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Bobby Brown Shares His Thoughts on Kanye Using Photo of Whitney's Bathroom: ‘Long as He Stays Clear From Me, He’ll Be Safe’
In a new interview with BuzzFeed News, Bobby Brown got real clear about how he felt about Kanye West using a photo of ex-wife Whitney Houston’s drug-strewn bathroom for an album cover. “Ignorant people are ignorant people, and they’re going to be that way until they find themselves,” Brown told Audie Cornish, who hosts the…
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Black Celebs Suffering From Drug Addiction Deserve The Same Support as Demi Lovato
What was your initial reaction when you first heard that Demi Lovato was checked into a hospital after a suspected heroin overdose? Public opinion seemed to be split between people who were genuinely concerned for the pop star, and another group of people asking, “Who the hell is Demi Lovato?” You would be hard-pressed to…
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I Knew the Story of Whitney Houston Was Sad, But My God!
This article contains major spoilers. You know that haunting feeling you have after watching Roots, 12 Years a Slave, Amistad or any other slave-based movie—that feeling of, it’s over but order was never restored? It’s over but I still want to hit my ugly cry. It’s over but pain is still clinging to the air…
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Kanye West Paid $85,000 to Use Photo of Whitney Houston’s Drug-Covered Bathroom on Pusha T Album: Report
In today’s news from the sunken place, Kanye West reportedly paid $85,000 to use a photo of Whitney Houston’s drug-covered bathroom as the album art for Pusha T’s latest release. Wait, let’s call this the “How Low You Can Go News From the Sunken Place.” In an interview with Angie Martinez, Pusha T said the…
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Lorde Looks to Get Her Ass Beat by Whitney Houston Fans
Whether it was inadvertent or not, dead-eyed goth girl Lorde pissed off a plethora of Whitney Houston fans recently with a truly tone-deaf Instagram post. The 21-year-old singer from New Zealand apologized Thursday night after posting a photo of a bathtub filled with water and a newspaper on its side, captioned with a Whitney Houston…
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It’s Their Prerogative: The Bobby Brown Story Finds Its Whitney
For better or worse, no story about Bobby Brown would be complete without Whitney Houston, and vice versa. Now BET has found someone to play the iconic singer opposite its Bobby in the upcoming Bobby Brown Story. BET will bring on Gabrielle Dennis, who has appeared on The Game and, most recently, the Fox medical…
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Bobby Brown Solo Biopic Coming to BET in 2018
Bobby Brown has had a life and BET—trying to re-create the magic (and ratings) of The New Edition Story—is ready to tell it. Every little step of it. The two-part biopic, set to air in fall 2018, reportedly picks up where The New Edition Story leaves off and spans Robert Barisford Brown’s 30 years in entertainment.…
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Bobbi Kristina Brown Biopic Trailer Released, Leaving Us With 1 Question: ‘Why Does This Exist?’
When it comes to cable television biopics, they’re either a hit or a miss. And with the release of TV One’s biopic about the life of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s only daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, it definitely seems like it’s veering into the realm of “Who even asked for this?” Bobbi Kristina tells the…
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Madonna Called Whitney Houston Mediocre in Letter Up for Auction
First there was the Tupac Shakur letter, up for auction, in which the late rapper explained to Madonna why he broke up with her. And now there’s another letter heading to auction, said by auctioneers to have been written by Madonna, which refers to one of the greatest singers of our time as “mediocre.” In…
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Flint, Mich., America’s Got Talent Contestant Blows Crowd Away With Whitney Houston Song
During Tuesday night’s America’s Got Talent episode, one singer shocked the crowd with his rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing.” Johnny Manuel, from Flint, Mich., told Simon Cowell that he’s been in the music business for a while, but after he signed with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 14, his career didn’t…