The Queen of Soul says don't waste your money — or soul — on the recently released unauthorized biography about her. In a statement, Aretha Franklin called David Ritz's "Respect: The Life of Aretha ...

The tag line for the latest biopic about an American icon reads: “Find out what it means.” Good luck with that. After more than two hours of the new messy Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” it’s not ...

Movies that tell the life story of a famous person have an inherent distraction factor: How closely does the actor resemble and simulate the celebrity, or provide an acceptable substitute? (The ...

The world of music is in mourning this weekend, following the passing of legendary singer Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, on Thursday at the age of 76. Tributes have been pouring in from the great ...

The film does create a through-line of Aretha’s “demon” or her psychological problems stemming back to a childhood trauma that she experienced. I don’t believe that Franklin ever talked about this ...

As she headed into her first-ever onstage collaboration with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Aretha Franklin was confident about the crossover potential. "I have very sophisticated fans,” she told the ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

The new film “Respect” is one of three recent attempts to understand the artist. Only the one that focuses solely on her music comes close. By Salamishah Tillet Early on in “Respect,” the latest ...

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