Mariah Carey walked down the red carpet in a midnight-blue gown by Valentino. The color choice was an hommage to Sapphire, the author who penned the novel that became the movie.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Mariah Carey’s Angel Cry Remix (feat. Ne-Yo) drops five places on the Official Australian Urban Singles Chart to No.34 this week.Currently the remix is only available from: iTunes Australia | GetMusic Australia
Help support the track by by requesting at your local Austereo, Macquarie Southern Cross Media, Mix Network or Nova station today!
Source: Mariah Connection Australia
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The School Gyrls latest single Get Like Me has being released from their upcoming debut album School Gyrls on March 16th.
The song was co-written by Nick and Mariah and even features Mariah on background vocals!
Click here to listen a preview of the song and remember to download the full CD on Amazon and iTunes!
Source: Nickcannon archives
Friday, March 12, 2010
Mariah Carey sure knows how to stir the pot.
The 39-year-old diva sent bloggers into a frenzy when she teased on the Oscars red carpet that she has “something special on the way.” Of course that means she’s preggers, right?
We caught up with Carey’s other half, Nick Cannon, who let us in on a little secret…
“It’s funny because the big surprise has to do with Home Shopping Network or something like that,” Cannon revealed at the Stars & Strikes Fundraiser supporting APCH at PINZ in Studio City. “She has a new product coming out. It has nothing to do with kids.”
Mimi may not have a bun in the oven just yet, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen soon. “We would have a beautiful baby, wouldn’t we?” Cannon said. “We’re laying the foundation right now. We just got a home out here and all that stuff, and Mariah just came off tour, so we’ll see what happens.”
In the meantime, the sexy songbird and her hubby are just enjoying married life. “What people don’t understand is Mariah has the funniest sense of humor ever,” Cannon gushed. “She’s hilarious. We always have a good time.”
We can only assume Cannon supports his “hilarious” wife’s dream to star in a Woody Allen film.
Source: E! Online
Friday, March 12, 2010
Mariah Carey is still featured on the following European charts:
Official Portugal Ringtones Chart
7. I Want to Know What Love Is (no change) *Peak No.4*
Official French Singles Chart
51. I Want to Know What Love Is (down 5) *Peak No.6*
Purchase: iTunes France | Virgin MegaStores | 7 Digital | FNAC | Amazon
Source: AFP | Mariah Connection | Thanks to Ju Miguel
Friday, March 12, 2010
The folks at the Truth About Nursing, a Baltimore-based group concerned about demeaning portrayals of nurses have a new target: Mariah Carey.
Yep, you heard that right. The pop star’s video for her song “Up Out My Face” takes the naughty nurse stereotype to a new level of low, according to Sandy Summers, the group’s director. Complete with a booty-grazing nurse outfit, white cap and stockings, Mariah’s version of naughty nurse has real nurses in an uproar, apparently.
They dissect the video and the lyrics here. The group has even launched a letter writing campaign urging Ms. Carey herself to “make amends by withdrawing the video from all distribution, avoiding the stereotype in the future and publicly apologizing to the nursing profession (in a music video perhaps!).”
Hmmmm, OK. I wonder, have any other Mariah Carey videos resulted in any formal apologies?
Source: The Baltimore Sun
Friday, March 12, 2010
Angels Cry debuts this week on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart! Check out below the rest of Mariah’s positions on Billboard:
Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart
30. Angels Cry (debut)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
44. Up Out My Face (down 1)
Billboard Hot 200
127. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (down 61)
Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart
29. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (down 10)
American fans can get Mariah’s “Memoirs” from: Amazon MP3 | Amazon USA | BestBuy | Tower Records | Target | Wal-Mart | iTunes USA
Source: Billboard | Mariah Connection
Thursday, March 11, 2010
When do YOU think these two lovebirds should start building their family nest?
While Mariah Carey may not be pregnant YET, she and hubby Nick Cannon are definitely talking kids!
“Family is important to us. We plan on having kids in the future,” the 29-year-producer raved of his wife of nearly two years at the APCH Stars & Strikes celebrity bowling and poker tournament in Los Angeles March 10.
Children seem like an excellent idea for these two, especially as they seem to be so completely in love. While Nick simply smiled when we asked if babies were on their way ASAP, he did gush how beautiful his wife is.
Although he joked that Mariah, 39, would need two weeks to prepare for the Oscars, he told us it actually took the songbird “twenty minutes” to get ready because, “she’s so beautiful, that’s all she needs.”
Everyone altogether now: awwwwwwwww.
But just how has this A-list couple managed to have such a successful union? “Marry your best friend,” Nick advised us.
Hey Nick, you didn’t mention in order to have a happy marriage, you also have to carry your wife’s mints (and pocketbooks) as we’ve seen you do on several occasions now. That helps too. Just sayin’.
Source: Hollywood Life
Thursday, March 11, 2010
To the consternation of her agents, the poet and novelist Sapphire refused to talk to Hollywood for five years after her acclaimed book Push was published.
“I just felt that a bad or corny film could destroy it,” Sapphire says now. “It could do a lot of damage.”
In the end, Sapphire says, she had to let go of her story about an abused teenaged girl in Harlem, an overweight, self-loathing girl who fights her way out of the darkness and finds herself empowered through education. Sapphire let go to Lee Daniels, after bluntly turning him down the first time he tried to persuade her to sell the film rights.
The result is Daniels’ Oscar-nominated Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Precious is new to DVD and Blu-ray this week after being honoured with two Oscar wins out of its six nominations. Mo’Nique (who, like Precious in the movie, is an incest survivor in real life after being abused by her brother) took the best supporting actress trophy. She creates a blistering portrayal of a bitter, angry mother who punishes her daughter for the sins of the girl’s father. In addition, Geoffrey Fletcher won for best adapted screenplay.
It would also be easy to argue that Daniels’ complex construction of images, and his penetrating eye for performance, should have earned him the best-director Oscar. It went instead to Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. But Daniels’ efforts are exceptional.
To call Precious a must-see is to understate the case. The film is a gift to humanity for its depiction of a hardscabble life that is redeemed only through grit and the intervention of outsiders at precisely the right time. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city of interested parties to save one who has been lost into a living hell.
Mo’Nique is not the only great actor here. Gabourey Sidibe will break your heart playing Precious, while Paula Patton, a de-glamourized Mariah Carey and a humble Lenny Kravitz provide support. The DVD and Blu-ray, which share the same bonus materials, introduce us to the making-of with great insight.
Among the enlightened features, you get to see Sidibe’s amazing audition. She delivers a key scene that becomes a pivotal moment in the film. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry both testify to how and why they became involved as executive producers to shepherd Precious from the wilderness to the Oscar stage. And Sapphire tells her story, eloquently and passionately, as does Daniels in his interview sessions.
Great films need dignified and intelligent DVD and Blu-ray presentations to properly represent them for now and for posterity. Precious gets that treatment, underscoring the transformational powers of cinema. “The them becomes the us,” Sapphire says quietly. The story of Precious is open to all who can see and feel.
Canadian fans can order the movie on DVD or Blu-ray from Amazon Canada!!!
Source: The Toronto Sun
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mariah Carey has three tracks featured on the Official Korean International Singles Chart:
Korean International Singles Chart
4. Angels Cry (no change)
25. Up Out My Face (debut)
190. I Want to Know What Love Is (debut)
Korean fans can purchase a MP3 of the album today, by clicking here!
Source: Mariah Connection | Thanks to Ju Miguel
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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