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IOL News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
WATCH: 'Madea's Destination Wedding' teaser drops as Tyler Perry takes the chaos to the Bahamas
Some of the cast members of Tyler Perry's "Madea's Destination Wedding" which premiers this July. Image: X/What's On Netflix The world's favourite grandmother or aunt, Mabel 'Madea' Simmons, is making her return to our screens! US producer, writer, and actor, Tyler Perry, is reprising his role as the infamous aunt and grandmother after Netflix made an announcement and released a trailer on Monday, May 12, for an upcoming comedy film, 'Madea's Destination Wedding'. Madea's nephew and his ex-wife are shocked to learn that their daughter, Tiffany (played by Diamond White), is engaged to a rapper and their wedding is in two weeks in the Bahamas. This ultimately forces the family to rush to the destination wedding, however, tensions rise as Tiffany starts to doubt her fiancé, Zavier (played by Xavier Smalls). Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ The cast for 'Madea's Destination Wedding' includes Perry, White, Smalls, Cassie Davis, Jermaine Harris, Tamela Mann, and David Mann as well as Taja V. Simpson. This movie marks Perry's sixth film being released by Netflix. Some of the well-known movies and series' that Perry released under the streaming platform include 'Mea Culpa', 'The Six Triple Eight' as well 'Beauty in Black." In an exclusive interview with 'People', Perry shared that he is filled with tremendous pride thinking about how Madea has captivated audiences over the years. 'I'm filled with a tremendous amount of pride when I think of how Madea has continuously captivated audiences throughout the years." 'She's meant to bring joy, laughter, and comfort, and to see people are still watching and enjoying is a wonderful thing,' he shared. The award-winning actor and producer also shared that reprising his role as Madea and acting alongside his old cast members felt like reconnecting with old family members, describing the feeling as 'nostalgic." ∎ 'Madea's Destination Wedding' premieres on Friday, July 11, on Netflix
Mint
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
World's richest actor hasn't act in films since 2022, still outranks Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson, Shah Rukh Khan
The world's richest actor hasn't faced the camera for last three years, but his fortune continues to soar. In fact, he is not as popular as Tom Cruise, Jerry Seinfeld, Dwayne Johnson or Shah Rukh Khan. Earlier, Forbes dropped its list of billionaires in the world for 2025 and revealed the realist actor in the world. According to Forbes, Tyler Perry is the world's richest actor in 2025. The actor, filmmaker has a net worth of $1.4 billion at 55 as per Forbes. With the massive net worth, he outranks other popular actors including Jerry Seinfeld ($1.1 billion), Tom Cruise ($800 million), Shah Rukh Khan ($770 million), and Dwayne Johnson ($700 million). Tyler Perry has written, produced and acted in several films, shows and plays. However, his most successful franchise is the Madea franchise. While he is not best known for any global hit, the series grossed over $660 million worldwide. As per Forbes, 'Perry's wealth comes both from his cut as a producer and from a library dating back to the early 1990s: he owns 100% of the content he's created. In 2019, he opened Tyler Perry Studios, a 330-acre property in Atlanta with 12 sound stages and custom sets that include a to-scale White House.' Beyond this, Tyler Perry also ventured into smart business investments that added significant weight to his financial empire. The magazine also mentioned, 'After seven years creating content for Oprah Winfrey's OWN, Perry struck a similar deal with Viacom in 2019, getting 25% of streaming service BET+.' Perry took the joint 2356th spot in the Forbes list of billionaires, which featured 3000 billionaires across the globe. Tyler Perry was last seen as an actor in the 2002 film A Madea Homecoming, based around the titular character. He also served as the writer, director and executive producer of the show. Since then, he has not acted in films, though he continued to back them as a filmmaker. Among them were A Jazzman's Blues, Mea Culpa, Divorce in the Black and The Six Triple Eight. His recent work as a director, producer and writer was Amazon Prime Video's Duplicity. Tyler will be next seen reprising his iconic role in the upcoming Madea's Destination Wedding. He will also be working on Joy Ridge as the writer, director and producer at the same time.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Voices: Mea culpa: definitely not Daleks?
