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Whitney Houston

February 2024

  • Whitney Houston, Jim Croce, Candi Staton composite.

    ‘Utterly devastating’: Guardian writers on their favourite breakup songs

    For Valentine’s Day, writers have picked the song that best summarises the pain or pleasure of finally saying goodbye to a lover

April 2023

  • David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah in Rye Lane

    Return of the romcom: the genre is thriving again – but with new values

    For a dose of hope in hard times, romcoms still do the trick. Just don’t expect to see a remake of Pretty Woman any time soon

December 2022

  • I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston, 2022. © Sony Pictures Entertainment /Courtesy Everett Collection<br>2K3N6K2 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston, 2022. © Sony Pictures Entertainment /Courtesy Everett Collection

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – doggedly formulaic Whitney Houston biopic

    The singer’s voice is mostly lip-synced, by British actor Naomi Ackie, but this by-numbers film falls well short of capturing Houston’s mega-watt appeal
  • Composite image of Whitney Houston and Terence Blanchard

    Down the rabbit hole
    What links Whitney Houston to Raiders of the Lost Ark – and Stanley Tucci’s recipes?

    From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far away

    • I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – smooth Whitney Houston biopic

    • ‘This film is a corrective’: Whitney Houston biopic aims to change the narrative

    • I will always love you: why Whitney Houston’s legacy lives on 10 years after her death

November 2022

  • THE BODYGUARD 1992 Warner Bros film with Whitney Houston<br>R4GAR9 THE BODYGUARD 1992 Warner Bros film with Whitney Houston

    The Bodyguard review – Whitney Houston showstopper as resplendent as ever

    It’s been 30 years since Mick Jackson’s sensational box-office hit bowled over audiences worldwide, and it still charms despite all its cheese

September 2022

  • Whitney Houston in September 1991.

    Ranked
    Whitney Houston’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

    As the trailer for her biopic is released, we revisit the best of the R&B superstar’s often surprising output

June 2022

  • BEAUTY - (L-R) Grace Marie Bradley as BEAUTY and Aleyse Shannon as JASMINE. Cr: Netflix © 2022

    Beauty review – flat Netflix drama plays like unauthorized Whitney biopic

  • St Vincent

    Honest playlist
    ‘Nine Inch Nails is inappropriate for a Christmas party’: St Vincent’s honest playlist

March 2022

  • ‘I look for more of the essence of the person’ … Tamara Tunie.

    ‘I keep hope alive’: Tamara Tunie on playing Kamala Harris in political dystopia The 47th

    The Law & Order: SVU star is returning to the stage in a White House satire set in 2024. She talks about the ‘black-lash’ after Obama’s election, brokering a new deal for Broadway diversity – and her role as Whitney Houston’s mum

October 2021

  • Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave

    PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Madonna: the unseen archives of rock photographer Tony Mott

    He’s partied with Queen. Tom Petty had his email. Now one of Australia’s most accomplished rock photographers has been digging through his negatives

March 2021

  • ‘That’s a hit!’ … George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam.

    How we made
    Waiting for a Star to Fall: Boy Meets Girl on how they made a pop classic

  • Whitney Houston at the World Music awards in 2004.

    The fandom that made me
    How a great love of Whitney Houston helped me say goodbye to my mum

February 2021

  • ‘To gain power, and crucially, to retain it, you need a reserve of it to begin with’ ... (L-R) Britney Spears, Beyonce and Rihanna.

    The music essay
    Britney Spears: another pop princess trapped in a man-made fairytale

    One contributor is notably absent from the new film about Britney: herself. But from Rihanna to Beyoncé to Taylor Swift, female stars have always struggled to tell their stories

November 2020

  • FILE: Bobby Brown Jr. Dies At 28<br>FILE - NOVEMBER 18: Bobby Brown Jr., musician Bobby Brown’s 28-year-old son, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on November 18. HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 29: (L-R) Landon Brown, Bobby Brown Jr., and Bobby Brown arrive at the premiere screening of “The Bobby Brown Story” at Paramount Theatre on August 29, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

    Bobby Brown Jr found dead in Los Angeles home at age 28

    Police pronounced son of singer Bobby Brown dead at the scene but provided no additional details

June 2020

  • Number 1 hits, Number 1, From left; The Beatles, Donna Summer, the Per Shop Boys

    The 100 greatest UK No 1 singles
    The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1

    Look back on our complete countdown of the greatest UK No 1s, from the Beatles to Baby D, and So Solid Crew to Suzi Quatro

April 2020

  • Various<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Graham Wiltshire/REX/Shutterstock (1894978c) Whitney Houston in concert at Wembley Arena. Various

    Whitney Houston: 'no holds barred' biopic in the works from Clive Davis

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody will be written by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Two Popes and involve input from the singer’s estate

February 2020

  • Barbara Ellen

    Dear Carrie Symonds, Cummings is more bogeyman than babysitter

    Barbara Ellen
    Why a book at bedtime might end up terrifying the new baby of Downing Street
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