Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Hudson on Aretha as an Activist and an LGBTQ+ Icon There’s a scene in the big-screen biopic Respect where Jennifer Hudson ...

"She would sing and sing and sing and sing on those days. It was astounding," Respect director Liesl Tommy says of Jennifer Hudson Liesl Tommy, director of the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aretha Franklin, played by Cynthia Erivo, recording what will be her first hit in Muscle Shoals, Ala., in the National Geographic ...

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HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- In the new movie "Respect," Jennifer Hudson takes on the monumental role of the late, great Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. "Respect" tells the story of Franklin's ...

Jennifer Hudson was discovered on “American Idol,” she won an Oscar in her very first film role in “Dreamgirls,” she’s a Tony away from EGOT status, and she landed a role of a lifetime as Aretha ...

The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” The film, starring ...

“Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic, opens in theaters Friday, Aug. 13. It chronicles the story of Franklin’s life, which she kept private, in a fictionalized manner. Before you see the film, here ...

Early in the making of “Respect,” director Liesl Tommy had an edict for the movie’s actors and crew. “There will be only one diva on this movie,” she told them. “And that will be Aretha Franklin.” ...

Fans of Aretha Franklin who didn’t get a chance to see the new star-studded biopic in movie theaters can now watch it at home. On Friday, the 145-minute PG-13 drama launched on video-on-demand ...