With the Hollywood writers’ strike settled, the star power is back on for the 80th annual Academy Awards. “Does Aretha have a problem with that?” Present and accounted for “I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that,” he adds. Says Matthew Knowles, who acts as his daughter’s manager: “Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a ‘queen.’ Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. Speaking of Aretha Franklin, her criticism of Beyonce Knowles for referring to Tina Turner as “the Queen” at Sunday’s Grammy Awards isn’t sitting well with Beyonce’s father.įranklin, long known as the “Queen of Soul,” called the younger singer’s comment a “cheap shot for controversy.” Special honors at the 39th annual awards went to veteran Oscar-nominated actress Ruby Dee and to singer Aretha Franklin. Janet Jackson won for supporting actress in a motion picture for her turn as psychiatrist in Perry’s adaptation of his stage play, “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?” “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” won for comedy series, and its stars LaVan Davis and Lance Gross won acting prizes. “I’m just so happy to see these young people get recognized.” “I’ll be at that other (Oscars) show next week, but my heart is here,” said Washington, who will be a presenter at the Academy Awards on Feb. Washington also directed the film, based on the real-life victories of a black debating team in the 1930s. “The Great Debaters” was named top film, while acting prizes went to its stars: Washington, Jurnee Smollett and teenager Denzel Whitaker. Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry were the big winners at this year’s NAACP Image Awards.
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