Paisley Park Enterprises filed an application to trademark the name Apollonia, which Kotero has used for herself and her work for over 40 years Kotero starred alongside Prince in the 1984 movie ...

Beyoncé is paying homage to Prince's Purple Rain for Halloween! The Grammy winner, 43, transformed herself into the late music legend, as well as Apollonia, the actress and musician who starred ...

U.S. (AP) – The woman who replaced Vanity in Prince's classic movie "Purple Rain" called her an "inspiration" and one of the first true 1980s divas. Singer and actress Apollonia Kotero, told The ...

Apollonia is escalating her legal fight with the Prince estate—and this time, she’s anchoring her argument in a final, personal interaction with the late icon himself. In a new declaration filed in ...

Looks like Apollonia is gearing up to fight for the right to continue using her iconic stage name. In her complaint, the 66-year-old actress and singer argues Prince not only encouraged her to embrace ...

The woman who replaced Vanity in Prince’s classic movie “Purple Rain” called her an “inspiration” and one of the first true 1980s divas. Singer and actress Apollonia Kotero told The Associated Press ...

She is best known for co-starring in Prince’s 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been the lead singer in the girl group Apollonia 6. She also dated Prince briefly who she revealed was a fun-loving, ...

For the record: Apollonia never did purify herself in Lake Minnetonka. In fact, she's never been to the Twin Cities' biggest lake. And she hasn't been in Minnesota since filming "Purple Rain" in 1983.

Keyboardist Garth Hudson of the Band is 79. Actor Max Wright (”Alf,” ‘’Norm”) is 73. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 71. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 66. Actor Butch Patrick (”The Munsters”) is 63. Singer ...

The woman who replaced Vanity in Prince’s classic movie “Purple Rain” called her an “inspiration” and one of the first true 1980s divas. Singer and actress Apollonia Kotero told The Associated Press ...