♪ Free ♪
♪ free ♪
♪ Tell me, will you stay ♪
♪ hm ♪
♪ just all that you are ♪
♪ and everything that you do ♪
♪ away ♪
Coming back in five.
Does anyone have eyes on Whitney?
I've got eyes on Ms. Houston.
Tighten up on four.
Three, two, switching to channel four.
Lights 25, stand by.
We are live in five, four, three, two...
Lights 25, go.
Whitney!
We're gonna do a medley for you.
It's about love.
The things we do to get it,
and the things we do to keep it.
♪ Guide me ♪
♪ o thou great jehovah ♪
♪ pilgrim through this barren land ♪
♪ I am weak ♪
♪ but thou are mighty ♪
♪ hold me with thy powerful hand ♪
♪ bread of heaven ♪
♪ feed me till I want ♪
♪ no more ♪
♪ bread of heaven ♪
♪ feed me till I want no... ♪
♪ ...more ♪
♪ Guide me, o thou... ♪
Stop.
Mommy.again.
Mom! Again.
God gives you a gift, you gotta use it right.
♪ Guide me o thou great jehovah ♪
You have to learn the melody.
Once you learn it, then you can play around,
do your little flourishes.
Now, do it again.
♪ Guide me o thou great jehovah ♪
Know the melody backward and forward.
♪ Pilgrim through... ♪
And enunciate.
♪ ...this barren land ♪
Pay attention to the words.
Complete every word.
♪ I am weak but thou are mighty ♪
Every song is a story.
If it's not a story, it's not a song.
♪ Hold me with thy powerful hand ♪
Great singing comes from three places.
♪ Bread of heaven ♪
The head, the heart...
♪ Bread of heaven ♪
And the gut.
And get your eyes off that damn door, girl.
You know what, I quit. No, you don't quit.
You gave that up when you told me that you wanted to do this.
Mommy, I just wanna sing.Again.
♪ Guide me, o thou... ♪
You will honor your commitment to this, nippy.
♪ ...great jehovah ♪
Your idea, you see it through.
♪ Pilgrim through this... ♪
Pride.
♪ ...barren land ♪
You're a Houston.
♪ Bread of heaven ♪
♪ bread of heaven ♪
Love you, mommy.
All right.
Variably cloudy skies at 5,
10 to 15% chance of a...
President Reagan will also consider curbing some benefits.
A note of optimism this morning in east orange, New Jersey.
I'll see y'all Saturday, okay?
Hey. See you Saturday? At 10.
See you Saturday. Okay. Thank you.
♪ Baby, just suppose ♪
♪ I should happen to cross your mind ♪
Hey. ♪ and by some chance a boy like me ♪
♪ you've really been trying... ♪
What? I just said "hey."
Hey.
And you are?
Whitney Elizabeth Houston.
You always say your middle name?
All right.
Well, I'm Robyn Crawford.
You from 'round here? Mm-hm.
East orange. Word?
Yeah. Where you go to school?
Mount Saint Dominic academy.
Oh. Catholic schoolgirl.
White catholic schoolgirl.
You? College.
Yep.
Wait a minute. So, cissy Houston is your mom?
Uh-huh. The singer?
Yep.heh.
You know, dionne Warwick is my first cousin.
Dionne Warwick? Nah, you shitting me.
No damn way.Yeah.
Girl, Aretha Franklin's like my godmother.
Okay, now, Whitney Elizabeth Houston...
You dreaming.
No. No, my dream...
No, it's crazy... is to be a professional singer like them.
But the bar is way, way too high, so...
I'm happy to just sing my little
"shoop-shoop, diddy-dum, diddy-doos,"
backing my mom.
Mm.
Let me hear you.
Sing.uh-uh.
Aw...
No.
Nah, I showed you my three-point shot.
Come on, sing.
You know what?
You know, you should come to Sweetwater's.
Yeah, you can see me sing chorus for my ma.
Mm-hm.mm-hm.
All right, Whitney Elizabeth Houston.
I'MMA come see you.Mm-hm.
But you better know how to sing.
♪ I'll be there ♪
♪ when all your dreams are broken ♪
♪ to answer ♪
♪ your unspoken prayer ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ deep down in my heart I'm gonna miss you ♪
♪ and in my dreams I'll kiss you ♪
♪ ooh ♪
♪ and I'll even wish you luck ♪
♪ on your new affair oh, yes, I will ♪
♪ but remember, baby ♪
♪ if you need me ♪
♪ all you got to do is call me ♪
♪ don't you worry ♪
♪ I'll be there ♪
♪ oh, yes, I will ♪
All these years, all these years...
That's it.
I had to look the other way...
Just change the subject.
Pretend I don't know what's going on.
That's what you do every time.
You're out there doing everything you big enough to do.
And I'm out there, on the road, busting my ass!
On the road busting your ass, huh?
So what are you, the savior?
Sole breadwinner! That's right. Sole breadwinner. For years.
I swear to god, I'll walk out that goddamn door!
Do it! Finally be doing something!
I've been looking after these kids.
Out on the road busting my ass.
Yeah, "busting your ass"! Doing what?
Yeah, you work now! You work now!
So you've been working all this time?
How do you think I'm walking out these...
Sup, nippy?
Yeah, I said I'll sit here... singing my ass off.
Hey. Don't even worry about it.
Do it!
Look at that.
Hey!
Okay.
♪ You took my breath away ♪
This is so great.
This will be forever.
Nippy. I need you to listen now.
Mommy.
I love you.
That's great.
♪ Chanson papillon ♪
Mm.
Check us out.
♪ Just begun to fly ♪
Clive!
Hey.
Clive, thanks for coming. Thank you.
So, she sings backup for her mother. Uh-huh.
But wait till you see this girl.
I'm telling you, total knockout.
Model looks, right? But the voice...
Oh, my god, the voice. She's just... it's really...
All right, calm down. I'm here, aren't I?
Come on.Yeah.
How're you doing? Good evening.
Evening, sir.
I don't know who the hell
you think you talking to!
Think you're so damn grown!
Well, I know what I want!
You think you know what you want!
Clive Davis!
Hi, Gary, how are you? A pleasure.
Hey, Gerry.
My voice. What?
My voice.
It's gone.
I need you to do the opening solo.
What?
Mama, you were shouting at me a second ago.
Well, maybe that's what done it!
And I need some time to get it back,
so you start the show tonight.
I'm your mother, no talking back.
Yeah, mommy, I just... look...
I need you to help me now.
Start the show.
Sing "the greatest love of all." Not another word.
Don't make me whup your ass.
"Greatest love of all." All right?
Gerry.
Cissy.clive.
How are you? Good to see you.
Nice to see you too.
♪ I believe the children are our future ♪
♪ teach them well and let them lead the way ♪
♪ show them all the beauty they possess inside ♪
♪ give them a sense of pride ♪
♪ to make it easier ♪
♪ let the children's laughter ♪
♪ remind us how we used to be ♪
♪ everybody searching for a hero ♪
♪ people need someone to look up to ♪
♪ I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs ♪
♪ a lonely place to be ♪
♪ and so I learned to depend on me ♪
♪ I decided long ago ♪
♪ never to walk in anyone's shadows ♪
♪ if I fail, if I succeed ♪
♪ at least I lived as I believe ♪
♪ no matter what they take from me ♪
♪ they can't take away my dignity ♪
♪ because the greatest ♪
♪ love of all ♪
♪ is happening to me ♪
♪ I found the greatest ♪
♪ love of all inside of me ♪
♪ the greatest love of all
♪ Is easy to achieve ♪
♪ learning to love yourself ♪
♪ is the greatest love of all ♪
♪ and if, by chance that special place ♪
♪ that you've been dreaming of ♪
♪ leads you to a lonely place ♪
♪ find your strength ♪
♪ in love ♪
She's incredible.
Okay.
Just okay?
I think I might have just heard
the greatest voice of her generation.
Yeah. Yeah. That kind of "okay."
Gerry, my "okay" is different than your "okay."
My "okay"
comes with investment and legal obligations.
Yours comes with a side of fries.
That's my baby girl.
Whitney Elizabeth Houston.
"And distribution rights for all albums
created by Whitney Houston... heh.
Or arista during the term of this agreement...
In perpetuity throughout the universe"?
It means a damn long time.
Everywhere.
Wait.
Daddy, what? She's coming here for you.
Mm-hm.
If you move on, you take her with you when you go.
Mr. Davis, you are not my first record exec.
I'm just trying to protect my family.
No, no, no. I understand.
Well, we have never given that right to any artist.
Um...
But I believe in you.
So...
Best efforts.
Okay?
Mm-hm.
Here, let's take a picture.Okay.
All right. Ready for the shot?
Congratulations. Welcome to arista.
Thank you.
Cissy. Thank you. Thank you, clive.
John. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Congratulations.
Now, if you don't mind,
I want to get acquainted with my new artist
and learn about her musical tastes.
Okay.
Alone would be great.
It's what I was trying to...
Okay.yeah.
So, do you write songs?
No.
Have you ever tried? Mm-mm.
Is that okay? Yeah.
We'll just get people to write them for you.
Now, what kind of songs do you like?
Hm.
Great big songs.
"Great big songs"?
Yeah. All right, great big songs.
Yeah, that you almost can't wrap your arms around.
Songs that are like climbing a mountain,
that'll stretch me vocally, that...
I really gotta sing my raggedy ass off to sell.
Gospel? Country? Black? White?
All the above.
All the above? Mm-hm.
All of them.
A great song is a great song.
And you are 100% correct on that.
Okay. So, then, what we're gonna do
is we're gonna hire the finest songwriters in america...
In the world,
to write a great big vocally-ambitious song
for a great new vocally-ambitious star.
What do you think?
Believe they'd do that for me? No.
But they'll do it for us.
Okay, so... can I...
Can I ask you something? Yeah, you can ask me anything.
I'm an open book, Whitney, just so you know.
Even though people say
that the text size is so small
that you need very strong glasses.
What do you wanna know?
You went to Harvard?
Law, yeah.
What was that like?
Well, stressful.
Actually, anxiety attacks. I had...
Right here, darling.Sure.
Thank you so much. Thank you. You're welcome.
But, you know, you work through it. I worked through it.
How? Uh, how?
Exercises. Breathing exercises.
I do that too.
Yeah, but I did it, of course,
you know, away from everyone because...
You know, you have to remember that in those days,
and this was a long time ago...
In those days, you couldn't admit
that there was ever anything wrong with you.
And can you now?
I want to tell you one thing, dear Whitney, before we begin.
I never get involved in the personal lives of my artists.
I am not a babysitter,
I'm not a camp counselor, I'm not a rabbi.
I know music.
I have an ear, and I have an instinct.
And in this respect, I can serve you.
And I will be there for you at any hour.
Okay? Okay.
To you. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Mm.
Okay. Let's test that ear.
He said he can get me on TV,
and we drank champagne.
And, mommy, he called me "vocally ambitious."
You let her come out looking like this?
She ain't got a dress?
She needs to start wearing a dress.
I told her to dress up. Why?
These are my nice jeans.
Nice jeans?
Yeah, well, it's just me.
Yeah, well, they don't wanna see "just you,"
and being nippy ain't gonna get it.
And you need to take her wig shopping.
If she's gonna go all the way,
hair short as mine is not going to get it done.
You're a Princess.
With that voice and the looks,
you could be america's Princess.
Start looking like one.
Tough business, baby, I know.
I'm just gonna sing.
My next guest has nurtured such superstars
as Barry manilow, Melissa Manchester,
Chicago, Simon and Garfunkel,
Janis joplin... And the list is endless.
Today, he's brought his latest discovery with him,
and she is, in two words, simply breathtaking.
Oh, god, I think I'm gonna throw up.
No, no, no, no.
You got this in the bag, Princess.
Come on now. Come on. Stand up.
Baby, get her something to drink.
Some ginger ale, some soda pop...
Something like that. All right.
Hey. Hey.Mommy.
You're gonna be fine.
Just pretend you're singing in the shower.
You want me to imagine I'm singing butt naked
in front of merv Griffin?
Come on. It's not helping.
Remember...
Head, heart, gut. Right?
Yeah.
You're my Princess.
- All right? All right. Come on. - You know.
You just know that you're in the presence...
You know what to do... of somebody special.
She's got it. She's got it.
Wait till you hear her. Here's Whitney Houston.
♪ When I think of home ♪
♪ I think of a place ♪
♪ where there's love overflowing ♪
♪ I wish I was home ♪
♪ I wish I was back there ♪
♪ with the things ♪
♪ I've been knowing ♪
♪ wind that makes the tall grass ♪
It's too slow. No, he's fine.
♪ Bend into leaning ♪
♪ and suddenly the raindrops that fall ♪
Her skin tone is off.
♪ They have a meaning ♪
They're not lighting her right. It's fine, cissy.
♪ Sprinkling... ♪
It's too slow. It's too slow. It's too slow.
Cissy.
Cissy. Cissy.
Let's pick it up. Pick it up.
♪ Clean ♪
♪ and suddenly my world ♪
♪ is gonna change its face ♪
♪ but I know ♪
♪ I know where I'm going ♪
Whoo! ♪ and I have had my mind ♪
♪ spun around and around in space ♪
♪ yet I've watched it growing ♪
♪ I know you're listening lord ♪
♪ so won't you please try not to make it hard ♪
♪ to know I shouldn't believe everything ♪
♪ everything that I see ♪
♪ tell me ♪
♪ should I try and stay ♪
♪ or maybe I should run away ♪
♪ would it be better ♪
♪ better, better, better ♪
♪ just to let things be? ♪
♪ Living here in my brand-new world ♪
♪ it might be a fantasy, yes ♪
♪ yeah, it could be ♪
♪ but it taught me to love ♪
♪ so I know that it's real ♪
♪ it's real ♪
♪ it's real to me ♪
♪ and I've learned that we must ♪
♪ look inside our hearts ♪
♪ to find ♪
♪ yeah, we gotta find ♪
♪ a world full of love ♪
♪ like yours, like ♪
♪ like mine ♪
♪ like home ♪
♪ home ♪
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, baby.
You won't forget that name. Whitney Houston.
What do you think?
No.
No.i agree.
Okay, this is Whitney Houston. Take one.
♪ A few stolen moments ♪
♪ is all that we shared ♪
This is Whitney Houston.
♪ Oh, where do broken hearts go? ♪
♪ Can they find their way home? ♪
Let's try this one.
And cut it there. Is that better?
Yeah, that's one word for it.
Go again.
♪ So I'm saving ♪
♪ all my love for you ♪
What? What? What happened?
It's the lyrics. They're just...
It was beautiful. All right. Let's do it again.
Okay. Okay, I'm serious.
♪ How will I know if he's thinking of me? ♪
Maybe. Maybe? Why?
♪ How will I know if he really loves me? ♪
♪ I say a prayer with every heartbeat ♪
You know?
I could do something with the chorus.
Go up a key, get more out of it.
Yeah, but that's not a reason to do a song.
It's got to have a hook.
A hook? Yeah.
I'll give it a hook.
♪ There's a boy ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ he's the one I dream of ♪
♪ looks into ♪
♪ my eyes ♪
♪ takes me to the clouds above ♪
♪ mm-hm ♪
♪ ooh, I lose control ♪
♪ can't seem to get enough ♪
♪ uh-huh ♪
♪ when I wake from dreaming ♪
♪ tell me, is it really love? ♪
So? How do I look?
Ridiculous. I do not. Do I?
This is the look they want.
America's sweetheart.
And you're gonna give it to 'em.
Just watch me.
♪ How will I know? ♪
♪ How will I know if he really loves me? ♪
♪ I say a prayer with every heartbeat ♪
♪ I fall in love whenever we meet ♪
♪ I'm asking you 'cause you know about these things ♪
♪ how will I know if he's thinking of me? ♪
Holy shit! Holy shit.
Nip! Nip! Wake up!
Nip, wake the hell up! Wake up, nip!
What? Nip, it's on! Listen!
Oh, my god! Wait, wait, wait!
This is big, right?
Big? What? This is huge.
Try huge! Oh, my god.Hey. Hey, come work for me.
Huh? Full-time.
Handle bookings, wardrobe, travel.
I don't know? Find me a box of fruity pebbles
or a cap'n crunch at 1 A.M. in the morning.
If you say "1 A.M.," you don't need to say "in the morning."
That's why I need you.
I want someone I can trust completely.
You're the only one.
Yeah, well, you could trust me, but you can't afford me.
Well, okay, yeah. You can't afford me.
Well, I'm getting you cheap, bitch. Yeah?
Yeah.okay. Okay.
Do your parents know? Have you talked to them?
Your mom won't be happy. She hates me.
We'll go see daddy.
Hey.hi.
Hi.hello.
It's gonna be okay.
Just booked us a couple's table.
Just me and you and a nice bottle of...
Let's pick this up later on.
Nippy. You know better than to come charging into a room
without knocking.
How do you do?
Barbara, this is my daughter, Whitney.
Congratulations.
Your dad's told me a great deal about you.
So pretty.
Bye.
Bye, nippy. Uh...
What's this about?
Well, Rob's gonna come work for me full-time,
as my creative assistant.
Creative assistant? Mm-hm.
Nice title.
You two have been spending a lot of time together.
Sharing an apartment, thick as thieves,
out everywhere, arm in arm.
And now you want to officially work together.
Side by side, in the public eye.
You always wear your hair so short?
Uh...
Easier to manage.
"Easier to manage."
Miss Crawford, let me tell you something.
Whitney is daddy's girl.
Always was, always will be.
Nothing comes between us, you understand?
Yeah. Yes, sir.
