As someone who has seen her fair share of biopics recently, I warned myself to keep an open mind when watching Lifetime’s Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B. Considering that I had already written about it ...

is so perfunctory, it might just as well have been credited: “Based on Aaliyah’s Wikipedia entry.” Reaction to the movie by Aaliyah’s fanbase, not to mention critics, has been unkind in the extreme.

Lifetime is making a name for itself when it comes to R&B singer biopics. Earlier this summer, the network announced its Whitney Houston biopic, which will have award-winning Angela Bassett as the ...

A forbidden love, a tragic death, and a young woman who shattered racial barriers in both pop music and the big screen should have been more than enough dramatic fodder for a movie based on the life ...

On Saturday, Lifetime will air its Aaliyah biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, a movie that was predestined to be bad. The good news is that it executes those expectations flawlessly. In terms of ...

Series Debut: Katherine Heigl was great in Grey's Anatomy, and then Knocked Up—let's pretend she joined the Peace Corps in 2007 and is just now returning to acting, OK? In State of Affairs, she plays ...

The Princess of R&B's Barbie is available for purchase on the Mattel Shop Aaliyah's impact on the world of music is "One in a Million." Now, that legacy is being celebrated in a way that would be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. More than twenty years after her untimely passing, the Princess ...

The mother of the late Detroit singer Aaliyah made a rare public statement to denounce an upcoming documentary that includes new allegations that support claims her then-underage daughter had a sexual ...

A Barbie doll of the beloved singer Aaliyah went on sale Thursday to mark the late star's birthday — and immediately sold out. The doll was set to be available for one day while supplies lasted as ...