The disturbing reports were noted in David Ritz' 2014 biography Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin, along with other bombshell revelations about her life and loves. Ritz claimed her father C.L ...

When Aretha Franklin died, the clip that was shared most widely - the most potent reminder of her raw, soul-stirring emotional force - was a 2015 performance of her 1967 hit (You Make Me Feel Like ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her ...

Respect stars Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin and Forest Whitaker ... meaningful moments to mere stops along her biography. "Portraying Franklin - one of the last century's fieriest singers ...