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Facebook post, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. They didn't give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band’s website said Hill was “on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue.”At that time, the band said its longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, would fill in on bass, slide guitar and harmonica.Born Joe Michael Hill in Dallas, he, Gibbons and Beard formed ZZ Top in Houston in 1969.

recently deceased congregant’s fatal refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by calling the choice a “personal decision.” “While many of our staff, leadership and congregation have already received the COVID-19 vaccine, we recognize this is a personal decision for each individual to make with the counsel of medical professionals,” said the Australia-based church’s founder, Brian Houston, in a statement to CNN following the July 21 passing of 34-year-old Stephen Harmon, who died after contracting

Rapper and producer Pi’erre Bourne announced his first headlining tour on Wednesday. Set to kick off later this month, the tour will make stops in Miami, for Rolling Loud, Houston, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping up in Chicago at the Lyrical Lemonade Festivals.

Simone Biles fans will get the chance to see her record-breaking gymnastic skills in person!The 24-year-old Olympian will be headlining the Athleta Presents Gold Over America Tour, also presented by MagicSpace Entertainment and AEG, and tickets went on sale Friday. The 35-city tour kicks off in Tucson, Arizona, on Sept.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are clearly enjoying themselves on a family trip to Houston.

50 Cent has a new place to call home. The 45-year-old rapper and famous New Yorker took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that he now lives in Houston.

is a heavy task for every contestant, but for Pia Renee, season 20 has been an intense emotional roller coaster.The Chicago native returned for Knockout Rounds on Monday, but as she prepared for her powerful performance of «What the World Needs Now is Love,» she shared with coach John Legend and this season's Mega Mentor, Snoop Dogg, why the song was so meaningful to her.«Shortly after we got here to prepare for Battles, my mother passed away,» Pia revealed.«My mother represented and embodied

Bobby Brown revealed that he believes Nick Gordon is responsible for the deaths of Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown.  Houston died in 2012 at age 48.The late music icon was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hilton hotel room with drugs in her system.Three years later, her and Brown’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was found face-down in the bathtub of her Georgia home with drugs also in her system and died months later in hospice care after falling into a coma.  Speaking on the latest

Alejandro Fernández might be headed to a city near you! The singer just announced his 19-date tour, «Hecho en México,» which kicks off on Sept.10 at the Grand Sierra Theatre in Reno, Nevada. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 16.  Fernández will make stops in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Miami, New York, New Mexico, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Arizona, before ending the tour at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix on Oct.

Allen Media Group’s This TV has inked a distribution deal with eight major-market ABC-owned TV station subchannels. The company’s newest broadcast network is currently in 86 million U.S. households.

After moving into her £1.3m home, Gemma Collins has revealed she has installed a panic room in her beautiful new abode.The reality star, who said she had her botox and fillers removed, gave an insight into her new house while speaking on her BBC podcast.The 40 year old divulged: "I moved into my new house. Basically I feel like Whitney Houston.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTech giant Apple has now reopened all 270 of its retail locations in the U.S. in some capacity, nearly a year after shutting them down indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.Apple on March 13, 2020, had announced the closure of all Apple Stores outside of China as a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19.On Monday (March 1), Apple retail locations in Texas in the Houston, Dallas and San Antonio areas are now open, the last stores in the U.S.

(CNN)"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" has reportedly found its star.According to the Hollywood Reporter, British actress Naomi Ackie has been chosen to play the late singer Whitney Houston in the planned biopic."We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston," the film's director Stella Meghie told the publication. "Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process.

 Whitney Houston  would have a biopic set to be released for Thanksgiving 2022. More details have surfaced about the film, including that British actress Naomi Ackie could portray Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody.“We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston,” the film’s director Stella Meghie told Hollywood Reporter.

April Ryan is joining Byron Allen’s TheGrio.TV as its first White House correspondent and Washington, D.C. bureau chief.

After a worldwide search, Naomi Ackie has been chosen to play iconic performer Whitney Houston in the biopicI Wanna Dance With Somebody. The British actress, who had a pivotal role inStar Wars: Rise of Skywalker,is in negotiations for the feature from Sony and its TriStar division, which has set the movie for a Thanksgiving 2022 release.

Whitney Houston in an upcoming biopic titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody, set for release in November 2022.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ackie is currently in negotiations for the role with Sony and its TriStar division.

