![The Color Purple Lost![VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/11/files/2012/03/Color-Purple-300x191.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The Color Purple Lost![VIDEO]
Don't Panic! On this day in 1986: The movie "Out Of Africa" won the Academy Award for best picture. Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" was nominated for eleven Oscars but was completely shutout and won none!
Here's Fantasia at the beginning of her career singing "I'm Here" from "The Color Purple"
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