Aretha Franklin opens up about details of biopicApril 18, 2016 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Aretha Franklin is bringing her life story to the big screen. She opens up during her birthday party at New York City's Ritz Carlton Hotel that she's in final negotiations to make it happen and even has picked an actress to play her in the movie. She also says teases the people involved in the production and reveals that she has the creative control, AceShowbiz reports. "I'm in the last of the negotiations, because we have agreed on the key things and the most important things," she spills to The Huffington Post. "So it's just something minimal to finish, and then we can move forward from there. It's some of the people that were involved in 'Straight Outta Compton' and this is gonna be Straight Outta Detroit." The 74-year-old singer once wanted Halle Berry to play her, but later expressed her desire to cast either Audra McDonald or Jennifer Hudson. "It's been a long, long haul, but I think we're right at it now," she teases of the lead actress. "I spoke to the young lady about a week ago - I won't say which one of the two it was - but I spoke to her, and she's ready. We're gonna go forward with it." Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |