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Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages. “What’s Going On,” a poignant ...
Marvin Gaye has soundtracked every emotion in the human experience. But this album is him doing that, at its most timeless.
Beneath the celebration, there's uneasiness. The central theme of "What's Going On" and the album of the same name came from Marvin Gaye's own life. When his brother Frankie returned from Vietnam ...
Terrence Howard said he turned down playing Marvin Gaye in a Lee Daniels-directed biopic after being told that the late singer was gay. The “Iron Man” star, 56, shared the revelation on ...
The actor said he heard from Quincy Jones that the "Let's Get It On" singer was gay, adding that he wouldn't have been able to portray something he doesn't "understand." ...
Marvin Gaye took an already impressive musical career and elevated it to new heights with a monumental album that would surpass all his previous work in terms of cultural significance and timelessness ...
These Black artists predicted everything from beating a murder case to the issues of climate change way before it even happened.
The Empire alum divulged the info while telling Club Random host Bill Maher about the "biggest mistake" he ever made in his ...
When it comes to R&B and soul singers, Marvin Gaye is one of the GOATS. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he dominated the charts with sexy love songs and soulful hits that called attention to the ...
He was not ready for a certain kind of sexual healing. Terrence Howard passed on the chance to play Marvin Gaye in a biopic because he would have had to film gay scenes. The “Empire” alum ...
Actor Terrence Howard revealed that he refused to portray Marvin Gaye in a potential film because of the Motown singer's rumored homosexuality, saying he'd cut his lips off if he ever kissed a man.