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TYLER PERRY SECURES BILLIONAIRE STATUS Congratulations are in order for Tyler Perry! The media mogul is now the latest addition to the Billionaire club!

This is not necessarily a shocker, but it is a testament to the fact that where you are in life doesn’t have to be where you’ll stay. In an article titled, “From ‘Poor As Hell’ To Billionaire: How Tyler Perry Changed

Show Business Forever,� Forbes which he used to buy homes in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and details TP’s massive fortune.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as “The 51-year-old entertainer owns two planes. Quite a lifestyle for a the entirety of his creative output, once-homeless playwright raised including more than 1,200 episodes in poverty in New Orleans. Today, RI WHOHYLVLRQ IHDWXUH Ă€OPV DQG DW Forbes estimates his net worth at least two dozen stage plays, as well $1 billion, with a clear path to future as a 330-acre studio lot at the edge membership in The Forbes 400.â€? of Atlanta’s southern limits. He used that control to leverage a deal with Yes, we all know the story of how, ViacomCBS that pays him $150 at one point in his life, Perry was million a year for new content and sleeping in his car. It’s a story that gives him an equity stake in BET+, inspires the masses and one that the streaming service it debuted Tyler still enjoys hearing. “I love last September. Forbes estimates when people say you come from Perry has earned more than $1.4 ‘humble beginnings,’ â€? he told Forbes. billion in pretax income since 2005, “[It] means you were poor as hell.â€?

But, it also makes the victories that much more triumphant.

“Ownership,” he adds, “changes everything.”

Tyler Perry with long time girl friend Gelila.

So, if you’re keeping count at this point, like TMZ did, then you’ll know THIS is how the man who created Madea amassed his fortune: — $320 million for his entire library of movies, TV shows, plays, etc., as he owns 100% of the content he has created — $300 million in cash and investments

— $60 million for his equity stake in BET+, the streaming service that debuted last year.

— $40 million in homes and toys.

— $280 million for Tyler Perry Raised in poverty in New Orleans, Studios, which sits on 330 acres Perry dropped out of high school and went through a period of in Georgia

homelessness as he struggled as a According to Forbes, Perry $30 playwright. million for the studio property in Atlanta in 2015 and spent $250 Those plays turned him into a star million building the studio operation and launched a career that would there. eventually lead him to become D PHGLD PRJXO DQG ÀUVW $IULFDQ He relishes being a Black man American to independently own a with a studio on the grounds of studio.

Fort McPherson, which had been a “Ownership changes everything,” Confederate military stronghold. he told Forbes.

The studio is also helping to increase One of the things it changed is his his wealth. bank account.

“I own the lights. I own the sets,” Forbes has added Perry to its list he told Forbes. “So that’s where of billionaires and estimates that he the difference is. Because I own has earned “more than $1.4 billion everything, my returns are higher.” in pretax income since 2005.”

JOHN BOYEGA RESIGNS FROM JO MALONE

John Boyega has resigned as global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after he was replaced in an ad he made for them by a Chinese actor.

However, Boyega has said Jo Malone was “wrong” to have used another actor “without my consent or prior notice.”

Writing on Twitter, the British The Star Wars actor made the star said while he accepted that personal video in his home city companies would use different representatives around the world, of London, but it was re-shot “dismissively trading out one’s for the Chinese market. culture this way is not something I can condone.”

The company apologised for what it described as a “misstep” I have decided to step down as that caused “offence.”

Jo Malone’s global ambassador.

When I joined the brand as their ÀUVW PDOH JOREDO DPEDVVDGRU ODVW \HDU , FUHDWHG WKH VKRUW ÀOP ZH used to launch the campaign. It won the Fragrance Foundation Virtual awards 2020 for Best Media Campaign.

The recreated advert largely followed the same script, but featured Chinese star, Liu Haoran instead of Boyega.

The original version, titled London Gent, showed Boyega hanging out with friends and 7KH ÀOP FHOHEUDWHG P\ SHUVRQDO family in Peckham, where he grew story - showcasing my hometown, up. They were also removed for including my friends and featuring Chinese audiences. my family,� he added.

Jo Malone, owned by Estee “It’s back-to-back but I assure Lauder, has since removed the you this will be dealt with swiftly. advert from its campaign in I don’t have time for nonsense. China.

We press on and strong. Stay blessed, people.� “We deeply apologise for what,

on our end, was a mistake in the local execution of the John Boyega campaign,” he said in statement on Monday.

Boyega’s sister Grace posted the Chinese version of the advert in a Twitter response.

‘Taking this misstep very seriously’ In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Jo Malone, London said, “John is a tremendous artist with great personal vision and direction. The concept IRU WKH ÀOP ZDV EDVHG RQ John’s personal experiences and should not have been replicated.

“While we immediately took action and removed the local version of the campaign, we recognise that this was painful and that offence was caused,” it added.

“We respect John, and support our partners and fans globally. We are taking this misstep very seriously and we are working together

as a brand to do better moving Boyega’s new lead character Finn forward.” was shrunken in size, compared with the original poster.

‘Pushed to the side!

