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Hottest Hollywood Scab Tyler Perry Gives In, Opens Studio to WGA

6:30AM STV | It took four fired writers, a Will Smith-defied picket line, an open letter from Tina Fey (among others), and an intervention by the NAACP, but we’re happy to report that the impossible dream has finally landed at Tyler Perry Studios: The mogul is finally coming around to a deal with the WGA. More »

Tyler Perry’s Union Woes No Longer Concealable Beneath XXXL Dress

8:40AM STV | One of the advantages of being a self-contained media emperor also happens to be one of that job’s thorniest disadvantages: You are on the hook for everything. Take Tyler Perry, whose ability to print money you’ll already have gleaned from reading our probing Defamer Answers study: Between grossing $225 million in three years at the box office and nabbing a $200 million deal for his syndicated series House of Payne, this weekend’s opening of his new Tyler Perry Studios outside Atlanta should have been a landmark occasion for the formerly homeless hyphenate and occasional cross-dressing superstar.