By Jon Pareles, New York Times Jennifer Hudson had plenty of time to think about how to portray Aretha Franklin onscreen. In 2007, soon after Hudson won the Academy Award for best-supporting actress — for playing a girl-group singer in “Dreamgirls” — Franklin told Hudson she should play her in a biopic, starting a decade-long friendship … Continue reading Jennifer Hudson Knew Aretha Franklin. To Play Her, She Had to Learn More →
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