As we come up on the anniversary of Prince‘s death, many people around the world are still mourning the icon’s untimely passing. In a week that is sure to be filled with purple-themed parties, we at Global Grind recall some of the best tributes following the passing of the GOAT — as well as the […]

The Screen

The 70th Annual Tony Awards, which took place on Sunday in the wake of the devastating Orlando tragedy, changed the game this year when all four musical acting awards went to people of color. Broadway’s history has been transformed thanks to three Hamilton cast members and one star from The Color Purple who have cemented their names in American culture […]

The Screen

On February 22, 2015,  Oprah Winfrey may win an Academy Award for her role as a producer and co-star of the film Selma. This is her second film nomination, with the first coming for Best Supporting Actress in the 1985 drama, The Color Purple. Winfrey played the role Sofia, and in a clip from her […]

  If you want to know why the scene where Sofia punches the hell out of Squeak in “The Color Purple” seems so real, it’s because there was really bad blood between actress Rae Dawn Chong and media maven Oprah Winfrey. Chong recently did an interview where she detailed the reasons why she doesn’t rock […]

Entertainment, Television

Tonight at 9 p.m., the Tyler Perry era begins on the OWN Network. Perry has two scripted shows scheduled to debut this week – the…

Nowhere has the depiction of black life been more diverse than in the world of cinema. Go to any video store, surf any video rental website and look at the wide selection of films in the African-American/Black films section. The variety is vast, so if you’re having trouble where to start, here are nine of […]

On December 18, 1985 Alice Walkers Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple was released as a full-length feature film directed by Steven Spielberg. The all-star cast included Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg, just to name a few. Rae Dawn Chong played Mary Agnes aka “Squeak”, the mousy-voiced girlfriend of Harpo (played by Willard […]

“The Color Purple,” Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adapation of Alice Walker’s novel, is a bonafide classic movie filled with many memorable scenes and quotes.