Mariah Carey: Official Topic

[trls]

The video for Love story just came out. It's on Perez Hilton. Isn't it a bit late though?

[Nikosn17]

The video for Love story just came out. It's on Perez Hilton. Isn't it a bit late though?

 

It's not a commercial release. Nick Cannon just put it on his site because the fans asked him to. It's going to be a single.

[Black Kitten]

Mariah arriving to LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA via British Airways on Friday, May 8, 2009.

 

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... what happened?

[Bellamy]

Aretha.

[Angel, You thrill me]

Mariah arriving to LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA via British Airways on Friday, May 8, 2009.

 

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... what happened?

 

OMFG, i was right I WAS RIIIGHT, look at the boobs people, look at the boobs, its aretha time, its happening

[Nikosn17]

Yeah she looks huge...

[Bellamy]

Yeah she looks huge...

even in black.

[Angel, You thrill me]

Yeah she looks huge...

even in black.

 

 

omfg, but how does someone lose and gain weight so fast

[Bellamy]

Yeah she looks huge...

even in black.

 

 

omfg, but how does someone lose and gain weight so fast

Ask Janet Jackson.

[Angel, You thrill me]

AHAHAHA

[Nikosn17]

I'm sure by the time her album's out she'll be in her E=MC2 body... she already started working with her trainer again.

[dj4celine]

OK... those pics were seriously bad

 

 

I'm back to my Celine-MC siggy thanks to Krys

[Black Kitten]

China's Best-Selling Singer Zhang Inspired by Mariah

Today's Oprah Winfrey Show had Simon Cowell on the show and they were highlighting music competition programs and talents from across the world. China's #1 selling female artist Jane Zhang sang and when asked by Oprah who her favorite American singer was, she immediately said Mariah Carey then sang a snippet of "Hero" and talked about how Mariah inspired her to be a singer. Simon was there and began clapping with the audience. Jane then said she wanted to tell a story and said she heard "Hero" in a CD store.

 

In 2005, Jane was one of 120,000 hopefuls who auditioned for a new talent show, Mongolian Cow Sour Yogurt Super Girl. After singing Mariah Carey's "Hero," she was instantly chosen to compete for the title of the next Super Voice Girl. Four hundred million viewers tuned in to see who would take home the title, and although Jane didn't win the competition, she became the show's breakout star. With 15 number one hit singles, Jane's been named China's Best Female Artist three years in a row.

 

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...do you know her, Bellamy?

[Bellamy]

China's Best-Selling Singer Zhang Inspired by Mariah

Today's Oprah Winfrey Show had Simon Cowell on the show and they were highlighting music competition programs and talents from across the world. China's #1 selling female artist Jane Zhang sang and when asked by Oprah who her favorite American singer was, she immediately said Mariah Carey then sang a snippet of "Hero" and talked about how Mariah inspired her to be a singer. Simon was there and began clapping with the audience. Jane then said she wanted to tell a story and said she heard "Hero" in a CD store.

 

In 2005, Jane was one of 120,000 hopefuls who auditioned for a new talent show, Mongolian Cow Sour Yogurt Super Girl. After singing Mariah Carey's "Hero," she was instantly chosen to compete for the title of the next Super Voice Girl. Four hundred million viewers tuned in to see who would take home the title, and although Jane didn't win the competition, she became the show's breakout star. With 15 number one hit singles, Jane's been named China's Best Female Artist three years in a row.

 

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...do you know her, Bellamy?

Of course I know her. But I seriously don't know how she can be the best selling singer in China for three years in a row. I'm quite sure China don't even has an official chart, she maybe named as the best selling female singer by some random radio chart. But she can't really be the best selling singer in China.

[VinnyT.]

Mariah arriving to LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA via British Airways on Friday, May 8, 2009.

 

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... what happened?

 

 

nice body

 

BTW what's coming out from her nipple..milk?

Edited May 12, 2009 at 12:39 PM by VinnyT.

[ticktock]

Mariah arriving to LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA via British Airways on Friday, May 8, 2009.

 

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... what happened?

EWWWWWWW!!!! EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

VILE!!!!!

gawd those boobs are awful, it looks like she had surgery and put melons inside the boobs!!!!

[Black Kitten]

"The new chapter" new song off album?

