Aretha Franklin
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The legendary singer’s death leaves behind a career filled with captivating duets alongside contemporaries and younger stars
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Names suggesting nobility and excellence in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
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The music legend has just released a fabulously filthy album. He looks back on his incredible life in songwriting, and his friendships with Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy and Aretha Franklin
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The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship
Zoe WilliamsA viral image of the actor celebrating at the Golden Globes shows a thrilling act of sisterly solidarity, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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The musician had three Grammy awards, seven gold records and later, hosted his own radio and TV shows
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The 270-page unsealed file details several death threats and her friendships with Martin Luther King Jr and Angela Davis
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3 out of 5 stars.Mark Kermode's film of the weekRespect review – an overly reverential homage to ArethaPersonally approved by Franklin, Jennifer Hudson captures the queen of soul’s star power, but this biopic is too well behaved to do its extraordinary subject justice
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2 out of 5 stars.Jennifer Hudson plays the soul legend, but this biopic reduces the complexity of her upbringing and artistry to corny life lessons
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2 out of 5 stars.Jennifer Hudson tries her best with a disappointingly rote retread through cliches of a well-worn genre
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2 out of 5 stars.Cynthia Erivo provides the requisite vocals yet is otherwise an empty version of the legendary singer in a shallow new series
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Trial will be held to determine whether any of the documents discovered after Franklin’s death can stand as a will
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She was a genius songwriter and singer but could never escape her sibling’s shadow – and died at just 43. Family and friends including Martha Reeves and Bettye Lavette celebrate the life of a cruelly overlooked artist
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A remarkable film documents the singer’s recording of her 1972 album Amazing Grace. Plus: Spiral begins its final season. Here’s what to watch this evening
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The forgotten woman of Detroit’s soul explosion, Bettye LaVette reveals why she was too lewd for Berry Gordy, her rivalry with Aretha Franklin and why she loves Kamala Harris
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Ahead of what would have been Glastonbury weekend, we pick the documentaries that best recreate the magic of gigs and festivals
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This 40-year-old comedy – repackaging blues for a white audience – in many ways uncomfortably mirrors what is happening in the UK and America right now
Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats