Aretha Franklin joins Prince, Michael Jackson and Robin Williams as stars' families battle it out over wills

A survivor of sexual abuse by members of the legal establishment in Scotland claims she has been excluded from the child abuse inquiry.

Former Texas keyboard player Michael Bannister has described Scotland’s music scene as the “Wild West” and claims he was fat-shamed in the industry.

Prison campaigners have welcomed the move of controversial trans prisoner Sophie Eastwood to a male jail.

Scotland's worst peacetime explosion could get a new memorial more than 50 years on.

Over 60,000 Scots homes face a higher risk of repossession due to the Tory mortgage “bombshell”.

Lena Dunham, the creator and star of the HBO series Girls, has been announced as a guest of a performance during the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Ne-Yo is apologizing for his comments he made about gender identity over the weekend.

Beyonce is going to make sure her fans are safe and provided for.

J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” now streaming on Max. The Los Angeles Lakers are on top of the world at the start of “Winning Time” Season 2.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Ryu Seung-wan’s female-led crime caper “Smugglers” topped the South Korean box office for a second weekend, ahead of new release title “Ransomed.” “Smugglers” enjoyed a strong hold in its second weekend of release and commanded 42% market share. It delivered $7.09 million, a drop of only 20% on its opening weekend, giving a 12-day cumulative of $26.2 million, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

Rob McElhenney is reflecting on his, relatively new, friendship with Ryan Reynolds.

, Christian and Chloe were intimate for the first time after awkwardly dancing around the issue since he traveled to London to meet her. But instead of the moment bringing them closer, Chloe got upset because he lied to producers about going all the way with her, and she assumed it's because he didn't want people to know he had sex with her because she's transgender.Christian and Chloe connected online and she's been open about being transgender and autistic.

Kim Zolciak-Biermann and her daughter, Brielle Biermann, enjoyed a night with some music on Saturday evening.The mother-daughter duo headed out to see Jason Aldean perform in concert and shared videos of themselves on the way to the show and during the concert, where the former star praised Jason for putting on a great act while snapping a pic with his wife, Brittany Aldean.«The best night as always @brittanyaldean,» she wrote.

Tomek Baginski is not The Witcher‘s fans favorite person right now.

Rachel Leviss, aka Raquel Leviss, might not be part of Vanderpump Rules at all in the upcoming season 11.

Heidi Klum flashed her abs and embraced the nearly-naked trend while on holiday in Italy. The 50-year-old supermodel slipped into a nude string bikini as she overlooked the ocean with her morning cup of coffee. Klum – who has been on the ultimate European adventure with her husband Tom Kaulitz – simply captioned the post, "Bonjourno." The "America's Got Talent" judge sported a tiny triangle top to complement her golden tan.

Dan and Shay have revealed that they almost broke up the band.

Kaitlyn Bristowe shared an emotional photo of herself after she and Jason Tartick confirmed their split on Sunday, August 6.

Emily Blunt could’ve joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Iron Man 2. The Oppenheimer star is now opening up about what she thinks of Scarlett Johansson who ended up playing the role across multiple films.

Mark Zuckerberg is firing back at Elon Musk and throwing some jabs at the X, formerly known as Twitter, owner after he announced their fight would be live-streamed on the aforementioned platform.

Chrissy Teigen is making a recommendation for a super comfy blanket called Barefoot Dreams and we’re totally on board with it.

Hannah Brown is opening up about finding love on a dating app with her boyfriend, Adam Woolard.

Lizzo by three of her former dancers, the «Truth Hurts» songstress expressed some vague discontent in a candid interview with Lizzo recently sat down with the TV news program for a interview shortly before news of the harassment lawsuit first broke, and which forced to reframe what would otherwise have been a glowing profile.In the chat, Lizzo shared how she'd been having a «rough day» in what seems now like possibly ominous remarks about the developments to come.«Even today, I was having a rough day,» Lizzo, 35, admitted. «I was sad and stuff earlier today.»The singer added, «And I still feel like, for some odd reason, even if I'm having a bad day or if I'm going through something, people still get good from it.

has died. He was 75.The iconic English rock band announced the news in a tribute post to Instagram on Friday, one day after Gosling's death.«We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of John Gosling. We are sending our condolences to John's wife and family,» the post read.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The new collaborative album by Vince Gill and instrumentalist Paul Franklin is not a vocal duets record. But for anyone who believes that there’s something about the steel guitar that’s uncannily akin to the moan of the human voice, in spirit if not sound, maybe it’s close enough.

failed production attempts, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have found themselves yet another Hollywood venture.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have purchased the screen rights to the popular romantic new release “Meet Me at the Lake,” by Carley Fortune, to turn it into a film for Netflix, The Sun reports.The novel, which spent six weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list since its May release, follows a 30-something woman, whose mother dies in a car crash, and her ensuing love story. Per Deadline, the Canada-set novel explores themes of “childhood trauma, including losing a parent in a car crash, mental health challenges and post-natal depression.”The book resembles Harry’s own life — his mother, Princess Diana, died in a Paris car crash in 1997.

