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今天2005年11月1日，偶们的MIMI又推出了即将红遍的Don't Forget about Us MV,从新专辑发行到今天，偶有好多好多的感慨和感动。
  Today, November 1 will be a big day for Mariah Carey as she visits MTV's TRL at 5 p.m. and then BET's 106th & Park at 6 p.m. to give fans their first TV glance of the video for her new song, "Don't Forget About Us". Also at 6 p.m., fans can surf on over to Yahoo! Music for the exclusive online premiere of the "Don't Forget About Us" video.
Furthermore, the new Platinum Edition of Mariah's hit album The Emancipation Of Mimi is due November 15. The Platinum Edition will feature four new tracks, including "Don't Forget About Us" and "What It Look Like" featuring Jermaine Dupri. A limited edition two-disc set with a DVD also will be released.

话不多说，只想和大家一起回忆每个历史上的今天......

News from Monday October 31, 2005

MTV premieres "Don't forget about us" video









A few lucky fans got to watch the video for "Don't Forget About Us" today as MTV premiered the video early this morning. This is what some have to say: "She wears a brown short short dress. She shows off her butt a bit. She is in a pool in another part. She was in a soccor field with a model who also he starred as her boyfriend throughout the video. When they were in a car together they looked like a real couple. She also wears his jacket at one point. That was a hot look for her. Also she wears lingerie in a part of the video."
"Her leg. Ok, in the other parts her legs were great like always. But in the pool she had one leg like up on the side of the pool. It looked so weird. It looks like she had just fallen in but was hanging on for dear life. Her hair in that part is kinda like Breakdown. Parts of the vid reminded me of her old one's. Like the soccer part for some odd reason it reminded me of Always Be My Baby."
Xavier from Long Beach California wrote: "I just saw the video for Don't Forget About Us, it was freaking great. She looked super fine and as sexy as ever. She was here in San Pedro CA down on the beach. Oh my God. She has a guy in the video, he's the guy from the Dolce & Gabanna ads. He's a bald headed hispanic guy. He's also Pamela Lee's ex boyfriend. Anyway, that video has to be her sexiest ever. I love it."
Chad Meriweather from the USA wrote: "I saw the video for Don't Forget About Us this morning on MTV at like 7am. Mariah is so fucking hot in this video. Sexy as hell. She is in this red sweater thing and in the pool. She is laying down on this fur rug. She puts on a soccer uniform. She is in this jacket with a fur hood. It is just so fucking hot and just what I wanted. This is what I have been waiting for, she really did her thing in this video. She and this guy are like cuddling and shit through out the whole video. It is just hot. It is like a winter time setting maybe fall like. It's so cool. And MC is so fucking hot. I can't wait to see it again. I was really surprised when it came on, but they did say they were putting it into rotation today. It's hot. Very sensual."

Santa Claus is coming to town



The 1970 classic "Santa Claus is coming to town" is re-released on DVD. The story of how Santa Claus came to be is brought to life through the magic of stop-motion animation in this Christmas-themed production for the family. A friendly postman (voiced by Fred Astaire) explains how friendly Kris Kringle (voice of Mickey Rooney), a foundling taken in by a family of toymakers, took it upon himself to bring some happiness to the children of Sombertown, despite the grumpy opposition of Burgermeister Meisterburger (voice of Paul Frees) and the Winter Warlock (voice of Keenan Wynn).
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town was directed and produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., who created another popular animated story of the season, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. This 53 minutes remastered edition includes a CD-Single of Mariah's "Santa Claus is coming to town".



News from Sunday October 31, 2004

Mariah performs at Jay-Z's show



Mariah performs at Jay-Z's show
The Best of Both Worlds tour, starring the R&B singer R. Kelly and the rapper Jay-Z, came to a crashing end yesterday afternoon, one day after a member of Jay-Z's entourage was said to have attacked Mr. Kelly with pepper spray. The singer was dumped from the show yesterday after Jay-Z said he would not share the stage with him. Last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Jay-Z performed to a sold-out crowd, rounding up industry friends to take Mr. Kelly's place, including P. Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, Method Man and Red Man. According to Frank Giallanza who was at the concert, Mariah and Busta performed "I Know What You Want" to the delight of the fans.



News from Sunday October 31, 2003

Mariah the West End girl



Firmly in the category of "different" and "unusual", Mariah Carey has chosen to make her theatrical debut on the West End stage recreating a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe on the big screen. Ms Carey, a singer with a tremendous voice, will star in Terence Rattigan's play, The Sleeping Prince, which as a 1957 movie vehicle for Ms Monroe and Laurence Olivier was known as The Prince And The Showgirl.
The singer, who has had a tempestuous private life, will begin rehearsals in January and take the stage at, possibly, the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in late February or early March. Ms Carey's managers in New York and Los Angeles insist she is serious about wanting to act. She was serious about acting on screen, too, and that was torture for her as much as for audiences.
However, she has been having lessons in voice projection, diction and in how to walk on and off stage with grace and elegance. The whole package. She's desperate to be part of a theatre company and wants to be treated as a thespian, not a star. She will leave her diva at the stage door because it is her dream - indeed, she believes, her destiny - to play the role of Elsie the showgirl on the London stage. The play is about an American showgirl appearing in London while a European Prince is visiting the city.
Representatives of the Rattigan estate confirmed the plan to bring the play to the West End. There's a song in it that Ms Carey, who played Wembley last night, will perform during what is hoped to be an 18-week run. Ms Carey has long been a Monroe devotee, and four years ago paid £500,000 at an auction for Marilyn's babygrand piano. The Sleeping Prince's producer, Bill Kenwright, was not available for comment as he was preparing to travel to New York for the opening on Sunday of his sell-out production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

Mariah Carey returns in triumph



Thousands of Mariah Carey fans have welcomed the return of the singer to London after a three-year wait. The 33-year-old appeared on stage in a silver-sequined bra and miniskirt, and stretched her five-octave range to belt out hits during the Charmbracelet World Tour at Wembley Arena.
Introducing her song Through The Rain, she told the audience: "Thank you. How are you feeling? I'm feeling kind of good myself. Happy to be in London, I'll tell you that much. I want to do a song for you that I wrote about perseverance and pursuing your own way. A very personal song."
The star sang hits from her album Charmbracelet and also treated fans to a selection of her 15 number one singles, including Hero, Heartbreaker and Honey. Matt Goss started things going as the warm-up act to the pop diva. Carey is currently attempting to re-launch her career after going through a very public breakdown last year.
She is the world's best-selling recording artist of the 90s, but was ditched by her label EMI last year. The industry giants had signed her up for a record-breaking £70m, five album deal, but they decided there was no future in the star, and paid her £20m to extricate themselves from the contract.
Carey was then taken on by Universal in May last year for £14m, and the record company gave massive backing to Charmbracelet. The Charmbracelet World Tour has been to Glasgow's SECC, the NEC in Birmingham, and is due at Manchester MEN Arena on November 1 for the final show in the UK leg.

Mariah Carey extends world tour



Mariah Carey has extended plans for her world tour, with new West Coast dates set through Dec. 22 in Costa Mesa, Calif. Beforehand, the pop singer will also visit Shanghai and Manila in mid-November. The artist played London's Wembley Arena Thursday and will be in Europe through Nov. 7 in Milan.
Carey's outing got off to rocky start this summer, when a planned arena tour was downgraded to theaters. But the shows have gone off without incident since then and have done solid business; 15 concerts reported to Billboard Boxscore have grossed about $4.2 million and have played to 78% capacity.
The artist has reached out to her fans, allowing them to request songs via her official Web site. Fans can now choose one song ("One Sweet Day", "Love Takes Time", "Vision of Love" or "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)") to be added each night to the remaining shows.

Visions of Mariah



Mariah Carey is coming to Manila. But just a year before coming here, she's been through hell and back. She survived one of the lowest points of her life and career with sheer endurance, gritty determination and a talent not even the devil can deny. In her past interviews, Mariah openly talked about her struggles as a multi-ethnic teener who encountered racial discrimination, as an aspiring singer who rose above her poverty-stricken background.
Mariah's Cinderella story could very well be the story of her many fans. Before hitting it big with her powerhouse voice, she worked as a waitress and admitted to being fired from "20 restaurants" because of her sassy "attitude". She also labored as a coat checker, beauty salon janitress and part-time backup singer. It was that last gig as backup vocalist for R&B chanteuse Brenda K. Starr that changed Mariah's destiny.
For Mariah's mom Patricia, an opera singer and vocal coach in her younger years, there was no doubt that her daughter was bound for greatness. It was her mom who first noticed Mariah's unique musical gifts as a child. "From the time Mariah was a tiny girl, she sang on true pitch," mom Patricia said, beaming with pride. "She was able to hear a sound and duplicate it exactly."
Mariah's mom nurtured and honed the child's talent by giving her lessons at home. To further polish those precious pipes, Mariah also performed in talent shows and folk music festival. She also sang for friends and studied voice under professionals as early as her high-school days. As they say, practice makes perfect and the same pitch-perfect diva is now drawing crowds and filling up stadiums to the rafters the world over.
After charming all of North America and Europe, this Grammy-winning diva hits Asia with her highly anticipated Charmbracelet World Tour 2003. Of course, her world concert tour wouldn't be complete without a stop in the Philippines. As such, she is set to headline a memorable night of music and memories in the Manila leg of the Charmbracelet tour, which will be held at The Fort Open Field on Nov. 16.
The world tour, presented by Globe's G plan opti SIM, the world's most powerful SIM, Petron Blaze and Tommy Hilfiger Watches serves as a triumphant climax for Mariah's successful comeback bid, which began with the December 2002 release of the chartbusting CD Charmbracelet. The album has sold more than a million copies in the US and a whopping three million copies worldwide.
The Charmbracelet album includes such popular favorites as Through the Rain, Boy (I Need you), and Bringin' on the Heartbreak, as well as her collaboration with Busta Rhymes, I Know What You Want. In more ways than one, the tour serves as Mariah's thanksgiving to her legions of fans who never wavered in their support for her, in spite of the ups and downs of her colorful career.
The Manila show, her very first concert appearance in the Philippines, promises to be an eventful evening for both the diva and her Pinoy fans. "I am passionate about doing something more intimate for my fans," Mariah told the media. "I'm used to do doing arena tours. But, this tour is about my music and my fans."
Since debuting in the music scene in 1990 with the soaring ballad Vision of Love, Mariah has been churning out hit after hit. Her very first single, in fact, cinched for Mariah two major Grammy trophies for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Declared Artist of the Decade in the '90s by Billboard Magazine, Mariah set the record for the most no. 1 singles by any female artist (she has 15!) on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. One Sweet Day, her 1995 collaboration with another recent Manila visitor Boys II Men, still holds the record for most weeks at the No. 1 spot - that's a remarkable 16 weeks on top. Indeed, her Manila show will be One Sweet Day for her countless Pinoy fans.
Before her Manila stop, Mariah performed at the Wembley Arena in London, at the Manchester in Manchester, at the Bercy in Paris, at the Filaforum in Milan, and at the Hong Kou Stadium in Shanghai. After Manila, Mariah will bring back her tour to the US at the Universal City, in Las Vegas, and in Costa Mesa. The Manila leg of the Charmbracelet tour is set on Nov. 16 at The Fort Open Field, Fort Bonifacio, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Mariah Live in Concert: The Charmbracelet 2003 World Tour is also presented in cooperation with No Curfew, The Official Tommy Hilfiger Watch Store and GMA Network and in part by The Manila Bulletin, The Philippine STAR, Teazann International, East West Global Entertainment, MTV Philippines, Wave 89.1, Jam 88.3, Magic 89.9, Joey 92.3, 99.5RT, 103.5 K-Lite, Crossover 105.1, Me, Meg, Mega, Manual, My Home and BluPrint magazines.
Tickets are available in Ticketworld in all National Bookstore outlets. For inquiries, call 891-5610.

