February 2001 Nippy News (Part II)

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The Whitney Weekday Request Campaign has been divided by the letters of the alphabet. For example, if your last name begins with the letter "A," you can proceed to the row for "A" and call or e-mail any 3-5 radio stations in that section. The letters will change everyday. The goal is to help ensure that each state gets votes everyday, without all of us voting in huge blocks. Here is Another Option For Anyone With E-mail that Includes a Line For BCC. This method enables you to send a single message to DJs across the country without revealing that other DJs are receiving your message at the same time. DO NOT do this if your e-mail software does not provide a line called BCC!!! Non-AOL users click here. AOL users have to use this different method instead. Note: While the BCC method will be quite effective, it excludes many radio stations that do not provide direct e-mail addresses. Therefore, if you have five minutes, continue to check out the complete request list, because there are many links there that will take you to radio station web sites where you'll be able to send your e-mail message easily. Thanks!
2001/2/28
Home Soon: According to the New York Daily News, Whitney and Bobby are due back soon from their vacation on the island Mauritius to celebrate Bobbi Kristina's upcoming birthday. The article also recaps the stalker update from yesterday's news. Read the complete story... Additional Vacation Info: According to German magazine GALA, Whitney and Bobby spent a few days around Valentine's Day in the city of love, Paris. The magazine includes two pictures of her, one in the streets of Paris with Bobby and the other photographed in a shop showing Whitney trying on a gown. Whitney and Bobby stayed at the fancy Hotel Costes. It was also reported that they traveled to Mauritius. (Thanks Simon) Stalker Court Details: Here's another article about Whitney's restraining order against a stalker. This article quotes many more details from courtroom testimony as well as Whitney's lawyer about her concern regarding the stalker. TV Reminder: The Soul Train Awards are being taped tonight. You should check your local listings if you'd like to find out when it airs. As previously reported, Whitney and Deborah Cox have been nominated for Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band or Duo) for "Same Script, Different Cast." According to TV Guide, the show will air in New York City on WPIX Ch. 11 on March 3rd at 8 p.m. EST, and will be repeated on March 10th at 3 a.m. EST. It will air at different dates and times throughout the U.S. German radio station SWR3 features a "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" multimedia eCard where recipients can download RealVideo of "Could I Have This Kiss Forever." Click here to check it out! (Thanks Dominik)
2001/2/27
Whitney's Restraining Order Against Stalker Reinstated: Read the complete article New RealVideo: While the rest of the site's RealAudio and RealVideo files are down temporarily, here are just a few RealVideo files from the recent E! "True Hollywood Story" documentary. I've placed these three clips on a temporary server for now for those of you who haven't seen the documentary. I've posted these online because they rely mainly on interviews with people Whitney used to work with early in her career. The rest of E!'s documentary was basically of little or no value since there were an enormous amount of factual errors whenever E!'s narrator took over. Click here for background on Whitney's modeling career to hear a bit on why she reportedly became frustrated with the profession Click here to hear how Whitney came to sign with Arista and about the company's initial trouble finding the right songs for her Click here to hear a description of an unreleased, alternate recording of "Saving All My Love For You," plus tidbits on how Arista, particularly Clive Davis, changed Whitney's natural look to focus more on the Pop/general music market Silver Spoons: Cable channel Nickelodeon plans to reair an episode of the sitcom "Silver Spoons" called "Head Over Heels." The episode features Whitney, who even sings "Saving All My Love For You" during the program. The show will air on Monday, March 5th at 11:30 p.m. EST. (Thanks Carista) For additional Whitney appearances, check the Nippy Events Calendar. Yesterday, Whitney's Greatest Hits Megamix fell to No. 10 from No. 7 on Poland's Radio Eska Hot Top 20. (Thanks Olenka)
2001/2/26
It's Great To Be Back! Apologies to everyone who may have visited this site over the past week only to find that it was offline! The site's web host had to work on the server all week and I didn't even have a chance to warn you all in advance. Since I couldn't post any news here for the past seven days, I had to send the Whitney news updates via the site's mailing list. I've now posted those news updates below. My e-mail is also working correctly, so you can send me news as usual from now on. One thing I must note -- unfortunately the site's RealAudio and RealVideo files have been temporarily removed due to the server problem. They will be restored as soon as I can sort everything out. Lastly, thank you very much to everyone who e-mailed me nice messages over the past week when the site was down. I really appreciated that. It would take an eternity to break us!
2001/2/25
Hawaii News: Whitney's case has been postponed. Read the complete article... Music Charts Update: News from the U.K.
