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How Respect‘s Fashion Helped Jennifer Hudson Transform Into The Queen Of Soul

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Recreating the wardrobe of someone as exuberant as Aretha Franklin is not an independent job. Costume designer Clint Ramos didn’t take a single stitch in Franklin’s wardrobe for Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson from Dreamgirls, who created around 80 looks for the biopic. Unlike the costumes found in most biographical films, the handcrafted pieces in Respect … Read more

A&R Legend Steve Robertson Explains How He Helped Discover Collective Soul, Shinedown, Paramore, And More

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While it’s easy to think about the history of music as flowing through the big icons—the Beatles, Dolly Partons and Nirvanas of the world—that’s often just a fragment of the whole picture. Behind the scenes, thousands of devoted creative professionals make the “magic” happen on nearly every level—from touring managers to audio engineers to publicists … Read more