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Dear Gossips,

Am on a Whitney Houston high.

Last night, I attended the exclusive Whitney Houston listening session at the Allen Room at Jazz at the Lincoln Center, a small, intimate venue, a throwback (as Clive Davis said) to the old days, when it was about the song and the singer and not the hype, with Whitney’s family surrounding her, in a room of only 200 people, and witnessed the return of a legend. Shouldn’t have to list her credentials, but just in case, because there are too many dumbasses from The Hills generation, this is the artist who still holds the record for the most consecutive #1 hits (7), more even than the Beatles, whose music will be played, and known, for another 20 years and beyond…

Will you sing along to The Climb in 2029?

Please.

A full report on Whitney is coming. But for now, check my Twitter for quick thoughts from last night – click here.

I’ve an early flight to Toronto this morning. Am prewriting at 3am a few articles so you’ll have something to read when I’m in the air, and then will resume for a full day of blogging as soon as I land and get to etalk studios. Sorry about typos!

Yours in gossip,

Lainey

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