2001/2/24
Africa Update: According to a local newspaper in Tanzania, Whitney went to Rwanda/Burundi and Uganda during her vacation -- some of the poorest countries in East Africa. She went there for charity to children whose parents died from AIDS, but none of her good deeds were reported in the U.S. After her charitable work, she went to Tanzania and was staying at a luxurious new hotel in Dar-es-Salaam city by the beach. Some people said she was really busy reading and always had a pile of papers, likely scripts, but was very friendly. (Thank you Ima) World Music Charts: Statistics from Canada, France, Germany and Switzerland
2001/2/22
On the Charts: See how Whitney's Greatest Hits is faring on the Billboard Music Videos chart The E! "True Hollywood Story" documentary about Whitney and Bobby will air in Poland at Easter time, but no date has been set yet. (Thanks Sylwia) If you missed the show in the U.S., it will reair at the following times: FRIDAY Feb. 23 – 10 a.m. EST and 4 p.m. EST MONDAY Feb. 26 – 9 p.m. EST TUESDAY Feb. 27 – 10 a.m. EST and 4 p.m. EST Syndicated columnist Liz Smith briefly repeated news today that Whitney is on vacation in Africa. Fox News' Roger Friedman reported it yesterday.
2001/2/21
Pre-Grammys: According to Fox News Online, Whitney didn't attend Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party last night. She is reportedly on vacation in Africa. Grammy Results: Hex Hector won a Grammy Award tonight as Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical for his remixes, including "I Learned From The Best." Whitney did not appear during the show. Here's a blurb from the March 2001 issue of In Style Magazine related to Whitney and Bobby's performance in the Bahamas last December: A Big Splash; At the Ocean Club, stars find their own private paradise Getting a jump on their winter holidays, a group of sun-starved jet-setters flew to Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the opening of the renovated Ocean Club. "I'm from Jersey," said Ray Liotta, "so tropical is the ideal vacation." Aside from catching rays, guests looked forward to the catch of the day at the resort's eatery, Dune, not to mention the after-dinner music. "The reason I'm here is Whitney--I'd fly around the world to hear her sing," Natasha Richardson said of the entertainment. Houston did not disappoint, checking any diva attitude at the door to share a stage with Bobby Brown, Stevie Wonder and Gloria Estefan. Before it was all over, Star Jones was already planning her next trip: "I want to bring my father, my mother and my honey. Hey, Star just got her groove back!" Here's a silly bit from the same issue of In Style: Roxanna Floyd, makeup artist to Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett, relates, "When I used to pluck Whitney's eyebrows, she would run from me yelling, 'I can't take it!' I found Tweezerman tweezers and now we have no problems."
2001/2/18
Music Charts Update: News from the U.K. The release date for "Heartbreak Hotel" in Germany has been delayed to March 5th instead of February 26th. According to buecher.de, it will contain three versions of the song and "I Will Always Love You," which was voted by fans to be the single's B-side. (Thanks André) "Heartbreak Hotel" exited the Dutch Veronica Top 100 this week. (Thanks Eddy VB)
2001/2/17
World Music Charts: News from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany and Switzerland TV Reminder: As already reported, the E! Entertainment Channel will air a "True Hollywood Story" two-hour documentary about Whitney and Bobby's personal lives on February 18th at 9 p.m. EST. It will then be repeated the following day at 12 a.m. EST. Hopefully E! will attempt to be classy. For more schedule information about Whitney, check the Nippy Events Calendar. Here is an excerpt about Whitney from Penn State University's Daily Collegian student newspaper.The article is about the fifth anniversary of the Bryce Jordan Center and the singers who have performed there: Occasionally, however, research on behalf of the center pays off for fans. Whitney Houston, for example, initially denied meet-and-greets during her visit (July 22, 1999 - during the "My Love Is Your Love" tour), but when Punt (director of public relations) discovered she was a former model for Seventeen magazine, he called the editor and arranged a promotional contest. Houston agreed and the winning girl met Houston before the show. (Thanks Dan L.) Earlier this week, BBC 1 showed a few seconds of Whitney and Bobby performing in the Bahamas last December. Emma Bunton (the Spice Girls' Baby Spice) was also invited as a guest by the hotel. Viewers could see some images from the bedroom where Whitney slept. It was really luxurious. For anyone who missed it, here is RealVideo and screen captures showing part of Whitney and Bobby's performance that aired on U.S. entertainment news shows late last year. (Thanks Stijn) If you missed the earlier Nippy News, use the News Arhive or the newslog.