Aretha Franklin‘s eight-hour funeral in Detroit on Friday celebrated the life of the soul legend in A-list style, complete with a parade of pink Cadillacs and musical tributes from stars like Ariana Grande and Stevie Wonder. However, controversy erupted when Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who was officiating the service, brought Grande onstage to perform…
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Aretha Franklin’s funeral took place in Detroit on Friday, August 31, and several celebrities and notable figures were in attendance. One of those people was Ariana Grande, who honored the Queen of Soul during the service by singing a cover of her hit song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” The Sweetener singer…
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Madonna caught a lot of heat last night (August 20) at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards after she gave a speech to honor Aretha Frankin—who passed away last week—that was all about herself. The tribute started off strong—”Aretha Louise Franklin changed the course of my life,” she said—but soon descended into a stream-of-consciousness monologue…
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Days before the MTV Video Music Awards aired, the show’s executive producer Jesse Ignatovic told Variety that the 2018 VMAs’ “level of production is probably greater than we’ve ever done.” Even with the scrambling to produce a new segment honoring Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer, there was “big focus” to make sure…
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Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, passed away on Thursday (August 16) after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Several public figures have paid tribute to Franklin on social media, and now Barack and Michelle Obama are adding their voices to the chorus. If you remember, the trio enjoyed a well-publicized friendship while Obama…
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Aretha Franklin passed away on Thursday, leaving behind a legacy that includes 18 Grammy Awards, 17 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and six decades’ worth of music. The Queen of Soul touched lives all over the world, with her talent and always-memorable performances, which were amplified by her delightfully extravagant sense of…
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