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Doing justice to a real-life person, as an actor, comes with its own set of pressures. Embodying a cultural icon, however, can be downright overwhelming. When Aretha Franklin personally gave Jennifer Hudson her blessing to portray her in the biopic Respect, the Oscar winner was elated by the vote of confidence. Then…

UPDATED with latest winner: The Palm Springs International Film Awards said Thursday that Andrew Garfield will receive this year’s Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for the Lin-Manuel Miranda film tick, tick…BOOM! The prize will be presented on January 6 during the fest’s awards gala. "From his numerous film roles…

Jennifer Hudson felt that the best way to honor the late soul singing legend Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect was to deliver as much authenticity in her performance as the Queen of Soul invested in her music. "How do you even begin to capture or approach someone so massive as Aretha Franklin, that’s so dear to…

A new daytime talk show hosted by Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is hitting the syndicated marketplace, sources confirm to Deadline. The project, from Warner Bros Unscripted Television in association with Telepictures, has just been taken out and is being pitched to the major station groups for a potential fall 2022…

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson joined me virtually as part of the MGM/United Artists Releasing presentation at the Deadline Contenders Film: London event taking place today in front of an audience of awards voters in England and serving as a launch to this Oscar season. If there was ever a performance deserving of…

Jennifer Hudson, Halle Berry, Barry Jenkins and Anthony Anderson are among this year’s honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Television. Inaugurated in 2014, the annual event has honored standout achievements in Black filmmaking, and this year will be the first to incorporate…

Deadline Contenders Film: London, our annual awards-season kickoff that is gearing up for its hybrid in-person/virtual edition this weekend, has finalized its lineup of panelists for this year’s showcase, which will put the spotlight on 19 of the year’s buzziest films and their filmmakers, actors and below-the-line…

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T.” That is the name of one of Aretha Franklin’s best-known hits, and it also happens to be the word I would use to describe my admiration not only for the Queen of Soul but now also for the Oscar-winning star who portrays her in the new film that is indeed titled Respect. No matter what flaws there are…

The official trailer and poster for Respect, the biopic of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, have been released. The film from MGM Pictures in association with Bron Creative and One Community arrives August 13 in theaters and stars Jennifer Hudson as Franklin. The story follows her rise from a child singing in her father…

In case you are wondering, this is not some sort of retro review of 2003’s Monster, the film about a serial killer that won Charlize Theron an Oscar. Apparently, producers are free to use whatever title they want, even if it has been used before, and thus we now have the 2021 Monster. Maybe I should clarify that…

The John D. Eraklis-directed animated feature Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk is adding more A-listers to its already star-studded voice cast. Grammy Award winner will.i.am (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy award winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, Sing), and multiplatinum-selling artist Snoop Dogg (Th…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has made a preemptive deal for a music-driven holiday comedy pitch that will be fashioned as a potential star vehicle for Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar-winning Dreamgirls star who’ll next star as Aretha Franklin in the upcoming Respect. The film will be scripted by Ira Madison III, and Hudson will…