Whitney Houston leaving a post-Grammys party (2/8)
Apparently Whitney Houston has a new album due out September 1. Her people are fielding calls about potential interviews, but there's one condition attached: you can't talk about the ten ton elephant in the corner of the room. From the
New York Daily News:
"They only want to let her talk to journalists who’ll agree not to ask about her substance abuse," an insider tells us.
A rep for Houston calls speculation on any PR plans “premature. Nothing has been set.” But we hear the edict goes for the TV morning shows, which are all angling to get her to perform live. “The deal is, if they want her, then Matt Lauer, Diane Sawyer or whoever isn’t supposed to ask her tough questions,” says the source.
How do you talk to Whitney Houston about her life without bringing up drugs? Her well-chronicled drug battle is a glaring blemish on what was once thought of as a storybook career. That'd be like interviewing Bill Clinton and not discussing Monica Lewinsky . . . or Will Farrell and not mentioning
Land of the Lost.
In an auction yesterday, Whitney Houston was forced to sell off all of the useless things she can no longer afford to store. If you were Whitney, what would you have in storage? How about a red and gold pants suit, a clear piano, and a few gold records:
The sale included a set of 16 music awards won by Houston's estranged husband, Bobby Brown, including gold records for his song "Humpin' Around.""It's the only item that's personal," said magician Meir Yedid, 46, of Fair Lawn, N.J., who paid $25 apiece for them.
Leave it up to a Jewish magician to pick out a deal that damn good. $25 bucks for a gold record? You could probably melt that sucker down and make some cash. Seeing as a VHS copy of the "Humpin' Around" music video is selling for 29.95 on Amazon, you know you got great value for your dollar!
A New Jersey storage company is auctioning off hundreds of Whitney Houston’s possessions because the diva stopped paying her storage bill in 2005. Items up for bid include designer made costumes used on her concert tours, furniture, tools, and musical instruments. One of the larger items is a custom-made, see through grand piano worth between $300,000 and $400,000. According to auctioneer Steve Newmark:
"The auction is open to the public, but only for qualified buyers. We're probably going to combine a lot of the individual items, like the costumes. It's not for a teenage fan hoping to buy one of [Houston's] trinkets."
It’s too bad the auction house is combining a bunch of the items because I was really hoping to get my hands on a couple of things. The antique plate that Whitney used to cut up her cocaine piques my interest but so does that couch she used to hide under while the bill collectors pounded at her door. Either way they’re both collectors items sure to increase in value!
*liquidates stock portfolio and registers for Whitney’s auction*
If Whitney Houston can't come up with $1 million to pay off the mortgage on her Morristown, N.J. home by January 4 of next year, the house "will end up in a sheriff's sale." Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, which holds the mortgage, said Houston will probably be forced to sell the $5.6 million home to raise the cash. "There are people interested," a rep for the firm said.
Don't realtors have a tough enough job already. Imagine having to sell a house that Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown used to live in. There's only so many times you can say that crack pipe burns are "charming" and "add character." You'd almost assuredly have to throw in a thorough delousing as a buyer's incentive.
Update: Just found out Whitney is losing yet ANOTHER one of her homes, this one in Atlanta, Georgia. Awesome.
Whitney Houston showed up to the 17th Annual Carousel Of Hope Ball over the weekend looking decidedly....normal. Either she's now buying her concealor in bulk or maybe separating from Bobby Brown really was the best thing for her. My guess is it's the latter with just a dash of the bulk concealor thrown in. I haven't seen a transformation this shocking since that Mormon kid down the street threw that raging kegger last summer.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's marriage is ending:
LOS ANGELES - The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown - which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations - is coming to an end. A publicist for Houston confirmed to The Associated Press that the Grammy-winning, superstar singer had filed for divorce from her husband Bobby Brown, after 14 years of marriage. "I can just confirm that she has filed for divorce," Seltzer said Wednesday.The couple separated for a time a few years ago, but their marriage endured, despite rumors and speculation. Their life was put on display last year with Brown's reality series, "Being Bobby Brown" on Bravo. The show actually made Brown look like a stable influence, while a jittery Houston was on display; the couple often crudely talked about their marriage and love life. But earlier this year, the speculation of a possible split intensified. Brown's sister made headlines when she alleged in a National Enquirer interview that Houston was addicted to crack. She also supplied photos of what she said was Houston's bathroom, littered with garbage and evidence of drug use.
Every now and then a relationship comes along that gives you faith. Faith that romance is still something to cherish and uphold. Faith that the institution of marriage is still important and valued in society. Faith that love and understanding will triumph over any obstacle thrown in its path. The storybook romance of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was one such relationship. Really, if they can't work, who can? When I heard the news that Whitney and Bobby were divorcing, a little piece of me died with it. Damn you Whitney and Bobby. Damn you.
Whitney Houston's company is issuing thinly-veiled legal threats to www.dailysleaze.com for their cartoon-portrayal of Whitney as a drug addict.
FANS of Whitney Houston must have missed all those reports about her drug use and rehab - and pictures of her completely out of it in Atlanta with her dirty wig askew and wearing a fur coat in summer. The hordes at her company, Nippy Inc., are furious at dailysleaze.com for posting a cartoon of Houston battling it out with a crack rock and have sent the Web site a nasty e-mail, which reads: "There is no truth to the fact . . . that [Houston] has done any illegal substances as you suggest . . . It is not right that you are trying to tarnish the image of one of the most popular singers of all time. Please remove this immediately or else."
Is it just me or does that email from Nippy Inc. sound like it was written by an eight year old? What kind of company ends their emails with "or else?" I used to say that type of shit to kindergartners right before I stole their lunch money when I was in the sixth grade. Nippy, Inc. might as well have said that that dailysleaze is a big-dummy-head-jerkface with cooties.
This has been a bad week for Whitney Houston. NBC had to cancel her new reality show because of poor filming conditions. Apparently the lighting is pretty poor in Los Angeles alleys and gutters. ZING.
