In this composite image a comparison has been made between <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Bessie+Smith&family=editorial&specificpeople=894889 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Bessie Smith</a> (L) and actress <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Queen+Latifah&family=editorial&specificpeople=171793 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Queen Latifah</a>. Actress <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Queen+Latifah&family=editorial&specificpeople=171793 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Queen Latifah</a> will reportedly play singer <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Bessie+Smith&family=editorial&specificpeople=894889 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Bessie Smith</a> in a TV film biopic 'Bessie' directed by Dee Rees. HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Actress <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Queen+Latifah&family=editorial&specificpeople=171793 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Queen Latifah</a> arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California.
{"Image ImageDescription": "(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Bessie Smith (L) and actress Queen Latifah. Actress Queen Latifah will reportedly play singer Bessie Smith in a TV film biopic 'Bessie' directed by Dee Rees. ***LEFT IMAGE***   CIRCA 1920:  Blues singer Bessie Smith poses for a portrait circa 1920.  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) **RIGHT IMAGE*** HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 07: Actress Queen Latifah arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)"}