Henson as Shug Avery in The Color Purple. Barrino's character Celie, originally played by Whoopi Goldberg in the 1985 film, is a Black woman living in the Jim Crow South. The star previously ...

they paid a special trip to visit “The View” and Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the 1985 movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic novel. “’The Color Purple’ is sacred ground.

But, we’re actually talking about Whoopi Goldberg ... director Blitz Bazawule in the same interview. The latest Color Purple movie is based on the stage musical of the same name, which was ...

Nearly 40 years ago, "The Color Purple" made its debut on the big screen, and Whoopi Goldberg made her film debut as Celie. Now, the Alice Walker novel is getting the big screen treatment again.

movie, now in theaters , to pay tribute ... because of what Whoopi represents in the canon of ‘The Color Purple,’ but what Whoopi represents, period — the juggernaut that she is, and the ...

Murphy became the biggest movie star of the decade ... The Color Purple perhaps chief among them. The Whoopi of The Color Purple is so unlike the Whoopi in the comedies she would become best ...

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 ...

Whoopi Goldberg had a major breakout in the original film adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple in 1985. A working standup comedian at the time, the role of Celie was Goldberg's first ...

Steven Spielberg directed the 1985 film starring Whoopi Goldberg ... The latest iteration is “The Color Purple” movie musical starring “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino as Celie.

Goldberg, who introduced Queen Latifah's moving musical tribute to Jones, previously said she had "no better friend" than the legendary musician, who died in 2024. The reunited stars of The Color ...

Fisburne, who played Swain in the movie, took a trip down ... “I remember that ...The Color Purple was so popular at that time, and Whoopi had just come off of her one-man show, and suddenly ...