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Lifetime’s much-criticized biopic of the late R&B singer Aaliyah shot to the top of the week’s Twitter TV charts, beating out The Walking Dead even as critics, led by superstar hip-hop producer Timbaland, beat up the production online and beyond. It didn’t hurt the show in either its broadcast ratings, which were <a title="'Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B' Ratings Score 3.2M Viewers For Lifetime" href="http://deadline.com/2014/11/aaliyah-movie-ratings-princess-of-rb-lifetime-1201286840/"…

It wasn't a high note ratings-wise, but Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B certainly delivered for Lifetime on Saturday. The two-hour biopic of the burgeoning superstar who died in a 2001 plane crash at age 22 drew 3.2 million viewers on November 15. Among adults 18-49, Aaliyah pulled in 1.7 million viewers for Lifetime. Aal…

You might love the music of singer Aaliyah but, as my video review says, you probably won’t love the new movie about her life, Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B. Debuting on Lifetime this Saturday night, the movie stars Alexandra Shipp as the singer and Cle Bennett as her producer and illegal husband R. Kelly. Not to give…

Lifetime spread the teaser for its Nov. 15  biopic Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B throughout social media.  Strutting the R&B singer’s style is Alex Shipp, star of Nickelodeon’s House of Anubis. She replaced Disney Channel star Zendaya who backed out of the project days after her attachment was announced. Based on…