Observer’s TIME100 Gala Recap: Artists Meet the Titans
Dua Lipa and Taraji P. Henson Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for TIME From across the long red carpet of the TIME100 gala, comedian Alex Edelman, seeing a barrage of …
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Oprah, Fantasia Barrino Honor Tina Turner at Grammys In Memoriam
Oprah Winfrey opened the Grammy tribute to Tina Turner with a piece of advice she received from the late singer. She recalled Turner telling her to dress up for dinner …
Moments You Didn’t See on TV
The Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom was abuzz Sunday evening with the rolling thunder of excited conversations, clinking glasses and the general whoosh of pedestrian traffic around a party packed with …
Fantasia Barrino ‘hated’ starring in ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway
She was feelin’ blue during her Broadway run. Fantasia Barrino revealed Saturday that she “hated” playing Celie in the Broadway rendition of “The Color Purple” in 2007 because of trauma …
Meet Young Celie, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi
Turning 30 is always a memorable moment, but “The Color Purple” actor Phylicia Pearl Mpasi rang in her third decade with a birthday serenade from Oprah Winfrey. Coincidentally, Mpasi’s birthday …
Fantasia Barrino accuses Airbnb host of racial profiling family
Fantasia Barrino, who currently stars in the remake of the 1985 film “The Color Purple,” is accusing her Airbnb host of racial profiling. “My stomach is so uneasy this morning …
Could Fantasia Win Academy Award?
In 2007, Jennifer Hudson dominated awards season for her undeniable portrait of Effie White in the movie musical adaptation of “Dreamgirls.” Her show-stopping performance of “And I Am Telling You …