B98.5FM's very own Veronica Waters is LIVE from Newark, NJ where the funeral for the late Whitney Houston is taking place this Saturday at noon. She gaves us the latest scoop of the atmosphere, fans, celebrities and the family.

Entertainment Tonight's Mark Steines tells us details of Whitney Houston's death that nobody else knows! What really happened inside her hotel room and how she was discovered!

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13), starring Nicolas Cage, The Secret World of Arrietty (G), with Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett and Will Arnett, and This Means War (PG-13), starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Chelsea Handler, are all out in theatres today.

- The state of Illinois is considering imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs. Club owners are opposed to the tax and say it would greatly hurt business.

- NOW magazine claims Angelina Jolie has been taking Indian cooking lessons

- The Hollywood Reporter claims Oprah Winfrey may star in “The Butler,” a new film about Eugene Allen, an African American man, who worked as a White House butler for eight presidents over a span of more than 30 years

- Comedy Central has suspended production of the Colbert Report for at least two days. Sources say Stephen Colbert is tending to a family emergency. According to the Huffington Post, Colbert's 91-year-old mother, Lorna, is "seriously ill."

- Jason Bateman and his wife, Amanda Anka, are the proud parents of a new baby girl named Maple Sylvie. She was born last Friday

- 18.6 million people watched American Idol on Wednesday. Only 10.7 million watched the premiere of the new Survivor.

- Mars Inc., which makes Snickers and M&M's, has placed a new, 250-calorie limit on all of their chocolate products

- Ben & Jerry's has begun producing Greek frozen yogurt. Flavors include Banana Peanut Butter, Raspberry Fudge Chunk, Strawberry Shortcake, Blackberry Vanilla Graham Cracker, Vanilla and Strawberry Shortcake.

- Cheaterville.com has offered the city of Bucyrus, Ohio $1 million to rename their city Cheaterville, Ohio.

Kim-sanity: Kim Kardashian's publicist is trying to arrange for her to go on a date with Jeremy Lin. A source tells mediatakeout.com, "She thinks Jeremy is cute, and she's good friends with Carmelo Anthony's wife, Lala. It's going to be a double date." The site says Jeremy is EXTREMELY EXCITED about meeting Kim.

- The Rock will appear at WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, April 7, 2013.

- A Chautauqua Airlines pilot was kept off a flight in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday after he failed a blood-alcohol test. A hotel shuttle bus driver called airport police to report the pilot was drunk.

Whitney Houston's makeup artist, Reginald Dowdley, says she was in good spirits before she died. “She seemed good and vibrant and full of life. She had no idea this was going to happen. I was on my way to her hotel room to do her makeup when I got the phone call. It was so unexpected. She was so excited to go to the Grammys party.”

The Huff Post claims a new Whitney Houston CD may be released. A source says, "Whitney could have as many as 35 unreleased songs. The label is already talking about putting out a greatest hits and then as many albums of never-before-released songs as possible. Unlike Michael [Jackson], Whitney didn't record songs in a home studio between releasing CDs, so it's unlikely that a ton of undiscovered recordings will be discovered. However, they do have the masters of all the songs that were cut from her 24-year recording career."

Josh Duhamel tells E! he may not return for Transformers 4. "I don't think anybody's doing it. I know Shia [LaBoeuf]'s not doing it. I don't think Tyrese or Rosie [Huntington-Whiteley] or anybody else is doing it."

Christina Aguilera is selling her Beverly Hills mansion for $13.5 million. It features a red crystal chandelier and a red carpet, a pink carousel pony, a giant outdoor pool, complete with a water slide and spa and a recording studio. The home used to belong to Ozzy Osbourne.

Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid may star in a new movie called Switch, about a kidnapped woman, whose husband refuses to pay her ransom, so she teams up with the kidnappers and seeks revenge against him. Jen is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 22nd.

Adele's new $10 million mansion features 10 bedrooms, two swimming pools, a helicopter landing pad, a tennis court and a media room. It is set on 25 acres of private land in England.

Adele plans to spit in her father's face when she sees him because he left her and her mother pennyless. She tells Showbiz Spy, “I was ready to start trying to have a relationship with him. He’s f***ing blown it. He will never hear from me again. Because there is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It makes me angry! To come back after 10 years and be like, ‘Maybe her problem with men comes down to me.’ It’s like, F**k off! How dare you comment on my life? It makes my blood boil."

Taylor Swift says she plans to continue touring because she's having so much fun. She tells MTV, "It's been crazy. Between all the guest artists that have come out and come onstage and surprised the audience, that was, I think, my favorite part of touring this year, because the audience never knew what they were going to get. And I loved that experience, and even walking around L.A., people come up to me, these girls will come up to me [like] 'I was at the Staples show where Justin Bieber came out' [or] 'I was at the one where Ellen and Nicki Minaj came out,' and it's just really fun, because you start to realize that concert meant something to them, and that's nice."

American Idol star Adam Lambert says he hopes to perform with Queen. "I'm talking to Queen about doing something. I got to perform with them on the [TV European Music Awards last November, which was so incredible — such an honor to be asked. And there may be something on the horizon, but I'm not joining the band. I have my own album that I need to promote this year, so… I think in a perfect world, I would like to try to find some sort of balance between the two projects, so I'm working on it."

GOATS HAVE ACCENTS?

   Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have found that a goat's "accent" changes as they grow older and move into different groups. That would contradict the conventional wisdom that most mammals' voices are entirely genetic.
   Previously only humans, elephants, dolphins, and a few other mammals were thought to be able to pick up accents. The scientists found that the calls of young goats raised in the same social groups were similar to each other, and became more similar as they grew older.

   Editor's note: When a male goat wants to get amorous he changes his accent to sound French. The lady goats love a French accent.
   --They already have their own scents, so why not accents.
   --What does Stevie Nicks have to say about that?
   --It's true for cows, too. I can't understand those Jerseys. (Those Texas heifers say "Moo y'all"?)
   --They probably didn't check this but I'll bet their accents had a lot to do with whether they're reared by Scotsmen, Welshmen, New Zealanders or residents of Montana.