"You're sanitizing me and my friends, and other people who I love and adore. Why?" the actress said The Color Purple cast member Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor wanted the film to go further in its ...

"I am getting a lot of DM’s and posts about why I’ve been left out of the press as the original Celie in the [The Color Purple] (musical). I am thrilled for the movie’s success! Happy for ...

Spike Lee, in "Film Comment," stated that Hollywood only greenlit the movie because the men in "The Color Purple" were depicted as "one-dimensional animals." Whoopi Goldberg, who played Celie in ...

The Color Purple was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, Barrino also received a nod for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her ...