Respect stars Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin and Forest Whitaker ... but the film as a whole has received mixed reviews. The movie, directed by Liesl Tommy, is released in the UK next month.

After beginning her 60-year career as a child singing gospel in Detroit, Franklin went on to release such chart-topping hits as Respect ... Speaking about the movie, Hudson told As If: “I ...

Tommy, who joined the project after Hudson's casting, notes: "Once I met Jennifer ... the movie have been mixed - although most critics have broadly praised the leading performance. "Respect ...

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“With all due respect to all the ... won an Oscar for her first movie, and has her own talk show — narrowing the options down ...

Twenty years ago, Jennifer ... is no album,’” Hudson says. “Some may not look at it as a holiday song, but … I just think it ...

Jennifer Hudson is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on season 3 of American Idol. In 2006, Hudson starred in Dreamgirls and won an Academy Award and a Golden ...

On Thursday, the DSO announced an upcoming special performance in which it will perform a live score for a screening of RESPECT, the 2021 biopic about the Queen of Soul starring Jennifer Hudson.

Jennifer Hudson is honoring Whitney Houston in the ... During the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday, Oct. 6, the Respect star took the stage to pay homage to the legendary ...

This week on “The Jennifer Hudson Show ... had the iconic glowing finger from the movie. “Do you hear the voice? Yes, E.T., it’s me,” Hudson replied. “The finger is lighting up ...

Movies // 3 years ago Netflix to release ... Franklin biopic delayed to August Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect," starring Jennifer Hudson, has been delayed seven months to Aug. 13, 2021.