Songbird Mariah Carey — who married actor-and-rapper Nick Cannon in 2008 — has spoken out about her personal struggle with emotional abuse and hinted that ex-husband Tommy Mottola was responsible for her ordeal.
In 1993, Mariah, now 40, wed the much older music executive who signed her to the music label CBS Records. They separated three years later and divorced in 1998. Mottola has since married Latin pop singer Talia.
She told CNN’s Larry King Live Wednesday: “Abuse has several categories. Emotionally, mentally, in other ways. I just think you get into a situation and you feel locked in. If your situation is similar to one of the situations I’ve been in, which I won’t harp on. For me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing where the person was in control of my life.” Read the rest of this entry »
What an entrance! Mariah Carey almost took an embarrassing fall as she stumbled down a step on the set of The Jay Leno Show Monday night. The “Obsessed” star attempted to laugh off the embarrassing mishap by telling the audience: “You know when I tripped, I had choreographed that earlier.”
Mariah Carey had some regal shoes to fill when she accepted her acclaimed role in Precious — the part was originally offered to Oscar-winning dame Helen Mirren.
The diva — once panned as a horrible actress for her cinematic disaster Glitter — has wowed critics with her performance as a dowdy social worker in the poignant story of an abused teenage girl, but she reveals The Queen star Mirren was originally offered the role. “Someone told me Helen Mirren had been offered the role of the social worker, but had to pull out. So it was daunting to try and fill the shoes of this great Academy Award-winning actress, but then I decided to snap myself out of that mindset and figure out what I could bring to the role.”
Diva Overload! Pop goddesses Mariah Carey and Rihanna were to cool to be photographed — or even seen — together during Mariah and husband Nick’s annual All Hallow’s Eve Bash at the M2 Ultralounge in New York City last weekend.
On-site spywitnesses tell The NY Post’sPageSix Column that MC and Ri-Ri — who came dressed as an angel and a tiger, respectively — worked overtime to outdo one another at the star-studded event, which featured a guest list includinng Ne-Yo and urban supercouple Ice-T and Coco.
An informant tattles: “It was Mariah’s party, but Rihanna didn’t want to be seen with her. And Mariah was not going over to greet Rihanna. Mariah needed six guards to clear a path to the bathroom so her wings wouldn’t be dislodged.”
Memoirs star Mariah Carey is lending her famous face to the new AT&T “Junior Assistant” campaign. In this behind the scenes interview with Mariah, the songbird chats about the commercial and how she uses mobile technology on a daily basis.
Mariah Carey helped toast the engagement of two gay fans after inviting them on stage for the proposal during her Las Vegas show on Saturday.
The five-octave hitmaker was performing the final concert of her shortlived Sin City residency at The Palms last when she turned the floor over to a marriage-minded man with hopes of proposing to his BF. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey, Mariah Fans, while you were sleeping, Madame Butterfly and her favorite personal accessory — hubby Nick Cannon — appeared on The TODAY Show to promote the release of MiMi’s new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. The songbird belted out a string of singles, including “Obsessed,” “Make It Happen,” and her rendition of Foreigner’s 1984 ballad “I Want To Know What Love Is.”
Before she shot to international infamy with hit singles like “S.O.S.,” “Take A Bow,” and “Umbrella,” fashionista bombshell Rihanna was just Robin Fenty, a carefree teen from the island of Barbados. In 2004, a 15-year-old Rihanna turned in a woeful performance of Mariah Carey’s inspirational classic “Hero” during a high school talent show. Yikes!
Some of you may have seen this footage before, but for those who are seeing it for the first time, remember: “Eye plugs are our friends!”
Determined to start a family, songbird Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon have decided to adopt after several false alarms and more than a year of trying unsuccessfully to conceive.
The 40-year-old star is desperate to have a child with her 28-year-old spouse, a family friend spills in the Sept. 14 issue of GLOBE. In February, Mariah reportedly visited a Los Angeles fertility clinic without success. And just last month, the Grammy winner cancelled a string of appearances promoting the upcoming release of her album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel amid rumors that she has been having trouble getting pregnant.
