Reuters — (Reuters) - U.S. soul singer Aretha Franklin and acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns will perform during the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia later this month, event organizers said on Monday.
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L.A. Times - Entertainment — The saga of the Aretha Franklin concert movie "Amazing Grace" has taken another turn, with producer Alan Elliott pulling the movie from the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its screening Thursday. more info
Reuters — (Reuters) - Singer Aretha Franklin on Friday won a court order blocking the Telluride Film Festival from screening "Amazing Grace," a film based predominantly on footage from her 1972 concert at a Los Angeles church.
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L.A. Times - Entertainment — A long-lost documentary of a 1972 Aretha Franklin concert in Los Angeles has become the subject of a legal dispute, with the singer filing for an injunction against it screening at the Telluride Film Festival on Friday. But festival organizers say th... more info
The Independent — Never-before-seen footage of soul legend Aretha Franklin recording the biggest-selling album of her career is about to be shown in public for the first time. more info
Stereogum — After the success of Straight Outta Compton — it garnered a whopping $60.2 million at the box office on opening weekend alone and sparked the release of a new Dr. Dre album — the movie’s producer is reportedly eyeing Jennifer Hudson for a role ... more info
Perez Hilton — Well this sounds great!
Producer Scott Bernstein's most recent movie Straight Outta Compton was extremely successful and he's now looking to move on to his next project — an Aretha Franklin biopic!
The Untitled Aretha Franklin Project has been in d... more info
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