Kristen Wiig is set to star in a period comedy series about gorgeously impossible people in Palm Beach for Apple.
19.01.2022 - 02:30 / variety.com
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMadea, the gun-toting grandmother who can rock a house arrest ankle bracelet like no one else, is making her Netflix debut next month.Tyler Perry’s beloved character is emerging from retirement after 2019’s “Madea’s Family Funeral” and returning for “A Madea Homecoming,” which is scheduled to premiere on Feb. 25.Perry will write, direct and star in the movie, the 12th installment in the long-running film franchise.
The latest chapter in the commercially successful Madea Cinematic Universe centers around the character’s great-grandson’s college graduation. However, the celebratory moment hits a halt as hidden secrets and family drama threaten to destroy the happy reunion.Neither Perry nor Netflix has offered up specifics about said “hidden secrets” and “family drama,” though the filmmaker hinted to Entertainment Weekly that it’ll involve an LGBTQ+ storyline.
Perry hopes the message will encourage audiences to be more inclusive. “Even if you don’t understand, be open… I just think that if everything gets accepted in love, then you get a chance to see the person for who they are rather than what you think they are,” Perry told the publication.“A Madea Homecoming” brings back familiar faces, including Tamela Mann as Cora, David Mann as Mr.
Brown and Cassi Davis Patton as Aunt Bam, as well as a guest appearance from Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes Brown.Since Madea first hit the stage in the 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All by Myself,” Perry has spent more than 20 years in heavy makeup and intense padding as the devil-may-care matriarch, who doles out tough love and occasionally does hard time. Madea made her big-screen debut in 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” and over the course of 11 films,
.Kristen Wiig is set to star in a period comedy series about gorgeously impossible people in Palm Beach for Apple.
Sitting in a soft pink cardigan, surrounded by enormous, pink iced cakes with pink butterflies on the kitchen wall behind her, Dolly Paron cuts an imposing figure as she chats on to HollywoodLife’s musical editor, Jason Browe.This feisty, well renown and celebrated song writer weighed into the reported Damon Albam feud with Taylor Swift. “I don’t care what people think about my songs. Taylor Swift is a great writer, with or without anybody else.
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Kaz Kamwi, has recently opened up about her split from Tyler Cruickshank. Despite how well their relationship appeared to be after the Casa Amor drama, things became even more difficult outside the villa and the Love Island finalists broke up last December.Following their announcement, the pair revealed their plans to stay friends.
Millie Mackintosh has announced that she has moved into her new home with her husband Hugo Taylor and their two daughters.The former Made in Chelsea star, who recently posed in her underwear as she opened up on post-baby body, looked delighted as she posed outside the Davis & Mac lilac removal van outside her new London home on Wednesday 2 February. Millie, who shares daughters Sienna, 20 months, and Aurelia, eight weeks, with Hugo, posed in a navy knitted jumpsuit and trainers as she put her hands in the air to celebrate the move.
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Katy Perry has appeared on Saturday Night Live – watch her performance below.The episode, which was hosted by actor Willem Dafoe, marked Perry’s fourth time performing on the late night sketch show, after appearances in 2010, 2013 and 2017.Perry performed ‘When I’m Gone’, her recent electro-pop collaboration with Swedish DJ Alesso.Perry also brought audiences a taste of her recent Vegas residency to SNL, in a performance that saw her backed by a bunch of dancing, phallic-like toadstools who waved at fans and told them to “eat me” during the show.Perry later returned to perform ballad, ‘Never Really Over’, this time alone on stage.You can watch both performances below:Perry’s Las Vegas residency kicked off on December 29, taking over The Theatre at Resorts World resort/casino until mid-March. The opening night of the over-the-top show saw Perry roll out a 16-foot-tall toilet, ride a giant snail and more.Speaking about the production to GMA, Perry said: “A lot of my shows have been figuratively larger than life.
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EXCLUSIVE: APB alumna Tamberla Perry has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming CW spinoff All American: Homecoming. Written by All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and directed by Michael Schultz, All American: Homecoming follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) and an elite baseball player from Chicago, Damons Sims (Peyton Alex Smith) as they contend with the high stakes of college sports, while also navigating the highs, lows and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at a prestigious Historically Black College. Perry will play Keena Sims, the always on momager who wants her future MLB star son back on track to The Show after choosing Bringston. However, once she sees how much Bringston is changing her son for the better, she’s forced to re-examine their relationship and choices she’s made. Perry can next be seen in Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone and has appeared as a series regular on Fox’s A. P. B. and Netflix’s The Jamz as well as recurring on CBS’ The Good Fight, USA’s Dare Me, Amazon’s Bosch, and How To Get Away With Murder. She also can be seen on Showtime’s series The Good Lord Bird opposite Daveed Diggs and Ethan Hawke. Perry is repped by Stewart Talent & Authentic Talent and Literary Management.
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Sasha Urban editorAmerica’s favorite grandmother is back and badder than ever, “braless and lawless.” Netflix dropped the trailer Wednesday for Tyler Perry’s “A Madea Homecoming,” the 12th installment in the iconic franchise.“Black don’t crack… unless you’re using it,” Madea says in the trailer for the film, which will center around her great-grandson’s college graduation, where hidden secrets and family drama threaten to ruin the celebratory reunion. The movie streams on Feb.
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Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry Studios has tapped Tony Strickland to join the studio team as EVP of studio production and operations.Strickland will report directly to Tyler Perry Studios (TPS) COO Robert A. Boyd II on the studio operation side of the business, with a focus on studio infrastructure and services.
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