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Actor/Director Tyler Perry attends The Entrepreneurial Minds on April 13, 2012 in Atlanta City, Georgia. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for American Express)

Tyler Perry: Diana Ross 'will not return my phone calls'

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EURWEB - Tyler Perry has hit a roadblock in his pursuit of movie making. The filmmaker expressed interest in producing a film with Diana Ross, but apparently, she won’t return his calls...
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Filmmaker documents sexism, misogyny in hip-hop

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Byron Hurt is an award-winning filmmaker, activist and lecturer. But most of all, he is a brother who takes on issues like sexism, misogyny and hyper-masculinity in hip-hop...
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New stamp honors pioneering black filmmaker

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Michaeux was a director, screenwriter, producer and distributor who was involved in more than 40 films chronicling the black experience...
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TheGrio's 100: Gina Prince-Bythewood, moving others through films

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TheGrio's 100 - Without having neatly-packaged shows ready-made in front of her, as a child, Gina Prince-Bythewood developed an appreciation for literature, reading voraciously...
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'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty

Clarence Haynes
REVIEW - Albert and Allen Hughes return with another stylized, moody tale -- this time depicting a post-apocalyptic future featuring Denzel Washington as neo-prophet Eli...
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#7 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006) – The one-two punch of Will Smith’s all-or-nothing performance and the rarely told, uplifting story of a Black man who wants to raise his child (what a notion?) is what earned this film a spot on the list.

The 10 most important black films of the decade

Cheo Tyehimba
OPINION - For most readers, every "best of" list has a few near misses and at least one curious "WTF?" item that suggests the reviewer...
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‘Precious’ producer Tyler Perry is being sued by the estate of gospel singer/songwriter Bertha James.

Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP

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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...
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