June 7 would have been Prince's 67th birthday. Here are a few things few people know about the legendary rocker.

Filmed around the band’s Minneapolis hometown, Purple Rain had a simple story. Prince’s character — known only as The Kid — is rocked by his dad constantly beating his mother at home ...

Praising Purple Rain for its cinematic bona fides isn’t ... he witnesses his father (Clarence Williams III) dish out to his mother (Olga Karlatos). That plot point underlines one of many ways ...

“Purple Rain” won an Oscar (for best original song ... and Olga Karlatos of “Once Upon a Time in America” (the Kid’s mother). 11. Actor Don Amendolia flew in to conduct acting classes ...

The Kid struggles at home, where he witnesses his father abusing his mother, and with his band ... three albums instead of one soundtrack. Purple Rain was not a soundtrack; the album contained ...

Olga Karlatos plays The Kid's mother in Purple Rain. She is a victim of her abusive husband, Francis L., who is a deeply troubled musician. The physical and mental abuse she suffers affects The ...

Purple Rain” was filmed last November and December ... a once-gifted but now closet musician, abuses the mother. The only way the Kid can escape this cruel world is through his music.

It’s not an understatement when I tell you that Prince’s “Purple Rain” soundtrack changed my life after it came out 40 years ago on June 25, 1984. I wore that vinyl out after I scraped my ...

“Purple Rain” has fascinated listeners for decades now. The sprawling power ballad holds the kind of magic only a handful of artists are able to drum up. It’s endlessly replay-able and a ...

“Purple Rain,” both the film and the soundtrack, served as Prince’s vehicle to achieve such great heights and, as such, the Twin Cities are celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Purple Rain ...