"The Color Purple" broadway actress wants her royalty fee for the lyrics she contributed to the song 'I'm Here.' Tony Award-winner LaChanze, renowned for her lead role as Celie in the 2005 Broadway ...

Nestled amid a tale of hardship and torment, “Keep It Movin'” is a bright spot in the newly released adaptation of “The Color Purple.” Just as sisters Nettie and Celie (Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl ...

LaChanze, the actress who played the central character Celie Harris Johnson in the 2005 Broadway musical adaptation of The Color Purple, posted yesterday about the new movie musical produced by Oprah ...

Apparently, three songs were Kenough for the Academy’s song branch, as the Greta Gerwig-directed juggernaut continues its hot streak in awards season. It became the first film since the shortlists ...

The acclaimed actress and producer, who won a Tony Award for playing the role of Celie in the original Broadway production, states that she contributed more than just her performance to "I'm Here." In ...

Broadway’s original “The Color Purple” actress and singer Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze, called out the 2023 film Tuesday for allegedly failing to pay her for lyrics she says ...

I’ve never experienced a performance as powerful and audience-rousing as Blitz Bazawule’s “The Color Purple” (2023). The musical numbers are visually stunning and the cast is stacked not just with big ...

The music video for Fantasia’s “Superpower (I)” from “The Color Purple” is here. “Superpower (I),” written and produced by The-Dream (Rihanna, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey), is performed by Fantasia ...

The Grammy-winning rapper is featured on songs from The Color Purple soundtrack and the Mean Girls soundtrack. Both singles will be released this Friday, December 15. Ahead of their respective ...

When “The Color Purple” hit theaters in 1985 — as the beloved film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — it was before a certain cast member, Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of ...

Oscar’s music branch has had its say, naming 15 original scores and 15 songs to its shortlist for possible nomination at the 96th Academy Awards, with few surprises. As expected, all three “Barbie” ...