Purple

Prince’s hit film Purple Rain is set to become a Broadway musical.The 1984 movie will come to the stage with a book from the Pulitzer prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who is currently receiving rave reviews for the family drama Appropriate starring Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning.Music and lyrics will come from Prince and the musical will be directed by the Tony award nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz, known for 2022’s adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s dark comedy The Skin of Our Teeth.“It’s been almost 40 years since…

Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz tapped to direct the first theatrical adaptation of the musician’s classic film and album Prince’s classic film Purple Rain is heading to the stage. Based on Albert Magnoli and William Blinn’s screenplay for the 1984 film, the musical will be directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, The New York Times reports. Producer Orin Wolf, who is shepherding the theatrical adaptation of a separate music industry movie, Buena Vista Social Club, announced the news on Monday that he’s…

Oprah Winfrey dazzled on the 2024 Golden Globes red carpet, wearing a sparkly purple dress. The 69-year-old TV host's custom-made Louis Vuitton dress was a sweet ode to The Color Purple, which she co-produced. On Sunday, the 2023 musical, adapted from the original 1985 namesake film, was up for two awards. The Halle Bailey-starrer film generated a lot of buzz online due to the rumoured feud between veteran actress Taraji P. Henson and Oprah. Oprah Winfrey arrives at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7,…

Warning: this article has spoilers for the 2023 film The Color Purple.Though this year's Blitz Bazawule-directed version of The Color Purple is actually an adaptation of the stage musical, not the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, the 2023 remake pays more than a few nods to that Oscar-winning drama. However, despite one OG star making a cameo, and Oprah Winfrey producing the film, the original Sofia actress explained why she didn't appear in the new adaptation of the film. One of the original film's stars, Whoopi Goldberg…

Honor will introduce Magic6 Pro on either January 10 or January 11 and we already saw the phone in a lovely Green color. Today, a Purple variant was revealed by George Zhao, company CEO, and this time, it was inspired by “the beautiful scenery during dawn on the coast of Lake Qinghai.” The new image does not reveal additional specs – periscope shooter behind the top lens, 2.5D curved sides and all the buttons on the right-hand side is all we can see here. We expect a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 1 TB of storage…

Alice Walker’s Pulitzer prize-winning book The Color Purple follows the central years of Celie, a Black girl in 1900s Georgia who survives abuse at the hands of her father and husband, Mister.There’s a surgical balance in how to depict Celie: someone deprived of love and compassion, but never passive, never weak. Unfortunately, the most recent big-screen musical remake, directed by Blitz Bazawule and written by Marcus Gardley, doesn’t live in the fullness of Celie’s life, notably Celie’s queerness.From Walker’s original…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeStuntwoman and actor Carrie Bernans, who appears in the recent critically acclaimed musical drama The Color Purple, was seriously injured after being struck by a driver who was allegedly fleeing a hit-and-run.Bernans was outside Chirp, a Peruvian restaurant in New York City’s midtown Manhattan, on New Year’s Day (1 January) when she was hit by a car that ploughed into the eatery’s…

When “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule cast Taraji P. Henson for his film adaptation of the stage musical, it wasn’t the first time Henson had been asked to slip on the spangled gowns and outsize feather headdresses of enticing blues singer Shug Avery. But back when the offer was for the Broadway production, Henson didn’t feel like she had the pipes to belt it out eight shows a week.The movie opportunity was providence calling. “If something is meant for you, you can’t run from it,” says Henson, who said yes…

A trio of new releases hit theaters on Christmas Day, and while box office numbers overall marked a satisfying end to the year, the new offerings weren’t able to crack the Top 3 to pull ahead of the previous week’s winners. Wonka reclaimed the top spot in its third weekend, earning another $23.95 million, while Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Migration took silver and bronze, respectively. The Color Purple exceeded expectations, and second-weekend offerings like Anyone But You also contributed to the year’s revenue…

Happy Hogan first transforms into the Freak in "Tales of Suspense" Vol. 1 #74, published in November 1965. In the previous "Tales of Suspense" issue, Iron Man rescues Hogan from a villain called the Black Knight. Hogan, however, is gravely injured, and at a hospital he receives treatment from a contraption called the Enervation Intensifier. While it successfully saves his life, it also activates a sort of power overload in him, granting him greatly enhanced physical capabilities at the expense of his…