“They want to hear you sing,” says Rev. C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker) to his 10-year-old daughter Aretha (Skye Dakota Turner). And she did. Eventually singing herself into 25 Grammys, a posthumously ...

As a child, Aretha "Re" Franklin (Skye Dakota Turner) lives with her domineering father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker), in Detroit, along with her siblings and their grandmother, Mama ...

It has not been an easy year for theater lovers, who have mostly made do with well-filmed performances of shows like “Hamilton” and “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” In contrast to those projects, ...

The Oscar-winner and powerhouse singer opens up about the role of a lifetime, portraying her idol in the highly anticipated upcoming biopic Janine Rubenstein is Editor-at-Large at PEOPLE and host of ...

Jennifer Hudson, 39, looked like an absolute queen on Sunday (Aug. 8) at the premiere of her new film, Respect. The Oscar winner, who plays Aretha Franklin in the highly-anticipated biopic, dazzled at ...

July 30 (UPI) --MGM is giving a glimpse of the new film Respect. The studio shared a clip from the Aretha Franklin biopic Friday featuring Jennifer Hudson as the late Queen of Soul. The preview shows ...

Respect (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Liesl Tommy and starring Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Heather Headley, Kimberly Scott, ...

A few years after she divorced her first husband in 1969, Franklin met actor Glynn Turman backstage at a show in California. According to the actor, he was there with his friend/ high school classmate ...

If you tuned in to the BET Awards last night, then you might’ve caught a sneak peek of the powerful trailer for the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson. The film tackles ...

Fandango and United Artists Releasing are holding early access screenings on Aug. 8 for MGM‘s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. Tickets are now on sale on Fandango. The pic will preview at 500 theaters ...

It has not been an easy year for theater lovers, who have mostly made do with well-filmed performances of shows like “Hamilton” and “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” In contrast to those projects, ...