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A one-hour special featuring never before seen Whitney Houston interview moments will air on CBS next month to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the singer’s death.

Sasha Urban editorEntertainment Tonight will release never-before-seen footage of the late Whitney Houston in the new CBS special, “Whitney, a Look Back,” set to air on April 2 at 8 p.m. on CBS and available to stream the next day on Paramount Plus.Entertainment Tonight, which is also producing the special, will release the footage from its vault, in addition to new interviews with stars including Dionne Warwick, Clive Davis, CeCe Winans, Monica and Kelly Price.

Whitney Houston interview moments as part of a new special for CBS. Titled, it will chronicle the life and legacy of the music superstar and will air Saturday, April 2, at 8 p.m.

Jaigantic Studios with Adam Ripp attached to write and direct the feature film, Variety reported.The movie will dive into the “Uptown Girl” singer’s early life, his discovery by The Hassles’ band manager Irwin Mazur and his working relationship with Clive Davis.“Billy Joel is not involved with this film project. No rights in music, name/likeness or life story will be granted,” a rep for the 72-year-old confirmed to The Post.According to Variety, producers noted that music necessities for the flick are “yet to be determined.”Jaigantic Studios was able to work around Joel by acquiring the life rights to Mazur.

Ethan Shanfeld A Billy Joel biopic titled “Piano Man” is in the works at Michael Jai White’s Jaigantic Studios, with Adam Ripp attached to write and direct.The biopic will follow Joel’s early years — from being discovered by his first manager Irwin Mazur at age 16, to playing in a Long Island cover band in the 1960s, to his breakout performance in 1972 that captured the attention of Clive Davis.However, Billy Joel’s rep says that Joel is not involved with this film project, and that no rights in music, name/likeness or life story will be granted.Instead, Jaigantic has acquired the life rights to Mazur, who managed Joel from 1965 to 1972, the year before his commercial breakthrough. Joel’s hit album and song “Piano Man” were released in 1973.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“Clive Davis: Most Iconic Performances,” a four-art series featuring concert clips chosen by and interviews conducted by the legendary music executive, will premiere exclusively on Paramount Plus in the U.S. and internationally beginning Wednesday, March 23.In this special miniseries, culled from his virtual 2021 pre-Grammy Gala events, sees Davis taking viewers through some of his favorite musical performances from the last few decades.

Freddie Mercury.In the post’s caption, the actor wrote: “This was sent to me from a friend. C’est moi at university about 42 years ago.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala has been called off for this year, but that’s not stopping the legendary mogul from throwing a big party — his 90 th birthday is April 4, the day after the big show, and he’s throwing a star-studded bash at Casa Cipriani in New York two days later, on Wednesday the 6th, a rep for Davis confirms to Variety. The event is sure to include a guest list that outshines even his famously star-studded pre-Grammy parties — while many of these names are longtime Friends of Clive, the New York Post says invitees include Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Pat Houston, David Geffen, and entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman, as well as label heads such as Monte Lipman, Tom Corson, Rob Stringer and Julie Greenwald. Davis wrote on the invite: “I personally hope you will one day be told that the next birthday you celebrate will be your 90th.

On the eve of what was to be her big comeback with a powerhouse performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston tragically died, leaving a legacy as one of the greatest vocalists ever to grace the stage. The iconic singer, famous for her moving ballads as well as her chart-busting pop tunes, was only 48 years old when she passed on February 11, 2012. Now a decade later, HollywoodLife details everything to know about Whitney’s devastating death and the days that led up to it. Keep reading to learn more, below.

her death on Feb. 11, 2012, Whitney Houston showed up to rehearsals for mentor Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, a glitzy night of music and mingling that she was planning to attend. The star-studded bash — which, held the night before the awards, is always one of the hottest tickets of Grammy weekend — was taking place at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton hotel, where the singer was also staying.Houston’s longtime musical director Rickey Minor was putting the band through its paces for the event, and he noticed immediately that something was different about the woman who was like his “little sister.”“She pops into rehearsal, and we hadn’t even started, and it’s 10:30 in the morning,” Minor told The Post.

Page Six reported. The record producer, 89, usually hosts a legendary party before the biggest night in music but problems plagued the beloved event. The joint statement he released along with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr.

The annual pre-Grammy party by music mogul Clive Davis has been moved for the second year in a row.

New York University has officially launched a new course focused on Taylor Swift, just in time for spring semester.As part of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, the course will run from January 26 to March 9, and students can expect to learn more about the singer’s career and her cultural influence.

