She's best known for her iconic role of Shug in "The Color Purple." Now actress Margaret Avery is taking on a comedic role acting along side Ted Danson in the new Netflix series, "A Man on the Inside.

Taraji P. Henson brings the brightest star wattage — and longest history of major awards contention — to “The Color Purple” movie musical and could score a 2024 supporting actress Oscar nomination for ...

Did you know that the “P” in Taraji P. Henson stands for Prolific? Just kidding. It actually stands for Penda, which in Swahili means “hope/love.” But prolific might actually be too small a word to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Welcome to Hollywood,” Taraji P. Henson said when asked why “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule had to fight to cast her ...

Based on the novel and Broadway musical, The Color Purple takes the big screen. Alice Walker’s 1982 novel The Color Purple is a revered novel that has inspired several adaptations. Written as a series ...

Oscar-nominated actress Margaret Avery joins Portia at the table to talk about her experience as the original ''Shug Avery'' in the 1985 film ''The Color Purple.'' In a candid conversation, Avery ...

The Color Purple tells the struggles and tragedies of Celie Harris, a Black girl living in Deep South America in the 1900s, and is a reimagination of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, ...