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Pop Culture Potpourri: Whitney, WKRP, and Star Wars

Either Whitney Houston actually believes people care about her personal life or she really detests her ex-husband Bobby Brown.

Personally, I think it’s a combination of both.

Regardless, the award-winning songstress felt compelled to let the world know (via a public statement) that rumors that she is reuniting with Brown are “a complete fabrication.”

Houston released the statement yesterday denying reports made in Wednesday’s Chicago Sun-Times that said she and Brown had been spotted in Georgia looking romantic. The singer says the newspaper article speculated that the exes were getting back together after divorcing in 2007 after 14 years of marriage, but that’s simply not the case.

During their troubled union, Brown was arrested on drug and alcohol charges, and Houston survived two stints in different drug rehabilitation programs. The couple has one teenage daughter together.

WKRP LIVES ON

It’s baaack!

WKRP is back on the air in Cincinnati, only minus Loni Anderson.

This WKRP is the real deal. According to reports, WBQC-TV, a low-power TV station just changed its call letters to WKRP, the same as the fictional radio station in the 1970s hit TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati.”

Managers say the call letter change was designed to promote the station’s new digital TV signal.

STAR WARS MEMORABILIA UP FOR GRABS

Have you ever dreamed of swinging Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from “Star Wars,” donning Indy’s hat from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” or draping yourself in the Cape Crusader’s cowl from “Batman Begins?”

If so, now is your big chance. All the aforementioned movie items, along with hundreds of others, are going on the auction block.

The iconic movie memorabilia is on sale as part of Profiles in History’s Hollywood auction, to be held December 11th at the company’s headquarters in Calabasas, California.

According to auction organizers, the lightsaber is expected to fetch at least $150,000. Other items featured in the auction include C3PO’s helmet, a complete set of “Harry Potter” books signed by J.K. Rowling, a three-volume collection of “The Lord of the Rings” signed by J.R.R. Tolkien and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s costume from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”

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About Michele Cheplic

Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. She spent the next ten years as a television anchor and reporter at various stations throughout the country (from the CBS affiliate in Honolulu to the NBC affiliate in Green Bay). She has won numerous honors including an Emmy Award and multiple Edward R. Murrow awards honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast journalism. In addition, she has received awards from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association for her reports on air travel and the Wisconsin Education Association Council for her stories on education. Michele has since left television to concentrate on being a mom and freelance writer.