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Is The Color Purple based on a true story?

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Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Color Purple Recommended Videos Although author Alice Walker has gone off the deep end with her conspiratorial beliefs, her most famous book, The Color Purple, remains a beautiful and empathetic tale. The novel was made by Steven Spielberg into a film that earned 11 Oscar nominations, only to win none (a controversial decision both then and now, especially as it was a Black-focused story that lost in many categories to Out of Africa, which famously put white people at the center of a narrative set in Africa). Read More...

Jaden Smith takes fan ridicule on the chin; memes himself

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When it comes to retribution in the form of memes, there are few platforms whose strikes are as swift and relentless as Twitter, and actor/rapper Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith, was one of the latest to face it. Smith, however, handled it in a way that most would not, by participating in the parodying himself. Recommended Videos The infamous slapping incident at this year’s Academy Awards brought scrutiny down on the entire Smith family, and the internet was all too happy to go digging for content that may have preferably stayed hidden away. Read More...

Jeepers Creepers Blu-Ray Review

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Recommended Videos Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creepers will be remembered for being Justin Long‘s breakout role and for turning the 1938 Louis Armstrong hit into a iconic horror ballad. Beyond that, it’s an above average horror film, that, despite the end being much weaker than the majority of the film, is quite entertaining and provides some quality scares. We first meet Trish (Gina Philips) and her brother Darius (Long) as they drive along a deserted road, surrounded by meadows and farmland, on their way home from college. Read More...

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