The first image of Cynthia Erivo as musical phenomenon Aretha Franklin has arrived. The Harriet star, 32, completes her transformation as the Queen of Soul in the first look for National Geographic’s ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Cynthia Erivo has found success in television with projects such as “Aretha Franklin” and in films with “Harriet.” Her Broadway debut as Celie in “The Color Purple” earned ...

National Geographic’s “Genius” series set out to present untold stories about some of the world’s brilliant thinkers, artists and doers. Its latest subject is Aretha Franklin, one of the greatest song ...

It occasionally is a good thing to be a pack rat. As I prepared to review the eight-part National Geographic Channel series “Genius: Aretha,” I found an October 2018 copy of Rolling Stone with Aretha ...

“When I was a little girl, I didn’t see many faces that looked like mine in stories I could dream were about me,” Cynthia Erivo says. “I didn’t see movies with little girls who had black curly hair, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories looking at “Wicked: For Good.” BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Cynthia Erivo has found success in television with projects such as “Aretha ...