::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Academy Award®-winning filmmaker  Kevin Macdonald  (MARLEY, TOUCHING THE VOID, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER) and Academy Award®-winning producer  Simon Chinn  (MAN ON WIRE, SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN) and his Lightbox Media partner  Jonathan Chinn  (FANTASTIC LIES, AMERICAN HIGH) have partnered with multi-Emmy award nominated producer  Lisa Erspamer  (RUNNING FROM CRAZY) on the official Whitney Houston documentary, a revealing theatrical feature documentary about the life and genius of global superstar Whitney Houston. While this is the first documentary to be officially authorized by the estate since Whitney's death, Macdonald and the producers have been given the estate's blessing to tell the unvarnished and authentic story of the singer's life in a film that will examine both the highs and lows of her dramatic career. With unprecedented access to friends, family and collaborators - some of whom have never told their side of the st...

buzzz worthy. . . Yaya DaCosta and Arlen Escarpeta Star as Famed Couple LOS ANGELES, CA (December 2, 2014) – Golden Globe ® Award winner and Academy Award ® nominee Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie Whitney , featuring Yaya DaCosta ( Lee Daniels’ The Butler ) in the lead role with Arlen Escarpeta ( Final Destination 5 ) alongside her as Bobby Brown. The much-anticipated world premiere will be on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 8pm ET/PT . Whitney chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model Whitney Houston and singer and songwriter Bobby Brown from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous marriage. Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Houston’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both. H...