heather headley
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Taraji P. Henson Cast as Shug Avery in The Color Purple Movie Musical
Henson will play Shug Avery in the film based on the Broadway musical.
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The Respect She Deserves: Treasure Trove of High Powered Stars Join Aretha Franklin Biopic
In 1967, Aretha Franklin famously sang “Take care, T.C.B.” as a refrain on her signature song Respect. A little over a year after the late, great Queen of Soul’s death, at age 76, producers of a long gestating biopic is literally taking care of business. A treasure trove of well decorated talents have come on…
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10 R&B Slow Jams That Bang in the Whip
I’m a child of the ’90s, which means that I grew up on R&B that wasn’t rappers harmonizing or singers talking with melody from their souls. Not that I don’t enjoy that; to the contrary, I love it all. But there was nothing like an actual solid slow jam. You know what I’m talking about:…