Sony Pictures and TriStar have been developing a biopic feature film with director Stella Meghie based on singer and sometimes-actress Whitney Houston titled “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and have now selected an actress to play the lead role. Deadline now reveals that “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” actress Naomi Ackie has landed the part of Whitney Houston.

Naomi Ackie will portray Whitney Houston in, ET can confirm.The biopic, which hails from Sony and TriStar Pictures in partnership with the Houston estate, is billed as a "no holds barred" look at the legendary musician's life and legacy «informed by those who knew her best.» Notably, it appears Ackie will not be recording her own version of Houston's songs, though, but the film will use the original tracks.«We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who

Naomi Ackie is taking on a legendary role.

Also Read: 19 Music Biopics in the Works, From Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin (Photos)Ackie is a British actress who broke out in “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” and in the film “Lady Macbeth.” She recently won a BAFTA for her work in the second season of Netflix’s “The End of the F***ing World,” and she can be seen in “Education,” the final installment of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology of films.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNaomi Ackie will portray Whitney Houston in Sony’s upcoming musical biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”Stella Meghie (“The Photograph”) is directing the film from a screenplay by “Bohemian Rhapsody” writer Anthony McCarten. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is slated to release at Thanksgiving of 2022.“We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston.

BAFTA winner and Star Wars Rise of Skywalker star Naomi Ackie has notched the role of Whitney Houston in Sony/Tri-Star’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody which is set to be directed by Stella Meghie.

Houston Police are compiling video evidence from cameras positioned near the scene where local woman Alexis Sharkey’s body was discovered naked along the side of the road, according to a local affiliate report. The 26-year-old was discovered Saturday morning on the side of Red Haw Lane in west Houston, just one day after she was last reportedly seen.

An intensive care unit (ICU) doctor in Houston who has treated coronavirus patients for more than 250 consecutive days is going viral for a simple act of compassion.  Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center, was captured embracing a man with COVID-19 while working in the ICU on Thanksgiving Day.  HOUSTON: Dr.

The Houston Police Department shared that Alexis' body was found in the 1000 block of Red Haw Lane on Saturday morning. According to local station, Alexis was last heard from on Friday evening and her husband, Tom Sharkey, told her mother, Stacey Clark Robinault, on Saturday morning that she was missing.  also reports that officials shared that Alexis' body was found by city workers and that the body was nude with no visible signs of injury. Police are awaiting an autopsy to determine the cause

Also Read: Ben Watkins, 'MasterChef Junior' Contestant, Dies at 14 of Rare Form of CancerBobbi Kristina Brown died in 2015. She was 22.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana native, whose real name is Torrance Hatch, on Sunday informed his fans in a Facebook post that he was okay.Police have not announced arrests in the shootings involving Noble and Hatch.

Houston police arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a Houston police sergeant who left behind four children, officials said Tuesday. Police have identified the suspect as 24-year-old Robert Soliz.

HOUSTON – An arson investigator and an arson suspect were killed during a shootout early Friday in Houston after the investigator pursued the suspect, city police and fire officials said. Investigator Lemuel Bruce, 44, died at a hospital where he was taken after the shooting around 3:30 a.m.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hasn't traveled to Texas in months, but on Tuesday, his campaign will dispatch his wife, Jill Biden, to help boost early voting turnout in the Lone Star State. The Biden campaign announced that Jill Biden will make three stops in Texas, with planned events in El Paso, where she will be joined by former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke; Dallas and Houston, where she'll be joined by U.S.

Travis Scott‘s recent McDonald’s meal partnership helped boost the fast food chain’s sales in the US following a slump during the coronavirus pandemic.The limited edition ‘Travis Scott Meal’ deal went on sale last month in participating McDonald’s restaurants in the US. The Houston rapper also launched a McDonald’s-themed merch line to tie in with the partnership.McDonald’s Corp.

Dolly Parton has said hearing Whitney Houston’s cover of her song I Will Always Love You was a “thrill”.

A legal battle could be brewing over Whitney Houston’s likeness.

coronavirus pandemic, Elton John is saying hello to the yellow brick road of touring.The pop icon announced Wednesday that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will return to North America on Jan. 19, 2022, in New Orleans.

Elton John is pushing back his tour amid the pandemic.