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Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When Aretha Franklin sang, everyone who listened felt the purest version of heartbreak, love, or joy. Whichever way she wanted to bend your heart, she could. Here are ten songs she covered and made her own. The Thrill Is Gone,1970. Original Artist: Roy Hawkins When Aretha accompanied herself on piano, something magical happened. Although Roy Hawkins originally recorded this song, it was the great blues guitarist and singer B....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The walls, she explains, were covered with photographs of naked women. Some of the girls were spreading themselves wide, others were being held down and penetrated. And thats just the first chapter. Gore and kink arent exactly unlikely totems of the thriller, but Flynn lends them a special unvarnished grotesquerie. Flynn demands that you sympathize with villains even more than victims....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You better think about how you treat Aretha Franklin. Whether she was throwing shade at fellow divas or saving the Grammys, Aretha Franklin did it her way. Although shes hadmany, many more, here are a collection of her most iconic moments. Franklin shut down that backhanded compliment with a simple letter, detailing the facts of the matter....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Dozens of comedy festivals take place in the United States and around the world every year. Since comedy is experiencing a revival right now, comedy festivals are also booming. Many comedians get their break through the New Faces showcases. Many performers attend to solidify their U.K. fan bases or pick up U.K. management or agents....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. An unexpected news item popped up today amidst the deluge ofremembrances,obituaries, andtributesto Aretha Franklin. A Queen of Soulrelated dispute ended in a shootout in Virginia. Police say the gunshot victim is in serious condition. There are a number of other leading ladies out there that can definitely handle the role. I never expected Halle to sing....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In fact, halfway through writing this, I had to go take a bath. In one early scene, Amy Adams steps into a piping hot claw-foot bathtub. Which got me wondering: What is the best cinematic bath of all time? Im talking about the actual bathitself.How calming does this bath look? How fancy are the accoutrements?...

American Woman Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I mean, we all know that right? They might not have known it in 1974, but do we need to repeat it? I am not complaining. Turns out it was covered in grass stains from her rolling around in it and tripping on magic mushrooms. Thats how you know its bad, when the paper is pink....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And Aretha, in todays parlance, freaked it! Ina hataccessorized with a bow befitting Blair Waldorf, Aretha Franklin brought the (White) house down. After news surfaced that Beyonce used a backing track to the national anthem, Franklin had to chuckle. When I heard [Beyonce lip-synced] I just really cracked up. Related Tags:

From her legendary live shows to meetings with former U.S. presidents to hanging out backstage with Oprah. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When it comes to Aretha Franklin, the cliches are all true: She was larger than life. Her voice was the centerpiece of any room it floated through. She was able to succeed through multiple seismic shifts in music without losing her center....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Gospel is the most American music. Gospel is subversive music, protest music. At the end of tribulation was rest. Whatever justice wasnt served in life would be meted out afterward. Faith defanged the threat of bodily harm and the finality of death. Eternal life was a cunning last laugh. The black church is a monument to the participatory, communal experience of gospel music....

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Tell me what you want, reader. Tell me what moves you. Aretha could provide it all, for any moment you could dream up and even the ones you couldnt. It is true that her run of albums in the 60s was impossible. There was a freedom in the early moments. On their covers, she was fierce, and carefree....

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Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Welcome toAn Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, the trippy romantic comedy that won over Sundance. Aubrey Plaza stars as unhappy wife Lulu Danger, married to local dweeb Shane (Emile Hirsch).