On Dec. 16, 1985, Warner Bros. unveiled Steven Spielberg's adaptation at its premiere in New York. By Arthur Knight On Dec. 16, 1985, Warner Bros. unveiled Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of The Color ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new version of "The Color Purple" hits theaters on Monday, December 25. The movie is based on the novel by Alice Walker and the ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On December 18, 1985, the film adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” was released. Walker is a Georgia native from the city of Eatonton, Georgia. The film was ...

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” Consider it a many-layered ...

The latest film adaptation of "The Color Purple" came out on Dec. 25. And in a kind of cultural déjà vu, a new breed of detractors have been up in arms, just as critics of "The Color Purple" were when ...

Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" was released in 1985. The movie starred Whoopi Goldberg as Celie, Oprah Winfrey as Sofia, and Margaret Avery as Shug. Here's ...

A new version of "The Color Purple" hits theaters on Monday, December 25. The movie is based on the novel by Alice Walker and the musical stage play of the same name. Here's how the cast compares to ...