Designer Sergio Hudson brings strength and sophistication — Janelle Monáe, Rachel Brosnahan

Designer Sergio Hudson brings strength and sophistication — Janelle Monáe, Rachel Brosnahan

Suits, strength and sophistication — that’s what Sergio Hudson is all about. The designer, who grew up in South Carolina, reportedly fell in love with fashion at only four years old. Since the inception of his eponymous Sergio Hudson Collections in 2016, he’s taken his rightful place as a go-to name for the chicest celebrities. … Read more

Fantasia Barrino reveals why she ‘hated’ starring in ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway

Fantasia Barrino reveals why she ‘hated’ starring in ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway

She was feelin’ blue during her Broadway run. Fantasia Barrino revealed Saturday that she “hated” playing Celie in the Broadway rendition of “The Color Purple” in 2007 because of trauma from a sexual assault that resurfaced when she took on the role. “That was around the time that my life was so crazy, so it … Read more

Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen

Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen

You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day. But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also … Read more