|
Whitney Houston Disappoints Tobago Fans
|
|
28 Apr 2008 by Keisha |
comments 148 |
|
| R&B diva Whitney Houston disappointed a sold-out crowd who came to see a rare performance by the trouble-prone singer at the Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago on Sunday, April 27.
The 'Greatest Love of All' singer performed on the last night of the festival, just before headliner Rod Stewart took the stage. Houston opened her show with 'Its Not Right, But Its Okay' and by her third song, 'Saving All My Love,' the once soprano's newfound tenor tone was in full rasp.
Delivering only seven songs during her 30 minute set, Houston was reportedly paid a whopping $3 million for the show.
Though journalists were flown in from all over the world, Houston refused to allow media and photographers within 200 feet of the stage. She brought her own photographer to the venue and only he was allowed to shoot her performance.
Wearing a white gown with a single shoulder strap, Houston skipped around the stage and continuously shouted to the crowd: "I love you Trinidad !'
Unfortunately, the concert was in Tobago!
Locals shouted back each time: "This is Tobago!"
Houston also paid tribute to several other festival performers during her show. "Hearing so many of the greats that have performed this weekend bring back so many memories," she told the crowd. "My daughter and I have listened from our porch each night and I have enjoyed Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and En Vogue."
The 44-year-old music icon ambitiously attempted 'And I'll Always Love You,' however she struggled through the build up and knew better than attempt the high finish.
She bowed and then squatted after her pseudo-encore of Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman,' which Houston also recorded for 'The Bodyguard' soundtrack.
The BV Buzz previously reported that Houston is slated to headline the Caudwell Children's Legend Ball at Battersea Evolution in London on May 8.
A comeback album is rumored to feature production by the likes of Akon, R. Kelly and Ne-Yo, among others and is schedule for November.
[www.blackvoices.com]
|
Whitney attends the Calzaghe v Hopkins fight
|
|
20 Apr 2008 by Keisha |
comments 5 |
|
| Seen in the background sitting ringside were Simon Cowell, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Whitney Houston among many stars and notable faces.
[sport.monstersandcritics.com]
|
Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina spotted at airport
|
|
20 Apr 2008 by Keisha |
comments 1 |
|
| Singer/actress Whitney Houston, 44, and her daughter Bobbi Kristina, 15, both were seen talking on their cell phones as they landed at LAX Airport on Thursday, April 10th. Dad is singer Bobby Brown.
[www.celebrity-babies.com]
|
Whitney And Ray-J Seen Last Night!
|
|
20 Apr 2008 by Keisha |
comments 7 |
|
| The streetz of Atlanta are buzzing over last nights surprise appearance by one of today's legendary most, divas.
But it's who she was with that has everybody talking.
The Ray J/Whitney "are they or aren't they" rumor has been going on for a minute now. But with both of them laying pretty low these past few months it seemed that most people had all but forgot about the gruesome twosome [I mean c'mon it is kinda eepy crae if you think about it]. But last night guess who made surprise appearance at Atlanta's HOT 107.9's Hip-Hop Fashion show? Yeap, none other then Whitney Houston [44] and Brandy's little brother [27]. I hear they were ALL OVER EACH OTHER! The newly divorced songstress arrived late in the evening, and came in through the back entrance. She arrived in an unmarked black SUV where she remained for over twenty minutes before finally deciding to come inside.
[blogs.sohh.com]
|
Gallery updates: Fame 90 & Ebony 90
|
|
10 Apr 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 4 |
|
| Jenny send me fantastic scans of Fame and Ebony magazines from 1990. Check them out!
|
New photos: Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIV
|
|
06 Apr 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 16 |
|
| 
|
Dionne Warwick: Whitney Houston Will Overcome Everything
|
|
05 Apr 2008 by Keisha |
comments 10 |
|
| With a new album in the works, Whitney Houston is standing strong against allegations from ex-husband Bobby Brown, says Houston's aunt, soul singer Dionne Warrick.
