Angela

I feel that last moment was unneccesary. There's no way she could susrvive that accident so it's not even a cliffhanger.

Is TMZ everywhere? I guess people send them footage as well. Extra picking up on a TMZ story (footage of Whitney watching the SuperBowl/SB half-time show with friends)... http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2012/02/video_whitney_houston_watching_madonnas_superbowl_halftime_show.php?adid=trendingstories

If they're indeed doing that now I do believe the stories that Whitney was pretty close to broke at the end. Couldn't they have found another way to make some cash? That's kind of creepy. It's her funeral.

Any discrepencies aside, is there any particular reason the British media is so venomous towards her OR is that just the British sense of humor? Still mad about her former fake British accent? (Shouldn't Americans be mad about that? lol) They act as if the 114 million watching the Super Bowl were watching it in Britain. That's despite the fact that I don't think anybody in Britain would be caught dead watching football over soccer.

That letter really got me choked up. It's heartbreaking, beautiful and indeed chilling all in one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avtj8tdpr5Y I'm a little ashamed to say I'm totally shaking my stuff to this right now. I loved the dance music in the late 80s, early 90s. I remember when I was maybe 7 or 8 a lot of the big dance names (like George Lamond) were performing at Flushing Meadow Park in Queens. Me and my sister watched politely from a distance while my cousin ran to front of the stage and got herself autographs.

It was 4 hours, cut some slack

With Kevin Costner back in the news today, and mentioning "that white singer," here's the infamous "neat" clip from the Truth or Dare documentay. She starts on her "Rude Beeyatch: The Celebrity Edition" conniption around the 11 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhex3ClS5KY An apology followed about 15 years later. Costner in 2007:

It's flopping in the United Kingdom. It's doing fine in the United States, #10 on the Hot 100.

I'm in love with the Atlantic City venue. It's small enough that there will be an adequate view almost anywhere. Stadium view is on the suckish side no matter where you are but it would be more of an experience, and not to mention easier, to do this event in New York. Hmm, choices...

This is a video of the funeral with permission from the family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTplvfxdec

Landon had issues with Whitney that they may or may not have worked out. He didn't feel she loved him. He told the Enquirer a few years back he felt she treated him like staff and she didn't want him to hang around with Bobbi. This is a video (or two) of Whitney singing at Bobby's mothers funeral earlier this month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bP2Luz33MI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65WM25A1AE

These are the 5, that's Bobbi (soon to be 19) with one of the three before Whitney, LaPrincia (21). This is LaPrincia's brother from the same mama, Bobby Brown Jr (20). The baby is Bobby's child with his current fiance. This is Bobby's oldest, Landon (26). February 1, 2011 Whitney Houston sang at the funeral service for Bobby Brown’s mother Carole Brown who was buried yesterday in Boston, Massachusetts. According to TMZ, Whitney reached out to Bobby and asked to be a part of the funeral spoke a few words at the service and said she would always consider Carole her mother-in-law. Whitney performed twice at the service, first singing “Precious Lord Take My Hand” and then later joining in with Johnny Gill and New Edition to sing Never Would Have Made It.

The family decided against a stadium funeral - a la Michael Jackson - and agreed to allow an Associated Press camera in for the public to share in the funeral from a distance. ETA: He had two kids before meeting her, I think. During their relationship, I'm not sure. He had one after their marriage ended. From reports I've heard she loved his other children as she was their step-mother.

CNN starts out okay with a story and then they go OTT before you can count to ten. It becomes a redundant one-note mess. ETA: From last Sunday's New York Times...

Yeah, no parents expects to outlive their kid and on top of that Cissy probably did spend much of the past 20 or more years fearing just that - that she'd ultimately lose her kid to her demons. I wasn't really thinking about the toll this would take on her until that moment today. Her looking so fragile behing her daughters casket. I think she'll pull through for her granddaughter if nothing else. Hopefully Bobbi doesn't give in to her parents demons and put more of a burden on this woman.

