NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) -- Hand-clapping choirs performed gospel standards Saturday as celebrities and parishioners filled the New Jersey sanctuary where singer Whitney Houston will be remembered ...

Tyler Perry has opened up about being the first speaker at Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday (February 18). Houston's life and legacy were celebrated by the likes of Perry, Stevie Wonder and Kevin ...

Whitney Houston, who passed away last Saturday at age 48, will be memorialized today at a funeral service held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., the singer's birthplace. The service ...

Warwick presided over the funeral, introducing speakers and singers. Houston's mother was helped by two people on either side of her as she walked in and sat with her granddaughter and other family to ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited Baptist funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the death of the singer whose ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A private funeral for Whitney Houston will be held on Saturday in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, at the same modest New Jersey church where the R&B vocalist honed ...

He’ll always be her bodyguard. Kevin Costner spoke about his bond with his late “The Bodyguard” co-star Whitney Houston on Dax Shepard’s podcast, and revealed that he refused to shorten his eulogy at ...

Kevin Costner remembers his late The Bodyguard co-star Whitney Houston and recalled he refused to shorten his eulogy at her funeral. The actor recalled someone suggesting he tighten up his words to ...

Houston's mother, Cissy, is orchestrating Whitney's funeral around their faith. Feb. 15, 2012 — -- For Whitney Houston and her family, God was always paramount. That's likely why her mother, ...

The singer's longtime mentor and friend recalls fond memories of their time together, as recently as the week she died. By Shirley Halperin Says Davis: "I am devastated by the loss of someone who has ...

A man holds the back cover of the program for Whitney Houston's funeral service in Newark, New Jersey on February 18, 2012. Bobby Brown arrives at the church for Whitney Houston's funeral. He did not ...