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  • I was glad to see Whitney Houston return to the music space.I like several songs on her new album, "I Look To You," released Monday. But Iam disappointed with her live performance on Good Morning America that aired Wednesday.

    Here's the bottom line, Whitney Houston was the kind ofvocalist who could sing the ABCs and make you cry. Her voice was pure, clean,and crisp. The way she approached the notes left you impressed. You always feltthat you were listening to someone in the elite class.

    I did not feel that way when watching her performance onGood Morning America.

    I felt like she was struggling to get through the songs.Sometimes she recited lyrics instead of singing them at all. Other times whensinging, she sounded just average.

    The title track, "I Look to You," is a song about triumph,and thanking her support team for sticking by her side. When she performed it,you could feel her emotion. She appeared as if she was about to breakdown asshe dedicated the song to her mother, Cissy, who

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  • I have to admit that the new LaToya Jackson single "Home,"released shortly after Michael'sdeath, felt a bit opportunistic.

    I know she's been working on releasing a new album forforever. I happened to stumble across her MySpace page last year, andheard some of the newer songs. I wasn't convinced that the song "Just WannaDance," about going out to the club, was the right return single for a50something woman. But what do I know? Look at Madonna and Cher.

    When I recently blogged about La Toya's new song "Home" Ihad to acknowledge that it is a nice, relatable track about missing one'schildhood.

    Honestly, the song is as much about La Toya or any of hersiblings. The song is not solely about Michael, which makes me feel better. WhenI initially heard about the song, I assumed that it was recorded after MJ's death inan attempt to capitalize on the hype.

    Fortunately, I was wrong. The song was recorded years ago for her unreleased album "Starting Over."

    The video has an ever subtler tone. It

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  • Did you see the video last week of a man resembling MichaelJackson stepping out of the back of a Coroner's van?

    It was uploaded to a YouTube user page named michaeljacksonhoax?

    You didn't think it was really Michael Jackson, right?

    Good. The Berlin, Germany branchof CNN revealed Monday that the video was staged by RTL, the country's topprivate broadcaster.

    It seems irresponsible that a prominent media company wouldhost such a prank. But a spokesperson for the television station told CNN thatit was an experiment. Before distributing the video, they sent out a pressrelease explaining that it was a joke.

    Still, the video quickly became a viral hit. It has beenplayed nearly 900,000 times, and has more than 3,800 comments.

    Did it prove RTL's theory that it is easy to spread onlinerumors? Sure.

    While the thought and talk of Michael Jackson actually beingalive and riding around in the back of a Coroner's van is funny, for the mostpart, I don't believe that the majority of the viewers

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