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Reply #150 posted 02/17/12 1:40pm

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A new law prohibits members of that "church" from protesting 2 hrs before or after a funeral. It also restricts them from being within 1,000 feet of a funeral.

Is that New Jersey law?

Unless it were state or Federal, it would not apply.

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Reply #151 posted 02/17/12 1:46pm

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I hope they have respect for her and do not have an open casket. At least not televized that is. Whitney's dead body doesn't need to be plastered across every tv screen and magazine.

Even if it was closed casket, I wouldn't have cameras in it. Call me insensitive to "celebrations" but televised memorials? Please. bored2

I thought it was appropriate to show the casket at MJ's memorial although I don't believe his body was in it.

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Reply #152 posted 02/17/12 2:00pm

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I don't know why the org is acting surprised. Whitney is an iconic figure. It can't be private. Princess Diana, Michael...Folks will be glued to their television screens tomorrow. It will fuel even more interest. Her sales will explode. Too many people care about Whitney Houston to have an "over and done with" "unseen" funeral. She was not a D-Lister.

Honestly when youre doing a reality tv show on basic cable and doing drugs for the last 20 years of her life that pretty much makes her a d lister. Ya'll need to stop trying to canonize her. She did some decent songs back in the day but really for the last decade she was a mess. To try and compare her to Princess Diana is a joke. Diana's charities and organizations saved lives and made a difference in the world. Sorry Whitney did not. Stop trying to rewrite history now that shes dead.

Apparently Whitney did make a difference to a lot of people.

But even one life positively influenced is a plus. It is not a competition.

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Reply #153 posted 02/17/12 2:00pm

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Also the public isn't demanding anything. Sure some fans want to mourn but the general public would like to move on If the frakin media would stop hyping everything. CNN has done coverage for almost a week now for no reason than nothing else is going on in the world. I almost wish Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear plants to see something important going on.

Like, seriously? confused You really typed that?

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Reply #154 posted 02/17/12 2:03pm

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Timmy84 said:

Even if it was closed casket, I wouldn't have cameras in it. Call me insensitive to "celebrations" but televised memorials? Please. bored2

I thought it was appropriate to show the casket at MJ's memorial although I don't believe his body was in it.

A lot of people didn't. Myself included.

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Reply #155 posted 02/17/12 2:16pm

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SUPRMAN said:

I thought it was appropriate to show the casket at MJ's memorial although I don't believe his body was in it.

A lot of people didn't. Myself included.

His body wasn't in it. I'm sure of it. I read they had stored it somewhere. Anyways, me personally I found his memorial to be sick. But that's just me. Sure I got emotional seeing Paris on there displaying her real love to her daddy but the entire thing was too much.

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Reply #156 posted 02/17/12 2:21pm

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A lot of people didn't. Myself included.

His body wasn't in it. I'm sure of it. I read they had stored it somewhere. Anyways, me personally I found his memorial to be sick. But that's just me. Sure I got emotional seeing Paris on there displaying her real love to her daddy but the entire thing was too much.

You know what, I was actually thinking of that funeral in August. You're absolutely right about the large memorial in July. That televised casket was indeed empty. nod

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Reply #157 posted 02/17/12 2:31pm

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Anyone can cut a check.

http://www.dianaforever.com/human.htm

*Princess Diana pics were here*

I want jack the thread further. smile

Just like anyone can sit behind their computers talking a bunch of shit that they really know nothing about.

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Reply #158 posted 02/17/12 3:00pm

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Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner on ‘The Bodyguard’ Bond

http://movies.yahoo.com/b...55837.html

By Claudine Zap | Movie Talk2 hours 11 minutes ago

Whitney Houston's co-star from "The Bodyguard," Kevin Costner, will speak at her funeral this weekend. And that speaks to the special bond the two developed over their blockbuster movie.

The 1992 movie was a hit, and the song "I Will Always Love You," became Houston's signature anthem. The film starred Houston as a megastar threatened by a stalker, with Costner playing a Secret Service agent sent to protect her. The movie struck a note with fans, grossing $400 million worldwide. And the movie soundtrack is the most successful of all time.

