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*Aretha Franklin turned 71 on Monday, March 25th, and celebrated the occasion by working her way through New York City. She began Monday afternoon by hosting a dinner at Le Bernardin restaurant in Manhattan for friends, including fellow birthday girl Chaka Khan, who turned 60 on Saturday, March 23. The Queen of Soul went on [...]
*The Aretha Franklin’s biopic is a go, even after the diva demanded her cast be just right. She’s a vocal woman and obviously gets what she wants in life. The movie stopped production a few months back (before it even got started), but now it’s back on course to be completed by next year. According [...]
*Aretha Franklin has been honored with a star-studded tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Lauryn Hill, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations and Chaka Khan were among those who paid musical tribute to the legend. The 69-year-old soul singer was not scheduled to perform, but toward the end of the three-hour [...]
*Aretha Franklin came to Washington D.C. Tuesday night to receive the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Founder’s Award. Herbie Hancock, Jennifer Hudson, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright were among the mix of D.C. and Hollywood A-listers on hand to pay homage to Franklin and to the Institute, now in its 25th year, according to The [...]
*The long-awaited new album from Aretha Franklin is now just one week way from being released. “Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love,” the Queen of Soul’s 38th studio album, will be available exclusively at Walmart stores and Walmart.com beginning May 3. The 12-track album, which features first single “How Long I’ve Waited,” is Franklin’s [...]
*Aretha Franklin is on the hunt for the perfect Broadway role so she can fulfill one of her lifelong dreams before it’s too late. The Queen of Soul has spent the past few months recovering from a mystery illness which forced her to cancel a string of end-of-year concerts to undergo surgery in December. The [...]
Aretha Franklin covers the March 7, 2011 issue of Jet Magazine *Fox411 has sought a health expert to weigh in on Aretha Franklin’s 85 pound weight loss, and he says that given her age and the amount of weight she’s lost — simple diet and exercise alone are not enough to have brought on such [...]
*As previously reported, the Queen of Soul is back to work now. Since her health scare, she’s made very few public appearances lately. So she’s ready to get out there and face the cameras again. The pioneer of soul music will appear on the “Wendy Williams Show” for an exclusive interview, where she will talk [...]
*The Queen of Soul is ready to get back to work. After recovering from an unknown illness and dropping quite a bit of weight, Aretha Franklin is about to start working on her 38th studio album with R. Kelly. “Aretha: Woman Falling Out of Love” is set to begin production on May 3 and will [...]
*The world is anxiously awaiting the return of Aretha Franklin since she announced that her health issues are under control. She recently dismissed reports she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Online reports say the Queen of Soul is set to return to the stage in May for a still-to-be announced tribute show. She says [...]
*Aretha Frankilin will get an all-star musical tribute at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 13). The Recording Academy announced today that four-time Grammy winner Yolanda Adams, four-time Grammy winner and Latin Grammy winner Christina Aguilera, Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, country superstar Martina McBride, and current nominee Florence Welch will salute the Queen [...]
*WJBK FOX 2 News in Detroit is confirming that Franklin is battling pancreatic cancer. A family insider told the station that she’s doing, “OK,” but they ask for the public’s prayers. The National Enquirer reports that the cancer is incurable and she has less than a year to live. In November, she canceled all concerts [...]
*The Associated Press is reporting that Aretha Franklin is out of surgery and has calling the undisclosed procedure “highly successful.” In a statement released this afternoon to the AP, the Queen of Soul thanks well-wishers for their prayers, adding: “God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all [...]
*A crowd of about 8000 crammed into Philadelphia’s Mann Music Center Tuesday night to witness Aretha Franklin and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice team for a rare musical performance. Rice, a classically trained pianist, backed the Queen of Soul during a three-hour concert filled with Franklin’s catalog of hits as well as arias from [...]
*Aretha Franklin has canceled her scheduled appearance tonight at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Festival spokesman Louis Edwards says the “Queen of Soul” informed organizers on Thursday that she wouldn’t be able to perform. Edwards said she apologized to fans but wouldn’t give a reason why. It just so happens that Earth, Wind [...]
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