

WHITNEY HOUSTON LIFETIME MOVIE MOVIE
Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie "Whitney," featuring Yaya DaCosta (Lee Daniels’ "The Butler") in the lead role with Arlen Escarpeta ("Final Destination 5") alongside her as Bobby Brown. Senior Reporter Jackie Bridges can be reached at 70, or on Twitter at airdates for "Whitney" on Lifetime: Truth is violated by silence just as much as by a lie.' all other ground is sinking sand.' Let's just be peaceful in all of this. In the spirit of Whitney's 'I Go To The Rock': 'On Christ the solid rock I stand. Singer Whitney Houston skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown. "We will wear a breastplate of armor for Whitney and that's what friends are for. Yaya DaCosta and Arlen Escarpeta star in Lifetime’s Whitney Houston biopic drama Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. "God gave us a gift in Whitney and she gave us her best, despite what stories are told," Pat said. She said the family wasn't consulted about the movie, and Whitney's mother asked Lifetime not to do a movie. As my grandmother used to say, 'Keep living.'" "It reeks of enslavement to an industry that will likely do the same to you one day.

"This creative pursuit at the expense of the integrity of such an iconic woman, who is voiceless today, reeks of condemnation and deceit," she wrote in the statement. 11, 2012, four months after coming to Shelby. Pat said the timing is also insensitive, because it's close to the anniversary of Whitney's death. But to do so in such an incredible way, to go after someone who cannot correct what you get wrong, someone who – like so many people, and especially women – struggled to hold up their humanity and live with dignity despite their personal challenges, is wrong." They just want the job or the opportunity to shine. "I don't think it ever entered their minds that they were assaulting the legacy of another individual. What lifts up one person in the headlines may in fact destroy another," read Pat's statement. "I shared with my daughter yesterday – that there is often a fine line that separates elevation and degradation in the industry. In her statement, she talks about how upset her daughter was because the movie was made by a woman who claimed to be Whitney's friend. Last week, Pat released a statement on the Whitney Houston website criticizing the recent Lifetime Movie about her sister-in-law. Now, as president of the Whitney Houston estate, Pat is defending her friend. Teen Summit educates young people, helping them develop skills to face life's challenges. When she came in 2011, Whitney supported the work Pat was doing with youth in Cleveland County. But the two women were more than business associates, more than in-laws - they shared the bond of friendship. Pat, who is married to Gary, was also Whitney's manager. In 2011, Whitney Houston came to Shelby, a guest for the Teen Summit program founded by her sister-in-law and Cleveland County native, Pat Houston.