"Whitney Houston is back!" Warrick told PEOPLE before taking the stage to perform some of her own songs at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIV event in Phoenix on Friday night
"I'm thrilled that she's in the studio and working on her new album," Warwick, 67, said of her niece. "No doubt she's overcoming everything that has been put in front of her even this week."
Last week, Brown, 39, dished on their marriage – making allegations of her drug use – as he promoted his autobiography due out next month.
But rumors are nothing new to Houston, 44, who was working on her new album when she heard the news, according to music mogul Clive Davis.
"She was just in the studio this week working on a song called 'Nothing But Love' when she heard of all this mess in the papers," Davis says.
Davis adds: "I'm sure that this week has been traumatic but she's committed and looking forward to her new life."
[people.com]
|
Whitney Responds to Bobby Brown's Tell-All Book
|
|
03 Apr 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 8 |
|
| Bobby Brown is dishing on his rocky marriage to Whitney Houston in a new tell-all autobiography – but she's not letting his accusations affect her. In this, the latest installment of the couple's long-running marital feud, Brown says of his ex, "I never used cocaine until after I met Whitney." Details from the 39-year-old pop star's book, Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But, began surfacing Thursday in the New York Post. Before Whitney, Brown writes: "I had experimented with other drugs, but marijuana was my drug of choice."
Whitney's rep responded in a statement to PEOPLE: "Miss Houston is sad that Bobby feels he need to say such things but she choses to take the high road and will not speak badly about the father of her child even if it's to set the record straight." After his 1992 marriage, the former Being Bobby Brown star says his dependence on narcotics spiraled out of control. "At one point in my life, I used drugs uncontrollably. I was using everything I could get my hands on, from cocaine to heroin, weed and cooked cocaine," he writes. Brown also describes his 14-year marriage as "doomed from the very beginning." "I think we got married for all the wrong reasons," he says in the book. "Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married ... I believe her agenda was to clean up her image."
The couple, who have a 15-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, split in September 2006. One potential stress on their union? Brown's now-admitted infidelity. "Women are always throwing themselves at you," he writes. "I'm only human, so I would make the mistake and bite the hook sometimes. I let the testosterone take over." Brown also claims to have dated Janet Jackson and Madonna before hooking up with Houston. Chapter titles from the book include "Whitney Houston – The Untold Truth," "The Press, More Problems, and Passion for Drugs," and "The Bad Boy Of Boston ... Straight From The Hood."
[People Magazine]
|
"Whitney drove me to drugs"
|
|
03 Apr 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 9 |
|
| Withan ex-husband like Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston doesn't need enemies. In his upcoming autobiography, Brown blows the lid on his wildly dysfunctional marriage to the troubled, Grammy-winning diva, suggesting that she drove him into a nightmare of drug addiction. "I never used cocaine until after I met Whitney. Before then, I had experimented with other drugs, but marijuana was my drug of choice," Brown writes in "Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But," out next month. "At one point in my life, I used drugs uncontrollably. I was using everything I could get my hands on, from cocaine to heroin, weed and cooked cocaine." As far as his 15-year marriage to Houston is concerned, it "was doomed from the very beginning. Within the first year we separated, with several more to follow," Brown writes. "I think we got married for all the wrong reasons. Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married . . . I believe her agenda was to clean up her image, while mine was to be loved and have children." Whitney, he alleges, had been under "a lot of pressure. The media was accusing her of having a bisexual relationship with her assistant, Robin Crawford. Since she was the American Sweetheart and all, that didn't go too well with her image . . . In Whitney's situation, the only solution was to get married and have kids. That would kill all speculation, whether it was true or not. In the short, I think I got caught up in the politics and ended up marrying one of the biggest stars in the world." But Brown notes that he was no saint in their relationship, confessing in his book, "I am guilty of sleeping with other women . . . Women are always throwing themselves at you. I'm only human, so I would make the mistake and bite the hook sometimes . . . I let the testosterone take over." One of his most public indiscretions was an affair with former exotic dancer Karrine "Superhead" Steffans. "Yes, I've slept with her," he confesses. "Yes, I've spent several nights at her house. But she was only good for what her nickname stood for."