Meh, CNN sucks. So far, this entire situation is making me not dislike Bobby Brown as much as I used too. Reuters Brown, who's currently on tour with his group New Edition, vacated the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., after he was told that the church couldn't accommodate him and his entourage. Also read: Whitney Houston Funeral: Stevie Wonder, R. Kelly Perform; Kevin Costner Speaks The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was in attendance at Houston's funeral, told CNN that Brown and his entourage of "four or five people" took seats in the front row, but were told that the row was reserved for family only. They were asked to move, Jackson said, but there wasn't room at the invitation-only service to seat them elsewhere. "That was a very difficult moment for all of us; we wanted him to stay," Jackson said. "It seems they could have accommodated him better than they did." The Rev. Al Sharpton, also in attendance, tweeted from the site that he attempted to keep the peace during the dispute. Also read: Bobby Brown on Ex-Wife Whitney Houston: "You Have to Move On" "I am at Whitney's funeral. I spoke with Bobby Brown trying to calm him down and not distract from the services," Sharpton wrote. "Today is about Whitney!" Sharpton softened his stance in a tweet following the funeral. "We are out of the service," Sharpton wrote. "I don't want anyone distorting Bobby Brown. He has shown love and respect today. Stop hatin'." Sharpton reiterated his support for Brown to CNN after the funeral, saying, "Bobby did nothing but show love and respect for the memory of Whitney and his daughter ... I spoke to Bobby, he said all he wanted to do was show respect and love." In a statement, Brown said that he was asked to move on three separate occasions, and prevented him from seeing his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, at the funeral. "I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur," Brown's statement reads, according to CNN. "I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how." Brown's tour takes him to Uncasville, Ct., on Saturday night. Coincidentally, the tour will bring Brown back to Newark on Sunday. Yeah, IWALY blasting with the mother being assisted out the church behing the casket If I hadn't watched the last hour recorded instead of live, that probably would have made me cry. CeCe, he's amazing, and R. Kelly's singing were other moments that almost made me tear up. OTOH, the sister in law's Mother Teresa comparison was just way OTT.

Kudos to 20/20, this special is pretty close to fantastic. They're showing the bad, the good, the ugly and just letting the story speak for itself. Well done. We're on to the ugly part. The looks Whitney is giving Diane in that old interview, heh.

Thanks for the thoughts, gentlemen. I've been struggling with this. Almost everybody I've talked to has told me not to do the VIP and it was mostly a bad experience for them. I'm only 5'2 (on a good day). Even from the 25th row, I'm going to have issues. I've been looking at videos on Youtube, and I love this seat here. I'd get the $275 VIP w/o a pause if they guaranteed me this seat on either side of the stadium. They don't tell you your seat, argh. I asked the person who posted the video what seat it is, hopefully they'll reply by Monday. I have 5 tickets already, 3 on the floor, at least one for each day. Most of them are going up for sale for close to face value since I no longer intend to use a seat that costs more than 300.00. Section 132 Row 18, which is a ticket I have, may be somewhere around this view but on the other side of the stadium. I'd say this video shows a Row 1-5 view too. ETA: I was watching the VH1 special. I had no idea Kylie did that Locomotion song, lol. Awesome. Note to Madonna: People, in general, like your older songs more because THEY WERE BETTER than say Gang Bang. That's why you've had less Top 10s and #1s in the past decade. I kind of like this type of performance, hopefully she goes more this way and less cheerleader-gladiator-MDNA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JvK3U2gpsQ

