Aretha Franklin's family pushed back on the eulogy delivered Friday at the singer's Detroit funeral, calling it "offensive and distasteful" and saying a longtime family associate "did not properly ...

Officials released the name of the woman killed in a Meridian car crash over the weekend. A woman died after Emily Minow, 42, of Meridian, drove through a red light at 3:14 p.m. Saturday and hit ...

Aretha Franklin didn't have a will drawn up, according to US reports. The Queen of Soul died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday at the age of 76, after a battle with pancreatic cancer ...

Her fifth album was a best-of compilation, Voice. It includes her 2006 hit, the proto-feminist soul-belter “Piece of My Heart”, originally by Erma Franklin, Aretha’s sister.

Jennifer Hudson appeared on The View today to discuss her performance as Aretha Franklin in the recent Respect biopic. Watch Hudson discuss the singer's impact and Franklin's friendship with ...

Saycon Sengbloh stars as Erma Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, LeRoy McClain as Cecil Franklin and Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin in 'Respect' (Picture ...

Jennifer Hudson shot to fame on American Idol with an Aretha Franklin classic. Nearly 20 years on, the actor told ABC News it was "a dream" to play her.(Supplied: Universal) According to pop music ...

Marlon Wayans plays her first husband Ted White, Marc Maron is music producer Jerry Wexler, Tituss Burgess plays gospel music icon James Cleveland, Saycon Sengbloh as sister Erma Franklin, Hailey ...

Respect's costume designer, Clint Ramos, talks to BAZAAR.com about working with Jennifer Hudson to honor Aretha Franklin through clothing.

But one of the wills states that Clarence’s father was Edward Jordan Sr., with whom she also had her second son, Edward, in 1957. Little is known about Edward Jordan Sr., and Franklin rarely ...