Unfortunately, lifetimes whitney houston movie is not a. Lifetime announced plans today for an original movie, tentatively titled whitney houston, which will be directed by houstons waiting to exhale costar angela bassett. A lifetime original movie about the late iconic singer whitney houston, focusing on her turbulent relationship with bobby brown and her meteoric rise to stardom, is in the works and angela. Watch first trailer for lifetimes whitney houston biopic. Angela bassets directorial debut brings whitney s love life with bobby brown to the small screen thanks to lifetime. Feb 20, 2017 mix play all mix canal lifetime brasil youtube the first time bobby brown met whitney houston the bobby brown story duration. May 22, 2014 angela bassett will make her directorial debut with a lifetime original movie based on the life of whitney houston, lifetime announced thursday. Angela bassett will make her directorial debut with a lifetime original movie based on the life of whitney houston, lifetime announced thursday. Lifetime netted ratings gold with the premiere of their controversial biopic, whitney the movie based on the late whitney houstons life directed by angela bassett scored 4.
Whitney houston lifetime movie trailer video variety. Lifetime and cbs will both air whitney houston tv specials. Lifetime announce whitney biopic premiere date release. Whitney houstons story in a lifetime film the new york.
Whitney houstons family was conspicuously absent tuesday night from a screening of angela bassetts telefilm, whitney. Should whitney lifetimes whitney houston biopic, which premiered saturday have been titled whitney and bobby, instead the angela bassettdirected film is as. Jan 17, 2015 whitney houston s lifetime movie premieres. Two days after lifetime announced that it bought a onehour houston special remembering whitney and about seven months after houstons death cbs announced that it. Yaya dacosta whitney houston and arlen escarpeta bobby brown star in the lifetime original movie, whitney, premiering saturday, january 17, 2015 at 8pm etpt on lifetime. Singer smokey robinson, director angela bassett, singer deborah cox and record producer berry gordy attend the premiere after party of lifetimes whitney on. Jan 15, 2015 the whitney houston biopic whitney is set to premiere this saturday on lifetime. Bassett, who was nominated for an oscar for playing tina turner in whats love got to do with it, will make her directorial debut with whitney houston, a. Dec 08, 2014 essence reported that whitney houston lovers will have to wait until 2015 to view lifetimes biopic of the late singer because it doesnt premiere until january 17. Bassett was recently required to defend the film, after houstons mother cissy criticised it for going ahead without the familys blessing. Whitney houstons sisterinlaw pat houston has issued a blistering statement on friday ahead of the lifetime tv premiere of whitney, the networks biopic of the late singer directed by.
A chronicle of whitney houstons rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband bobby brown. What is unexpected, however, is who the network has tapped to direct the. Bassett makes her directorial debut with the lifetime original movie whitney. Lifetimes new docuseries featuring whitney houston s family, called the houstons. Scheduled for a 2015 world premiere under the workin. Jul 15, 2014 lifetime s upcoming whitney houston movie cant come any sooner and im more than happy to report that the production will feature some of the late singing legends music. Amber riley, kathy griffin, sherri shepherd and more fans react by by mike vulpo sat. Whitney chronicles the headlinemaking relationship between the iconic singer, actress. Whitney, a lifetime movie directed by angela bassett and starring yaya dacosta as whitney houston, will premiere jan. Whitney houston lifetime movie in the works, angela bassett. Lifetime has greenlighted whitney houston working title, an original movie about the tragic music superstar who died in 2012. Jan 19, 2015 saturday nights premiere of whitney, a lifetime original movie, lured 4. May 22, 2014 whitney houston is getting the lifetime movie treatment from none other than angela bassett.
Lifetime sets whitney houston movie, angela bassett to. Should whitney lifetimes whitney houston biopic, which premiered saturday have been titled whitney and bobby, instead. Mix play all mix canal lifetime brasil youtube the first time bobby brown met whitney houston the bobby brown story duration. Lifetimes new docuseries featuring whitney houstons family, called the houstons. Dec 06, 2014 the first trailer for lifetimes upcoming whitney houston biopic highlights the late songstress substance abuse and turbulent relationship with husband bobby brown.
Whitney houston lifetime movie to include her music, but. The trailer for lifetimes whitney houston biopic will give. The longawaited whitney houston lifetime biopic had its premiere recently at the paley center for media, but of all the starstudded guests in attendance, none. Amy nicole the whitney houston biopic whitney is set to premiere this saturday on lifetime. Jan 11, 2015 lifetime premieres whitney biopic julie hinds, detroit free press pop culture critic published 12. Focusing on femalecentric, inspiring programming, lifetime stands as a transcendent voice both in entertainment and social progress and a fantastic place for aspiring performers to make. Lifetime announces whitney biopic premiere date, but we won. Behind the scenes of lifetimes whitney with director angela bassett and star yaya d duration. Undeterred by the backlash the aaliyah biopic caused, lifetime are pressing ahead with their muchtalked about whitney houston movie.
Lifetimes whitney houston biopic to premiere in january the wrap. Whitney, airing saturday on lifetime, stars yaya dacosta as whitney houston, the grammywinning pop star who died in 2012, and arlen escarpeta as bobby brown. Angela bassets directorial debut brings whitneys love life with bobby brown to the small screen thanks to lifetime. Producersongwriter redone makes his film music producing and scoring debut with the lifetime original movie whitney, which premieres jan. Lifetime teases whitney houstonbobbi kristina documentary. With yaya dacosta, arlen escarpeta, yolonda ross, suzzanne douglas. Whitney houston lifetime movie to include her music, but not. Jan 30, 2017 they were mean and harsh to him, but he came back to prove them wrong. Produced by angela bassett, the film is being led by yaya. They were mean and harsh to him, but he came back to prove them wrong. Whitney houston at 109c, providing an indepth look at the life and.
