Mabel Simmons — known as Madea to her extended family, and to millions of Tyler Perry devotees — is a dominatrix of tough love. When a 10-year-old disrespects her, she tells him, “I’m gonna beat your ...

Tyler Perry is more than just Madea. Along with the iconic, no-nonsense matriarch, the mastermind behind the 13-film franchise has taken on a handful of other roles throughout the Madea-verse over the ...

'Tyler Perry's Madea's Destination Wedding' is on Netflix July 11 Madea is back for a hilarious new wedding-themed comedy. On Monday, June 9, Netflix debuted the first trailer for Tyler Perry's ...

Tyler Perry is pulling triple duty once again for the newest addition to his "Madea" franchise, and he's bringing the whole family with him. It's been a minute since we've seen Madea on our screens.

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If you want to know just how stupid the current campaign against drag really is, I present to you Mabel Earlene Simmons. She was born on June 26, 1935, in a small town about an hour outside of Baton ...

Hot off his latest ratings winner “Straw,” Tyler Perry is balancing the drama with a new comedy centering some of our favorite characters. Madea and company are back, this time they’re in the ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...