"You're sanitizing me and my friends, and other people who I love and adore. Why?" the actress said The Color Purple cast member Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor wanted the film to go further in its ...

The Color Purple director Blitz Bazawule has set his next film, and it will tackle the history-making Black samurai who lived in ancient Japan. Variety reports that Bazawule will direct a film ...

(JTA) – The bright, colorful movie musical “The Color Purple,” which opens in theaters on Christmas, tells a story that has by now become a familiar part of the American canon — of a young ...

The Color Purple' (Dec. 25) "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino might be seeing the color gold this awards season. She takes on her first major movie role in "The Color Purple," a film version ...

Spike Lee, in "Film Comment," stated that Hollywood only greenlit the movie because the men in "The Color Purple" were depicted as "one-dimensional animals." Whoopi Goldberg, who played Celie in ...

From left: Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. During the interview, Brooks revealed that ...

Variety reports that the movie musical added $7.1 million to its ... Prize winning novel and the 2005 Broadway musical, The Color Purple is an unforgettable story of enduring love and triumph ...

“So tonight we honor the true American legend whose music and movies continue to inspire ... He also scored “The Color Purple,” for which he also served as a producer. Quincy Jones was ...

For the first time since the book was released in 1982 and its film adaptation in 1985, “ The Color Purple ” premiered as a musical production in Eatonton, the birthplace of acclaimed author Alice ...

She added that Jones “discovered me for The Color Purple, which was my first film.” “Me too. So tonight, we honor the true American legend whose music and movies continue to inspire us all ...