Tyler Perry

Why We Love Madea

One for the Show

Ruben Studdard Sues a Local Promoter; Wants At Least $45,000

In Marshall, a Jury Rules That Only Tyler Perry's to Blame for Diary

Been a long while since I've heard the name Bob Gale, who was quite the big deal back in the early 1980s for having written the likes of Used Cars and Back to the Future, both for Robert Zemeckis, with whom he was Oscar-nominated in '86. (Gale also wrote the Back to the Future sequels -- and 1941, u ... More >>

As Ever, the Pride of Dallas. Now, on HBO.

Charley PrideMentioned a couple of months back that Elvis Mitchell was in town interviewing T.D. Jakes for his talkumentary The Black List: Volume Two, a sequel to last year's star-studded Volume One that aired on HBO following its Sundance bow. Volume Two debuts on February 26 -- and it'll actually ... More >>

In the Heat of the Knight

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south

Blacker Tuna

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south

Throw Away the Key

We don't like Madea Goes to Jail, but then that's not the point, is it?

Letter Perfect

Akeelah spells out a fantasy that feels wonderfully real

Kitsch in Sync

Serial killer, masked man and ghetto diva--but, dang it, not in the same show

Little Orphan Trannies

Big hand for Quad C's puppet Rocky Horror; DTC marries into the myths of Wife

Harlem Nights

Single sisters shouldn't settle?

You Know Who's Going to Save Blockbuster? Captain Kirk, the Watchmen and Paul Blart.

Elm Street-based Blockbuster's stock is tanking this morning -- down more than 27 percent before the sun's even warm, to about 83 cents. It was bound to happen following yesterday's quarterly report, which noted a 20-percent drop in total revenues over the same period in '08. But, fear not, CEO Jim ... More >>

Precious Pushes the Limits of Taste, But Locates the Heart--and Hell--of Its Heroine's Struggle

Elm Street-based Blockbuster's stock is tanking this morning -- down more than 27 percent before the sun's even warm, to about 83 cents. It was bound to happen following yesterday's quarterly report, which noted a 20-percent drop in total revenues over the same period in '08. But, fear not, CEO Jim ... More >>

What Dallas Netflixed in '09

​Maybe you noticed (over to the right, beneath our Twitter Updates header) that yesterday, The New York Times took A Peek Into Netflix Queues in 12 U.S. cities, including Dallas. The breakdown's by zip code and ranks the top rentals of '09 -- and most zips find The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... More >>

Show Announcements: Buck Pets To Rock Trees Once Again, More

Yet another reunion show recalling Deep Ellum's glory days is in the works as The Buck Pets, whose history Jeff Liles tackled in Echoes and Reverberations last year, will play Trees Saturday, April 10. We haven't heard any kind of formal announcement yet, but the calendar on the Trees MySpace page c ... More >>

Nokia's Big Happy Family

Yet another reunion show recalling Deep Ellum's glory days is in the works as The Buck Pets, whose history Jeff Liles tackled in Echoes and Reverberations last year, will play Trees Saturday, April 10. We haven't heard any kind of formal announcement yet, but the calendar on the Trees MySpace page c ... More >>

The Last Song: Hannah Montana Gets Upstaged by Sea Turtles

Yet another reunion show recalling Deep Ellum's glory days is in the works as The Buck Pets, whose history Jeff Liles tackled in Echoes and Reverberations last year, will play Trees Saturday, April 10. We haven't heard any kind of formal announcement yet, but the calendar on the Trees MySpace page c ... More >>

For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry Mangles Ntozake Shange's Classic.

Yet another reunion show recalling Deep Ellum's glory days is in the works as The Buck Pets, whose history Jeff Liles tackled in Echoes and Reverberations last year, will play Trees Saturday, April 10. We haven't heard any kind of formal announcement yet, but the calendar on the Trees MySpace page c ... More >>

Joyful Noise: Nothing Is Sacred

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah are rolling in something, but it's not holy.

Tyler Perry: Does the Man Ever Sleep?

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah are rolling in something, but it's not holy.