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[From Whitney Houston Platinum Club] Whitney and Family Step Out To The
Theater! Gala... Whitney is featured on the cover of the German Gala magazine as well as a few photos inside. The pictures below are some of what is featured.
[Thanks Sylwia] BET... There's another chance to see Whitney receive her BET Lifetime Achievement Award on BET tonight at 9pm ET.
Votes for this year's Webby Awards are being counted at Classic Whitney can be selected in the People's Voice (Music) Category as a 'write-in' nomination. Click Here To Go To The Website To Register & Cast Your Vote. [Thanks Chip H. For Being The First To Submit Classic Whitney]
NEWSFILE: 30 JUNE 2001 |
[From EUR] THE NEW MARY MARY Broadway Just Might Be In Their Future. The stage play, Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God will end it's two week at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center this Saturday. The show stars Cissy Houston as Mary the Mother of Jesus and Melba Moore as Mary Magdalene. If you're unable to see the show this weekend, look for it at the Ford Theater in Washington, DC, Los Angeles (no confirmed theater yet), and there's talk of a Broadway run. If you are able to see the show this weekend, look for Whitney to be in the audience. [Thanks Alan M.] Billboard Update... The Billboard update for the week ending 7 July 2001: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE:
NEWSFILE: 28 JUNE 2001 |
UK Chart For Week Ending 30 June 2001 WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS
On her to the stage at the BET Awards, Gwen Stefani of No Doubt was passing Whitney's dressing room when Whitney came out. Whitney told Gwen she was a huge No Doubt fan. Gwen was awe-struck as she turned around and said to whoever was listening, "is anyone hearing this, I can't believe I am hearing this from Whitney Houston!" and she then proceeded to the stage.
The ASCAP website lists Whitney Houston as one of the songwriters for 'Fine' alongside the two writers who are credited on 'Whitney The Greatest Hits', Kamaal Ibn John Fareed and Raphael Saadiq. Further, the BMI website lists a song called 'Article' as being co-written by Whitney: ARTICAL (Legal Title) BMI Work #3885060 No information is available as to when this song was written. NEWSFILE: 24 JUNE 2001 |
Fans who have yet to see footage of Tuesday night's BET Awards can Follow This Link to the Dotmusic Website where they have compiled a segment of interviews and performances that include Christina Aguilera's 'Run To You' performance followed by part of Whitney's acceptance speech and a clip of her performance of 'I Will Always Love You'.
Another Sad Love Song?... [From Launch.com] Babyface Plans CD, Work With Whitney, TLC, Pink & Toni (6/22/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds keeps up a steady pace in the studio. Appearing Thursday (June 21) at the Recording Academy's 2001 Membership Luncheon, where he was honored with a Governor's Award for outstanding contributions to the music industry community, Edmonds was humbled by the acknowledgement. He received his award from presenter Jimmy "Jam" Harris. A Grammy winner as well as the recipient of several BMI songwriters awards. Edmonds told LAUNCH what the Recording Academy honor means to him. "I think the difference in this award it's more than just your craft, it's also you as an individual, it's things that you do for the community as well, it takes a little more than just your talent, so that's what makes this one different, I think," he said. Edmonds also shared with LAUNCH some of his upcoming projects. "My new record will come out in September, September 11. And then I'm going back into the studio with Whitney Houston, back in with TLC, going to do something with Pink, also do a Christmas record with Toni Braxton, so [I] got a lot of work to do." -- Janine Coveney, Los Angeles.
Billboard Update... The Billboard update for the week ending 30 June 2001: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE:
NEWSFILE: 23 JUNE 2001 |
Protestors from PETA (see Newsfile report 17 June) didn't get a look in with Whitney on Tuesday night. Whitney's security team become one of the few to face off their challenge and PETA could not discover Whitney's movements that day.
