Behind the Video: Jordin Sparks & Whitney Houston – ‘Celebrate’
It was a bittersweet moment as Jordin Sparks shot the video for “Celebrate,” the R. Kelly-produced single off the soundtrack to Sparkle and the final song recorded by Whitney Houston. The “American Idol” champ threw a house party and celebrated the life of her late mentor with her co-stars including Derek Luke, Omari Hardwick, Goapele, Carmen Ejogo, and Tika Sumpter.
“What we wanted to do was make sure that this was a fun, happy video and just kind of dedicating it to her,” Jordin told “Entertainment Tonight.” “What better song to leave for people to hear than a song that is so upbeat and just so happy and so encouraging?”
The 22-year-old singer plays Whitney’s daughter in the remake of the 1976 Motown-era film, which opens in theaters on August 10. Go behind the scenes of the video below.
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June 7th, 2012 at 7:34 am
This is BEAUTIFUL
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June 7th, 2012 at 11:35 am
RIP Queen Whitney!!
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June 7th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Beautiful, but sad..especially when you know it didn’t have to be this way.
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June 7th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
OMG!!!! IM SOOOO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!! and The Films opens on August 17th on august 10th
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June 7th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Looks like a great movie. RIP Whitney.
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June 8th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
This is a great video. Looks like alot of fun. Miss Whitney, but a great tribute.
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June 8th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Great Tribute, miss Whitney.
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June 15th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Fabulous, jubilant, full of energy and zest
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October 2nd, 2012 at 10:28 pm
If people alcualty listened to how Whitney sounded most of the tour especially toward the end she alcualty sung even better than this. Funny how people are consumed by a few tabloid headlines and take a few bad notes out of context. Whitney never left, some of her fans did, but they are returning to honour the one true legend left, our Nippy
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