Award season’s next biggest event has arrived. The 2024 SAG Awards, which celebrates the incredible talent of actors and actresses in film and television, went down Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in LA. Summer blockbusters such as Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” led the film division with a whopping … Read more
Oprah Winfrey refused to turn red regarding “disturbing” rumors surrounding the cast of “The Color Purple.” On the Golden Globes 2024 red carpet, the 69-year-old media mogul told “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King about the alleged beef between herself and one of the film’s leading ladies, Taraji P. Henson. Speculation that there was trouble between … Read more
They were seeing the color red. Actresses Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks have credited Oprah Winfrey for coming to their aid as the actresses described subpar conditions on the new “The Color Purple” set. “I remember when we first came in and we were doing rehearsal and they put us all in the same … Read more
“My name is Blitz Bazawule. And I’m the director of ‘The Color Purple.’” [SNAPPING] “So, this scene is where Shug Avery, played by the incredible Taraji P. Henson, performs at the juke joint for the very first time. Her character’s enigmatic. We’ve been hearing about her throughout. And we haven’t seen her perform yet. And … Read more
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
“Wonka” blew “Aquaman” out of the water. Theatergoers are still sweet for “Wonka,” which returned to the No. 1 spot at the box office on Friday, with earnings of $8.6 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. “Wonka” also surpassed the $100 million earning mark domestically this week, as per Variety. Last week, the Timothee Chalamet-led … Read more
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 Talk. And the very same year, Stephen Bray — executive music producer of the new “Color Purple” movie musical that … Read more
Taraji P. Henson has revealed the surprising role that, she said, was, “the sexiest I’ve ever felt.” Henson, 53, didn’t say an expected role such as one of her rom-coms (“What Men Want,”) the movie “Hustle & Flow” where she played a sex worker or the series “Empire” where she played queen bee Cookie Lyon. … Read more
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
She saw the color green. Media tycoon Oprah Winfrey said Tuesday that her salary for the 1985 film “The Color Purple” was the “best $35,000 I ever made.” Speaking with Essence Magazine, Winfrey, 69, revealed she “wanted nothing more in my life than to be in ‘The Color Purple’” when it was announced that Alice Walker’s … Read more
Deon Cole is a rock star of comedy. The award-winning actor and stand-up comic has been in shows such as “Black-ish,” films such as “Barbershop,” and is soon to steal the show in a breakthrough dramatic role in “The Color Purple.” But, the Chicago native’s career of making laughs — one that dates to the … Read more