said the new Color Purple movie musical "sanitized" the romance between Celie and Shug Avery, played by Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P. Henson. "The Color Purple is a book about Black lesbians.

This go-round, "The Color Purple" is experiencing one fresh kind of controversy and one familiar backlash, albeit amplified. One of the gripes is about the latest film being a musical. The ...

You probably remember that a film adaptation of The Color Purple — specifically, the smash Broadway musical that was based on Alice Walker's 1982 book — came out last year. The star-studded ...

(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 ...

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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 takes on her first major movie role in "The Color Purple," a film version of the Broadway musical, which adapted the same book that was previously turned into the 1985 Steven Spielberg film.

That’s what happened at the 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night when Queen Latifah gave a salute to movie music icon ... in 1985’s “The Color Purple” thanks to Jones ...

James Gunn. I worked with him on Peacemaker, and I asked him while going through the audition process of The Color Purple if I should write Blitz a letter. He said yes, write the letter ...

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Second Generation Theater Company, Ujima Company, and Shea’s Performing Arts Center are producing a co-production of the Broadway Musical, The Color Purple, which will run at Shea’s 710 Theate ...

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