Jennifer Hudson Pays Tribute to Aretha Franklin Two Years After Her Death

UFO flying near to their plane. The sighting took place on a flight that departed from Glasgow Airport last Thursday morning (February 17).One passenger was able to take some clear snaps of the unidentified object, which appears to be large and oblong shaped, Glasgow Live reports.The photos were taken by a passenger sitting on the right-hand side of the plane as it cruised at a high altitude above the clouds.The sighting comes weeks after a passenger on a plane from Glasgow to London Gatwick was spooked by a "strange object" she spotted out the left-hand side of the plane.Marjol Cela said she spotted the UFO as the flight was descending into London, and said it looked like an "object in disguise" which looked like it was "hovering" rather than flying.The news comes after the anniversary of an American Airlines pilot reporting a UFO sighting to the FBI for investigation.

Leicester City footballer already has a modeling deal with online fashion giant Boohoo.Now he has personally designed a range of pearl trinkets for net store Cernucci.And his earrings, bracelets, and chains have sold like hotcakes with many lines going as soon as they appeared online.Modeling several strings of the precious stones James, 25, told fans: "The pearls from the @madders X @cernucci collection restocked tonight at 6pm. Be quick.”His JM10 collection has a smiley face diamond necklace for £200, a pearl chain for £60, and a matching bracelet for £40.A white gold ring is £100 and smiley face earrings are £50.Buyers are told of the pearl necklace: "Cernucci James Maddison, designed by Madders.

Atletico Madrid their 1-0 lead over Manchester United in the Champions League. The BT Sport pundit, 47, slammed the awful positioning of Atleti goalkeeper Jan Oblak who was caught in no man's land as Anthony Elanga netted his first European goal.Played through on goal via a pinpoint pass from Bruno Fernandes, the teenager coolly slotted past Oblak to level the match ahead of the second leg tie at Old Trafford in three weeks' time.

To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."They came back next week and then ripped out a lot of the succulents that we had, ripped out the succulents, took the bits they wanted and threw the rest back down."So over that four-week period we lost quite a few plants."Mr Waterson has since installed security cameras and put up a fence. Police allege the thief is a Sherrie Robinson, charging her with four counts of larceny, or theft of personal property.

Vladimir Putin fan page on Instagram has been spammed with bizarre messages apparently from young women, calling him "daddy", "baby", and begging him not to start a war.Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have been rising since Monday (February 21) when Putin officially recognised Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states.The two areas in eastern Ukraine, collectively known as the Donbas region, have been controlled by pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels since 2014.In response to the growing threat of war, people (or possibly bots) on the fan-run Instagram page @vladimir.putin_offical have been leaving very odd comments and demanding the aggression stops.One user stated: "Hey baby let's not fight."A second person gushed: "Vladdy daddy this isn’t u come on look at me this isn’t u.""Hey daddy Putin I know you’re in a silly goofy mood but let’s not start WW3," commented a third user.Another commented: "Hey Vladdy daddy let's not fight over silly thing."Someone else bluntly said: "My first war kinda nervous."The onslaught of messages, many of which contain the "pleading eyes" and "broken heart" emojis, began four weeks ago and it's not clear if they are trolling or legitimate.

Pete Davidson’s return to Instagram is over just as fast as it began! On Wednesday, all signs of the star’s @PMD account were scrubbed from the site. In the morning, the 28-year-old shared a classic clip from the 1982 film , starring Robert De Niro.In the clip, that was posted to his Stories, De Niro’s character claims, “It’s better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.”  After Davidson’s post, many fans speculated that he was taking shots at his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian’s, estranged husband, Kanye «Ye» West.  Wednesday was another milestone day for the star on the platform, as he shared his first post to his grid.

Ed Sheeran has paid tribute to Jamal Edwards and described how 'he would not be here without him professionally and personally'.The Shape of You hitmaker, 31, who was reportedly spotted offering his support to grieving mum Brenda Edwards at the vigil to remember the music mogul in West London Tuesday evening, took to Instagram to share touching words with his 37.1million followers. Ed posted a photograph with the SB.TV founder, who died on Sunday 20 aged 31, with the pair both wearing matching grey hoodies printed with 'The Grime University'. The singer-songwriter penned: "I haven’t posted anything coz I can’t find the words, I can’t reply coz I don’t know what to say.

Louise Redknapp looked unrecognisable in a throwback snap from her Eternal days in the limelight.The 47-year-old grouped with her band members - Easther Bennett, Kelle Bryan and Vernie Bennett in the throwback image from the 90s.Having stumbled across the picture on an Eternal fan site, Louise couldn't resist re-sharing the black and white image of the foursome hugging each other tightly on her own Twitter platform.Taking a walk down memory lane, Louise looked back at the decade with fond memories as she captioned the post with two emoji love hearts.Fans gushed pleasantries beneath the post, with one person simply adding: "Nice."A second said: "That is one very young Eternal and one very young Louise."While other fans chimed: "I still love this pic," and "one of my favourites."Meanwhile last week, Louise thrilled her loyal legion of Instagram followers as she announced she would be taking to the stage once more.She wrote: "I'm pleased to announce I’m joining the cast of Fatal Attraction playing the role of Beth alongside @susieamy and #OliverFarnworth from 8th March."This is something really new for me I’m really looking forward to a new challenge and working with a great cast and fantastic director @fatalonstag"While it is Louise's first real acting gig in a theatrical play, she is no stranger when it comes to the West End.Back in 2017, the Heavy Love hitmaker made her theatre debut alongside Sally Bowles in the UK tour of Cabaret.

