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 ...

From a huge Gramophone to a dizzying array of showstopping pants, the movie musical of “The Color Purple” may be a different experience than previous versions, but it’s no less breathtaking or vital.

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 ...

A key to understanding what director Blitz Bazawule might have envisioned for his retelling of The Color Purple, an adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway production (itself an adaptation of Alice ...

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 ...