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Kenya Barris, Kirk Franklin, Diarra Kilpatrick and More Talk Storytelling, Building a Hollywood Roadmap at BET’s Emmy FYC Event

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BET Media Group’s FYC House was packed as it celebrated its impressive roster of shows submitted for Emmy consideration produced by BET and BET+. At the center of the evening, the legacy media company featured artists and creatives from some of its hit series on three-panel conversations: “The Women of BET,” “How We Made It,” and “Diarra from Detroit.” In a sold-out room of industry attendees, including members of the Television Academy, the talent shared stories about their journeys of working in the industry while facing rejection and collaborating and overcoming challenges with other creatives.
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Coronation Street fans spot glaring legal blunder in Seb Franklin murder trial
Coronation Street viewers thought they had uncovered a major plot flaw in Seb Franklin's murder trial when two key characters appeared to be missing from court.The murder trial, involving Corey Brent (Maximus Evans) and Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson), is now underway, but in Wednesday night's episode viewers thought there was a legal hole in the courtroom scenes that aired. Keen fans questioned why characters Eli and Jay, who had also been involved in the attack on Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) and Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher), were not in the dock alongside Corey and Kelly.
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Coronation Street spoiler sees Seb Franklin's murder trial conclude as the verdict is revealed
Next week's Coronation Street will see Seb Franklin's murder trial conclude as the verdict is finally revealed. Only recently, Nina Lucas remembered that Corey Brent killed her boyfriend Seb Franklin in harrowing flashback scenes after she had previously been suffering from memory loss following the attack.
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Corrie fans have goosebumps as Seb Franklin returns in 'genius' flashback episodes
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BET+ Greenlights Gospel Drama Series ‘Kingdom Business’ From DeVon Franklin, Holly Carter & Kirk Franklin
EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has given a series order to Kingdom Business, a music-driven drama executive produced by DeVon Franklin (Miracles From Heaven), Holly Carter (The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel), multi-Grammy-award-winner Kirk Franklin and Michael Van Dyck. The eight-episode series explores the gospel music industry through the lenses of family, faith, love and the redemptive power of music.
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Jennifer Hudson thinks she knows why Aretha Franklin chose her for 'Respect'
(CNN)Jennifer Hudson has Aretha Franklin to thank, in part, for her career.Hudson first came to fame in 2004 as a finalist on "American Idol." She auditioned for the reality singing competition with Franklin's song, "Share Your Love With Me."Fast forward to 2021 and Hudson is now a Grammy winning singer and an Academy Award winning actress whom Franklin handpicked to portray her in the biopic "Respect" prior to her death in 2018. (Hudson won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2007 for her performance in "Dreamgirls.)Hudson told CNN she's long considered why the Queen of Soul wanted her in the role."This is beyond singing and acting," Hudson said.
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‘Respect’ Fact Check: How Did Aretha Franklin Get Pregnant as a Preteen?
(The following post contains SPOILERS for the Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect”)The new Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” shows the Queen of Soul grappling with fame, fortune, finding the right note at the start of her career and everything that followed. But it offers little clarity around one of the most poignant parts of her young life — Franklin’s becoming pregnant as an adolescent, whether willingly or otherwise.In the opening of the film directed by Liesl Tommy, we meet a 10-year-old Aretha (played by 12-year-old Skye Dakota Turner) whose preacher father (Forest Whitaker) brings her downstairs to a party full of famous people and asks her to sing for everybody.
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Respect Paints a Powerful Picture of Aretha Franklin's Life
Glamour ahead of the film’s nationwide release, Respect was not setting out to “hit the Wikipedia entry of her life,” but it does cover a quintessential stage. From a teen mom at 12 to a solidified songstress, Wilson writes Franklin as a woman, not a character, who grapples with death, abuse, motherhood, and love.
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Jennifer Hudson’s hits and misses singing Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’
singing live as Aretha Franklin in the new biopic “Respect” was a daunting prospect.“It’s tricky,” Hudson, 39, told In Style. “You don’t want to come off as if you’re mimicking somebody, especially somebody like Aretha.”But Hudson got some help from vocal coach Tom Jones — her former fellow judge on “The Voice UK” — in finding Franklin’s voice while not losing her own.
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Jennifer Hudson Performs An Aretha Franklin Classic With Stephen Colbert And Jon Batiste
Stephen Colbert just got a masterclass in singing.
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‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson stars in bland Aretha Franklin film
Jersey Boys.”There are the early scenes of little “Re” wailing gospel music in church in 1952, just like those of “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” on Broadway.There’s the lightbulb moment in which the soon-to-be Queen of Soul discovers the hook to the hit 1967 song “Respect” while improvising around a piano with her sisters. It instantly brings to mind the “We Will Rock You” recording session in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which I continue to hate despite your angry emails.Running time: 145 minutes.