Somebody put together this list of her Top 100 Billboard History. I'm surprised Oh Father, Rain, The Power of Goodbye & You'll See didn't do better. Holiday: 88-76-68-60-55-45-39-33-31-31-27-25-17-16-16-22-36-53-63-87-94 21 weeks Borderline: 76-62-54-50-46-40-37-35-29-25-22-18-12-11-10-11-12-15-19-30-52-56-61-66-86-88-91-94-98 30 weeks Lucky star: 49-40-27-24-16-13-8-5-4-5-6-17-30-55-86-97 16 weeks Like a virgin: 48-38-21-11-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-9-17-28-43-61-76-100 19 weeks Material girl: 43-34-24-18-5-3-2-2-3-5-13-23-37-50-60-91-100 17 weeks Crazy for you: 55-42-32-20-9-4-3-2-2-2-1-2-6-13-22-30-46-60-76-84-91 21 weeks Angel: 48-41-32-25-19-14-11-9-6-5-10-17-26-38-57-79-98 17 weeks Dress you up: 36-31-23-17-14-10-6-5-10-14-28-41-56-68-84-100 16 weeks Live to tell: 49-35-24-14-11-5-2-2-1-2-4-11-20-31-45-59-75-100 18 weeks Papa don’t preach: 42-35-24-12-6-4-2-1-1-3-9-14-27-35-55-66-70-99 18 weeks True blue: 40-32-20-13-6-5-3-3-3-12-22-39-57-57-72-90 16 weeks Open your heart: 51-38-27-22-15-7-4-2-1-2-8-19-27-40-67-80-98 18 weeks La isla bonita: 49-39-25-18-12-7-4-4-4-9-19-25-38-56-58-77-99 17 weeks Who’s that girl?: 43-33-26-11-7-2-1-2-3-9-20-34-45-67-70-89 16 weeks Causino a commotion: 41-33-23-14-11-5-2-2-2-8-20-32-47-58-73-97-97-98 18 weeks Like a prayer: 38-25-11-5-3-1-1-1-2-10-18-31-41-56-73-98 16 weeks Express yourself: 41-32-24-13-6-4-2-2-3-11-24-36-55-70-85-98 16 weeks Cherish: 37-28-20-14-10-5-4-2-2-12-23-38-52-77-99 16 weeks Oh father: 55-45-40-35-30-27-21-20-20-24-44-70-100 13 weeks Keep it together: 56-41-34-28-23-20-15-9-8-17-29-49-83 13 weeks Vogue: 39-28-12-4-2-1-1-1-2-5-6-14-20-23-33-40-50-56-58-59-67-67-76-100 24 weeks Hanky panky: 40-34-25-17-10-13-24-43-68-83 11 weeks Justify my love: 46-36-23-10-4-2-2-1-1-2-6-15-26-40-68-86 16 weeks Rescue me: 15-14-11-9-16-28-59-90 8 weeks This used to be my playground: 35-17-7-2-2-1-3-3-4-5-11-15-22-30-42-57-59-68-73-88 20 weeks Erotica: 13-3-5-5-9-13-18-25-38-48-59-57-60-61-72-86-85-97 18 weeks Deeper & deeper: 38-24-16-13-11-11-10-8-7-9-14-23-35-52-67-82-88 17 weeks Bad girl: 75-60-49-43-39-36-39-58-72-83-97 11 weeks Rain: 52-37-30-29-26-18-17-14-16-16-20-28-27-32-40-43-61-77-72-75 20 weeks I’ll remember: 35-20-18-15-12-7-4-3-2-2-2-2-5-6-7-11-13-15-16-18-22-23-31-9-45-50 26 weeks Secret: 30-9-4-4-3-5-6-6-6-7-7-9-12-15-15-18-26-31-26-31-36-40-42-50 22 weeks Take a bow: 45-18-14-12-8-5-5-4-4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-6-11-11-15-21-21-28-27-31-37-44-44 30 weeks Bedtime story: 74-42-54-65-75-82-99 7 weeks Human nature: 57-51-51-46-46-46-49-50-48-57-66-72-82-88-98 15 weeks You’ll see: 8-6-9-11-12-11-10-8-11-18-19-23-27-40-49-54-57-63-64-78 20 weeks Love don’t live here anymore: 91-87-79-79-78-89-91-100 8 weeks You must love me: 22-18-18-21-24-30-28-24-23-27-28-33-32-40-45-49-60-68-76-81 20 weeks Don’t cry for me Argentina: 17-8-9-10-13-26-31-41-53-68-73-85-91-89-93-98 16 weeks Frozen: 8-5-2-3-4-4-5-9-11-14-15-16-18-22-40-40-44-54-62-56 20 weeks Ray of light: 5-7-8-9-16-21-26-32-34-39-41-40-43-52-49-56-58-59-63-71 20 weeks The power of goodbye: 24-16-14-13-14-13-11-30-30-31-41-43-44-54-70-78-81-88-96 19 weeks Nothing really matters: 99-93 2 weeks Beautiful stranger: 78-55-38-29-23-23-19-22-21-21-31-45-56-66-78-84-87-92-99 19 weeks American pie: 43-35-29-29-33-32-40-58-88 9 weeks Music: 41-23-18-14-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-4-8-11-16-20-25-27-27-29-44 24 weeks Don’t tell me: 78-54-35-30-26-22-19-16-4-4-6-6-6-7-8-9-13-20-27-32-45 21 weeks What it feels like for a girl: 73-46-23-23-23-31-43-67-83-97 10 weeks Die another day: 41-28-18-8-8-10-10-14-16-21-35-46-57-79-83-93-98 17 weeks American life: 90-74-67-37-52-71-71-86 8 weeks Me against the music: 50-43-38-38-44-35-40-51-78-81-83-91-95 13 weeks Hung up: 20-21-27-14-7-7-14-19-21-23-23-30-43-45-59-64-48-48-54-74 20 weeks Sorry: 70-58-77-77-82 5 weeks 4 minutes: 68-3-3-7-6-4-6-7-7-8-10-10-15-22-28-31-44-54-60-69 20 weeks Give it 2 me: 57 1 week

