Whitney Houston
A failure of Tebow optimization, and the Whitney Houston details you think you already knew
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(1)The Post fronts 'wharf rats,' but not Jermaine Jackson or pro-Israel Obama
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(1)The death of Whitney Houston took up 10 percent of all U.S. media coverage last week
Her death was the third biggest story in the headlines, accounting for 10 percent of all news, according to Mark Jurkowtiz of Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism, which does a weekly analysis of U.S. news coverage.
The Houston saga, which reached its apex in coverage of her funeral on Saturday, trailed standing topics like the presidential campaign and the economy, each of which accounted for 16 percent of news coverage. More
Adam Hock fights Pierre Casiraghi in a nightclub, and the 'Post' wins
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Bill O'Reilly vs. Matt Lauer on who's responsible for Houston's death; Murdoch in London, Myler in New York, CNN in Syria
"Bill, I have seen dozens of stories over the years detailing the addiction, the erratic behavior, the denial of addiciton," said Lauer.
"But they were sensationalized stories," O'Reilly replied. "They were sensationalized to exploit the woman's condition. Not to try to help her. You know what we do in the media? We wink-wink it. We Snoop Dog it. We Willie Nelson it. 'Hey, oh yeah they're stoned. That's fine!' And what message does that send? That it's OK." More
A Newark funeral home braces for the last rites of Whitney Houston, the media event of its career
Carolyn Whigham, the owner of Whigham Funeral Home, told Capital there will be a designated area for press to set up outside the church.
"It will be close to the vicinity where the services are to be held, but I don't know exactly where," she said in a brief phone interview this afternoon. More
A Kate Upton bikini cover about putting Kate Upton's bikini cover on the cover
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For suffering pop diva Whitney Houston, a mismatched voice that gave no shelter to pain
The sound of her voice was always the main attraction, and when she made the turn from pop princess to full-fledged diva, it was mostly only the tempo that changed. When she recorded with Bill Laswell's shambling avant-funk ensemble Material alongside hoary free jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp (nothing if not left-of-center), Houston was neither out of place nor in on the joke. She was just Whitney Houston, voice unstoppable. More
Anatomy of a performance: Whitney Houston sings 'The Star Spangled Banner,' Jan. 1991
It wasn't just what Houston was able to do with her voice. There is a powerful two-way current at work which is one of the reasons for the performance's great and lasting impact. So many singers make the mistake of thinking that singing the national anthem is somehow about them. They see it as a career moment before a captive audience. Whitney Houston, even down to her choice of outfit, shows that she was there not for herself. She was there to embody not only the spirit of the song, but the spirit of her country, to give voice to the inchoate emotions of patriotism, hope, optimism, and togetherness swirling about in her vast national audience. That is quite a tall order. Only geniuses should apply. More
(9)Speculating about Whitney Houston's cause of death, just like everyone else
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)Portraits of the late Whitney Houston, without frills
News of the death of Whitney Houston, one of the most awarded and biggest-selling performers in the world, ever, broke around 7 p.m. last night. Since tonight is the night of the 2012 Grammy awards, Houston was staying in a Beverly Hills hotel and news organizations were already converged on Los Angeles. So it was no surprise that the Sunday tabloid covers would be completely taken over by the story. More