There's so much hate towards Mariah Carey



It's a shame how so-called "writers" put lots of time just writing bullsh**. See the 2 articles that dissed Mariah Carey are the best example. Before I would love reading newspapers, and articles because I believed, if it's in print well then is true. But how wrong was I? I was very (3x's) wrong. I just have to be careful with the things I read. I shouldn't believe something just because it is in print, but with now thousands of careless "writers" whom just prefer to get a check coming their way they don't care what they write. They don't seem to care who they hurt. All they care about is themselves. Mariah Carey is a proud, beautiful, and very special person in my life. She's my inspiration. So it hurts me when I do read lies in print.
Something I have noticed is that the media has a "love-hate" relationship with her. They love her when she breaks the Beatles record for "Most Number 1's" they praise her. Tell her she's the best (and she is), but when she had her physical exhaustion the media had a great field day. This is when they love to hate her. That's just wrong. Someone's health should never be made fun of because that's just evil. I'm sure if you get sick you wouldn't like the whole world to make fun of you. Now would you? So I guess I'll end this with these two little quotes:
"Looking down on someone doesn't make you taller, it only makes you smaller..." and "Don't do things to others that you wouldn't like done to yourself..." A proud Mariah Carey fan

Mariah Carey in China



Mariah's performance at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai will be far different from the other concerts given during her 2003 Charmbracelet World Tour. The stage is said to be designed with Chinese features. It is also rumored that up to 34 songs will be performed during the 2 hour show.
Ticket prices range from $15 to $200. Initial reports suggest that Mariah won't have much trouble selling out the 35,000 seat capacity venue. During the first day of availability, over 3,600 tickets were sold out of the box, setting a new ticket sales record. After five days of being on sale, the 8,000 available $15-priced tickets were sold out, with other tickets such as V.I.P. packages also selling respectably.
To celebrate Mariah's concert, a fan party will be held at New World Disco in Shanghai on November 8th. More information can be found at www.mariahcn.com. Mariah is scheduled to arrive in China via the Pu Dong Airport on November 9th at 1:30pm Beijing Time.



News from Sunday October 31, 2002

Can Mariah stage a comeback?



Eminem's latest single is exploding, Justin is leading Nick, and Carlos and Christina have it all over Whitney and Mariah. With pop music's fall superstar siege under way, who needs surnames? New singles from many of pop's biggest-selling acts have set up a high-profile horse race that also hints at how their new albums may fare during the all-important final quarter of 2002. Some of the most intense scrutiny will be on Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, whose offstage exploits have landed them on the covers of supermarket tabloids more often than on those of music magazines since their last albums came out.
Houston is releasing "Just Whitney..." next month, her first new album in four years, and radio hasn't heard much to get excited about so far. The first single, "Whatchulookinat", flopped at pop radio, barely cracking the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September, although it was a dance-club hit, and her Web site notes it has reached No. 7 in Poland. Her recently released second single, "One of Those Days", hasn't generated much enthusiasm back home yet, either.
"I don't necessarily think Whitney's got any baggage, but it remains to be seen how she's going to do," says Michael Steele, program director at Los Angeles Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7). "It's all about a great song, and she's going to need a great song." A great song presumably would swing the spotlight back on Houston's voice after her run-in two years ago with Hawaiian authorities who allegedly found marijuana in one of her travel bags. Possession charges were dismissed, but the incident added to her status as a favorite target of the tabloids.
"It's always harder to get the second single going once the first one hasn't come through," says Jeff Pollack, one of the nation's leading radio consultants. "I think ('One of Those Days') will do better than the first single, but it's too early to tell." Representatives for Houston's label, Arista Records, did not return calls seeking comment.
Carey likewise is attempting to refocus attention from her private life to her music with the single "Through the Rain", after last year's nervous breakdown, the disappointment of her "Glitter" film and album (it's sold just 554,000 copies) and a humbling contract buyout. In January, EMI Records paid her $30 million to close out the remainder of an $80 million, four-album contract she'd signed in 2001. Four months later, Carey signed a $20 million, three-album deal with Island Def Jam Records, part of the Universal Music Group.
At that time, Island Def Jam Chairman Lyor Cohen said, "We were dying to sign her... I never once looked at Mariah as washed up. I've always viewed her as this amazing artist - a great singer and a great songwriter." Radio's response to "Through the Rain", the first single from her "Charmbracelet" album due in December, has been less than amazing since it was released last month. Anthony Acampero, charts manager for the Radio & Records trade publication, thinks that amount of time makes it too soon to render a verdict, but Pollack says, "The first single does not look like it's going to get it done."
Cohen, however, says he's taking the long view on Carey's career and isn't concerned about an out-of-the-gate hit, which would have been more likely with an up-tempo leadoff single than a dramatic ballad such as "Through the Rain". "I did not want to do the typical record company fake artificial radio boogie on this because Mariah is in a different place in her life," Cohen says. "I chose an entirely different method and that is to let this record go out without a video, take its time and slowly and methodically penetrate and gain traction. Then we'll put the video out. Then we'll do Oprah and then the Today show. And at that time is when this record should be judged."
At KIIS-FM, Steele says, "I like (Houston's new single)... I can't say the same for Mariah's... But I'll tell you what's going to be an even bigger hit is the next Christina (Aguilera) single, Beautiful. That's not just a great record; it could be a career record for her. And Dirrty continues to be a big hit for us. By far the biggest record of the fall is going to be Santana. The single (The Game of Love) with Michelle Branch is already a No. 1 request with us."
Aguilera and the Carlos Santana-led group Santana are more typical of the current trend in which superstar records are getting listeners fired up fast. "It looks like almost everything on the superstar level is being pretty well-received," R&R's Acampero says. In the solo teen-idol sweepstakes, 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake is the victor over his Backstreet Boy rival, Nick Carter, at least with their initial volleys. Timberlake's single "Like I Love You" is getting almost double the airplay nationally that Carter's leadoff solo single, "Help Me", is, according to R&R.
At the same time, rap's 800-pound gorilla, Eminem, is muscling his way to the top of the charts again with "Lose Yourself", from the "8 Mile" soundtrack, which is expected to give him one of the fall's runaway hits and his second monster album of the year. "The Eminem record is massive," Pollack says. "He just gets better and better. He's really swinging to the fences here."

Shedding light on Mariah's single cancellation



Mariah's "Through The Rain" single has been cancelled as a commercial release within the United States. To most artists, this is nothing major. But for Mariah, who has a history of exemplary single sales, it's a disappointment to her fans, who are used to commercial singles filled with remixes for every Mariah track promoted by her label. This announcement comes in a bid to boost album sales and it's a tactic that ninety percent of today's most popular artists use. Looking at MTV's Total Request Live, which counts down the ten hottest music videos and songs in the nation, only one of those songs has been, or will be, released as a commercial CD single, which is Kelly Clarkson's "A moment like this".
The current countdown is sprinkled with other radio superstars like Eminem, No Doubt, Avril Levigne, Justin Timberlake, and many others. And although "Through The Rain" has yet to fully catch on to radio, its airplay isn't the reason the single will not be released. Take a look at Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. At number one is Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland with "Dilemma". At number two is Eminem's "Lose Yourself". At number four is Missy Elliott's "Work It" and at number six is "Gangsta Lovin" by Eve and Alicia Keys. None of these songs were released as a single in any format within the United States, yet they are still huge hits.
However, having a single that doesn't make the top 10, top 20, top 40, or even top 100 really doesn't matter these days. Take Britney Spears for example. The lead single from her last album, "I'm A Slave 4 U", did poorly at radio as well as on the Billboard singles charts, yet her album debuted at number one, selling over 700,000 copies. Her four follow-up singles did even worse on the Hot 100, yet the album remained a hot seller. Two less severe, but more recent examples are Faith Hill and Christina Aguilera. Faith Hill recently hit #1 on the album chart, despite less-than-usual airplay for her "Cry" single, which stalled at number thirty-three on the Hot 100. Christina Aguilera's new single "Dirrty" couldn't climb any higher than forty-six on the singles chart, but her album is expected to debut within the top 5, if not #1 on next week's album chart.
So in conclusion, the "cancellation" of Mariah's single is really nothing to get fired up about. It's not necessarily bad, either. In fact, it's extremely rare these days if anyone releases a single to stores in the United States, as Billboard's singles chart is based on seventy-five percent radio. It's a known fact that radio will play what they want. Even if Mariah is #1 in requests, if the station doesn't like her, they aren't going to play her. It's also known that people will only buy what they want, and when Mariah's album is released - that's what they'll want. And, besides, fans won't be missing much except a few cheaply produced standard club mixes. Those will be available for download on the Internet shortly, anyway. The real treat of the single, the Remix featuring Kelly Price and Joe, is also included on Mariah's album - in stores December 3rd. So, exactly what is it that we're losing? Think about it.



News from Sunday October 31, 2000

Max Beesly

Recently Max Beesly was on a few British television shows where he discussed filming with Mariah. He said that he was really proud of all his work in "All That Glitters". He also mentioned that it was his best performance, which was brought about by working with such brilliant stars.

Interviewer: You play Mariah Carey's boyfriend or something like that, don't you?
Max: Yeah I'm her Record Producer and then we become lovers and then the whole thing becomes volitile.
Interviewer: Can you clear up this rumour in the paper about the mouthwash?
Max: Awww its terrible, all that! I had a chat with Mel about that - she was cool about all that!
Interviewer: She's cool isn't she.
Max: She's lovely, lovely.
Interviewer: So it's not true that Mel made you rinse out with mouthwash after you kissed Mariah, you know before you kissed her.
Max: Not at all, no.
Interviewer: Well Mel gave us a litle call and says whatever you do - make sure he has another bottle to come home to. [interviewer Gives Max a bottle of mouthwash and Max laughs]
Max: Lovely! Bless her. Aww thanks, darling. [Max reads label: "Twelve hour action cool mint, lovely!"]
Interviewer: But no, what was Mariah like then?
Max: The thing about it is, you know what? You know what we do, the papers and the media in this country, they have such a responsibility because people really do believe what they read, and she has got quite a bad reputation, you know, Mariah and I'll never ever judge anybody until I meet them ever again because she was lovely! She was like a breath of fresh sir, you know! And dead professional and generous and just a nice girl and, it's a shame that they abuse the power they have the media!
Interviewer: Sometimes! And you are right in the thick of it really at the moment!
Max: Yeah. It's horrible cause they point me out to be some celebrity freak womanising guy.

Westlife were not snubbed by Mariah



Irish pop sensations Westlife have slammed a rumour that superstar Mariah Carey got them banned from appearing on the British chart show Top Of The Pops. Mariah was so upset at the rumour, she even telephoned the group from Barbados to apologise for it.
The smear merchants claimed that Westlife did not appear in the Top Of The Pops video for their joint hit single Against All Odds at Mariah's request. Westlife manager Louis Walsh says, "They weren't in the video and the reason for that is quite simple. Mariah was in Toronto making a movie and it was there that the video was shot. They were busy and just couldn't be there. Mariah gets very bad press with people saying all sorts of things about her. Contrary to these rumours, the lads in Westlife think the world of her and they got on like a house on fire when they recorded together."



Source:MCArchives

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News from Tuesday November 1, 2005

QUICK HITS



Today, November 1 will be a big day for Mariah Carey as she visits MTV's TRL at 5 p.m. and then BET's 106th & Park at 6 p.m. to give fans their first TV glance of the video for her new song, "Don't Forget About Us". Also at 6 p.m., fans can surf on over to Yahoo! Music for the exclusive online premiere of the "Don't Forget About Us" video.
Furthermore, the new Platinum Edition of Mariah's hit album The Emancipation Of Mimi is due November 15. The Platinum Edition will feature four new tracks, including "Don't Forget About Us" and "What It Look Like" featuring Jermaine Dupri. A limited edition two-disc set with a DVD also will be released.

(Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report)

MIDAS TOUCH



Jermaine Dupri has been involved with countless hits, but none might be as satisfying as "I Think They Like Me", Dem Franchise Boyz's breakout smash. In this issue, the song is No. 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. At first glance, No. 6 may seem like small potatoes to a guy like Dupri. After all, he became the youngest-charting producer in music history at the age of 14. He introduced such R&B acts as TLC, Jagged Edge and Xscape to the music world. During the past two years, his Midas touch revived the career of Mariah Carey and generated multiple hit singles for Usher and Bow Wow. In September, no fewer than four singles he produced were in the top 10 of the R&B/hip-hop chart.
But Dem Franchise Boyz are special to Dupri, because they mark his first real hit as president of Virgin Records' urban division. Forget about emancipating Mimi. Dupri is going for a real coup: turning Virgin Records into a powerhouse for urban hits. Right now though, after nearly a year that has not quite yet delivered on his promise, and for a label that has not had even a top 10 urban chart hit since Carey's "Loverboy" in 2001, Dem Franchise Boyz have got to be looking pretty good.
Dupri may be trying to make it as an exec, but any discussion of his career must start with his impressive production résumé. He has been behind the boards for 17 No. 1 R&B/hip-hop singles. In 2005 alone, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 17, for four straight weeks, there were four Dupri-produced singles in the top 10 of the R&B/hip-hop chart (two each for Carey and Bow Wow). Carey revived her career with the first four singles from her smash album, "The Emancipation of Mimi".
"I don't know if people really understand how prolific he is," Carey says. "JD is one of the few examples of the modern-day producer with staying power." Bow Wow adds, "JD is a great songwriter and producer, and his energy and creativity is unlike any other. He really gets to know the artists that he works with, and that's why his songs fit so perfectly." Usher, who collaborated with Dupri on three songs from his 2004 multiplatinum "Confessions" album, also believes that if anyone can make an impact at Virgin, it is Dupri.
"Virgin is incredibly lucky to have Jermaine as president," Carey says. "JD knows how to package music as well as make it. If he were running Virgin when I was there, it would definitely have been different. JD would have been smart enough to keep the project on track. Rather than rush out 'Loverboy' [from Carey's Sony 2001 release, "Glitter"], he would have said, 'I think we should go back in the studio, put our heads together and write a great Mariah Carey first single.' " (In January 2002, Virgin Records terminated its recording contract with Carey and agreed to pay her $28 million to leave the label.)

(excerpts from Billboard Magazine)

HOLY HALLOWEEN, BATMAN



We had a very early eye-opener on Halloween at the "Today" show, where Matt Lauer and Al Roker dressed as Batman and Robin. Between takes, when the cameras weren't rolling, Katie Couric played up her Marilyn Monroe costume, flirting suggestively with Matt. Al Roker quipped, "It's a good thing he has a c--k plate on that costume." Ann Curry, as Audrey Hepburn, was too much of a lady to react.
That evening we hit Bette Midler's annual Hulaween Ball, which doubled as her 60th birthday party and was of epic proportions. Dressed as a rose, Bette received birthday greetings from costumed guests including Martha Stewart, Glenn Close, Eartha Kitt, Martin Short, and Sting and Trudie Styler. A devilishly attired Elton John entertained the crowd. Mariah Carey said she didn't don a costume thanks to the unflattering press coverage of the bridal getup she wore last year.
Some things stay the same, and even after giving birth and getting married this year, Heidi Klum still threw her Halloween bash. Seal came later than Heidi, dressed as a cop, and mingled with Zac Posen, Damon Dash and the tanned Valentino.

(Elites tv)



News from Tuesday November 1, 2004

FABULOUS TOM FORD TELLS ALL

Mariah Carey is out and about, looking good and looking confident. (At Usher's birthday party, she huddled and danced with Denzel Washington for most of the night.) Carey, who has seen her stock rise and fall, and then rise again, is said to have a monster hit with her new album from Island/Def Jam Records. And she hasn't even finished recording it yet. First listeners say it is "the strongest album of Mariah's career". In a career that has seen some stratospheric highs, that's saying a lot.
The label's big honcho, LA Reid, has worked closely with Mariah on this effort, as has producer Jermaine Dupri, who has a current hit with Usher and Alicia Keys. I wish all the best for Mariah, a girl who has had her share of problems but who is, I think, essentially a young woman to whom fame - in the person of career-molder Tommy Mottola - came too fast and too furious. Her 1994 Christmas album remains constantly in my CD player during the holiday season. It is my favorite Mariah recording. (Her "O' Holy Night" is stupendous.)

(New York Post)

WITH HELP FROM KANYE, R. KELLY, MARIAH READIES NEW LP

Mariah Carey's got more men than she knows what to do with - working on her upcoming record, that is. So far, the singer has enlisted a host of top rappers, R&B stars and producers for the project, now slated for a spring release.
When asked about the album recently, Carey responded coyly: "Oh, you don't want to hear about that now. You can just wait. No, the record is cool. I'm happy with it. We got ballads, we got uptempos, we got a lot of things."
So far, Carey has collaborated with Kanye West, R. Kelly, N.O.R.E., Jermaine Dupri, Swizz Beatz, James Poyser, Randy Jackson and, most recently, the Neptunes and Snoop Dogg. "I just did two records with the Neptunes, and one with me, Snoop and Pharrell," she said.
Jermaine Dupri worked with her recently as well, putting what he calls the "JD bounce" on a track called "Shake 'Em Off" and then stepping out of the producer's chair to duet with Carey on a song called "Can I Get Your Number". "Mariah is singing unlike we've heard her in a while," Dupri said. "Sh-- is hot."
N.O.R.E. concurred, saying that after he worked with the singer for her album, he immediately enlisted her services for his own forthcoming LP, One Fan a Day, due out December 21. One of his tracks - at first tentatively called "Friends" and now currently without a title - features a previously unreleased verse from the late Big Punisher. Carey, however, didn't have the benefit of hearing that verse before she came up with the chorus.
"I told her to think like Pun was still alive," N.O.R.E. said. "I told her to think of [Pun's] 'It's So Hard' and 'I'm Not a Player.' I know she was mad at me [because she didn't get to hear it], but I know the world is going to love it."
Yet another collaboration - this time with Scott Storch - was just as fruitful, but for someone else's album. Hearing a beat Storch made for Jadakiss' single "U Make Me Wanna" made Carey wanna be on the song. "I was just like, 'This is hot tamale. We need to do this together,' " she said. "And then we went into the studio, and basically they had the 'La-La-La' part, and I started singing 'K-i-s-s me' because I was thinking of his name..."
"She made it a hit," Jadakiss interrupted. "No, I'm not trying to take no credit," Carey continued. "It's just that it was cute, so I started singing it, and they decided to make it the hook of the song, and then it came to be."
Now that she's softened up Jada's single, she's eager to have the rapper return the favor. "When are you going to get some Kiss vocals on there?" the rapper asked her. "I have a nice track that I would love for you to be on," Carey told him. "It's a Swizz Beatz record that's hot tamale, and we need you on it. "No doubt. It's a done deal," Jadakiss said. "And I heard it first."
Since Carey's album is still in progress, it hasn't been determined which, if any, of Carey's pairings will make the final cut, her label rep noted.

(MTV News)

NEW MUM HEIDI SHOWS SHE'S STILL HOT ON HALLOWEEN

Heidi Klum's annual Halloween party has become something of an institution on the Big Apple social scene and despite recently becoming a mum, the model is clearly as enthusiastic about the holiday as ever. The catwalk stunner was almost unrecognisable in a sizzling red wig and fangs as she partied alongside boyfriend Seal, darkly handsome in Phantom Of The Opera garb.
Heidi, who spends months working on her costume, had obviously put as much thought into her get up as she did last year when she spent several hours getting her teeth gold plated to help transform her into an alien. In the past she has dressed as everything from Lady Godiva to Betty Boop.
After making such an effort herself, Heidi is determined to ensure her guests do, too. "I'm very strict," she admits. "If you don't wear a costume it ruins everything. But people need to get crazy, with fantastic costumes. Putting on a clown nose and a funny hat is not enough."
Not surprising then that guests such as Mariah Carey, who wore perhaps the world's skimpiest bridal outfit, and P Diddy - a masked centurion - had gone all out on their own fancy dress. Also joining in the fun were reclusive Versace heiress Allegra, Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton.
And Heidi wasn't the only one getting into the spirit of things over the weekend. Daughter Leni, gently cradled in Seal's arms, also put in an appearance kitted out as a diminutive green dragon, complete with rosy wings and scarlet crest.

(Hello magazine)



News from Saturday November 1, 2003

Mariah's London Halloween bash



Seven-octaves-of-sin Mariah Carey has chosen London to host her blinged-up Halloween party, a snip at a mere quarter-of-a-million pounds. After a gruelling five months touring the world (gruelling for the world, too), Mariah has chosen to unwind with spooky festivities at The Collection. After handing out invites tastefully decorated with snaps of herself in a witch costume complete with broom, Mariah is said to have had a special "enchantress" costume designed for the night. This will enable her to float around looking smiley and spaced with no one batting an eyelid. Beyonce, Pink and Atomic Kitten (spot the odd one out) have all received one of the scary invitations and can expect to get their chops around some pumpkin pie, sup some Frankenstein-cocktails, and get their fortunes told: "I see three scraggy girls whose 15 minutes is almost up...". Guests can even enjoy Mariah's Jacko tribute, and enjoy various fairgorund rides.

Mariah Carey backs remix album with U.S. shows

Mariah, who spent much of the summer touring, returns to the US theater circuit in late 2004. So far she has booked a handful of December shows in the West; the majority of her July, August and September dates focused on the Midwest and East.



News from Saturday November 1, 2002

Mariah fires back at Eminem



Not only has Mariah Carey fired back after a troublesome 12 months with the release of a new album, but she's also firing back at rapper Eminem. The controversial rapper told Rolling Stone magazine in June that he didn't like the superstar: "On the whole personal level, I'm not really feeling it. I just don't like her as a person. I learned a lesson from it: Don't believe the hype... She doesn't really have it all together." With the December release of her new album fast approaching, Carey has taken the opportunity to let Eminem know how she feels.

Mariah's first singled pulled?

Mariah Carey has not been given the vote of confidence she was looking for from new record label Def Jam - they've refused to release her new single. Carey signed to the label in May, four months after she left Virgin Records.

Australian exclusive for "Through The Rain"

Universal Music Australia are feeling confident with the release of "Through The Rain" fast approaching. They realise that ballads are simply not popular in Australia, and while the videoclip is great, it needs something to spice it up.



News from Saturday November 1, 2001

Fans are never too far



Mariah Carey's brand new flick Glitter has been receiving very bad press since its U.S debut in early September. Bad reviews, no promotion, minimal coverage - it copped it all. It bombed in the U.S, all mainly due to those factors and the terrorist attacks of September 11. Glitter, about a young singer (Carey) fighting for a dream and dealing with personal issues on the way, was expected to follow suit from the U.S and flop in Australia, but Mariah's Australian fan base is still strong - proving that she is the queen of the entertainment industry.

Carey shifts into high gear

Only three months after Mariah Carey checked herself into a Connecticut hospital for two weeks following what her publicist termed "an emotional and physical breakdown", the diva has returned to her punishing work schedule with a vengeance.

Mariah will help Yankees overcome adversity

Hours after filing divorce papers, Mariah Carey arrived at Yankees Spring Training in Tampa. Carey watched then-boyfriend Derek Jeter take fungoes, and then the two went out to a local restaurant for a very public dinner.



News from Wednesday November 1, 2000

Mariah leaves a message for Howard Stern

Radio Mariah is at it again. The aspiring movie star/singer Mariah Carey is leaving messages on her Web site again for anyone who'll listen. You may recall that earlier this summer Carey was complaining that politics at her label, Sony, were preventing her from having another number one hit.
Now Carey, who's been filming All That Glitters since July 29th, has left a new message on a fan's answering machine. Sighing, she announces: "Okay, so now I'm gonnoo [sic] feel totally inhibited about leaving messages on this thing. Because it seems the messages somehow have become fodder for the Howard Stern Show. But anyway, I'm not gonnoo [sic] stop calling or stop reading - get ready Howard - the FAN BOOKS! Which are books made by the fans. Because basically the fan books are more about you guys and how you relate to the music than me. And I sound relaxed because I am - so thank you and goodnight."
Carey is then heard laughing hysterically as she hangs up. What caused all this? Apparently on October 25th Stern played a bunch of Mariah's looney messages on his show, courtesy of a guy named Vinnie Favale. Favale downloads the messages from Mariah's web site, as well as MP3 things and porno.
Stern, of course, went to town dissecting the messages, particularly the stuff about Carey's "fan books." Evidently members of Carey's fan club regularly assemble scrapbooks with pictures of her and them and send them along for Mariah to peruse, Nora Desmond-style, in her free time.
Stern said, "I could play these things all day. They fascinate me." This could be the start of something big. We'll have to stay tuned...

