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.

If writer-director-star Tyler Perry makes good on his threat to make “A Madea Family Funeral” the final film featuring his larger-than-life comedic heroine, then Madea will going out with a whimper ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — There are tons of fresh and familiar faces in Tyler Perry's final performance as his beloved Madea character, including social media stars who are making their big screen debuts. Over the ...

Whenever we do an article about Tyler Perry’s Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween, we are inevitably greeted with a chorus of complainers wanting to know why we are covering ...

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 ...

Lyndon Nicholas is a Resource Writer for Collider interested in film, television, media, video games, and all things blerd culture. Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise has become a polarizing staple within ...

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 ...