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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Fans and celebrities are currently mourning the loss of Aretha Franklin, who passed away Thursday (August 16) in Detroit, the city she calls home. The music icon’s legacy is untouchable, with 18 Grammys to her name, along with hundreds of enduring hits, including “Chain of Fools,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” and…
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On Thursday morning Aretha Franklin‘s publicist confirmed that she passed away in her Detroit home at the age of 76. “Franklin’s official cause of death was due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin’s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute,” reads a statement from her family, according…
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