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"Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s mother has condemned the singer&amp;#039;s upcoming Lifetime biopic. Cissy Houston said that the project is being made by people who did not know her daughter, and pleaded for Lifetime to &amp;quot;let her rest&amp;quot;.  In a statement to Entertainment Tonight, she said: &amp;quot;Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family&amp;#039;s objections. &amp;quot;No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby [Brown].&amp;quot;  She continued: &amp;quot;In the two years since Whitney&amp;#039;s death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her. I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn&amp;#039;t know her. &amp;quot;We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her. Please please let her rest.&amp;quot;  Houston&amp;#039;s Waiting to Exhale co-star Angela Bassett will direct the TV film, with Yaya DaCosta playing the &amp;#039;I Will Always Love You&amp;#039; singer.  Bassett has insisted that the movie will not dwell on the dark side of the star&amp;#039;s life. Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in February 2012, leading to an outpouring of grief from her fans around the globe. Lifetime is currently scheduled to premiere the biopic next year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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