Whitney Houston

March 2, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Carolyn Whigham, of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ says she knows who leaked the casket photo of Whitney Houston. Whigham previously spoke to the media to deny that she took the photo during the February 18 private viewing. And she denied wrongdoing on the part of her staff. Despite being asked to maintain radio […]

February 24, 2012 by Hollywoodite

At some point during the private family memorial for Whitney Houston, at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ February 18, someone took a photo of the singer’s corpse in the casket and sold it to National Enquirer who promptly put the photo on the cover. That cover has since gone viral with outlets re-posting the […]

February 23, 2012 by Hollywoodite

According to RadarOnline.com, several staff members of the Beverly Hilton Hotel were fired following the death of Whitney Houston. At the time of the body being found, there was a convoluted string of events during which several members of hotel staff were reportedly early to the scene. According to TMZ.com’s reports at the time, this included hotel […]

February 22, 2012 by Hollywoodite

**WARNING** This week’s National Enquirer shows Whitney Houston in an open casket, at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ in what appears to be a real photo taken inside the “private,” closed family viewing. Which means a funeral home staffer or security staffer, a family member, or a close friend, took and sold the photo(s) to the […]

February 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite

This week’s National Enquirer gets its own post away from the tributes, sensational or otherwise, that cover ITW/ Us Weekly/ Star/ People because Enquirer’s story is markedly different. This story claims to examine Whitney Houston’s final minutes, with a cover headline that reads “18 Pages On Whitney’s Tragedy: Whitney’s Final Minutes, What Really Happened In […]

February 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Using a lick of common sense, this week’s In Touch Weekly, Us Weekly, Star and People Magazine opted for a Whitney Houston tribute rather than opting for the easy, lazy sell of another Kim Kardashian cover or lies about Angelina Jolie’s non-existent wedding plans. * This week’s In Touch Weekly cover reads “Whitney Houston 1963-2012: […]