 

 

Rumored song title off her new album, from a very reliable source of mine, however nothing is confirmed and it may not even make the album at all, however my source gets his info right about most things. So it is a confirmed song apparently, whether it will appear on the album is another story.

 

Description:Basically a ballad with a rnb groove, vocals very raw vocals, verses apparently done in whisper voice mixed with mid-range, ending has high belting ala DFAU/WBT but more raspy. Lyrics are a "dedication" to Nick and a subtle diss to her exes. According to him produced by The Dream sounds like a mix of "My Love" and "DFAU" according to him though he isn't the biggest MC fan. He has heard a snippit (snippet) but he has insiders so his description is very accurate.

 

 

Apparent lyrics according to him of what he could remember:

 

"Cause this is a new chapter in my life, I know how it feels to be so cold on the outside, ______ ______ clearing up my mind, it's a new chapter in my life, so I turn the pages and read the mistakes I've done, but now I know that you're my only one, I'm so glad that I ______ ______, I'm glad that you're _______ ______ I'm so happy to be your wife, the new chapter in my life".

 

Plus according to him, the belting notes at the end although raspy are really high and strong, plus she hits a big whistle note too. She apparently holds a big note at the end, sorta like the one on Bye Bye but a bit longer.

 

 

Source: Jasmine of TBR

 

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"My source just txted me, told me MC is totally rushing this project, it will definitely be out in the next 3-4 months, it will probably be a mess." - Jasmine of TBR

Edited May 12, 2009 at 01:46 PM by Dhena

[mariahcarey_love]

Mariah is the best.

woooo!

 

I love her

[Nikosn17]

Dhena are you on TBR ?

[Black Kitten]

nope i'm not. why?

[Angel, You thrill me]

Mariah is the best.

woooo!

 

I love her

why join a celine dion forum just to make your first post in mariah carey topic

[Prince Whiskers]

Mariah is the best.

woooo!

 

I love her

why join a celine dion forum just to make your first post in mariah carey topic

[Snowhite]

Mariah is the best.

woooo!

 

I love her

why join a celine dion forum just to make your first post in mariah carey topic

that's an interesting question... :mdr:

[Nikosn17]

Mariah in Cannes

 

 

05.15.09 PRECIOUS PHOTO CALL AT THE HOTEL 314

Mariah Carey attend the Precious Photo Call at the Hotel 314 during the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2009 in Cannes, France.

 

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05.15.09 PRECIOUS LUNCHEON AT THE LA PLAGE

Mariah Carey attend an exclusive Precious luncheon at the 'La Plage - La Croisette' vitaminwater beach during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2009 in Cannes, France

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05.15.09 PRECIOUS RED CARPET AT THE PALAIS DES FESTIVALS

Mariah Carey attends the Precious Red Carpet held at the Palais des Festivals during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2009 in Cannes, France.

 

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Cannes 2009: Mariah Carey Gets Precious

Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is the story of a young black girl from Harlem abused by her parents, struggling to get through high school and break out of the welfare cycle she's been born into. Playing as part of Cannes' official sidebar, Un Certain Regard, the film is directed by Lee Daniels and he was joined in Cannes today by stars Gabourey Sadibe, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey to welcome the premiere. Of course, they invited RT to lunch at the exclusive La Plage Vitaminwater on a beach front on the Croisette.

 

The film is a tale of tragic hardship but it's nevertheless full of hope and despite its starry lineup of supporting stars, it's as brutally real a portrayal of life in Harlem as we've ever seen on screen. Carey and Patton dispatch with glamour to play the film's integral supporting roles, as a social worker and teacher respectfully who work to rescue Sadibe's Precious from the world she's a part of, and we were impressed with just how good the performances were across the board.

 

"I read the novel many years ago and it really stayed with me," Daniels told us of his decision to direct the film. "Very few stay books with me, and they're mainly classics. This was that urban, edgy thing that was a modern-day version of those books."

 

Carey might seem an odd choice, but according to her director she wanted the role and was perfect for it. "Helen Mirren was going to play the role originally but Mariah and I are good friends and it was a very last minute thing, it sort of happened. I was surprised that she was as in love as I was. She never asked me to be in the movie but she hinted that she wanted to be a part of it and I felt if I was making a bold movie, how bold it would be to cast Mariah."