LancsLive inside a two-bed property, in Blackburn, Lancashire, which he had been contracted to clear.But both the front room and kitchen were inaccessible due to being full to the ceiling.Shaun's brave team had to contend with rats, fleas and an overpowering stench throughout the house.The 31-year-old, who has carried out hundreds of house clearances, said: "It's the worst house we've ever done."We get called out to clear some awful properties but this absolutely tops the lot. I've never seen anything like it and I can't even begin to imagine how it's got like this." It is understood the house, in the central area of Blackburn, has been targeted by squatters.

Jennifer Hudson’s mighty rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” delivered a powerful blow. On the third night of the DNC, J Hud performed at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in her Chicago hometown, looking regal in a peach-colored, floor-length Grecian gown. While she sang Cooke’s poignant song, Aretha Franklin fans knew that the Academy Award-winner delivered Franklin’s version.

virtual Democratic National Convention.The American Idol alum closed the event with her emotional rendition of A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (starts around 2 hours 22 minutes above).Jennifer, 38, sang the 1964 civil rights anthem against the backdrop of the empty Harold Washington Cultural Centre in her hometown of Chicago.The singer took to Instagram afterwards to share her delight at being part of the event.She captioned a picture from the night: ‘It’s an honor to sing for the @demconvention once again ! Don’t miss my performance @demconvention tomorrow night at 9/8ct #weneedachange’And fans also loved getting to hear her sing as one tweeted: ‘This is one of the best performances EVER of my favorite song of all time.

Jennifer Hudson is back at the DNC. The GRAMMY-winning artist appeared virtually during night three of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, closing the event by delivering a stunning performance of “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cook.

Chris Willman Music WriterJennifer Hudson and the Democratic party both have rich — but until now separate — histories with Sam Cooke’s classic song “A Change is Gonna Come.” The three came together at the close of the third evening of the 2020 Democratic National Convention Wednesday night with a spectacular performance by Hudson that took place under the tiffany dome at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Hudson’s hometown of Chicago.There were some big Aretha Franklin tie-ins in the performance by the woman who is about to be seen playing Franklin on film: Not only was she was singing “the Aretha version” of the song, she was being accompanied by two pianists: Fred Nelson, Franklin’s conductor, and Richard Gibbs, the soul queen’s

Jennifer Hudson is back at the DNC. The GRAMMY-winning artist appeared virtually during night three of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, closing the event by delivering a stunning performance of «A Change Is Gonna Come» by Sam Cook.Hudson, wearing a stunning peach-colored floor-length gown, was accompanied by two pianists and a saxophonists for her performance at Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHBO’s “Lovecraft Country” has already made history for its entirely online orchestral score, co-composed by Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq.But for noted musical multitasker Saadiq – with a resume that includes a Grammy (and 15 nominations), a 2018 Oscar nom, nine studio albums (five as a solo act, four with previous group Tony! Toni! Toné!) and countless hits as a writer/producer for artists like D’Angelo, Solange, Mary J.

Jennifer Hudson honored Aretha Franklin on the second anniversary of the music legend’s passing.The 38-year-old Oscar-winning singer/actress, who will be playing the Queen of Soul in the upcoming biopic Respect, took to Instagram on Sunday (August 16, 2020) to remember the late star.“Something tells me that you are walking around heaven singing all day !” Jennifer wrote, along with a black and white photo of Aretha. “I know u got your mansion, far more than just standing room ! Singing in the heavenly choir !“Still Can’t believe we lost you 2 years ago today,” the I Remember Me star added.

Sex and the City actress and singer Jennifer Hudson gave back in a major way this weekend, alongside her older sister Julia Hudson. The 38-year-old actress and singer teamed up with Julia for the 10th annual Hatch Day event, where along with more volunteers, delivered over 2,000 backpacks full of school supplies to kids in need through the Julian D.

Jennifer Hudson gave back to Chicago school children on Friday by distributing 2,000 backpacks stuffed with school supplies.The 38-year-old singer was joined by her activist sister Julia Hudson as they gave back to the community they were raised in.The actress shared a short video of herself wearing a mask as she surveyed a socially distanced gathering to load the backpacks before distributing them to Chicago students in need.

Jennifer Hudson is honoring the memory of a music legend. The singer paid tribute to the iconic Aretha Franklin on the second anniversary of her death.Hudson — who portrays the Queen of Soul in the upcoming biopic, — shared a powerful black-and-white throwback snapshot to Instagram to commemorate Franklin's legacy.«Something tells me that you are walking around heaven singing all day!» Hudson wrote alongside the photo of Franklin performing when she was young.

Jennifer Hudson gave back in a major way this weekend, alongside her older sister Julia.

Jennifer Hudson and her sister, Julia, are making sure Chicago's kids are able to study safely this school year. The pair, alongside a group of volunteers, held their 10th annual Hatch Day on Friday, delivering over 2,000 backpacks full of school supplies to kids in need through the Julian D. King Gift Foundation. «We're still out there this Hatch Day, just in a different way.