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Posted: 5:33 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
By Vikki Locke
Whitney released seven albums and three film soundtracks and won six Grammys, Houston sold over 200 million albums and singles worldwide. She earned 30 Billboard Awards, 22 American Music Awards and two Emmy Awards. Whitney is the 4th best-selling female artist of all time, behind Madonna, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.
- The LA Times claims Whitney smelled of cigarettes and alcohol and was doing handstands by a pool last Thursday during a Grammys press event.
- Sony plans to release Whitney's final film, “Sparkle,” this coming summer as planned.
- Glee's Valentine's Day episode features a rendition of Houston's "I Will Always Love You."
- Whitney's Greatest Hits album has shot to No. 1 on iTunes, Amazon.com's Best Sellers CD list and MP3 charts
- Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy event took place as Whitney's lifeless body was still in her room.
There are already a ton of WHITNEY HOUSTON specials planned for this week.
--VH1 is airing a special report at 9:30 tonight: "Whitney Houston: Death of a Diva"
--VH1 Classics will air "Whitney A-to-Z" at noon Tuesday and again at 8 pm.
--VH1 will also debut "VH1 News Presents Whitney Houston’s Greatest Moments" on Thursday, drawn from her performances on "VH1 Divas" in 1999 and 2003 and "VH1 Honors" in 1996.
--Lifetime is running a special broadcast of "The Bodyguard" at 8 pm tonight.
Whitney Houston Death: Whitney Houston died on Saturday at the age of 48. She was found unconscious in her bathtub at the Beverly Hills Hilton. Paramedics were called and performed CPR, but, Whitney was unresponsive and pronounced dead at 3:55 PM. There were no obvious signs of foul play and no obvious signs of a cause of death. Whitney's mother, Cissy Houston and her cousin, Dionne Warwick, reportedly spoke to her at around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday and had no indication anything was wrong. TMZ speculates that Whitney was taking Xanax and may have fallen asleep and drowned in her bathtub. RADAR Online claims Lorazepam, Valium and a sleeping medication were also found in Whitney's room. Doctors say Whitney should have never been given been a prescription for Xanax because she had substance abuse issues. TMZ claims water was found in Whitney's lungs.
Whitney's Daughter Breaks Down: Whitney's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was rushed to the hospital yesterday where she was treated for anxiety and stress. A source tells RADAR Online, "She tried to ease the pain of losing her mother by having a few alcoholic drinks. She was distraught, on the verge of a complete breakdown. Not knowing what to do, members of her mother's entourage tried to calm her down with a sedative. The two were an unfortunate mix and she ended up passing out." Another source tells Showbiz Spy, “Bobbi's world will be shattered. She wanted to be just like her mother. She idolized Whitney, which made always seeing her mom in disarray that much worse. Bobbi was always by her side in everything she did. She was really her mom’s caretaker and biggest cheerleader and biggest fan…I don’t know how she will be able to go on.”
The X Factor: Simon Cowell says he was considering hiring Whitney for The X Factor. "The rumors that had got back to us...and that's often what happens when people want to be on these shows, somebody tells someone to get the word out, it's normally a sign that they are interested. We were ironically going to meet on Monday and of course, one of the names we were going to be talking about in that meeting as a possible mentor on the new series of X Factor was going to be Whitney Houston. Given the choice, I would have liked to have taken her under my wing as well, because she would have been the ultimate, ultimate mentor to any contestant coming on the show."
ALL THINGS GRAMMY'S:
2012 General Grammy Winners
Album of the year: Adele's 21
Record of the year: Adele's Rolling the Deep
Song of the year: Adele's Rolling in the Deep
Best new artist: Bon Iver
Short-form music video: Adele’s Rolling in the Deep
Comedy album: Louis C.K.’s Hilarious
2012 Pop Grammy Winners
Best pop solo performance: Adele's Someone Like You
Pop duo/group performance: Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse’s Body and Soul
Pop instrumental album: Booker T. Jones’ The Road from Memphis
2012 Rap Grammy Winners
Best rap performance: Otis, by Kanye West and Jay-Z
Rap performance: Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Otis
Rap/sung collaboration: Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie’s All of the Lights
Rap song: All of the Lights
Rap album: Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2012 Rock Grammy Winners
Best rock performance: Foo Fighters' Walk
Long-form music video: Foo Fighters’ Back and Forth
Hard rock/metal performance: Foo Fighters’ White Limo
Rock song: Foo Fighters’ Walk
Rock Album: Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light
Alternative music album: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver
2012 R&B Grammy Winners
R&B album: Chris Brown's F.A.M.E.
R&B performance: Corinne Bailey Rae’s Is This Love
Traditional R&B performance: Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona’s Fool for You
R&B song: Cee Lo Green and Co.’s Fool for You
2012 Country Grammy Winners
Country album: Lady Antebellum's Own the Night
Country solo performance: Taylor Swift’s Mean
Country song: Taylor Swift’s Mean
Country duo/group performance: The Civil Wars’ Barton Hollow
- Matt Lauer wants $30 million to continue hosting The Today Show. The show makes $450 million a year for NBC.
- 17.9 million viewers watched American Idol on Thursday night.
- Ben Stiller, Dwayne “The Rock" Johnson, John McEnroe, Sherri Shepherd and members of the Super-Bowl-winning Giants watched Jeremy Lin torch the Lakers on Friday night at the Garden. The undrafted Harvard grad had 38 points.
- Michael Keaton wants to do a sequel to Beetlejuice.
- The US Navy’s newest ship will be called the USS Gabrielle Giffords.
- Lottery officials say someone who played the Powerball in Rhode Island has won the $325 million jackpot. The winning numbers were 1, 10, 37, 52, 57, and the powerball was 11.
Vikki Locke has been waking up Atlanta radio listeners for over 20 years. The most asked question she gets is “What time do you have to get up?
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