I've read that the family was/is considering some sort of live feed to people outside the church who may gather at the time of service. If that happens, it's highly likely that CNN and others (certainly BET, TVOne) would carry that.

Regarding Bobby, I think he'll be there if only because he's Bobbi Christina's surviving parent and the family will put that above whatever other concerns they might or might have had.

....just imagining the grief they're dealing with, I give a pass to whatever decision they make, whether I agree with it or not.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. I think they would like to believe/pretend he was an aberration in her life, when probably nothing could be further from the truth.

This is not trashing her, just saying that IMO pressure to be the perfect pop princess probably played a big part in her drug use. I was saying the other night that Christina Aguilera is one smart cookie. She was being marketed in a way that was not her, so she jumped off the train and smashed the image. She may have saved her own life by doing so.

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You two hush your mouth about Ms Aguilera.

Dude, we're COMPLIMENTING that little wifey of yours.

I saw "hurt her career" and got defensive. Gotta stick up for the wife, ya know?

*goes back to listening to Dirrty*

I was babysitting and the 6-month-old was kicking my behind. She drank all the milk her mom left and got pissed when there was no more. I walked with her, bounced her, gave her the pacifier, and sang every lullaby I know but no good. She screamed for almost an hour and I was running out of ideas. So I broke out in a soft, lullaby-like rendition of "I Will Always Love You."

She calmed almost immediately. Thank you, Whitney.

You mean thank you, Dolly Parton. ;)

Yep!

I don't really get the time and attention devoted to celebrity. Can someone tell me why anyone really GAS about who is or isn't allowed to come to the funeral of a dead person who was [really] good at singing? What is your emotional connection to this person who you saw on TV and heard recordings of and never met or knew beyond what you read in the tabloids?

If it's about being sad that you'll miss her future output, let's be honest. Her voice wasn't what it once was and she was a hopeless addict making a living on [badly] singing the same songs she sang 20 years ago.

I don't recall even Steve Jobs' funeral arrangements getting this sort of hype. Maybe it's about Sony maximizing some last minute profit on record sales?

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I just don't get it and never will.

My theory is a lot depends on who is controlling the news.
The people now controlling it (meaning TV news directors, editors etc) are from the generation who grew up with Whitney commanding the pop charts. That, plus the fact of her dramatic decline over the years, informs what they choose to put on the air.
Add that to instant news - the news was out minutes after she drew her last breath - plus our innate tendency to not be able to tear our eyes away from a train wreck - and you have the TMZ TV show reporting, with each person's opinion, every detail.

Nope. I did the Whitney version so she gets the shout out. Dolly's original sounds different. :)

That's easy. Her songs (one in particular) were playing at memorable times of my life. They probably added to the memorable-ness of it. It makes me sad that a person who contributed to my life, even in a very peripheral way, even though she didn't know that she did it, is gone.

The fact that you even referenced Steve Jobs apparently means he played some similar part in your life.

If you don't understand that I don't know what else I can tell you. :rolleyes:

It's essentially cognitive dissonance made real - the dissonance between everyday life and celebrity culture (plus celebrities' actions and our own, plus the time we spend on it versus the value it actually provides) becomes outrageously powerful when a celebrity dies.

I wasn't particularly affected by Jobs. I was just throwing out an example of someone who had an ongoing contribution to society and was felled by an illness which wasn't preventable (whereas addiction is very preventable and treatable). Jobs' contribution to society was measurably more than Houston's, but my Apple stock has continued to be a great investment, so his death wasn't a big deal after all.

Yeah, I don't get it.