Tyler Perry hosted a special in which he got answers to some of the questions that African-American’s have about the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 Vaccine And The Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special which aired on BET featured Perry, medical experts Carlos del Rio, MD Executive Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System,… Read more »
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Tyler Perry Gets Both Doses of COVID-19 Vaccination Informs Skeptics on BET Special
Yesterday morning on CBS Morning News with Gayle King, Tyler Perry said he was approached by health officials to the COVID-19 shots to help encourage others who are skeptical about getting them. After asking many questions and getting answers he was satisfied with, Tyler Perry has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination and is… Read more »
Tyler Perry To Receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award At Oscars
Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund will both receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards on April 25th. Academy Award president, David Rubin, said that “Tyler’s cultural influence extends far beyond his work as a filmmaker. He has quietly and steadily focused on humanitarian and social justice causes from… Read more »
Tyler Perry Didn’t Get His Absentee Ballot, so He Flew Home To Vote
Tyler Perry hopped on Twitter to share the difficulty he was having with voting in the Georgia runoff election. He said he requested his absentee ballot on December 2nd. Stacey Abrams responded to Tyler telling him to vote in person. Tyler wrote back, hey @staceyabrams I flew home because I didn’t get it. I will be… Read more »
Mo’Nique Wants Tyler Perry to Apologize to Her in Public
We all had tears in our eyes after the tearful reunion between “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air stars Will Smith and Janet Hubert (Aunt Viv), and it looks like Mo’Nique was paying close attention, because now she is openly demanding a apology from Tyler Perry who she says black balled her in Hollywood. She said “Hats… Read more »
Tyler Perry Named WSJ Magazine’s Entertainment Innovator Of The Year
Congratulations are in order for Tyler Perry who just took home a second honorific title this month. Fresh off being named the People’s Champion at the People’s Choice Awards, the actor and filmmaker has been crowned WSJ. Magazine’s Entertainment Innovator of the Year. The November issue features Perry on the cover, plus an interview where the 51-year-old details his accomplishments while… Read more »