Music Chart Preview: The Greatest Hits has exited Billboard's 200 Albums Top 10. More details will be available tomorrow.

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, Wyclef Jean's upcoming album, "The Ecleftic" (due July 25) features a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and guest appearances by Kenny Rogers and WHITNEY HOUSTON. (Thanks Timothy Y., Javier)

French Chart News!

Here are pictures from the maxi single of "If I Told You That." The front cover is the same as the regular single that was shown earlier:
1. IITYT maxi single back cover with tracklisting
2. IITYT maxi CD disc (Thank you Eddy VB)

On June 7th I wandered into my local Woolworths store to see how IITYT was doing, and to my surprise it was at No.1! Radio 1 will announce whether it is officially No.1 in the U.K. on Sunday. (Thanks James)

Whitney is in the Top 10 on the Radio 21 chart, RTBF TV's radio station in Belgium. (Thanks Marie-Eve)

"Whitney: The Greatest Hits" is down to No. 3 from No. 1 in the FNAC's Top 20 albums in France. Also, let's all vote for Whitney's ILFTB on Fun Radio's "FUN LIST." We can vote for her up to 5 times. Whitney is up to No. 9 from No. 10 last week! (Thanks Julian S.)

People Magazine II? According to various television and print reports, US Weekly Magazine will have a cover story on Whitney this week that rehashes much of the same alleged drug stories we've heard over the past two months. It also alleges that a failed intervention took place last year. More information will be available later in the week, including proper contact information for anyone who may want to write a letter to the editor.

New Screen Captures! See pictures of Whitney and Enrique Iglesias filming the music video for "Could I Have This Kiss Forever!" Access Hollywood said the song will be the first single from the Greatest Hits, and that the video will debut later this month. Whitney and Enrique were lipsynching to the original version of the song.

Dustin Hoffman told Entertainment Tonight that Whitney is up for the female lead in his upcoming movie "T For Thriller." He quipped: "If she commits I guess it's true. She's going to play a little Jewish person and I'm going to sing." Here's more information about the movie, as reported in the March 30 edition of The Hollywood Reporter. Hoffman's description of the movie, which has additional details, is listed below in yesterday's Nippy News. (Thanks Bud, John G.)

From Hollywood Reporter: Ending months of speculation, Arista Records founder and president Clive Davis has decided to stay with parent company BMG Entertainment in a deal worth about $180 million, sources said Tuesday. The deal with BMG, which is expected to be announced next week, calls for the creation of Davis Entertainment, whose primary directive will be a yet-to-be named label component that insiders say will instantly have the status of a major. Sources said other entertainment components, like a digital initiative, are likely. Of the planned joint venture, a BMG spokesman said, "Dialogues are continuing, but beyond that, no comment." Davis was unavailable for comment. Insiders say Davis, 67, chose to remain part of the BMG family mainly because of his relationships with the artists he has nurtured at Arista -- many of whom spoke out in his support during a bitter contract dispute with BMG. Davis and BMG are negotiating which artists will move from Arista to Davis' label. Sources said Whitney Houston and Santana are high on Davis' wish list. Davis, who discovered and signed Houston in 1984, when she was 19, helped propel her to superstar status. He also spearheaded Carlos Santana's career comeback album "Supernatural," which walked away with eight Grammy Awards this year, the most for any artist.

I went to HMV today and I got a look at the Arista Anniversary DVD. As far as I could tell there is no extra footage from Whitney's performance on it. The box reads that it contains four performaces that were not shown on TV. But acording to the tracklisting for Whitney -- everything that's included on the DVD was already shown. (Thanks Alan M.)

Brazil Music Chart News...

Just came back from HMV in St Albans. Whitney and George Michael's IITYT is No. 1 and is said to be the Single of the Week. (Thanks Maddy)

SSDC was No. 1 in Baltimore on WERQ 92.3FM's 4 play at 4. CIHTKF was No. 4 in Baltimore on WXYV 102.7FM in their similar countdown. (Thanks Lopez M.)

IITYT Music Video Preview: Check out new screen captures from a recent Access Hollywood show that featured a clip from the video shoot!

According to BMG Backstage, CD U.K. will air a video clip of "If I Told You That" and behind-the-scenes footage tomorrow, June 3rd. (Thanks Sylwia)

Here is a promotional article from BMG Backstage regarding the IITYT single, which will be released on June 5th in the U.K....

From Billboard Magazine: The IITYT music video was filmed in N.Y. by Kevin Bray.

Chart news from Germany and Spain...

Clarification: The U.K. Greatest Hits DVD actually has the same tracklisting as the U.S. and Europe. BMG Backstage had reported a somewhat different tracklisting, but it turned out not to be the case. (Thanks Manish, Eddy VB)

From July issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine:
Anita Baker ain't laughing at the Whitney Jokes.
I spoke with Anita Baker around the time that folks seemed to be attacking Whitney Houston left and right about her possible drug use. Anita was very distraught about it. She told me she's upset about people making jokes about Whitney. She explained that "Whitney is our Barbra Streisand and if you don't have anything good to say, don't help to destroy her." She said, "It takes us three generations to build a WHITNEY HOUSTON -- ARETHA FRANKLIN, CISSY HOUSTON, DIONNE WARWICK, on up to our Whitney." Anita went on the say,"The people on the radio don't mean no harm [White folks] do this to their stars, so we're supposed to do it to ours because that's what they do. But it takes us so much more to come up than it does for them." Anita was reaching out to help sister Whitney. The article goes on about the media and Black stars. On page 16 there is a photo of Streisand and the caption reads: Barbra Streisand is an icon and Anita Baker feels that Whitney should be treated like one, too.
In addition to the article, there is a two-page ad for the Greatest Hits, plus a photo of Whitney and Bobby posing with Puffy and Clive Davis after the Arista taping. (Thanks Alan M.)

The Greatest Hits CD was released today in Indonesia. The tracklisting is identical to the U.S. version. It is priced at Rp.140.000 (U.S.$16-17). There's also an ad on the front page of the main national newspaper, Kompas. It's the first time I ever saw a CD ad there. (Thanks W. Sebastian)