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Posted Wednesday 10/31/18 at 12:09AM EDT
Genius' potential Aretha Franklin season is expected to add Clive Davis as executive producer
The music mogul's addition to the National Geographic Channel anthology series is considered very important for it to go forward.
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Aretha Franklin may get the Nat Geo Genius treatment, replacing Mary Shelley
National Geographic Channel renewed Genius for a third season with a focus on iconic Frankenstein author Mary Shelley.
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Posted Wednesday 10/10/18 at 1:29PM EDT
American Music Awards gave Aretha Franklin a proper tribute
After the MTV VMAs' Madonna debacle of a tribute to The Queen of Soul, the American Music Awards had nowhere...
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Posted Friday 9/28/18 at 6:27AM EDT
American Music Awards sets an Aretha Franklin tribute
Gladys Knight, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and CeCe Winans are among the performers honoring The Queen of Soul on...
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Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 10:47PM EDT
Murphy Brown's season premiere will pay tribute to Aretha Franklin
Franklin’s music was a huge part of the original Murphy Brown, which used "Respect" in the pilot episode.
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Posted Monday 9/10/18 at 8:51PM EDT
Monday Night Football paying tribute to Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul will be honored tonight with a two-minute video featuring Boyz II Men and Tori Kelly performing...
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Posted Tuesday 9/04/18 at 9:45AM EDT
Luke Cage's Mike Colter apologizes for making light of a pastor's inappropriate touching of Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's funeral
Colter was responding to a Trevor Noah tweet about Bishop Charles Ellis groping Grande, tweeting: "Now THIS is how you...
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Posted Friday 8/31/18 at 2:43PM EDT
Aretha Franklin is set to get a TV tribute, while Quincy Jones' CBS Grammys special tribute has been scrapped
Music mogul Clive Davis had been planning to have a special concert at Madison Square Garden in honor of The...
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Posted Tuesday 8/28/18 at 1:48PM EDT
Aretha Franklin's funeral will be partly shown on CNN and Fox News
While the two cable news networks broadcast portions of Friday's funeral, the Associated Press will stream it online.
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Posted Wednesday 8/22/18 at 6:30PM EDT
Aretha Franklin's family wasn't upset over Madonna's controversial VMAs tribute
The Queen of Soul's nephew Tim Franklin tells TMZ that not only was the family not mad, but Franklin wouldn't...
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Posted Wednesday 8/22/18 at 1:56PM EDT
Lip Sync Battle renewed for Season 5
Paramount Network has ordered 12 episodes to air in 2019.
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Madonna responds to Aretha Franklin VMA backlash: "I did not intend to do a tribute to her!"
Madonna was accused of everything from cultural appropriation for wearing traditional African garb to making her tribute to The Queen...
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Posted Friday 8/17/18 at 1:55PM EDT
How Aretha Franklin inspired reality singing competitions like American Idol
The Queen of Soul expressed interest in 2012 in joining the then-Fox reality singing competition as a judge.
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Fox News made another mistake in its apology for Aretha Franklin-Patti LaBelle mix-up
In honoring The Queen of Soul, the cable news network used an image in the background of Patti LaBelle performing...
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Posted Thursday 8/16/18 at 10:40PM EDT
Ariana Grande reportedly broke down in tears while performing an Aretha Franklin tribute on The Tonight Show
The singer, who was supposed to do a comedy skit with Jimmy Fallon during Thursday's visit, initially declined a request...