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Be careful if Prince bestowed a stage name on you because his estate might claim that it own the rights — even some 40 years ...
The Prince estate is facing a lawsuit from the late icon's "Purple Rain" co-star Apollonia, who says the estate is trying to “steal” her name.
Apollonia filed a lawsuit against Prince's estate over rights to her name after decades of using it without objection from the late artist.
Actress and singer Patty Apollonia Kotero, Prince’s co-star in his 1984 film “Purple Rain,” filed a lawsuit against his ...
Apollonia filed a new lawsuit Tuesday that alleges Prince’s estate, Paisley Park Enterprises, is “attempting to steal” her name.
Few know Prince’s Purple Rain was nearly a country duet with Stevie Nicks, but her surprising refusal made this song a solo.
This fall's world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter ...
Creators of the stage version of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ named newcomer Kris Kollins as the star in August 2025.
Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Kris Kollins will make his professional stage debut in the same role that made Prince a ...
Purple Rain was Prince’s sixth album. By its release, he’d already done a little of everything, including a few things no one had done. He’d filled up dance floors with tracks like “I ...
Casting director Taylor Williams discovered Kollins on social media as part of a nationwide search. The Washington D.C.-based ...
Actress, singer and former Prince confidante Patty Kotero, better known as Apollonia, sued the late rock star's estate in ...