Monday, July 17, 2006

WHITNEY HOUSTON HANGS OUT WITH CECE WINANS

Whitney and CeCe and Billy, oh my!

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Yes, that was, indeed, Whitney Houston Sunday at Cheesecake Factory in Green Hills.

But that wasn't the only Nashville eatery Whitney enjoyed. She and some friends also went to Pancake Pantry, where they got some VIP treatment and were able to bypass that long weekend line.

Whitney, in black sweater set with a white polka dot skirt and black heels, went there right after going to the 9 a.m. service at the big ol' Born Again Church on Trinity Lane with her buddy CeCe Winans.

"CeCe and Whitney are longtime friends.Whitney is simply in town spending time with a friend," CeCe publicist Erma Byrd e-mailed me.

"No recordings or business dealings, just friends spending time together."

Indeed, folks at Born Again Church also said Whitney has been there before with CeCe.

Whitney isn't the only out-of-town singer to make an appearance in Music City this week. Read on.

 

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WHITNEY HOUSTON HANGS OUT WITH CECE WINANS: Old friends just chillin’
recently

      Whitney and CeCe were hanging out recently (June 30) in
Nashville,TN.  According to the Tennessean Newspaper the old girlfriends
were seen dining at the Cheesecake Factory. Whitney also attended church
services at Born Again Church with the singers.
      The pair sang “Count on Me” on the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack, a
song that promised “a friendship that would never end.” Houston is a
“spiritual” person who sang in her church and whose mother Cissy was a
past Gospel singer.  Perhaps she continues to cling to her roots to
fight drug addiction, which has been reported over the last several
months to be at an all-time low.

      Maybe Whitney was looking to count on an old friend for support
during this perilous period of her life. CeCe’s publicist would not
comment when asked if Winans was coming to Whitney’s rescue, but has
stated that their time together was not business related (i.e., they are
not talking about recording anything.)  Let’s hope that Houston’s
hanging with CeCe is a sign of a positive change.

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