Father’s Lawsuit Against Whitney Houston Thrown Out
Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports a New Jersey superior court judge has thrown out the $100 million lawsuit filed by Whitney Houston’s late father John Russell against the troubled diva. Read more.
Bobby Brown Hawks TV Reality Show With Whitney Houston
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Bobby Brown, who’s been jailed twice just this year, is trying to sell a show about himself to a network. Brown’s production company, B2 Entertainment, has been following him and equally troubled wife, Whitney Houston, around the Atlanta area, where the couple resides, the newspaper reported Thursday.
Whitney Houston’s Mother Cissy Plans Prayer Vigil
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy announced plans via a recorded message airing on New York’s KISS-FM radio station for a ”prayer vigil” next Monday — a two-hour event the R&B and gospel great said she’s calling ”mothers praying for healing.” In the statement, the senior Houston said, ”Let us pray for healing and deliverance for our children affected by substance abuse.” A friend of the family remarked, “”Clearly Cissy’s public statement on the issue is her way of continuing to keep Whitney focused on how essential Cissy considers Whitney’s recovery… for herself, for [her daughter] Bobbi Kristina and for her entire family.”
Whitney Houston’s Flack Insist She’s Still In Rehab
The Boston Herald reports Whitney Houston’s people are insisting the troubled singer is still in a “private facility” undergoing rehab for drug addiction. But reports have the singer showing up at her suburban Atlanta home last week to greet her husband Bobby Brown when he got out of jail. “Whitney Houston is continuing the program she chose for rehabilitation in a private facility,” said a fax from Houston’s publicist, who declined further comment.
Vivica Stands Up For Whitney
Vivica A. Fox is standing up for troubled Whitney Houston. “I would love to play her,” she tells the May issue of Smooth. “Whitney is an incredible entertainer and a great woman, and because of things that are happening in her life right now, a lot of people have forgotten her contribution to the music industry. I want to remind them.”
Why Whitney Checked Out Of Rehab
David Letterman joked during his Late Show monologue on Wednesday night, “Whitney Houston has checked herself out of rehab after just five days. She said the reason was because they don’t have drugs in there.”
Did Whitney Houston Even Enter Rehab?
Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reports that Whitney Houston may have never checked into rehab, but instead spent part of last weekend getting her throat scraped at a special clinic in the Atlanta area. From there, she was supposed to go into a nearby drug-rehab facility, but she checked herself out of the throat clinic on Saturday and into a local hotel. “She couldn’t have been in a 28-day program, since she was getting and receiving calls,” a source insisted. Read more.
Whitney Houston Bails Out Of Rehab
Whitney Houston has checked out of rehab after just five days of treatment. “Whitney got extremely upset and said she felt the walls were closing in on her,” a source close to the distressed diva told The New York Daily News. “Miss Houston is continuing the prescribed treatment, as was planned,” Houston’s spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer insisted. “Her movements are in total keeping with the program.”
Bobby Brown Out Of Jail, But Is Whitney Out Of Rehab?
Did Whitney Houston leave rehab behind? Tuesday, In Touch magazine reported that the diva threw a tantrum and bailed out of her treatment program. They claim Houston rented a mansion and scheduled private treatment for 30 days. But Houston’s reps insisted to ‘Extra’ that this was not true. The new worries about Houston come just one day after her husband Bobby Brown was released from a Georgia County jail a month early.
Whitney’s ‘Bodyguard’ Co-Star Supports Rehab Decision
Whitney Houston’s ‘Bodyguard’ co-star Kevin Costner spoke with ‘Extra’ about the singer’s decision to go into drug rehab. “It’s time Whitney takes care of herself, and it’s time we take care of Whitney,” Costner said at a charity golf tournament thrown by Los Angeles radio station KLOS. “What’s important is how she hears how many people really do care about her and what she’s given.”
