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 ...

Forty-three years ago, director Sydney Pollack filmed the recording of Aretha Franklin’s seminal gospel album Amazing Grace with the intention of making a documentary about it. But various technical ...

The average musical biopic — and most of them are pretty average — follows a predictable arc: the troubled childhood marked by flashes of genius; the record deals and hit album montages; the marriages ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

“Amazing Grace” is the 46-year-old making-of documentary Aretha Franklin didn’t want you to see. Well, she had conditions for you to be able to see it. They were idiosyncratic, comically tough to ...

It once was lost, but now is found. Well, not lost, exactly. But for 46 years, there seemed to be precious little hope that "Amazing Grace," the documentary filmed during the live recording sessions ...

ARETHA FRANKLIN WDR Studio L Cologne Germany August 16th 1968 01 Intro 02 Instrumental 03 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE Intro YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 04 I CANT GET NO SATISFACTION 05 NIGHT LIFE 06 YOU MAKE ME FEEL ...

Aretha Franklin has revealed that Halle Berry is in talks to play the soul singer in the upcoming film version of her life. During a phone interview with The Wendy Williams Show, Franklin confessed ...

In early 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded “Amazing Grace,” a collection of gospel classics performed over two nights at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The session — which ...

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 ...

Even well-worn notes can sound freshly resonant in the right hands. A new film about Franklin's early years doesn't entirely avoid biopic... Aretha Franklin Biopic Pays Proper 'Respect' To The Queen ...