Tyler Perry News

La Jolla Playhouse announces a special engagement of Steppin' Out with Ben Vereen as part of its cabaret series, running tonight, March 29, 2013 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, March 30 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 31 at 2:00 pm. The four performances will take place in the Playhouse's specially-designed performance space in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, created by the Playhouse's scene shop artisans for the theatre's 2011, 2012 and 2013 Galas.

Closing African-American Shakespeare Company's 2012-13 season is William Shakespeare's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, directed by Becky Kemper. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR reunites audiences with the ever-merry, ever-scheming character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare's history plays King Henry IV, Part 1 and King Henry IV, Part 2, this time at the center of a comedy of his own. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR plays May 4 through May 26 (press opening: May 4) at the Buriel Clay Theater at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco.

The Los Angeles Times today announced the program schedule for the 18th annual Festival of Books, the largest and most prestigious public literary event in North America. The free-to-the-public weekend of activities has become an L.A. institution, evolving to encompass more than 400 award-winning and celebrity authors and chefs, local musicians, political experts and entertainers engaging in stimulating debates, the exploration of entrepreneurial ideas and revelry under the California sun.

M-GO, the people-friendliest new digital entertainment service, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, are partnering to bring Lionsgate's vast array of movies and TV shows, including The Hunger Games and Twilight film franchises, Tyler Perry's Madea films and the multiple Emmy Award-winning TV series Mad Men, to M-GO customers for purchase or rental

Producer-distributor Debmar-Mercury today announced it will add two months of original episodes to the fourth season of The Wendy Williams Show, extending production through June and July, after it posted the biggest Nielsen sweeps gains of any talkshow competitor and surged to new ratings' heights in the February sweeps.

TV One, on the heels of a record-breaking 2012 summer launch, has announced a second season pick-up of its original hit sitcom THE RICKEY SMILEY SHOW. The second season of The Rickey Smiley Show is scheduled to begin production in April with a 26-episode order and is slated to premiere in the summer of 2013.

Eight-time Grammy winner and film/television sensation Gladys Knight and her famous soulful voice perform for the first time with Pacific Symphony during the orchestra's next Pops concert. For this concert, she'll be singing favorites such as 'Midnight Train to Georgia,' 'Every Beat of My Heart,' her James Bond single 'License to Kill' and 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine,' all backed by the lush sounds of the full symphony orchestra.

GSN premieres its original series FAMILY TRADE, which focuses on the real-life competition of a modern-day barter system. Family Trade debuts tonight, March 12th with two original half-hour episodes back-to-back at 8:00pm and 8:30pm ET/PT.

Get ready, 'cause here it comes- MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL that is! MOTOWN begins preview performances tonight, March 11 and will open on Broadway on April 14, 2013 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street).Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL will feature a book by Berry Gordy and music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue. Meet the company of the new musical with videos of them from past productions and roles below!

Deadline reports that Jill Scott has joined the cast of the upcoming CBS drama pilot SECOND SIGHT. The project is from from Michael Cuesta and Carol Mendelsohn. The actress joins previously announced cast member Jason Lee.

NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced it will bring even more popular movies and TV shows to its expansive NOOK Video offering through newly announced content licensing partnerships with major studios and content providers including Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, National Geographic, Little Pim, and Film Buff

Continuing Lionsgate's (NYSE: LGF) home entertainment and box office leadership in young adult franchises, Summit Entertainment's global blockbuster THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 sold an estimated 3.85 million combined DVD and Blu-ray units in its home entertainment launch over the weekend

Here is the chance to discover even more of the blockbuster film when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Extended Edition, featuring eight minutes of never-before-seen footage, debuts only on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital Copy and UV), DVD (plus Digital Copy and UV) and Digital Download today, March 2nd from Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company.

Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage. Wade might be a fish out of water among this seemingly perfect East Coast clan, but he's not about to let himself flounder. Instead, in a wild weekend of fun, dysfunction and hilarious surprises, Wade is about to discover there's room for all kinds of Peeples in this family, no matter their differences. Writer and first-time director Tina Gordon Chism (writer of DRUMLINE) joins forces with Tyler Perry to present a laugh-out-loud look at the family ties that freak us out... but bind us together with love.

Tyler Perry's popular sitcom 'For Better Or Worse' is coming to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a third season of all new episodes debuting in the fall of 2013. In addition, the network has garnered the encore rights for the first two seasons of the sitcom's 45 episodes that originally aired on TBS.

Bill Bellamy's edgy, uncensored and always unapologetic; Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour premieres Friday, February 22nd at 9:30 PM (ET/PT) on SHOWTIME.

RENTRAK CORPORATION today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending February 10, 2013.

Yoshi's San Francisco has announced newly-added shows fro March, April and June 2013, featuring Jeff Bradshaw, The Family Stone, DJ Afrika Bambaata, The Tubes feat. Fee Waybill, Dawn Richard, Freddie Jackson, Boca Do Rio, Marcus Johnson, Portland Cello Project Play Beck, Brubeck & Bach, Pharoah Sanders, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks and Catherine Russell. More details below.