Whitney Houston’s New Jersey estate, where she married Bobby Brown in 1992, is for sale, according to The Associated Press. The five-acre, five-bedroom, 12,561-square-foot house in Mendham Township is listed for $2.5 million. That’s less than half its $5.6 million assessed value.
The property is described by real estate agents as a modern-styled home full of natural light and containing “circular-themed interior spaces,” as well as a four-car garage, three fireplaces, walk-in closets, a bar and skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows.
Whitney Houston narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction when she took the stage on the British reality talent competition The X Factor Sunday night, wearing a floor-length silver dress that threatened to get caught on the heels of her stilettos.
With a hem several inches too long, the comeback diva had to keep hoisting the frock up to avoid falling on her face as she belted out the lyrics to “Million Dollar Bill.” Whitney even had to deal with the garb’s back fastening coming apart.
Despite the wardrobe malfunction, Whitney championed through her performance, telling host Dermot O’Leary: “I sang myself out of my clothes…”
Whitney Houston has unveiled a music video for her new uptempo track “Million Dollar Bill,” the second single from the diva’s charttopping comeback album I Look to You. The track was co-written and produced by hip-hop power couple Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz.
Whitney Houston says ex-husband Bobby Brown was emotionally abusive during their 14 year marriage and at one point slapped and spit on her.
On Monday, Whitney — who is staging a career comeback with the release of her album in 7 years, I Look To You – told Oprah that the crooner wasn’t physically abusive but that “he slapped me once but he got hit on the head three times by me.”
The Queen of Talk kicks off the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday, Sept. 14 with what she says is “the best interview” she’s ever done — her one-on-one with Whitney Houston.
In this sneak peek video of Oprah Winfrey’s one-on-one interview with legendary singer Whitney Houston, the singer describes the day her mother, gospel legend Cissy Houston, staged an intervention to get the star into rehab — with the help of the local sheriff.
Oprah chats with Whitney on the 24th season premiere of The Oprah Winfrey Show Monday, Sept. 14 and Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Is Bobbi Kristina Brown music’s next big thing? Industry hot shots like Clive Davis — who discovered Bobbi Kris’ powerhouse mother — are convinced Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s 16-year-old daughter has the vocal chops to join her parents as a pop icons, informants for The Chicago Sun-Times claim.
Bobbi Kristina’s duet with mom on Good Morning America this week could be the first in series designed to help the teen launch a solo career, snitches say.
Whitney Houston celebrated Monday’s debut of her eagerly-awaited comeback album, I Look To You, with a action-packed performance for ABC’s Good Morning America in New York City’s Central Park Tuesday afternoon.
GMA co-hosts Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer joined the R&B diva on stage for a rendition of “I’m Every Woman” during today’s taping. Bobbi Kristina, Whitney’s 16-year-old daughter with ex-husband Bobby Brown, was also on-hand for the performance.
Whitney’s interview and live set will air on Good Morning America Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Whitney Houston returns to the music scene after a six-year hiatus with the release of her comeback album I Look to You, her sixth full-length studio LP. So far, the album is getting mostly strong reviews from critics, and now the legendary singer is opening about teaming up with her Arista Records mentor Clive Davis once again on the pages of the October issue of Ebony Magazine.
“I shed a lot of stuff, a lot of unnecessary weight in the last three or four years. I left a lot of old luggage behind, and when I did, the blessings just started pouring on me, and the light in my spirit started to lift again,” Whitney tells the magazine. “I’m really humbled, and I thank God that people love me, but I [really] thank God that God loves me. I thank Him for chastening my heart, for never letting go. What I did sometimes … I went off and did my thing, but He never let me go.”
Whitney On Her Retreat From The Public Eye: “I was just ready to lay back and raise my daughter and just watch her grow and nurture her. And my mother’s getting older. I wanted to spend more time with my mom [because during] most of my 20s and 30s, [I] was dealing with making records and traveling the world and being this thing — icon, you know — whatever this has turned into.”
Whitney On Her Relationship With Daughter Bobbi Kristina, 16: “She and I are not only mother and daughter, but we’re good friends. I want her to trust me, to be able to trust in me, to know that I’m not going nowhere. If she knows that I’m there for her, she can depend on me. I’m the dependable one; she can depend on her mommy.”
Whitney Houston covers the October issue of Ebony, on newsstands September 8.