(Fox411)

News from Sunday November 2, 2005

MARILYN INSPIRES MARIAH TO SHED CLOTHES FOR NEW VIDEO





Mariah Carey doesn't want you to forget about her - which is why she's re-releasing her album The Emancipation of Mimi with

extra tracks, including her latest single, "Don't Forget About Us", the video for which she just shot in Los Angeles with

director Paul Hunter. The clip is an homage to her fans, first loves and, oddly enough, Marilyn Monroe.
First, the fans. Carey says she could have saved the new music that's going to be on the re-release of "Mimi", but that

would mean we'd be waiting for a least "a couple of years" before we'd get to hear anything on a new album, and where's the

fun in that?
Her label head, L.A. Reid, loved "Don't Forget About Us" so much, she said, that he convinced her to speed up the process

and get a few tracks out now. (In addition to "Don't Forget About Us," there's also three other new songs: "What It Look

Like", "So Lonely [One and Only Part 2]" and a remix of "We Belong Together" featuring Jadakiss and Styles P.) A further nod

to the fans are secret messages on a wall in the video for "Don't Forget About Us", "like we did in Shake It Off," she said,

that only the diehard can decipher. "See if they figure it out! It's a sort of thank you to the fans."
The secret messages wouldn't be that much fun, though, if they didn't connect to something relatable, and in this case, it's

true love. "It's basically a love song, saying to somebody, 'There was something good, don't forget about it!' " Carey

explained. "Each song has, not necessarily a different message, but a different mood, a different feeling," she continued.

"It evokes something different depending on who listens to it and at what time. 'Don't Forget About Us' could give you a

good, happy memory, or you could be miserable, crying, listening to it over and over. All in all, I think it's good to have

music you can live vicariously through, and that's what a lot of people have told me this record has been for them."
Carey picked Hunter to helm the clip, after last teaming up with him on 1997's "Honey", which she calls one of her favorite

videos. "I was always like, 'I wish I could do something like Honey again,' " she said. So together they dreamed up scenarios

where Carey luxuriates in her home, on a beach, in a car and on a soccer field, as she reminisces about the one who got away,

interspersed with flashbacks of happier times, as the onetime couple canoodles in their former hangouts. One such scene takes

place in a pool, as an older - and possibly nude - Mariah sings with one leg up on the edge, as a younger, swimsuited Mariah

frolics with her beau in flashbacks.
"That shot was totally and completely inspired by 'Something's Got to Give', Marilyn Monroe's last movie that never got

finished," she explained. "It's an homage to her, because I've never seen anyone re-create it. So many people have emulated

so many of Marilyn's classic moments, but it's just that I'm a big fan of hers, and I thought it was really pretty at night

with the pool. No one could ever be as fabulous as Marilyn was, but it's in honor and homage to her."
Carey will open the American Music Awards with her first live performance of "Don't Forget About Us" on November 22 at 8

p.m. on ABC.

(MTV News)

MARIAH'S STILL THE MAIN WOMAN



SonyBMG brings you Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits - a two CD album featuring all of her greatest hits. Mariah Carey is the

best selling female artist of the 1990s having sold in excess of 120million albums worldwide since her chart debut - not

suprising with her stunning five-octave voice and the sheer range of her musical talent.
The two CD album includes classic tracks such as Emotions, Hero, Dreamlover, Without You, Endless Love duet with Luther

Vandross and Against All Odds featuring Westlife. She is a true superstar and her latest album, The Emancipation of Mimi, has

gone Platinum in the UK, showing that Mariah is only gaining in her popularity and that her shattering vocals are as

incredible as ever.

(The Midweek Observer)

MARIAH LEARNS HUMIDIFIER TRICK FROM LUTHER



Pop diva Mariah Carey's penchant for sleeping in a room full of humidifiers the night before a concert is a vocal tip she

learned from late soul great Luther Vandross. The singer has often been ridiculed for her vocal demands, but she insists she

has to take care of her voice.
She explains, "I sleep as much as I can the night before (a show). We have to sleep to hit the notes. I need humidifiers

when I sleep because it's good for my voice. Luther Vandross, God bless him, told me that."

(Contact Music)

QUICK NEWS


TEOM sold another 38,000 (23% decrease from last week) as it tumbles to #17. This brings the total sales of the album to 3.65

million copies in the US alone. The decrease in sales is expected especially now that the news regarding the re-release has

been out to the general public. Sales is expected to dramatically drop until the week of the re-release.
The release date for "Don't forget about us" in the UK has been moved to December 12, 2005. The song is expected to come in

the top 5 and maybe even vie for the top spot. Sales of the "The Emancipation of Mimi" now stands at 390,000 copies and will

soon be certified quadruple platinum (4x) in the UK as well. It is expected to sell over 500,000 copies by the end of the

year.

(PMCF)



News from Tuesday November 2, 2004

Ladies will be gents...



Party police at Heidi Klum's Halloween party at Marquee cleared out the men's bathroom to make for Paris Hilton and Nicole

Richie. The "Simple Life" stars didn't want to wait in line at the ladies' room. Curiously, though, the pair felt compelled

to share one stall, claims a spy who was slow to vacate the loo. (While they were in there, another party girl wandered into

the bathroom and snatched the makeup bag Hilton had left on the counter.)

Stars go for kinky costumes



Mariah Carey tells pals she never felt sexy at her wedding to Tommy Mottola back in 1993, so she became a bride again on

Sunday night, this time in a sultry dress reminiscent of the one in Madonna's "Like a Virgin" video.

Mariah records with heavyweights



Mariah Carey is making sure her next album is a big hit by signing up heavyweights like The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, Kanye

West, R Kelly and Snoop Dogg to work with her on new tracks. Producer Dupri was impressed with one track on the new album.

Darey Carey hardly scary



Stunning Mariah Carey shows off a nice pairy - in a saucy fancy-dress bride's outfit. The busty singer, 34, looked a bit of

all white as she turned up for her own Halloween party in New York. Other guests included hip hop star P Diddy.

Mariah scary



It wasn't the most frightening costume, but Mariah Carey's bridalwear got them talking at her annual Halloween bash. The

singer stunned New York's Club Kane by arriving in just sexy white undies and a wedding veil.





News from Sunday November 2, 2003

Playboy Barbie proves she's no circus freak



With her background firmly established in poverty, Mariah Carey again proved on Saturday she had soared shining brightly like

a phoenix from the ashes into the main spotlight a triumph which she has managed to sustain for 10 years. With Matt Goss as

support, warbler Mariah greeted 3000 fans dressed in a Kylie-esque spangly costume to screams as piercing as her superstar

status demanded. Her appearance was that of a playboy Barbie physically altered from her dowdy tentative steps into the

charts in the early 1990s. With hits such as Dream Lover, Hero and debut single Vision of Love, she dug deep into her soul

roots and delighted the audience with vocal acrobatics. Mariah's set was a circus led bya top-hatted MC, complete with

clowns, big top and trapeze artists to prop up the ever-costume changing diva. But the Long Island songstress stood alone.

Mariah gets £30k earrings from prince



What do you give the girl who has everything? Well, her Charmbracelet album didn't prove a success, so a £30,000 pair of

earrings was probably a far better bet. And so it proved for Mariah Carey in the early hours of yesterday.

Mariah song remade for upcoming film



Child actress Olivia Olsen, who plays Joanna Anderson in the upcoming romantic comedy Love Actually starring Huge Grant,

remakes Mariah's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" for a performance piece in the film.



News from Saturday November 2, 2002

What a Carey on



She was ditched by her record company, suffered a breakdown and allegedly tried to commit suicide all in the space of a year.

But Mariah Carey is back with a new album, Charm Bracelet. And it's good to see her diva-like behaviour is as ridiculous as

ever. Her Royal Highness Mariah kicked up an almighty fuss when she pitched up to a party at The Collection in Knightsbridge.

After just 10 minutes, the 32-year-old "star" clicked her fingers and screeched: "I want my own party." Looking spooky in a

huge black cape - well, it was Halloween - she hand-picked 3am and a few other lucky guests to be whisked off to an impromptu

bash.

Total Request Live



Total Request Live
I just wanted to share some great news from the States. Total Request Live is one of MTV US's most watched shows. "Through

The Rain" has been on the show all week in various positions from 7 to 3 to 4, etc. Today "Through The Rain" is #1.

News from Friday November 2, 2001

Inside Mariah Carey's mailbag



In light of recent anthrax attacks, we can only imagine the kooky letters now being sent to celebrities. Frankly, we wouldn't

blame Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts if they incinerated every piece of dopey fan mail sent to them. Of course, there was a time

when an envelope postmarked Trenton, N.J. and carrying no return address on its face would not cause alarm. Once, an

autograph request was not considered a potential spore-bearing threat. We're recalling that innocent time with this

collection of fan letters sent in the early 1990s to our favorite performer. Last year, a TSG source and some of her

coworkers found five boxes of old Mariah mail stacked at a Manhattan curb.

Legacy



Universal Records will release the Boyz II Men compilation, "Legacy" (The Greatest Hit Collection), on Tuesday, November 13.

Culled from the group's four albums, the 14-track collection chronicles the record-breaking career of the pop sensations.

Mariah Carey: cuisine dreaming



Reports from the set of the oft-scoffed Ally McBeal include stories of Ms. Carey - who I'm sure you've already heard is a

making a pipes-included pop-up on the series - and a rather large entourage. So, what's the surprise?

News from Tuesday November 2, 1999

"Rainbow" - Everywhere you look



Mariah Carey is busting out all over - and we don't just mean that superskimpy top she wore for yesterday's miniconcert on

the "Today" show. It will be virtually impossible to miss that Carey has a new album, "Rainbow", that will be in stores

today. The promotional campaign runs the gamut from TV to radio to record stores, and even her auction purchase of Marilyn

Monroe's piano last week added to the frenzy. Strutting in front of a rainbow of balloons yesterday at Rockefeller Center,

Carey reduced some of the audience to tears during a sing-along version of her 1994 hit "Hero". Her loving throng also heard

two numbers from the new album, No. 1 hit "Heartbreaker" and "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)". "I love you, New York,

but it's early. I ain't gonna lie," she exclaimed from the Rockefeller Center stage shortly after 8:30 a.m. Later, she moved

on to Hot 97, where she was a guest radio deejay for two hours. Carey will make a promotional appearance at 6 p.m. today at

the Coconuts record store on Sixth Ave. and 51st St., where she will meet 20 lucky fans who will travel with her to Chicago

tonight on her promotional tour.

For Mariah, a life that glitters

Though the best-selling female artist of the '90s looks quite settled, curled up in bed in the Manhattan hotel suite where

she has been living while her recently purchased downtown loft undergoes renovations, she is gearing up for a busy night. In

an hour, she will meet with a choreographer working on her upcoming Fox TV special, which airs Dec. 14. After that, Carey

will head over to a recording studio to remix Thank God I Found You, the second single from album Rainbow, which hits stores

today. She's everywhere: Mariah Carey performs on NBC's 'Today' show Monday. She has a Fox special airing in December (AP).
"I did this album in three months," says Carey, picking at a salad that has been brought to her on a dinner tray. "For me,

that's quick. And most of that time, I was working on the first single." That single, Heartbreaker, was released in September

and became Carey's 14th No. 1 pop hit. Like many of her more recent hits, Heartbreaker finds the 29-year-old singer/

songwriter/ producer incorporating hip-hop and contemporary R&B textures and collaborating with stars from those genres.
Rapper Jay-Z appears on the original version; Missy Elliott and Da Brat contribute to a remix that's also on the album.

Snoop Dogg, Usher, Joe and 98 Degrees appear elsewhere on Rainbow. But Carey feels that the highlight of her Rainbow sessions

was getting the opportunity to team up with a couple of relatively old-school pop-soul savants: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
"I'm a huge fan of those guys," Carey says. "Working with them is the best musical step I've taken yet." Jam and Lewis are

best known for their groove-based work with such artists as Janet Jackson and the SOS Band. But in co-writing and co-

producing songs with Carey, they focused on ballads, encouraging the diva to show off her celebrated vocal chops. "I could go

in any direction they wanted, and they took me to another level," Carey says.
She was so pleased by her rapport with Jam and Lewis that she has recruited them as co-executive producers for the

soundtrack of a film she's developing, called All That Glitters. The movie, in which Carey will star as an aspiring singer,

was scheduled to begin shooting last year, and Heartbreaker was intended for the soundtrack. When shooting was pushed back,

Carey used her unexpected downtime to make Rainbow. Production on Glitters now is expected to begin early next year, with

plans for a Christmas 2000 release.
"The film is set in the club scene of the early '80s," Carey says. "My character is in a girl group. She's discovered by

this DJ, and they have a relationship. But the film is more about her getting in touch with herself and her mother - because

she gets taken away from her mom at an early age."
Like Carey, who has a black Venezuelan father and an Irish-American mother, the character is multiracial. "But in her case,

her mother's black, and her father's white. And they were never married, and the father doesn't acknowledge her. So she feels

very lonely until she gets with this DJ. He's like the king of the club, but then she outgrows him."
Some might be tempted to compare the DJ to Carey's ex-husband, Sony Music chairman/CEO Thomas Mottola. Mottola brought Carey

to Columbia Records 10 years ago and is widely assumed to have exercised a Svengali-like control over her career until they

separated in 1997. But Carey insists that her character's relationship with the DJ is "very different" from her own

relationship with Mottola - a subject she approaches with obvious discretion.
"I don't want to come across as dwelling on the past or as exploiting that whole 'pity me' thing," she says. "My life has

always been a struggle. At first, it was to overcome how I felt about being multiracial and not having money and all kinds of

craziness. After my career started, some of my insecurities were played upon. It was, like, 'Don't be yourself in an

interview - be guarded.' 'Don't get recognized in public.' That was isolating. But I allowed myself to be in that situation.

I allowed myself to be unhappy longer than I should have been."
Since her split from Mottola, reporters have zealously tracked Carey's social activities and speculated on her love life.

Many also have made note of her sartorial progress as a single woman. Though she was groomed as a wholesome pop ingenue, the

singer has taken to playing up her sultry good looks with skimpy, form-hugging outfits - such as the sleek little numbers she

models in the album art for Rainbow and the cheeky videos for the Heartbreaker single and remix.
"OK, it is a little like 'Here's my body!' " Carey says. "But I think when I do something, it's taken as twice as risque as

when, like, Madonna or Janet Jackson does something even more out there. People still want me to be the girl next door."

Carey adds that her exhibitionism is rooted in lingering feelings of self-doubt. "I didn't think I was pretty when I was

younger," she says. "So I would walk around with a tight little ensemble on, because that's what my images of pretty was. But

I was never promiscuous... I'm not promiscuous now."
At the moment, Carey has a steady beau in Latin singing star Luis Miguel. "We met in Aspen last year," Carey says. "We were

both renting houses, and the real estate agents lied to us. They told him I wanted to meet him, and they told me he wanted to

throw a party for me. I guess they wanted to fix us up. We've been in 26 cities together. It's really interesting for me to

be in a place where there are thousands of girls running up to him, speaking in Spanish, and I'm not the focus of attention -

I can just enjoy it. And he's come to America and Europe and Korea with me and had the same experience. So it's not a

competition. It's nice to be with someone who's secure with who they are."
Some of the relationships that Carey has formed in recent years have been more problematic. "I went through a period

trusting a lot of people - men and women," she says. "But at the end of the day, some people may be around you because you're

ordering Cristal for the table or because you can always guarantee a booth at a club."
Then there are Carey's critics. Early on, many cast the singer as, in her words, "this pop-pablum diva." Despite her massive

popularity, detractors continue to dismiss her work as drab and predictable. "I think she very effectively repositioned

herself by embracing her fondness for hip-hop," says Alan Light, editor in chief of Spin. "It's starting to feel like a

formula, though: 'I've got to have enough of the hip-hop tracks to keep the kids, and then I've got to have the big ballads.'

But you can't consistently turn out hits the way she does because of marketing. There's something in her that people

genuinely respond to. She's in that diva stratosphere, but she's more human-scale and approachable. Whitney (Houston) was the

princess. With Mariah, there's more of a sense of vulnerability."
Carey acknowledges that fame and success haven't inured her to the slings and arrows of others. She may be able to fork over

$662,500 for Marilyn Monroe's white baby-grand piano (in a Christie's auction last week), but she's still sensitive to

criticism - including her own. "But I'm an optimist," she says. "It'd be pretty easy for me to write songs about how

miserable I am for the rest of my life. I'd rather do songs that make me happy sometimes. And I'd rather be happy."

(USA Today)

Mariah Carey goes back to school

Mariah Carey played a surprise concert for fans at her former junior high school in the small Long Island, N.Y., community of

Greenlawn on Saturday night. Carey, who also attended nearby Harborfields High, performed at the Oldfield Middle School in

front of roughly 900 students packed into the school gym. Another 800 watched the performance on a giant video screen in the

auditorium. Students from both Harborfields and Oldfield were issued tickets.
According to Dr. J. Lev, the Deputy Superintendent of Schools for the district, Carey's handlers had contacted the school

about a week before with an offer to do the show. The school, in turn, gave the students two days notice and requested that

they keep the pending performance under wraps.
Lev reports that the activities lasted from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Although she only performed eight songs, Carey indulged in much

onstage banter, talked seriously to the students about issues such as Columbine, and took breaks to mingle with the football

team and other fans. Fans say she signed hundreds of autographs and that there were no security problems.
Carey also brought three of her old teachers onto the stage, including her guidance counselor, a junior high social studies

teacher and her high school math teacher. She even signed a desk for the school. She told the crowd that during all her years

in school, she had always wanted to write on a desk, and scrawled "Mariah Carey was here" with a marker she later tossed into

the audience. However, she still wasn't defacing school property - according to Lev, she had bought the desk herself.
Carey, 29, graduated from Harborfields in 1987 with average grades. She was already pursuing a music career at that time,

and often skipped school in favor of singing with her brother's band, earning her the nickname "Mirage" in honor of her no-

shows. Within days of her graduation, she moved to New York City, eventually linking up with record exec Tommy Mottola. The

rest is history (as is her relationship with Mottola). Carey went on to become the top-selling female vocalist of the

Nineties.
At press time, Carey was scheduled to travel with twenty fans on a specially equipped 737 for a mini in-store and press tour

coinciding with Tuesday's release of her latest album, Rainbow. Carey and her entourage start in New York on Tuesday (Nov.

2), continue to Chicago Nov. 3, then on to Los Angles Nov. 5.

(Rolling Stone Magazine)

跟她这一路走来，看看过去和现在，真是感慨良多啊

发这个帖子费力费时，辛苦辛苦

值得值得~
我没有收集,都是从MCArchives上整理出来的,花不了好多时间,只是编辑有些麻烦~

News from Thursday November 3, 2005

BILLBOARD UPDATES


For the first time in her career, Mariah has three singles in the top 30 positions of the Hot 100 chart. Mariah achieves another amazing feat by having three singles in the top 15 positions of the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
Shake It Off is at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, coming from number 7. On the Hot 100 Airplay chart it remains at number 5. We Belong Together is at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, coming from number 18. On the Hot 100 Airplay is slips one place to number 15.
Don't Forget About Us is the greatest gainer in airplay. On the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, the song is at number 12, coming from number 17. On the Hot 100, the song jumps 10 places to number 26.
This week, The Emancipation Of Mimi sold 37,663 copies, with a total of 3,650,187 copies. It drops 3 places to number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Greatest Hits sold 3,209 copies and Merry Christmas sold 1,234 copies of the original release and 928 copies of the DualDisc (which hasn't been released yet in many stores).

(Mariah Daily)

WHY I LOVE MY DOG SO MUCH AFTER PARROT TAUNTS



Mariah Carey, the world's most successful female recording artist, is clearly thrilled with her and Jack's appearance on K9 Magazine. Mariah discussed Jack's fantastic life - did she really hire a chauffeur to drive him 3,000 miles across the country? - as well as some of the starring roles he's picked up for himself - could the superstar Terrier may soon be as famous as his illustrious owner?
In Mariah's exclusive K9 Magazine interview she told us how dogs became her true animal passion after a parrot used to tease her when she was younger. "My mom always had pets and so there were always animals around and there's never been a time in my life where I didn't have a pet."
"I had dogs and cats and even birds. My mom's parrot bit me (laughs) and he used to torment me by saying my name like my mother would when for example she was calling me to come downstairs. So in the middle of the night the bird would be shrieking 'Mariah'."
And there it is, Mariah confirms what people have believed for centuries, although all animals are great, it is the dog who truly is man's (and woman's) very best friend. Here's the complete transcript:

Hello Mariah, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. Tell us about your pets. Names, breeds and ages.
My pet's name is Jack. He's a Jack Russell who can swim underwater, jump four feet in the air and he is eternally two years old. His full name is Jackson P. Mutley.

Why the full name?
(Laughs) It's kind of a long story. The name envolved overtime. I don't even know what the P. stands for but I guess you can imagine. I don't know.

When did your interest in pets/animals begin and how long have you been a pet owner.
Well my mom always had pets and so there were always animals around and there's never been a time in my life where I didn't have a pet. I had dogs and cats and even birds. My moms parrot bit me (laughs) and he used to torment me by saying my name like my mother would when for example she was calling me to come downstairs. So in the middle of the night the bird would be shrieking "Mariah!".

Your latest album "The Emancipation Of Mimi" has had some fantastic reviews and has been a huge success, what would you say is your favourite track from the album and why?
I have a lot of different favourite tracks because they're all representative of different moods but I really love "Shake It Off". Obviously, "We Belong Together" has a special significance for me - you know just being the success that it has been and the emotional vibe in the song. I would also say that my favourite song is "Fly Like A Bird" which is the last song on the album and a favourite because it has a very spiritual message and it's close to my heart.

We've heard your favourite childhood memories are various junior high antics, can you recall a specific moment which you would like to tell our readers?
Well, one time I was 12 years old I dyed my hair orange by mistake and it looked really hideous. My hair was blonde when I was little but it started getting darker so I started using Sun in which is supposed to bring out in the highlights in your hair. However, I didn't know about the whole technical side of hair colouring as I hadn't been to beauty school yet. Anyway, it made my hair kind of orange, so then I tried to correct the colour and went to the store with my friend to buy a golden blonde dye. I didn't realise though that anything that says gold means it's a red base. So I used this dye and was blow drying my hair with an orange blow dryer when my friend yelled "Your hair is the colour of the blow dryer!" I then walked outside and there was this kid there that I had a crush on and he was like "What happened to your hair?" It was a totally bleak moment. On top of that I had also shaved my eyebrows because I didn't know that you were supposed to tweeze them and the only make up I really had was reject stuff from my mother so I had no eyebrows, hideous make-up with blue eyeliner and orange hair - not a good look. (laughs)

In which one way do you believe dogs to be a superor life from humans?
They don't judge others.

Will you ever bring Jack to London?
I would love to but there are rules about quarantine for animals and I don't think that it'd be right to do that to him. It's 6 months - I'd never do that to him.

Does Jack ever bite or chew your shoes?
Jack doesn't bite shoes - he's very smart and knows better than that.

You've received numerous prestigious awards over the years including two Grammy's, 8 American Music awards and were also named "World's Best Selling Female Artists Of The Millenium" which must have been a huge moment. How did you feel when you received your very first award and what were the thoughts which went through your mind when your name was called?
I don't think I was fully aware of that moment because so much was going on and I didn't really take it in. I knew that it was a big deal but it just happened so fast and I was really nervous too.

