Oprah Winfrey Reveals How Much She Was Paid for 'The Color Purple' Role

The 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala was one of the most star-studded events of the year and we have so many amazing photos that were snapped inside the event!

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Priscilla Presley broke down during an interview with Piers Morgan as she opened up about the death of her daughter Lisa Marie. Lisa Marie, who was the only daughter of Elvis Presley, passed away earlier this year at age 54 from a small bowel obstruction caused by previous weight-loss surgery. Now, Priscilla, 78, has revealed that her daughter was suicidal in the months before her death, as she struggled with the loss of her son Benjamin Keough, who took his own life in 2020.

Halloween is the season for fancy dress and some of our favorite musicians have gone all out this year. This past weekend represented the first chance for people to host spooky-themed parties, with Ice Spice performing at one event dressed as Betty Boop and Adele taking to the stage during her latest Las Vegas show in full Morticia Addams garb.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor A late-release awards contender can move through Oscar season like a cat. It crouches low, waiting patiently for the right moment to pounce. With the deployment of a skillful campaign, yet-unscreened films waiting in the wings — notably “The Color Purple,” “The Iron Claw” and “Napoleon” — might execute the perfect strike, catching established front-runners like “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” by surprise.

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Britney Spears gets real about one of her most infamous moments in The Woman In Me — the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

The Woman In Me,” that the TV personality focused more on whether or not she was a fit mother than her album during a 2007 interview. “The only press I did for ‘Blackout’ was a live radio interview with Ryan Seacrest when it came out in October 2007,” Spears, now 41, wrote.“In the interview which was supposed to be about the record, Ryan Seacrest asked me questions like ‘How do you respond to those who criticize you as a mom’ and ‘Do you feel like you’re doing everything you can for your kids?’ and ‘How often will you see them?’ ““It felt like that was the only thing people wanted to talk about: whether or not I was a fit mother,” Spears writes.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is having a laugh over his wax figure. But like… it’ sa little serious, too.

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Britney Spears is opening up about her first sexual encounter in the pages of her memoir The Woman in Me.

1985 film “The Color Purple” was the “best $35,000 I ever made.” Speaking with Essence magazine, Winfrey, 69, revealed she “wanted nothing more in my life than to be in ‘The Color Purple'” when it was announced that Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book would hit the silver screen. “They were only offering $35,000 to be in this film,” Winfrey told the outlet for their cover story on the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical.

Rachel Leviss – formerly known as Raquel – has raised a good chunk of money for charity.

Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul but before achieving all of that she starred in The Color Purple back in 1985. Her performance as Sofia in the Steven Spielberg-directed film went on to earn her a nomination at the Oscars.

but who says ballerina-chic has to be pink? , whose sumptuous little black dress is nothing if not tutu-inspired.The Little Mermaid star was honored as one of , and for the October 17 celebration Bailey wore a strapless minidress whose voluminous miniskirt seemed designed for doing pirouettes. In lieu of tulle, Bailey's dress also featured an underskirt made of sculptural white roses that gave the dress its tutu-esque volume.The look wasn't all Swan Lake, however, as Bailey paired the dress with strappy platform sandals and a dramatic white manicure.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The upcoming release of “The Color Purple” musical film marks a full circle moment for Oprah Winfrey, who is producing the new adaptation 38 years after playing Sofia in Steven Spielberg’s take on Alice Walker’s seminal novel. Oprah earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actress, and now “The Color Purple” musical could earn her another one as a producer if it lands a best picture nomination. Oprah produced the film along with Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.