Her version, just two years later, is the one that became a classic, and a part of American history Contributor Kelefa Sanneh asked Jennifer Hudson, "Why do you think that song, 'Respect,' has ...

Review: As Aretha Franklin, a soulful Jennifer Hudson keeps 'Respect' from hitting the wrong note Jennifer Hudson: Heads to Detroit to watch ‘Respect’ with Aretha Franklin's family Hudson's ...

Give her the proper respect: Jennifer Hudson stuns with her performance singing and inhabiting the life of musical royalty, even if the new Aretha Franklin biopic leans conventionally commonplace.

On Friday, movie and music fans alike were treated to the first glimpse of Jennifer Hudson singing as music legend Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic RESPECT. In the 45-second teaser footage ...

For Jennifer Hudson, it’s a happy anniversary. “It was about 15 years ago when Aretha (Franklin) and I had our first discussion about my playing her,” says the star of “Respect.” ...

“Respect’s” point of view is that Franklin was a legend. We already knew that. You can’t excitingly fill two and a half hours with the obvious. Jennifer Hudson plays singer Aretha Franklin ...

The show was ironically playing on the same block as “The Color Purple” when Franklin offered Hudson the “Respect” part. “I just knew it should not be a birth to death biopic -- it had ...

Jennifer Hudson deserves heavy Oscar attention for her knockout work as Aretha Franklin in MGM/UA’s “Respect.” It’s an act of daring to sing Franklin songs including “Respect ...

Jennifer Hudson talks channeling Aretha Franklin in the 'Respect' biopic. By Gary Graff Several years before production on her biopic began in 2019, Aretha Franklin handpicked Jennifer Hudson to ...

Jennifer Hudson felt that the best way to honor the late soul singing legend Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect was to deliver as much authenticity in her performance as the Queen of Soul ...

(L-R) Brenda Nicole Moorer stars as Brenda Franklin, Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin, Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin, and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in ‘RESPECT.’ Quantrell D.

Jennifer Hudson’s name is already written in the ... Her work in the Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” has her contending for two possible Oscar nominations: lead actress and original song ...