Marvin Gaye experienced lots of success as a singer, but his personal demons ... and yet Marvin wasn’t living a Godly life. That seemed so unfair to Reverend Gaye,” said Steve Turner, author ...

Marvin Gaye performs on April 4, 1981 in Oostende, Belgium ; Marvin Gaye and children Frankie and Nona at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 1983 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles ...

But Howard ultimately walked away from the project after learning how the script planned to depict Gaye’s personal life. During a ... The role of Marvin Gaye remains one of the most coveted ...

Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood ... it achieves the ...

citing personal discomfort with portraying aspects of Gaye’s life. He said a conversation with Quincy Jones influenced his decision. “I’m hearing rumors that Marvin was gay,” Howard said ...

Terrence Howard passed on the chance to play Marvin Gaye in ... about playing” Gaye years ago at the same time that Smokey Robinson approached him “to play his life” in a movie.

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 admitted that he passed on playing Marvin Gaye because if he had to kiss ... Robinson because “he wanted me to play his life” in a movie. Unfortunately Howard had to turn ...

arguing that Gaye's life story is "much more interesting." He added, "You would've been perfect as Marvin Gaye, and that is a story that needs to be told." But in the end, Howard portrayed neither ...

She previously worked as the deputy editor of Life & Style, In Touch, and Closer Weekly. Gie Knaeps/Getty ; Ron Galella Collection via Getty It was so sweet for Marvin Gaye to be loved by his ...