Aretha Franklin opens up about details of biopic April 18, 2016 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Aretha Franklin is bringing her life story to the big screen. She opens up during her birthday party at New York City's Ritz Carlton Hotel that she's in final negotiations to make it happen and even has picked an actress to play her in the movie. She also says teases the people involved in the production and reveals that she has the creative control, AceShowbiz reports. "I'm in the last of the negotiations, because we have agreed on the key things and the most important things," she spills to The Huffington Post. "So it's just something minimal to finish, and then we can move forward from there. It's some of the people that were involved in 'Straight Outta Compton' and this is gonna be Straight Outta Detroit." The 74-year-old singer once wanted Halle Berry to play her, but later expressed her desire to cast either Audra McDonald or Jennifer Hudson. "It's been a long, long haul, but I think we're right at it now," she teases of the lead actress. "I spoke to the young lady about a week ago - I won't say which one of the two it was - but I spoke to her, and she's ready. We're gonna go forward with it."   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia  Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports.Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |
