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Filmmaker, playwright and actor Tyler Perry celebrates his 46th birthday.

Tyler Perry showed his Good Samaritan once again. He donated a new vehicle to a Georgia woman with cerebral palsy after her specially-equipped 2000 Chrysler Town and Country van was stolen from her Decatur driveway Sunday night. The woman, who uses a wheelchair, told Atlanta’s WSB that she prides herself on being independent. She used her […]

The Cosby Program, established by Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby, is seeking talented African-American screen writers for a 15-week program that begins early 2012. The program is not designed for beginning-level writers, though a degree in cinematic writing or filmmaking is not required. Applicants are required to have taken a few workshops or classes in […]

LOS ANGELES — Film Director Spike Lee was recently interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter and criticized both Hollywood actors and The Oscars. “In 1989, ‘Do the Right Thing’ was not even nominated,” he said. “What film won best picture in 1989? ‘Driving Miss Mother F*cking Daisy!’ That’s why [Oscars] don’t matter. Because 20 years later, […]