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" The trailer for Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s final movie Sparkle has debuted exclusively through Digital Spy. Jordin Sparks takes on the lead role as Sparkle Williams, a singer from Detroit who teams up with her two siblings Sister (Carmen Ejogo) and Dolores (Tika Sumpter) to form a girl group during the Motown era. Sparkle is loosely inspired by the story of Diana Ross&amp;#039;s The Supremes and is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name.      Houston, who passed away in February this year, plays the girls&amp;#039; mother Emma and also served as a producer on the movie. Her final recordings - a version of gospel classic &amp;#039;His Eye is on the Sparrow&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Celebrate&amp;#039;, written by R Kelly and performed with Sparks - will feature in the musical drama. Sparkle is Houston&amp;#039;s fourth feature film, following The Bodyguard (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher&amp;#039;s Wife. Cee Lo Green and Derek Luke also star in director Salim Akil&amp;#039;s Sparkle, which opens in the US on August 17 and October 5 in the UK. &amp;amp;gt; Sparkle: Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s final movie - in pictures Photo gallery - Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s life in pictures: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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