She's my Princess,
and we're building something here.
Something that you will have no part in.
Now, here's what I want. You want my blessing?
Hmm?
Go out on dates.
With young men.
Daddy, with boys?
Be seen in public and photographed with young men.
Wait, Mr. Houston, are you serious?
You don't ever have to ask me that question again.
Well... I'm not gonna do that, so...
Well...
That tells me just about everything
I need to know now then, doesn't it?
Daddy...
You want me to approve of you hiring this girl,
who has no experience in management whatsoever? Hmm?
Do you have any experience in personal management?
No.
Well then, you get out there, baby girl.
You get out there, and be seen with young men.
You hear? Go on.
♪ If you say ♪
♪ my eyes are beautiful ♪
♪ if you say ♪
♪ my eyes are beautiful ♪
♪ if you say my eyes ♪
♪ my eyes are beautiful ♪
♪ it's because ♪
♪ they're looking ♪
Chemistry with Jermaine.
♪ At you ♪
Watch your needles.
You slept with Jermaine Jackson.
You're just gonna sit here and tell me
you slept with Jermaine Jackson?
Rob! Huh?
Rob, it's just a guy. What, it's just a...
It's just a guy?
You know what, I don't know what you're so upset about.
Just a guy! We agreed we had to see guys.
We didn't agree to screw them! Rob!
Do you love him?
Do you?
He loves me, but I'm not sure.
Rob. That's what it is?
I'm sorry. It took you no damn time!
Rob, I'm not cleaning this shit up. Robyn!
You know what? Fine. Smash everything.
It's all crap anyway.
I hate you so much right now!
Yeah? Speak up, Rob, I can't hear you.
And you know what? You know what?
Hey, not the vacuum cleaner! Are you crazy?
Yo, think about it. How are we gonna clean this place up?
Shit, you crazy, Robyn.
You crazy. Yeah?
So that's it?
Just like that?
I want a family.
A husband. Kids.
Faith and family.
I love you.
We love each other. Right?
Huh? And the Bible says...
Oh, my god. The Bible! No, no, no.
Leviticus... you know, we can go to hell for this kind of shit.
I don't want to go to hell.
Yeah, I'm not in such a hurry myself.
Yeah, well, look it up.
Look that up.
Hey.
I love you.
In perpetuity, throughout the universe.
I need my best friend.
Rob, please.
Please.
♪ It's the light of day that shows me how ♪
♪ 'cause when the night falls loneliness calls ♪
♪ oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ somebody ♪
♪ I wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪
♪ somebody ♪
♪ yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ with somebody who loves me ♪
♪ oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ somebody ♪
Yeah. Yeah, I want it.
You want it? Yes. It's about...
It's about wanting to dance with somebody really bad.
Yeah. I mean, really...
Really, really, really, really bad.
And for whatever reason...
For whatever reason, you can't.
Okay. Good.Mm-hm.
Well, I can't wait to see what you do with it.
♪ Oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ I wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪
♪ yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ with somebody who loves me ♪
♪ ooh, yeah ♪
♪ uh-huh ♪
♪ yeah, come on ♪
♪ don't you wanna dance? ♪
♪ The clock strikes upon the hour ♪
♪ and the sun begins to fade ♪
♪ there's still enough time to figure out ♪
♪ how to chase my blues away ♪
♪ I've done all right up till now ♪
♪ it's the light of day that shows me how ♪
♪ and when the night falls ♪
♪ my loneliness calls ♪
♪ oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ I wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪
♪ yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ oh, yeah ♪
♪ with somebody who loves me ♪
♪ oh, I wanna dance... ♪
You also get a bottle of Dom Pérignon from me
every time one of your singles... clive?
Reaches number one on the charts.
Number one? Congratulations.
Number one!
♪ I've been in love, y'all and lost my senses ♪
♪ spinning through the town ♪
♪ well ♪
Her debut album
was the most successful
debut solo album in history,
sweeping the American music awards, winning a grammy.
Her eagerly awaited second album is about to be released.
Will she be able to live up to the world's expectations?
♪ ...hot enough to last ♪
♪ so when the night falls ♪
♪ my lonely heart calls ♪
I wanna make a toast
to my brothers Gary and Michael,
Gary's new girlfriend pat,
and my best friend Robyn.
Mwah. Love you, girl. Girl, I love you.
To Italy! All: To Italy!
Gary, take a picture of us!
Okay. Come on. Cheese!
Oh, my god!
Wow! That is crazy!
♪ To hold me in his arms, oh ♪
It's incredible, Susan. The name on everyone's lips
Go, nip, go!
Whitney Houston transcends age, race, lifestyle.
That show sold out, so this one had to be added.
At 23, she is the true heartbeat of america.
♪ Don't you wanna dance with me? ♪
♪ Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ yeah. Somebody, somebody ♪ ♪ with somebody who loves me ♪
♪ oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ I know you wanna dance with me ♪
♪ I wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪
♪ yeah, yeah ♪
♪ yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ said don't you ♪
Are you pinching yourself yet?
One more, and you'll have beat the Beatles
for the most consecutive number ones in history.
♪ I wanna dance ♪
Thank you much!
And good night!
Well, it's a criticism I increasingly hear from callers.
That I'm not black enough?
No, your music. Your music isn't black enough.
What would you like me to say?
The truth. Aren't you selling out?
Whew.
You've got a lot of nerve asking me that.
That's what my mother tells me.
It's a valid question.
A common criticism of you and your music.
That you're a sellout.
That you're not a real black artist.
You're about to walk out, aren't you? No.
You'll be walking out before I will.
How do you respond?
If I'm not a black artist, what am I?
You tell me.
Look, I don't know how to sing black,
and I don't know how to sing white either.
I know how to sing.
Music is not a color to me. It has no boundaries.
Why somebody gotta say something dumbass like that?
I mean, who said that? That's just bull.
And it makes me angry, actually. It's hateful and uninformed.
Why I gotta be what someone wants me to be anyway?
Sing what I want to sing. Be how I want to be.
Reach as big an audience as I can.
Isn't that what art's meant to do?
My whole life, "she ain't black enough.
She ain't white enough." Well, how about,
"she's not obedient enough"?
How about, "she ain't fearful enough"?
Hm.
Well, you heard it from Whitney herself, ladies and gentlemen.
Was that too much? Hell no.
All right.
Morning, Max.
Mr. Houston.
Look at this.
Here you are. Good morning.
Thank you.
Use it wisely.
Anna.
Are you a businesswoman?
Yes, I think so.
What does a businesswoman do?
Well, what does a businesswoman do?
She says what she doesn't want.
And she knows,
primarily, what she wants.
That's a pretty tough thing
to have to determine sometimes, you know?
Most of the people that work with me,
the people I have known for many years,
you know, they're people, competent people
I can trust to look out for me and to do their job well.
But it's hard sometimes to make the transition
from being the friend to the boss
or from the boss to the friend.
Or from the daughter to the boss or the boss to the daughter.
You know, you have to wear different hats at times.
So, you are a tough cookie?
Sometimes.
Always? Not always, no. Sometimes.
That means sometimes.
Daddy, what is it?
I want you to fire her.
Robyn is a nobody.
The Bible tells us, "do not be misled.
Bad company corrupts good character.
Walk with god, not the devil."
Daddy... I need her gone.
Daddy, there is nothing going on.
She is a bad influence.
And the press is talking too much trash.
It's damaging the brand. Do you understand?
Since when...
Since when did your little girl
become "the brand"? I missed that.
Your mama would have killed to become a brand.
We just couldn't get her there.
I'm not firing Robyn.
I need her. I need somebody I can trust 100%.
You can trust me 100%.
Or you better damn do.
Now you go do as I tell you.
I'm the manager here.
I know you are. You work for me.
You don't say.
Daddy...
I do.
How is that, to become the boss of your own family?
Of your brothers and their wives?
Of your own father and mother?
Or are you still the "little girl" sometimes?
Sometimes.
Now, look here, you stupid, little broad.
Don't you talk to me like that.
I'll talk to you any way I like.
You know who I am?
You think I let dames get away with anything?
Yes? Clive, I wanna do a movie.
What?
A movie.
Why?
We'll find you a movie. Sure.
Okay. Night.
You didn't ask but you wanted. I did my share. What about you?
Who do you think you are, you can be so particular?
You're nothing. You get funny with me,
and I'll throw you right back to that crummy dance joint
where I found you.
How are you feeling? Here she comes.
Whitney!
There she is.
Whitney "whitey" Houston! Whitney "whitey" Houston!
Pay no attention. Come on.
Shame on you! Shame on you!
Whitney "whitey" Houston! Whitney "whitey" Houston!
Who was that? I don't know. Come on.
No, I don't wanna talk to nobody.
Mrs. Houston! Just stay focused.
Keep it together. What's going on?
Give it up
for Bobby brown, everybody!
♪ Yeah, do it like this ♪
Is this an awards show?