Dr. Dre is looking back at his career.

The Weeknd has another record to add to his trophy shelf.

Jasmine Armfield and Tilly Keeper are some of the former EastEnders stars who enjoyed a soap reunion at a friend's forest-set wedding.They were also joined by former castmate Shaheen Jafargholi and YouTuber Romell Henry for a group photo full of smiles and laughter in celebration of the happy couple. Weddings are always a great chance to catch up with old friends, and these ex-EastEnders enjoyed a trip down memory lane. Shaheen posted the photos to Instagram captioned "besties got married", including one of himself looking super smart in a tux and holding a colourful bouquet of flowers at the stunning big day.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Voice acting is equally as important as on-screen performances, even though Hollywood doesn’t seem fully aware of it yet. From the envious Lucille La Verne’s jealous Queen from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” (1937) to the whimsical magic of Robin Williams’ Genie in “Aladdin” (1992), there have been countless contributions to the acting form; all conveyed through the passion of a talented performer’s tone. In honor of Walt Disney Co.’s 100th birthday later this year, Variety ranks the animation powerhouse’s 13 best voice-acting performances, including their subsidiaries, such as Pixar.

Aretha Franklin‘s sofa after her death in 2018 is a valid will.The ruling is a critical turn in a dispute between the late singer’s four sons that has turned three of them against each other.The new documents that were signed by the singer in 2014 were discovered in 2019 by Franklin’s niece, the same person who discovered the singer’s 2010 will in a locked cabinet.The singer did not leave behind a formal, typed will when she passed five years ago at age 76.A post shared by Aretha Franklin (@arethafranklin)It is a win for Franklin’s second oldest and youngest children – Edward and Kecalf– whose lawyers argued that the 2014 documents were valid and superseded a 2010 version of the will that Franklin had left before she died of pancreatic cancer in 2018.As the Associated Press reports, lawyers for Kecalf and Edward Franklin said the fact that the 2014 papers were found in a notebook in couch cushions did not make them less significant.The 2014 will stated that Kecalf Franklin and grandchildren would get his mother’s main home in Bloomfield Hills, which was valued at $1.1 million when she died, but is worth much more today.The older will said Kecalf, 53, and Edward Franklin, 64, “must take business classes and get a certificate or a degree” to benefit from the estate. That provision is not in the 2014 version.“I’m very, very happy.

A jury in Michigan has concluded that a 2014 handwritten document found under a cushion on a sofa can be considered the last will and testament of Aretha Franklin. It means that the late musician’s estate is now likely to be managed and distributed according to the wishes set out in that document.After Franklin died in 2018, two documents were found in her home that could constitute a will, one from 2010 and one from 2014.

Thania Garcia A Michigan jury has ruled that a set of handwritten notes found under Aretha Franklin’s sofa stand as a valid will, according to a report by the Associated Press. Jurors deliberated for almost an hour on Tuesday before determining that the handwritten documents discovered under a sofa cushion by Franklin’s niece were legally binding documents of record they had been signed by the “Respect” singer in 2014. Lawyers for the singer’s sons Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin won the case that argued the 2014 documents were valid and superseded a 2010 version of the will that Franklin had left in a safe before she died of pancreatic cancer in 2018. The 2010 pages were discovered in a locked cabinet — and by the same niece who discovered the 2014 version — in Franklin’s Detroit home.

The 2014 will found in the couch of Aretha Franklin‘s home — following her death in 2018 — has been deemed valid by a jury.

A court in Michigan heard testimonies from Aretha Franklin’s children yesterday in a dispute over the late musician’s will. Franklin’s sons disagree over whether documents from 2010 or 2014 best represent their mother’s wishes in terms of how her estate should be managed.Following Franklin’s death in 2018 two documents were found at her home, both of which could be considered her last will and testament.The one written in 2014 is obviously the more recent.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Unabashed pop groups with fervid teenage followings tend to get trivialized, at least in the media. They’re dismissed as being slick and calculated and superficial. But there’s a story in “Wham!,” the new Netflix documentary about the quintessential pop duo of the 1980s, that testifies to what a chancy and audacious artist George Michael was even back in his teen-idol days. The year is 1983. Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, coming off their first album, “Fantastic” (which had a few hits, though none of them were great), have established Wham! as an effective lightweight pop machine, with its two young stars prancing around the stage in sexy sportswear. The time has come to record “Careless Whisper,” a song they’ve had in their back pocket for several years (we hear the super-early demo version of it that they recorded in 1981 in Ridgeley’s living room on a TEAC 4-track Portastudio). Michael has become enough of a powerhouse to hook up with Jerry Wexler, the legendary producer of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. He heads down to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio to record the track, with Wexler producing. What more could a 20-year-old budding pop star want?