The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be viewed as a Black film syllabus. Share full article Fantasia Barrino-Taylor, left, with ...

Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino, and Taraji P Henson as Sophia, Celie, and Shug Avery on the poster for The Color Purple Image via Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple drove ...

You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The musical adaptation of 'The Color Purple' is co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, who starred in Steven Spielberg's 1985 original ...

The Color Purple had a long road from Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Academy Award-nominated movie adaptation to Tony Award-winning musical, and back to the big screen. To understand director Blitz ...

In its many incarnations, “The Color Purple” is one of those indelible, unforgettable American texts. From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated 1985 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Color Purple has triumphed at the box office with the largest ...

In The Color Purple movie musical, Taraji P. Henson will take on the role of Shug Avery, first played on the big screen in 1985 by Margaret Avery Taraji P. Henson is bringing the character of Shug ...

Costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck and choreographer Fatima Robinson talk about their love for the 1985 film and making the story their own for a new musical version. When director Blitz ...

There’s a dazzling moment in the new “The Color Purple” (in theaters Dec. 25) in which Fantasia Barrino sings while walking atop an enormous shellac record spinning on a huge gramophone, all while ...

"A show stopping crowd pleaser." Warner Bros has revealed a third & final official trailer for The Color Purple, a cinematic adaptation of the beloved, triumphant musical of the same name. One of the ...

Hollywood (or at least Hollywood’s various marketing firms) seems to have forgotten an old adage: the show must go on. There are always going to be new musicals. There are always going to be directors ...