♪ Yeah, get busy ♪
My god.
The amazing Bobby brown, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you. Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
The show will be back on in five minutes.
Girl, I swear to god.
Right there. Yeah! Right there?
And I'MMA do it again.
Oh.
Hey!
Girl, I swear to god.
What the...?
What are you doing?
Yo, I'm not even playing around, man.
You better chill. I'm not.
Hey, hey, hey. What's up?
Oh, no. I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry.
You're Bobby brown, right?
Yeah. Yeah. What about it?
I got a question for you.
And what's that?
How old are you?
Old enough.
He's old enough.
He's old enough, you know. He's old enough.
Ladies and gentlemen,
our host, Anita baker.
She looks so good. So good.
The nominees for the best music video are...
Janet Jackson, "control,"
Michael Jackson, "the way you make me feel,"
Whitney Houston, "I wanna dance with somebody,"
whoo!
Jody watley, "looking for a new love."
Are they booing me? And the winner is...
The winner is Janet Jackson, "control."
Keep it together.
Hey, hey. Don't even worry about it.
You're Whitney Houston. All right?
They dogs.
Give me a pen and a business card.
You got to be prepared.
You know, the kind of success that you're enjoying,
that the black stations ain't got no control over
and they don't own, it drives 'em crazy.
Oreo. They calling me an oreo.
If they wanna see black, I'll show 'em black.
No, you don't. Don't you go changing nothing.
You keep on doing what you doing,
'cause what you doing ain't nobody ever done before.
The first one over the hill always gets whupped.
And you are the first, Princess.
No one is like you.
Look at me. That's right.
No one is like you.
You got class. You can sing.
Mommy, I never wanna show my face again.
What? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
You will show it again. You gonna show it even more now.
To nippy. To nippy.
Nelson Mandela to be released tomorrow.
And as you might expect, that is a moment
that this country will not soon forget.
I've been thinking we should get new writers.
A new sound.
R & b.
Yeah.
You know,
L.A. Reid and babyface
are doing some really interesting stuff right now.
And they might be right to produce your next album.
We can look into that. You want to?
Okay.
Don't be sad. Come on.
That's better.
Now get out of my chair.
And here they are,
Whitney Houston and Bobby brown.
They're just arriving here
at the billboard music awards.
She's nominated for four awards tonight,
including top r & b album and top r & b artist.
Do you want a hug?
It's okay, baby. It's okay. Thank you so much.
Hi, Whitney. You and Bobby are the king and queen of r & b.
How does that feel?
It feels very good. It feels very good.
Y'all wanna see a kiss?
Baby, you look so good.
Beautiful. Beautiful, Whitney.
Just one more.Beautiful.
Look this way. Here, Whitney.
One more. One more time. Whitney, here.
Whitney, turn around. I love it.
All right. All right.
Everybody, back up. Everybody back up, all right?
Yeah, back up. Back up. Back up. Back up.
All right? Back up!
Back up!
Come on. All right. That's it, all right?
We done. Thank you. Thank you.
♪ ...hurts so bad yes, it does, yes, it does ♪
Oh, god, no.
"Why does it hurt so bad"? It's a great song.
"Why do I feel so sad?
Thought I was over you, but I keep crying,
'cause when I don't love you," blah, blah, blah.
Why? I have to believe in what the song is saying
if I'm gonna sing it right.
Right? Yeah. No, I understand that.
Right, so no man could have that effect on me.
I would drop him first.
What?
These are completely universal human emotions.
I just think you're very young.
No? No.
All right.Next.
Then let's find a song that isn't about love.
Oh, there aren't any.
Hear me out. That's all I'm trying to...
All right, I'm listening.
What do you want? Do you trust me?
Yes, I trust you. All right,
so hear me out when I say...
Bobby ain't the one. Bobby a ho.
He a ho. He got a baby by some chick.
You call my man a ho?
I'm just saying. Uh-uh, no. Relax. Relax.
Bobby's got a reputation.
I know.
You like that bad boy shit?
Yeah. I do. You ill.
No, man. He gets me. He makes me laugh.
And, you know, I'm tired of being the good girl.
My career casts a lot of shadow.
He's famous enough to get with that, so I'm good.
All right. Well, if you like him then...
I'll tolerate him.
Thank you.
Hold on one second.
Hello?
Like I tolerate what's-her-name? What's up? Shh.
My bad. Look, I'm at work. What's her name?
Can I call you back? Girl, tell me her name.
Her name is Natalie.
Natalie, I'MMA call you back, okay? Hi, Natalie!
I'll talk to you. Have a good day. Yeah, bye.
Really? Why would you do that? Have a good day! Goodbye!
Because. You're rude.
At least she ain't no Jermaine Jackson. Yeah.
Why you gotta be like that? You went from Jermaine to Bobby.
Why you gotta be like that? I'm just saying.
You sure know how to pick 'em. What? Relax. Relax, man.
It ain't like we getting married or something like that.
What is it?
Hold up, girl.
Hold up. Hey. Hey.
Hold up, hold up, hold on. What?
What? What are you doing?
Marry me.
Well?
Oh, my god, Bobby.
Yeah. Yeah?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah?
Take a look. Oh, my god. Oh, my god!
Baby, it's so beautiful. Thank you, baby.
Let me see.
Hey? Hey?
What?
Can I trust you?
Can you trust me?
Yeah. Yeah, of course you can.
Yeah? Yeah.
Will you tell me everything?
Everything.
You want that? Yeah.
You got it. Absolutely.
It's just, uh...
It's just one thing.
Kim is pregnant.
Besides that, we cool.
Just wanted to let you know that so we... we're good. Right?
Honesty all the way.
Man, I love you so much, baby. I knew you'd understand.
Yeah. Hoo.
That's a fucking load off.
I've been holding on to that for months now.
The hell you just say?
I just had to be honest with you.
You messing with me.
I had to tell you that one thing.
You messing with me. Bobby, you better be messing with me.
Besides that, we're cool. Kim?
Yes, Kim.
Kim is pregnant? Yes.
Look, it was alcohol. Lots of it.
It kind of just happened, baby.
No. Stop the car.
Stop the car!
Hey, driver, don't stop the car. That's bullshit.
Hey. Stay right here.Bullshit.
That's bullshit. Whitney!
Whitney!
Hey! Stop! Whitney!
Will you stop? Goddamn it.
And this happened after we started seeing each other?
No, it was in the transition phase, baby.
Look, I was over her.
Not so finished you weren't still banging her, you mean.
Hey, look.
We're walking here! We're walk... idiot!
Baby! Baby!
So let me get this straight, Bobby brown.
You ask me to marry you, wait till I say yes,
and tell me your goddamn ex-girlfriend
is goddamn pregnant?
Hey, look, I love you.
All right?
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you.
No one else.
I didn't know that then, but I do now.
See, me and you, we from the same place.
We from the 'hood.
Yeah, I know you.
You don't, for one second,
gotta be Whitney Houston around me.
Not for a second.
Hey, look, look.
Whitney!
Against the world, baby.
So, are we doing this, or what?
Yeah.
Hey, good.
You had me worried there for a sec, nip. Hm.
I had you worried? Yeah.
Hey! Bring the car around!
Hey, yo, yeah! Bring that car around, homey.
Shut up, Bobby!
What?
Hey, nip.
I got some news.
So do we. You're right on time.
Word? What's going on?
Check it out.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
Thank you, girl.
Bobby. Hey, thanks, Robyn.
Appreciate that.Mm-hm.
So, what brings you all the way over here?
You said you had some news, right?
What is it?
Oh.
You ready? Whitney: Uh-huh.
They want you to sing the national anthem...
At the super bowl.
Wait. Hold up.
Like, the... What, like...
Super bowl, super bowl? Super bowl, super bowl?
Captain, we are airborne.
Twenty-six thousand to push point. How are we looking?
Coordinates 3016 for uncorrected
super bowl elevation of 35 meters.
Almost ready then for super bowl xxv,
where the giants get ready to take on the buffalo bills
for the ultimate prize in football.
No.
Slower, rickey. Please.
What? It's the national anthem.
I think the NFL's gonna want it fast.
I want it slow.
Just do it.
I have a range of different looks here to choose from.
Nuh-uh. No dresses.
Okay. Girl, this is the super bowl.
Can't I just be me for once?
Two and three should widen out. Let's pull back.
Oh, yeah!
Where she from? Yeah, yeah. New Jersey.
So, Whitney was number one on the billboards.
♪ O'er the ramparts we watch'd ♪
♪ were so gallantly streaming? ♪
♪ And the rocket's red glare ♪
♪ the bombs bursting... ♪
Yeah. Yeah, hit that. Yeah, hit that.
♪ ...in air ♪
♪ gave proof through the night ♪
♪ that our flag was still there ♪
♪ o say ♪
♪ does that star-spangled ♪
♪ banner ♪
♪ yet wave ♪
♪ o'er the land of the free ♪
♪ and the home of the brave? ♪
Mommy. How'd I do?
Are you kidding me, nippy?
You were fantastic.
If you never do anything else in your life,
you did that how it was supposed to be done.
Hello.hey.
Okay.
Do you think that you can postpone your wedding...
For this movie? Why would I do that?
From Nicole. She thinks it's a wonderful role for you.
I have my concerns.
The bodyguard?
It's about a world-famous singing star
and her difficult relationship with her bodyguard.
Nope.
Who's the bodyguard?
Kevin costner.
Did I say no?
'Cause I meant yes.
Well, he wants you.
He wants me? Yes, he wants you.
Do you wanna think about it?
Shit, clive, it's only a wedding.
Get your priorities in order. Thank you.
You done back there?
Yeah.
Cut.
Whitney.
Hey.
We're gonna have a lot more babies.
All right?
I love you.
I don't know if I can do this anymore.
What you mean by that?
Be everything.
To everyone.
Well, you can't stop now.
Right?
Hey, I've got you.
I want you to listen to something.
We have a minute here, right? Yes.
Okay.
So, I don't feel that they're allowing you
to sing strongly enough in this picture
so that we understand why your character is such a huge star.
Right. Okay?
Do you understand what I'm saying? I do. I do.
The songs have to be great
in order for the character to be great.
So Kevin...
Your new best friend, found this.
Here.okay.
This is Dolly Parton.
♪ And I will always ♪
♪ love you ♪
What?
♪ I will always love you ♪
I like it.
♪ If I should stay ♪
♪ I would only be in ♪
♪ your way ♪
♪ so I'll go, but I know ♪
♪ I'll think of you every step of ♪
♪ the way ♪
Whitney! We love you! We love you!
We love you! We love you, Whitney!
♪ And I ♪
♪ ooh, I... ♪
♪ Will always love you ♪
♪ will always love you ♪
♪ you, my darling, you ♪
♪ Bittersweet memories ♪
What?
You think I'm making a mistake.
This is happening, Robyn.
It's what I want.
Okay? Okay.
All right.
♪ And I ♪
♪ will always love you ♪
♪ I will always love you ♪
♪ and you and you and you and you ♪
♪ and you and you and you ♪
♪ Oh, yes, I will ♪
You look beautiful.
♪ I hope life treats you kind ♪
♪ and I hope you have all you've ♪
♪ dreamed of ♪
♪ and I wish you so much joy and happiness ♪
♪ but above all this ♪
♪ I wish you love ♪
♪ and I ♪
♪ will always love you ♪
♪ I will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always love you ♪
Hey, baby girl. Hey. Hey.
She's gorgeous, baby. She's beautiful.
I love you. I love you too.
♪ I will always love... ♪
♪ Know I'll always ♪
♪ I'll always love ♪
♪ you ♪
You're so silly, girl.
Oh, my gosh.
No, no. I don't wanna see nobody.
I got you, baby.Okay.
You ain't gotta see nobody, all right?
You so silly, girl.
What's going on? Great show.Hi.
Okay, you did that. You did that.
Thank you, girl. Thank you.
So listen... Just give me a second, all right?
Sure. Let me talk to you for a sec, Rob.
Yeah, yeah. What's up?
Hey, so, I don't think nip wanna see nobody tonight.
Yeah, but I'm not nobody. All right?
Listen, Oprah needs an answer
about you doing an interview with her.
Word? Word. So we gotta get back.
Yeah. No, I'm good. Hey, hey, hey.
I got this. Okay, here you go, baby.
No, Bobby. I got this.
No. I got this. So, what you saying?
What I'm saying is I'm creative director.
This is my job. I got this. It's simple.
I'm the husband.
I win.Bobby.
All right?
Whit, what's up?
What's going...
I mean, you gotta listen to my husband, Rob.
What? That's it? That's it.
Yeah, but, Bobby... me?
I gotta listen to your husband?
Bobby, be nice, all right?
Robyn's my best friend. Okay?
Your best friend?
Yeah, you heard her. Her best friend.
I thought I was that, baby?
No, I need you both.
Okay?
Yeah, all right.
You funny. I married her.
Whatever. I'm going to my hotel. I'm her husband, Robyn.
Hey, whit.
Get ready.
How's the voice? Fine, rickey. How's yours?
I've been working on something new to finish your show.
But it's big.
I got a show full of big already.
Mm-mm. Not big like this. What is it?
It's a three-song medley sung straight through.
Starting with "I loves you, porgy."
Moving on to "and I am telling you."
No, don't do that. Don't do that.
And finishing with "I have nothing."
Rickey... yeah?
What goes through your thick head
when you're bringing me this shit?
What?
Those three songs together,
they're almost unsingable on their own.
Together that's like climbing mount Everest.
Without oxygen.
And you're the only singer on the planet
that could pull this off.
That's why I'm suggesting it.
This could be very special.
But, you know, if it's too hard, I mean...
Let me see.
Come on. You know this stuff.
It's about heartbreak and the people we need.
Fighting to hold onto them.
What's that? The key change?
It's just a key change. It's just a key change?
For your big finish.
♪ Nothing... ♪
Count of 12.
♪ ...don't... ♪six more.
♪ ...make... ♪another count of six.
♪ ...me... ♪that's only four.
That's a count of 28.
And then you want me to go up? Half a step.
You can take a quick breath after the "me."
I can take a quick breath?
Try it.
Take me to measure 124.
♪ Don't... ♪
♪ Make... ♪
♪ Me ♪
♪ close one more door ♪it's not even hard.
♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore stay in ♪
Mm-mm. Ha!
I'm not doing that shit. No, you crazy.
You were right there.No.
You're gonna do it and you're gonna like it.
No, I'm not.
Yes, you are.
Whitney. Whitney, please.
Whitney.
Can I have your autograph?
I'm your biggest fan. Please, Whitney.
Whitney, please.
Can I have your autograph, please?
Thank you so much, Whitney.
Thank you.
Hey, keep back, please. Keep back.
Ma'am. Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, miss Houston. We'll see you tomorrow.
Change of plans. Please be ready to leave tonight.
We don't have approvals.
We'd have to bring in another crew.
You have my approval, honey. Whose else do you need?
Your father's, ma'am.
Bring in another crew. I don't care what it costs.
I'm sleeping in my own damn bed tonight.
Next to my husband.
Yes, ma'am.
Since when did daddy get approval over everything?
Girl, try day one. You just now noticed?
That's my damn jet. Company's jet.
Everything's in the company's name now.
I wanna see the company reports, pat.
You got it.
Ma'am.
Good night.
Damn.
Hey, baby? Is that you?
Shit.
Wasn't expecting you home so soon, baby.
Don't touch me.
What? What is all that?
What?
Yeah, you got something you wanna say?
About what?
Damn, whit.
What, I was out?
Yeah. Yeah, I went out.
You bringing dirt into my home.
I checked.
I don't know what you talking about.
I checked.
You out here with other women with my credit card?
I got a problem with that.
So get out of my house.
Nah.
I ain't going nowhere.
I ain't going nowhere.Bobby...
It's my house.
We man and wife, all right?
I'm not going nowhere. Neither are you, all right?
Get out of my house. You know what?
Maybe I get the police over here. You want that again?
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Or maybe I should get a gun. Yeah?
Yeah, I'm gonna get a gun. You gonna get a gun?
Yeah, smoke your ass.
You would do that?
Yes, I would do that.
You'll get a gun. We gonna see about that.
You wanna mess with me?
Huh?
You wanna mess with Bobby brown? Yes, I do.
Yeah? Mrs. Brown? Yeah.
Don't you ever talk to me like that again, whit.
All right? Get your finger out of my face.
Mrs. Brown, right? Don't touch my face.
You wanna mess with me, Mrs. Brown?
Don't touch me like that. Get off me.
Hey. Don't you ever, ever disrespect me.
I ain't to be messed with, baby.
Baby, neither am I.
Get out.
Don't you dare. Don't you dare.
Get out of my house, Bobby.
Oh, man.
Hey, all right. All right, baby.
But check this.
You crazy!
You wanna see crazy? Yeah, yeah, you crazy.
You wanna see crazy?
There's something wrong up there.
Get out of my house, Bobby!
Get out of my house!
We don't want you here! I ain't going nowhere!
Get out of my house!
Give me my baby. This is my house too!
Give me my baby. Yes, ma'am.
I'm not going nowhere.
Tripping.
Hi. I'm sorry.
♪ Jesus loves me, this I know ♪
♪ for the Bible tells me so ♪
♪ little ones to him belong ♪
♪ they are weak but he is strong ♪
I love you, baby.
I'm ready.
♪ Why does it hurt so bad ♪
♪ why do I feel so sad ♪
♪ thought I was over you ♪
♪ but I keep crying when I don't love you ♪
♪ so, why does it hurt so bad ♪
It's been eight years, during which we've...
I've.
