Posts tagged "Whitney Houston"

In the second part of Bobby Brown's sit-down with Matt Lauer for the Today Show, Whitney Houston's ex-husband opened up about the fracas that was caused when he arrived at, and subsequently left, the "I Will Always Love You" singer's funeral in February. "Whoever the security was there, asked me to have …

Bobby Brown first learned of his ex-wife Whitney Houston's death in February from Ralph Tresvant, one of his New Edition bandmates. "He just pulled me outside and said, you know, I just heard that Whitney had just passed," Brown told Matt Lauer during their Today Show interview. "I immediately got on the phone …

Bobby Brown sat down with the Today show's Matt Lauer to discuss his relationship with Whitney Houston and the truth behind their drug use. In the interview (airing Wednesday May 2 and Thursday May 3), Brown claims that he's currently "very much clean and sober from narcotics", and intends to dispel reports and assumptions that he …

Jordin Sparks makes quite a powerful first impression on the poster for upcoming movie musical Sparkle, in theaters August 17. Though the Idol champ, wearing a glittering red gown while striking a dramatic pose, is the main focus here, photos featuring Cee Lo Green and Whitney Houston are also featured on the poster.

Glee's covers from their upcoming Whitney Houston tribute episode have found their way online, and for the most part, they're all a treat: Chris Colfer does a fabulous job in his head voice for "I Have Nothing", and Naya Rivera and Heather Morris duet on a pumped-up, modernized version of …

Glee's Whitney Houston tribute episode, titled, "Dance With Somebody" after one of the pop icon's biggest hits, airs on April 24, and today we get a sneak peak at one of the eight songs covered by the cast: Amber Riley, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and …

The best kept secret in the music industry is that pop divas, like fine wines and British actors, only get better with age. So far this year we’ve seen Madonna score her eighth Billboard chart-topping album (however short-lived), Jennifer Lopez storm the iTunes chart with “ …

Whitney Houston's February 18 funeral was an emotional event — and an extremely expensive one. Houston's "home going service" cost the city of Newark, New Jersey approximately $187,000 in costs for police overtime. Nearly 200 officers were stationed at New Baptist Church and the surrounding blocks, keeping barriers between Houston's family …

It was already revealed that Whitney Houston's cause of death was due to accidental drowning caused by heart disease and cocaine use, but the coroner's final report includes further details about what happened that night, as well as the state Houston was in at the time of her death. The Beverly Hills Police …

Kelly Clarkson's tour in support of album Stronger is winding down, but while on stage at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre last night, the vocal powerhouse ensured that she'll definitely be going out with a bang. Kelly sat on a stool and busted out, of all things, a soulful rendition of Britney …

Did You Hear? :: Rihanna revealed that she would be more than honored to play Whitney Houston in a biopic of the singer's life. "That would be something that I would have to give my entire life to do, because I would really want to pull it off," the Battleship actress said. "That's a huge, …

Even if Whitney Houston had not passed away in February, her appearance in upcoming Motown musical Sparkle would still be greatly anticipated, as this is Houston's first big-screen movie in sixteen years. (Her last acting role in a film was in 1996's The Preacher's Wife.) In the recently released trailer for …

Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown is moving on with her life with the help of family friend Tyler Perry. The writer-actor-director-producer has cast the 19-year-old in his upcoming TBS sitcom For Better Or Worse, which is based off the premise of his 2007 film Why Did I Get Married? and its 2010 sequel.

The more famous you get, the harder it is to trust those close to you. A man named Raffles van Exel, who was a "friend" of Whitney Houston, has confessed to clearing her hotel room of drugs after finding out about her death. This is the same man who reportedly sold the photo …

Yesterday we learned Whitney Houston's official cause of death, but that won't stop the tributes from coming. Many of today's biggest artists were just growing up in the late 80's and early 90's when the pop diva was at her peak, so it's no wonder so many have cited her as one of …

Well, it's official — the Los Angeles County coroner has confirmed that Whitney Houston's February 11 death was an accidental drowning, according to People. But heart disease and cocaine use were also factors in her early demise, as the legendary diva had cocaine in her system at the time of her …

That sound you hear in the distance is some cha-ching mixed with a little super bass. Nicki Minj is the latest music star to sign with Pepsi Co. — a multi-million dollar deal, Forbes reports — and the "Starships" songstress is set to be the face of the company' …

Following the death of Whitney Houston, many artists poured their thoughts out online. But one of Whitney's iconic pop peers, Madonna, had remained quiet on the subject until now. Today UK paper The Sun published the second part of an interview with the "Girl Gone Wild" singer, …

Bobbi Kristina can feel her mother Whitney Houston's spirit pass through her on a daily basis. "She always says, at five o'clock in the morning, the saints wake up and they start praying," the 19-year-old told Oprah Winfrey during their televised Oprah's Next Chapter interview on OWN Sunday evening. "Every morning …

Did You Hear? :: Bobbi Kristina Brown would rather be associated with her late legendary mother, Whitney Houston, than her surviving father Bobby Brown. She plans to change her name to Kristina Houston. [TMZ] :: Has this fiftysomething woman gone a little too wild? Madonna shows off some nasty bruises from her "Girl …