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 ...

Whitney Houston may receive a massive send-off to match her big, big voice. According to numerous reports, the "I Will Always Love You" singer, who died Saturday at the age of 48, is being flown back ...

While reminiscing about working with the late Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner shared that CNN wanted his tribute to the singer to be short so that the network could air commercials during the live ...

The funeral for the late Whitney Houston will take place this Saturday (February 18) at noon, it has been confirmed. The 48-year-old singer died on Saturday (February 11). She was found in the bathtub ...

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, ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Aretha Franklin is no longer planning to sing at the funeral for Whitney Houston. Franklin had been expected to sing. A person close to the Houston family but not authorized to ...

Whitney Houston's funeral is a private, invitation-only affair, but the singer's family has decided to allow The Associated Press to stream the event online Saturday. In another development, People ...

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 ...