A chronicle of whitney houston s rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband bobby brown. Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about whitney in spite of my familys objections, houston said. One day a great film might be made about houstons life, but whitney. With yaya dacosta alafia starring as houston, the whitney film will cover houstons ascension to the heights of her fame along with her tumultuous marriage to with bobby brown, who is played in. Dec 28, 2018 this video is about how i was actually not in a lifetime movie, but i did eat a hotdog and i did model in a photoshoot so.
Whitney houston was the voice of a generation who left this world too soon. Helmed by angela bassett in her directorial debut, whitney houston. The lifetime network has been the home of countless high quality movies, television series and reality tv projects for almost three decades and its only just beginning to hit its creative stride. Lifetime is making a whitney houston movie and has tapped an oscar nominee to direct it. Lifetime sets whitney houston movie directed by angela. No, lifetimes hotly anticipated, perhaps even dreaded, whitney houston film, whitney, was not a train wreck at all. Jan 17, 2015 lifetimes movie whitney cherrypicks incidents from whitney houstons short life and presents bobby brown, her husband, as the sometimes heroic voice of reason. Yaya dacosta and arlen escarpeta star in lifetimes whitney houston biopic drama whitney, directed by angela bassett. Whitney will premiere on lifetime on saturday, january 17, 2015, at 8pm etpt. Whitney chronicles the headlinemaking relationship between the iconic singer. Fans sound off on whitney houstons lifetime movie e. With the debut of the angela bassettdirected whitney movie and two related specials, lifetime is. Whitney is set in a period of five years 19891994 when houston was catapulted in the worldwide success of her film debut the bodyguard and its subsequent. Two days after lifetime announced that it bought a onehour houston special remembering whitney and about seven months after houstons death cbs announced that it will air a one.
The highly anticipated whitney marks the directorial debut of academy award nominee. Following the movies premiere, lifetime will air the hourlong documentary beyond the headlines. The oscar nominee she got the nod for playing tina turner in whats love got to do with it will make. To no surprise, houston family skips out on whitney. This video is about how i was actually not in a lifetime movie, but i did eat a hotdog and i did model in a photoshoot so. Essence reported that whitney houston lovers will have to wait until 2015 to view lifetimes biopic of the late singer because it doesnt premiere until january 17.
Just like with the aaliyah movie the family members of the. No one connected with this movie knew whitney or anything about her relationship. Jul 23, 2014 lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about whitney in spite of my familys objections, houston said. Saturday nights premiere of whitney, a lifetime original movie, lured 4.
Whitney houstons story in a lifetime film the new york times. Yaya dacosta whitney houston and arlen escarpeta bobby brown star in the lifetime original movie, whitney, premiering saturday, january 17. Bobby brown interview to air after lifetime biopic, whitney. Whitney houston is getting the lifetime movie treatment from none other than angela bassett. Two decades later, her costar in that movie, angela bassett, is the.
Whitney houston lifetime movie trailer video released. Whitney houston lifetime biopic marks redones filmscoring debut. Angela bassett to direct whitney houston biopic for lifetime. Simply titled whitney, the film is all set to debut on january 17 at 8 p. May 23, 2014 i t was bound to happen sooner or later. Sep 25, 2012 lifetimes new docuseries featuring whitney houstons family, called the houstons. Singer smokey robinson, director angela bassett, singer deborah cox and record producer berry gordy attend the premiere after party of lifetime s whitney on jan. Whitney houstons family absent from biopic premiere new.
May 22, 2014 lifetime is making a whitney houston movie and has tapped an oscar nominee to direct it. Whitney houston biopic premieres on lifetime this weekend. The trailer for lifetimes whitney houston biopic will. May 22, 2014 lifetime has greenlighted whitney houston working title, an original movie about the tragic music superstar who died in 2012. If youre a whitney houston fan, like millions are, then saturday night will be a big deal. Whitney houston lifetime movie in the works, angela. Whitney houstons family snubs lifetime biopic premiere. Buzzfeed has the world premiere of the trailer for whitney a film that chronicles houstons life from church choir in newark, new jersey, to the heights of global superstardom. Lifetime sets whitney houston biopic directed by angela. Lifetime premieres whitney biopic julie hinds, detroit free press pop culture critic published 12. Whitney houston ruled the charts and box office back back in 1995, when she appeared in the romnotsocom waiting to exhale.
Lifetimes original whitney houston biopic premieres january 17. Houston has been the subject of various documentaries and a previous lifetime film. Whitney houston lifetime movie in the works with director angela. Whitney houston movie lifetime watch full movies online. Lifetimes upcoming whitney houston movie cant come any sooner and im more than happy to report that the production will feature some of the late singing legends music. Lifetime has announced they are working on a movie about whitney houstons life. May 22, 2014 inevitable, but also inevitably interesting. Lifetime sets whitney houston movie, angela bassett to direct.
Jan 17, 2015 whitney houston was the voice of a generation who left this world too soon. Lifetime sets whitney houston biopic directed by angela bassett. Mark your calendars, beauties, because lifetime has just announced an official premiere date for its whitney houston biopic. The first trailer for lifetimes upcoming whitney houston biopic highlights the late songstress substance abuse and turbulent relationship with husband bobby brown. Dec 02, 2014 following the movies premiere, lifetime will air the hourlong documentary beyond the headlines. Whitney houston at 10pm, providing an indepth look at the life and death of houston. Lifetime announces whitney biopic premiere date, but we.
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