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 Gladys Knight: Joins Tyler Perry film
Seven-time Grammy Awards winner Galdys Knight will star in Tyler Perry's latest film "I Can Do Bad All by Myself". She is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author.
The writer-director Perry has also added gospel performance winner Marvin Winans to the cast of his latest film. Perry has already added nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige to the cast of his latest film.
Taraji P. Henson, Hope Olaide Wilson, Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye, Brian White and Frederick Siglar also will appear in Perry's adaptation of one of his early plays. The story concerns what happens when Perry's iconic Madea character discovers a 16 year old girl and her brothers looting her home and sends them to live with their Aunt April, a hard-drinking nightclub singer.
Gladys Knight will play the role of Wilma, a matriarch of the neighborhood and singer at Marshall Baptist Church, where Madea also circulates. Knight, Winans and Blige will sing in the film. Blige will perform an original song penned by Ne-Yo.
Production is under way at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. It is expected to be released on Septmeber 11.
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