04:48 PM EDT 11/02/2009
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Whitney Houston Selling New Jersey Home for $5.6 Mil
Originally posted 11/02/2009 09:45AM
For Whitney Houston, the greatest love of all may be a great deal on a piece of New Jersey real estate.
The singer and former reality-show star, 46, is putting up her $5.6 million home. where she was married in 1992, up for sale for a steal of a price – less than half of its assessed value.
The five-bedroom, 12,561-sq.-ft. Menham, N.J., home was where Houston wed fellow singer Bobby Brown, whom she divorced in 2007 after a notoriously abusive relationship. It's described by the real-estate Web site where it's listed as modern-styled home full of natural light and containing "circular-themed interior spaces," as well as a four-car garage, three fireplaces, walk-in closets, a bar and skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Whitney Houston: God Keeps Me Off Drugs
Originally posted 09/15/2009 01:35PM
Whitney Houston is still tempted by drugs, but instead of surrendering to the urge she relies on a higher power to see her through.
"Don't think I don't have desires for it," the Grammy winner admitted during the second part of her interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show Tuesday. "It takes me a minute to cleanse ... I have to pray it away."
On Monday's show, Houston told Winfrey that at times she was a heavy user of marijuana and rock cocaine. On Tuesday's show, she said that these days she occasionally will have a drink, but "no weed, no coke."
She takes things "one day at a time," and "if I get weak, I know who I can turn to," she said. "I know God loves me."
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Whitney Houston: Bobby Brown Spit on Me
Originally posted 09/14/2009 05:55PM
Jealousy and emotional abuse derailed Whitney Houston's once-happy marriage to Bobby Brown, the R&B diva revealed during an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Telling the talk show host about her post-Bodyguard career highs, Houston says her then-husband couldn't handle her success. "I think somewhere inside, something happens to a man when a woman has that much control or has that much fame," the singer said during her much-hyped appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show that aired Monday. (Part two of the interview will air on Tuesday).
Asked if Brown was jealous of her, Houston, 46, told Winfrey, "he's not going to like this, but yes."
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Bobby Brown: Whitney Houston and I Corrupted Each Other
Originally posted 09/14/2009 04:40PM
As Whitney Houston bares her past troubles to Oprah Winfrey, ex-husband Bobby Brown adds his side of their tragic story, saying both were to blame for their tumultuous relationship.
"I think we corrupted each other," Brown, 40, tells The Insider. "I don't think she hurt me or I hurt her. I just think we had a 14-year marriage that had its ups and downs and not many people understood it."
Brown says he used "an awful lot" of cocaine – "a powerful drug," he notes – starting after his marriage to Houston in 1992.
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Whitney Houston Reveals Mom's Confrontation with Bobby Brown
Originally posted 09/14/2009 01:45PM
Whitney Houston sat down with Oprah recently for an anticipated, two-part tell-all interview – and on Monday afternoon fans will finally get to hear directly from the R&B diva.
Among the topics up for discussion: Houston's tumultuous life with her ex Bobby Brown.
"One day my mother [Cissy] came to my house ... with these sheriffs," Houston, 46, tells Winfrey, 55, during the conversation. "She said, 'If you move, Bobby, they're going to take you down.' And he stood there, like he was scared," Houston says.
"She said, 'Let's go,' " Houston continues. "'I'm not losing you to Satan. I'm not doing this. I want my daughter. I want to see that glow in your eyes – that light in your eyes.' "
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Whitney Houston Returns to Scene for Her Fans
Originally posted 09/02/2009 09:45AM
It took nearly a decade, but Whitney Houston made her comeback to television in a four-song concert in Central Park broadcast on Good Morning America on Wednesday.
"I'm overwhelmed," Houston said after performing her opening number, "Million Dollar Bill," written especially for her by Alicia Keys. "I love you all saying hello to me. I never left, I never left."
Wearing tight black pants and a tan trenchcoat over a grey blouse, the 46-year-old wowed a crowd of 5,000 who had waited hours to see the singer make her long-awaited return. She hadn't been on television in seven years, and hadn't made a major live appearance since 2004.
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Whitney Houston to Appear on Oprah Winfrey
Originally posted 08/19/2009 06:05PM
Whitney Houston is coming to Oprah Winfrey's famous couch.
The Grammy Award-winning singer, 46, whose much-anticipated upcoming album, I Look to You will be released Aug. 31, will sit down with the talk show queen for her first interview in almost seven years.
Calling it "the most anticipated music interview of the decade," Winfrey, 55, will welcome Houston as her first guest on the The Oprah Winfrey Show's 24th season, which airs Sept. 14.
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Whitney Houston Previews New Album
Originally posted 07/22/2009 12:25PM
Whitney Houston's much-anticipated new album, I Look to You, doesn't hit stores until Sept. 1, but the singer gave a star-studded audience a sneak preview of nine songs on Tuesday night.
Diane Sawyer, Martha Stewart, Alicia Keys, Vivica A. Fox, and Oprah Winfrey's best friend Gayle King sat front and center at the listening party Tuesday night, hosted by Houston's longtime producer Clive Davis in New York City.
"It took us three-and-a-half years to reach this point," an energetic Houston told the crowd, which also included her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, 16, mother Cissy, and cousin Dionne Warwick. When she spotted King, she told her, "Please tell Oprah I said hello."
Among Houston's new tunes are "Million Dollar Bill," written by Keys and Swizz Beats, which Davis described as "a feel-good song." (Keys stood up, danced, and recorded the scene while the song was playing.)
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Whitney Houston Back in Form for CD Launch
Originally posted 07/15/2009 02:10PM
In London to unveil her new album at a VIP party Tuesday night, Whitney Houston – looking glam in a black and white Dolce & Gabbana gown – signaled she was back.
With her mentor, music mogul Clive Davis, playing nine tracks from her upcoming album to be released in September, Houston, 45, "looked radiant," a source at the party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel tells PEOPLE.
"She gave an amazing speech saying how much the album comes from the heart and telling of her love for Clive Davis," the source added. "She was also saying how much she loved being in London … and you could tell she was happy to be here."
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Whitney Houston Announces Album Release Date!
Originally posted 06/04/2009 09:40AM
After a seven-year hiatus, Whitney Houston will release a new album Sept. 1, her record label announced Wednesday.
Houston's seventh studio album – rumored to be titled Undefeated – will include the Diane Warren-penned "I Didn't Know My Own Strength."
Photographer Patrick Demarchelier recently worked with the singer for some promotional shots and called the day "fantastic." "She was so full of life and energy. She moved well and was in such great spirits," he said.
Houston, who divorced ex-husband Bobby Brown in 2007, has sold more than 170 million singles, albums and videos worldwide and is cited by the Guiness Book of World Records as music's "most awarded female artist of all time" with a tally of 411 awards, including six Grammys and two Emmys.
– Tiffany McGee
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