November 1996 Nippy News

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November 1996 Nippy News

11/30/96

There is a HUGE picture of Whitney in this week's Billboard Magazine. There is also an article about the CD!! (submitted by: David B.)

11/28/96

Here's the order in which the PW singles will be released in the US.

I Believe In You and Me
Step By Step
Somebody Bigger Than You and I
You Were Loved
My Heart is Calling
Who Would Imagine a King

(submitted by: David B.)

Whitney states that the man who wrote this biography about her was never her bodyguard and she barely even knew him. She says that it is all lies and it has really shaken her up. So the book is just a bunch of crap, don't anyone but it!!(submitted by: David C.)

On November 27, Whitney was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey's best friend Gail on the Oprah Show. It took place at the "50 Years Of Ebony Magazine Celebration". Here's what she said:

Q: Whay is your favorite memory?
A: When Bobby-Kris was born.
Q: What is your favorite moment?
A: When Bobby and I got [engaged], he gave me a small ring and I thought it was cute. Then he pulled out a really big one!!! and said, "Do you want to marry me or not?" :)
Q: What is your fave cereal?
A: Her and Bobby agreed on Fruity Pebbles.

(submitted by: Dave)

11/27/96

Whitney Houston's heart went into the making of her new movie, The Preacher's Wife. But she promises us that it's not just the love story, costarring Denzel Washington, that will lift you up. Whitney pours her passion into the Preacher's Wife soundtrack. from last night's Entertainment Tonight.

11/26/96

Whitney was on ET tonight and we finally have an explanation for the PW sntrk release delay. Whitney decided she needed a 'skating song' (for when she and Denzel skate together in the movie.) So she called upon Babyface to help her out. He came up with "My Heart Is Calling". Whitney recorded it just 4 weeks ago!

Check out this very positive Whitney interview article from USA Today. Whitney dispells the tabloid lies. (submitted by Devin M.)

Info from Manish:

"Something Bigger Than You And I" is the second single in the US from "The Preacher's Wife" CD.
US Clubs will be issued remixes of "Step By Step" in Mid-December which will sport remixes by Junior Vasquez, Soul Solution and Teddy Riley.
The UK release date for "The Preacher's Wife" movie is 17th January 1997.

Sella has provided me with the lyrics to "I Believe In You and Me". Thanks, Sella!

ABOUT ANOTHER WHITNEY BIO: Deki D. writes:
You should mention the book "Diva: The Totally Unauthorized Biography of Whitney Houston" on your news page, because I think people would rather read that than the one by the ex-bodyguard! "Diva" is actually a very good book - it addresses the rumours, but it also follows her life and career from the beginning, to the phenomenon of "The Bodyguard" soundtrack. In short, I think fans would rather read this book.

11/25/96

Whitney and her mother Cissy, are in December's issue of LIFE magazine. It is a nice, but short, little blurb on how Cissy has influenced Whitney through out her career. Nice, loving, heart-felt family picture. (submitted by: Alexander B.)

11/24/96

Whitney is this month's feature in ASPIRE magazine. Well, [Alex] liked the article, it is about her new movie and how awesome it is and how more movies should be like "The Preacher's Wife." (submitted by: Alex B.).

11/22/96

ABOUT THE NEW WHITNEY BIO:
I read that lame biography. I don't know who the hell this guy [Whitney's ex-bodyguard] thinks he is, but he really made up a bunch of crap about Whitney. The whole thing made me very upset and I only continued reading because it was all such blasphemy. [some of the LIES include:]

Whitney's gay...
Whitney does cocaine...
Whitney's a bitch...
etc.

It was all a bunch of crap. This book was written by some guy who had been a bodyguard for Whitney during the tour of 1991 and obviously his nose got out of joint somehow. But I was mad at the things he was saying. You might want to advise people on your page, NOT to read "Good Girl, Bad Girl", the new Whitney biography... because it's all a bunch of lies!
(submitted by: Pat R.)

11/19/96

Whitney Houston was interviewed by Bob Goen on Entertainment Tonight. (submitted by: Lauren F.).
I've typed out a transcript, for those of you who missed it. Also, Tom C. has provided me with a picture of Whitney from the interview . Thanks, Tom!

Sadiq V. found this Electronic Urban Report newsbit.

The list of songs, writers and producers on the PW soundtrack is HERE! (submitted by: Dave B.).

Besides gracing the covers of EBONY and UPSCALE magazines, Whitney is also on the cover of a "Black hair" magazine entitled "SOPHISTICATED WOMAN". Pick yours up today! (submitted by Davis B.)

11/17/96

Entertainment Tonight featured The Preacher's Wife, earlier this month. Chris from "Down Under" told me about his sound clips and his Hans Zimmer Homepage. Thanks Chris C.!

11/16/96

Check out this news release article strait from the horse's mouth (ARISTA Records). (sumbitted by: Tom C.)

11/15/96

Whitney graces the cover of 2 magazines this December: Ebony ( great picture) and Upscale. Get your copy today!(submitted by: Dave B.).

11/14/96

Whitney is expecting again! According to Extra, Hard Copy and Entertianment Tonight, Whitney is due to deliver another baby in July 97! (submitted by: Christina S.).

11/08/96

Despite persistent rumors that Kevin Costner can't stand working with Whitney Houston again, he's reportedly negotiating with the black diva the sequel to The Bodyguard. (submitted by: Dave B.)
He was on The Tonight Show recently to promote his latest movie, Tin Cup, and Jay Leno was asking him how he felt about doing some remakes - Costner said that the only one he's really considered seriously was 'Bodyguard,' because everyone 'wants to be saved.'(submitted by: Deki D.).

11/07/96

The Whitney Houston Greatest Hits album is also due for imminent release although without a confirmed date, it's due to drop very early in the New Year, possibly February. This album will have four new tracks and will be promoted alongside "The Preacher's Wife".
(submitted by: Manish).

11/04/96

The October 25th issue of Entertainment Weekly outlines the "101 Most Important People". It lists Whitney Houston as #36. The downside is that there's a really ugly caricature of Whitney that is plastered right beside it.

11/03/96

The easy way to check out who's hot and who's not in Hollywood? Survey the guest list for the über glitzy Carousel of Hope ball, thrown by philanthropists Barbara and Marvin Davis in Beverly Hills.
Among the 1,300 guests at the biennial fund-raiser for the Children's Diabetes Foundation, held Oct. 25 at the swank Beverly Hilton, were enough A-list celebrities to stretch the local limo supply. "Everybody is here," marveled Geena Davis, mingling with Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, MC Jay Leno and such civilian notables as Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden.
An auction of 489 items, ranging from a German shepherd puppy to a visit to the X-Files set, helped raise $6 million to fight diabetes. Click here to see what Whitney was wearing! (from People Magazine).