Reps for Houston, who divorced Brown a year ago, did not return our call for comment.
[NY Post]
|
Whitney Houston calls on Timbaland, The Clutch, & Jim Beanz
|
|
07 Mar 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 31 |
|
| The long awaited 'comeback' album by the legendary Whitney Houston will be released this year according to BMG Label Group chairman/CEO Clive Davis. Davis, speaking at the Billboard Music and Money Symposium yesterday, confirmed that 4 songs have been completed and 4 more will be recorded later this month for the yet untitled album. "We're on track for a holiday release," he said. "We're not going to compromise who she is to fit into today's hip-hop radio market. The public wants Whitney material."
The Chronicles can tell you exclusively that one of the completed tracks is called "Undeafeated" co-produced by Timbaland and Jim Beanz and co-written by Jim and The Clutch. The track is slated to be a single but has not yet been confirmed as such. Other collaborators for the album so far include Akon, will.i.am, and Sean Garrett. No matter who you are, taking a 6 year leave from music makes it increasingly difficult to still be embraced by your fans and still make great, quality music that's relevent in today's day and age. Yet when faced with such a 'comeback' you only call on the best and it doesn't get any better for production, writing, and vocals then Timbo, The Clutch, and Jim Beanz!
[ThomasCrownChronicles]
|
New Whitney Houston On Target For Holiday Release
|
|
06 Mar 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 2 |
|
| Whitney Houston's first album of original material since 2002 will be out this year, according to BMG Label Group chairman/CEO Clive Davis. Speaking during Billboard's Music & Money Symposium this morning (March 6) at New York's St. Regis Hotel, Davis said four songs have been completed for the as-yet-untitled project, and four more will be put to tape later this month.
"We're on track for a holiday release," he said. "We're not going to compromise who she is to fit into today's hip-hop radio market. The public wants Whitney material." Tracks earmarked for the album have been produced or written by will.i.am, Sean Garrett and Akon, who told Billboard.com last year, "The voice is there; I don't think anyone could ever take that from her. As long as we apply that voice to hit records, she'll be right back where she left off." Houston has been dogged in recent years by drug and health issues -- including rehab stints in 2004 and 2005 -- a legal dispute with her father, John Houston, rumored financial problems and a troubled marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown that ended in divorce.
[Billboard.com]
|
Whitney set for charity show
|
|
18 Feb 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 2 |
|
| Whitney Houston is to perform live in London at a charity event to raise funds for disabled children. The I Will Always Love You singer will treat guests to a string of her hits at Caudwell Children's Legend Ball at Battersea Evolution on May 8. The 44-year-old American soul diva will sing before a 2,000-strong audience which will include British entrepreneurs and celebrities. Caudwell Children is a national charity based in Staffordshire, providing direct donations of treatments, therapies and specialist equipment throughout the country, and has so far donated over £5 million to more then 2,000 children with 160 medical conditions. Last year £1.2 million was raised for the charity from the Bedrock Ball at the National History Museum, where Tina Turner sang before an audience which included Sir David Frost.
John Caudwell, founder of the charity, said: "We are thrilled to have an artist of Whitney's calibre to headline the event. Last year was a huge success and with Whitney's support, we are fully expecting this year's event to be bigger and better than ever! "Moving to a bigger venue for this year's ball means more people can come and support the charity, raising vital funds to make a difference to the lives of disabled children in the UK."
[metro.co.uk]
|
ET: Pre-Grammy 2008 Photo Shoot Report
|
|
15 Feb 2008 by Sylwia |
comments 2 |
|
| In latest issue of People magazine you can find a special photo with all Clive Davis stars including Whitney, Alicia, Leona, Josh, Pink and more. Click on image below to see ET report about photo shoot.
<< Previous 1 2 3 4 Next >>
