TV Academy Works To Prevent Whitney Houston's Emmy From Being Sold

Television Academy Works To Prevent The Sell Of Whitney’s Emmy

The Television Academy is trying to protect its legacy in a new lawsuit, Billboard reports.

Whitney Houston‘s heirs are unfortunately trying to sell her Emmy statue in an auction for $10,000. The academy fears selling the gold award will tarnish the prestige of such an achievement.

Whitney snagged the statue in 1986 for her Grammy performance of Saving All My Love For You.

“When the Television Academy honors an artist for an achievement, it lends a copy of the Emmy Statuette to the artist to signify and symbolize the honor,” states the complaint. When an honoree dies, the Academy “permits the artist’s heirs and successors in interest to retain custody of copies to symbolize the achievements of the deceased honoree.”

The Academy is asking the courts to reinstate possession of the statuette back to them. They are also suing for copyright infringement and conversion.

Do you think they should be allowed to do this? Or should it be left up to the family?

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It was determined Prince is not the father in the case of an inmate claiming to be his son, USA Today reports.

No surprise here.

A Colorado prisoner named Carlin Q. Williams said the legendary musican was his father in an attempt to get a piece of Prince’s $300 million estate.

The site reports Williams had long claimed to the son of the late star, but now those insinuations will have to be put to rest.

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Now that the gossip mills have finally settled down about Angela Simmons‘ pregnancy, the whole world can now watch as the hip-hop heir enjoys this new stage of her life.

The reality star wrote a message to her unborn child on her Instagram, revealing she’s having a boy!

“There’s something so beautiful about coming into motherhood,” she wrote. “The process of a child growing inside of me has been by far the most amazing thing I have been a witness to.”

So cute:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BG_KceezUZo/?taken-by=angelasimmons

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Toni Braxton’s Mom Approves Of Birdman

Looks like Toni Braxton‘s mama, Evelyn, is giving her blessing to Toni’s bizarre relationship with Birdman, according to her interview with the  Rickey Smiley Show.

“I met him years ago. Toni been knowing him…15 years ago — something like that…Ever since I’ve been knowing that man he’s been phenomenal so let me say, I hope so. I think he’s phenomenal,” Evelyn revealed.

She continued, praising him for being “suck a respeckable” man.

“I think he is a nice man. I don’t care what others say about him. He is a nice man. He is full of respec. Put some respek on it!” she added.

Wow. Looks like there may be more to this guy than we thought!

SOURCE: Billboard, USA Today, Instagram, Rickey Smiley Morning Show | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty