Before Alvin lands in all this mess, he and his mate, share house with a female cricket team, led by the late great Penny Hackforth Jones, where he's in over his head in young poontang. Exhausted, he ...

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey — who both got big breakthroughs in 1985’s “The Color Purple” thanks to Jones — were reunited to honor their mentor. “Quincy was love lived out loud ...

Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey reunited on stage at the 2025 Oscars to honor late legend Quincy Jones. The Color Purple costars, who were both nominated for Oscars for their performances in the ...

“He received seven Oscar nominations for The Wiz, In Cold Blood, For Love Of Ivy and The Color Purple, which me and Oprah were part of." Brad Barket/Getty Quincy Jones attends Netflix's "Quincy" New ...

From left: Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey speak onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

He actually discovered me for The Color Purple, which was my first film," Winfrey said, while Goldberg added: "Me, too." After the actresses spoke, they introduced Queen Latifah for a performance in ...

Trinidad and Tobago defender Alvin Jones has agreed to a one-year deal with Honduras club Deportivo Real Sociedad who campaign in the Liga Nacional De Honduras. Commenting on the move today ...

Jones had a hand in several successful projects, including as producer on Steven Spielberg‘s 1985 adaptation of The Color Purple and the 2023 remake; he helped obtain the adaptation rights for ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. You cannot write the history of Black music and entertainment without Quincy Jones. During his 70-year career as a musician, producer and composer ...

It was the first of seven competitive Oscar nominations Jones received across an 18-year period, culminating in three nominations for Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple in 1986: best picture ...

Penne Hackforth-Jones (August 5, 1949 – May 17, 2013) was an American-born Australian actress and biographer. Hackforth-Jones lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964.