The life of the late, great Aretha Franklin is featured in the latest installment of the Nat Geo limited series, "Genius." Cynthia Erivo takes on the role of the singer known as The Queen of Soul.

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Cynthia Erivo is putting on the crown of the Queen of Soul in the new trailer for National Geographic's "Genius: Aretha." Cynthia Erivo is putting on the crown of the Queen of Soul in the new trailer ...

Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, is the voice of the African Diaspora. Independent of her shining career of hits, she has the singular ability to create mind-bending, transcendent events with her ...

Cynthia Erivo has officially been announced as the star of a forthcoming National Geographic's global series, Genius Aretha. Deadline reports that the Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winning actress will play ...

Even well-worn notes can sound freshly resonant in the right hands. A new film about Franklin's early years doesn't entirely avoid biopic... Aretha Franklin Biopic Pays Proper 'Respect' To The Queen ...

To play Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series “Genius: Aretha,” Cynthia Erivo immersed herself in documentaries, interviews and recordings. “I get to be a geek of something I really love,” ...

The average musical biopic — and most of them are pretty average — follows a predictable arc: the troubled childhood marked by flashes of genius; the record deals and hit album montages; the marriages ...