Getty Images (left); Universal Pictures (right) Chadwick Boseman has won rave reviews for his star turn as James Brown in the new biopic “Get On Up,” but as the actor himself will no doubt ...

Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews "Get On Up," a biopic about James Brown. Chadwick Boseman plays the Godfather of Soul. The last time actor Chadwick Boseman ...

The actor-comedian appears in upcoming Apple TV+ ... he received from late entertainers Marlon Brando and soul icon James Brown, who told the entertainer to refrain from using explicit language.

James Brown inspired the likes of Usher, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown. The man widely thought of as the father of RnB, funk and hip-hop died on New Year's Day in 2006 aged 73. The singer ...

The actor, who died Friday at 43, exploded the parameters of what biographical moviemaking ought to be. By Wesley Morris The problem with dignity is that there’s not much an actor can do with it.