Aretha franklin new biography of michelle
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Tamir Wright Data News Weekly Contributor
Aretha Franklin finally earns her R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the form of a televised biography by National Geographic. Titled “Genius: Aretha,” this anthology series has had two previous seasons that focused on the lives of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. The show has been dubbed as the ‘first-ever, definitive and only authorized scripted limited series on the life of the Queen of Soul’ according to the network.
The mini-series stars two-time Academy Award-nominated Actress Cynthia Erivo in the role of Aretha Franklin and Courtney B. Vance plays the singer’s father, preacher and activist, Rev. C. L. Franklin. Other important figures in Aretha’s life get their stories fleshed out for the first time on screen in the series.
“I wanted to make sure that I didn’t want to imitate Ms. Clara, but I did want to try to embody as much of her as I could so it would be authentic to those people that would be viewing the performance,” said Actress Tina Fear
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Michelle Williams on How Aretha Franklin Inspired Her: ‘Aretha Never Had to Pick’ Between Gospel and R&B
In the wake of Aretha Franklin’s death from pancreatic cancer at age 76 on Thursday (Aug. 16), singer Michelle Williams tells Billboard about how Franklin’s careers in both secular and gospel music helped her find her voice as she was getting started in Destiny’s Child. As told to Nolan Feeney.
When I’m around folks like Aretha, school is in session. When we both performed at the White House in 2015, I literally sat Indian-style in the back. I didn’t want my original seat. I was like, “Aretha Franklin is here, get my books and my pencil and my notepad.” Her voice is everything. She is everything. I’m not even ready to say she was everything — I can’t bring myself to say anything past tense about her yet.
I remember when I first got in Destiny&