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*Cissy Houston has confessed that she would’ve been highly upset if her late daughter Whitney was gay. Asked during her interview with Oprah Winfrey whether it would have bothered her if the longtime rumors were true, the deeply-religious 79-year-old said, “Absolutely.” Winfrey, who interviewed Cissy for a special Monday episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” continued [...]
*Cissy Houston is on the interview trail to promote her book “Remember Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped.” Monday on the “Today” show while speaking with Savannah Guthrie she said, “good mothers and good fathers and good families don’t always have great children.” That’s an interesting comment. One we [...]
*Cissy Houston is telling all the business about her late daughter, Whitney Houston. The book has been described as “honest and heartbreaking, a mother’s story of tears, joy, and her greatest love of all – her daughter, Whitney.” She tells the story of her daughter from her first musical steps in the church choir, to her [...]
*Cissy Houston has revealed in her new memoir that she didn’t learn about the death of her daughter Whitney Houston until two hours after paramedics pronounced her dead. Whitney was found unconscious and submerged in the bathtub of her Beverly Hilton Hotel suite in Los Angeles on the eve of the Grammy Awards last year. [...]
*As the New Year settles upon us and we reflect on all those we’ve lost. Let us remember those who have made an impact on every aspect of our entertainment culture. Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, died at the age of 54, with complications from a heart attack. The Don of Soul Train, Don Cornelius, committed [...]
*The National Enquirer is now claiming that Whitney Houston’s February death in a hotel bathtub was a murder orchestrated by “high-powered drug dealers who sent thugs to collect a huge debt she owed.” The tabloid says it spoke with Paul Huebl, a top private investigator in Hollywood, who says he has evidence to back up [...]
*Team Michael Jackson is steady strong creating new things to keep his memory alive. Next on their project list is a stage musical about what it took to make him a star. Producers are calling it a cross between “Goodfellas” and “Dreamgirls.” “We want this project to be a compelling, gritty, entertaining tale, that tells [...]
*Clive Davis and the Recording Academy has announced that exiting “X Factor” judge and Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid will be honored at next year’s annual pre-Grammy gala. Reid will get the President’s Merit Award in recognition of his “significant contributions to the music industry and the impact his efforts have had on music and [...]
*Brandy Norwood was a huge fan of Whitney Houston and one year after her death, the singer is still in shock. Looking back on how the late Whitney’s life transformed before the world’s eyes, Brandy supposes it was the loss of her voice that eventually drove Whitney over the edge. “I understand what that [losing [...]
*Whitney Houston, who passed away on Feb. 12 at a Los Angeles hotel, set the Internet on fire, triggering the year’s biggest spike in U.S. search traffic, according to Google’s year-end Zeitgeist report, a year-end look back on what people searched for most in 2012. Her name drew a greater groundswell of searches this year [...]
*”VH1 Divas” has added more R&B and funk to its annual concert special to take place at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium. Keri Hilson, Ledisi and funk legend Bootsy Collins have joined the list of performers for the event. Additionally, La La Anthony, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Stacey Kiebler, NeNe Leakes, Brandy Norwood and Kelly Osbourne will make [...]
*Rihanna has reportedly been telling friends that her romance with Chris Brown reminds her of the relationship between Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston. According to HollywoodLife, a source said that Rihanna could personally identify with the Bobby/Whitney duet “Something In Common.” “Their relationship is like the early Whitney and Bobby day. Ri was watching Bobby [...]
*Bobbi Kristina’s (ex?) boyfriend/brother Nick Gordon stays strapped. According to TMZ, the former mentee and ‘play son’ of the late great Whitney Houston, was listening to his ‘play mom’s’ classic “I Will Always Love You” when police pulled him over for reckless driving. Apparently the music was blasting and he keeps a 9mm gun in [...]
*Hugely successful music mogul Clive Davis is finally telling his industry secrets to the world in his upcoming autobiography. According to reports, the 80-year-old plans to publish this monumental book and possible manual for the aspiring music producer, in February. It’ll cover the highs and lows of his career, relationships with certain celebs, and so [...]
*Recordings by Richard Pryor, Whitney Houston, James Brown and Ray Charles are among the 27 that will be added to the Grammy Hall of Fame this year for its 40th anniversary. Charles’ “Hit the Road Jack,” Brown’s “I Feel Good” and Houston’s self-titled 1985 will join other historic recordings in the Hall, including Richard Pryor’s [...]
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