Throughout the 1980s, Houston was romantically linked to American football star Randall Cunningham and actor Eddie Murphy, whom she dated.[95] She then met R&B singer Bobby Brown at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. After a three-year courtship, the two were married on July 18, 1992.[96] On March 4, 1993, Houston gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown,[97] her only child, and his fourth. Brown would go on to have several run-ins with the law, including some jail time.[96] With the commercial success of her albums, movie offers poured in, including offers to work with Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones, and Spike Lee; but Houston felt the time wasnt right.[95] Houstons first film role was in The Bodyguard, released in 1992 and co-starring Kevin Costner. Houston played Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her. USA Today listed it as one of the 25 most memorable movie moments of the last 25 years in 2007.[98] Houstons mainstream appeal allowed people to look at the movie color-blind.[99] Still, controversy arose as some felt the films advertising intentionally hid Houstons face to hide the films interracial relationship. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 1993, the singer commented that people know who Whitney Houston is – Im black. You cant hide that fact.[25] Houston received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. The Washington Post said Houston is doing nothing more than playing Houston, comes out largely unscathed if that is possible in so cockamamie an undertaking,[100] and The New York Times commented that she lacked passion with her co-star.[101] Despite the films mixed reviews, it was hugely successful at the box office, grossing more than $121 million in the U.S. and $410 million worldwide, making it one of the top 100 grossing films in film history at its time of release, though it is no longer in the top 100 due to rising ticket prices since the time the film was released.[102]
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