Atlanta-based filmmaker Tyler Perry is reaching out into the community this holiday season to help a local elderly woman get her home back.  Just days before Christmas, Rosa Lee Ransby’s house burned to the ground, and she was facing a cold winter without a home.  Perry stepped forward and rented a house a few doors [...]

Willie Maxine Perry, the mother of movie star and producer Tyler Perry died on Tuesday after a long illness. The announcement of her death was posted on Perry’s blog. Perry credited his mother as the inspiration of the character of his most famous character, Madea.