Liza Minnelli didn't even have to show up at the Drama League gala to steal the show. This was no small feat considering Thursday's lineup included Joel Grey, Nick Jonas, Cheyenne Jackson and honoree Kristin Chenoweth.

AP | Feb 13, 2012, 06.57AM IST | | | | LOS ANGELES: At her peak, from the mid-80 s to the late 90s, Whitney Houston was one of the best-selling artists, wowing audiences with effortless, powerful and peerless vocals rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. However, her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like her godmother Aretha Franklin drew the ire of critics who saw her as

Reuters | Feb 13, 2012, 07.00AM IST | | LOS ANGELES: Music producer Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party is one of the most funfilled highlights leading to the music industry's top awards, but this year's event quickly turned into a tribute for Whitney Houston. At the gala dinner, the mood among stars was initially somber, but in opening remarks Davis, who had first discovered Houston and became a mentor to the singer, said it was time to celebrate her life.

By Juliet Eilperin, After pushing through some of the most sweeping and contentious environmental measures in years, the Obama administration has slowed action on several policies as it calculates what it should undertake before the end of the term. Rules aimed at curbing emissions from cars and light trucks are on hold because the White House has yet to give the Office of Management and Budget the go-ahead to review them.

Yet some fans blame him for the superstar singer's spiral into drugs and addiction, with one friend saying: "He was there every step of the way." Brown, 43, appeared at a gig in Mississippi on Saturday - shortly after the shock news broke of Whitney's tragic death. He arrived on stage late to join his band New Edition after apparently collapsing with emotion just before the show was due to begin. Brown then received a huge round of applause from the audience before

Simon, 52, revealed that he had been due to attend a business meeting today, at which plans to make the music legend a mentor on the US version of his show were to be discussed. He said she was the artist who his X Factor wannabes most wanted to model themselves on. The music guru likened the shock of her death to the loss of other music icons, such as John Lennon and Michael Jackson. And, like many previous showbiz tragedies, he believes her death could have been avoided.

TRAGIC Whitney Houston died virtually BANKRUPT after her ё100million fortune vanished amid her crack cocaine addiction. At her peak in the 1980s and '90s, Whitney was the golden girl of the music industry - and one of the world's best-selling artists. But her descent into a drug-addled hell saw the hits dry up - and her millions swallowed up by ruthless dealers. Whitney famously denied using crack when she was interviewed on TV in 2002,

But it is a situation he never thought he would find himself in after his life almost came to a tragic end at the Italia '90 World Cup Finals. He was involved in an horrific car crash - an accident that claimed the life of a close friend and left him with scars he still carries to this day. In his autobiography 'Arry, serialised in The Sun this week, the Spurs boss recounts one of the pivotal moments of his life. Serialisation ...

AAP Alan Joyce announces the shock grounding of the entire Qantas fleet. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: News Limited Alan Joyce says airline grounding was positive for Qantas Pilots union label comments "bizarre and worrying" Finance union slams ANZ's plan to axe 1000 jobs QANTAS pilots have come out swinging against CEO Alan Joyce after he remarked that grounding the airline's fleet had been "positive for the brand".

Coroner confirms Whitney Houston found in bathtub; Daughter taken to hospital for bout with anxiety AP Image Credit: AP In this September 1, 2009 file photo, Whitney Houston performs on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York.