I just heard about this flick a few days ago. It was mentioned on NPR in conjunction with an interview with Etta James. Fascinating lady and very funny.
Beyonce is playing Etta James. At first I found that unsettling, but during the interview they played a clip of her covering "At Last". Pretty good! Not the constant warble and "turn it up to 11" style of all the pop divas. And Etta did have a over the top persona with the platinum hair and all, so maybe Beyonce can pull it off.
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side."
--Hunter S. Thompson
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