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Whitney Houston X-Factor [VIDEO]

Spicy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:39:46 +0000

Whitney Houston on X-Factor, 10/18/2009 video

Whitney Houston sang “Million Dollar Bill” on Britain’s X-Factor Sunday evening, in her first UK television appearance in 12 years.

I wouldn’t exactly say it was a success.

Whitney suffered a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of her performance (no bobbies popped out or anything), her singing was sub-par (even if some of it was prerecorded) and she seemed “out of it” when questioned by the host afterwards.

I was on Twitter during her performance and was reading through people’s comments. I kept hearing how she looked high/stoned. So of course I knew I had to see the video to judge for myself. And sadly, I have to say I agree. She was definitely on something! She was completely distracted and couldn’t even tell the guy when her album came out!

Everyone wants to see Whitney succeed, but I think her comeback will be short-lived. Her voice is shot and the old Whitney is gone. Sad but true!

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Whitney Houston Interview with Oprah Part 2

Spicy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:22:28 +0000

Whitney Houston’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, Part 2.

A great interview with Whitney. She is so open about it all, you rarely hear celebrities with such caliber admit to such drug use, marriage problems, or anything this personal.

Whitney’s voice does sound shot. There was some speculation after she was on Good Morning America last week that maybe her voice was ruined after all she has gone through. I hope she has a great comeback though, I am pulling for her.

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Whitney Houston Oprah VIDEO

Spicy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:51:29 +0000

Whitney Houston on Oprah

Whitney Houston spoke candidly with Oprah Winfrey during an interview with the talk show queen.

She went into detail about the abuse she endured while married to Brown. She claims he was very emotionally abusive. She claims that in one instance he actually spit on her, and that provoked her to hit him over the head with a phone, drawing blood. She says their daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was coming down the stairs at the time and saw everything.

Watch Whitney tell Oprah that Bobby Brown spit on her.’

She admits that she loved her husband, even going on to say that they had a lot of sex (ew, nice visual) and that loving him was her real addiction.

Whitney admitted that her life took a turn for the worse after her starring role in the film, The Bodyguard. That’s when, she says, she really started abusing drugs. Although she used cocaine and pot before the film it wasn’t all the time. But once her film, The Preacher’s Wife came out, she was drugging daily. She never admitted to smoking crack, but did say she was free-basing.

She credits her mother, Cissy Houston, with saving her. She says her mother showed up at her doorstep with a court junction telling her it was either rehab or giving up her dream.

“One day my mother came to my house. She walks in with these sheriffs and she says, ‘I have a court junction [sic] here. Either you’re gonna do it my way or we’re just not gonna do this at all. We’re both gonna go on TV and you’re gonna retire. This is not worth it.’”

She adds that Bobby was home at the time but momma Cissy wasn’t having any of him.

“She said, ‘If you move, Bobby, they’re gonna take you down. Don’t you make one move.’ He stood there like he was scared. She said, ‘I’m not losing you to the world, I’m not losing you to Satan, I’m not doing this. I want my daughter back.’”

Today was only Part One of the interview, so if you forgot to watch it, make sure and DVR tomorrow’s show for Part Two!

[Photo: AP]

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Whitney Houston Good Morning America! PHOTOS/ VIDEO

Spicy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:38:56 +0000

Whitney Houston performs on Good Morning America

Whitney Houston is BACK!

Whitney performed on today’s Good Morning America, her first performance in years.

Whitney sang, “I Look to You”, “Million Dollar Bill”, and “Every Woman”.

Before singing “I Look to You” Whitney pointed her mother out in the crowd saying, “I owe this to my mother”.

The song itself is quite touching, a definite representation of what she has been through over the past five years. It seemed as though Whitney was telling us of her struggles, and finally, of her successes. You couldn’t help but be touched by the performance, in the crowd there were many tears. Whitney seemed to be extremely appreciative of her audience, acknowledging them throughout her performance.

She looked beautiful, as usual, in black leather pants, a silver flowing blouse and curls that softly framed her face.

It’s so nice to see such a success story. Girlfriend has been through hell and somehow managed to, once again, rise to the top.

