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 ...

During her reign as the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin accomplished so much that cramming her productive and tumultuous life into two and a half hours shortchanges her. It's obvious the makers of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Franklin, who died in 2018, handpicked Hudson to portray her on screen. Jennifer Hudson carries this by-the-numbers biopic of Aretha Franklin on the strength of her powerhouse voice, an abiding ...

A Jan. 23 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a picture of singer Aretha Franklin alongside a screenshot of a tweet from an account identified as the Trans Cultural Mindfulness ...

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 ...

This image released by MGM shows Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in a scene from "Respect." (Quantrell D. Colbert/MGM via AP) Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning ...