Critically acclaimed movie, Precious, featuring Mariah Carey in a supporting role, opened at just four cinemas in Republic of Ireland last week. Surprisingly the movie has managed to break the Top 15 on the Irish Box Office Chart, at No.14 with ticket sales in excess of €19,000. A list of cinemas showing the movie in Ireland [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
There are hard luck stories, there are stories of sick relationships, and there is Precious. Or, to give the film its full, ungainly title, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, a literary source said to be even more unflinching in its chronicle of ignorance, misery and sheer barbaric wrongdoing. Forgive me if I don’t [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Star Rating: 5/5 Director: Lee Daniels Cast: Gabourney ‘Gabby’ Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Mo’Nique Cert: 15 The much-talked about, and honoured, film finally reaches our screens and proves to be everything they said it would be … dark, depressing, harrowing, humane, uplifting and in every respect a wonderful, if challenging, drama. Central to its success is most certainly the [...]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Critically acclaimed movie, Precious, featuring Mariah Carey in a supporting role, opens across UK & Ireland on Friday 29 January, 2010. Sadly the movie will not be shown in all cinemas but a select few in some major cities & towns. There are no showings of the movie currently scheduled in Wales & Northern Ireland; while [...]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Mariah Carey, the type of woman who would willingly don a moustache to embody the role of a dowdy, unglamorous social worker in her new film Precious? Who knew? Formerly best known for her floptastic performance in the 2001 fest of self celebration that was Glitter, her latest creative exercise comes out of left field from [...]
Monday, January 18, 2010
Mariah Carey has announced she is launching her own brand of champagne. Just a week after she gave a bizarre acceptance speech at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards - which she blamed on “splashes” of champagne” - the diva revealed she plans to unveil her own bubbly. Mariah revealed on Twitter: “Seriously, Angel champagne (rose) [...]
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Spotlight-loving songstress Mariah Carey is a shoo-in as the one to watch when the annual awards circus kicks off in LA this Sunday with the Golden Globes. But the buzz that is now surrounding Carey has less to do with her stellar performance in the box-office hit Precious than with her potentially nutty behaviour when [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has started to really impact Irish radio - the classic Christmas track had the highest increase in radio audience last week: Official Irish National Airplay Chart 13. All I Want For Christmas Is You (up 36) Plays: 242 plays Stations Playing: 38 out of 45 Download: iTunes (2009 Dance Remixes) | iTunes (Original) | iTunes [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic continues to rise on the Irish singles chart: Official Irish Singles Chart 18. All I Want For Christmas Is You ( up 8 ) Purchase NOW from: iTunes (2009 Dance Remixes) | iTunes (Original) | iTunes (J.D & Lil Bow Wow remix) Source: Mariah Connection Ireland
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic re-enters the Irish Singles Chart, while sadly both “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” & “I Want To Know What Love Is” fall off the charts after just one week: Official Irish Singles Chart 26. All I Want For Christmas Is You (re-entry) Purchase NOW from: iTunes (2009 Dance Remixes) | iTunes (Original) | iTunes [...]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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