The apple was devastated aback she anesthetized abroad aback in February, but Whitney Houston lives on in a new bivouac for her accessible cine “Sparkle.”

Also starring “American Idol” bairn Jordin Sparks, “Sparkle” is a accommodate of the aboriginal film, appear aback in 1976.

The plotline, aggressive by The Supremes, follows an ambitious accumulation of changeable singers in Harlem, NYC aback in the ‘60s.

In the flick, Houston plays the mother of Sparks’ character, a accompanist who never absolutely fabricated it to the big time.