Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (Abrams Press), out Tuesday.Feeling pressure to conform to her strict religious upbringing and the norms of the time, Whitney hid her sexuality from the public till her tragic death, which happened 10 years ago this week. “Because her music didn’t fit squarely in the boxes expected of a Black girl making music in the ’80s, she was seen as not Black enough. She was ridiculed.
‘Respect’: Read The Screenplay For Aretha Franklin Biopic That Explores How She Became The Queen Of Soul
18.01.2022 - 00:33 / deadline.com
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
When it came to encapsulating the epic life, prodigious talent and seismic impact of the iconic Aretha Franklin, the creative team behind Respect had a massive tapestry from which to draw. But the challenge was exactly which aspects of the Queen of Soul’s enormous legacy should be given sharp focus?
“We wanted to have an arc,” said screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson, who crafted the story in close collaboration with her longtime collaborator, director Liesl Tommy. “We weren’t trying to create Aretha Franklin as she was, larger than life; we were trying to see how she came to be that. So it was about a 10-year-old girl named Aretha… as opposed to trying to show the world the Aretha they think they know.”
Even before Scott and Tommy’s involvement, the film’s lengthy development period stretched back years, prior to Franklin’s passing in 2018, and the R&B diva had an active hand in helping the producers zero in on the aspects of her life she thought formed the essence of her story, as well as handpicking Jennifer Hudson to play her.
“We worked with Ms. Franklin to come up with the right paradigm,” producer Jonathan Glickman says. “It’s always tough to say, ‘We’re only going to focus on this period of life.’ But it seemed very natural that we would start the movie with Aretha in church, and for that to end appropriately, we wanted to end with her in church, so we knew we were going to end at the “Amazing Grace” live album recording.
“The spine of the story would be a movie about a father-daughter relationship, and that gave us a focus to tell the period of her rise, and the origin
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02.02.2022 / 05:15
Scene 2 Seen Podcast: ‘Respect’ Director Liesel Tommy Talks Creative Process And Challenges To Making Aretha Franklin Biopic
Welcome to another episode of Deadline’s Scene 2 Seen Podcast.
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01.02.2022 / 17:11
Halle Berry, Judi Dench & Many More Stars Feature In ‘British Vogue’ Hollywood Portfolio 2022
The biggest stars in Hollywood are all together in one big new issue of British Vogue.
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27.01.2022 / 19:39
‘Zola’: Read The Screenplay From Janicza Bravo And Jeremy O. Harris Ripped From The Twitterverse
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26.01.2022 / 23:59
‘A Hero’: Read The Screenplay For Asghar Farhadi’s Latest “Spark” That Became A Movie
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26.01.2022 / 02:15
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Read The Screenplay For A Marvel That’s Now One Of The Biggest Movies Of All Time
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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26.01.2022 / 00:03
‘No Time To Die’: Read The Screenplay That Said Goodbye To Daniel Craig As James Bond
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of MGM/UAR’s No Time to Die.
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25.01.2022 / 00:15
‘Belfast’: Read The Screenplay For Kenneth Branagh’s Look Back At Growing Up In Northern Ireland
Kenneth Branagh has told the most epic stories of all between Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Marvel. For his latest, Belfast, Branagh chose a more intimate and personal one.
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23.01.2022 / 21:15
How Jennifer Hudson and ‘Respect’ Could Set a Record for Black Women at the Oscars
Clayton Davis Jennifer Hudson’s name is already written in the Academy Awards history books. At 25, she became the youngest Black woman to ever win an acting Oscar for her turn as Effie White in “Dreamgirls” (2006). She’s also the first to do it for a debut role.
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22.01.2022 / 23:27
‘Luca’: Read The Screenplay For Disney/Pixar’s Italian Riviera-Inspired Coming-Of-Age Story
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
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22.01.2022 / 06:23
‘The Power Of The Dog’: Read The Screenplay For Jane Campion’s Savage Snapshot Of The American West
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
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22.01.2022 / 03:53
Kristen Stewart joins fiance and Ashley Benson for fun day out
Kristen Stewart surprised fans on Thursday when she was spotted at the Happiest Place On Earth - Disneyland. The acclaimed actress isn't known for her love of all things princess and kitsch, but she joined fiance Dylan Meyer and pal Ashley Benson for a fun day out.MORE: Spencer review: Kristen's majestic Diana is an awards frontrunnerThe picture was shared on Ashley's social media page, and saw the group all wearing matching blue tie-dye sweaters.
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22.01.2022 / 02:45
‘Cyrano’: Read The Screenplay From Erica Schmidt That Gave Joe Wright A New Way In To Classic Tale
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
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21.01.2022 / 19:55
From Gaga in ‘Gucci’ to Kidman in ‘Being the Ricardos,’ Female Icons Get the Cinematic Treatment
Michele Amabile Angermiller The awards race in the best actress and best supporting actress categories is brimming with real life protagonists getting the big screen treatment. From Nicole Kidman’s Lucille Ball (“Being the Ricardos”) to Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”), these women were tasked with preserving and presenting the legacy of flesh and blood icons, telling their stories truthfully and without judgment.“I think everyone wants to be seen as a fully realized human being, not as just a caricature,” notes Kidman, who took home the Golden Globe for her lead turn in the Aaron Sorkin biopic.Being entrusted with someone’s life story is a big responsibility, and these actresses took great care in their prep work.
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20.01.2022 / 23:51
‘The Hand Of God’: Read The Screenplay (In English And Italian) For Paolo Sorrentino’s Most Personal Film
When Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino reached his milestone 50th birthday, he decided the occasion was ripe with the potential to break away from many of the enduring ways he made distinctive, much lauded projects (including Academy Award winner The Great Beauty, Youth, Il Divo, The Consequences of Love and The Young Pope) and experiment with new cinematic and storytelling techniques. And for his next film, The Hand of God, he decided to plumb the depths of his own past as well.
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20.01.2022 / 18:23
Elton John finally returns to stage 2 years after hip surgery, COVID-19 delays
health delays — Elton John is resuming his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour.His retirement tour began in 2018, but due to a series of postponements, he was forced into a performance hiatus.But now, the 74-year-old British singer is back on the road and played at the Crescent City in New Orleans on Wednesday night.“Wow, we haven’t played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I’ve never had this amount of time off in my life … playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,” the “Tiny Dancer” singer said to the New Orleans audience, who hung onto their coveted tickets for 745 days.“I can’t thank you enough for being so patient,” he continued.
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20.01.2022 / 03:07
‘Raya And The Last Dragon’: Read The Screenplay For Disney’s Animated Adventure Exploring Themes Of Unity And Trust
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
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20.01.2022 / 00:17
‘House Of Gucci’: Read The Screenplay That Ridley Scott Fashioned Into A True-Life Crime Drama
Gucci fashion has made many appearances in Hollywood, both in movies and on the red carpet. The actual story of Gucci is worthy of a movie of its own, and it finally got one in House of Gucci.