Whitney Houston

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Whitney Houston: 10 years later and why she's a gay icon - CNN (CNN)

Washington (CNN) It was a performance that likely would've made Whitney Houston proud. In the Season 9 finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race," in 2017, Sasha Velour ...

"Houston faced a lot of challenges with identity," Foley said, referring to the singer's battles with her racial identity and sexuality. As he sticks a poster of Houston on his imagined dorm room wall, the singer's 1987 smash "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) So, there's a sense of longing, and a sense of trying to find yourself." Houston extends a vow of eternal love even as her relationship ends, distilling the queer trope of desire balanced with denial. "There's an undercurrent of loneliness in a lot of Houston's work," Foley said. (Remember that charming dance sequence in the 2018 coming-of-age movie "Love, Simon," about a closeted gay teen?)

Inside Whitney Houston's Final Days (Rolling Stone)

Singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Beverly ...

One of the greatest performers the world had seen was dead before her mentor’s annual gala, and the party goes on anyway as her body lies in her room upstairs. Onstage, Clive did what he does best—he reminded the room of all that Whitney had accomplished and all she had inspired with that voice. She would be exalted, not reminded of what she could no longer do—or what she no longer achieved—but of who she inspired and the lives she changed with her music. I have still never reconciled the thought of her body resting in her room—the gown she would never wear off in the distance—as Clive’s party continued. There was a sadness in her eyes that forever imprinted itself on my memory when I got the call that she was dead. I was still learning the depths of privilege I had as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times as it related to celebrity access, but I think more than anything Whitney was genuinely enthused to see a group of young Black journalists standing together who were excited to see her and had zero judgment on display. She had spent much of her time in L.A. partying and finding herself on the blogs. She was now a gorgeous teenager who had weathered the weight of fame’s orbit and all the tabloid drama that came with having superstar parents who struggled with addiction and a toxic codependence. I was given the last slot of the day because I had requested (well, begged) for maximum time with Brandy and Monica. I balanced my notebook with a Flip cam to capture the first full run-through the ladies did with the entire band. And I can just see her going back to Alpharetta and waking up in the morning—or more likely, in the afternoon—with no reason to get out of bed and nothing on the horizon.” I was arm’s length from these women who had meant so much to me and my love of R&B and pop music, but before me was a woman who appeared so lost in her addiction that she didn’t even have the frame of mind to reconsider showing up to a room crowded with news crews or the ability to see how she was being received by a room of people. At Clive’s gala, Whitney was always the belle of the ball.

What Bobby Brown Says Ruined His Marriage to Whitney Houston (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's marriage was riddled with substance abuse. But Brown says more than drugs ruined their marriage.

In a preview for the series, Brown says that he’s dealt with “so many losses in his life, but I try to remember all the good parts. In one episode of the upcoming 12-part documentary series Brown pays what he calls a rare visit to their gravesites in New Jersey. Bobbi Kristina was buried on the same grounds beside her mother and grandfather, John Houston. The production source added that Brown “has never been more frank” about the demise of his life with the “ Saving All My Love For You” singer. Etheredge-Brown has been a big part of helping Brown heal, even helping him open a safe haven and hotline for young women who are victims of domestic violence in Bobbi Kristina’s honor. In the show, Brown gets real about what he says led to his split with Houston. Brown has been open about his struggles in a memoir, Every Little Step, as well as two BET mini-series.

10 Years After Whitney Houston's Death, the Singer's Estate Sees ... (Variety)

Since partnering with Primary Wave in 2019, Whitney Houston's estate has quadrupled its earnings, with a biopic, music and more on the way.

We pride ourselves on being creatively sensitive to the artists and their estates and we’re very attentive partners.” The latest activation hit Target stores this week: a Whitney Funko Pop Icon. Although exclusive to the department store chain, the Funko dolls have already popped up on eBay. “That’s what makes us tick as a company,” says Lowenberg of the various Houston branding initiatives. “We’ve created a lot of brand opportunities that haven’t been announced yet,” says Mestel. It was just one of Primary Wave’s initiatives on behalf of the estate. Whether it’s a cover song that she would do or one of her hits, you never heard anything in concert the same way twice with Whitney. We really want to make sure the fan base hears it and hears it properly.” It’s been kind of general nuts and bolts, organizing the estate and creating these opportunities that are music related, merch related, marketing related. Broadway and Vegas mark bigger destinations on the map. Likewise, the eye-catching Amazon Music spots that used Houston’s vocal track from “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” were synched before Primary Wave entered the picture. Then in 2023, the estate’s vaults will yield two posthumous releases: Houston’s first gospel collection and a live album. In the first six months after its release, her catalog tunes garnered 1.4 billion streams on major service providers, up 47% over what those same songs tracked in the half year before Kygo’s “Higher Love” arrived in June 2019. He has been a critical partner in the movie project.” That kind of launched everything we’re doing with Whitney.”

Dionne Warwick on the Legacy of Cousin Whitney Houston and ... (PEOPLE.com)

The legendary singer shares memories of her family's musical dynasty and the lasting legacy of Whitney Houston and her mom, Cissy.

"I met her for the first time when I went to see her sing Aida," says Warwick. "It was overwhelming. We had a standing joke every time we'd see each other, 'Hey cuz.' To hear her sing, she carried that legacy, the voice, the same Whitney did." "My family's influence is to connect with people on a level that everyone understands," says the singer who recently recorded a new song Power in the Name with Krayzie Bone and her son, music producer Damon Elliott. "Music is a healing force. One of the Drinkards was her mom's sister, Cissy, later known as Cissy Houston. "I called her Aunt Cissy growing up," she says. I believe we're walking a path that was set for us." "My grandfather was a minister and requested I come to the pulpit to sing 'Jesus Loves Me.' It was my first standing ovation.

When did Whitney Houston die? 10 year anniversary since ... (WLS-TV)

It's hard to believe, but it's been ten years since Whitney Houston died. The singer first popped up on most people's radar in the 1980s when she recorded a ...

Houston's rendition of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" on that film's soundtrack earned her Grammy awards for "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance." Much of that troubled relationship and its associated problems were made public in the reality T.V. show "Being Bobby Brown." Houston's rendition of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" on that film's soundtrack earned her Grammy awards for "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance."