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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 1:49:16 GMT -5
CNN as a whole needs to have ALL of the seats. And Jennifer Holliday can sit alongside them. She has always proven herself to be a bitter b with absolutely no sense o self-awareness or inclination to take responsibility for her own fate. Her own nasty attitude is the reason why she never became a huge star after Dreamgirls, but she refuses to take a hard look at herself and accept the blame.
It annoys me that Celine of all people is catching flack for her comments when you have Diana and Jennifer being the self-absorbed and petty jealous ones. That may just speak to how more high-profile Celine is than those two are though.
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Post by beebee on Feb 14, 2012 4:21:19 GMT -5
WTF @ Anderson asking Kelly Price if she was concerned when she saw Whitney drinking "a glass of champagne." Oh yea... she had some champage at an event where hundreds of others are doing the same, BUT it must be a sign that she's not taking care of herself to this extreme. Come on Kelly Price should be worried since people with history of drug abuse should not, in any case, be involved with potentially addictive substances, such as alcohol and smoking (let alone prescribed drugs). It just shows us that Whitney never really recovered from her issues and the combinations of factors led up to her tragic death.
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Post by Caviar on Feb 14, 2012 10:04:31 GMT -5
Damn Leann Rimes cover of IWALY is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! :O :O Sucks she didn't do the bridge due to her breaking down but I ALWAYS knew that girl could blow. :'( :'(
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Feb 14, 2012 11:09:19 GMT -5
I know Whitney is with Jesus and I find that so comforting, still so sad that she's gone though.
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Post by allow that on Feb 14, 2012 11:25:13 GMT -5
Chaka Khan is now getting a lot of slack because supposedly Piers Morgan asked her about her favorite Whitney memory, and she responded by saying she remember a night where her, Whitney, and Bobby were all hanging out in a hotel room and just got high and told jokes all night. I didn't see the interview but it's apparently the same one where she spoke about the Grammy pre-party. Is this true that she actually said that? :o
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Feb 14, 2012 11:29:09 GMT -5
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 14, 2012 11:37:19 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be some sort of TV tribute like there was for Michael, soon.
There NEEDS to be one.
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 14, 2012 16:38:28 GMT -5
Funeral for Whitney Houston set for Saturday in New Jersey
(CNN) -- A private funeral for pop superstar Whitney Houston will be held Saturday at her childhood church in New Jersey, according to the owner of the funeral home handling the arrangements.
The service will start at noon at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, said Carolyn Whigham of Whigham Funeral Home.
As with the private burial, the ceremony is open to invited guests only, Whigham said. Reporters must remain outside.
A large crowd was on hand late Monday when Houston's body arrived at the funeral home, borne by a hearse and escorted by police after arriving at Teterboro Airport. Cissy Houston, the late singer's mother, was waiting inside, police said.
The body was flown from California to Newark on a private plane belonging to filmmaker Tyler Perry, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the situation.
Cissy Houston is "overwhelmed but strong. Her faith is getting her through this," a close friend of the family who was also at the funeral home told CNN's Deb Feyerick on Tuesday. The friend asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead Saturday in her suite at the upscale Beverly Hilton, just hours before she was scheduled to attend a pre-Grammy bash at the hotel.
Why she died remains a mystery.
Celebrity drug addiction Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said that "not many prescription bottles" were found in the singer's room after her death. The amount of medications recovered by investigators was less than what is usually present in deaths attributed to overdoses, Winter said.
"I know there are reports that she maybe was drowned or did she overdose, but we won't make a final determination until all the tests are in," he said. Winter ruled out foul play and said there were no injuries to Houston's body.
The singer's soaring voice and impressive talent had taken a back seat in recent years to her struggles with drug addiction. However, said the close family friend, Houston was "no longer an addict," meaning she was no longer using "hard drugs." The friend said Houston was taking medication for a throat infection and Xanax for anxiety and to help her sleep. And it was not uncommon for her to have a drink when she went out, he said.
"She had let it go," he said. "And we were proud of her."
He said he had seen Houston about two weeks ago in New Jersey, and she told him, "I'm at a comfortable place in my life."
The friend said Houston had been "clean" from hard drugs for three years and had not used cocaine or marijuana, and added that her family is upset by media coverage focusing on her history of drug problems.
"In her life, she made some bad decisions, but let's not forget the good ones," he said, recalling how she returned to Newark at Christmas and gave to those in need. "... She took care of foster children, and children with AIDS."
A singer who participated in an impromptu duet with Houston at a party Thursday night said Houston was not behaving erratically.
"I didn't see someone who was high," Kelly Price told CNN's "Starting Point" on Monday. During the party, Houston took the stage unexpectedly and sang a hoarse rendition of "Jesus Loves Me" with Price.
Houston's body was released to her family Monday, a day after an autopsy was conducted in Los Angeles. Results of toxicology tests aren't expected for six to eight weeks.
"We do not know (the cause) yet," Winter said, adding that police and Houston's family will hear that determination first.
Beverly Hills police have requested a "security hold" on the coroner's report, a common practice in high-profile cases that limits what can be revealed about an investigation while it is ongoing.
Asked how long Houston had been dead before she was found, Winter said she was seen alive within an hour of her death.
Houston's body was found by her assistant, Mary Jones, who was often called "Aunt Mary," a family source said Tuesday. Earlier, Winter had confirmed reports that the songstress was found in the bathtub of her hotel room.
Houston's 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was in the care of her grandmother Cissy and her father, Bobby Brown, the close family friend said Tuesday. Houston and Brown, an R&B singer, divorced in 2007.
Brown released a statement Tuesday saying his daughter, after a "visit with doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday," is now "with my family, including her (half-) siblings."
"Obviously, the death of her mother is affecting her," said Brown, known as a member of the group New Edition. "However we will get through this tragedy as a family."
On Monday night, Aretha Franklin -- the singer known as the "Queen of Soul" and Houston's godmother -- honored her at a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to CNN affiliate WSOC.
Franklin called Houston "one of the greatest singers that has ever stood before a microphone," and sang Houston's smash hit song, "I Will Always Love You," the station said.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Feb 14, 2012 17:04:55 GMT -5
Lovely words and she kept her composure. Good, Janet. :)
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Post by slw84 on Feb 14, 2012 18:03:10 GMT -5
Anyway Jennifer Holliday just took it upon herself on CNN to let everyone know that Whitney was doing drugs before she ever met Bobby Brown. Classy. It was with Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy admitted to cocaine usage. Cocaine was such a 80s party drug. When it was done recreationally, she was ok...then the emotional issues came into play in a later relationship and it became a mask...sigh. Unfortunately, it got the best of her... :'( :'( :'(
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Post by allow that on Feb 14, 2012 18:06:37 GMT -5
I hate how the media outlets keep reporting as if the drugs killed her. There were no street drugs found anywhere in her room. She took a Xanax!!! It's basically a household item.
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 14, 2012 18:16:49 GMT -5
I hate how the media outlets keep reporting as if the drugs killed her. There were no street drugs found anywhere in her room. She took a Xanax!!! It's basically a household item. I know!! Ignorant people saying "crack kills" or "that's what happens when you do cocaine" how bout waiting for toxicology results before jumping to conclusions? Or take in the fact that no illegal drugs were in her room? There was xanax, an antibiotic, midol, and ibuprofen!
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Post by slw84 on Feb 14, 2012 18:25:21 GMT -5
I hate how the media outlets keep reporting as if the drugs killed her. There were no street drugs found anywhere in her room. She took a Xanax!!! It's basically a household item. I know!! Ignorant people saying "crack kills" or "that's what happens when you do cocaine" how bout waiting for toxicology results before jumping to conclusions? Or take in the fact that no illegal drugs were in her room? There was xanax, an antibiotic, midol, and ibuprofen! I agree and thanks for responding to my multiple posts giving you shout outs and praying for you as a fan; however, whether or not the toxicology shows drugs in her system we have to understand that her past drug use lead up to it and either indirectly or directly impact the end result. May she rest in peace :'(
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Post by allow that on Feb 14, 2012 18:40:56 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I definitely believe her past drug use lowered her body's tolerance for whatever actually happened.
