In the upcoming film, 'Joyful Noise,' Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah play sparring choir members who don't seem to have a whole lot in common -- except for strong wills and a whole lot of sass. Dolly ...

Look out Dolly Parton, ’cause Queen Latifah ain’t got your back in the new musical comedy about joining voices even when you think your partner is a diva. Joyful Noise is a story of faith, healing and ...

Despite a hefty gospel infusion, "Joyful Noise" adopts the subject but not the spirit of the praise-choir world, serving up a routinely plotted competition drama in which Queen Latifah and Dolly ...

Lots of movies have found success making variations on that theme. But when you clutter that formula with an excess of subplots, clichéd dialog and a treacly message competing for the spotlight, it's ...

The success of “Glee” and “American Idol” in the past few years would seem to make Hollywood particularly amenable to the work of Todd Graff, a writer-director who describes himself as “a big old ...

“Joyful Noise,” a squeaky-clean pop-gospel fairy tale featuring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in canned catfights, reflects the inspiration of “Glee” and God, in that order. The “Glee” side, at least ...