Arista Makes Its Mark at the First Annual BET Awards as Outkast and Whitney Houston Win Big NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 21,
2001--Arista Records congratulates two powerhouse artists: Whitney Houston and Outkast as
recipients of the first annual 2001 BET Awards. Whitney Houston and Outkast's contribution
to the world of music has been, to say the least, just splendid. Both are destined for an
enduring career, so let these awards tell the tale of their success--success completed as
well as achievements that are yet to come. [Thanks Margaret]
[From Launch.com] NSYNC, Britney, Whitney & Bobby
On Tap For Michael Jackson Celebration [Thanks Margaret]
LOS ANGELES, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV:
Music Television and Maverick Recording Co. have announced a July 3rd release date for
"MTV: 20 Years of Pop Music," a 15-track collection featuring the greatest pop
hits of the past two decades. This star-studded album of blockbuster singles accompanies
the upcoming MTV special titled, "MTV20: Everybody Talk About ... Pop Music!," a
one-hour event premiering July 14th at 12 noon ET/PT, celebrating seminal pop moments that
occurred over the course of the network's 20-years. [Thanks Jim R.]
[E-Online Report] Whitney, Denzel Best BET Awards [Thanks Rocky]
Whitney Houston featured in a short segment on BET news after the awards ceremony and spoke of her win. She said of the event: "It just really hit me that I am the first recipient of a Lifetime Achievement of BET. That is so special I can't even begin to tell you, the words won't explain how I really feel about that. It is from my own people. That love me. That support me. No matter what they hear or what they THINK they know. They have always been in my corner." [Thanks Shayla]
On Access Hollywood last night, Patti LaBelle spoke of Whitney: "Oh Whitney, that's my baby I was just in her dressing room before she went on stage and I told her not to worry what anyone else thought, it's when they are NOT talking about you is when you need to be worried..." [Thanks David] NEWSFILE: 21 JUNE 2001 |
Click On The Image Above For A Gallery Of Images From Last Night's 1st Annual BET Awards Where Whitney Collected The Lifetime Achievement Award.
BET Report 1... [From Yahoo News]Outkast claim double triumph in BET awardsOutkast were double winners at the first Black Entertainment Television Awards. They were named best male group and won video of the year for Ms Jackson. Whitney Houston was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the inaugural ceremony in Las Vegas. Outkast member Andre 'Dre 3000' Benjamin said of the awards: "It gives us an opportunity to play black music. "It's kind of like a landmark. This is our first, like, real award." Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross performed two of Whitney Houston's songs before she came on stage to a standing ovation. Houston sang two songs before her mother Cissy Houston and young daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown presented her award. "God has blessed her with a glorious talent that will never be forgotten," said Cissy. Other performers included Outkast, Destiny's Child, who won best female group, Lil' Bow Wow, winner of the viewer's choice award, Snoop Dogg, Usher, Sisqo and Jay Z.
BET Report 2... [From Film Unlimited]Washington and Whitney honoured at black awardsDenzel Washington won the Best Actor award for Remember the Titans and Whitney Houston received a Lifetime Achievement award during the first US Black Entertainment Television Awards, presented yesterday in Las Vegas. Best Actress honours went to Sanaa Lathan for Love & Basketball. Film director Steven Spielberg has paid tribute to Stanley Kubrick, describing his new movie A.I. as a collaboration with the late director. Spielberg said he had: "Worked hard to achieve a cinematic collaboration by bringing a vision of Stanley Kubrick's to the screen." The story of the film, which was first conceived by Kubrick more than 20 years ago, was picked up by Spielberg after he died in March 1999. Charmain Carr, the actress who rose to fame as Liesl von Trapp in the Sound of Music, has revealed that none of the other von Trapp kids actually sang in the legendary musical. The 57-year-old, who shone as the girl who was "16 going on 17", said: "None of the other kids could sing. The producers had to get child singers to sing the actual songs because the children couldn't do it. When there were scenes of all of us singing together such as Do Ray Me, you can actually hear 11 voices singing. The von Trapp kids would sing quietly or mouth the words and the kids hired just to sing, it would be their voices that would come through."
[From Worldpop] OutKast Scoop Two Awards OutKast were double winners at the Black Entertainment Television Awards in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, picking up gongs for Best Male Group and Best Video for Ms Jackson. 'This is our first real award and it's a kind of landmark,' said OutKast's Andre Benjamin. Destiny's Child won Best Female Group and Whitney Houston was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award. As a tribute to Houston, Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross performed two of her songs before she came on stage to a standing ovation to receive the award from her mother, singer Cissy Houston and her young daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. 'God has blessed her with a glorious talent that will never be forgotten,' said Cissy. As she accepted the honour, Whitney shouted: 'I'm every woman. I'm a survivor. The best is yet to come.' Performers at the awards show included OutKast, Destiny's
Child, Lil Bow Wow, who won the Viewer's Choice award, Snoop Dogg, Usher, Sisqo, Jay-Z and
Eve with Gwen Stefani. OutKast recently turned down a request from Janet Jackson to
support her on her forthcoming US tour. Other award winners included: The 15 awards were voted for by record label executives, media and fans.