 

Carey told RT that she'd been a fan of the material for years. "I read it years ago and it changed my life. It's intense and it is life changing."

 

As a social worker in the film, it's her character's job to make Precious feel comfortable enough in her company to share the secrets of her traumatic past. "I said, 'Let me peel layers away of the world I live in and who I feel I am and really, truly become this woman,'" Carey told us. "I know there's a creative side of me that needs to do work like this and I trust Lee so much. I'm just grateful for being asked."

 

For Kravitz, the challenge came in completely abandoning his persona as a performer and inhabiting the character. "The thing Lee wanted to do was make me disappear. He'd say, 'You can't walk like that, you can't move like that, your hand can't do that, you can't talk like that." In an hour he completely changed my whole vibe. People didn't even know it was me."

 

The film's highlight in an already strong case is unquestionably Mo'Nique who plays Precious' abusive mother, Mary, and goes against type to deliver what may be the first truly Oscar-worthy performance of the year. She couldn't be in Cannes due to prior engagement, but her co-stars were strong in their praise. "Her truth as Mary was so intense," explains Carey of the one scene she shares with her, the film's emotional climax. "Honestly, that scene -- Lee just let us go. When Mo'Nique came in and it was the three of us, Lee was very protective of us. I knew my character wouldn't cry but it was so intense that I really wanted to."

 

For Gabourey Sadibe, the titular character playing in her first acting role, the experience of bringing the film to Cannes was emotional. "I'm having the most fun ever in Cannes," she told RT. "This is completely glamorous, something I never thought my life would be heading towards. I wasn't an actress, I was a college student."

 

The film releases in the US on November 6th with other territories to be announced. Keep an eye on it until then -- we suspect you're going to be hearing a lot of it as this year's awards season kicks into gear.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

 

 

Precious: If This Doesn't Make You Cry, Find The Wizard

Oscar Watch 2010 officially just started thanks to the debut of "Precious," a new film starring Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, who will clean up this award season if there is any justice in the world.

 

The film -- which used to be called "Push" -- made a killing at Sundance earlier this year where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, all but guaranteeing it a major Oscar season push. Hell, even Mariah Carey looks pretty great in this.

 

Here's the rub, this movie ain't a lively romp. In fact, the film is heartbreaking. Even the trailer will make you tear up. There's simply no avoiding the emotions. So find the nearest tissue or shirt sleeve and watch the brilliance unfold.

Source: New York Post

 

Huffington Post Reviews Precious at Cannes

The reviews start to come in. Here's one from the Huffington Post.

 

PRECIOUS ** 1/2 out of 4

By Michael Giltz

 

This film by director Lee Daniels received a ton of acclaim at Sundance, so I'm in the minority for not being blown away by it. However, I do think this story of a large teenage girl pregnant with her second child (both fathered by her biological dad) and finding a ray of hope in an alternative school is a serious leap forward by Daniels. It captures the pugnacious, dreaming, hopeful tone of the book by Sapphire very well and contains a clutch of good performances, including the lead (Gabourey Sidibe), Mariah Carey (!) and especially Mo'Nique as Precious's hateful mother. She's so good it's possible she'll even get an Oscar nomination. I can't wait to see the next film by Daniels. It's called Tennessee and it stars Carey. So there.

Source: Huffington Post

 

A Platinum Star Turns to 'Precious'

Cannes, May 15 -- A genuine paparazzi star moment occurred here just after lunch on a clammy, drizzly afternoon as the Cannes Film Festival hit its peak today. Mariah Carey, bedecked in a gold-flecked full-length gown, bangly hoop earrings and jewel-studded aviators posed patiently under a white umbrella, while the photographers and gawkers got their fill.

 

Chances are, they won't recognize her in the movie she's come to promote, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire." In the film, a harrowing coming-of-age story about an overweight teenage girl battling abuse, incest, early pregnancy and other depredations in 1980s Harlem, Carey, the multi-platinum selling singer with a penchant for glamorous, revealing clothes, plays a tough, no-nonsense New York City social worker named Ms. Weiss.