A few years back, Costner told "Good Morning America" how the singer came to the role. He recounted that when he saw Houston before the movie, he thought, "She just really has it." He added it was no mystery to him how she ended up in " The Bodyguard." The actor explained, "She was such a true beauty and such a musical instrument. And I really wanted her (for the part)." So much so, he was willing to postpone the movie. He said, "There was a moment in time where it could have maybe been someone else, and I said 'I want to wait for Whitney.' Ultimately, Warner Brothers agreed to wait a year for her. "


Costner also told the backstory of how " I Will Always Love You" came to be the song in the movie. He had planned for it to be "What Becomes of a Broken Heart." But during the year wait, that song was in another movie. Costner liked the Dolly Parton song, and eventually, despite some concerns about "this little country song," Houston sang it a capella. Safe to say that the song was a good decision.

The producers also wondered how an audience would react to a mixed-race relationship. Costner felt strongly this should not be an issue. He said, "This is not race. This was about good, old-fashioned chemistry. … I kissed her once for everybody in America, and I kissed her once for myself." All together now, "awwww."


In a 1993 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Houston confessed she didn't think she was ready for acting, but Costner changed her mind. She said, "He made me feel so comfortable. … He was like whatever you need we will supply for you." One thing he told her not to do: take acting lessons. He told the singer, "We want you and what you bring to the character." Houston added, "I felt more insecure about the pressure to do this film."

It's clear, Costner's instincts were right on this one. The two were pitch-perfect.

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Reply #159 posted 02/17/12 4:02pm

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

lazycrockett said:

Anyone can cut a check.

http://www.dianaforever.com/human.htm

*Princess Diana pics were here*

I want jack the thread further. smile

Just like anyone can sit behind their computers talking a bunch of shit that they really know nothing about.

Which happens plenty in this and other threads on this board.

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Reply #160 posted 02/17/12 5:13pm

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I have a technical question for anyone who has taken singing lessons or knows about it.

What do you call what Whitney does at the end of "I Will Always Love You" with the word YOU and she takes the U upper and upper?

I read there's a technical name for that in singing, but I can't remember it.

Thanx

hmmm

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[Edited 2/17/12 17:16pm]

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Reply #161 posted 02/17/12 5:35pm

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Reply #162 posted 02/17/12 5:37pm

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WaterInYourBath said:

A lot of people didn't. Myself included.

His body wasn't in it. I'm sure of it. I read they had stored it somewhere. Anyways, me personally I found his memorial to be sick. But that's just me. Sure I got emotional seeing Paris on there displaying her real love to her daddy but the entire thing was too much.

It was .... because it turned into a spetacle more so than a memorial and then they had so called friends there that hadnt talked to Michael in years.

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Reply #163 posted 02/17/12 5:38pm

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Reply #164 posted 02/17/12 5:40pm

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Reply #165 posted 02/17/12 6:04pm

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Ugh,my nerves are starting to get to me sad . Signing off but wishing Miss Houston a classy send off tomorrow. R.I.P

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Reply #166 posted 02/17/12 6:45pm

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So I'm a little confused. I'm hearing that the funeral will be streamed online in its entirety and televised in parts. Can anyone elaborate because the only channel I know that will televising the entire funeral is BounceTV.
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Reply #167 posted 02/17/12 8:14pm

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tritoncin said:

I have a technical question for anyone who has taken singing lessons or knows about it.

What do you call what Whitney does at the end of "I Will Always Love You" with the word YOU and she takes the U upper and upper?

I read there's a technical name for that in singing, but I can't remember it.

Thanx

hmmm

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well, it could be called melissma i guess, i didn't know what that obscure term was but kept hearing that Sam Cooke pioneered it in RandB, but I found it just means the using of one syllable across the span of several notes, like his "You-u-u-u send me".

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Reply #168 posted 02/17/12 8:41pm

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So I'm a little confused. I'm hearing that the funeral will be streamed online in its entirety and televised In parts. Can anyone elaborate because the only channel I know that will televising the entire funeral is BounceTV.




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Reply #169 posted 02/17/12 8:56pm

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tritoncin said:

I have a technical question for anyone who has taken singing lessons or knows about it.