[From InfoBeat] OutKast is double winner at BET awards The BET Awards are given to black entertainers and athletes in music, film and sports categories. The 15 awards were voted by record label executives, media and fans. In a tribute to Houston, Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross performed two of Houston's songs before she came on stage to a standing ovation. The 37-year-old singer-actress sang two songs, then her mother, Cissy Houston, and her young daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, presented her award. Other performers included OutKast, Destiny's Child, who won best female group, Lil' Bow Wow, winner of the viewer's choice award, Snoop Dogg, Usher, Sisqo, Jay Z and hip-hop artist winner Eve. [Thanks Rodney W.] More To Come...
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Enough of the hyping - US audiences can see Whitney Houston collect her Lifetime Achievement Award from BET tonight. Pre-Show: 8:30pm ET Congratulations Whitney!
[Infobeat Report] BET Awards to honor Whitney Houston [Thanks Rodney]
Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias' duet, 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' is yet again a summer radio hit in Switzerland where the song is back in their Top 20 Airplay Chart. The song was a number one hit in Switzerland last year. [Thanks Christian]
NEWSFILE: 19 JUNE 2001 |
[Billboard Report] Christina, Luther To Honor Whitney Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross will
lead a tribute to Whitney Houston at tomorrow night's (June 19) BET Awards at the Paris
Las Vegas Hotel. As previously reported, Houston will be honored with the inaugural
Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony. For more on the BET awards, visit the network's official Web site. [Thanks Margaret] Another BET Report... Monday June 18 8:27 AM ET [Thanks Margaret] NEWSFILE: 18 JUNE 2001 |
UK Chart For Week Ending 23 June 2001 WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS The Dotmusic Website cites this as the 57th week on the chart and probably are including the time the album has spent below the Top 75. Last week, the album was ranked at No.171. The album last charted in the week ending 7 April 2001.
NEW YORK (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) - Grammy-winning R&B icon Luther Vandross, whose career boasts 14 platinum albums, will release his first J Records album entitled Luther Vandross on June 19th. The first single, "Take You Out" is fast becoming a major hit, having debuted on the charts within a record-breaking five days of its release. The "Take You Out" video, co-starring actress Garcelle Beauvais, can now be seen playing on BET. Alongside the release of his brand new album, Luther will sing his heart out for his longtime friend Whitney Houston at the BET Awards in Las Vegas. In her honor, Luther will sing "All The Woman I Need," a twist on the original Houston song "All the Man I Need." Houston will be awarded the BET Lifetime Achievement Award; Christina Aguilera is also part of the Whitney Tribute. The BET Awards take place at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas on June 19th and airs live. "I am thrilled to be singing in honor of Whitney Houston. She and I have been friends for years - we both started out singing background for her mother Cissy Houston," comments Luther Vandross. "In fact, Whitney and I have been dying to record a duet together so we hope to make this happen soon." For the new album, Luther Vandross enlisted the aid of Clive Davis to assemble an all-star team of hot producers and songwriters including; Warryn Campbell; Ron Lawrence; R.L. of Next; Shep Crawford; Harvey Mason Jr. & Damon Thomas; and Soulshock & Karlin. "This is the first album I've ever done like this - working with a lot of the current producers and songwriters," says Vandross. Luther - who has enjoyed six No. 1 R&B singles and four Top 10 pop hits (including the Grammy-winning "Here And Now," "Power of Love/Love Power," "Don't Wanna Be A Fool" and the pop smash "Endless Love" a duet with Mariah Carey). While delivering a record that brings out a whole new dimension of his talents through his work with some of today's freshest young producers, Luther has also been busy in the studio creating future Vandross classics. In addition to some newly-written material including "Hearts Get Broken All The Time (But The Problem Is, This Time It's Mine)" which he describes as "a very moody hypnotic song" and the mid-tempo "Love Forgot," Luther is planning to cover two '60s songs from the songbook of legendary composer Burt Bacharach. "I produced a couple of songs by myself and as always, I worked with my longtime musical associates Nat Adderly Jr. and Marcus Miller," he notes. "The balance between ballads and uptempo tracks is always important and on this album, we accomplished that..." For more information on Luther Vandross, please call Lois Najarian at J Records, 646-840-5670.
