Steven Spielberg The Color Purple Oscar snub: Whoopi Goldberg did receive a Best Actress nomination. Steven Spielberg’s Best Direction Oscar nomination for his 1985 film version of Alice Walker’s The…
The Color Purple (1985)
Margaret Avery in The Color Purple with Whoopi Goldberg: Avery’s “Dear God” trade paper ad plugging her performance in in Steven Spielberg’s drama led to an Academy uproar. Long before…
A Room with a View with Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands. The 1986 Best Picture nominee A Room with a View – my personal favorite among the James Ivory-Ismail…
The Color Purple with Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg will be the special guest at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” screening of Steven Spielberg’s…