12.2.12

Bobbi Khristina rushed to hospital; possible panic attack

No word now on if she is ok. "Tribute underway today as Whitney would want" for the show to go on.
Un related- Ray Jay checks out of the beverly Hilton in the morning. allegedly very chummy till the end.

update! Turns out she's gonna be o.k.!

Whitney Houston dead: She was spotted displaying erratic behavior

and so it begins the speculation and rumors of her smelling like booze and acting a fool. As for looking disheveled we all have our off days. It's not right, but it's okay?

"Whitney Houston, who found fame as one of pop’s biggest voices, has died. She was 48.
Houston died Saturday afternoon, a representative for the singer told the Associated Press. Houston’s death comes on the eve of the Grammys and on the night of Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, at which she performed last year and was expected to attend this year.
No cause of death has been announced and law enforcement sources said the singer was found in a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton, where emergency medical personnel were called sometime Saturday.
The Hilton is the scene for Davis’ annual gala. On Thursday, Houston dropped by the rehearsals to offer vocal tips for Brandy and Monica, who were slated to be one of the evening’s headliners.
Press, including The Times, were in attendance for a junket with the reunited R&B divas and Davis. Though Houston greeted people her with a warm smile, she appeared disheveled in mismatched clothes and hair that was dripping wet with either sweat or water.
The visibly bloated singer displayed erratic behavior throughout the afternoon -- flailing her hands frenetically as she spoke to Brandy and Monica, skipping around the ballroom in a child-like fashion and wandering aimlessly about the lobby. It was mentioned by a Grammy staffer that security personnel received calls of the singer doing handstands by the pool.
After leaving rehearsals, Houston returned to the ballroom -- with her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina in tow -- as camera crews set up for interviews. The singer smelled of alcohol and cigarettes. A Grammy staffer said that during the interviews with Brandy, Monica and Clive, Houston was dancing just off camera to make the singers and Davis laugh. Grammy personnel expressed concern that she'd be caught on camera, and that reporters would write about her behavior.
Finally her daughter pulled Houston out of the room, and the singer skipped off. In our post of the event, we called Houston's behavior "loose and lively."

via The L.A. Times music blog

Whitney tribute tonight at the Grammys

Whitney Houston’s death is shocking. In addition to being one of the greatest voices of our time, she also was one of the first models of color I saw on the cover Seventeen magazine as young girl. Here’s a look a some of her early fashion shots.

Joy Sewing / HC

Back before crack was whack. A fresh faced girl taking the teen modeling world by storm!

I'm not one for reportage, but here are excerpts from the always classy NY Post. I will continue to work the story via my TV as I patiently await tonights Grammys which will get a ratings boost because of this for sure.

"Houston — who sold 200 million albums and singles worldwide and rose to fame in the middle of the 1980s with such hits as “Saving All My Love For You” and “How Will I Know” — was found dead in her fourth-floor room in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, sources told The Post.

live Davis’ celebrity-packed party last night — one day before the Grammy Awards.

Sources told The Post that Davis, Houston’s mentor who launched her career more than two decades ago, “is devastated.”

The party went ahead in the same hotel — even as Houston’s body was still upstairs in her room as it had not been removed by the coroner.

Davis began with a moment of silence to honor Houston and told the crowd, “Whitney would have wanted the music to go on and her family asked that we carry on,” People magazine reported.

Producers for tonight’s Grammys were scrambling to set up a tribute. One R&B record exec told The Post that the whole show was being rewritten.

Jennifer Hudson and Chaka Khan will perform a tribute, E! Online reported."

via NY Post