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Clive Davis Grammy Party Class Photo: Where Public Enemy, Green Day, Tom Hanks and Andra Day Mingle
Seconds after Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson entered the holding room where presenters and performers at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala were to take this picture, someone became starstruck — but who that was might surprise you. “It’s Jelly Roll!” Wilson shouted excitedly as she saw the Grammy-nominated singer-rapper. But the feeling was mutual, as […]
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Capitol Music Group CEO Exiting Amid Restructuring
Michelle Jubelirer, the chair and CEO at of Capitol Musical Group, announced Tuesday that she is leaving the company. Jubelirer, who has been Capitol for more than a decade, sent a memo to staff informing them of her decision, which is effective on Wednesday. “I am deeply saddened that I will no longer be at […]
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Heavy Rains Drench Grammys Guests, Delay Winner Miley Cyrus: “I Thought I Was Going to Miss This Moment”
Miley Cyrus feared the rainy, windy weather that hit Los Angeles the day of the 2024 Grammys would make her miss her award-winning moment — and she wasn’t the only one. Hundreds of people were still waiting, a few minutes before showtime, to get inside the Crypto.com Arena as rain pelted them, despite a sea […]
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Why Fantasia Barrino Paused Therapy While Filming ‘The Color Purple’
Fantasia Barrino is a big advocate of therapy, and before being tapped to star in The Color Purple, had been going for years. However, the actress and singer felt that she had to take a break if she was truly going to tap into the pain of the lead character, Celie, who has endured sexual […]
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Sisterhood on Display: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With the Cast of ‘The Color Purple’
It was almost preordained that the Q&A that followed The Hollywood Reporter’s special screening of The Color Purple would be a joyous affair — the camaraderie between stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks and the film’s producer, Oprah Winfrey, has been on display this entire press run. But the THR Presents special event, introduced […]
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Oprah Winfrey Eyes Best-Seller ‘The Covenant of Water’ as Her Next Film Project
While The Color Purple is still racking up sales at the box office, Oprah Winfrey has already set her sights on her next film project. The mogul tells The Hollywood Reporter that she’s optioned the rights to The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, one of her book club selections. But given the plot — […]
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Oprah Winfrey on That Surprise Cameo in ‘The Color Purple’: “A Wonderful Easter Egg”
Warning: This story includes spoilers from the 2023 musical remake of The Color Purple. With The Color Purple being a musical remake of the 1985 film, there are certainly many scenes that hearken back to the original. But in one scene, there’s a face that brings it all full circle. Early on in the film, […]
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Alice Walker, ‘Color Purple’ Cast Celebrate Shug-Celie Romance in Remake: “We Really Needed to See That Love Is Love”
In Steven Spielberg’s 1985 feature adaptation of The Color Purple, the characters of Celie and Shug share a chaste kiss, but not much else hints at the love affair that was integral to author Alice Walker’s novel on which the movie was based. Blitz Bazawule’s new musical adaption of The Color Purple, released on Christmas […]
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Taraji’s Turn: With ‘The Color Purple,’ Will Henson Get Her Due?
One of the indelible images of Taraji P. Henson over the years was the moment where she was in the audience, nominated for an Emmy, and lost to Viola Davis. Instead of the typical “good sport” nod and clap we’ve come to expect from actresses, Henson jumped out of her seat and gave Davis a […]
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Oprah and ‘The Color Purple’ Stars on the New Musical Remake: “It’s Bright. It’s Vibrant. It’s Us”
Of all the emotions that The Color Purple evokes, joy is typically not among them. After all, the movie based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel centers on a Black woman who suffers unspeakable sexual and physical abuse from the men in her life, sees her children taken away from her at birth, lives during […]
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Oprah Winfrey, ‘Color Purple’ Cast Get Emotional at Film’s First Public Screening: “Look At What God Has Done”
An emotional Oprah Winfrey and the cast of The Color Purple spoke about the transformative power of the upcoming film at its first public screening, getting spiritual as they cited its divine effect on their lives. “For every one of us up here, it is a story of, ‘look at what God has done,'” said […]
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After Taylor Swift, Who Else Could Rock the Box Office Without a Major Studio?
Team Taylor Swift and AMC Theatres caught Hollywood by surprise when doing an end run around the major studios and hiring AMC Theatres to distribute a secret movie chronicling her blockbuster Eras Tour. The concert pic opened to an estimated $95 million to $97 million opening over the Oct. 13-15 weekend in North America, even […]
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