Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker started filming Respect in New York – she plays Aretha Franklin and he plays her father, the popular Baptist minister Clarence Franklin. We can’t help but wonder HOW detailed this sordid bio will be. Clarence was known to be highly promiscuous and, in fact, had a baby with a 12 Continue reading “DID YOU KNOW THAT ARETHA FRANKLIN HAD HER FIRST BABY AT AGE 12?”
This is an early peek at Jennifer Hudson playing Aretha Franklin in the biographical drama Respect now filming in Harlem. (Actually Aretha herself was involved in getting the movie made up until she died last year.) Jennifer is filming a scene set in the 1960’s with Marlon Wayans, who plays her first husband Ted White, Continue reading “ARETHA FRANKLIN INSISTED THAT JENNIFER HUDSON PLAY HER IN LIFE STORY”
Leave it to The National Enquirer to have a different take on the death of Aretha Franklin. The tabloid insists that Aretha made a deathbed confession about a secret showbiz affair that she carried on for several decades. She wrote about this passionate affair with a well known public figure in her biography, but never Continue reading “DID ARETHA FRANKLIN CONCEAL A MASSIVE CRUSH ON JAMES BROWN?”
We’ve heard PLENTY about Madonna’s appearance on the MTV Video Awards – viewers were puzzled by her pointless rambling about an audition early in her career when she sang an Aretha Franklin song and was convinced that it changed the course of her life. (?) Madonna was called out for her lousy Aretha Franklin “tribute” Continue reading “FORGET MADONNA’S MTV SPEECH – WHAT ABOUT THAT CRAZY OUTFIT!!”
Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News Aretha Franklin warmed up the disgruntled crowd in Detroit on Labor Day before President Obama took the stage and addressed the labor union there. Aretha looks great and she’s been making more personal appearances than ever despite medical problems she doesn’t talk about. If you love Aretha, we advise you Continue reading “ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIED TO MAKE PEACE IN DETROIT”
Everybody’s worried about Aretha Franklin’s upcoming surgery because she won’t reveal what it’s all about. That gets imaginations working overtime. She’s cancelled all concerts and cleared her schedule until May. Concerned fans held a prayer vigil for her in Detroit. Hopefully, it’s not as serious as her fans fear, and Aretha is having lap-band surgery Continue reading “ARETHA FRANKLIN’S MYSTERY SURGERY HAS FANS WORRIED SICK”
Photo Credit: Buzz Foto Wow! The opening day of polo in the Hamptons attracted a wide variety of celebrities. Here’s Aretha Franklin (it seems like she rarely leaves Detroit) and we are thrilled to see that she is fully clothed. Sometimes onstage she wears those horribly revealing and unflattering dresses. We didn’t know she was Continue reading “ARETHA FRANKLIN MINGLES IN THE HAMPTONS”