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| Yaya DaCosta |
Whitney Houston was a great artist who rose to fame like a
rocket and fell back down in a torrid of depression and drug addiction that
eventually claimed her life. Although, fans of Whitney Houston will probably
enjoy Angela Bassett directorial portrayal of the singer’s life, it has been
reported that many members of the Houston family are in opposition of the
making of the film.
Deborah Cox is the amazing vocal singer singing as Whitney
Houston while Yaya DaCosta is noticeably struggling to lip sync along. Bassett had
stated that the film is more about Houston’s career than her personal life.
Yet, how can she not add aspects of the late singer personal life when it had
such a profound effect on her career during much of her final years.
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| Deborah Cox |
One must remember that Angela Bassett played Tina Turner in
the successful 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It. Therefore,
Bassett knows what it means to portray a great female entertainer, whose fall
from stardom was due to a bad personal life. And it could be for this reason that
she has taken on the task of bringing Houston’s tragic story to the screen. However,
unlike Tina Turner, who found the strength and the support to rise again, Whitney
Houston lost her struggle to do so to drugs on February 11, 2012.
The Lifetime TV movie, ‘Whitney’ airs this Saturday January
17 at 8/7c, and stars Yaya DaCosta in the title role and Arlen Escarpeta as
Bobby Brown.