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'The Color Purple's' Danielle Brooks celebrates her nomination 6,000 miles away from Hollywood

While all the Oscar nominees were gathered in Beverly Hills, Danielle Brooks was celebrating in New Zealand.
By Michael Goldfine
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Best Supporting Actress nominee Danielle Brooks celebrates her Oscar nomination in New Zealand while the rest of her class was gathered together in Beverly Hills.
LOS ANGELES -- The annual Oscar Nominee Luncheon in Beverly Hills is an awards season tradition, but if you look closely at this year's class photo, there is a first time nominee who is missing -- Danielle Brooks.

The 34-year-old star of "The Color Purple," who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, has been out of the country working on a new movie.
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Danielle Brooks arrives at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP



"I call this my champagne problem," she told On the Red Carpet's George Pennacchio over Zoom, "I'm here in New Zealand shooting the movie 'Minecraft.'"

Filming on a movie across the Pacific Ocean hasn't stopped Brooks from continuing to soak in her nomination.
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"'The Color Purple' is the first Broadway show I saw. It changed my life," Brooks said. "I starred in it ten years later and that changed my life on Broadway, and now to have gotten an Oscar nomination, I have so much to be grateful for."

Mark your calendar: March 10, 2024 is Oscar Sunday. The 2024 Oscars air live on ABC. After the last award is handed out, stay with "On The Red Carpet" for continuing coverage. Be sure to follow @OnTheRedCarpet for all your Oscar news and information. Watch "On The Red Carpet" wherever you stream.



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