What do you call what Whitney does at the end of "I Will Always Love You" with the word YOU and she takes the U upper and upper?

I read there's a technical name for that in singing, but I can't remember it.

Thanx

hmmm

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well, it could be called melissma i guess, i didn't know what that obscure term was but kept hearing that Sam Cooke pioneered it in RandB, but I found it just means the using of one syllable across the span of several notes, like his "You-u-u-u send me".

Thanx so much Petes2. That's exactly the term I was looking for.

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Reply #170 posted 02/17/12 9:23pm

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NAACP Awards tonight. cry

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Reply #171 posted 02/17/12 10:13pm

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Also the public isn't demanding anything. Sure some fans want to mourn but the general public would like to move on If the frakin media would stop hyping everything. CNN has done coverage for almost a week now for no reason than nothing else is going on in the world. I almost wish Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear plants to see something important going on.

Why are you being so lame. If people want to mourn her let them. She has been in and out of the news for over 30 years. What's one more week. There is a lot happening in the world besides her passing. You choose to watch and hang on to every word and image of her. Go find something else to do. Why are you even in a thread dedicated to Whitney Houston if you were not a fan? Also, sorry Princess Di was quite useless. So she married a dude and spread her legs for him. Whoopie fuckin doo. She didn't have a voice of Angel or that undeniable beauty. Whitney was high and still putting these no talent tricks in the game to shame with that voice. That is what you call a gift. Anyway she is gone now and her music is still here for me and many of her fans to enjoy. RIP Whitney and thanks for sharing your life with world.

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Reply #172 posted 02/17/12 10:43pm

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petes2 said:

well, it could be called melissma i guess, i didn't know what that obscure term was but kept hearing that Sam Cooke pioneered it in RandB, but I found it just means the using of one syllable across the span of several notes, like his "You-u-u-u send me".

Thanx so much Petes2. That's exactly the term I was looking for.

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ya welcome, i just looked it up, it's melisma not melissma. I'm a singer but not really good with technical terms.

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Reply #173 posted 02/17/12 11:30pm

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Whitney Houston Takeover for 24 hrs on Fuse starting at 6:00 am Saturday.

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Reply #174 posted 02/18/12 1:39am

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lazycrockett said:

Also the public isn't demanding anything. Sure some fans want to mourn but the general public would like to move on If the frakin media would stop hyping everything. CNN has done coverage for almost a week now for no reason than nothing else is going on in the world. I almost wish Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear plants to see something important going on.

Why are you being so lame. If people want to mourn her let them. She has been in and out of the news for over 30 years. What's one more week. There is a lot happening in the world besides her passing. You choose to watch and hang on to every word and image of her. Go find something else to do. Why are you even in a thread dedicated to Whitney Houston if you were not a fan? Also, sorry Princess Di was quite useless. So she married a dude and spread her legs for him. Whoopie fuckin doo. She didn't have a voice of Angel or that undeniable beauty. Whitney was high and still putting these no talent tricks in the game to shame with that voice. That is what you call a gift. Anyway she is gone now and her music is still here for me and many of her fans to enjoy. RIP Whitney and thanks for sharing your life with world.

I agree with you some what about Princess Diana, her real legacy was marrying Prince Charles. Although she did do alot for charity but so does Prince Charles. Apart from her children she didn't really leave a legacy that you can feel, touch or remember, such as music. Some of the newspapers who followed her during her life time continue to try and keep her memory alive by every month putting her face on the front page of the newspaper with some story or another, because even in England she is virtually forgotten and Kate Middleton has taken her place.

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Reply #175 posted 02/18/12 3:04am

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NAACP Awards tonight. cry

I attended she really tore this song up. This audience was spellbound aftre she finished...

R.I.P Whitney

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Reply #176 posted 02/18/12 5:16am

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Reply #177 posted 02/18/12 7:11am

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Live coverage on this link http://live.cnn.com/

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Reply #178 posted 02/18/12 7:25am

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Is true that Aretha's sick and she's not going to be there?

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Reply #179 posted 02/18/12 7:54am

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News just broke that Aretha will not be performing today during the service. She has fallen ill today.
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