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'Respect' Movie Soundtrack Stream - Listen to Jennifer Hudson Sing Aretha Franklin Music!
The movie Respect is now playing in theaters and you can listen to the full soundtrack right here!
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‘Respect’ Fact Check: Did Dinah Washington Really Lose It During an Aretha Franklin Concert?
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not seen “Respect.”)Did Dinah Washington really lose it when she attended one of Aretha Franklin’s shows and heard Franklin sing one of Washington’s songs — as depicted in the new movie “Respect”? Not quite — but it did happen at someone else’s show. In David Ritz’s biography of Franklin, “Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin,” he writes that Etta James told him she was playing a small club in Providence, Rhode Island, when she heard Washington would be coming to her midnight show: “With that in mind, I decided to open with her big hit, ‘Unforgettable.’ I didn’t even get to the chorus when I heard this earth-shattering crash.
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Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin Isn’t Enough to Overcome Hollywood’s Lack of ‘Respect’ for Biopics and Musical Icons
Clayton Davis The biopic formula is stale, and it’s time to rework the equation.We keep seeing the same thing. A child loves music, has crappy parental figures, faces struggles or physical ailments, then gets famous, does drugs or drinks, and gets clean.
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Jennifer Hudson On How She Got Over Her Nerves About Playing Aretha Franklin
RESPECT will debut in theaters tomorrow, admits portraying Aretha Franklin was no easy undertaking. “Nerves come with all of that and anxiety,” Hudson tells ESSENCE.
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Jennifer Hudson remembers her final conversation with Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin.Hudson stars as Franklin in upcoming biopic, Respect, directed by Liesl Tommy, written by Tracey Scott Wilson and set for release next month.At Sunday’s (August 8) world premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre in the Los Angeles district of Westwood, Hudson recalled her last conversation with Franklin, who she became friends with in the late 2000s and spoke to on a weekly basis up until Franklin’s death in 2018.She told The Hollywood Reporter: “The last time I heard her voice was August 8.
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Respecting Aretha Franklin Through Costume Design
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTo re-create iconic looks for Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” which opens in theaters Aug. 13, Tony award-winning costume designer Clint Ramos immersed himself in books about the Queen of Soul.
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Amazon Studios & DeVon Franklin Developing Romantic Comedy ‘Relationship Goals’ Based On NY Times Bestseller
EXCLUSIVE: Breakthrough and Miracles From Heaven producer DeVon Franklin and his Franklin Entertainment are developing a feature film based on Michael Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex with Amazon Studios. Michael Elliot (Brown Sugar) and Cory Tynan (Woman Thou Art Loosed) will write the script.
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Cynthia Erivo: How The ‘Music Geek’ Prepared For Her Emmy Nominated Portrayal Of Aretha Franklin
Cynthia Erivo is revealing how intently she studied Aretha Franklin before she portrayed the legend for the National Geographic mini-series about the singer’s life. The 34-year-old Brit – who has been nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in Genius: Aretha – says she researched everything from the Queen of Soul’s speech patterns to when she took a breath when singing her hits.
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Jennifer Hudson Reflects on Her Final Phone Call with Aretha Franklin, Days Before Her Death
Jennifer Hudson plays her idol and mentor Aretha Franklin in the new movie Respect and she’s opening up about the weekly phone calls she used to have with the late singer.
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Jennifer Hudson Reveals One of Aretha Franklin's Last Requests of Her (Exclusive)
Jennifer Hudson is getting ready for the world to see her as Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic,. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with the Oscar-winning actress and singer on the black carpet at the film's premiere, where Hudson talked about honoring Franklin's life and the final song request the Queen of Soul had for her.«It's a celebration and it's all the hard work that's been put in it, the heart, and I'm just glad to see people come out at a time like this and celebrate her and talk about her life because she gave us so much through her music and her life,» Hudson told ET.
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Jennifer Hudson Doesn't Know Why Aretha Franklin Hand-Picked Her To Star in 'Respect'
Jennifer Hudson is opening up about playing the legendary Aretha Franklin on the big screen in Respect.
