Terrence Howard said he turned down playing Marvin Gaye in a Lee Daniels-directed biopic after being told that the late singer was gay. The “Iron Man” star, 56, shared the revelation on ...

The actor said he heard from Quincy Jones that the "Let's Get It On" singer was gay, adding that he wouldn't have been able to portray something he doesn't "understand." ...

The Empire alum divulged the info while telling Club Random host Bill Maher about the "biggest mistake" he ever made in his ...

He was not ready for a certain kind of sexual healing. Terrence Howard passed on the chance to play Marvin Gaye in a biopic because he would have had to film gay scenes. The “Empire” alum ...

Actor Terrence Howard revealed that he refused to portray Marvin Gaye in a potential film because of the Motown singer's rumored homosexuality, saying he'd cut his lips off if he ever kissed a man.

In a candid conversation on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, the Empire star discussed his regret over declining a chance to portray legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye in a biopic, citing ...

“What’s Going On” is just one of countless Marvin Gaye songs that have thrilled, entertained, and inspired listeners since he burst onto the scene in 1961. The D.C.-born singer-songwriter ...

Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages. “What’s Going On,” a poignant ...

Marvin Gaye's life ended 20 years ago when his father shot him on April Fools' Day. But Gaye's musical legend has never stopped growing. Michael Eric Dyson, writer and University of Pennsylvania ...

Let's Get It On' singer Marvin Gaye shared one son with his first wife, Anna Gordy, and two children with his second wife, Janis Gaye Emy LaCroix is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Howard said his great regret was turning Robinson down, explaining that he only did so because he was already in "conversation with Lee Daniels about playing Marvin Gaye" in a separate project.

Maher, 69, argued that the narrative of the “Sexual Healing” hitmaker’s life was “much more interesting” than Robinson’s, and that Howard “would’ve been perfect as Marvin Gaye ...