The Aretha Franklin gospel music documentary Amazing Grace will have premiere week screenings at the Smithsonian in Washington, the Martin Luther King Junior Museum in Atlanta, the Civil Rights Museum in Alabama and the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, where the late superstar’s father, the Reverend C.L. Franklin, preached. The official opening will be March 31st at the New […]
Right at the top, KISS bassist Gene Simmons told HLN on Thursday that people may think he’s an odd choice to speak about the late Aretha Franklin, “but I loved Aretha like tens of millions of people.” Then he choked up for a few seconds before giving a very heartfelt and personal recollection of his own introduction to and, eventually, interactions with the Queen […]
