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* AlanSmithee: The music video for "I Will Always Love You" was credited this way. Actual director Nick Brandt had his name removed because it was re-redited in a way he didn't approve of.
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* ReferencedBy: On Season 5 Episode 2 of ''Battle of the Blades'', Canadian hockey player Natalie Spooner and Canadian ice dancer Andrew Poje [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUFDd_B35A performed to "Higher Love."]]
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** In ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', Patrick Bateman gushes about Houston's SelfTitledAlbum while having sex with two prostitutes, who proceed to make fun of his taste in music.
** On Season 5 Episode 2 of ''Battle of the Blades'', Canadian hockey player Natalie Spooner and Canadian ice dancer Andrew Poje [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUFDd_B35A performed to "Higher Love."]]
** In ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', Patrick Bateman gushes about Houston's SelfTitledAlbum while having sex with two prostitutes, who proceed to make fun of his taste in music.
** On Season 5 Episode 2 of ''Battle of the Blades'', Canadian hockey player Natalie Spooner and Canadian ice dancer Andrew Poje [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUFDd_B35A performed to "Higher Love."]]
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* ApprovalOfGod: According to Debra Wilson herself, Houston was a fan of Wilson's celebrated impression of her in many sketches on ''Series/MadTV''. In Wilson's own words, "she didn't take herself too seriously".
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* ApprovalOfGod: According to Debra Wilson herself, Houston was a fan of Wilson's celebrated impression of her in many sketches on ''Series/MadTV''.''Series/MadTV1995''. In Wilson's own words, "she didn't take herself too seriously".
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* HideYourPregnancy: The video for "I Will Always Love You" shows her sitting down and leaning slightly forward as she was several months pregnant with her daughter. Being a VideoFullOfFilmClips for ''Film/TheBodyguard'' helps to distract the viewer from the fact that she doesn't move.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: DiedDuringProduction: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Artist Existence Failure]]: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Artist Existence Failure]]: AuthorExistenceFailure: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* FollowTheLeader: Pick a popstar, any popstar. When you ask who their influences are, 90% of them will say "Whitney Houston".
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* FollowTheLeader: Pick a popstar, any popstar.popstar, who came of age during Houston's heyday. When you ask who their influences are, 90% of them will say "Whitney Houston".
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** Whitney almost ended up singing the Jimmy Ruffin oldie "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" for ''Film/TheBodyguard''. That idea was nixed when British singer Paul Young released the song from ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'', and co-star Kevin Costner suggested "I Will Always Love You," previously a #1 Country hit twice (but never a major pop hit) for Music/DollyParton. The rest is history.
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** Whitney almost ended up singing the Jimmy Ruffin oldie "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" for ''Film/TheBodyguard''. That idea was nixed when British singer Paul Young released the song from ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'', and co-star Kevin Costner suggested "I Will Always Love You," previously a #1 Country hit twice (but never a major pop hit) for Music/DollyParton. The rest is history.history.
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** George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the husband-and-wife songwriting/recording duo known as Boy Meets Girl and the writers of Houston's smashes "How Will I Know"and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", offered her a third song titled "Waiting for a Star to Fall." After the song was rejected for being too pop (as Houston was facing criticism from her African-American fans for recording too much pop music), Boy Meets Girl recorded it themselves, and it became one of the biggest hits of 1988. But with Whitney Houston singing it, it might have been even bigger.
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** After writing Houston's smashes "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the husband-and-wife songwriting/recording duo known as Boy Meets Girl and the writers of Houston's smashes "How Will I Know"and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", Meets Girl, offered her a third song titled song, "Waiting for a Star to Fall." After the song Fall," which was rejected for being too pop (as Houston was facing criticism from her African-American fans for recording too much pop music), by Houston's management. Boy Meets Girl recorded it themselves, ended up cutting the song themselves and it became one of the biggest hits of 1988. But with Whitney Houston singing it, it might have been even bigger.1988.
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* PosthumousCredit: She died 6 months before ''Sparkle'' premiered.
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* PosthumousCredit: She died 6 months before ''Sparkle'' premiered.premiered.
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** George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the husband-and-wife songwriting/recording duo known as Boy Meets Girl and the writers of Houston's smashes "How Will I Know"and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", offered her a third song titled "Waiting for a Star to Fall." After the song was rejected for being too pop (as Houston was facing criticism from her African-American fans for recording too much pop music), Boy Meets Girl recorded it themselves, and it became one of the biggest hits of 1988. But with Whitney Houston singing it, it might have been even bigger.
** Whitney almost ended up singing the Jimmy Ruffin oldie "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" for ''Film/TheBodyguard''. That idea was nixed when British singer Paul Young released the song from ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'', and co-star Kevin Costner suggested "I Will Always Love You," previously a #1 Country hit twice (but never a major pop hit) for Music/DollyParton. The rest is history.
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** George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the husband-and-wife songwriting/recording duo known as Boy Meets Girl and the writers of Houston's smashes "How Will I Know"and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", offered her a third song titled "Waiting for a Star to Fall." After the song was rejected for being too pop (as Houston was facing criticism from her African-American fans for recording too much pop music), Boy Meets Girl recorded it themselves, and it became one of the biggest hits of 1988. But with Whitney Houston singing it, it might have been even bigger.
** Whitney almost ended up singing the Jimmy Ruffin oldie "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" for ''Film/TheBodyguard''. That idea was nixed when British singer Paul Young released the song from ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'', and co-star Kevin Costner suggested "I Will Always Love You," previously a #1 Country hit twice (but never a major pop hit) for Music/DollyParton. The rest is history.
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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Artist Existence Failure]]: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Artist Existence Failure]]: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''WaitingToExhale'', ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.
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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Artist Existence Failure]]: There were plans to make a movie out of the sequel to ''WaitingToExhale'', and according to co-star Loretta Devine, the movie is still in the works, though it is unknown what they will do with Whitney Houston's character.character.
* DevelopmentHell: Subverted with ''My Love Is Your Love'', which came eight years after ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'', but because Houston had chosen to pursue recording for soundtracks. Likely played straight with the albums that followed, due to her vocal ability at the time.
* PosthumousCredit: She died 6 months before ''Sparkle'' premiered.
* DevelopmentHell: Subverted with ''My Love Is Your Love'', which came eight years after ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'', but because Houston had chosen to pursue recording for soundtracks. Likely played straight with the albums that followed, due to her vocal ability at the time.
* PosthumousCredit: She died 6 months before ''Sparkle'' premiered.
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