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[Article From New York Daily News]Jacko pulls no-show on Whitney. Let's see if Whitney Houston honors Michael Jackson again. Monday night, Houston was due to present his Gloviliness with something called a New Millennium Visionary Award at a benefit concert here for Houston's Foundation For Children. But even though he was in town, Jackson was a no show. That, according to several guests at the $20,000-a-table fund-raiser, didn't please Houston's hubby, Bobby Brown. "Bobby was visible upset,' one guest tells us. he was saying things like, "Who the hell does he think he is?" Another guest said she was told by an organizer that Jackson was scared off by photographers who found out about the party, which was held at the W. 67th St. penthouse of record exec. David Guest. The King of Pop, whose rep didn't return phone calls, has been busy laying down tracks for his next album. Whatever his reasons, Houston's rep Nancy Seltzer, insists that the singer and her husband aren't mad at him. "Whitney and Bobby were disappointed and sad that he could not be there," says Seltzer. "They were not angry. Whitney was pleased with the event. She focuses on the positive." Certainly, the evening didn't want want for entertainment. Houston, rested up after missing a recent concert date, showed she's ready to head off on a two-month European tour that begins Sunday in Poland. The diva belted out "I Will Always Love You" and joined Trisha Yearwood and the Four Tops on "I Believe In You And Me." Also performing were Gloria Gaynor, Monica, Denise Williams and, making her musical debut, "Hart to Hart" star Stephanie Powers, who duetted with Phobe Snow. Among those on hand were Charles Bronson, Ramsey Lewis, Clive Davis, Jane Powell, Freda Payne and Honorees Diane Warren, Tonja Walker Davidson and Ed Davidson. All told, Houston's bash raised more than $300,000 for her charity, as well as for the American Cinema Awards Foundation and The Actors Fund of America. [Thanks Andrea]NEWSFILE: 18 AUGUST 1999 |