See Whitney’s Good Morning America performance video at ABC.com!

[Photos: JGM, PacificCoastNews.com]

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Whitney Houston New Album Drops September 1

Spicy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:05:22 +0000

Whitney Houston’s long awaited comeback album finally has a release date.

The album will be released worldwide September 1, 2009 on Arista Records. This is Whitney’s 7th studio album.

I hope it does well. I’m not the biggest fan of her music, but you have to root for someone who went from mega superstar to ravaged crackhead. She managed to pull herself out of her drug addled world that she shared with ex-husband Bobby Brown and that is huge. I’ll be honest, I never thought it would happen.Good for her.

Wishing her much success!

[WH]

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Whitney Houston Counter Sues Stepmother

Spicy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:15:37 +0000

After being sued by her stepmother for nearly $1 million, Whitney Houston is fighting back.

Barbara Houston, the wife of Whitney’s deceased father, claimed that Whitney kept her father’s $1 million life insurance policy for herself when actually she was owed $723,000 of that.

But Whitney has a different story.

She says that she lent her father and stepmother money to pay for a condo in 1987 but was never paid back. She says Barbara owes her $1.6 million after not paying mortgage, tax and condo payments.

Barbara is probably wishing she would never have taken her claims to court. She should have just kept her fat mouth shut and enjoyed living mortgage free. What was she thinking? People are so damn greedy after someone dies. I have been there and it sucks.

Anyhow, producer Swizz Beats has been working with Houston on her comeback album. (Yes, it IS still happening!) and here’s what he had to say in a recent internet video, “Just wrapped up with Whitney Houston. First single’s a smash. She’s comin’ back crazy!”

[YN / Photos:©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM]

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No Sad Songs on Whitney Houston’s Upcoming Album

Spicy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:43:23 +0000

Whitney Houston is completely content with her new, positive, sober life and she wants to surround herself with optimism so that’s why she is refusing to do any sappy, sad songs on her new album.

Houston, who has not released an album since 2003, has been working on a comeback LP over the past year. The record is expected the hits stores by the end of 2009.

Whitney has been collaborating with Ne-Yo on the album. He says her new stuff is definitely a reflection of her new life.

He says, “People are expecting something fantastic and I think they are going to get it. Whitney doesn’t want any sad songs on this record. She isn’t going for tear jerkers. She’s happy raising her children and wants her music to reflect that. It’s already sounding great.”

Visit Whitney Houston’s official website, http://www.whitneyhouston.com.

[WENN]

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Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown Back Together?

Spicy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:58:12 +0000

Although Whitney Houston’s people are denying it, rumor has it that she and ex-husband Bobby Brown have been spending a lot of time together.

Whitney’s reps claim the couple are just friends and are are keeping it cool for the sake of their daughter, Bobbi Kristina, 15.

However, numerous sources have spotted Whitney and Bobby out and about in Atlanta, having romantic dinners and looking quite affectionate.

Word has it that Bobbi Kristina is desperately hoping for her parents to reunite.

And so is the couple’s drug dealer!

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She’s Every Woman!

Spicy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:15:39 +0000

No, seriously..I think a bunch of parts of other women were used to create this (what is rumored to be) upcoming album cover of Whitney Houston’s.

I have a hard time believing this is the real deal, but it is surely entertaining nonetheless.

Mariah Carey and Beyonce cannot even TOUCH this horrendous photoshop job!

[KidFury]

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Whitney Houston’s Daughter Attempted Suicide?

Spicy — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:34:41 +0000

Ok, here we go again with another National Enquirer story, but sometimes they know what’s up before everyone else.

According to Ann Davis, a family friend, Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s 15 year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, got into an argument with her mother a few days before her 15th birthday (March 4th) and it got ugly. Real ugly.

She apparently tried to stab her mother with a razor before slashing her own wrists. The incident landed her in an Atlanta psychiatric ward.

Since Bobby and Whitney have split, Bobbi has been living with her mother, much to her dismay.

That poor girl has probably seen a lot of crazy sh*t over the years. Unfortunately, she too, will probably end up with a drug problem…