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Cynthia Erivo is Aretha in NatGeo ‘Genius’ series | The Crusader Newspaper Group

National Geographic presents award winning Cynthia Erivo in anthology series “Genius: Aretha” By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. The late Aretha Louise Franklin was crowned the “Queen of Soul” during a concert in Chicago in the late 60s, but she was often disrespected and not treated as a QUEEN. Aretha had a more than 60-year-career, but […]

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BY MIKAEL WOOD LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS In a video posted on Feb. 6 on YouTube, Mary Wilson — the singer and style icon whose work as a founding member of the Supremes helped set the template for the modern pop girl group — looks like her excitement might lift her right out of her seat

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