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Forbes is an American business magazine . Published bi - weekly , it features original articles on finance , industry , investing , and marketing topics . " Forbes " also reports on related subjects such as technology , communications , science , and law . Its headquarters is located in Jersey City , New Jersey . Primary competitors in the national business magazine category include " Fortune " and " Bloomberg Businessweek ". The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings , including its lists of the richest ___MASK100___ ( the Forbes 400 ) and rankings of world ' s top companies ( the Forbes Global 2000 ). Another well - known list by the magazine is the The World ' s Billionaires list . Jill Scott ( born April 4 , 1972 ) is an American singer , songwriter , model and actress . Her 2000 debut , Who Is Jill Scott ? Words and Sounds Vol . 1 , went platinum , and the follow - ups Beautifully Human : Words and Sounds Vol . 2 ( 2004 ) and The Real Thing : Words and Sounds Vol . 3 ( 2007 ) both achieved gold status . She made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog and Tyler Perry ' s Why Did I Get Married ? in 2007 . Scott released her fourth album The Light of the Sun . In Get On Up ( 2014 ) she plays the second wife of James Brown . She also appeared as the lead role in the BBC / HBO series The No . 1 Ladies ' Detective Agency . In 2015 , she had released her fifth album Woman . Michael Jai ___MASK29___ ( born November 10 , 1967 ) is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series . He is the first ___MASK88___ to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture , having starred as Al Simmons , the protagonist in the 1997 film " Spawn ". ___MASK29___ appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films " Why Did I Get Married ?" and " Why Did I Get Married Too ?", and currently stars as the character on the TBS / OWN comedy - drama television series " Tyler Perry ' s For Better or Worse ". ___MASK29___ portrayed Jax Briggs in "". ___MASK29___ also portrayed boxer Mike Tyson in the 1995 HBO television movie " Tyson ". London is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK63___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the ___MASK80___ Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . Tyler Perry ( born Emmitt Perry Jr .; September 13 , 1969 ) is an American actor , comedian , filmmaker , writer , and songwriter , specializing in the gospel genre . Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s . In 2011 , " Forbes " named him the highest paid man in entertainment ; he earned US $ 130 million between May 2010 and 2011 . Lions Gate Entertainment Corp ., doing business as Lionsgate , is an American , Canadian - domiciled entertainment & media company . The company was formed on July 10 , 1997 , in Vancouver , ___MASK55___ Columbia , and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica , California . James Joseph Brown ( May 3 , 1933  December 25 , 2006 ) was an American singer , songwriter , record producer , dancer and bandleader . The creator of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance , he is often referred to as the " Godfather of Soul ". In a career that spanned six decades , he influenced the development of several music genres . Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid - 1960s when ___MASK88___ musicians created a rhythmic , danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music , jazz , and rhythm and blues ( R & B ). Funk de - emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground . Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord , distinguishing them from R & B and soul songs , which are built on complex chord progressions . Funk uses the same richly - colored extended chords found in bebop jazz , such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths , or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths . Why Did I Get Married ? is a 2007 American comedy - drama film adaptation written , produced , directed , and starring Tyler Perry , which was inspired by his play of the same name . The film also stars Janet Jackson , Jill Scott , Malik Yoba , Sharon Leal , Tasha Smith , Michael Jai ___MASK29___ , Richard T . Jones , and Keesha Sharp . The film was released in the United States by Lionsgate on October 12 , 2007 . The ___MASK55___ Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) is a ___MASK55___ public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , 402 .