It was said some time ago on a well known British sit com that the perfect woman have Kylie Minogues's bum, Claudia Schiffer's legs and Cindy Crawford's face. Using this logic, can you please create your own perfect fantasy dog?
There is no better dog than Jack. How could you make a dog better than Jack! (laughs)

Tell us about the Relly Award that Jack was recently nominated for?
Well Jack was nominated for this Relly Award on the Regis and Kelly show for Best Non-Human guest. The nominees were Chewbacca, Miss Piggy, Barney, a two headed albino snake and my dog Jack. I thought that it was so cool that Jack was being nominated for an award and that people all over the world were finally going to be able to see the splendour of him. So there I was being so excited for Jack and then all of a sudden I found out that Miss Piggy won the award! I'm really seriously demanding a recount because I think that some trickery went on! (laughs)

What did Jack do when he was on the show?
Well Jack was with me for an interview. He's like a person and he just knows when the cameras go on. He starts hamming it up and jumping up and down. On Regis and Kelly his personality just shone though, I think that when the viewers saw him on the show they realised that he was special. I mean he received a nomination against mainly fictitious characters. He was the only real animal, other than the 2 headed snake. Jack's used to the limelight though and he loves being on set. He's actually been in quite a few of my videos including "DreamLover", "All I Want For Christmas Is You", "Always Be My Baby", "Honey", "Thank God I found You", "Against All Odds" and "Boy I Need You". He loves walking around the wardrobe department, he likes the dog equivalent of hair and make-up (grooming). He is a star.

Which do you prefer and why? Big dogs or little dogs?
That's what I love about Jack. He's like a big dog in a small dog's body. Also he's very strong and very muscular but small enough that he can lie in a bed and small enough that I can take him out with me easily.

Pedigree dogs or x breeds?
It really depends on the dog.

Lead and collar or dog running free?
Dog running free but the problem is my dog gets a little excited (laughs) and he needs to have his harness on all the time because you don't want him to choke with the collar. He happily wears the harness and likes it so if he gets carried away or if he stays in the pool to long it'll help us get him out.

What is your earliest memory of dogs?
When I was little my parents were breding Dobermans and when I was about four the dog had puppies. I remember all the different puppies. My parents gave the puppies away but kept one which we called Bruno.

Describe the last time you had to shout at your pet.
I try not to shout at him.

The last time you laughed out loud because of your pet.
All I have to do is think about Jack and he makes me laugh. He's hilarious. Actually I laughed out loud yesterday because my friend Connie said she wanted to meet Jack. She's never met him because she lives here in London. Anyway when she said this everybody in the room turned around and said - "You don't know Jack?" as if he was you know the most well known person on the face of the earth! I'm telling you people just love Jack and I'm not saying this because he's my dog.

The last time you trained your pet to do something new.
Well we're working on him being more gentle when I hand him a treat. (He got used to me accepting the fact that he's impatient when he wants a treat, and you know, he's got some sharp teeth.) He's just learning to calm down and allow me to give him the treat nicely otherwise he's not going to get it. He's doing ok too but it depends on his mood.

What is it about Jack's personality that makes him so special?
He is almost like a person, we have this thing where we say Jack is a person because it's like he'll just hang out and want to be almost a part of the conversation - just sitting around and watching. He's a very spiritual animal, he has a lot of zest and he's fun. In fact he's almost like a circus dog with all the tricks that he does. The other side of him is that when he's laying down and you pet him he's very loving. He's a good dog, a good boy.

What is Jack's favourite toy, activity, game?
Jack is a swimmer so he gets obssessed with anything to do with water even if I'm taking a shower he'll try to knock on the door and come and stand in the shower. If I'm running a bath all of a sudden I'll hear a spash and Jack will have jumped into the tub! It's something that's been happening for years and it's like "Jack's in the tub again!" and there he is swimming around. His favourite toy is the jet inside the pool - like the jets you find in pools and hot tubs. He treats that as his toy and continiously dives under the water and tries to bite the water coming out of the jet. As far as other toys go you can't get Jack anything that's too easy to rip apart because he's got very strong teeth. He has a toy steak. It's a fake looking T-bone that's really tough to rip apart. It has lasted a while but I think that it's finally on the way out.

What about Jack's bad habits?
Well... Lately he's been sneaking out of the gate. There's a railing on the side of the kitchen in the house in Los Angeles and I thought that I could leave him out there so that he could run free in this little area - and he was really enjoying himself running after little geckos and stuff. Then one day I was out in the back and I see Jack coming out of nowhere and I realise that he had snuck under the fence and run straight for the pool and jumped in. So now I can't let him stay out there anymore because there are coyotes and things. Instead he's given supervised pool time.

Who is your hero?
I thought this was about dogs? Ok Jack's my hero.

Would you describe Jack as a "people-dog"?
Definately. He loves people. Sometimes he plays rough as he grew up with Doberman Pinchers and thinks that he's bigger dog than he is.

Finish the following sentence: My dog is....
The best!

(K9 magazine - Heroes of Mariah)



News from Thursday November 3, 2004

CHART NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA



U Make Me Wanna, the new single by Jadakiss featuring Mariah, climbs 2 spots on the Metro FM International Top 40. The single, which debuted at Number 37 two weeks ago, was the chart's greatest gainer a week ago where is bulleted up 16 places to 21. The single now enters the Top 20 at Number 19.
Metro FM is South Africa's largest Urban Radio Station with approximately 3.2 million listeners. Catch the countdown live every Saturday between 9am and 12pm South African time. As from 05 November 2004, the station will be launching a link to listen Live. So if you can, visit Metrofm.co.za.

(Mariah Carey South Africa)



News from Thursday November 3, 2003

MARIAH IN MANILA: THE DIVA AND THE SINGER



She is really the most industrious pop star in the universe, as is very much evident in her Charmbracelet World Concert Tour 2003 itinerary. Straight from sold-out stadium shows in North America, Europe, and Asia, Mariah flies to Manila, for her first concert ever in the Philippines (set on November 16 at The Fort Open Field).
If there is one thing that her alleged "breakdown" two years ago proved, it was that Mariah Carey is the most hard-working diva in the business. Multi-tasking Mariah, after all, is not just a crooner. She also writes her songs and produces her albums, as well as conceptualizes and directs most of her music videos.
In a recent guest appearance on Oprah, Mariah silenced all speculation about her "breakdown" by stating that she was just overworked at that time, that she only succumbed to fatigue. "Food poisoning and extreme exhaustion" proved to be the culprit.
Unstoppable Mariah, however, soon bounced back. Smarting from the debacle that was Glitter (the soundtrack album and the movie), she went straight back to work, without missing a beat. She guested on Ally McBeal, performed in the September 11 telethon, and was generally omnipresent in the mass media.
Of course, she headed back to the recording studio and came out with her most "cathartic" and moving album to date, Charmbracelet, which was released last December 20 to rave reviews and just as encouraging sales. (It moved a million units in the US and over three million copies all over the world.) Her sophomore movie Wisegirls, co-starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, also opened to applause and acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival.
All of Mariah's hard work has paid off, big time. She's a whiz in self-reinvention, no doubt. The diva initially masterminded her transformation in the aptly titled Butterfly album in 1997. From the saccharine pop diva of the "Vision of Love" era, she emerged from her cocoon, a sultry and scintillating, hot and happening hip-hop sex goddess.
She traded in her boring black and/or beaded gowns for ultra-tight jeans, super-short shorts and scorching hot pants, slinky halter tops and oh-so-revealing dresses. A website even voted her as the sexiest diva in showtown. The metamorphosis went beyond sartorial matters, however.
She also started taking a more hands-on approach to her career. In fact, as early as 1995, she started directing her own music videos - with "Fantasy" as her baptism of fire. "It was a blast," she said of the "Fantasy" shoot. "The best part was the (rapper) ODB section with the clown in the Remix. I had so much fun doing that."
Although she moves like a vixen on most of her music videos, it is her singing talent that remains unrivaled in the scene. A lot of ink has already been spilled about her remarkable five- (some say seven-) octave range. That it can shatter glass. That it can reach places where lesser divas fear to tread. "Even as a kid, she always had perfect pitch," attested her mom Patricia, who once worked as an opera singer and vocal coach. Musicality flows in her veins, it seems.
But more than to her beautiful songs, she has also lent her voice to various noteworthy causes, most notably Camp Mariah, "where inner-city kids are allowed to spend time in the country, where they are encouraged to take up the arts and are introduced to alternative career opportunities". Mariah has been known to show up unannounced at the camp, to hang out and shoot the breeze with her young fans.
Is it any wonder then why Mariah easily regained her footing despite the traumas and tempests of the past three years? This songbird soars, but her feet remains planted in terra firma. Case in point, she has a healthy view on scathing criticisms and other destructive write-ups. "I am so inspired by negative reviews," she once quipped. "They actually do me a favor."
So what sustains her? What keeps tireless Mariah running? "I really just want to sing," she enthused. "And connect with my fans, let go, and have a great time!" In a nutshell, it is her sincere love for music and her fans that permitted her to weather the worst storms. In 1998, she released #1s, an anthology of her biggest chartbusters. She, however, refused to bill it as her "Greatest Hits album".
As she wrote in the compilation's liner notes: "It's too soon," she explained. "I haven't been recording long enough for that - in my opinion! One day I will put out a Greatest Hits with songs that didn't even go on the charts because they were never commercially released or songs that came out, didn't go to no. 1, but are, in my opinion, better than some that did."
Knowing this woman's amazing drive and determination, she just might pull off this incredible feat. In the meantime, however, she continues to draw crowds to her Charmbracelet World Concert Tour 2003. Mariah's onenight-only gig in Manila is set on Nov. 16, at The Fort Open Field, Fort Bonifacio, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

(Manilla Bulletin - Mariah Daily)

CONCERT REVIEW: MANCHESTER M.E.N. ARENA



Of all the welcoming words we may have expected Mariah Carey to utter to us, the least obvious were: "Eh up, chuck". Yet she attempted the local lingo, presumably fresh from having deployed "Och aye the noo" in Glasgow and "Gor blimey, it's a real peasouper" in London. Mariah was clearly eager to please.
Busily theatrical, the show began on a Moulin Rouge theme and proceeded to go all over the shop. One moment we had Mariah as sophisticated diva warbling the trite but strangely moving survivor's anthem, Through The Rain. Soon after we had stiltwalkers and circus apparatus on stage for the song, Clown. Switch from this cheesy cabaret to Mariah bumping and grinding on the big screen in Harley Davidson bikini while a video incarnation of rapper Busta Rhymes accompanied her on I Know What You Want.
Then, another jerky gear-change with Carey reclining in white dress on a grand piano. Mariah took her bow to the juddering funk of her oldie, Make It Happen, her pink hot pants, blonde mane and gaudy singlet putting you in mind of an off-duty lapdancer. Then she returned, sophisticated diva yet again, to belt out Hero.
This dizzying Las Vegas-style entertainment mirrored the fact that in her 13-year career, Carey has tried to be all things to all people. The thousands of empty seats discreetly curtained off, told their own story about the current state of that career. You can see, in her furious ornamentation of a melody and her melodramatic hand gestures, the legacy she has given to so many other female singers. But you feel, too, that the world has moved on, and no amount of big-noise guest star rappers or acres of exposed cleavage will woo it back.
But when Mariah does the thing which first attracted us to her, and wraps that five-octave voice around a monumental song, she still enthrals. She did it on My All, Without You and Hero, finishing that encore with the kind of stratospheric high notes which sound someone summoning a sheepdog.
So she tried to speak our language, she moved among us (arriving at the stage from the rear of the auditorium like a boxer would) and she even joked at her own expense about her reputation as a diva. All nonsense, she said, though even as she spoke, her hairdresser was scurrying on stage to make running repairs simply because she had taken off her headphone microphone.