Las Vegas - PETA activists bearing a huge banner reading, "WHITNEY: FUR SHAME," will greet vocalist Whitney Houston as she enters the Paris Hotel to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award at the first annual Black Entertainment Television Awards. The protest
follows PETA's recent naming of Houston to its list of worst-dressed celebrities who
flaunt fur. The animal rights organization had repeatedly written to the pop singer to
share details about the fur industry's routine cruelties to animals and to ask her to
abandon fur. Houston never responded.
NEWSFILE: 17 JUNE 2001 |
NEW YORK (AP) - The Songwriters
Hall of Fame recognizes that songwriters need singers. So Dionne Warwick is going
into the hall even though she didn't write a word of her biggest hits, including "Do
You Know the Way to San Jose?" and "Walk on By."
[Launch.com: Eminem & D12 Take Aim At Britney, Whitney & Everlast] Eminem takes lyrical jabs at a half dozen celebrities on "Ain't Nuttin' But Music," a song on D12's Devil's Night, scheduled to be released June 19. In one verse, Eminem disses Britney Spears, Everlast, Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal, and Whitney Houston, while entangling NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and actor Ben Affleck in the mix.In the first verse of the Dr. Dre-produced song, Eminem
raps, "This just in/Britney just dissed Justin/She just f--ked Ben/Got t-t f--ked and
d--k-sucked him/If Affleck can get his ass licked/How come I can't, sh-t/God damn
b--ch/I'm rich/I can't understand this/Are those pictures they made of us together on the
internet/The closest I'm ever going to get to hitting it from the back and sh-t/ 'Cause
when it comes to that/I hit harder from the back than Everlast when he's plucking Lethal
in his f--king ass/Just give me one more chance/Britney hit me one more time/Let me know
what's on your mind/Whitney get me one more line to sniff..." [Thanks Margaret]
[Electronic Urban Report] Pick Living Legend At Lunch -- Burger King sponsors Living
Legend Sweepstakes. Throughout the month, BK invites customers to vote on America's favorite musical living legend. The "Living Legend" winner will be determined by the popular votes and will receive $10,000 for their favorite charity. In addition, four grand prize winners will get trips to either of two popular annual events mentioned, 200 first place winners will receive commemorative "Living Legends" denim jackets, and 2,000 second place winners will receive a compilation Black Music "Living Legends" CD. Ballot forms are available at participating BK restaurants. Ballots must be completed and received by August 3, 2001, for official entry into the sweepstakes.
Billboard Update... The Billboard update for the week ending 23 June 2001: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lisa D.] NEWSFILE: 15 JUNE 2001 |
[From BET Awards Website]
Timeline of a Lifetime
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[From Rolling Stone] Christina Honors Whitney Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross will team up at the first annual Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards ceremony to sing a duet in honor of Whitney Houston. Houston will be awarded with the first BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and she will choose which one of her songs Aguilera and Vandross will perform. Houston also plans to perform with Vandross and Aguilera. [Thanks Arthur M.]
NEWSFILE: 14 JUNE 2001 |
[MTV News Report] Christina Aguilera, Luther Vandross To Duet In Honor Of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston is scheduled to
join Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross onstage in Las Vegas this month to honor the
first artist ever to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award — and that artist just
happens to be Houston herself. NEWSFILE: 9 JUNE 2001 |
Black Entertainment Television will honour Whitney Houston on 19 June 2001 with their inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award as previously reported on the Newsfile. BET have issued a press release citing many of Whitney's unparalleled achievements in her career to date in the lead up to the event. You Can Read The Complete Press Release Here - which also confirms that Luther Vandross will be joined by Christina Aguilera in paying Tribute to Whitney. [Thanks Lopez]
Billboard Update... The Billboard update for the week ending 16 June 2001: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lisa D.]
