Editing Dionne Warwick (section)

=== ''Friends Can Be Lovers'' (1990–2000) ===
During the 1990s, Warwick hosted [[infomercial]]s for the [[Psychic Friends Network]], which featured self-described psychic Linda Georgian. The [[900 number]] [[psychic]] service was active from 1991 to 1998. According to press statements throughout the 1990s, the program was the most successful infomercial for several years and Warwick earned in excess of three million dollars per year as spokesperson for the network. In 1998, Inphomation, the corporation owning the network, filed for bankruptcy and Warwick ended her association with the organization. Warwick's longtime friend and tour manager Henry Carr acknowledged that "when Dionne was going through an airport and a child recognized her as 'that psychic lady on TV', Dionne was crushed and said she had worked too hard as an entertainer to become known as 'the psychic lady.{{'"}}{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Warwick's most publicized album during this period was 1993's ''[[Friends Can Be Lovers]]'', which was produced in part by Ian Devaney and [[Lisa Stansfield]]. Featured on the album was "Sunny Weather Lover", which was the first song that Burt Bacharach and Hal David had written together for Warwick since 1972. It was Warwick's lead single in the United States, and was heavily promoted by [[Arista Records|Arista]], but failed to chart. A follow-up "Where My Lips Have Been" peaked at No. 95 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]. The 1994 ''Aquarela Do Brasil'' album marked the end of Warwick's contract with Arista Records. In 1990, Warwick recorded the song "[[It's All Over (Blue System song)|It's All Over]]" with former member of [[Modern Talking]] [[Dieter Bohlen]] ([[Blue System]]). The single peaked at No. 60 (No. 33 airplay) on the German pop charts and it was covered on Blue System's album ''[[Déjà Vu (Blue System album)|Déjà Vu]]''.

In 1993, [[Forrest Sawyer]], host of the ABC news/entertainment program ''[[Day One (TV news series)|Day One]]'', alleged financial improprieties by the Warwick Foundation, founded in 1989 to benefit AIDS patients, and particularly Warwick's charity concert performances organized to benefit the organization as "America's Ambassador of Health". The network news magazine story, "That's What Friends Are For", reported that the Warwick Foundation was operating at more than 90% administrative cost, donating only about 3% of the money it raised to AIDS groups. Several AIDS groups and nonprofit experts criticized her foundation, including an AIDS group in the Virgin Islands that claimed she nearly bankrupted them after extravagant expenses left nothing for local charities. ABC reported that Warwick flew first class and was accommodated at first-class hotels for charity concerts and events in which she participated for the Warwick Foundation, managed by her close confidante, Guy Draper, a former chief of protocol for former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, and who had a history of bankruptcies. Warwick alleged that the ABC report was racially motivated and threatened to sue ABC News for defamation, although a suit was never filed. The Internal Revenue Service began an investigation of the Warwick Foundation after other complaints were filed, and the Warwick Foundation was later dissolved. ABC's story was nominated for a national Emmy award in 1994 and won a prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors national television award in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/1993-ire-award-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330050306/https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/1993-ire-award-winners/ |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |title=1993 IRE Award winners – IRE}}</ref>