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 ...

Movies about legendary musicians are big business these days, from Freddy Mercury to Elton John to Aretha Franklin ...

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 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 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 ...

Aretha Franklin has confirmed that a film about her life will be produced. The legendary Queen of Soul told Billboard that the project is currently in the casting stage. "It's actually still very ...

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 ...

During Sunday night’s virtual BET Awards, performer Jennifer Hudson gave us a taste — or two — of what we can expect when her long-awaited Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect, drops later this year.

To play Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series “Genius: Aretha,” Cynthia Erivo immersed herself in documentaries, interviews and recordings. “I get to be a geek of something I really love,” ...