Turns out, having Oprah Winfrey as a mentor is just as cool as you imagined. Take it from Danielle Brooks, who has been side by side with Winfrey promoting "The Color Purple" (in theaters now). In the ...

The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it's also something else: a figment of our imaginations. While it looks just as real as red or ...

Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino, and Taraji P Henson as Sophia, Celie, and Shug Avery on the poster for The Color Purple Image via Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple drove ...

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Danielle Brooks, and Danai Gurira explain how Broadway is different than Hollywood when it comes to diversity.

Maybe it was required reading in high school, perhaps you watched the Steven Speilberg-directed film in theaters or it's possible you became smitten with the story when you saw it as a Broadway ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in "The Color Purple."Warner Brothers/Getty Images Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's ...

NEW YORK – "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker's “The Color Purple.” Consider it a many-layered ...

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

When Alice Walker’s The Color Purple hit bookshelves in 1982, it blew away critics, became a nationwide bestseller, and endeared itself to readers who found pain and inspiration in its pages. But in ...

Propelled by a pair of knockout performances from Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, both making their Broadway debuts, this transfer from London's Menier Chocolate Factory takes a minimalist visual ...