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Sweet Brown and Charles Ramsey.

Sweet Brown gives Ramsey the 'thumbs up'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, internet sensation Sweet Brown, talked about Charles Ramsey and gave the inside scoop on her new reality TV show 'The Sweet Brown's'...
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(Photo courtesy of 'Essence')

Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry grace cover of 'Essence'

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are teaming up again and this time the two megastars are gracing the June cover of Essence magazine...
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The cast of 'The Haves and the Have Nots.' Courtesy OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Sneak Peak: Tyler Perry's OWN shows

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Tyler Perry is set to premiere two new scripted series, The Haves and the Have Nots, and Love Thy Neighbor, later this month on the Oprah Winfrey Network...
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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from "42," by writer-director Brian Helgeland. Remembering Robinson's accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with "42" and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure, it's more important than ever to get his story right. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, D. Stevens)

'42' is a hit: Is it a home run for black America?

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Could the success of '42' all suggest a growing audience for feel-good films that result in racial harmony?...
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Tyler Perry hangs on for dear life as the title character in “Alex Cross,” based on “Cross,” a detective novel by James Patterson.

'Alex Cross' movie offends family, leads to diverted airline flight

A. Pawlowski , NBC News contributor
NBC NEWS - A violent in-flight movie apparently proved to be too much for a family traveling with kids, setting off a chain of events that led to the pilot diverting the flight and an airline taking a second look at its entertainment offerings...
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Tyler Perry onstage at Spike TV's 'Eddie Murphy: One Night Only' at the Saban Theatre on November 3, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Why is Tyler Perry so powerful?

Courtney Garcia
theGRIO REPORT - Tyler Perry’s real estate in Hollywood has accrued to such high value over the past decade, he now steers the ship of what some consider an unrivaled dynasty...
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Oprah reprises 'Color Purple' role in ad

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VIDEO - In a new online ad heralding Tyler Perry's move to the OWN cable network at the end of May, talk show host Oprah Winfrey resurrects her most iconic acting role to date...
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Jurnee Smollett and Robbie Jones in Tyler Perry's 'Temptation'

Tyler Perry's 'Temptation' plot twist goes too far

Veronica Miller
OPINION - Perry’s message is targeted specifically at black women -- live the way a good little Christian girl should, or be eternally damned with disease...
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Jurnee Smollett and Kim Kardashian in 'Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.' Photo courtesy Lionsgate.

Tyler Perry's 'Temptation' holds its own against 'GI Joe' at the box office

Derrik J. Lang, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After a nine-month delay, 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' deployed to the top spot at the box office...
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Denzel Washington in 'The Pelican Brief', Angela Bassett in 'What's Love Got to Do With It', and Janet Jackson in 'Poetic Justice'. (Photos courtesy of the 1963 fims)

1993: The golden age of black film?

Adam Howard
ANALYSIS - Just twenty of year ago, the multiplexes gave a glimpse of a very different picture of black Hollywood...
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