Stereogum — “TikTok challenge” is not normally a phrase that bodes well around these parts. But every so often, if we’re lucky, we get a viral trend that makes us smile — laugh, even. Here’s one of those: Over the past few weeks, people on TikTok ha... more info

Stereogum — In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Whitney Houston’s visit to South Africa, there’s a new live album out today with a special bonus tacked on. Whitney Houston: The Concert For A New South African (Durban) mostly documents Houston’s fi... more info

New York Post — Whitney Houston was the first major Western artist to perform in a post-apartheid South Africa in 1994, and the first of her three dates is captured in “The Concert for a New South Africa [Durban],” a film that will be playing in select theaters ... more info

Stereogum — Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning soul and gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has died. Houston died at home in New Jersey under hospice care for Alzheimer’s, the Associated Press reports. She was 91. more info

Stereogum — Will Jennings, who co-wrote #1 hits for Celine Dion, Steve Winwood, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, and more, has died. He passed away in his home in Tyler, Texas on Friday morning after five or six years of declining health, his caregiver Martha ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Whitney Houston. Thinking about you. Photo by MAGNET’s Christian Lantry, though not shot for MAGNET. The post Happy Birthday Whitney Houston appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

New York Post — I miss Houston the most every time someone steps up to the mic to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl. more info

Stereogum — Before becoming a pandemic-era Twitter queen and meme lord, Dionne Warwick was a chart–topping pop superstar in the same family as Whitney Houston. She’s lived quite a life, and that life is coming to the big screen. more info

New York Post — Houston purchased this Mendham home in 1993 and used it as her guest house, as well as a recording studio -- and now it can be yours. more info

Dlisted — Robyn Crawford is doing the rounds of the TV shows and the interviews and the blah, blah, blah, because she has a new book out about Whitney Houston and their love affair. Robyn made her way to the Wendy Williams show, and if you don’t know about W... more info