 

In "Precious," which will open in theaters in November, Carey undergoes a startling transformation that transcends the physical into the virtually existential. Gone are the trappings of fame and fashion that she brought out with full force at a press conference on the beach. The highlighted tresses she carefully tends with beige-polished fingernails are in the movie a mousy brown; out goes the square-cut diamond right-hand ring, out comes the full Long Island accent; even the perfectly blushed cheeks take on a bureaucratic pallor in the film, which is showing out of competition in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival. ("Precious" made its world debut at Sundance, where it won the festival's three top awards and caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, who signed on as executive producers.)

 

"Precious" director Lee Daniels, who appeared with Carey and co-stars Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe at the press conference, , said he cast Carey in the role after Helen Mirren dropped out -- surely making him the world's first director who, when Helen Mirren dropped out of his movie, thought, "That's okay, I'll get the pop singer who starred in 'Glitter.'"

 

In truth, the decision wasn't that spontaneous. Daniels admits that when Carey, a good friend and fan of "Push" the controversial 1996 novel by Sapphire, began dropping hints, "I never thought she'd be right" for the role. But he gradually came to realize "that if I was making such a bold movie, how bold would it be to cast Mariah? Why not go all the way there? And I asked her if she could dye her hair, put on a wig, take off the makeup and darken under her eyes. I thought she would begin to give me her soul. And she did."

 

Carey's is a supporting role in the film, which is dominated by a mesmerizing breakout performance by now 26-year-old Sidibe in the title role of Claireece "Precious" Jones, and the comedian Mo'Nique, who plays Precious's mother Mary, an almost psychotically abusive woman with a vicious violent streak.

 

As Ms. Weiss, Carey is a linchpin in the story, bearing witness to unspeakable breaches of faith Precious has been forced to endure. Carey's frank, unblinking performance is so free of mannerism and vanity that it literally takes a few moments to realize that it's her on screen. And it's all the more remarkable considering she joined the film's cast only three days before filming.

 

"I said, just let me kind of peel layers away of who the world thinks I am and even I personally think I am as a performer, and really, truly become this woman, who has a large responsibility," Carey said here today . "In a way, she is the audience, she is that shocked person who hears about what goes on and has to bare her soul because she's hearing something so horrific that she's never heard before." Even with such a daunting role and on such short notice, Carey says, she was confident she could do it. "Because I know that there's a creative side of me that needs to do work like this, and I trust Lee so much that I felt that there was no way we couldn't pull something out we could both be proud of."

 

Mo'Nique is already being touted as a probable Oscar nominee for her performance as Mary (she couldn't be in Cannes due to commitments to BET and her children, but she taped "Oprah" earlier this week). But with a well-timed release late in the year, "Precious" might bring Carey a nomination, too. It couldn't have escaped either woman's notice that Daniels shepherded Halle Berry to her Oscar win in 2002, for "Monster's Ball."

 

Daniels recalled a particularly searing moment in "Precious," when Mary throws a baby on the floor. It was one of the few times Mo'Nique didn't bring a sense of humor to the otherwise unbearably sad story. "I told her something I told Halle Berry when she was in prison and she had that conversation with Puffy before he went to the electrocution chair," Daniels recalled. "I said to Halle, 'You're gonna win an Oscar for this. I think you can win something for this.' I told Mo'Nique, 'People are really going to be blown away by this moment. She said to me, 'Lee, my Oscar is that I made you happy and that you had M&Ms on the set for me."

 

For his part, Daniels was clearly giddy that his Cannes debut is a film it took 12 years to make "with a little bit of bubblegum, Popsicle sticks and grease." He quipped, "I'm waiting for somebody to yank the rug from under me and tell me, 'Negro, you are not in Cannes. You are in Kan-sas.'"

 

Aside from a moment when Carey, a beauty school alum, snuck a little blush on to her cheeks , she was a surprisingly good sport for a bona-fide diva. "I honestly felt that [Ms. Weiss] would throw a little blush on," she said like a seasoned Method graduate. "But it doesn't matter. To me, it wouldn't be the same performance if I even remotely looked like the person that's on stage as a singer." For now, it's back to recording on her next album, a process she craves. "Being in the studio for me is the antithesis of these moments," she says, gesturing to the circus-like atmosphere around her. "I like to go downstairs in my pajamas and sing. There's no hairdo, none of that. Lee, you'd love it."

Source: Washington Post

 

Confirmed: Mariah to Perform in Turkey

Mariah is scheduled to be in Turkey on Saturday, May 23rd for the grand opening of the Mardan Resort in Antalya. She will perform a one-hour set to open the exclusive £926 million development - said to be the most expensive resort in Europe.