NEWSFILE: 8 JUNE 2001 |
[From Arista Army] Arista dominates the 1st annual BET Awards with 5 nominations! 112, Outkast and Carl Thomas all nab nominations! Whitney Houston will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Whitney, Usher and Outkast are all confirmed to perform. The awards take place in Las Vegas on June 19th. [Thanks Lopez]
[Whitney Houston Platinum Club Report] MTV 20th Anniversary NewsThe airdate for MTV's 20th Anniversary Special, during which an interview with Whitney will be featured, has been moved from July 7th to July 14th. The interview taped recently will focus on and document MTV's influence on and association to Whitney throughout the span of her career. Stay tuned the Platinum Club for more updates and information regarding MTV's 20th Anniversary special to be announced!
[New York Post, Page Six Article] Vexing vacation for Whitney POP diva Whitney Houston and her hubby, Bobby Brown, were the victims of a "setup" by a bizarre blonde woman in Florida who accused Brown of having an affair. Houston and Brown, along with their daughter, Bobbi Kristina, were on vacation at a Williams Island condo this week, and on Monday, the trio visited a pal at the Turnberry Hotel & Resort in Aventura, where they spent most of the day lounging at the club's pool. Houston and Bobbi Kristina got up to leave and were waiting for Brown in the car when a female club member approached the car on the passenger's side, where Houston's daughter sat, and tapped on the window. When the window was rolled down, the woman said to a shocked Houston and Bobbi Kristina, "You need to be careful. I don't know how you want to handle this, but your husband is having an affair with one of my friends." Houston calmly got out and told the stranger, "Just a minute, I want to discuss this - I want you to repeat this to my husband," before leading the woman to a table at the poolside bar. Houston's lawyer, Martin Singer, said: "Whitney was at all times very calm, and just wanted to discuss this in front of her husband," an account backed up by Houston's publicist, Nancy Seltzer. When Brown then approached the table, the woman, who had been chatty with Houston up until that point, became agitated, and told Houston, "I am just nervous because I am talking to very important people." The woman started to cry, put her face on the table and covered her head with her hands. Brown reassured his wife that the woman - who refused to lift her head from the table - was "crazy." Houston left the bar and returned to the car. Witnesses say Brown then demanded of the stranger, "What are you talking about? Why won't you show your face?" An increasingly frustrated Brown ended up dumping a bottle of beer over the woman's head before he left. Singer declined to discuss Brown's actions but said: "This woman was the one who acted inappropriately. She tried to create a confrontation, and she did it on purpose. You don't make accusations in the presence of a young child." Seltzer said, "Whitney acted better than anyone else [in the same situation] would act. It was clearly a setup." According to Seltzer and Singer, the woman is being investigated by the resort, and her membership is under review. Considering Paula Froelich - she of Atlantic City made up review fame - may have had input into the writing of this story, some of it's content may need to be clarified. If I find further clarification, it'll be posted here - Manish.
NEWSFILE: 6 JUNE 2001 |
[From Yahoo News] Arizona Desert Is Muse To DMX's Ears
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[From Neal Travis' Gossip Column; New York Post] Whitney Bond? LOTS happening with sometimes-troubled pop diva Whitney Houston. I hear she's been in talks with producer Barbara Broccolli to sing the score of the next 007 movie and maybe even play a Bond Girl. (Whitney, of course, was huge in "The Bodyguard.") The article also suggests Whitney and Robin Crawford are looking for recording talent in LA.
[From People Magazine] Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown - Proud to Be Loud True diva style, it might be said, is a dying art. Sure, newbies like Destiny's Child and Christina Aguilera aim for over-the-top flamboyance, but their approach is all flash and flesh--with very little flair. Clearly they could stand to take notes from the ever eye-popping Whitney Houston. Case in point: the neon purple faux fur Houston paraded at this year's Academy Awards. Houston, 37, likes to look "cool but glamorous," says stylist Patti Wilson, who has worked with both the singer and her husband, R&B artist Bobby Brown, 32. And always, "she's gotta have her heels!" A fan of form-fitting designs by Pamela Dennis and Roberto Cavalli, Houston "has a basic instinct for how she wants to look," adds her cousin, singer Dionne Warwick. As does Brown, who Wilson says conveys a mix of "street and glam." Notes designer Dennis: "They both have great confidence and can pull off something when others cannot." Piece on Whitney & Bobby appears in the print version of People. [Thanks Lisa D.]
The Billboard update for the week ending 9 June 2001: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Chris B.]
NEWSFILE: 2 JUNE 2001 |
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