Rihanna Wants to Star as Whitney Houston in Biopic

At a press conference for her new movie Battleship, Rihanna revealed that she would "give her entire life” to play Whitney Houston on the big screen. Rihanna was rumored to be on the short list for a starring role in a Clive Davis-produced Houston biopic, along with Jordan Sparks and Jennifer Hudson, but Davis has since denied that the project is moving forward. Rena Karefa-Johnson weighs in on whether Rihanna is up for the task of playing Whitney.