The writer and director Tyler Perry has officially opened his massive new film studio in Atlanta, with a party that drew celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L Jackson and Halle Berry.
Winfrey praised Perry and said the new studio head was a force to be reckoned with.
Tyler Perry Studios has 12 soundstages, each named after a seminal black actor.
Spike Lee, Cicely Tyson and others also helped Perry launch his new facility, a 134-hectare (330-acre) studio, one of the largest in the US, that once served as a Confederate army base.