Kick off your Monday with a hot cup of VH1 Divas paying tribute…
Kick off your Monday with a hot cup of VH1 Divas paying tribute to Whitney Houston.
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BET Awards Pays A Moving Tribute To Whitney Houston It’s a…
BET Awards Pays A Moving Tribute To Whitney Houston
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Read MoreWhitney Houston passed away on the eve of the this year’s Grammy…
Whitney Houston passed away on the eve of the this year’s Grammy Awards, six months before the release of her last movie, Sparkle. Co-star Jordin Sparks talked to People about Houston a month before her death, describing the legend as “so cool and very motherly” towards the American Idol winner. ”If I ever looked like I needed something, here she came saying ‘Are you okay?’” Sparks added.
Houston and Sparks recorded a track for the film, “Celebrate,” which Ryan Seacrest debuted on his morning radio show today (May 21st). The single was produced by R. Kelly and will be available on iTunes June 5th.
Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 starring Lonette McKee and Fame‘s Irene Cara, follows the trials and tribulation a all-sister musical group in their successful music career. Derek Luke, Mike Epps and Cee-Lo Green also star in the flick, opening August 17th.
Listen to the single, “Celebrate” after the jump.
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Whitney Houston had a fitting final send off at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday (May 20) as Jordin Sparks and John Legend took to the stage at the Mgm Grand Garden Arena to honour the late superstar. That was the highlight performance of the show. You can watch all the performances after the jump.
Legend opened the tribute with a powerful rendition of “The Greatest Love of All” and Sparks, who played the singer’s onscreen daughter in what will be her final movie, Sparkle, stunned the crowd with an emotional cover of Houston’s signature tune “I Will Always Love You.”
Cameras at the ceremony, which was aired live on America’s East Coast, caught the tragic star’s daughter Bobbi Kristina smiling with pride, wiping tears away and clapping as Sparks hit the high notes of her mother’s song.
Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg introduced the tribute with a funny story about her late friend, recalling, “The first time I met Whitney Houston, she saved my life; we were in London at the Free Nelson Mandela concert when two giant black men, her security guards, grabbed me because apparently I was in the way. I then heard a magnificent voice say, ‘Stop, that’s Whoopi. Put her down!’… So I owe Whitney a lot.”
Goldberg then joined Sparks and Legend to present Bobbi Kristina and her aunt Pat Houston – Whitney’s sister-in-law and manager – with the late diva’s Millennium Award.
Pat said, “This is truly an honour. We thank you for honouring Whitney with the Millennium Award.”
Bobbi Kristina then took centre stage and, fighting back tears, she added, “I just wanna say thank you to everyone who supported us through it all. Not just from when it was good… Thank you so much for showing that much love because she deserved it.
“I’m just blessed to have been in such an incredible woman’s life. There will never be another one, ever.”
After the tribute, Sparks revealed it was a thrill to finally get to meet her movie mother’s real life daughter.
The singer said, “I never got to meet Bobbi Kristina. It was really emotional to see her. Whitney had talked to her about me and she told me about her and so we felt a connection.”
Read MoreWhitney Houston’s Family Gets A Reality Show The Huffington Post…
Whitney Houston’s Family Gets A Reality Show
The Huffington Post reports Cissy Houston, Bobbie Kristina Brown, the late singer’s manager and sister-in law Pat Houston, Pat’s daughter Rayah and Whitney’s brother Gary will all star in The Houston Family Chronicles (working title). Whitney’s cousin, Dionne Warwick and CeCe Winans will also make appearances.
Cameras will follow the family “as they take on their greatest challenge, supporting and guiding Bobbi Kristina as she faces the world alone, without the one person she relied on the most, her Mother,” according to a Lifetime statement.
Will you watch the reality show?!
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