With his creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons, here starring in her seventh film, Tyler Perry has built a franchise around barking disciplinarian, commonsense solutions to societal ills—and being that Madea ...

Madea may have a new look, but her attitude is here to stay! Sure to bring laughs, Madea protects and seeks to enlighten a dysfunctional family facing death threats in TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S WITNESS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen years ago, Tyler Perry brought his DIY play to the big screen. Released in 2005, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” chronicles ...

When ESSENCE.com caught up with Tyler Perry this week, he was in the middle of promoting his latest movie, Madea’s Witness Protection, wrapping up his next movie The Marriage Counselor (while fending ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

In this seventh installment in Tyler Perry's highly successful comedy franchise, the saga continues as Madea's federal prosecutor nephew needs a place to hide hapless George Needleman (Eugene Levy), a ...

Denise Richards, Eugene Levy, Romeo Miller and more will star alongside Perry in "Madea’s Witness Protection." By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Levy will play a man who, after his investment company ...

Tyler Perry has his Madea character on a leash in the latest movie in that franchise, "Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection," a comedy that's too late to the Ponzi-scheme party to be topical, and ...

With his creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons, here starring in her seventh film, Tyler Perry has built a franchise around barking disciplinarian, commonsense solutions to societal ills — and being that ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler ...