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Fantasia Taylor and Danielle Brooks will play characters previously portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey

Fantasia Taylor and Danielle Brooks to star in new ‘The Color Purple’ musical movie

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Singer Fantasia Taylor and actress Danielle Brooks are set to star in Warner Bros.’ big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical “The Color Purple.” News that Taylor and Brooks will play leads Celie and Sofia, respectively, was announced Thursday during ABC’s “Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising” special. Warner Bros., like

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall

Sarah Jessica Parker wouldn’t be okay with Kim Cattrall rejoining ‘Sex and the City’ franchise

By Lisa Respers France, CNN It sounds like things really are done when it comes to Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones. The women who portray those “Sex and the City” characters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, have had a well-documented tense relationship. And despite fans’ desires, Cattrall has been clear about no longer wanting

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Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Olympic stadium. But he regrets how it’s being used today

Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”

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Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Olympic stadium. But he regrets how it’s being used today

Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”

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Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Olympic stadium. But he regrets how it’s being used today

Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”

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Fireworks are seen over the National Stadium during a rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on January 30

What we know — and don’t — about director Zhang Yimou’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Oscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s first ever Games. In a display of color, coordination and pyrotechnics, the celebrated director announced the country’s arrival on the world stage in dramatic fashion, complete with performers “painting” on an LED scroll, an

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