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Doly parton think about love dowload11/30/2022 Houston’s success in “The Bodyguard” made her one of the most bankable singers at the box office. Still, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You” were both nominated at the 65th Academy Awards, losing to “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin.” Houston, who had given birth just three weeks before the ceremony, asked her friend Natalie Cole to sing the two power ballads in her place. Houston’s rendition would go on to win Record of the Year and Best Pop Female Vocal at the Grammys, but because it was not an original song, it was ineligible for the Oscars. I mean, how beautiful it was that my little song had turned into that, so that was a major, major thing.” “I was shot so full of adrenaline and energy, I had to pull off, because I was afraid that I would wreck, so I pulled over quick as I could to listen to that whole song,” Parton told Oprah Winfrey in a 2020 interview. “I could not believe how she did that. SEE ‘Yellowstone’ season 5 trailer: Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly are red-hot awards contenders She was so flabbergasted when she first heard Houston’s rendition, she nearly crashed her car. The lead single, “I Will Always Love You,” was penned by country legend Dolly Parton 20 years prior. The movie’s soundtrack also became a cultural phenomenon, selling 45 million units worldwide and going on to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. Despite mixed reviews, the thriller grossed $411 million worldwide, which at the time of its release made it the 10th highest-grossing film of all time. Patient and persistent, the “Field of Dreams” star finally convinced the songstress he wouldn’t allow her to fail. Sure, she had a couple brief stints on sit-coms like “Gimme a Break” and “Silver Spoons,” but it was a far cry from a film role opposite one of the world’s biggest movie stars fresh off his Oscar-winning masterpiece “Dances with Wolves.” So Houston turned Costner down. The pop singer had released three multi-platinum albums and scored nine #1 singles to that point, but she was not an actress. Alas, Costner got ahold of it and despite industry executives pushing him in different directions, the Oscar winner demanded Houston be his co-star. SEE ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ trailer: First look at Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston Ĭostner first became aware a script for “The Bodyguard” was floating around Hollywood while he was on the set of his 1985 western, “Silverado.” In fact, it had been rumored the film was originally supposed to star Barbra Streisand and Steve McQueen, but the movie just kept falling through the cracks.
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