(Manchester Online - The Mariah Carey Organization)

GIRL TALK: MARIAH CAREY AND BRITNEY SPEARS



I must admit to following the careers of two singers with a mixture of angst, indifference and disgust. Mariah Carey and Britney Spears have twisted the status of women everywhere into a new, unrecognisable, and altogether useless shape.
The problem starts with the fact that both women are talented - at least arguably so. Mme. Spears may not have slurped up much from the fountain of the songbird, but she is not unpleasant to listen to. Having started as a classic innocent schoolgirl, she was in a position to show the young women of her generation that it is possible to be straight, dedicated, popular, and female - that a woman doesn't have to flaunt her physical assets to succeed.
Ms. Carey, on the other hand, was blessed with an amazingly sweet, clear voice and an awesome 5-octave range: some of the ballads she sings, like "Hero", send resonant waves from your eardrums to your toenails like the feeling you get when you run your old washing machine in bare feet. Her voice is so versatile, pure, and melodic that she could have been 6-foot twelve with one eyebrow and backwards feet and still have sold millions of records - characteristics that are semi-common standards in the polyester, comb-over, Coke-bottle glasses world of successful men, but yet to be precedented in the fairer hemisphere.
Worthy, universal female role models are hard to come by: politicians, like Hillary Clinton and Margaret Thatcher, are far too dry to quench that thirst; mothers and teachers may be wonderful at what they do, but they are too obscure as individuals to provide girls with a common vernacular. And so girls naturally gravitate towards the influence of movie stars, models, and singers - women they are all familiar with, women who have obviously achieved some kind of success, women with talent.
But the icons themselves, largely a bunch of egotistical nincompoop divas, often fail to recognise and fulfill their role-modeling duties, even though the choices they make as role models are likely to have a more profound effect on audiences than do their actual productions, whether songs or films. Unfortunately, in the vicious, pointless battle to become the most supreme of the prima donnas, many female stars have stripped themselves of all seriousness and integrity, and have sacrificed their dignity to the altar of being exalted, resulting in a generation of lost young women.
Mariah Carey, for all her natural talent, dresses like an apartment from the cheap side of town, complete with "for rent" sign; she is an opportunist who rode the wave of her more than 20-year-senior record executive husband as far as it went before ditching him in a quickie Dominican Republic divorce. In Monaco last month, Ms. Carey allegedly booked so many luxury suites for herself and her entourage that the bill for her two-night stay came to $47,500.
Another major player in the game of detestable public behaviour, Mme. Spears counters the antics of Ms. Carey with her own sleazy, barely there get-ups. Her dance moves make your eyes go like Jell-o even in the few moments it takes you to lunge for the remote; once, when she forgot to turn off her microphone backstage at a concert, it broadcast her flinging the frankly forbidden foul lingua franca you might expect from one who has stooped so low in other categories as well.
Women as a gender will continue to be classified as the weaker sex as long as their role models put their own personal, petty priorities above their responsibilities to girls everywhere. Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand have proved that there is such a thing as decent exposure.

(International The News - The Mariah Carey Organization)

I WISH TO HAVE... MUSICAL EQUIPMENT



With the help of pop superstar Mariah Carey, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Inland Empire was able to grant the most heartfelt wish of Aaron, a young musician. The 17-year-old wished for musical equipment to help him further develop his incredible talents.
Last year, Ms. Carey made a contribution of $100,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Since then, the donation has been used to grant wishes, related to the performing arts, for children with life-threatening illnesses. Aaron's wish fell into that category, and he received a keyboard, microphones, keyboard bench, guitar, and drum.
Aaron's wish granters were given their first taste of Aaron's musical abilities when they made their initial visit to his home. During their time with Aaron, they knew they were dealing with someone special. Battling a life-threatening illness since the age of 16, the teen had written a song about his illness and played it on his family's 100-year-old piano for his wish granters.
Aaron has used his mastery of the fine arts to bring happiness and comfort to his fellow hospital patients on a regular basis. Using his amazing voice and powerful music and lyrics, Aaron has left an indelible impression on many of the wish children in the Inland Empire.
To show his appreciation to Ms. Carey, Aaron recorded a CD using the equipment from his wish. He sent an autographed copy to the songstress, along with a note of thanks. Perhaps someday, the rest of us will also be listening to Aaron's CDs.

(Make-A-Wish Foundation)

FAN CLUB PRE-SALE FOR U.S. TOUR DATES



Honey B. Fly will offer a fan club pre-sale for the U.S. tour dates that were recently announced. The first pre-sale will begin on November 3rd at 10AM PST. An email will be sent to all Honey B. Fly members with new passcodes. Your passcode will only be sent to you one time, so please be sure not to lose or delete the email. All HBF members are eligible to take part.

(MariahCarey.com)

MARIAH CAREY IN PARIS



The French Mariah Fan Club reports that Mariah Carey arrived in Paris last night at about 4am. She checked into the Four Seasons Hotel (Georges V), where she rested. At 8 pm she left her suite to have dinner at the Moulin Rouge. Her November 4th concert at Bercy Palace will be filmed for release as a home video and DVD.

(Popdirt)

News from Thursday November 3, 2002

THE INFORMER TRANSCRIPT



Mariah Carey has a brand new single and there's an album about to drop. So The Informer went along to check out how she's doing. When Mariah Carey hit the scene in the 90s with her single "Visions Of Love", she was the word on everyone's lips because she had an incredible voice with an unbelievable range. Somewhere over the years, the admiration people felt for her, turned to pity. Perhaps it was because she turned her back on her good girl images and began to wear booby top after booby top. Or maybe it was that her songs just didn't have the substance they used to. Whatever it was, it resulted in the last year being the worst of her life. She lost her lover, sunk her record label and reportedly also lost her mind. Well now she's found it again. She's back with a new song, appropriately titled "Through The Rain", and an album is close behind.
Mariah: "The song itself is just kind of a hopeful message about people going though tough times and having faith and believing that they can get through them, and that's all you really need to do. So that's not something that I haven't written about before, but with this particular song it kind of has a certain realness to it, you know, that's a little deeper than maybe in the past."
And that probably has to do with her last year of living hell. Mariah was hospitalized on more than one occasion not so long ago, claiming exhaustion, and was even found leaving bizarre messages for her fans on her website. But all of that is no more and she's back in business and taking care of number one.
Mariah: "Basically what I did is I stopped being everybody else's - I didn't stop, I still am everybody else's caretaker pretty much - but I mean I also learned that you have to be your own caretaker too. Because if you put the whole celebrity and music business and whatever other projects you're involved in first before the human being, that's when you know anybody will crash physically. Your body just literally can't go on one hour of sleep for you know two months, it doesn't work. And you know, no matter how tough you think you are, at a certain point you just have to stop."
The drama surrounding Mariah in the past years has certainly provided a great deal of fodder for her new album. Her father passed away recently and she used her writing skills as a venting tool.
Mariah: "There's a lot of emotional songs on there - a lot of stuff has you know gone on. Even these past few months has been an intense time. I lost my father and that was a really difficult time, but the music and doing the music, kind of was again a healing process for me as well. Because we had just sort of reunited after a long time, where we didn't really - weren't really with each other for that long, and there were a lot of misunderstandings and I felt good because we got to have closure about those things. You know so - actually today, the church with the sunflowers is kind of in honour of him. That was his - our sort of little thing together - the sunflowers. So a lot of symbolism going on."
So, she's got a new look, slightly more demure then we're used to, but more like the old Mariah we used to know and love - and a new attitude to match.
Mariah: "New label, new state-of-mind in terms of like my work ethic. It's still strong and still the same but it also includes you know taking care of myself, you know."

(The Informer)

Many thanks to MariahDownunder.com.



News from Thursday November 3, 2001

MARIAH AND TOMMY CLOSE AGAIN



Sony music chief Tommy Mottola, who has long been said to be at odds with ex-wife Mariah Carey, is reaching out to her after her recent troubles, a longtime friend of Carey's tells People. According to the songbird's makeup artist pal Billy Brasfield, who just saw Carey, 32, at the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas, "She and Tommy are talking... They're friends. He has been really, really supportive."
Brasfield went on to say that the former couple, who divorced in 1997 after four years of marriage, "have had some really great conversations (and) have resolved some residual things that are giving her more peace." In Carey's eyes, Mottola, 53, "was being really nice and supportive," said Brasfield. "It's important to her." It was only three months ago that Carey had checked herself into a Connecticut hospital for two weeks following what her publicist termed "an emotional and physical breakdown." (Her long-awaited and frequently delayed movie debut, "Glitter," also was a box-office washout.)
Since summer, the 32-year-old pop diva has returned to her punishing work schedule with a vengeance. As People reports in its Nov. 5 issue, within five days Carey headlined a benefit concert in Washington, D.C., performed at New York City's VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards and shot a guest appearance for "Ally McBeal" in L.A. (she also sang at the Sept. 21 "Tribute to Heroes"). The "Ally" episode will air Jan. 7, and the show's executive producer, Bill D'Elia, says, "She's really great."

(People)

MARIAH'S FISHY BUSINESS



Mariah Carey has topped her recent string of bizarre home improvements by having an enormous aquarium built into her New York home. The Sun newspaper claims that the watery enclave is the latest addition to the singer's inner sanctum, which now boasts a piano that has been entirely roped off, seemingly for its protection. Another area in Carey's home features a shell she found on a beach, which has been fenced off completely. The apartment's aquatic addition is designed to "add the feeling of a movie theatre under the sea".

(Worldpop)



News from Thursday November 3, 2000

THE BACHELOR RELEASED



Almost a year after its first release, The Bachelor has been recently released on DVD in the Netherlands. Special features are an electronic press kit, scene selections, behind the scenes and interviews.
This movie has already been released in many countries on DVD, but someways the Netherlands are always months behind in releasing movies. I already had this movie on a video CD from China, but still not on video.
The story is quite known: Jimmie (Chris O'Donnell), a happily single young man who suddenly gets an ultimatum from his grandfather's will: marry by his 30th birthday or lose an inheritance of $100 million. This is revealed the day before that very birthday. Unfortunately, Jimmie had already proposed to his girlfriend Anne (Renee Zellweger) and been turned down; she can see in his eyes that he isn't ready to get married and refuses to accept him until he is. So Jimmie needs to find a bride - fast.
Mariah plays Ilana, an opera singer and ex-girlfriend of Jimmie. But she isn't mentioned anywhere on the front and back cover.



News from Thursday November 3, 1999

EARLY SHOW STARTS FAST BUT TODAY CAREYS DAY



CBS' new "Early Show" got off to a solid ratings start Monday, but the day's big winner was NBC's Mariah Carey-boosted "Today." The live concert set by the pop star lifted the usually dominant NBC program to a 5.8 rating/19 share, according to 44-city overnight Nielsen data released Tuesday.
The "Early Show," co-hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson, registered a 3.0 rating/10 share, according to 46-city overnight Nielsen data released by CBS News. That's a 20% increase from what the old "CBS This Morning" averaged in the slot a week ago. Carey was scheduled to appear on the "Early Show," but backed out late last week after CBS failed to come through with the proper permits required for an outdoor concert. ABC's "Good Morning America" earned a 4.0/13, according to the 44-city overnight Nielsen data.
"Today" was no doubt helped by Carey and the flurry of publicity that surrounded her shift from CBS to NBC. The show's numbers also benefited from the fact that Monday was a huge news day, filled with breaking info about the EygptAir plane crash. "Today" tends to get a boost on big news days.

(The Boston Globe)

MARIAH CAREY: "I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE INSECURE GIRL"

We meet her at the luxurious hotel, The Lanesborough. Room price: about 30 000.- (Norwegian kroner). For that you get a suite for the night. The rich ones sleep well. But Mariah Carey sits under a blanket on a sofa, freezing - waiting for 15 journalists who just have to be clarified by the record company first.
"Have you heard the new album?" "No, just the single." Miss Pentagon from the record company shakes her head. "Well, you have to listen to all of it if you wanna have this interview." "Allright. Where?" "In room 124." OK. In room 124 sits a little American guy from the Carey group. He's watching us. "No, you can't leave, yet, there are still 3 songs left," Jim says, humms, and says: "I love this album."
Jim loves this album. And the Jim'ers task is probably to influence us. Smart Jim. We're captured in a pop-prison, thrown in a luxurious cell, forced to listen. Why did we have to listen do this? We've already heard the same from her 10 times before? Someone from Germany asks. We laugh quietly, so that humming-Jim won't hear. And then we go in to Mariah. She has a portable CD-player and a little green leather bag by her side.
First some advertising: Mariah Carey is the biggest-selling female artist of the decade. She's had a #1 song in each year of the 90's, and she's sold 115 million albums worldwide. That means lots of money for someone who wasn't actually born underneath a dollar sign.
"I come from a family that didn't have money. Together with my mom we moved 10-12 times during my childhood. When I was 17 I lived alone on 5 dollars a day. And when you ask me about money today, I haven't got the feeling that I have that much. I don't see it. The most important thing that's happened in my life, is that I got to buy my mom a nice house," Mariah says. And then she adds: "I have a feeling that all this is going to disappear from me, it's all so unreal. I just bought a new appartement, and I have a limo that breaks down every five minutes."
"With your voice... why not opera?" "No, I can't sing classical, my voice isn't trained to do that. I have enormous respect for classical singers, though." Mariah says. Then she pulls the blanket aside, so that we can see what she's wearing. A fashonable pair of raggy jeans, a shirt and a green knitted jacket. Under the table is a pair of silver high heeled shoes. By Gucci. But Gucci and green woods won't help. As Mariah says: "I still feel like a little insecure girl, without a base in my life. The most important thing to me is my family (my mother) and my good friends," Mariah says - who divorced the old boss of Sony last year.

