【ハリウッドより愛をこめて】ホイットニー、遺作映画に込めた期待と希望

. And the film is about three incredibly talented sisters who enter showbiz and how they deal with the pressures and stress of the industry. It is quite ironic in the fact that those are the very issues that Whitney Houston has continued to struggle with over the years in her career.
Then all of a sudden, the day before the Grammys, the world was shocked to hear that the star with the voice of an angel had been found dead in her hotel room in Los Angeles.

I remember hearing the news and being completely shocked. Coincidentally I was at the Staples Center getting ready for the Grammys. It was so touching to see groups of people gathering around the Staples Center, some singing Whitney’s songs, and others brought CD players and were playing her albums and reminiscing.
Then the weekend was the "Going Home" ceremony for Whitney. For many black churches here in the U.S., when someone in their church dies, they have a "Going Home" ceremony, and not a funeral or memorial service. The idea behind this is to "celebrate the life" of the person, and the fact that they are "going home" to God and heaven. And that is exactly how Cissy Houston (Whitney’s mom)