You have only released seven pop songs...
But not a single album.
I've been acting.
I know. Three wonderful pictures.
And performing. And tours. But I'm just pointing out...
Yes. See, you smoking, that's like...
For me, that's like leaving a stradivarius out in the rain.
Well, you have everything, clive. What?
Children, wife.Ex-wife.
Servants, houses.
Oh, it's so hard. I know.
I'm carrying everyone, clive. The press is always on me.
It's exhausting. Are you exhausted?
Yes, I'm exhausted. All black women are exhausted.
It's just most of the time,
all this Princess be dreaming about
is being at home with my baby on the couch.
I need my daughter to have the home she deserves.
How can she when her father is Bobby brown
and her mother is me?
Well, family is the most important thing.
But that's why it's good, you know,
when you travel, you take Bobbi Kristina with you.
I'm not so sure.
What do you mean?
She sees everything.
Everything.
The road is no place for a child.
Oh, god.
Here. Thank you.
Do you remember that song?
The one I turned down.
Yes, yes.
Yeah, I think I get it now.
♪ Bad ♪
How about that?
And the other one says, "well, yeah, well,
that's what my sister does, and she owns all of those cars."
Whitney.
Can I speak to you, please?
Sure, have a seat. I would like you to...
Daddy, alone.
Do you mind? Thank you.
Certainly, miss Houston.
My daughter loved cinderella.
What is it, Princess?
Sit down.
Daddy...
My money.
I trusted you.
Look, there's more coming,
and I'm taking care of it.
Oh, you taking care of it?
You taking care of it pretty good.
I earned millions.
Tens of millions! Do you even know what's left?
Now, you just watch your tone.
And sit your ass down.
Sit down!
The mink coats...
The cars...
The private jets for everybody,
the credit cards, condos.
Everyone is using me like an atm.
Daddy, you were meant to look out for me.
That's exactly what I'm doing.
No. No, daddy.
You put me in a really bad situation.
I don't know how I'm gonna fix this.
I'm fixing it.
No. No, you're not.
I don't trust you.
You see those men over there? Hmm?
That's arista records.
Now, I'm working on a real big deal, so you just keep singing,
and I'll take care of the money.
I'm gonna have to go on a world tour.
A huge-ass world tour.
Your voice can handle it.
I'll cut this deal, and we'll be fine.
So you just keep singing, all right?
When I land this thing, you'll see.
I'm still the boss.
I don't have a boss.
But I do have a vacancy for a father.
Maybe you wanna apply for that.
Whitney, can we get a picture? No.
Clive? Uh...
Who is it? Whitney: Come on.
You know it's me. Come on.
What...?
Hi.hi.
Hello. What are you...?
I couldn't sleep.
Yeah, obviously.
And I knew you would be up.
So I was wondering if you had any.
Any...?
Songs. You know?
Oh, songs.
Empowering songs. Something I can...
Yes, all right.
Well, yeah, a few came through.
Yeah?
You know, if you can't sleep... yeah, yeah.
You might as well be working, right? True.
So, you have any?
Do you need anything?
I was just, you know...
I was just wondering if you had any, you know?
Something I could...
All right. Yeah, well, I did hear a few today.
That I thought were good.
All right. Well, great.
Okay, well, play me the best one.
The best one? Yes, the best one.
Okay. Is it empowering?
Well, I thought it was.
But you be the judge.
Okay. Here we go.
♪ Friday night ♪
♪ you and your boys went out to eat ♪
Do you wanna hear it again?
Okay.
♪ Friday night ♪
♪ you and your boys went out to eat ♪
Okay, let's play it a few more times.
No, I don't need that.
I got it.
What do you mean, you got it? I got it, clive.
Unbelievable. You're unbelievable.
♪ Friday night ♪
♪ you and your boys went out to eat ♪
♪ then they hung out ♪
♪ but you came home around 3 yes, you did ♪
♪ if six of y'all went out... ♪
♪ Then four of you were really cheap, yeah ♪
♪ 'cause only two of you had dinner ♪
♪ I found your credit card receipt ♪
♪ it's not right but it's okay ♪
♪ I'm gonna make it anyway ♪
♪ pack your bags up and leave ♪
♪ don't you dare come running back to me ♪
♪ it's not right but it's okay ♪
♪ I'm gonna make it anyway ♪
♪ close the door behind you leave your key ♪
♪ I'd rather be alone than unhappy, yeah ♪
There you go. Good! Oh, my god! Beautiful!
Okay, then, new album? Beautiful!
I don't see why not.
Okay. I don't see why not.
Oh, um, and daddy wants me to do a world tour.
What? Yeah. Seventy dates.
Seventy? No. Whitney, no.
Your voice. No.
Clive, I miss it. And daddy said I can do it.
Well, I'm gonna talk to daddy.
"Let your light shine before others
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your father in heaven."
Gospel of Matthew, chapter five.
"Don't push your luck,
or you might fall and break your tuchus."
That's the gospel of clive, chapter one.
Clive, you're Jewish.
So was Jesus.
At least on his mother's side.
♪ I ain't bragging ♪
♪ 'cause I'm the one ♪
♪ just ask me ♪
♪ ooh, and it shall be done ♪
♪ and don't bother ♪
♪ to compare ♪
♪ I've got it ♪
♪ oh, yes ♪
♪ oh, yeah ♪
♪ I've got it, got it got it, yeah ♪
♪ I'm every woman ♪
♪ every need, baby ♪
♪ I'm every woman ♪
♪ oh, I want you to know now baby ♪
♪ I'm every woman ♪
♪ I'm not in no hurry ♪
♪ we can fly all night, baby ♪
♪ it's your move, so baby ♪
♪ baby, let's fly ♪
♪ whatever you want from me ♪
♪ I'm your baby tonight ♪
♪ you've given me ecstasy ♪
Who is it?
Baby. Baby. I missed you.
I missed you too. Oh, my god.
♪ I'm your baby ♪
Bobby brown arrested yesterday.
On the heels of winning her sixth grammy,
Whitney Houston stood by her husband in court today,
who was arrested for violating probation.
Despite all the problems
Houston and brown have encountered,
his stint at a rehab clinic
and rumors of his entertaining other women,
the couple insists they are still very much in love.
Well, this is cissy Houston. Tell nippy, Whitney,
Ms. Houston to call her mother.
Behind her closely guarded facade,
the wholesome singer's life is in turmoil.
Hey, Robyn. Whitney's a little tied up right now,
but she says she'll see you
when she comes back from the tour.
♪ I get so emotional ♪
♪ every time, every time ♪
♪ think of you, babe ♪
♪ Love can do ♪
♪ ain't it shocking what love can do ♪
♪ tell me, ain't it shocking what love can do ♪
Whitney!
Everybody get back.
Why'd you cancel the show, Whitney?
Are you high right now? Have you lost your voice?
What happened to your voice? Hey, Whitney. Are you high?
Hello.
Come on.
Hey.hello.
Hi.hi.
Hi.hello. How you doing?
I'm okay.
I'm okay. Nice to see you.
Hello, sweetheart.
How are you? Come on in.Good.
Come on in.
How was the trip? It was good.
Was it? Good.Yeah.
Where's the dog?
What dog? The dog.
She's been talking about your dog for the longest time.
I don't have a dog.
You don't?
Hey, marble. Look what he's got.
Come on, marble. Go get the dog, marble.
Go get it. There you go. There you go.
Marble, come back! Come back!
Cute guy.
Who is he?
I'm an open book, Whitney.
Yeah. Mm-hm.
Yeah, that you need damn strong glasses to read.
Boy. I did not see that coming.
Well, that makes two of us.
Come here and sit with me.
And I want you to be happy too, my dear friend.
Okay? Yes.
So the real reason that I asked you to come up here.
Dear Whitney, the time has come for me to tell you... mm-hm.
That you need rehab.
Okay?
The number of problems that are arising
indicate that you're not gonna win this battle.
And that you're underestimating the lethal power of drugs.
Do you hear me?
I thought you didn't meddle
in the personal lives of your artists.
Before you, in entertainment,
whether you're a Judy garland or you're a Janis...
They end up losing.
You can't do it yourself.
You can't.
And how sad, I mean...
For you to affect your voice...
To affect everything.
It's criminal. I'm fine.
Really, I am. You know, I got it under control. Mm-hm.
I just need to let my hair down sometimes. Can't I do that?
You see these?
You're on the cover of every one of them.
And no longer for your music. I beat the Beatles.
I beat Elvis.
I was the first black, all-American,
white-friendly girl.
But that ain't me.
Clive, I gave up a lot.
I know. I know.
But... I can't leave it this way.
This is a matter of life and death.
You need to let me help you.
Meddling.
Deal with it. Now.
You know...
Some of your favorite performances of mine...
I needed help.
To sing with the gods, sometimes you need a ladder.
No, Whitney.
From the first time that I saw you...
I knew you didn't need a ladder.
The gods were already there.