But they're reporting "erratic behaviour" and "killed by addiction" without specifying that there were no actual street drugs at the time of her death. It leads people to believe she took street drugs on the day of her death when so far all evidence points to the contrary. I don't think that's fair to her memory.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 18:55:24 GMT -5
That's not how I read the articles at all. Years of addiction ravaged her body to the point that it is possible to even accidentally die in a tub of "natural causes" (if that is what it was), without any drugs illegal or legal being present in the hotel room.
This is why I think the news articles keep referencing the years of drug use, it seems to be relevant
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 14, 2012 19:08:24 GMT -5
I know!! Ignorant people saying "crack kills" or "that's what happens when you do cocaine" how bout waiting for toxicology results before jumping to conclusions? Or take in the fact that no illegal drugs were in her room? There was xanax, an antibiotic, midol, and ibuprofen! I agree and thanks for responding to my multiple posts giving you shout outs and praying for you as a fan( I'm sorry, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I do thank all of you for praying for me, even those who I've gotten into it with here have said they're praying for me. This is just such a hard time, I want to pretened it's not real.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 14, 2012 19:20:55 GMT -5
That's not how I read the articles at all. Years of addiction ravaged her body to the point that it is possible to even accidentally die in a tub of "natural causes" (if that is what it was), without any drugs illegal or legal being present in the hotel room. This is why I think the news articles keep referencing the years of drug use, it seems to be relevant ??? If she was under the influence of no hard drugs while in the tub, I don't see how hard drugs can be relevant to her death. Sure people ruin their health from years of drug abuse, but Whitney was clean and healthy... as far as we know. Unless she was under the influence of any hard drugs at the time, her past use of them is irrelevant in my opinion. The drugs she had in her hotel room are common household drugs for the most part, the others were prescribed for her throat problem.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 19:32:59 GMT -5
That's not how I read the articles at all. Years of addiction ravaged her body to the point that it is possible to even accidentally die in a tub of "natural causes" (if that is what it was), without any drugs illegal or legal being present in the hotel room. This is why I think the news articles keep referencing the years of drug use, it seems to be relevant ??? If she was under the influence of no hard drugs while in the tub, I don't see how hard drugs can be relevant to her death. Sure people ruin their health from years of drug abuse, but Whitney was clean and healthy... as far as we know. Unless she was under the influence of any hard drugs at the time, her past use of them is irrelevant in my opinion. The drugs she had in her hotel room are common household drugs for the most part, the others were prescribed for her throat problem. If Whitney truly was not battling drug addiction for years as the media suggests then fine. However, the years of addiction seems to be well documented and you yourself said that can have an impact on your health. Her physical condition as a result of years of drug addiction could have an impact and that is why I believe you see it in news stories. So I don't think the media is wrong for continuing to point to it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 19:40:41 GMT -5
That's not how I read the articles at all. Years of addiction ravaged her body to the point that it is possible to even accidentally die in a tub of "natural causes" (if that is what it was), without any drugs illegal or legal being present in the hotel room. This is why I think the news articles keep referencing the years of drug use, it seems to be relevant ??? If she was under the influence of no hard drugs while in the tub, I don't see how hard drugs can be relevant to her death. Sure people ruin their health from years of drug abuse, but Whitney was clean and healthy... as far as we know. Unless she was under the influence of any hard drugs at the time, her past use of them is irrelevant in my opinion. The drugs she had in her hotel room are common household drugs for the most part, the others were prescribed for her throat problem. Xanax is not a "common household drug," at least not like Midol and ibuprofen. It's a prescription medication that is highly addictive and can cause respiratory arrest in high doses or when mixed with alcohol. It may be a common prescription medication but it's not harmless. There are plenty of people who abuse and are addicted to Xanax. Many doctors are even reluctant to prescribe it, especially to people who have had addiction problems.
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 14, 2012 19:48:10 GMT -5
Whitney Houston was busy right before she passed away.
We're hearing from The Insider that the singer was approving the final look of a photo shoot for her new candle line right before she died.
According to a source in her entourage, Whitney looked at the layout of the shoot (which was shot just down the hall), approved it, then had a few members of her entourage to run some last minute errands. Houston then went down the hallway to take a bath.
Then, what we've heard (and others have heard), has lead us to believe that Whitney was fully in the tub when her Aunt Mary Jones found her.
