Quick Quotes: Tyler Perry ‘Sensed’ Whitney Houston’s Death Coming

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In the below clip from Tyler Perry‘s appearance on ‘Oprah Next Chapter,’ he explains how he tried to help Whitney Houston through her struggle with addiction due largely in part to an ominous feeling about her fate.

“I felt a huge responsibility for her, for Whitney, herself. From the first day we sat down in that restaurant and had a conversation where she was so open with me, I felt a responsibility to do all I could to help her . . . I sensed, like most people who deal with people who have addiction issues, they sense that there is a ‘death day’ coming.”

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Photos: Man Claiming To Be A Former Friend Of Tyler Perry Says He Was Mysteriously Attacked After Negative YouTube Rant About Perry

tyler perry Photos: Man Claiming To Be A Former Friend Of Tyler Perry Says He Was Mysteriously Attacked After Negative YouTube Rant About Perry

Saints, prepare to clutch your prayer cloths: A man claiming to be a former acquiantance of Tyler Perry says that he was attacked by a group of men weeks after uploading a 15- minute video rant to YouTube chastising the filmmaker for turning his back — and Pepper LeBeija embellished shoulder pads — on the Black gay community.

This deserves every drop of Angie Stone’s anointed holy water, true or false.

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Looking Like A Bag Of Money: Tyler Perry To Release ‘Single Mom’s Club’

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That Madea reign just won’t let up.

The certified boss bitch, Tyler Perry, is reportedly preparing a new movie called ‘Single Mom’s Club,’ a dramedy which Liongate is going to distribute.

‘Single Mom’s Club’ is based on a group of single mothers from different backgrounds who comes together via an incident at their children’s school. This event leads to the creation of a support group that helps all of them overcome their personal obstacles. Perry, like in all of his films, will be at the head of almost everything including writing, directing, producing and starring.

At this time, there is no information on the casting of the film, but more details will be available when production starts next month in Atlanta. Hopefully Kimberly Elise or Thandie Newton will be able to deposit another paycheck into their accounts before the holiday shopping season.

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Watch This: Tyler Perry Is ‘Alex Cross’

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Until the screenplay for ‘Madea: The Dementia Years’ is drafted, fans of Tyler Perry are learning to become familiar with the actor-director-mogul taking on more serious roles. It’s not polite to point and laugh.

In his upcoming film role, Perry butches it up a notch by losing his silver fox lace front and sporting the mens warehouse suit of Cheryl Miller detective Alex Cross, which was previously played by Morgan Freeman.

‘Alex Cross’ opens Friday, October 19th and features a cast including Giancarlo Esposito, Matthew Fox, Ed Burns and Black Twitter’s favorite greasy greasy granny Cicely Tyson.

Perry, who graces the November 2012 issue of Essence magazine, beat out Idris Elba among others for the role in the coming eponymous film.

In his cover story, Perry elaborates on his upcoming film role, praises Black Women and takes a serious tone when discussing the late Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.

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Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Inks Multi-Year Deal With Tyler Perry

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Oprah really got the ball rolling with her television network OWN by having high-profile celebrities to spill tea in one-on-one interviews. Then she gave Iyanla Vanzant the platform to fix your life. Iyanla’s interview with beloved Evelyn Lozada produced the highest ratings the network had seen since inception. Of course that wasn’t enough to keep you and your cousins tuning in to the network.  Now, Lady O has linked with Tyler Perry in a multi-year deal to help script shows to keep those coins coming in for the fledgling channel.

With Tyler Perry basically turning the TBS network into the TPS (Tyler Perry Station) with the heavy presence on the network with his scripted sitcoms “House of Pain,” “Meet The Browns,” and “For Better or Worse”, the new venture seems like a no brainer to keep the struggle network OWN thriving.  It will be interesting to see what he comes up with to have people actually tune into the network.

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