Angela Bassett’s directorial debut Whitney premieres tonight on Lifetime. Bassett chronicles the time period of when Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) first met, and fell for, Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta). It’ll show the very high highs of Whitney and Bobby’s relationship alongside the very low lows. We trust Angela, so we’ll be watching. Here are some […]

You might remember Lara Jill Miller as tomboy—and later boy-crazy—Samantha Kanisky on the 1980s hit sitcom Gimme a Break. But did you know Miller has gone on to make a name for herself as a prominent voice-over actor? After a brief career as a lawyer (really), she returned to Hollywood as both a live-action and animation actor. Her voice credits include the starring role of Kari on the hit animated series and feature film Digimon, Widget in Nickelodeon’s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Allie on PBS’s popular Curious George, the title role in the PBS series Clifford’s Puppy Days, the title role in Cartoon Network’s The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, and Izzie in the Emmy Award-winning PBS series SciGirls.

“Goodbye, England’s Rose,” sang Elton John at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, while the world watched with tears and empathy. On August 31, 1997, we lost the People’s Princess in a tragic, paparazzi-fueled car chase through the streets of Paris. Fate has taken a number of other much-missed public figures before their time; now we’re celebrating the life of England’s Rose and 12 other celebrities lost to tragedy.