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The World According To Allee Willis Celebrates A Neglected Artist

We often associate songs with its performers and tend to forget the songwriters who created them, before bequeathing their brainchild to a voice that isn’t theirs. But the world of the arts is capable of setting the record straight, and that is the case with the film The World According To Allee Willis directed by…

The Color Purple: Fantasia Barrino Leads Empowering Musical Update

@Courtesy of Warner Brothers Losing love can lead to harrowing heartbreak, but finding inner strength and resilience can guide people to eventually rediscover endearment and joy. Celie Harris-Johnson, the protagonist of the successful The Color Purple franchise, certainly knows that pain in the new screen adaptation. Torn apart from her sister and her children in…

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson Launch $10 Million Relief Fund For Displaced Maui Residents

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have teamed up to to create a relief fund for residents in Maui, Hawaii who have been displaced by the recent wildfires. The duo has launched the People’s Fund of Maui, which will send money directly to people whose lives have been affected by the blazes. Winfrey and…

The Color Purple | Official Trailer : Halle Bailey, Phylicia Mpasi, Taraji P. Henson

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for their new “The Color Purple” film, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg have reunited to revive into a movie musical, directed by Blitz Bazawule. The project is based on the Tony-winning stage musical based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color Purple” centers on Celie, a…

Taraji P. Henson to Play Shug Avery in New Film Adaptation of The Color Purple

Taraji P. Henson has been tapped to play the role of blues singer Shug Avery in Warner Bros.’ upcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple, based on a 2005 Broadway musical (revived in 2015) that was itself based on Alice Walker’s 1982 eponymous novel. online pharmacy naprosyn with best prices today in the USA Other…

H.E.R. Set to Make Film Acting Debut as Squeak in The Color Purple Movie Musical

Multi-Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, H.E.R. has signed on to make her feature film acting debut in the new The Color Purple movie musical. The musician has been cast in the part of Squeak in the forthcoming adaptation of the Oscar-nominated Steven Spielberg-directed 1985 period drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new film, which is set…

Lady Gaga Explains Why She Opens up about Her Sexual Assault as a Teen, Reveals Past Pregnancy

’Pop superstar Lady Gaga, who wowed a grateful nation by her soul-stirring rendition of the national anthem at the recent Biden inauguration, is now singing a far more personal anthem, one that unmasks a rape and by a music producer at the start of her career. Appearing in a segment of “The Me You Can’t…

Ellen DeGeneres Is Ending Her Show Next Year

The long-running daytime talk show Ellen is coming to an end next year with its upcoming nineteenth season. In a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter, DeGeneres explained her reasoning for deciding to wrap up, citing a belief that it is no longer challenging and that she has been encouraged by her wife Portia de…