The Latest Breaking News from Aretha Franklin

Three of Franklin’s four children are disputing the validity of documents left by the late singer in 2010 and 2014

The Queen of Soul’s sons are split on who will control her $18m fortune, Josh Marcus reports

Bonnie Raitt has played with everyone, from Ray Charles to Bruce Springsteen to Elton John and Aretha Franklin - and she's still winning awards

From a slice of cucumber to a sticky cuddle, celebrities reveal their essential companion for a blue-sky day

‘Horrified’ reader tracks down Indigenous leader to explain harsh words are not hers. Plus: tabloids smell blood as Michael Rowland takes a break

The double bass loyalist who rejected the rising wave of electric basses in the '70s worked with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Gordon Lightfoot and more, and scored Spike's first four feature films

The music legend has just released a fabulously filthy album. He looks back on his incredible life in songwriting, and his friendships with Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy and Aretha Franklin

Those Sydney Sweeney Glen Powell dating rumors are flooding social media. But are they just close co-stars or something more?

“Eat, Pray, Love” is so over — ladies, we’ve officially entered the “Threaten, Extort, Kill” era. This unusual new ethos of empowerment is the guiding theory behind Catherine Hardwicke’s crime comedy/feminist manifesto “Mafia Mamma,” starring Toni Collette as Kristin, a harried American mom and marketing exec who discovers her own…