That partnership came to an informal close over the weekend with the release of Perry’s low-budget “A Madea Family Funeral.” As ever, box-office analysts misjudged interest. That partnership came to ...
Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...