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[…] young age when she started modeling in her teens. And then of course she saw so many iconic women around her growing up — including her mother, Cissy Houston — and watched how they used makeup in their beauty routines.  She loved to use makeup as part of her art.” Pat continued, “We’ve spent a […]

[…] biopic from a script written by Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody). The film stars British actress Naomi Ackie as Houston, Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown, Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston, Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, and Clarke Peters as John Houston. The film is produced by music producer (and Houston’s former mentor) Clive Davis, who is […]

[…] absolute authority as a family to feel the way we do about her legacy. We matter. We’re still here. Why wasn’t there a call to myself, Gary, Cissy or even her daughter? Why deny selected members of the family an advanced copy of the film? As we once again enter a season of bereavement […]

[…] of the new “Whitney” documentary. According to a family source, after claiming that both he and his sister were molested by their cousin, Dee Dee Warwick, matriarch  Cissy Houston has exiled Gary from the clan’s fold, RadarOnline has learned exclusively. “Cissy called him and told him ‘I’m cutting you out of my will,’ and hung […]

Cissy Houston arrives to visit Bobbi Kristina Brown at the Emory University Hospital on February 8, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia *The drama between Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grandmother, Cissy Houston, and her father Bobby Brown, is said to be getting ugly as she reportedly plans to challenge him after he filed to be the head […]

[…] do about it except love her,” he recalled. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Garcelle Beauvais Nabs Recurring Role on E!’s ‘The Arrangement’ (L-R) Whitney, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Robyn Crawford He also revealed that Whitney’s famous cousin, singer Dionne Warwick, also knew about their relationship. “Dionne grew up with them, and knew about it […]

[…] Ackie playing the role of Whitney, the Clive Davis project also starred Stanley Tucci as Clive her music producer; Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown; Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston; Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford her assistance and friend, and Clarke Peters as John Houston her father. The project is directed by Kasi Lemmons and produced […]

[…] the funeral so she could perform later that night at Radio City Music Hall in New York, which she said she was contractually obligated to do. Though Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother, said in the days afterward that Franklin wasn’t Houston’s godmother (it was Darlene Love), Franklin felt the comment was damaging to her and […]

[…] were romantically involved. As a teen, Whitney ran from her mother’s house into the arms of Robyn.” According to the new “Whitney” documentary, Houston left her mom Cissy’s home and moved in with Robyn when she was 18, after being heartbroken by her parents’ divorce. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Pharrell Williams to Curate […]

* Cissy Houston has reportedly been battling her own health issues, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. In the months after her superstar daughter’s death, Houston penned a revealing book “Remembering Whitney,” in which she referenced the late singer’s longtime battle with drug abuse. Now, the 84-year-old Houston family matriarch is “in the early stages of dementia,” […]

Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. *Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston will be front and center at Saturday’s Gospel Image Awards in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mother of the late Whitney Houston will receive the lifetime achievement award at […]

[…] the funeral so she could perform later that night at Radio City Music Hall in New York, which she said she was contractually obligated to do. Though Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother, said in the days afterward that Franklin wasn’t Houston’s godmother (it was Darlene Love), Franklin felt the comment was damaging to her and […]

[…] wrists. Houston died in 2012 at age 48, while Brown, 22, was found face-down and unresponsive in the bathtub of her Georgia home in January. Her grandmother, Cissy Houston, has said that BK has “global irreversible brain damage.” Read more revelations from the book below, via The Wrap: 1. Hospital drama: The Houston vs. Brown […]

[…] with TheWrap.com, Bassett mentioned that she reached out to Warwick in hopes she’d relay positive feedback on “Whitney” to the Houston family, in light of Houston’s mom Cissy publicly speaking out against the film in July. “Well, I’ve spoken to Dionne. I was able to show it to her because I want Miss Cissy […]

[…] felt.” And so, she says, “I kept it safe. I found comfort in my silence.” There was also pressure from Whitney’s family, including her mother gospel singer Cissy Houston. “Whitney told me her mother said it wasn’t natural for two women to be that close,” says Crawford, “but we were that close.” Their closeness spawned relentless speculation […]