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‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Insecure’ lead 2022 NAACP Image Awards nominations

Jeymes Samuel's The Harder They Fall and Issa Rae's final season of Insecure led the 53rd NAACP Image Awards nominations… Read More

January 18, 2022

Black Reel Awards: ‘The Harder They Fall’ sets record with 20 nominations, women directors make history

The nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards were announced today and Jeymes Samuel's all-Black western The Harder They… Read More

December 16, 2021

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

Stevie Martin and Lawrence Davis are two very well-established makeup and hair designers, having traversed the worlds of film and… Read More

December 15, 2021

African American Film Critics name Top 10 Films of 2021: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Passing,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more

The Harder They Fall headlined the African American Film Critics Association’s annual list of the top 10 films of the… Read More

December 8, 2021

Jennifer Hudson to receive Chairman’s Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced on Monday that two-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress, Emmy Award-winning producer,… Read More

November 22, 2021

‘Respect’ soundtrack debuts high on Billboard’s charts, signals return of film soundtracks’ success

Jennifer Hudson's renditions of Aretha Franklin's greatest hits seem to have quite the audience. The soundtrack to the Queen of… Read More

August 27, 2021

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

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

August 8, 2021

Locarno and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals lineups include ‘Respect,’ ‘Free Guy,’ ‘ Martin Scorsese retrospective

With Cannes starting in less than a week, more European film festivals are announcing their lineups ahead of it. Locarno… Read More

July 1, 2021

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

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… Read More

June 16, 2021

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

"You have a talent they call genius." MGM has released the official full trailer for Respect, which follows the rise… Read More

May 19, 2021

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