Her life had so much depth to it, and it came through the music,” says Jennifer Hudson, who portrays Franklin in the new feature film. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the Respect movie — set for a ...

There were screen bombshells, movie sex symbols, early film-nerd pin-ups — and then there was Raquel Welch. Born Jo Raquel Tejada, the Bolivian-American actor cut her teeth on a handful of early ...

Post-'Wicked,' Cynthia Erivo's production company Edith's daughter has signed a first-look film deal with Universal Pictures.