Oprah reprises 'Color Purple' role in ad
VIDEO - In a new online ad heralding Tyler Perry's move to the OWN cable network at the end of May, talk show host Oprah Winfrey resurrects her most iconic acting role to date...
Happy 80th birthday Quincy Jones!
SLIDESHOW - Legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones was born 79 years ago today. Jones, known as 'The Dude' or sometimes simply as 'Q,' is an American music impresario...
USA airing 'The Color Purple' to launch longterm diversity push
The series is the brainchild of NBCUniversal Cable entertainment chairman Bonnie Hammer, who created the Erase the Hate campaign when she worked with USA nearly 20 years ago.
Alice Walker opposes Hebrew translation of 'The Color Purple'
Alice Walker, the author of the acclaimed novel 'The Color Purple', has publicly forbid Israel from translating her award-winning book into Hebrew...
The 10 biggest black Oscar scandals of all time
SLIDESHOW - As we gear up for the awards tonight, and anticipate The Help's success, theGrio is looking back at the top 10 biggest black-related Oscar scandals...
New e-book club includes works by Alice Walker
NEW YORK (AP) - A digital publisher of Pat Conroy, Alice Walker and other writers has formed an online book club with a website that has for years served as a hub for reading groups...
'The Color Purple' finally released as an e-book
NEW YORK (AP) - Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple,' a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and still a widely taught and talked about novel, is finally coming out as an e-book...
'The Help' is a big hit: Is Hollywood watching?
OPINION - What does this film's success mean for black people on film in the long run? Answer: not much, honestly...
Slideshow: 15 sequels we'd love to see
SLIDESHOW - Inspired by the 'Waiting to Exhale' reboot, here are some other classics we'd like to see revisited on the big screen...
'The Color Purple' 25 years later: From controversy to classic
OPINION - The success of 'The Color Purple' in publishing, Hollywood and on Broadway only proves that, in dreaming a world, black women can indeed be in the center...
