CNN Showbiz — J.R. Martinez welcomes a baby, Anna Paquin defends bisexuality, and Audra McDonald could be cast as Aretha Franklin. more info

Detroit Free Press — Tickets ($35.50, $45.50 and $75) for the Queen of Soul's downtown show will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy, and at all... more info

ContactMusic — Aretha Franklins biopic is back in business after movies bosses decided Broadway star Audra Mcdonald is the perfect choice to the play the Queen of Soul according to U S reports The Respect hitmaker revealed in January 12 that actors Halle Berry Ker.... more info

Detroit Free Press — Back in January, the Queen of Soul offered up a list of actors she'd like to see cast in a movie based on her life story. more info

Perez Hilton — Whomp, whomp. Looks like the Queen of Soul might not have gotten her way this time! Remember earlier this year when Aretha Franklin was just PINING to have Halle Berry portray her in an upcoming biopic??? Mz. Franklin was SO adamant about Halle play... more info

Guardian Music — The singer, 71, on her cousin Whitney Houston's funeral, a spat with Cilla Black and feeling at home in BrazilI remember singing as early as six years old, performing "Jesus Loves Me" in my grandfather's church. I was wearing organza and ribbon, whic... more info

ContactMusic — Aretha Franklin and her husband, William Wilkerson, were first to grace the red carpet at the annual event, now in it's tenth edition. Following on from the soul diva were the cast of TV series One Day At A Time, arriving one at a time but posing tog... more info

Detroit Free Press — From Aretha Franklin to the Romantics, Dick Clark was a reliable - and crucial - conduit for Detroit music through the decades. more info

The Newsroom — The Queen of Soul sings one of her biggest hits at the TV Land Awards. more info

Guardian Music — 'When You Got the Love came out, people in church told me it was the devil's music'What got you started?When I was about five, our community would have a convention every fifth Sunday and churches would bring their singers. One Sunday, a church broug... more info