Earnest to a fault, "Respect" spells out a handsome tribute to Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson and her peerless singing pipes as its formidable anchor. Yet this biography never fully sparks to life, as the Queen of Soul fights in episodic fashion to establish and later protect her musical legacy from the domineering men in her life.
Rock band Phish announced mid-tour a more stringent policy Thursday requiring that ticketholders for their summer and fall tour dates must now provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test, beginning with their shows at The Gorge in Washington later this month.
Chet Hanks has posted a rant against coronavirus vaccines and told sufferers of the virus to "get over it," a year after his parents, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, were hospitalized with severe cases of Covid-19.
