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Interview: ‘Respect’ hair and makeup designers Stevie Martin and Lawrence Davis on transforming Jennifer Hudson into Aretha Franklin

Benji Bury December 15, 2021

Stevie Martin and Lawrence Davis are two very well-established makeup and hair designers, having traversed the worlds of film and television with equal success and... Read More

‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson honors Aretha Franklin and belts out another Oscar-worthy performance

Film Reviews

‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson honors Aretha Franklin and belts out another Oscar-worthy performance

Maria Garcia August 8, 2021

Liesl Tommy’s Respect opens in Detroit, in the home where Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) lived for much of her childhood. It is 1952, and “Re,” the family’s sobriquet... Read More

Jennifer Hudson and Carole King collaborate on new song for Aretha Franklin biopic ‘Respect’

Erik Anderson June 16, 2021

Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning recording artist Jennifer Hudson revealed today a new original song entitled “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)”—co-written with 4-time Grammy Award winner, Kennedy Center Honoree, and... Read More

Jennifer Hudson hits high notes in official trailer for Aretha Franklin biopic ‘Respect’

Trailers

Jennifer Hudson hits high notes in official trailer for Aretha Franklin biopic ‘Respect’

Erik Anderson May 19, 2021

“You have a talent they call genius.” MGM has released the official full trailer for Respect, which follows the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from... Read More

National Geographic reveals Emmy-friendly premiere date and new trailer for ‘Genius: Aretha’

Erik Anderson February 9, 2021

National Geographic and Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “The Color Purple”) revealed today during the network’s TCA session the highly-anticipated premiere date and official series trailer for... Read More

New teaser and poster for Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’

Erik Anderson June 28, 2020

Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) stars in Respect, chronicling the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir... Read More

Emmys: 20 things to be on the lookout for this season

Amanda Spears March 3, 2020

Now that we’ve all had some time to recover from the Oscars (yay Parasite!) we turn our focus to what will happen on television’s big... Read More

First look: Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin asking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Erik Anderson December 20, 2019

MGM released the first official look of Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, singing Franklin’s signature song (and the film’s title) Respect. Respect follows the rise... Read More

‘Carol’ Romances Gay & Lesbian Critics Awards

Erik Anderson January 18, 2016

Oscars, Schmoscars. As a member of this critics group, I am pleased to announce that Todd Haynes’ Carol has swept the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics... Read More