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Michael Hatton was arrested after he allegedly pulled a gun on another man over the casting of Aretha Franklin’s upcoming biopic. (Photo: Suffolk Police Department) More The Queen of Soul,  Aretha Franklin , died at the age of 76 on Thursday, and news of her passing has left many fans highly emotional. Two men were so distraught over the singer’s death that it allegedly led to a shooting. Witnesses told WTKR-TV that Michael Hatton, 44, and Tony Lundy, 47, were arguing outside a Virginia barbershop over who should play Franklin in an upcoming biopic. A witness said he’d heard two people “arguing over whether or not Halle Berry played or would play Aretha Franklin in a movie.” The exchange became heated, and the verbal altercation turned physical with the men wrestling and punching one another on the ground. Eventually, Hatton allegedly drew a firearm and shot Lundy at least once, according to Suffolk Police. Lundy was transported to ...

Even if you have found yourself in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, you still may not have come across one of America’s snake-handling churches. While it’s estimated that there are about 125 churches that use snakes during their sermons, most are tucked away in rural areas and serve small congregations that have been involved in the churches for generations. The churches use the venomous snakes to show their devotion and trust in God, and are inspired by the biblical verse in Mark 16:17-18, which reads: “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”  These types of churches aren’t usually in the public eye — except when a pastor is bitten. Cody Coots is a fourth-generation snake-handling pastor at the Full Gospel Taberna...

Aretha Franklin  died on thursday  at her home in Detroit, the Queen of Soul was 76 years old. With a successful carreer spanning over six decades, her fashion and style can be said to be just as magnificent and iconic as her voice Franklin’s style was extravagant, lavish, and befitting of a superstar. Although one of Franklin’s sartorial choices may not be as popular today — she loved wearing fur. She often wore luxurious fur coats on and off the stage, with intricately embroidered dresses threaded with beads and feathers. Franklin had a penchant for regal jewelry, too: statement jewel earrings, emerald rings, and pearl necklaces. The “Natural Woman” singer was unafraid of bold, bright colors, loud, statement prints, and elaborate hair and makeup looks. In the ‘60s, Franklin often wore beehive hairdos and glossy, nude lips with maxi-length embroidered dresses and caftans. During the ‘70s, she embraced the era’s “flower power” aesthetic, on one occasion in 1975 wearin...

Disney’s princesses lounging around in  Ralph Breaks the Internet . (Image: Disney) More Nine years after she turned into a frog, Princess Tiana has undergone another strange transformation. The  Princess and the Frog  heroine, still Disney’s only African-American princess, makes a cameo appearance in  Ralph Breaks the Internet:  Wreck-It Ralph 2  alongside her fellow animated royals. The princess scene was featured in  a  Wreck-It Ralph 2  trailer released in June , and appeared once again in  a different trailer released last week . In the new clip, the 14 princesses have changed from their signature costumes into sleepover-ready pajamas… but that’s not the only change fans are seeing in Tiana. On Twitter, some of Tiana’s fans are pointing out that her hair and skin appear lighter in the new trailer, that her nose has been narrowed, and that her “natural” sleepover hair doesn’t look like natural black hair at all. Many did...