Kotera has gone by the name Appolonia for decades in both her acting and musical pursuits, long after leaving the Prince ...

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.

Few know Prince’s Purple Rain was nearly a country duet with Stevie Nicks, but her surprising refusal made this song a solo.

Actress and singer Patty Apollonia Kotero, Prince’s co-star in his 1984 film “Purple Rain,” filed a lawsuit against his ...

Apollonia filed a lawsuit against Prince's estate over rights to her name after decades of using it without objection from the late artist.

Apollonia filed a new lawsuit Tuesday that alleges Prince’s estate, Paisley Park Enterprises, is “attempting to steal” her name.

But in 1984, Prince made movies work for him with Purple Rain, the story of The Kid, an extremely Prince-like musician trying to make it in Minneapolis fronting a band called The Revolution.

This fall's world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter ...

Prince Movie Classic 'Purple Rain' Becoming a Stage Musical Granted, musical careers, like nearly everything else, moved more gradually back then. But that’s also how Prince revealed himself.

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Kris Kollins will make his professional stage debut in the same role that made Prince a ...

Actress, singer and former Prince confidante Patty Kotero, better known as Apollonia, sued the late rock star's estate in ...