Sometimes, Mariah gets it wrong (“H.A.T.E. U”? H.A.T.E.D. those freakin swimsuits. “I Want to Know What Love Is”? I want to know why you’re in a baseball stadium full of sad people). And then – she gets it so right. In the new video for “Up Out My Face” from her upcoming duets remix album Angels Advocate, due March 30, there are so very many things to love: the color scheme (Target ad? White Stripes tribute?); the nonsensical (but sexical!) nurses’ outfits and Barbie boxes; rising Lil Wayne protege Nicki Minaj getting red, white, and saucypants all over; Nick Cannon (he also directs the clip) reprising his Drumline stomp in the outro. They wear silly outfits, they make silly faces; they have fun.

Wasn’t that delicious? Do you not want to put Minaj in your pocket? Are you fonder of Nick Cannon than you were five and half minutes ago? (He also directed his wife in another new video, the less-than-scintillating Ne-Yo collaboration “Angels Cry”, but we are letting that one slide; it is a forgiveness kind of day.)

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Songbird’s local show includes grand entrance, no-phone rule and public grooming.

You attend a Mariah Carey concert to be in the dreamlike presence of a super-diva, not expecting to be wooed by artful razzle-dazzle or the singer’s dexterous dance moves. Those aerobics are in her voice, a supreme many-octave instrument that worked for 95 minutes during her “Angels Advocate Tour” Monday at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

She still nailed that infamous whistle note (several times during the vintage surprise “Emotions,” her hit from 1991), went all bat-shit belty on the wooing “Fly Like a Bird” and made fierce girl-anthem “It’s a Wrap,” a song off her current album “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” sound better than its recording.

The voice wasn’t the only spectacle. Mariah, who seemed especially at ease (with only one glass of bubbly, that we know of), played up the diva image – satirizing it, even – during the simple and classy show: being freshened up on stage, making mock demands and opening it in a way that only the diva of all divas would.

Double the diva
You can sip water from a straw (like Mariah did) and sing a ballad in a bathrobe (like Mariah also did), but what’s more diva-like than doing another diva’s song? Mariah, in a dress and a shoulder piece made of faux-fur, started with Diana Ross’ sultry “Love Hangover” before merging into her own hit, “Heartbreaker.” Sounds familiar, right? The singer did exactly the same mash-up during “VH1 Divas Live” in 2000. These days, though, Mariah’s not just having love hangovers.

“If there’s a camera up in here … ”

Oh the irony of that “Touch My Body” threat, “If there’s a camera up in here, then I best not catch this flick on YouTube.” No clips would make it onto the Web, however, because cameras were strictly prohibited. And, most shockingly, so were phones, which had to be turned off and put away during the performance. You might catch her at a bad angle, and we can’t have that.

Mariah Carey … or Glinda the Good Witch?
There she was, all magically glowing from an adorned swing that descended from the heavens – or was it the ceiling? – as she ate up every scream, applause and bald head. Instrumentals from her ballad “Butterfly” played as she was lowered and a ruffled ball gown threatened to inhale the whole venue. She wore sparkly bracelets and earrings. Even her mic gleamed. The camera/phone ordeal wouldn’t have been one if only she came with one more accessory: a magic wand.

Touch me up
A girl’s gotta look good, and Mariah’s fully aware of that. Which is why, before she launched into the jazzy “Subtle Invitation” (laying cozily on a couch, mind you), she called her grooming team out to, well, touch her body and have them pretty it up. Hair was primped; sweat was dabbed. She acknowledged it as “a complete and total diva moment.” And it was.

Working hard-ly for the money
When Mariah wasn’t gently swaying to “Touch My Body” or “Shake It Off,” she was sitting, lounging or standing in place. In fact, her two fist-pumping arms did more work than the rest of her body, which after “My All” did nothing at all as it was carried off stage by some hot dancer. During “Obsessed,” her dancers lifted her up like she was on top of her own world. She was. We were just momentarily basking in it.

Source: PrideSource

Mariah Carey Releases Newly Remixed Album of Duets – ANGELS ADVOCATE – March 30th on Island Records

‘ANGELS ADVOCATE’ TOUR CONTINUES ACROSS U.S. & CANADA, THROUGH FEBRUARY 27th CLOSING DATE AT CAESARS PALACE IN LAS VEGAS

International superstar Mariah Carey has completed her 13th studio album, ANGELS ADVOCATE, a brand new collection of newly remixed duets with some of her favorite artists, performing Mariah’s favorite songs from her #1 R&B album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (released September 2009). ANGELS ADVOCATE will be released on March 30th.

In advance of the ANGELS ADVOCATE album release, two new Mariah Carey singles are on the way this week – “Angels Cry” featuring fellow Island Def Jam artist Ne-Yo is impacting at Urban A/C radio, and “Up Out My Face” featuring Nicki Minaj is impacting at Urban and Rhythm radio formats. New videos for both tracks were co-directed by Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey. Both videos will premiere at #1 search site VEVO.com on Thursday, January 28th, followed by Friday debuts on MTV and BET. The videos will be available at all platforms starting Monday, February 1st.

Mariah is in the second week of her six week “Angels Advocate” Tour across North America – her first major tour since The “Adventures of Mimi: The Voice, The Hits, The Tour” of August-October 2006. The opening act on the “Angels Cry” Tour is RydazNrtist, a new R&B group signed to Nick Cannon’s NCredible Entertainment. (Since mid-January, the tour has played through MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT; Fox Theatre in Atlanta; Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL; and Fox Theatre in Detroit. Please see remaining tour dates below.)