Yeah, he's Kim Kardashian's sex-tape partner and the brother of (former) R&B singer Brandy. (Well, I think they are brother & sister).

Whitney takes on Stacy Francis the night before the death. From Radar. During Whitney Houston's wild night out in Hollywood on Thursday, the troubled singer was downing tequila and threw a tantrum when another woman got attention from Ray J -- and RadarOnline.com has exclusive details. After taking the stage at Tru Hollywood for a short performance of Yes, Jesus Love Me, Houston exited the stage to find Ray J talking to former X-Factor contestant Stacy Francis, 42, and became irate. “She ran over to them and began screaming, ‘This is my man! I’m a cougar! B*tch, get away from my man,’” a source told us. Ray J tried to calm her down, telling Houston that Francis was a “longtime family friend” but Houston still pointed and screamed. “The other artists in the area tried to surround them so that people wouldn’t begin coming into the area where they were and taking photos or video,” the source explained. Francis tried to calm Houston down, too. “Whitney, I love you baby. It’s not like that. Calm down, you’re causing a scene,” she pleaded. Houston then shoved Francis in her forehead and Francis shoved her back. “The other singers had to jump in and separate them. People were pleading for Whitney to chill out. It was embarrassing,” the source disclosed. Francis acknowledged the incident on her Twitter account in a message she later deleted saying, "oh boy. .... She and Ray J are a couple and she thought that Ray was interested in me. So she asked who was I to him.." "Whitney was drinking tequila the entire night and appeared to be highly intoxicated," an eyewitness told RadarOnline.com. At some point during the madness, Houston scratched her leg and blood began to stream down. Kelly Price had to stop hosting her own Pre-Grammy bash to come backstage to mediate the situation. “Kelly told Whitney that it was okay if she left and thanked her for coming. She had someone take Stacy to get her something to drink and help her freshen up her makeup,” the source added. Francis later joined Price onstage to sing Etta James’ At Last and sung as though nothing ever happened. Though those in attendance said there was no evidence of drug use by Houston at the party, she was drinking tequila the entire night and appeared to be “highly intoxicated.” “She drank from the same cup all night, but her assistant and Ray J held the cup and kept people from photographing her with it,” the source closed. Francis response: Former "X Factor" hopeful Stacy Francis has called her run in with Whitney Houston on Thursday a "misunderstanding." "This is a sad time for me. I loved Whitney Houston with all my heart. She was such an amazing musical influence for me," Stacy Tweeted on Sunday night. "I deeply regret the events that led to Thursday's misunderstanding, but I respect and love her more than I can say." "Whitney maintained a genuineness in this difficult profession and I will always admire and respect the courage that she lived," she Tweeted. "At this painful time, I would like to express my support and most sincere condolences to Whitney's family in learning of her sudden death...I will always remember her to be a deeply humane person and wish her spirit to rest in peace."

I guess it sort of does. People can only assist in changing you so much from the person you really are. Bobby's Whitney (as opposed to Clive's) was probably much closer to the real Whitney than many of us would like to believe. Including myself for a time. Take away the drugs, I don't have much of an issue with that person. But it is really two different images. That being the public and personal image Whitney was giving off in the 80s and early 90s and the image she was giving off later with the cameras on or "off."

I can agree with that. Surprising.

Different strokes for different folks.