 

More details to follow as they become available.

Source: MariahDailyJournal | Can

[dj4celine]

The butter-scotch dress was nice but black dress is just bad

[Prince Whiskers]

Yeah the black dress wasn't flattering at all. Still, Mimi with a film entry in Cannes!!!!!!! I like the way she keeps pushing herself.

[Bellamy]

She looked much better on Cannes.

[Nikosn17]

Final Precious Cut to Feature Mariah Song: "100 Percent"

Mariah Will Write/Sing Precious Theme

Mariah Carey is so good in Lee Daniels's "Precious" in a small pivotal role of a social worker. But her involvement in this extraordinary independent film won't stop there. She told me yesterday at a lunch in Cannes that she and Jermaine Dupri are recording a theme song called "100 Percent" to be added to the final print. Expect to see and hear Miss Mariah at the Oscars next March.

 

Indeed, expect to see all the folks from "Precious" at lots of awards shows next winter. "Precious" is this year's "Slumdog Millionaire" or "Juno." It's a passionate, breathtaking offbeat drama that if handled properly - and that's questionable at this point since Lions Gate is not Fox Searchlight - could upset everyone's apple carts.

 

"Precious" is not in competition at Cannes because it was already shown at Sundance. Nevertheless, if it were part of the main race here, it would win hands down. It's just that good. Lee Daniels has taken the work of African American cult writer Sapphire and wrought a deeply honest, affecting, and indelible portrait of a young woman's triumph out of abuse.

 

Clareece Precious Jones is a 16 year old, morbidly obese and pregnant for the second time. She's an incest victim, and she's physically and mentally abused by her mother. This horror of a human being is played by comedian Mo'Nique in a performance that is guaranteed Best Supporting Actress in every award show. You've never seen anything like it: I cannot wait for the first Oscar nominee with an apostrophe in her name.

 

Precious is played by newcomer Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, who got the part after one audition. Like Ellen Page in Juno, Gaby is going to startle audiences who may think that she is Precious. She is not. She is simply a gifted, natural actress who has an amazing presence. The 26 year old New Yorker is going to be an actual overnight sensation.

 

Daniels, who produced "Monster's Ball," fills out the rest of "Precious" with a talented supporting cast. Paula Patton, a striking beauty, is Precious's astute, involved teacher. Mariah and Lenny Kravitz are each excellent in their supporting roles. Carey is a revelation as the social worker who must bring the movie to its climactic moment toward the end. She does everything right as Mo'Nique and Gaby play out the film's incendiary truths.

 

One thing "Precious" does need, however: better back end credits. I'm sure whoever designed them thought they were clever, but the actors' names are hard to read and disappear too quickly. Trust me, everyone's going to want to sit and see who's who when this film comes to an end. The producers should make it easier.

 

If you don't know already, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry saw "Precious" and decided to 'present' it to the public this fall. I hope they can get some others on the bandwagon, like Ellen Degeneres and Anderson Cooper. "Precious" has got to be a film that is not missed - by adults and teens, too. And PS, there's great older tracks from LaBelle on the soundtrack and a couple from Lenny Kravitz, too.

 

Note: We first heard about "100 Percent" as a rumored song title in June 2008 when it was reported Mariah wanted the track to be a theme song for either the Olympics or Barack Obama's campaign. At that point, the song had not been recorded yet.

 

In March 2009, producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox raved about the song after a recording session with Mariah.

Source: Roger Friedman - Showbiz 411 | Jon

 

 

05.16.09 LEAVING HOTEL MARTINEZ

Mariah Carey leaving Hotel Martinez in Cannes, France. May 16, 2009.

 

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Photos: Mariah Attends Roberto Cavalli Dinner in Cannes

Mariah and Nick attend Roberto Cavalli dinner held at the Roberto Cavalli's yacht RC during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2009 in Cannes, France.

 

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Pics with the other dresses from the last 2 days are coming soon

 

 

What's up with Mariah ... 6 long dresses in 2 days, this is not her, she's the queen of short dresses

[Angel, You thrill me]

how the HELL does she lose wieght from one pic to another

[dj4celine]

Hate me lambs for this but MC sure looks like a FLY with those hideous glasses

 

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