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The Color Purple

Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Oprah Winfrey, and Blitz Bazawule.
SPEAKING UP

‘Color Purple’ Cast: Oprah Saved Us From Bad Set Conditions

Actresses credited Oprah for intervening on their behalf but said things ought to have been better from the start.

Mark Alfred

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HELL YES

Give Danielle Brooks an Oscar Right Now

Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.

Kevin Fallon

A general view of atmosphere during MoveOn’s national Banned Bookmobile tour launch at Sandmeyer’s Bookstore on July 13, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.
BANNED

‘Color Purple’ Removed From Schools Under New Florida Law

Alice Walker’s classic is among 673 titles taken out of Orange County classrooms to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ law requiring schools to remove “sexual content” from shelves.

Kate Briquelet

Fantasia Barrino poses for a photo.
BAD STAY

Fantasia Says Airbnb Host Kicked Her Out in Racist Incident

“The treatment we received was due to the color of our skin,” she wrote on X.

Corbin Bolies

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BIG SCREEN

Oprah Unveils Cast of ‘The Color Purple’ Musical Movie

Winfrey said that “The Color Purple” had been “a vehicle for magic and purpose in my life.”

Tim Teeman

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‘A WALKING MASTERCLASS’

Broadway’s Lawrence Clayton Dead at 64 After Cancer Battle

Clayton passed away Nov. 2 after a two-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Patricia Kelly Yeo

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ABOUT TIME

‘Girls Trip’ Is a Celebration of Black Female Sexuality

‘Girls Trip’ celebrates the black female libido by placing its women at the center of a raunchy, R-rated sex comedy—the type that usually allows only white women to do the same.

Ira Madison III

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BACKLASH

Elizabeth Banks Gets Dragged Over ‘The Color Purple’

She called out Steven Spielberg for ‘never’ having a female lead, thereby omitting the black women of ‘The Color Purple.’ People were none too pleased.

Ira Madison III

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TONY AWARDS

Purple Is the New Black

For Danielle Brooks, best known as Taystee from ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ her debut Broadway role in ‘The Color Purple’ was a dream worth not sleeping for.

Kevin Fallon

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DEARLY BELOVED

Broadway’s Epic Prince Tributes

The curtain calls for two of Broadway’s biggest shows last night featured beautiful tributes to Prince.

Matt Wilstein

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BIG GUNS

Rosie’s Rage Lawsuit Started Over ISIS?

<p>A former producer at <em>The View</em> is suing the show’s former co-host after the two fought about who would cover an ISIS beheading.<br> </p>

Kelly Weill

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