Mommy. I want a dog, mommy.
Hey. You want a dog?
You want a dog? You can have anything you want, baby.
Anything you want.
Whitney.
Clive.
♪ When all of my dreams ♪
♪ are a heartbeat away ♪
♪ and the answers are all up to me ♪
♪ just give me ♪
♪ give me one ♪
♪ one moment in time ♪
♪ when I'm racing with destiny ♪
♪ then ♪
♪ in that one moment of time ♪
♪ I will feel ♪
♪ I will be free ♪
♪ I will be ♪
♪ free ♪
Your show's over.
It's finished. You hear me?
You see what you did? No. This is what you did.
She's not doing well, Bobby, and needs to go home.
No, she don't. I'm running shit here.
Oh, yeah? That's it.
I'm tired of your shit, Robyn.
Bobby, it's clear to everybody
she's not well and needs to go home.
Come on. Let's get her home.
Yeah? Yeah.
That's what's best. All right. All right. Okay.
We should... We should ask her, right?
Let's ask her. Talk to her.
Baby. Baby.
Yeah?
You wanna go home?
'Cause we can. You know we can do that if we want.
We can always do that.
Do you want to go home, baby?
No.
No.no, I don't wanna go.
Yeah. See? I'm taking care of her.
That's it? That's it. Yeah.
Is that what you're doing?
Is this what you're doing?
Taking care of her with this?
Is this how you taking care of her?
You better watch that tone, Robyn.
I'MMA keep my tone. All right.
Listen, nip. I will not sit around and watch this...
Anymore.
I'm tired of this, man.Yeah.
Yeah. No, I'm not doing this now.
I'll deal with this later.
Why do I gotta deal with everyone else's shit?
You right, baby.
You gotta get to that venue anyway.
Yo. I'm sick of you, Robyn.
And I'm sick of you.
Yo, nip. He doesn't deserve you, okay? He never has.
This man never deserved you.
Hey, look. Look. Look. This is through.
It's through, Robyn. Done.
And your dad's in the hospital.
What?
Daddy?
Yeah.Yeah. He in the hospital.
Yeah, baby. I was gonna tell you.
I was gonna tell you after the show.
After the show.
Yeah. Whatever. I'm done with this shit.
No.nip, I'm done.
Yeah. Rob? Robyn.
Lawrence, regarding a patient on line two.
Lawrence to line two.
Whitney.
Hey.
Hey. Hey, daddy.
You can just leave us.
I'll be out of here in a day or two. You'll see.
No.
No. Not until the doctors say you can.
Daddy, you're gonna get the best care in the world.
I got to get out of here.
Take care of business.
No, you don't.
Not anymore.
Pat's handling everything now.
So you can just relax and get better.
What are you talking about? Pat?
It's okay.
Pat's managing me now.
You've lost your mind, little girl.
I've been taking care of everything. Your whole life.
Who do you think was looking after you
when your mama was going off on them tours?
Changing your diapers?
Me.
So, you ain't taking over shit.
It's done.
It's over.
Yeah? What about the millions you spent?
You blew on Bobby.
Court cases, lawyers, your private jets.
My private jets, my money, daddy.
My mind's made up.
Let's go forward.
Then you better get yourself a good lawyer.
You hear me? Daddy.
And you better pay me all the money you owe me.
Daddy, what money?
My piece from that new record deal
that I negotiated for you with arista.
I negotiated that.
I took care of it.
Okay, like you're taking care of your new wife
by coming after me?
One hundred million dollars.
There's no one hundred million.
They pay by the album, and I haven't done any new albums yet.
As of right now, it's almost all gone.
You let me down, daddy.
And now you're breaking my heart.
I know you and Bobby are hiding it.
You get me my money, Princess.
No. No. I'm not your Princess.
I'm not your Princess no more.
Yeah? No more.
Yeah.
We return to the earth...
The body of our brother John Houston.
How long has it been like this?
Mommy.
Hey, baby. Hey, gorgeous.
Everything's fine. Everything's gonna be fine.
Watch your head.
Hey. Hey, baby?
I love you.
We're all slowly dying...
But you don't have to participate so enthusiastically
in the process.
You've hurt yourself along the way.
Physical damage.
One slipup, Whitney.
Never get a vacation, you find ways to take one.
Four months.
A private, secure residence.
You'll be closely monitored.
Baby!
Hi, mommy! Oh, baby.
Oh, my god!
Come on. We gotta kick.
Come on.
Come on. One more time!
Hang on, mom!
Come on! We gotta get to the wall.
Right. Come on.
Whoo!
We made it!
Whoo!
♪ When I think of home ♪
♪ where there's love overflowing ♪
♪ I wish I was home ♪
♪ I wish I was back there ♪
♪ with the things I've been knowing ♪
I'm proud of you, mommy.
I love you, baby.
Lord...
Give me the strength.
Grant me the strength.
Give me the strength.
Oh, my god, that's Whitney Houston.
I don't blame you, Bobby.
I don't.
The drugs were there before you came along.
We didn't help each other, but I don't blame you for that.
Yeah, shit. I mean,
I wish somebody would tell the media that.
See...
What I looked for in you wasn't there.
A home.
Outside of my music, that's all I ever wanted.
But you broke that.
And I watched my parents do that to each other
and I promised myself...
Uh-uh.
That's not gonna be me.
All right.
Look, I... I hear you.
But I still got you, nip.
I still got you. Look, hey...
We can talk this out. Right?
Yeah. Yeah?
That's what we're doing.
We're talking it out.
I, uh...
Goodbye, Bobby. Be well.
Wait. Your daughter needs you.
Wait, nip? Nip?
Hey, Whitney? Baby?
How's your mama look?
Awesome.yeah.
Go get 'em.
I hope I remember how to sing.
Me too. It's Oprah.
I talked to the musical director.
I told him to follow your lead.
It's your first time back. You set the pace.
Thank you, mommy.
You got this.
You got this, nippy.
Remember.
You're my Princess.
Mommy...
You know, I think I'm just gonna be me.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Whitney Houston!
♪ Lost touch with my soul ♪
♪ I had nowhere to run ♪
♪ I had nowhere to go ♪
♪ lost sight of my dream ♪
♪ thought it would be the end of me ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ I thought I'd never make it through ♪
♪ I had no one to hold on to ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ I thought I might break ♪
♪ I didn't know my own strength ♪
♪ and I crashed down ♪
♪ I crumbled ♪
♪ but I did not ♪
♪ crumble ♪
♪ I was not built to break ♪
♪ I didn't know my own strength ♪
♪ found hope in my heart ♪
♪ I found the light to light ♪
♪ my way out of the dark ♪
♪ found all that I needed lord ♪
♪ here inside of me ♪
♪ here inside of me, yes ♪
♪ I thought I'd never find my way ♪
♪ I thought I'd never lift that weight ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ I thought I might break ♪
♪ didn't know my own strength ♪
♪ there were so many times I ♪
♪ wondered how I'd get through the night ♪
♪ I thought I took all that I could take ♪
Hold on! Hold!
♪ I didn't know my own strength ♪
♪ get myself back up ♪
♪ I hold my head up high ♪
♪ I got through all the pain ♪
♪ let me tell you ♪
♪ I didn't know ♪
♪ my mama said I was not built to break ♪
♪ Dionne said I was not built to break ♪
♪ clive said "come on back and sing ♪
♪ you're not built to break" ♪
♪ your love said... ♪
♪ Your love said ♪
♪ I was not built to break ♪
♪ Oprah said... ♪
♪ "Girl, do you know you're loved?" ♪
♪ now I know my ♪
♪ own ♪
♪ strength ♪
Yeah.
Darling.
How was I?
Great. You're always great.
Always. We'll talk on Monday.
They still love me.
Clive, it's my first of the day.
Okay.so...
I wanna do another tour.
I'm a singer. I need to sing.
Well?
Get some rest.
Whitney Houston's comeback tour
is not faring well for the iconic singer.
Her latest show in Denmark left hundreds of fans walking out
and asking for their money back.
It was obvious.
It was quickly obvious that there was a major problem.
Her vocal range was seriously diminished.
She was fine within a certain limit.
But when she ventured from that safety zone,
she was in trouble.
And Whitney has always been
distinguished by her range of notes.
Houston is one of the top-selling artists
of all time, with six grammys
and a mezzo-soprano that earned her the nickname "the voice."
Whitney now needs more than her...
Go for a shot.
Okay.
And Whitney Houston just arrived at the Beverly Hilton.
Lots of speculation that she will also perform
at clive Davis's grammy party later this evening.
Ms. Houston, this way!
Are you going back to rehab?
Hey, get them ready to do "home."
Does clive know?
Yeah, I'm singing tonight.
I don't think that's a good idea.
It's not what clive wants,
and it's not what I want for you.
Did you see me sing on Oprah?
Yeah, I saw you on Oprah.Okay.
I saw you in Copenhagen too.