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Jennifer Hudson on Why She Thinks Aretha Franklin Chose Her to Star in Biopic ‘Respect’
Scott Huver The story goes that the legendary singer Aretha Franklin thought long and hard about exactly which multitalented performer had both the musical chops and the acting depth to play her in “Respect,” a big-screen biopic chronicling her rise. But years after she was handpicked by Franklin herself and ultimately made the film, Jennifer Hudson can’t tell you exactly what the Queen of Soul saw in her.“I’m so mad at myself for not asking her that question!” laughed Hudson when Variety posed the question on Sunday at the Los Angeles premiere of “Respect.”Even so, Hudson has a theory.
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‘Respect’ Film Review: Jennifer Hudson Brings Soul to Aretha Franklin Biopic
“Respect” opens in U.S. theaters August 13.
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‘Respect’ Review: Jennifer Hudson Gives Flattering Yet Flat Aretha Franklin Portrait
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticFrom age 10 till 30, Aretha Franklin sure could sing, but she hadn’t yet found her voice. At least, that’s the take served up in “Respect,” a solid if somewhat conventional feature directing debut for Broadway helmer Liesl Tommy which flatters Franklin in practically every way, beginning with the casting of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson as the First Lady of Soul’s younger self.
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David Rubin Re-Elected AMPAS President; DeVon Franklin, David Linde Among New Officers
There were no major shakeups among elected officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as David Rubin has been re-elected for his third and final term as president of the Oscars organization.
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Jennifer Hudson and Carole King on Aretha Franklin, ‘Natural Woman’ and Co-Writing Original Song for ‘Respect’
Jennifer Hudson and Carole King each have a lot to celebrate this year. King will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer at the next ceremony in October, after previously qualifying as a songwriter.
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Jennifer Hudson Wears Aretha Franklin Shirt to 'Respect' Screening in Atlanta
Jennifer Hudson is continuing her press tour for her new movie Respect!
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Aretha Franklin told Jennifer Hudson she'll win an Oscar for playing her
Aretha Franklin told Jennifer Hudson she would win an Oscar for playing her. The 39-year-old actress-and-singer is set to portray the late Queen of Soul - who passed away in 2018 - in the upcoming biopic 'Respect', and she has recalled being left speechless when the music legend surprised her with the compliment.
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Ben Stiller Asserts Hollywood Is Meritocratic, Rejects Claims Of Hollywood Nepotism In Twitter Debate With Black List Founder Franklin Leonard
When Franklin Leonard took to Twitter on Tuesday night to decry a recent film casting, Ben Stiller shot back in a spirited conversation about whether people got Hollywood gigs on the basis of their abilities or if nepotism played a role.
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Cynthia Erivo Sings Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and More During Hollywood Bowl Debut
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThere was a moment after intermission at Cynthia Erivo’s Hollywood Bowl show when she returned to the stage with no shoes on. She wanted her feet to touch the ground.
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Aretha Franklin said Jennifer Hudson would win an Oscar for playing her
CBS Sunday Morning” to speak about her role as the legendary singer in her biopic, “Respect.”Hudson, 39, discussed with interviewer Kelefa Sanneh her friendship with the Queen of Soul, the process of embodying the late music icon and how she believed that Hudson would win the Oscar for the role.“The very first thing Aretha said to me when we sat down was, ‘You’re going to win an Oscar for playing me, right?’” Hudson said. “I didn’t know what to say.” The “American Idol” winner previously won the Oscar for her role as Effie in 2006’s musical, “Dreamgirls.”She then added that Franklin was so impressed with her portrayal of Effie that she handpicked her to play her in a future biopic.
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Ben Stiller and Destry Spielberg Refute Hollywood Nepotism in Twitter Debate With Black List Founder Franklin Leonard
Ethan Shanfeld Ben Stiller and Destry Spielberg, filmmaker and daughter of Steven Spielberg, took to Twitter to refute Hollywood nepotism in a debate with The Black List founder Franklin Leonard.On Tuesday, Leonard responded to a tweet announcing the cast of the short film “The Rightway,” which features Hopper Penn, an actor and the son of Sean Penn, and actor Brian D’Arcy James.
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‘Respect’: Fandango Holding Advance Screenings Of MGM Aretha Franklin Biopic
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 nationwide before its Aug. 13 release.
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‘Grown-ish”: Daniella Perkins & Warren Egypt Franklin Join Season 4 As Recurring
EXCLUSIVE: Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad) and newcomer Warren Egpyt Franklin (Hamilton) have joined the fourth season of Freeform’s Grown-ish in recurring roles.
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Jennifer Hudson Releases Her Cover of 'Natural Woman' for Upcoming Aretha Franklin Biopic - Listen Now!
Jennifer Hudson is starring as Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic Respect and she’ll be singing all of the legendary singer’s hits songs!
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Jennifer Hudson Channels Aretha Franklin With Cover Of ‘(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman’
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