Earlier this month, the star called ,W·V QRW WKH ÀUVW WLPH %R\HJD for an end to black actors being has fallen foul of editing for the ´SXVKHG WR WKH VLGHµ E\ ÀOP companies.

Chinese market.

There was controversy back in 2016 when Disney unveiled a re-versioned movie poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in China.

Writers, actors and directors including JK Rowling and Jordan Peele also praised the 28-yearold for his emotional speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in the summer.

The Jo Malone advert.

QUEEN ADELAKUN

DR. MALCOLM A. BENSON UK NOLLYWOOD PRODUCER My name is Queen Adelakun, the fashion correspondent of Cleopatra Magazine.

Below is my intervew with Dr. Malcolm Benson, a versatile Film Producer.

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contents. More opportunities from the crowd. If you don’t risk could open up soon after the anything, you will most certainly lockdown so let’s wait and see. risk everything therefore it’s a matter of harnessing your skills CM: If you have the opportunity set together with your mind set.

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,17(59,(: :,7+ 6781= $/7(/,(5 My name is Terri Donnelly, I am the special correspondent for Cleopatra Magazine, London.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ REACTS TO RUMOURS

Jennifer Lopez reacts to rumors that she’s buying the New York Mets with Alex Rodriguez: ‘I Am for It’ Setting the record straight. Jennifer Lopez is addressing the rumors that she’s planning to purchase the New York Met with KHU ¿DQFp $OH[ 5RGULJXH]

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STEVE HARVEY SERVED WITH RESTRAINING ORDER FILED BY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST Phyllis Coley September 4, 2020 San Bernardino, CA – Essie Berry, a civil rights activist known for helping victims of injustice, says it all started in 2013 when she was to start a reality show and began helping Mary Harvey, Steve Harvey’s ex-wife with some legal matters. Essie says that Steve did not like the fact that she was helping his ex and he began intimidating her with scare tactics along with threatening and harassing messages.

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According to Essie, since then, she has been an ongoing victim of stalking and harassment DQG KDV ÀOHG QXPHURXV SROLFH reports against Steve Harvey in San Bernardino County, California with the Montclair Police Department. The civil rights activist says, “It appears that celebrity status is above the law. If I had been a white woman being stalked, bullied, and harassed by Steve Harvey, the law would have arrested him years ago.”

On August 18, 2020, however, (VVLH ZDV ÀQDOO\ JUDQWHG D restraining order from Judge Thomas S. Garza of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County in California. She says that for the last three years, Steve Harvey and his constituents have been using their resources as a vehicle for threatening phone calls, vulgar language, cyberbullying, text messages, emails, and countless other harassment tactics to “destroy her soul.”

She also claims that Steve Harvey has invaded her privacy by placing pictures of her home on the Internet.

CELEBRITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH BIG AGE GAP As Aaliyah famously sang, “age ain’t nothing but a number,” a sentiment clearly shared by more than a few celebrities. With more than a few years between them and their partner, some celebs have proved that true love can prevail even with the occasional massive age gap. That being said, this is still Hollywood, so even

WUXH ORYH PD\ EH ÁHHWLQJ Some celebs have dated much younger partners on multiple occasions, and believe it or not, they’re not all men. Every now and again, it’s women who also date young stars. Obviously J.Lo can get any man she wants, age gap or no age gap.

MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND CATHERINE ZETA-JONES – 25 YEARS

The iconic actors famously have a quarter-decade between the two of them and coincidentally share a birthday. But surprisingly enough, it was the Entrapment star’s prowess on the links that won Douglas over.The couple married in 2000 and, despite a somewhat turbulent road, are still going as strong as ever.

GEORGE AND AMAL CLOONEY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 17 YEARS A friend introduced the Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11 star to Amal at a 2013 fundraiser.

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JAY-Z AND BEYONCĂ&#x2030; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 YEARS The Carters are so legendary that they might as well be ageless, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change the decade-plus between them. They met at the turn of the century in 2000 and would later pose side-byside on the cover of the 2001 music issue of Vanity Fair. In the interim years, the world has witnessed everything from duets to tours to three adorable children.

HARRISON FORD AND CALISTA FLOCKHART – 22 YEARS Calista Flockhart became a seminal part of the ‘90s as TV’s Ally McBeal but also became Han Solo’s third wife. The pair met in 2002, and within a year, Harrison was gushing to Hello!

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WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO AND HAYDEN PANETTIERE – 14 YEARS The Heroes star and the pro boxer had a 14-year age gap between the two of them. Regardless, they still went on to tie the knot and bring a daughter, Kaya, into the world. But age wasn’t the only discrepancy between the towering Klitschko and the diminutive Panettiere. Panettiere ZRXOG VD\ RI WKHLU ÀUVW PHHWLQJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, “I said, ‘You’re huge.’ And he said, ‘You’re tiny.’ And that was it.”

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND CAMILA ALVES – 14 YEARS

The True Detective star has been “all right, all right, all right” with the Brazilian model since 2006. After six years together, they married in Austin, Texas, subsequently welcoming children Levi, Vida and Livingston into the world.

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