“It’s like van Gogh,” River Grove painter Cherie Salerno cracks about the trouble she’s had with her right ear. A tumor in Salerno’s right eardrum turned that ear deaf and required two major surgeries ...

You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie ...