Tyler Perry Is Way Too Busy With Oprah To Play With Madea Anymore
Former Mad TV star Orlando Jones, seen below, is starring in Tyler Perry‘s Madea Christmas because Tyler is too busy with his new projects on Oprah’s OWN Network. Tyler had this to say to fans… “It is with mixed emotion that I announce that I will be unable to portray Madea in the next chapter [...]
Tyler Perry and Oprah Team Up To Promote OWN
So most of us are familiar with Tyler Perry’s character Madea, and the foolishness she is always getting into. Well now are looking into a unique way to promote the OWN network, which is now the new home to two new Tyler Perry projects. Beginning in May two shows “The Haves ans the Have Nots” [...]
Rapper DMX and Iyanla Vanzant Go At It On Season Premier of “Iyanla, Fix My Life”
Rapper DMX and Iyanla Vanzant come face to face in an unexpected way on the season premiere of “Iyanla, Fix My Life.” During taping this week, the “Lose My Mind” rapper yells, telling Iyanla that she shouldn’t speak to him. “Shut the f*** up man. You ain’t got to be intimidated man. Just stop running [...]
The Drama Unfolds: DMX Goes Nutts on Iyanla Vanzant
It looks like the Oprah Winfrey Network is getting the kind of drama it’s looking for. In an upcoming episode of “Fix My Life,” hosted by Iyanla Vanzant, the stuff hits the fan as DMX goes off on her in the studio. The situation comes to a head when Iyanla looks at him and [...]
Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey Partner on ‘For Better or Worse’ Sitcom
Oprah Winfrey Network is quickly becoming the Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Network. OWN has picked up Perry’s sitcom For Better Or Worse, ordering a third season of originals and acquiring the show’s existing 45 episodes. For Better Or Worse, which previously aired on TBS, is OWN’s third scripted series from Perry, who last October signed an exclusive deal with the network for scripted [...]
Tyler Perry & Oprah Winfrey Announces Two New Series For OWN
Looks like Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey are already off to a good start with their partnership for her television network OWN. Two months after striking a deal to collaborate on scripted content for the channel, Perry has announced two series that will launch on OWN in mid-2013—one a sitcom and the other a drama. [...]
Oprah Partners With HuffPost’s Arianna Huffington to Launch New OWN Section
Oprah Winfrey isn’t wasting any time where mega media mergers are concerned. Just last week, it was reported that Winfrey’s merger with HBO would be the platform for a new drama about a black professor at a prestigious college. Now, Oprah is partnering up with Arianna Huffington to launch her OWN channel at The Huffington [...]
Oprah Partnering With HBO to Produce Drama Series About an Elite Black Professor
Oprah has her hands full at OWN, but that doesn’t mean her production studio, Harpo Films, can’t take on new projects. Winfrey’s studio is joining forces with HBO to produce a drama about the first black president of a prestigious college. The film deals with the mask the family is forced to wear in public, all the while [...]
Next For Tyler Perry: Movie About Single Mothers, “Single Mom’s Club”
There is a lot of talk about Tyler Perry’s first leap into action- movie-hero territory. Reviews are mixed, but Perry is not sitting around waiting to see what happens. Instead, he has moved full stream ahead into more ventures. The 43-year-old multi-talented actor, director, screen writer and playwright is working on his next project — [...]
Jennifer Hudson Heading to Oprah’s Next Chapter
Last week Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network hit the jackpot when the queen of all media interviewed Rihanna. The interview was highly anticipated as many were curious about what exactly was going on with Riri and Chris Brown as rumors swirled about a reunion. Now, it seems Winfrey wants to keep the momentum going for her [...]
Oprah’s Getting An Area Of Her ‘OWN’ On The Huffington Post
OWN will not go down without a fight—if at all. Arianna Huffington and her team have come to Oprah’s aid with a new joint venture for the launch of Oprah Winfrey’s very own section on The Huffington Post. The collaboration between the Post and the Oprah Winfrey Network will launch in August, and according to [...]
Oprah Winfrey Network lays off one-fifth of staff
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the economics of a start-up cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost structure, Winfrey said [...]
Rumor Has It: Oprah Offers Bobbi Kristina $1 Million Dollar Job?
Oprah will be the first to interview Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, well now we’ve learned she may have offered Bobbi Kristina a job at her network OWN. The $1 million dollar job offer comes with strings. We’re told Bobbi Kristina can “earn the money over time if she stays off drugs and [...]
Certain Family Members Concerned About Bobbi Kristina & Oprah Interview
As Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of the late-iconic songstress Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, prepares for her one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, certain members of her family are raising concerns about her decision to chat with the talk show diva so soon after her mother’s death, reports People.com. The coroners have [...]
Bobbi Kristina first interview with… Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey has secured an exclusive interview with the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. It’s a massive coup for the talk show behemoth, who attended Houston’s Newark funeral with her family. The talk will be broadcasted on Oprah’s Next Chapter airing Sunday, March 11 at 9 p.m, [...]