ANGELS ADVOCATE (and Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel) follow up Mariah’s multi-platinum E=MC² (2008), and worldwide 10 million selling The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005). The Emancipation Of Mimi generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month chart stay. Soundscan’s biggest-selling album of 2005, Mimi featured “We Belong Together” (Grammy winner for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and “Don’t Forget About Us,” Mariah’s 16th and 17th #1 career singles respectively. They tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley’s 17 #1′s.

Three years later, Mariah surpassed Elvis when “Touch My Body” (from E=MC²) became her 18th #1 Hot 100 hit. “Touch My Body” spent two weeks at the top, Mariah’s 78th and 79th cumulative career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis’ long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks at #1, as calculated by Billboard. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 #1 hits. The success of E=MC² brought total sales of Mariah’s albums, singles and videos to more than 175 million worldwide, distancing her even further from the pack as the top-selling female recording artist in history.

MARIAH CAREY – “ANGELS ADVOCATE” TOUR
Jan. 27 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Jan. 30 Boston, MA Wang Theatre
Feb. 1 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
4 Montreal, Que. Bell Centre
6 Ottawa, Ont. Scotiabank Place
9 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre
10 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
13-14 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
18 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
20 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
23-24 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
26 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
27 Las Vegas, NV Caesars Palace

Source: Island Def Jam via PR Newswire

The cover of REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” organized by Simon Cowell to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, will be released Feb. 7.

The BBC reports that the song features Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Miley Cyrus, Michael Buble, Jon Bon Jovi, Take That, Mika, James Blunt, James Morrison, Susan Boyle, Westlife, Cheryl Cole and boy band JLS. “X Factor” winners Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke and Joe McElderry also guest on the track, recorded this week and organized by Syco label boss Cowell.

It is set for digital release Feb. 7 and CD release the day after. Proceeds will go to the Sun newspaper’s Helping Haiti fund and the Disasters Emergency Committee.

Source: Billboard

Mariah’s “Angels Cry” feat. Ne-Yo and “Up Out My Face” feat. Nicki Minaj music videos are now available for streaming. Check them out below!

Source: MariahCareyVEVO – You Tube Channel

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Mariah Carey has revealed that her role in Precious has boosted her self confidence.

The singing superstar returns to the big screen this week in the hard hitting drama Precious as a social worker.

And Carey is almost unrecognisable as she shed her glamorous image to play the part of Miss Weiss, who tries to help an abused teen.

Speaking to Contact Music the actress said: “I think it was crucial to dress down. It was tough because making music videos is so different with the costumes, the angles, the lighting, stuff like that.

“In Precious, we sat in a fluorescent dentist’s office and it was the worst-lit scene of the movie. The over-lighting emphasises the dark stuff under your eyes.

“I guess now I’ll feel better about myself when I’m dressed normally at my house and walk past a mirror and see myself. I’ll be like, well I’ve looked worse.”

The movie has been met with huge critical acclaim and has been nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globes and Baftas.

But Carey’s performance has also been highly praised picking up Supporting Actress of the Year at the 14th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival as well as the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 21st Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Precious is released 29th January.

Source: Female First UK

Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) is a young woman living a nightmare in a small apartment in Harlem – regularly raped by her father, abused and intimidated by her mother (Mo’nique), who is using the baby Precious has had by her father as a way of living off welfare payments. When Precious falls pregnant a second time, she decides to enter an alternative education programme, where she finds support and encouragement from her teacher, Miss Rain (Paula Patton). Through this new life she discovers another way of living, and a possible route of escape from her family.

Not the most cheerful of premises it must be said, but this adaptation of the novel Push (changed to Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire to avoid confusion with the Chris Evans/Dakota Fanning flop released last year) digs down deep into the gutter and finds a gem. It’s a story of trying to be better, of getting yourself out of the situation you’re in no matter how bad it is – something everyone can relate to, or at least be inspired by. Director Lee Daniels flips between the grim reality of Precious’ life and her fantasies of stardom, showing that rich or poor we can all dream.

To start with anything other than Mo’nique’s performance is not possible. Previously, she had a horror of a filmography with such masterpieces as Phat Girlz and Beerfest. But seemingly out of the blue comes a superb performance as Precious’ mother, abusing her and turning a blind eye to the horrors that her daughter must go through. However, it’s a sign of how good both the performance and script are when Mary Lee is not demonised – particularly in the second half of the film, where we see why she had become such a hateful figure, even if it does not absolve her. Precious herself is played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, though her lack of experience doesn’t show. She may not be the typical leading lady, but in an endearing performance she proves a more realistic portrayal of a young woman than a thousand Hannah Montana’s put together. As for the star appearances from Lenny Kravitz (as a male nurse) and Mariah Carey (as a welfare worker), they are little more than bit parts, and whilst neither steals the show they are solid and their star status will no doubt help this smaller film attract attention.

A moving film with a great message, a genuinely unique leading lady and strong performances more than worthy of all the award whispers. Showing that uneducated doesn’t necessarily mean unintelligent, this may have hit the headlines as ‘the film where Mariah looks a little dowdy’, but if that encourages people to go along and catch this fantastic film then it can only be a good thing.

Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire is released on January 28.

Source: Entertainment Wise