ON OUR RADAR
1 BECOMING WHITNEY
ENGLISH ACTRESS Naomi Ackie is a Hollywood newbie – she made her film debut as a stormtrooper-turned-resistance fighter in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 – but her latest role, as the late, great diva Whitney Houston, is sure to make her a star.
Naomi (30) told People.com she was very nervous to play the “incredible, multifaceted” singer in the new biopic, I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
“She’s been elevated in my life for so long that it felt like an impossible thing to achieve at times. But so many people told me the same thing – ‘If
