Something profound happened to me when I saw The Color Purple. I went in very familiar with the material. I've read Alice Walker's book, watched the 1985 film, and seen the Broadway musical multiple ...

Me, then a bookish young teen read Alice Walker's marvelous The Color Purple. In Celie's letters, I discover a Black girl's voice and subjectivity that resonates with an unspoken longing in my lonely, ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Color Purple (2023) is now available to buy or rent online, less than four weeks after the movie opened in theaters on Christmas Day. The news may come as a surprise ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in "The Color Purple."Warner Brothers/Getty Images Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's ...

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

The musical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel seemed an instant hit, but it sold less than $5 million in tickets in its second weekend. By Brooks Barnes Reporting from Los Angeles “The ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

The Color Purple remake star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was disheartened that the film seemed to cut out a central queer story line. She continued: “What is hard for me is that when we have those spaces ...

The Oscar-nominated actress made headlines after tearfully calling out Hollywood for not giving Black actresses the equity they deserve. While it’s unclear if playing the role of Shug Avery in 'The ...

When “The Color Purple” hit theaters in 1985 — as the beloved film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — it was before a certain cast member, Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of ...

Danielle Brooks knows The Color Purple’s Sofia inside out. She spent a year as the boisterous wife in the Broadway revival in 2015, and boasts that she knows everything from the character’s Zodiac ...