Don’t call it a comeback!

Glamour girl of the ‘90s, Whitney Houston, shines in the first official photo of Sparkle, a movie loosely based on The Supremes. She shares the spotlight with her on-camera daughter Jordin Sparks, who portrays the main character – Sparkle.

“She was so cool and very motherly toward me,” says the Idol alum about working with Whitney, 48. “If I ever looked like I needed something, here she came saying ‘Are you okay?’ “

Whitney gushed about the 22-year-old songstress as well.

“Part of the fun of making this movie is definitely the costumes and the hairstyles. The movie is set in 1963, and we had a great wardrobe, hair and makeup person and I loved wearing the outfits.”

Nippy returns to the silver screen as Emma, her first silver screen appearance since ‘96’s The Preacher’s Wife. Sparkle hits theaters Fall 2012, on August 10.

Bonus: View a magazine scan of video stills from Sparkle. - iLuLuOnline

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