Writer, producer, and film director Tyler Perry poses for a portrait at the Core Club in New York, in this Feb.8, 2007 file photo. Perry created and directed the new TBS comedy series, "House of Payne
Photograph by: Shiho Fukada
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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