"Still can't believe we lost you 2 years ago today," Jennifer Hudson said Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine ... covers. Jennifer Hudson is paying tribute to Aretha Franklin.

Jennifer Hudson is one such actor. The Oscar-winner and gifted singer, 38, is set to light up the big screen as late music legend Aretha Franklin in the upcoming biopic Respect, due out in December.

Fans are boldly speculating on social media that Jennifer Hudson might ... who declared Hudson their "Of The Essence" digital ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her ...