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Ahhh! It's all coming together!!!

We previously told you that this fall, a musical based on the late Whitney Houston's film debut, The Bodyguard, will be premiering in London!

The play adaptation will feature Heather Headley, as she takes on Whitney's role and Lloyd Owen as the bodyguard, Kevin Costner's character in the film.

Check out a behind the scenes sneak peek (above)!!!

Looks like the show is really gearing up to be something special! We hope it would make Whitney proud.

Want to hear more of Heather taking on So Emotional? Take a look at the video of her in the studio (below)!

This is going to be truly something special.

Whitney Houston appeared on the VH1 Divas special in 1999, 2002, and 2003, and although her passing earlier in the year means we'll never get to hear her incredible vocal abilities live on stage again, this year's event, taking place in December, will be a tribute to a woman who embodied the title in all the best ways!

Sources close to production have revealed that they not only have the approval of Houston's family and former record label, Sony, but her musical director Ricky Minor has even signed on as an executive producer!

VH1 President Tom Calderone says:

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Bobby Brown seems to have a knack for combining his music career with his love life…

Back in 2010, the Bob’s aka Whitney Houston's ex hubby proposed to fiancee Alicia Etheridge at his Florida concert, and now he’s fusing a show with a weekend wedding in Hawaii around June 15th.

Such a lucky girl…

It must be lovely to know you come second to your future husband’s band!

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Whitney Houston may not be with us anymore, but she still needs a bodyguard!

The singer's family has hired security to patrol the Fairview Cemetery in New Jersey to make sure thieves won't ransack the

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More details are coming out about how heavy Whitney Houston's drug use was before her death.

It's so sad that she was taken from us too soon but it all seems like it could have been avoided if she had just gotten the help she needed.

A friend of Whitney's said:

"[She would] spend thousands of dollars a week buying drugs and stockpile it in the house so she wouldn't run out."

That's so sad that she needed drugs that badly.

Monique Houston, who married Gary Houston then divorced him in 2001, also said:

"The family was afraid of the embarrassment on some level and wouldn't confront her early on. Her mother would always say, 'I don't understand this drug thing.' And she didn't. They let it get too bad before they understood she needed serious help, and then it was too late."

Many believe that the drugs were all Bobby Brown's fault but Monique said that just isn't true.

"Drugs were around her for years before she met Bobby and continued after he left. It was worse when they were together, but he didn't cause it."

So sad that no one tried harder to get her the help she needed.

If someone did, maybe she'd still be here today.

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We're sure you saw or heard Kevin Costner's beautiful eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral.

But what you may not know is that he was this-close to not saying anything!

We all cope in different ways, and Kevy's way was staying silent. It was gonna stay that way too until Whitney's cousin, Dionne Warwick, made a very important phone call.

Kevin explains what changed his mind

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Well, this is sickening to say the least.

It's not often that we sympathize with Bobby Brown, but we certainly do in this situation. Ray J, who reached the pinnacle of fame when he starred in Kim Kardashian's sex tape a while back, was apparently taunting Whitney Houston's ex-husband during his relationship with the recently deceased singer.

An article in June's issue of Vanity Fair reveals that people close to Whitney were concerned about her fling with Ray J. And rightfully so!

Karrine Steffans, a woman who dated both Ray and Bobby, told the magazine the former called up the latter one night to rub his relationship with Whitney in Bobby's face. She explained:

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