Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling ...

RUSS: The 1976 musical drama “Sparkle” has become a cult classic in spite of its reputation as a melodramatic mess. The long-awaited remake preserves some of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “It’s a long way from the ghetto to the No.1 spot on the musical charts,” promises a hard-to-mistake Casey Kasem in the trailer for “Sparkle.” “But Sparkle, ...

Critical opinions aside, the perofrmances and storyline of "Sparkle" will touch young women today, just as the original film did in 1976. By Erika Ramirez “I sing. I sing because I’m happy. I sing ...

With "Sparkle," about the triumphs and trials of a Motown-era girl group, the comparisons to "Dreamgirls" are inevitable. And I am telling you, it's not that good. The film, a quasi-remake of the 1976 ...

The Michigan Film Office today announced incentives for "Sparkle," a remake of the 1976 blaxpoitation film, to be filmed in Metro Detroit. The original "Sparkle," which starred future Oscar winner ...

Producer Howard Rosenman, who tells THR that five new songs are in the works and reveals Houston's personal connection to the original 1976 musical. By Merle Ginsberg Sony's remake of 1976's "Sparkle" ...

Warmly remembered corn, featuring some fantastic performers including Lonette McKee and Mary Alice, the first “Sparkle” (1976) starred Irene Cara as a mousy but learning-to-roar 15-year-old — one ...

"American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and Mike Epps are set to join the remake of the 1976 film loosely based on the story of the Supremes. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer The original Sparkle was ...