Mary J. Blige plans to follow in the footsteps of Aretha Franklin when it comes to her music career.The actress and singer is currently promoting her new movie Mudbound, in which she stars as Florence Jackson, the mother of a...

Soul star Aretha Franklin has offered up a scary theory about Prince's shocking death -- she thinks a Zika virus infection cost him his life.RELATED | Prince found dead at Minnesota estate inside elevatorThe 57-year-old Purple Rain musician died at...

Aretha Franklin was in the mood for celebrating, and not just because she had a birthday party.Good news, we're ready to sign for the movie, Franklin said Thursday night of the biopic about her life she has been trying to...

(WENN) - Fans have been invited to pay their final respects to Aretha Franklin at a two-day public viewing in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan later this month.The Queen of Soul lost her battle with advanced pancreatic cancer on Thursday,...

Soul legend Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76.The Queen of Soul passed away on Thursday at her home in Detroit, following a battle with advanced pancreatic cancer, her representative Gwendolyn Quinn told The Associated Press.Earlier this week,...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) -- The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is displaying a portrait of Aretha Franklin to pay tribute to the late icon.Franklin's portrait was created by Milton Glaser is installed in the museum's In Memoriam Space on the first floor...

The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.The trust said in a news release Tuesday that it will...