'Genius: Aretha': TV Review

No Spide-Man? No Peace! At least according to director Kevin Smith, who has xpressed his vehement displeasure about the Oscar snub of Spider-Man: No Way Home from the Best Picture Oscar nominees.

In their final TCA appearance, the creator and stars of NBC’s This Is Us today reflected on their six years together on the show and the series’ upcoming end.

Britney Spears is in love with chocolate and honestly, who can blame her?! The “Stronger” singer posted a hilarious video on Friday to her Instagram enjoying a plate of warmed up fudge and claiming the tasty treat was one of the most “beautiful” experiences she’s had in a while.

It’s getting real on The Real Housewives of Miami. On Thursday’s episode, Larsa Pippen, 47, revealed that her ex-husband, Scottie Pippen, 56, wasn’t so happy when she tried to sell their Miami home. “I don’t even know what’s happening,” Larsa said, adding how she “was kind of trying to force him to sell” their Miami property. She noted that, because of her actions, Scottie allegedly told her she would “have to send” their 14-year-old daughter, Sophia Pippen, “back to L.A.”

Katie Price's terminally ill mum breaks down in an emotional clip from her daughter's new TV show.Amy, 63, is brought to tears as she speaks about dying and her reasons for passing down a family heirloom to her 43-year-old model daughter.She was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2017, an incurable condition where the lungs become scarred and breathing becomes painful and increasingly difficult.Appearing on the All 4 show Mucky Mansion, the mother revealed that she was now making a 'happy room' at Katie's large home to give her somewhere to go when she feels sad or uncomfortable.Sharing her idea behind the space, she tells the camera: "When you're not well you look at things in a different way and it would be nice if you can leave things that people can remember you by."Once it is done I want it to be a happy room, a comforting room, whenever she is sort of not feeling too good she can come in here and it will be quiet."And she can reflect. That's what I think will be nice for her."Her design sees the room covered in floral wallpaper and green walls along with bamboo-style furniture.

Jeopardy! is coming out with a brand new tournament, the first ever Second Chance Tournament.

Ian Evatt believes Xavier Amaechi is trying to do too much to impress the Bolton Wanderers boss and make up for lost time after time out injured as he sent the loanee a message to simplify his game to have an impact.

paddled his kayak out into the North Sea to fake his own death, this is where John Darwin’s journey has taken him, via Panama, prison and the divorce courts. And life is certainly quiet.

Lisa wears a wool blend shirt dress, £119, Massimo Dutti; Leather boots, £295, Russell & Bromley; jewellery her own   When you think about the palaver of wearing a dress or skirt in winter, it’s a miracle that we didn’t proceed straight from bustles to trousers.Yet from the late 1920s to midway through the 1960s, women were expected to wear skirts of varying brevity with the flimsiest of stockings. Nancy Sinatra growled about her boots being made for walkin’.

Debenhams became an online-only presence during the pandemic.Now that he’s free to do his own thing, he’s not wafting off into flights of expensive fancy. Although he has designed china for Wedgwood, costumed at least a dozen ballets and masterminded one of the best royal wedding dresses – for Princess Margaret’s daughter Sarah Armstrong-Jones in 1994 – his new venture is rooted in reality. Last autumn, he launched a range of bags: classic, discreet, but not boring, and under £300.

Wrap dress, £305, GanniGo back to the ‘70s with Whistles’ pointed collar shirt – wear it done up to the top and over a jumper, or open layered over a t-shirt.Collared shirt, £119, WhistlesThe denim midi skirt is back this season, with plenty of a-line shapes seen at both Massimo Dutti and Mango – for a bit more wiggle room, Massimo Dutti also offer this flounced shape, which is a nod to western style.Midi skirt, £59.95, Massimo DuttiToast’s denim collection comes in heavy Japanese cotton, which is a darker shade of indigo. It’s more hard-wearing than most denims, and suits their workwear styles well. Workwear coat, £295, ToastGood quality jeans on the high street come from Uniqlo, whose range comes in at under £40.