We reported on Wednesday the discovery of chemicals associated with living organisms on a planet 120 light years away: 'Scientists have detected an encouraging potential sign of life on a planet in a different solar system in what they believe is the 'strongest indicator' that life exists beyond Earth.' What is the word 'encouraging' doing there? We have no idea whether life elsewhere in our galaxy would be good or bad for us. The finding was interesting enough in itself, without us trying to dictate to the reader whether they should be pleased or – if they have read any science fiction at all – alarmed. Eyes in the side of his head: A photo caption at the weekend said: 'A person watches the sunrise on the Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia.' John Harrison wrote to say that 'he must have eyes in his right ear since the picture clearly shows he is not facing the sun'. High water mark: After Liam James, my colleague, commented in last week's Mea Culpa column that the word 'mark' had been used where it shouldn't have been, we did it again in 'Home news in brief', when we reported: 'More than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday to mark the highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year.' Thanks to Henry Peacock for pointing out that 'to mark' made no sense, and that we meant something like 'which is'. Standing room only: Richard Thomas, another reader, noticed that we slipped into the wrong register in a report on Monday of Steve Bray's victory in court against police efforts to stop him playing loud music outside parliament: 'Police had approached Mr Bray when he was stood on a traffic island at around 11.20am.' This is conversational English as she is spoke increasingly by young people, but we should prefer the more formal 'was standing' to give our reporting more authority. Stuck in the middle: My war against 'amid' is going badly. In the past seven days, we have had 'Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to hold talks with the White House next week amid efforts to strike a trade deal'; a headline, 'Shareholders revolt against BP chair amid climate clash'; and 'reports of US dissidents being detained and arrested continue to flood in amid the continued rise of far-right politicians across Europe'. The first two should have been easy to deal with: 'as part of' and 'in' would have made sense; the third needed more work, as we were trying to link two different but related things, without trying to explain the connection. Praisiness: Finally, I rejected a complaint from a reader who objected to this passage in a report on Thursday of a boxing match: 'As Clarke's eyes glazed over, and the heavyweight's crushed cheekbone collapsed into itself, a stark reality was rendered: this sport hurts, it is dangerous, and it is unforgiving. And if you were one of those to have felt that unnerving quease in the aftermath of Clarke's first-round defeat by Wardley, imagine – if you can – how Clarke's family felt.' Our correspondent thought that we meant 'queasiness', but I like it as it is, and think that Alex Pattle should be congratulated on an imaginative play on words. 'Quease' ought to be a word, although 'queasy' probably comes from Old Norse kveisa, so the 'y' at the end may be an alteration of the 'a' rather than a regular adjectival ending. And, as our correspondent admitted, 'I know what he means.' For me, it sums up rather well how I feel about people hitting each other on the head for sport.
The Independent
20-04-2025
- Science
- The Independent
Mea culpa: definitely not Daleks?
We reported on Wednesday the discovery of chemicals associated with living organisms on a planet 120 light years away: 'Scientists have detected an encouraging potential sign of life on a planet in a different solar system in what they believe is the 'strongest indicator' that life exists beyond Earth.' What is the word 'encouraging' doing there? We have no idea whether life elsewhere in our galaxy would be good or bad for us. The finding was interesting enough in itself, without us trying to dictate to the reader whether they should be pleased or – if they have read any science fiction at all – alarmed. Eyes in the side of his head: A photo caption at the weekend said: 'A person watches the sunrise on the Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia.' John Harrison wrote to say that 'he must have eyes in his right ear since the picture clearly shows he is not facing the sun'. High water mark: After Liam James, my colleague, commented in last week's Mea Culpa column that the word 'mark' had been used where it shouldn't have been, we did it again in 'Home news in brief', when we reported: 'More than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday to mark the highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year.' Thanks to Henry Peacock for pointing out that 'to mark' made no sense, and that we meant something like 'which is'. Standing room only: Richard Thomas, another reader, noticed that we slipped into the wrong register in a report on Monday of Steve Bray's victory in court against police efforts to stop him playing loud music outside parliament: 'Police had approached Mr Bray when he was stood on a traffic island at around 11.20am.' This is conversational English as she is spoke increasingly by young people, but we should prefer the more formal 'was standing' to give our reporting more authority. Stuck in the middle: My war against 'amid' is going badly. In the past seven days, we have had 'Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to hold talks with the White House next week amid efforts to strike a trade deal'; a headline, 'Shareholders revolt against BP chair amid climate clash'; and 'reports of US dissidents being detained and arrested continue to flood in amid the continued rise of far-right politicians across Europe'. The first two should have been easy to deal with: 'as part of' and 'in' would have made sense; the third needed more work, as we were trying to link two different but related things, without trying to explain the connection. Praisiness: Finally, I rejected a complaint from a reader who objected to this passage in a report on Thursday of a boxing match: 'As Clarke's eyes glazed over, and the heavyweight's crushed cheekbone collapsed into itself, a stark reality was rendered: this sport hurts, it is dangerous, and it is unforgiving. And if you were one of those to have felt that unnerving quease in the aftermath of Clarke's first-round defeat by Wardley, imagine – if you can – how Clarke's family felt.' Our correspondent thought that we meant 'queasiness', but I like it as it is, and think that Alex Pattle should be congratulated on an imaginative play on words. 'Quease' ought to be a word, although 'queasy' probably comes from Old Norse kveisa, so the 'y' at the end may be an alteration of the 'a' rather than a regular adjectival ending. And, as our correspondent admitted, 'I know what he means.' For me, it sums up rather well how I feel about people hitting each other on the head for sport.
Technical.ly
12-04-2025
- Business
- Technical.ly
Hundreds compete for Shark Tank spots at the Philly open casting call
The Shark Tank team has its work cut out for it in Philadelphia. Hundreds of entrepreneurs showed up on Friday at Rivers Casino for the ABC product pitch show to audition for a spot in Season 17 and the possibility of a deal with one of the celebrity 'shark' investors. We don't have an official number of the entrepreneur hopefuls who showed up, but the casino announced that its event space had exceeded capacity, and the group would be split into two to accommodate everyone. And the line was long, snaking through two aisles of the parking garage that led into the event space. We didn't get to go past the registration area to see the pitches, but we did meet some of the entrepreneurs in line — some local, some from out of town. Keep scrolling to see some of the entrepreneurs who came out. Who knows, maybe we'll see some of them on TV facing the sharks! From New Jersey, Siena Rampulla pitched PULLATTracker, a safety app that is like carrying a silent alarm that contacts the help you need when you need it. Philly stiltwalker Mafalda Thomas-Bouzy pitched an art hall filled with music and dance for kids. Philly-based Monday Born Mentality uses the day of the week you were born to help strategize your life. The founders of Philly's Mea Culpa clothing brand. The founder of the Glass Slipper, a silicone product that sits in commercial glassware racks to prevent wear and tear. The founder of a new technology for generators who came all the way from Houston. Titi from Middletown, Delaware, pitched Titi's Kitchen chinchins, a crunchy snack originally from Nigeria. A founder from Wiles-Barre, Pennsylvania, pitched an innovative garden stake system. Full Moon from Philly is pitching Autistic Academy, an education program that focuses on of autistic people. From Buffalo, New York, ALL Dream Sports, a platform that follows the journeys of youth athletes. The founder of a new kind of ladder called Cube Ladder, from Media, Pennsylvania. Nate McIntyre, founder of Bodyrock Bootcamp, pitched and demonstrated his simple but effective isometric fitness device. Companies: Shark Tank
