Jennifer Hudson transforms into Aretha Franklin in a role built for her powerhouse pipes. According to the film’s synopsis: “Aretha Franklin sings in her father’s church choir as a child and grows up to become an international musical superstar and legend.” Also starring in the film: Forest Whitaker

Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
This Film is a startlingly frank look at a young boy's love affair with a Canadian soldier during the ...

From December 2001 to March 2002, McBrien coordinated the "United We Stand, United We Sew" project, in which volunteers sewed together a 20-foot by 30-foot American flag from 3,000-plus 4-inch by 6-inch American flags.
Each small flag represents a victim in the Sept. 11 attacks. There are also flag...

Matthew Perry has died. He was 54. The 'Friends' drowned on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, according to multiple reports. Matthew was best known as Chandler Bing on the celebrated sitcom. In addition to his trademark sarcastic wit, he was a versatile performer across his 30-year career, showin...

The song Crazy Little Thing Called Love, originally sang by Queen and the lead singer Freddy Mercury in 1985 has a virtual encounter with Gian Ginoble from the group Il Volo.

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Volunteers are helping forgotten Dutch diarists of WWII to speak at last. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate powerfully today. Anne Frank listened in an Amsterdam attic on March 28, 1944, as the voice of the Dutch minister of education came crackling over the radi

Volunteers are helping forgotten Dutch diarists of WWII to speak at last. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate powerfully today. Anne Frank listened in an Amsterdam attic on March 28, 1944, as the voice of the Dutch minister of education came crackling over the radi

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch in history, has died at the age of 96. Elizabeth was 25 years old when she assumed the throne in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI. This year marked the queen's platinum jubilee, celebrating 70 years on the throne. During ...

At high water in the afternoon of Sunday 3 June 2012, up to a thousand boats muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to lead the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. It will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river. Rowed boats and working boats and pleasure...