 Organic cord skirt (£130) Toast; Midi pencil skirt (£75) Phase 8; Neon pink high waisted denim A-line skirt (£145) Essentiel Antwerp; A-line chino skirt (£189) Hugo BossClockwise from left: More brilliant green from Boden (£110); Layer a cardigan over a roll neck (£165) Jigsaw; Wool coat (£290) Arket; Run around in comfy knee boots (£475) Penelope Chilvers; Rose geranium and apricot cleansing oil (£45) Votary; The deconstructed denim jacket (£216) 7 for all mankind; The oh-so handy striped roll neck (£55) Lavender Hill; Tie the knot with a silk neckerchief (£80) LescarfWe rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.Thank you for your support.Need help?Visit our page.

National Geographic’s “Genius: Aretha” is set to premiere on Sunday, March 21, featuring Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the legendary Queen of Soul.

Angelique Jackson It could be said that Suzan-Lori Parks was destined to tell the story of Aretha Franklin.Not just because the “Genius: Aretha” showrunner is a celebrated playwright who won the MacArthur “Genius” prize, but because the legendary “Queen of Soul” once reached out to Parks asking her to write a stage musical about her life.“I was living in Los Angeles at the time and her people got in touch with my people, and they set up this phone call, where Miss Franklin and I spoke,” Parks tells Variety ahead of the limited series’ premiere. “We had a wonderful conversation about what she would like in the musical, stuff like that.

and earning acclaim onscreen with films like and, Cynthia Erivo takes on her biggest role yet: Aretha Franklin. The English actress, who is one Oscar shy of an EGOT, portrays the musical icon in season 3 of , National Geographic’s Emmy-winning anthology series, which depicts the fascinating stories of the world’s most brilliant innovators. “She was the queen in every sense of the word,” Erivo says, adding that portraying her idol is “definitely a big undertaking, but I’ve had a really good time.” Starting in the late 1960s, recounts Franklin’s efforts to record her first album with Atlantic Records and then covers major moments in her career and personal life in the two decades that followed.

Fans of Aretha Franklin will have not one but two biopic projects to check out this year, starring Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson.Erivo, 34, plays the Queen of Soul in the new season of National Geographic's critically-acclaimed series Genius, which debuts March 21, while Hudson, 39, plays the iconic singer in the new film Respect, in theaters August 13.While promoting her new show Genius in an interview with E!'s Daily Pop, when she was asked what it felt like to play the same legend at the same time as Hudson.

Cynthia Erivo is opening up about playing Aretha Franklin in a new interview, and also chatting about pal Jennifer Hudson playing the legendary singer in a different project.

The spark for Genius: Aretha was a result of a confluence of events, according to Brian Grazer, who serves as executive producer on the Nat Geo series. During the SXSW panel for Genius: Aretha, Grazer said that they had a long list people for the next installment of the series that spotlighted cultural icons like Einstein and Picasso. This list included scientists, Nobel laureates — but they never contemplated a musical artist, but when Aretha Franklin passed, he realized that the next installment was obvious.

Cynthia Erivo will soon be seen playing the legendary Queen of Soul in “Genius: Aretha”, the third edition of National Geographic‘s “Genius” series.

Chris Willman Music WriterEveryone wants concerts to come back. Everyone who attended the premiere event for Nat Geo’s “Genius: Aretha” at the makeshift drive-in in the Rose Bowl parking lot Thursday had a more specific wish: that Cynthia Erivo concerts would come back.

After installments that profiled Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, the Nat Geo dramatic series “Genius” turns to the life of the singular talent that is Aretha Franklin with “Genius: Aretha.” Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”) steps into the giant shoes of this music legend, even admirably tackling some of Franklin’s biggest hits herself, as writer Suzan-Lori Parks (a Pulitzer Prize winner for “Topdog/Underdog”) jumps back and forth, connecting Franklin’s youth to the decisions she made and art she produced as an adult.