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.

In the 20 years since her tragic death, Aaliyah has been immortalized in song by artists including Kendrick Lamar and Drake, on a street mural in the East Village of New York City and in the musical ...

Aaliyah Princess of R&B starring Alexandra Shipp premiered on Lifetime tonight. Love it or hate it, we can’t deny that there were some interesting tidbits we learned from the portrayal of Aaliyah’s ...

Lifetime’s interpretation of the life of the late R&B singer Aaliyah was as much a tribute to her legacy as a drunk, hoarse person's impromptu cover of “Rock the Boat” at a karaoke bar is. Aaliyah: ...

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 ...

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (8 p.m., Lifetime) - The unauthorized biopic based on the life and tragic death of Detroit-raised singer Aaliyah may not win any awards (early reviews have not been ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aaliyah’s family was understandably not pleased when she married to R. Kelly at 15 years old—he was 28. The new Lifetime biopic recreates the moment the late singer brought home her new husband. “You ...

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On Jan. 16, Mattel, the powerhouse behind the iconic Barbie doll, released a special edition Barbie to commemorate what would have been Aaliyah’s 46th birthday. The $55 doll, which sold out within ...