People wanna see Whitney Houston.
You set that standard.
I know.
I know I'm not where I used to be.
But I know how to get there.
I'm not going away. I can't lose this.
This? This one night?
Yes, yes. This one night.
Me singing for them.
I can't live without it.
I'm gonna be ready.
You need to be.
If you're ready, I'm there for you, whit.
I always am, but... If you're not ready though...
Rickey?
Just get ready to do "home."
I'm gonna sing it...
And you're gonna like it.
Do you think this carpet needs a vacuum?
Mom, are you nervous? No.
No. No, I'm excited. I'm so excited.
You know what?
I gotta go downstairs and get some more honey.
Why don't you go to your room?
I'm gonna get ready for tonight, okay?
I'm gonna make you so proud.
I love you in perpetuity.
Throughout the universe.
Yeah, that's it. You got it, baby.
Okay.
Whitney, can we get a picture, please?
Miss Houston!
Can we take a picture with you? Sure.
All right.
Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much! Okay. Sure.
Whitney.
Do you think I could have your autograph?
Yeah.
Thank you, Whitney.
Thank you.
Can I get a tea, please?
Thank you.
With pleasure.
Would you?
Super, massive fan.
Sure. Ahem.
Oh. Don't worry, I got one.
Spencer.spencer.
So it's true?
You're performing tonight at that pre-grammy party?
You heard that?
It's out there. Everybody knows.
There's gonna be a whole lineup of huge stars,
but you're gonna outshine them all. You always do.
Thank you. Thank you.
Girl, can I tell you something?
Yeah.
I saw you live once, in '94.
The American music awards.Yeah.
I was a seat filler.
Girl, you did that medley of songs.
Yeah.goddamn.
You liked it?
That's the greatest performance I've ever seen.
Thank you. As far as I'm concerned,
you're the greatest of all time.
I really appreciate that. I do. Thank you.
But it was...
It was 18 years ago.
So...
You are just as beautiful as you've ever been.
And I'm sure you're singing just as good too.
It's on the house.
♪ When I think of home ♪
♪ I think of a place ♪
♪ where there's ♪
♪ love overflowing ♪
♪ I wish I was home ♪
♪ I wish I was back there ♪
♪ with the things ♪
♪ I've been knowing ♪
♪ Maybe there's a chance ♪
♪ for me to go back ♪
♪ and it sure would be nice ♪
♪ to be back home ♪
♪ where there's... ♪
♪ And just maybe ♪
♪ I can convince time ♪
♪ to slow up ♪
♪ giving me ♪
♪ enough time in my life ♪
♪ to grow up ♪
♪ time ♪
♪ please stay, my friend ♪
♪ and let me start ♪
♪ again ♪
We're gonna do a medley for you.
We've never done that before.
It's about love.
The things we do to get it, and the things we do to keep it.
So I'm gonna sing for you.
With thanks for all the love you've given me.
And the great, great joy I've had
in trying to repay that love.
♪ I loves you ♪
♪ porgy ♪
♪ don't let him take me ♪
♪ don't let him handle me ♪
♪ and drive me mad ♪
♪ if you can ♪
♪ keep me ♪
♪ I wants to stay here ♪
♪ with you forever ♪
♪ and I'll be glad ♪
♪ someday I know ♪
♪ he's coming back ♪
♪ to call on me ♪
♪ he's gonna handle me and hold me ♪
♪ so... ♪
♪ It's gonna be like dying porgy ♪
♪ deep inside me ♪
♪ but when he calls ♪
♪ I know I have to go ♪
♪ porgy, I is your woman now ♪
♪ I is ♪
♪ and I ain't never going nowhere ♪
♪ unless you shares the fun ♪
♪ And I am telling you ♪
♪ I am not going ♪
♪ see, you're the best man I'll ever know ♪
♪ there's no way I can ever go ♪
♪ no, no, no, no way ♪
♪ I'm living without you ♪
♪ I'm not living without you ♪
♪ I don't wanna be free ♪
♪ see, I'm staying I am staying ♪
♪ and you, and you, and you ♪
♪ you're gonna love me ♪
♪ You're gonna love me oh, yes ♪
♪ And I am telling you ♪
♪ I am not going ♪
♪ even though the rough times are showing ♪
♪ see, there is just no way ♪
♪ there's no way ♪
♪ tear down the mountains ♪
♪ yell, scream and shout ♪
♪ well, you can say what you want ♪
♪ I'm not walking out ♪
♪ hold back the river ♪
♪ push, strike and kill ♪
♪ I'm not gonna leave you ♪
♪ there's no way I will ♪
♪ and ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ am ♪
♪ telling you ♪
♪ I am not going ♪
♪ see, you're the best man I'll ever know ♪
♪ see, there's no way I can ever, ever go ♪
♪ no, no, no, no way ♪
♪ I'm living without you ♪
♪ I, I'm not living without you ♪
♪ not living without you ♪
♪ I, I don't wanna be free ♪
♪ that's right, I'm staying I'm staying ♪
♪ I'm staying, I'm staying ♪
♪ and you, and you, and you ♪
♪ you're gonna love me ♪
♪ oh, yes oh, yes, you are ♪
♪ oh, yes, you are ♪
♪ hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ you're gonna love me ♪
♪ love me ♪
♪ love me, love me ♪
♪ Share my life ♪
♪ take me for what I am ♪
♪ I'll never change ♪
♪ all my colors for you ♪
♪ I said take my love ♪
♪ I'll never ask for too much ♪
♪ just all that you are ♪
♪ everything that you do ♪
♪ I don't really need to look ♪
♪ very much further ♪come on, nippy.
♪ I don't wanna have to go ♪
♪ where you don't follow ♪
♪ I won't hold it back again ♪
♪ this passion inside ♪
♪ can't run from myself ♪
♪ there's nowhere to hide ♪
♪ but your love, I remember ♪
♪ forever ♪
♪ don't make me close ♪
♪ one more door ♪
♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore ♪
♪ stay in my arms ♪
♪ if you dare ♪
♪ must I imagine you there? ♪
♪ Don't walk away from me ♪
♪ I have nothing ♪
♪ nothing ♪
♪ don't ♪
♪ make ♪
♪ me ♪
♪ close one more door ♪
♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore ♪
♪ stay in my arms ♪
♪ if you dare ♪
♪ must I imagine you there ♪
♪ don't walk away from me ♪
♪ no ♪
♪ don't walk away from me ♪
♪ don't you dare ♪
♪ walk away from me ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ I have nothing ♪
♪ nothing ♪
♪ If ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ don't have ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ if I don't have you ♪
♪ yeah, hey, hey ♪
♪ if I don't have you ♪
Thank you.
♪ Think about it ♪
♪ there must be a higher love ♪
♪ down in the heart ♪
♪ or hidden in the stars above ♪
♪ without it life is wasted time ♪
♪ look inside your heart ♪
♪ and I'll look inside mine ♪
♪ things look so bad everywhere ♪
♪ in this whole world ♪
♪ what is fair? ♪
♪ We walk the line and try to see ♪
♪ falling behind in what could be, oh ♪
♪ bring me a higher love ♪
♪ bring me a higher love, oh ♪
♪ bring me a higher love ♪
♪ where's that higher love ♪
♪ I keep thinking of? ♪
♪ Bring me higher love, love ♪
♪ bring me higher love, oh ♪
♪ bring me higher love, love ♪
♪ a higher love ♪
♪ I keep thinking of ♪
♪ bring me a higher love ♪
♪ bring me a higher love, oh ♪
♪ Here we are again ♪
♪ that old familiar place ♪
♪ where the winds will blow ♪
♪ no one ever knows ♪
♪ the time or space ♪
♪ don't cry for me ♪
♪ don't shed a tear ♪
♪ the time I shared with you ♪
♪ will always be ♪
♪ and when I'm gone ♪
♪ please carry on ♪
♪ don't cry for me ♪
♪ See, no one is to blame no, no ♪
♪ my death was meant to be ♪
♪ don't carry guilt nor shame ♪
♪ the reason why I came soon you're gonna see ♪
♪ so don't cry about me ♪
♪ don't shed a tear ♪
♪ the time I shared with you will always be ♪
♪ and when I'm gone ♪
♪ please carry on ♪
♪ don't cry for me ♪
♪ oh, no ♪
♪ don't cry ♪
♪ when life is not the joy it should be ♪
♪ with life comes pain ♪
♪ soon time ♪
♪ will end this course appointed ♪
♪ and you will be rewarded ♪
♪ and all this world will see ♪
♪ don't cry ♪
♪ for ♪
♪ me ♪
♪ so don't don't shed a tear ♪
♪ the time I shared with you will always be ♪
♪ and when I am gone ♪
♪ life still life still carries on ♪
♪ oh, yes ♪
♪ don't cry for me ♪
♪ we'll always be ♪
♪ don't cry ♪
♪ for ♪
♪ ooh ♪
♪ me ♪