That isn't the case according to the source — she never made it into the tub. Allegedly she was getting in when she collapsed and was found half in and half out of the tub.
Well, whatever happened, all we know for sure is that it was tragic. We had been hoping for a major comeback — never this.
Our heart goes out to her family and loved ones!
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 14, 2012 19:54:12 GMT -5
??? If she was under the influence of no hard drugs while in the tub, I don't see how hard drugs can be relevant to her death. Sure people ruin their health from years of drug abuse, but Whitney was clean and healthy... as far as we know. Unless she was under the influence of any hard drugs at the time, her past use of them is irrelevant in my opinion. The drugs she had in her hotel room are common household drugs for the most part, the others were prescribed for her throat problem. Xanax is not a "common household drug," at least not like Midol and ibuprofen. It's a prescription medication that is highly addictive and can cause respiratory arrest in high doses or when mixed with alcohol. It may be a common prescription medication but it's not harmless. There are plenty of people who abuse and are addicted to Xanax. Many doctors are even reluctant to prescribe it, especially to people who have had addiction problems. I guess you missed my "for the most part"... I then went on to say the other medications were prescribed for her throat problems... And I forgot to mention anxiety problems. It is possible she had an addiction to Xanax, but if it were just prescribed by her doctor days before, I don't see how she'd have an addiction to it. I don't see why you felt the need to respond as if something was wrong with my post.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 20:10:25 GMT -5
Xanax is not a "common household drug," at least not like Midol and ibuprofen. It's a prescription medication that is highly addictive and can cause respiratory arrest in high doses or when mixed with alcohol. It may be a common prescription medication but it's not harmless. There are plenty of people who abuse and are addicted to Xanax. Many doctors are even reluctant to prescribe it, especially to people who have had addiction problems. I guess you missed my "for the most part"... I then went on to say the other medications were prescribed for her throat problems... And I forgot to mention anxiety problems. It is possible she had an addiction to Xanax, but if it were just prescribed by her doctor days before, I don't see how she'd have an addiction to it. I don't see why you felt the need to respond as if something was wrong with my post. Whitney wasn't prescribed Xanax "days before". She regularly took them before shows and public appearances. It's completely possible she died from a Xanax and alcohol combination. It doesn't really matter that most of the other pill bottles were over the counter drugs. The Xanax is all it would have taken.
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Post by Oprah on Feb 14, 2012 20:14:57 GMT -5
I hate how the media outlets keep reporting as if the drugs killed her. There were no street drugs found anywhere in her room. She took a Xanax!!! It's basically a household item. I know, it just make this all the more heartbreaking that she did so much to put drugs behind her yet everyone's trying to pin her death on continued usage.
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Post by slw84 on Feb 14, 2012 21:41:49 GMT -5
I agree and thanks for responding to my multiple posts giving you shout outs and praying for you as a fan( I'm sorry, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I do thank all of you for praying for me, even those who I've gotten into it with here have said they're praying for me. This is just such a hard time, I want to pretened it's not real. No need to apologize. I understand if you thought it was sarcasm. It wasn't. I would never be sarcastic when it comes to religion/prayer, though. I meant it when I said I could not imagine how I could manage if one of my faves that I am currently still stanning for ended up in an unfortunate situation. Real talk... Side note: I hope that in June the BET Awards puts on one heck of a tribute for the family, friends and fans alike.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Feb 14, 2012 22:00:00 GMT -5
I know Whitney is with Jesus and I find that so comforting, still so sad that she's gone though. My mom always told me that God takes musicians or singers when He is ready to have them sing for Him personally and that is why so many of the great ones die too soon. I go back and forth with my personal faith, but I really would like to believe that-that she is up there singing with the angels right now.
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Post by The Black Bird on Feb 14, 2012 23:20:49 GMT -5
Yep. The heaven's choir just got an AMAZING addition!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2012 0:05:26 GMT -5
Singing with the voice she had 15 year ago, right?
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Post by Bojangles on Feb 15, 2012 0:43:02 GMT -5
I hope you all watch this, and get another inside look at Whitney as a person. This is her filmed during her My Love Is Your Love world tour
Please watch this!
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Post by Tea-why on Feb 15, 2012 8:24:39 GMT -5
^She was always so funny and endearing in her interviews etc.
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