4-Alarm Blaze Collapses One Building at Tyler Perry Studios
Fire investigators continue to sift through the charred rubble this morning to determine if arson sparked a 4-alarm blaze at the renowned Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta Tuesday night.
“The fire’s out, but the cause remains under investigation,” Capt. Jolyon Bundrige with the Atlanta Fire Department told the AJC just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
As many as a dozen fire trucks lined Continental Colony Parkway around 9 p.m. as 100 firefighters battled the blaze that caused one building to collapse inside the massive complex.
No one was injured and the structure was empty at the time of the fire.
A nearby highrise was evacuated as a safety precaution.
Perry arrived on the scene after the fire was extinguished Tuesday night and spoke with Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, according to the AJC.
Oprah Writes a Revealing Letter to Her Younger Self
It is difficult for a narcissist with her own media empire to admit failure. But Oprah Winfrey, 58, did just that on Monday when she told Katie Couric that she made a mistake launching her OWN Network.
Oprah, who ended her syndicated television show’s successful run at 25 years because a dying boy told her to, is struggling to accept defeat when she’s spent the last 25 years winning.
Therapists often advise their stressed out patients to communicate with their younger selves in order to comfort and nurture them. Embracing your inner child is a method that some therapists teach to their patients who are on the verge of nervous breakdowns because of their intense feelings of inadequacy.
So Oprah wrote a letter to herself back when she was the youngest and first black female television reporter at Nashville’s WLAC-TV.
“Dear beautiful, brown-skinned girl,” she begins in her letter which is published in this month’s issue of O magazine.
Whitney’s mom confronted traitor who sold casket photo to Enquirer
According to the Chicago Suntimes, a source close to Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, revealed that Cissy confronted the traitor who sold the final photo of Whitney in an open casket to the National Enquirer.
The Houston family source said Cissy “had a come-to-Jesus moment” with the guilty party and demanded the alleged six-figure fee for the photo be donated to charity.
Insiders are whispering that the person who sold the final photo was most likely Whitney’s closest friend and sister-in-law, Pat Houston, who signed at least one deal to profit off of Whitney’s death.
In Case You Missed It: Oprah Interviews Kristina Houston
Oprah Winfrey scored the first exclusive interview with the only child of Whitney Houston, who passed away last month at age 48. The special aired on Oprah’s OWN network tonight. Bobbi Kristina appeared briefly and spoke to Oprah about carrying on her mother’s legacy. The 19-year-old said she can still hear Whitney singing, and sometimes she forgets that Whitney is gone.
During the interview, which was conducted in the Alpharetta home of Whitney’s close friend and sister-in-law, Pat Houston, Kristina appeared tense, but happy. She smiled often and she appeared to be under the influence. Oprah hinted at that much: “What’s getting you through it?” she asked.
“My family and the Lord and her. I can hear her in my head,” said Kristina.
Kristina also said she felt Whitney’s spiritual presence in the Alpharetta townhouse that they once shared. Kristina said she has conversations with Whitney, who flips the lights on and off in the house.
“I’m like, ‘mom, what are you doing?’” Kristina said she asks Whitney.
Oprah also spent a great deal of time talking with Whitney’s sister-in-law, Pat, who threw daggers at ‘X-Factor’ contestant Stacy Francis, with whom Whitney argued over Ray J. Pat also threw Ray J under the bus by suggesting that Whitney found love in all the wrong places.
Earlier today, TMZ.com broke the news that Bobbi Kristina will seek to change her name to simply “Kristina Houston,” in an effort to sever all ties with her father, Bobby Brown.
Watch the interview with Kristina after the break.
Sneak Peek: Oprah interviews Bobbi Kristina
Oprah gives viewers a sneak preview of her sit-down interview with Whitney Houston’s family; her daughter, Bobbi Kristina; her brother, Gary Houston; and her sister-in-law, Patricia Houston. The special episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter” airs on Oprah’s struggling OWN Network next Sunday at 9/8c.
Bobbi Kristina shares personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered.
Although Oprah’s TV special gives the impression that Whitney’s surviving daughter, Bobbi, is doing well, the current issue of the National Enquirer (on newsstands now) tells a different story. The March 12, 2012 cover features new photos of Bobbi Kristina smoking a big bowl of weed through a bong. It’s doubtful that Oprah asked if Bobbi Kristina was going to a drug rehab anytime soon.
Watch the sneak peek video after the break.
Oprah Lands 1st Interview With Whitney Houston’s Daughter
The NY Daily News reports that struggling talk show titan Oprah has landed the first interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown.
According to the NY Daily News, the 18-year-old will share her “personal memories” of her mother and how she’d like her to be remembered. Oprah also sat down with Whitney’s most trusted confidants, her brother Gary Houston and sister-in-law, Pat. The interviews took place in Atlanta, where Bobbi Kristina once shared a townhouse with her mother.
Winfrey’s team also said the family addressed the “rumors and speculation” that have surfaced in the wake of Houston’s death on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February.
Houston was found unresponsive in the bathroom of her suite at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 11, the night before the Grammys.
The special will air on Oprah’s OWN cable network on March 11.
Oprah’s crown has been tarnished by poor ratings and traitors who jumped ship from her failing network OWN. In the past, the media seized upon the term “Oprahfication”, to describe Oprah’s powerful influence on pop culture. But it seems that Oprah has lost her magic touch.
Oprah walked away from her syndicated talk show Oprah, in May 2011 on the advice of a terminally ill boy who told her to end her show’s successful run at an even number of years: 25.
Now, the 58-year-old media Guru is trying to save her struggling OWN network by doing more of the face-to-face interviews that made her famous.
Celebs Out & About: Sandra Bullock, Oprah, Sean Penn
Adoptive mother Sandra Bullock should be commended for taking little Louis Bardo to the park. Most wealthy adoptive mothers let their nannies take the youngsters to the park so they don’t have to hear the shrieking and crying when it’s time to leave.
Oprah Winfrey, whose failing OWN Network is hemorrhaging money, held hands with actor Sean Penn at a refugee camp in Haiti earlier today. The talk show queen is in storm ravaged Haiti filming a TV special highlighting the humanitarian efforts by celebrities such as Sean Penn. His non-profit organization provides assistance to people displaced by the 2010 earthquake. Another narcissist who is in Haiti is Kim Kardashian. But it isn’t clear if Kim made it past the airport. We haven’t seen a single picture of her in Haiti. Hopefully, Oprah will have some footage of Kim getting hands on in Haiti, and if she really wants to score points, she will talk about how Wyclef Jean stole over $1 million in donations for his own benefit.
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