Tyler Perry is bringing out some of Hollywood’s top A-List celebrities for his new studio, Tyler Perry Studios opening tonight! Top celebrities expected to attend include Oscar winner Sidney Poitier, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Whitney Houston, Usher, Mary J. Blige (who is expected to perform) and Perry’s good friend Oprah Winfrey.
According to Access Atlanta, Guests will tour the 200,000 square foot studio and office space in southwestern Atlanta near Greenbriar Mall. The facility features four sound stages, 30 dressing rooms and a 400-seat screening room all of which sit on a 30-acre campus that once held Delta Air Lines’ corporate offices.
Perry received $35 million in bonds in June from the Atlanta Development Authority to help build the facility. Perry estimates that his 300 employees will continue earning some $100 million annually for the city. All of Perry’s productions including the current TBS hit “House of Payne” and his new small screen incarnation of the play and film “Meet The Browns” will be filmed on site.
The New York Times is reporting that the Writers Guild of America West has filed an unfair-labor-practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Tyler Perry’s production studio after the studio fired four writers for the TBS comedy “House of Payne” who were seeking union representation. Jeff Hermanson, an assistant executive director for the Writers Guild, said the four writers — Kellie Griffin, Christopher Moore, Teri Brown-Jackson and Lamont Ferrell — had sought a union contract because they felt they were underpaid and lacked benefits.
The guild plans to have protesters at the studio at 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. It is asking Winfrey, Smith and the rest of Perry’s guests to honor the picket line.
www.TopAtlantaLuxury.com will be following this report with some LIVE coverage and we will see if Hollywood’s A-List celebrities will cross the picket line! So stay tuned!!
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