Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. When it came to encapsulating the epic life, ...

The music of 18-time Grammy Award-winner Aretha Franklin is taking center stage with The Philly Pops. The concert is dubbed Aretha: Respect, and Pops COO Karen Corbin says it's a tribute to one of the ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- In the new movie "Respect," Jennifer Hudson takes on the monumental role of the late, great Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. "Respect" tells the story of Franklin's ...

The biopic is slated to hit theaters next year. If what you want is a first look at Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul in the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect," you got it! A ...

Aretha Franklin’s signature hit has another feather in its cap. The Queen of Soul’s “Respect” is No. 1 in the latest version of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, released Wednesday, ...

Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, has been released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 145-minute long movie follows Franklin’s life from her beginnings, singing in church at 10, to ...

Sarah Carter, Clint Ramos and Stevie Martin traveled unique paths to get to the Queen of Soul's biopic, with a hand from veteran colleagues: "Maybe now somebody from a marginalized background can see ...