The movie musical is a tear-jerking and exultant epic that also works as a companion piece to the 1985 original.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — "The Color Purple," starring North Carolina native and Golden Globe nominee Fantasia Barrino, hits the big screen on Christmas Day.
'The Color Purple': Biggest changes from the Broadway musical and Steven Spielberg movie · There's no ambiguity about Shug and Celie's romance in the new 'Color ...
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By LINDSEY BAHR (AP Film Writer). It's not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn't had the best ...
Fantasia Barrino, LaChanze, and Cynthia Erivo talk with TIME about "I'm Here" and what 'The Color Purple' song means to them.
A clip of Fantasia Barrino singing "I'm Here" from "The Color Purple" at a cast reading has gone viral. Fans say they love her powerful voice.
TARAJI P. HENSON as Shug Avery, FANTASIA BARRINO as Celie and DANIELLE BROOKS as. The cast shines in "The Color Purple." But is that enough? Credit: Warner Bros ...
The "American Idol" alum is part of the star-studded cast for "The Color Purple" -- which just got released into theaters today ... and which is stirring up a ...
Goldberg earned an Oscar nomination for her turn as Celie in the 1985 movie. The new film's director and screenwriter created a way for her to 'pass the ...
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Spanning decades, the film version of the Broadway stage production improves in key respects on the Oscar-nominated original movie, with a spiritual message ...
In 1985, "The Color Purple" became a film classic the same year that Stephen Bray — executive music producer of the new movie musical adaptation — scored ...
The film has outperformed expectations with $18 million from 3,152 North American theaters. It's the largest Christmas Day opening for a film since 2009, and ...
The Color Purple,” a vibrant adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, dominated at the box office on Christmas Day.
Fantasia Barrino, 39, who is from High Point, stars as Celie in the musical reboot of the 1980s classic. Barrino played Celie when "The Color Purple ...
A musical rendition of “The Color Purple” was the highest-grossing film at theaters on Christmas Day.
With $18.15 million at the box office, Warner Bros.' "The Color Purple" had the highest Christmas Day opening since 2009 and second-highest of all time.
The musical adaptation of the Alice Walker novel grossed $18 million on its opening day. Fantasia Barrino, left, and Taraji P. Henson in "The ...
The film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, turned hit movie, turned Broadway musical smash outperformed industry expectations to lead the box office ...
The new movie musical 'The Color Purple,' co-produced by Oprah Winfrey and starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks, claimed the No.
'The Color Purple' screenwriter Marcus Gardley explains why Whoopi Goldberg's cameo in the new movie musical 'felt like the perfect part.'