whitney houston
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Whitney: Can I Be Me Succeeds in Not Exploiting but Celebrating Whitney Houston’s Life
As the Tribeca Film Festival rolls through New York City this week and next, perhaps no film has been more anticipated or controversial than Whitney: Can I Be Me , an inside look at troubled pop icon Whitney Houston. At the world premiere of the film Wednesday evening, directors Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal (no relation…
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Aretha Franklin Still Upset With Dionne Warwick Over Something She Said at Whitney Houston’s Funeral
Your Auntie Ree Ree is apparently the champion of petty and the queen of holding a grudge in addition to being the Queen of Soul, because she lashed out at Dionne Warwick on Tuesday over something the Psychic Friend said five years ago at Whitney Houston’s funeral. The Associated Press reports that Franklin contacted the…
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Top 10 Blackest Experiences From the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival, the badass downtown sister to golden girl Sundance, is back on these screens April 19-28. Like the New York neighborhood it’s named for, every year TFF becomes richer; fortunately, as with Hollywood (though not the nabe so much), black images, people and stories abound. There is much at the festival that…
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The Greatest Love of All: Remembering Whitney
I can’t exactly remember what I was doing at 8:22 p.m. on Feb. 11, 2012, but according to Facebook, that’s the exact time I found out Whitney Houston died. As a girl growing up in New Jersey, not too far from where Houston grew up, we took pride in her being one of Jersey’s own.…
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Underrated Moment in Black History: When Bobby & Whitney Set The Bar for Black Love
After “who made the potato salad” and “what had happened was”, Black love is one of the most ubiquitous topics of discussion within 21st century Negronia. Over the years, there have been many couples that come to mind that have embodied the concept – Cliff and Claire Huxtable, Denzel and Pauletta, Cam and Juju, Oscar…
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Why I Kinda, Sorta Hate It When Black People Call Other Black People “King” And “Queen”
It would probably be more accurate if you started saying “teacher” or “bridge builder” or “salmon farmer” instead.