VAN WERT — “RESPECT: The Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 state Route 118 in Van Wert. The ...

Earnest to a fault, "Respect" spells out a handsome tribute to Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson and her peerless singing pipes as its formidable anchor. Yet this biography never fully sparks to ...

This little girl from the Raleigh area definitely deserves some "R-E-S-P-E-C-T." Six-year-old Johanna Colon brought the house down this weekend at her dance recital with a tap routine to the Aretha ...

Aretha Franklin’s long road to “Respect” took a crucial turn with a phone call in 2012. For several years, the star had talked up the possibility of a feature film about her life and music. Though she ...

There are two recent accounts of Aretha Franklin’s legendary life. Only one succeeds at telling a complex story. That Respect didn’t knock it out of the park feels like somehow flunking a test when ...

As a music-minded youngster growing up in the Baptist Church, it was easy for Anthony Parnther to become enchanted with Aretha Franklin. Today, the conductor and musician says the late Detroit singer ...

Today, Franklin's recording of "Respect" is definitive. But when she recorded it on Valentine's Day 1967, it was a radical gender-bending of Otis... 'Respect' Wasn't A Feminist Anthem Until Aretha ...

*Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” has been pushed back from its October 9 release for a limited Christmas Day debut. According to Deadline, from there, the film will expand January 8 ...

America's Got Talent champion Darci Lynne has done it again. The charming ventriloquist and singer has graced fans with a mind-boggling cover of Aretha Franklin's "Respect," joined by her beloved ...