Whitney Houston Talks 'Sparkle' in One of Her Final Interviews (VIDEO) ://:// <p><div class="midpost_gallery"><h2 class="title">Whitney Houston Through The Years</h2><div class="clearfix"><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/whitney-houston-through-the-years/keep-a-child-alives-7th-annual-black-ball-red-carpet/"><img src="http://cdn04.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/30/30/Whitney-Houston-94x94.jpg" class="image" alt="Whitney Houston"/></a><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/whitney-houston-through-the-years/whitney-rip/"><img src="http://cdn02.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/12/whitney-rip-94x94.jpg" class="image" alt="whitney-rip"/></a><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/whitney-houston-through-the-years/whitney-houston-through-the-years-3/"><img src="http://cdn02.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/12/Whitney-Houston-Through-The-Years-94x94.jpg" class="image" alt="Whitney-Houston-Through-The-Years"/></a><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/whitney-houston-through-the-years/26whitney-houston-through-the-years/"><img src="http://cdn02.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/11/26Whitney-Houston-Through-The-Years-94x94.jpg" class="image" alt="Whitney Houston Through The Years"/></a><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/whitney-houston-through-the-years/25whitney-houston-through-the-years/"><img src="http://cdn04.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/11/25Whitney-Houston-Through-The-Years-94x94.jpg" class="image" alt="Whitney Houston Through The Years"/></a></div></div> </p> <p>"[Jordin's] just really, just perfect," Whitney raved about her co-star. "She's truly, truly embraced the role and doing such a marvelous job and just putting herself into it and just her voice is gorgeous." </p> <p>Soon after Whitney's death, a spokesperson for Sony said <a href="http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/12/sparkle-to-release-in-august-grammy-producer-speaks-on-tribute/" target="_blank">in a statement to CNN</a> that the film will be released in August 2012. The rep added, “Like all those who knew and loved her, we are shocked and saddened and the world has lost an incomparable talent. Right now our thoughts are with her daughter, her family and her friends.” </p> <p>The film also stars as <em>House</em> actor <strong>Omar Epps</strong>. 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