Apollonia Kotero, the actress and singer forever linked with Prince's 1984 Purple Rain, is taking the singer's estate to court — claiming it’s trying to strip her of the name that defined her career.

“Dearly beloved/We are gathered here today/To get through this thing called life/Electric word life/It means forever and that’s a mighty long time/But I’m here to tell you/There’s something else/The ...

The singer and actress says the pop legend's heirs have "embarked on an aggressive campaign" to wrest control of her name. By Rachel Scharf The singer and actress Apollonia, a Prince protegee who ...

Lea Glob’s documentary “Apolonia, Apolonia,” depicting French figurative painter Apolonia Sokol over the course of 13 years, has won the best film award in the International Competition section as ...

The winners of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam’s (IDFA) 35th edition competition programs were announced at the festival’s awards ceremony on Thursday (November 17), with Lea Glob’s ...

Lea Glob’s portrait of French-born painter Apolonia Sokol took the top prize at IDFA, the world's biggest documentary film festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The best film prize in the ...

Be careful if Prince bestowed a stage name on you because his estate might claim that it owns the rights — even some 40 years later. That is the crux of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Patty A. Kotero, ...

Danish docmaker Lea Glob follows up-and-coming French painter Apolonia Sokol for 13 years, finding unexpected reflections of herself in the young woman's struggle. If Sokol is sometimes unconfident ...

Kotero is speaking out about her bond with Prince, which was never romantic but she admits to having a brief crush on him at one point. “I had a little mini crush one time,” she told PEOPLE. “He was ...