I can't say that I saw this coming but it's coming. Whitney Houston's mother, brother, sister-in-law, niece and daughter will star in a reality show about their journey to healing after the late singer's tragic death. According to various sources, The Houston Family Chronicles will appear on Lifetime.

I think the fact that they chose to pursue a reality show with Lifetime speaks to their effort to keep the show in decent taste, which is good. I do wonder why they didn't wait until next year to do it but I hope it works out. I'll at least watch the first few episodes.

This week, jurors in the case against Jennifer Hudson’s brother-in-law continued to hear evidence. He's charged with killing the singer's mother, brother and nephew. Among the evidence heard was the 911 call placed by Hudson's sister. In the call, her sister told the dispatcher that their mother was dead and she didn’t know where her brother was. Hudson has been attending the trial and recently testified to her brother-in-law’s relationship with her family.

Liberace’s former boy toy, Scott Thorson, recently talked to Entertainment Tonight about his life with the famous showman. He talked about the glitz, the glamour, the drugs and Michael Jackson. Scott claims that he and Jackson had a little something going on. Michael Douglas will star in a HBO movie about Liberace where Matt Damon will play Scott.

Earlier this week, someone talked about Michael dating Whitney Houston in the early days. I should be used to hearing speculation about Michael’s sexuality but sometimes I could do without it. How about the media give some of these men claiming to have had sex with Michael lie detector tests? Now that would be interesting TV.

Founding member of the Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch (better known as MCA), has died of cancer. According to The Los Angeles Times, the rapper was 47 years old and had battled the disease for the past 3 years.

RIP MCA.

Funnyman Martin Lawrence and his wife, Shamica are headed for divorce. According to People.com, the couple have been together for 15 years and married for two years. The couple have two daughters together.

Sorry to hear about the divorce. It’s never easy.