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Taraji P. Henson Joins Blitz Bazawule’s Adaptation Of ‘The Color Purple’ As Shug Avery - deadline.com - county Jones - county Scott - county Hawkins - Boston - county Hudson - county Sanders
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01.02.2022

Taraji P. Henson Joins Blitz Bazawule’s Adaptation Of ‘The Color Purple’ As Shug Avery

Taraji P. Henson has signed on to star alongside H.E.R. and Corey Hawkins in Blitz Bazawule’s (Black Is King) adaptation of The Color Purple for Warner Bros., Deadline has confirmed.

‘The Color Purple’ Gets Streaming Date On Max - deadline.com - USA - county Brooks - county Bailey
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09.02.2024

‘The Color Purple’ Gets Streaming Date On Max

Warner Bros. PIctures’ The Color Purple will make its streaming debut on Max on February 16.

New Take on ‘The Color Purple’ Works Overall; Zachary Quinto and Jacob Elordi Headline Inert ‘He Went That Way’ - thegavoice.com - county Jones
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11.01.2024

New Take on ‘The Color Purple’ Works Overall; Zachary Quinto and Jacob Elordi Headline Inert ‘He Went That Way’

Director Steven Spielberg’s 1985 version of Alice Walker’s classic, “The Color Purple,” has always been heavily debated. Many knock it for being too tidy and toning down the lesbian love story at its heart. Others, though, consider it a classic and a film that has withstood the test of time a lot better than the movie it lost the Best Picture Oscar to, “Out of Africa.”

Inside the groove: The surprise music connection between ‘The Color Purple’ and Madonna - nypost.com - New York - county Jones - Michigan
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26.12.2023

Inside the groove: The surprise music connection between ‘The Color Purple’ and Madonna

Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of Talk.And the very same year, Stephen Bray — executive music producer of the new “Color Purple” movie musical that opens on Christmas Day — scored his first hits with the future Queen of Pop, Madonna, as co-writer of both “Into the Groove” and “Angel.”But Bray and Madonna shared a different kind of rhythmic history even before that — when they were both living in Ann Arbor, Michigan.“I used to play percussion in some of the dance classes that she was in,” Bray told The Post. “And then she moved to New York and was playing drums for [the band] Breakfast Club in ’79.

‘The Color Purple’ is an Emotionally Satisfying Musical Journey - www.metroweekly.com - USA - county Cole - county Jones
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23.12.2023

‘The Color Purple’ is an Emotionally Satisfying Musical Journey

The Color Purple often succeeds as a thoughtful fusion of two other adaptations of Alice Walker’s landmark novel that still confidently hums its own tune.In shakier moments, though, confidence gives way to nostalgia, when the film hammers home its reinterpretations of quotable scenes and dialogue from the Quincy Jones-produced, Steven Spielberg-directed 1985 adaptation with an insistence that borders on flashing “Hey, remember this?” in bold type onscreen.Creating and saying something new with such proven material, while also purposely coaxing audience sentiment for a beloved original, surely posed a formidable challenge for Bazawule and company. And having Jones, Spielberg, and Oprah Winfrey — the big guns and big breakout from the 1985 film — onboard as producers must have eased and complicated the gig in unfathomable ways.Oprah and Jones also had a hand in the original Broadway musical adaptation, which has spun off its own lore and legacy, and adds another meta layer of pop-lit gloss to what this film aims to freshly reinterpret.The stage musical — with a book by Marsha Norman, and lyrics and music by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray — has amassed its own roster of breakout stars, including American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, who made her 2007 Broadway debut stepping into the lead role of Celie, and Orange Is the New Black‘s Danielle Brooks, Tony-nominated for playing Sofia opposite Cynthia Erivo in the 2015 Broadway revival.Barrino and Brooks reprise their respective roles here with a lived-in grace and fortitude that does freshly illuminate Walker’s moving narrative, the lifeblood that courses through every iteration.

Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen - nypost.com - county Jones
nypost.com
22.12.2023

Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen

Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day.But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also flexes some surprise vocal chops as blues singer Shug Avery.And Executive Music Producer Stephen Bray already envisioned the former “Empire” diva in the role when she came to see the “Color Purple” musical on Broadway in 2005.“We were sitting together, and at intermission I said, ‘You know, you’d make a great Shug Avery,’ ” Bray — who co-wrote the songs for both 2005’s original stage production and its 2015 revival — told The Post.

‘The Color Purple’ Musical Showcases Halle Bailey and Fantasia Barrino in Bold First Trailer (Video) - thewrap.com - USA
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22.05.2023

‘The Color Purple’ Musical Showcases Halle Bailey and Fantasia Barrino in Bold First Trailer (Video)

this year’s CinemaCon that director Blitz Bazawule’s musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel is “not your Mama’s ‘Color Purple’,” and based on the first trailer, she’s right. Warner Bros.

‘The Color Purple’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson Leads The All-Star Cast Of A Bold New Musical Experience - theplaylist.net - county Jones - county Scott - county Sanders
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22.05.2023

‘The Color Purple’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson Leads The All-Star Cast Of A Bold New Musical Experience

Culturally, “The Color Purple” is many different things to many people. To some, it’s the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker, the 1985 adaptation of that novel by Steven Spielberg, and more recently, it’s the 2005 musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.

Lily Tomlin and RuPaul Celebrate Allee Willis, Who Wrote ‘Friends’ Theme Song, at Willis Wonderland Benefit - variety.com
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22.09.2022

Lily Tomlin and RuPaul Celebrate Allee Willis, Who Wrote ‘Friends’ Theme Song, at Willis Wonderland Benefit

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor The late great songwriter Allee Willis was celebrated Wednesday night with a fashion show and party benefiting the Willis Wonderland Foundation. Willis, whose credits included the Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You,” better known as the “Friends” theme song, Earth Wind and Fire’s “September” (yesterday was the 21st) and a gaggle of disco-era hits, started the foundation to support the arts in underserved communities. She passed away from a cardiac event in 2019 at age 72. “She was a visual artist, performer, collector, party thrower extraordinaire with a whole amusement park full of kitsch-tastic colorful fashions,” Willis’ partner and the foundation’s CEO Prudence Fenton said. “Everything she did was all about making people happy. She lived to inspire others to express their own inner and outer creativity in every way. Creating art and music makes life worth living.”

‘The Color Purple’ Review: Purple Reigns - www.metroweekly.com
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27.08.2022

‘The Color Purple’ Review: Purple Reigns

The royally enjoyable cast of Signature Theatre’s The Color Purple (★★★★★) forges a chain of love with no weak links in Timothy Douglas’ knockout staging of the musical based on Alice Walker’s novel and the acclaimed 1985 motion picture.The show marks a milestone for Signature, which, according to artistic director Matthew Gardiner, had developed plans a decade ago for a take on the musical, fresh off a two-year Broadway run of the original Tony-winning production.But those plans were scuttled due to John Doyle’s 2015 Broadway revival starring powerhouses Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, and Danielle Brooks.Eventually that production made its way to D.C. in the modified form of a Broadway touring company which, frankly, left a lot of the meat of this turbulent, decades-spanning drama still on the bone.

Nick Kamen, Madonna protégé and ‘80s Levi’s model, dead at 59 - www.foxnews.com
foxnews.com
06.05.2021

Nick Kamen, Madonna protégé and ‘80s Levi’s model, dead at 59

Nick Kamen, "Each Time You Break My Heart" singer and Levi’s model, has died at the age of 59. According to BBC, citing a family friend, Kamen died on Tuesday night after battling an illness.  "Each Time You Break My Heart" was released in 1986 ahead of his debut studio album the next year.The song was co-written by Madonna and songwriter Stephen Bray.

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