Taylor Swift.The course began at the Davis Institute, which is part of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, on January 26 and will run through to March 9.Set to be taught by Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos, the course will cover “Swift’s evolution as a creative music entrepreneur, the legacy of pop and country songwriters, discourses of youth and girlhood, and the politics of race in contemporary popular music” (via Variety).“This course proposes to deconstruct both the appeal and aversions to Taylor Swift through close readings of her music and public discourse as it relates to her own growth as an artist and a celebrity,” a description adds.“Through readings, lectures and more, the class delves into analyses of the culture and politics of teen girlhood in pop music, fandom, media studies, whiteness and power as it relates to her image and the images of those who have both preceded and succeeded her. We’ll also consider topics like copyright and ownership, American nationalism and the ongoing impact of social media on the pop music industry.”The Swift course already has a long waiting list of students, a representative for the course told Variety.

Gerrick Kennedy Feb. 11 marks 10 years since Whitney Houston died, her accidental drowning in a Beverly Hilton hotel bathtub especially tragic as it occurred just hours before the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala was due to start in a ballroom on the ground floor. Davis discovered Houston when she was barely 20 years old and would mentor her through the decades, but behind the scenes, one of Houston’s longest and closest relationships was with childhood friend-turned-lover Robyn Crawford, as journalist Gerrick Kennedy describes in his forthcoming book, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (out Feb.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy has announced that Sony Music Group Chairman Rob Stringer will receive the 2022 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons award “for his leadership, impact and dedication to advancing innovation in the music industry.” Stringer will be honored at Clive Davis’ and the Recording Academy’s Pre-Grammy Gala, which is scheduled to return to the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles — in person — on Sunday, Jan.

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EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on a documentary about Whitney Houston, which will explore the iconic singer before she became an international superstar.

Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.According to Deadline, Tucci joins Naomi Ackie who will play Houston in the feature film, which is written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Kasi Lemmons.Davis is the lawyer-turned-music producer and record executive who discovered Houston before anyone knew who she was.

Stanley Tucci has booked a role in the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-nominated actor Stanley Tucci has been tapped to play Grammy-winning producer Clive Davis in the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature about the late musical icon, Whitney Houston.

Jennifer Yuma editorCity of Hope has announced the honorees for its upcoming Songs of Hope virtual gala.Smokey Robinson will receive Clive Davis’ Legend in Songwriting award while Hildur Guðnadóttir will be honored with the EA Music Composer of the Year award.

After a two-hour-plus delay due to thunderstorms on Saturday night, music mega-producer Clive Davis’ star-studded “We Love NYC Homecoming Concert” in Central Park was canceled.A rainstorm that came as Hurricane Henri moved up the East Coast cut short a concert that was expected to last about five hours — just as Barry Manilow was on stage singing “Can’t Smile Without You.”The roughly 22,000 attendees were asked to exit Central Park and seek shelter — but the storms continued before organizers

Chris Willman Music Writer“We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert,” the Clive Davis-programmed concert in Central Park, was called off just past its halfway point Saturday due to lightning strikes occurring within a 10-mile radius of the Great Lawn.Barry Manilow was mid-medley at 8:37 p.m. — with more than two hours left to go in the five-hour concert — when he was interrupted by an announcer saying: “Attention.

“September.”On Friday, the Grammy-winning group released their new single “You Want My Love” — a Babyface-produced update of 1975’s “Can’t Hide Love.” The good times continue on Saturday, when the band will be part of the star-studded lineup at We Love NYC: the Homecoming Concert in Central Park.Here, lead singer Philip Bailey, 70, and bassist Verdine White, 70, share what playing Central Park means to them, how their Verzuz with the Isley Brothers went viral, and which element best symbolizes

end-of-summer Central Park show celebrating New York City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing the internationally broadcast “concert of a lifetime” to Woodstock.The mostly free Aug.

The full musical line-up for New York City’s big “Homecoming” concert in Central Park this August was announced today by recording mogul Clive Davis and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Clive Davis has snagged Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon as headliners for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s post-COVID Central Park concert, Page Six has learned. "Bruce will do a duet with Patti Smith," an insider added, "Jennifer Hudson is also slated [to hit the stage]." The concert — which is intended to celebrate New York City’s revival after the COVID-19 lockdowns — is set to take place on the Great Lawn on Aug.

EXCLUSIVE: Moses Ingram is set play Robyn Crawford opposite BAFTA winning actress Naomi Ackie in Sony Pictures and TriStar Pictures’ musical biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, based on the epic life and music of the iconic singer. Penned by Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten with Stella Meghie directing.