Seeing a therapist
Mariah talks about the divorce as well: a tough time, but it was the right choice for her. "Children, Mariah?" "If I'm going to have children, I'm going to see a therapist first who has to teach me to do everything right. Because, if I'm going to bring a new life into this world, I'm going to do everything right."
"You sing about children, in your own way on the new album?" "I was always a bit different as a child. In the world today, everyone who's a little different gets looked down at. It's almost like an epidemic to not feel good as young, I think it's important to take care of the people in the world."
The seance is over. Mariah is still sitting under her blanket, waiting for the next crowd of people from the press. The first 14 journalists go outside, some stay behind to get signed pictures and albums for their children.

(Dagbladet)

CAREY BREAKING HEARTS, CHART RECORDS

Mariah Carey is ending the decade with a bang, as Columbia issues her ninth album, "Rainbow." Early shipments of five million copies put her in the same league as enduring divas Madonna and Whitney Houston, whose labels estimate career sales of 120 million and 100 million units, respectively. What's more, "Heartbreaker," the first single from "Rainbow," has already made history: On Sept. 29, it became Carey's 14th No. 1 song, giving her more than any other female act, including the Supremes (12) and Madonna (11). Only the Beatles (20) and Elvis Presley (18) rival the feat.
"Rainbow" features production by pop luminaries such as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and David Foster, as well as hip-hop renegades DJ Clue, Jermaine Dupri, Damizza, Master P, and She'kspere. The album sports guest appearances by Jay-Z, 98 Degrees, Joe, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Usher, and Snoop Dogg.
While she moves forward with more timely hip-hop elements on "Rainbow," Carey also revisits a sound that has been less prominent on her last few albums: her remarkably high upper register. Once a signature of her style, Carey was often criticized for overdoing her vocal acrobatics, causing her to "pull back" for several years. "It always remained within the texture of my songs, but it was no longer the focal point. And that was fine. You can get too much of a good thing, I guess," says Carey. "Rainbow" brings those glass-shattering notes back to the forefront on several cuts, including "Heartbreaker" and the ballad "Bliss."

(Billboard magazine)

CAREY CAREYS ON AND ON AND ON

There are so many "name" performers on Mariah Carey’s new Rainbow album, it’s as if she’s a guest star on her own record. Usher, Jay Z, 98 Degrees, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Joe, Missy Elliot - those are just a few of the names.
On "Thank God I Found You," her new single (which will probably be sold for 49 cents), it’s hard to make out her voice amid the commotion of six different voices. But it’s not hard to pick Mariah’s body out of the crowd. It appeared yesterday in record stores as a self-standing cardboard rack for Rainbow. Essentially, it’s the singer’s chest tightly clad in a white top with a rainbow painted over it. Mariah Carey’s career was once about her voice. Now it’s about her bod... I’m all for that in principle, but it’s kind of a disappointment, isn’t it, that she’s so desperate for sales that the advertising no longer has anything to do with music?
Her songs are nearly devoid of melody; her singing, more often than not, has been reduced to dahvening like a cantor on the High Holy days. (There are probably few singers in history gifted with such an instrument as Carey’s voice who have squandered it so completely.)
Nearly every production or songwriting credit on the album has her name stuck to it so she can get a royalty when in fact Carey’s contribution to most of the songs is questionable at best. This might best be illuminated by an exchange reported in yesterday’s Daily News with writer/producer David Foster.
First a song is mentioned which professional writers Foster and Diane Warren wrote "with" Mariah. Then Foster’s quote: "We wrote the song especially for Mariah." Not with, folks. For. I wrote in Spin last year and will reiterate here: She has settled a number of lawsuits from writers who charged her with stealing their songs. Of course, she strenuously denied plagiarizing anything. Two suits concerning the song "Hero" are still pending; one in particular, which I’ve written about, has Carey offering a notebook which showed how she wrote the song especially, she testified, for the movie Hero starring Dustin Hoffman. Unfortunately, the notebook was dated six weeks after the movie and its soundtrack came out.
Mariah has a bit part in the Chris O’Donnell movie The Bachelor which comes out this weekend. This will be her acting debut. Let’s see who gets the credit, or blame, for that.
There are a couple of things to recommend Rainbow, so don’t get me wrong. There is that cover, after all. And producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were behind the controls sometimes. One number, "Bliss," has a nice retro '70s soul feel. But on the execrable Phil Collins hit "Take a Look at Me Now," Mariah barely gets beyond a mumble. What could have possessed her to sing possibly the worst song of the 1980s?
And fourteen tracks are listed, but really one is a remix of "Heartbreaker," two are musical "interludes" and one is the Collins remake, which leaves ten tracks. It will be interesting to see if this is Carey’s final album on Columbia Records and if her next label will let her continue to make pedestrian, unimportant records.

(Fox411)

MARIAH INTERVIEW AT LAUNCH.COM

A flu-afflicted Mariah Carey applies some lip balm, leans back on the lounge chair in her plush suite at midtown's Peninsular hotel, and rolls her eyes. "He was busy doing other things," she tells me when I ask her latest and ninth album, Rainbow, doesn't feature the services of her thus-far ever-present Sony Music in-house tunesmith, Walter Afanasief. After all, Walter A, as he's known, is the musical force that helped sculpt Carey's most successful ballads - such as "Vision Of Love," "When I Saw You," "Hero," and "One Sweet Day" - and he has been with her for almost a decade.
Mr. A's unavailability only adds fuel to the currently raging cauldron of rumors concerning Carey's relationship with her label. Dubbed "The Queen Of Sony" by staffers during her marriage to head honcho Tommy Mottola, Carey, despite her megastar status, seems to have been banished from the Sony kingdom's inner sanctum. Carey does little to downplay the frostiness of her relations with the label that at one time dictated her every move.
"My situation is far more complex and unique because of the personal aspect of what it used to be, so I have to do what I do and do it to the best of my ability," she shrugs. "When you're involved in a situation where you're really young and you're surrounded by strong, older, powerful people who are in cahoots with each other, you think you're powerless, but you're not. It's not that I didn't know what I was contributing, it was just that I felt afraid and scared and insecure and no one really empowered me. I know, though, there's a lot of people up there who still work very, very hard for me and I still have a good relationship with."
Afanasief's absence resulted in Carey inviting veteran producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and David Foster along to the Rainbow party instead. It's not a move she regrets.
"I think, especially with Jimmy and Terry, they added a different dimension musically," she enthuses. "I felt for a long time that on the crossover ballads I've had before I was always trying to get the same feel that they had on their crossover hits like 'On Bended Knee.' I told them how great it was to sit there and not have to say, 'No, not so schmaltzy.'" That last comment is a poorly disguised dis to Afanasief. "What I love about [Jam and Lewis] is even if it is poppy and crossover, it's still rooted in R&B, which is what I love."
Jam and Lewis co-produced one of the most brutally honest songs Carey has ever committed to tape, the dark and revealing "Petals." Some of its lines read, "I've often wondered if there's ever been a perfect family/ I've always longed for undividedness/ And sought stability." Later, she sings, "I gravitated towards a patriarch/ So young predictably/ I was resigned to spend my life/ With a maze of misery."
"I can't say exactly what it means because it's very personal," she begins when explaining the song. "The reason I called it 'Petals' is because it's about relationships that are now static and I don't think I can ever pull them back in. It's also about parts of my life that are now gone. Then it leads into 'Rainbow,' which is the hopeful part, and finally into 'Thank God,' which is happy, so there's kind of a theme. 'Petals' was the last song I recorded for the album. The bridge ["So many I considered closest to me/ Turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully/ Although that knife was chipping away at me/ They turned their eyes away and went home to sleep"] addresses a lot of my anger about people who saw me in a really bad state and just let it go because they were afraid to say something. There are people that I want to say certain things to, and I hope they hear it and get it on a lot of levels."
In addition to Jam and Lewis, Carey, who's currently having a luxury townhouse built in New York's Tribeca district, also co-wrote the defiant "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" and dramatic "After Tonight" with ballad hitmeister Diane Warren.
"We have our own different styles," she says of her relationship with Warren. "Sometimes what she does is the opposite of what I do and I'll say, 'No, Diane, I hate that," or 'No, Diane, we just said that word two lines ago. We can't say it again.' She gets really obsessive over stuff at times, but we get on with each other, so I can be very open with her like that. She very cool, funny, and unique."
With the ballads and midtempos accounted for, Carey called upon previous collaborator Jermaine Dupri ("Always Be My Baby") to work on the choppy, acoustic guitar-flavored "How Much" featuring Usher, and the currently high-flying Kevin "She'kspeare" Briggs (TLC, Destiny's Child) for the spirited, quickfire "X-Girlfriend." Indeed, unlike her earlier works, Carey albums today tend to be all-star collaborations. Apart from the aforementioned guest stars, other artists featured on Rainbow include Jay-Z ("Heartbreaker"), Snoop Dogg ("Crybaby," Carey's favorite song on the disc), Da Brat & Missy Elliott (the "Heartbreaker" remix), Mystikal & Master P ("Did I Do That?"), and Joe & 98 Degrees (the warm, rousing second single, "Thank God I Found You"). But despite all her collaborators, for the most part, Carey was left entirely to her own devices to record Rainbow (unlike those of previous albums, many of the vocals were recorded outside of the U.S., in the idyllic coastal spot of Capri, Italy). Obviously, after a decade of music-making, Carey seems to have the art of accessibility down pat. Visually she's hard to ignore, and musically she's made the fine line between pop and R&B her own. Only she could be trading lines with Jay-Z and Snoop one minute and covering Phil Collins's classic '80s tearjerker "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" the next.
The success of Rainbow's first single, "Heartbreaker," and its comic music video (at the time of this interview, the song was sitting happily at the top of the pop charts, and the video was the most requested clip on MTV) are both sources of obvious pride to the songstress. "It was more about the acting and the humor, which I think is one of the good things about it," she says of the video. "Yes, I could have pyro crap going off all over the place and have special effects, but it was more interesting to me to play [two] roles and have characters and even have a little fight scene in the middle."
Talking to Carey - whose favorite two film characters are the gangster's moll (she renders me a convincing impression) and over-the-hill Broadway star in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway - about her dual-role performance in the "Heartbreaker" video, it's clear that the big screen now figures prominently in her future plans.
"I'm due to get back into the studio soon to record the soundtrack to the movie I'm about to shoot, All That Glitters," she reveals. The film, which follows the life of an aspiring singer in the early '80s, has had Carey flicking back through her record collection.
"Now I've had this experience with Jimmy and Terry, they're gonna executive produce [the movie] with me. It's great, because they have all the old sounds, so it'll sound completely authentic. They knew how records were made back then," Carey elaborates. "I've also spoken to a few other people from that era - like Rick James, who's referenced in the film - and we're probably going to write some songs together, too. That era is my childhood and those were the songs that inspired me."
The original superfreak and Mariah Carey. My, how things have changed! "My new motto is 'None of this matters,'" she declares. "'Just have a good time.'"

(Launch.com)