee are fine now, the two filmmakers were at odds over the former’s work for a time. Lee called out Perry’s Madea character for being a stereotype of Black women, and Perry ...

It's the first time in five years that the busy auteur has been on stage, and he's bringing with him his best-known character, the outspoken grandmotherly Madea. At nearly 6-feet-6-inches tall, Madea ...

Madea’s Destination Wedding — the next installment of Tyler Perry’s Madea film franchise — follows Madea as she witnesses true love in the tropics. The film centers around Madea and her family as they ...