Tyrese Pays a Visit To Mariah
The smooth American R&B singer Tyrese has his eyes set on R&B diva Mariah Carey.

Following Mariah Carey's August of 2001 'breakdown' due to exhaustion, she has recently started recording for her new album in Capri. Carey reportedly recruited top producers such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, 7 Aurelius, DJ Quik, and Jermaine Dupri. Although she obviously has plenty of company, one special beau stopped by with roses in hand to pay a visit to Mariah.

It is unconfirmed whether Tyrese's weekend visit is for recording purposes on Mariah's album or just a 'friendly' visit. Whatever the reason, Tyrese was being his typical, romantic self as sources tell us that the two shared a candlelight dinner alone. Tyrese is scheduled to be back in the USA on Monday, July 1st to continue recording for his new album which is scheduled to be released in November.

Source:
Le Notizie Della Gente; MariahC.nu

MD Down?
Liron and I couldn't add the updates over the weekend because we couldn't access MD sadly. Make sure you read the past couple days o' news to make sure you didn't miss anything. Sorry about this downtime!

Louisiana Fan Gathering Canceled
Eric told me that since there was lack of interest in the Louisiana Fan Gathering, he was forced to canceled it.

Chat/Mini-Vacation
I will be going away Sunday night until Tuesday and won't be able to update again until Tuesday afternoon. Also, I won't be able to attend the MD chat this week but if any of you still want to swing on by at 8pm ET, please do so!

To quote "VH1's Greatest TV Moments":

"On November 15th, 1997, Mariah captivated 10 million late night viewers with an appearance on "Saturday Night Live", transforming the buzzing studio into a silent show case."

"Saturday Night Live was this really amazing TV moment for her, she's just broken up with Tommy, she's kind of out on her own with "Butterfly"... Something about the way that she looked, the way that she presented herself, and the song - you really got the fact that this woman was ready to start a new life and she did a great job, I think that moment on SNL really was kind of the fresh new Mariah Carey."

Mariah To Work With Mike City?
macfvr (from FOMM) found this on a news story on MTV.com "...R&B producer Mike City is in talks with Mariah Carey about doing some tracks for her next album. City has recently worked with Solange Knowles, Dave Hollister and Terry Dexter...."

Mariah Gives Out Great Presents
In an interview with ex-Atomic Kitten and wife of Bryan from Westlife, Kerry Katona on Heat Magazine she was asked:
Q: What's the best present you've ever received from another celebrity?
A: Two big silver photo frames from Mariah Carey, for our wedding. Bryan did some recording with Mariah [Against All Odds, #1 in August 2000], that's how we know her. Anyway, one of the frames has mine and Bryan's names engraved on it and the other has the date we got married.

Sources:
Enya, Rainbow Princess

Join The Demonstration Against Sony In NYC
Michael Jackson fans are holding a demonstration in support of him, his album "Invincible", the "What More Can I Give" single (including Mariah) and protesting against Sony (& Tommy Mottola) that is silencing and has silenced music legends including Mariah. If you'd like to join them, here are the details:
Date: July 6, 2002: 'Invincible is Unbreakable'
Location: Sony Music, 550 Madison Avenue, New York City, USA
Time: 12:30pm to 4pm

Mariah In People Magazine
Both Tom & Mary wrote to us about Mariah being in the latest PEOPLE magazine:
"Mariah was in this week's People magazine on the much-beloved "Puzzler" crossword page. (In this issue it's on page # 89 & Mariah is wearing her "Superwoman" shirt & sparkly hot-pants from her overseas Glitter promo tour.) Anyway, this week, in honor of Miss M, it is titled "One Sweet Diva" & has a picture of MC as the center subject of the puzzle, w/ 2 fill-in answers involving her career. (I.e.: "Glitter recording artist" & one referencing her "I'll Be There". "

New Site
Stephanie from the Philippines has a new site for Mariah called: Monarch Butterfly that offers some cute WAV files of Mariah.

Mariah On Sale In The UK
Ashes sends in some interesting info for all fans in the UK:

HMV has a massive sale on at the moment and you can pick up the following bargins from your local store here in the UK:
Glitter DVD: £14.99 to £16.99 down from £19.99
Glitter Album CD: £5.99 to £8.99 down from £14.99 [this can also be got from woolworths ]
Greatest Hits CD's: £8.99 to £11.99 down from £15.99
Special purchase from Bond street HMV - The hero/NTF can be purchased from there for £5.99 down from £6.99

Mariah Daily Nominated For Fansite Awards
Mico, the webmaster of Mariah Light nominated Mariah Daily for a few categories on his "awards" section:
1. Best Design and Layout
2. Best in News
3. Easy Browsing
4. Best site
If you enjoy Mariah Daily, please vote for us :) Thanks!

Star/Globe Tabloid
Alex just told me that there is an article about Mariah and Tyrese in the July 9th Star tabloid. Plus, I was told they have a picture of her in the Globe tabloid. It just has an image of what she will look like when she is older,with grey hair and wrinkles. I'll try and hunt them down tomorrow at work and tell you more about it this weekend.

Important Dates Updated
There is a major lack o' news in MariahVille right now but I did update the Important Dates section. The Crib collection, featuring Mariah, will be on next month. A lot of fans keep asking me when Mariah's Crib special will reair but while you are waiting for that, you can check out this special which features segments of Mariah's house.

New Site
Karsten and Anja just opened a new Mariah site called MariahsDestiny. It has a ton of pics and a huge multimedia section, so check it out if you like.

The party will be one of Def Jam's finest with record company Godfathers Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons in attendance especially for the occasion. The pair recently signed Mariah Carey to the Def Jam label and diva Carey is rumoured to be attending the party and performing.

Ashanti will be performing on the night and guests will include high profile celebrities from the UK as well as big name US label mates.
Ashanti has already featured in the UK Top 10 twice this year with her collaborations with Ja Rule (Always On Time) and Fat Joe (What's Luv). Ashanti and Ja Rule will be doing a signing at the Virgin Megastore, 14-16 Oxford Street, London on Wednesday 3 July.

Sources:
WorldPop, Heroes of Mariah

Paris Fan Gathering Details
The fan gathering in Paris was a big success, just like the Argentinian one. Mariah's French Fan Club organized it and also announced a new section to open on their site. Here's a bit from what they wrote about the meeting:

"June 22nd was a lambs day in France because it was the day of the French gathering organized by Mariahfanclub.com. 25 persons were there to celebrate Mariah and have fun together. They came from Paris and its suburb of course but also from other French areas. There even was a wonderful little american girl named Maggie who is the Mariahangel.com and MariahPlanet.com's webmaster, who was visiting Paris at this time so she joined us to share a special moment with the French lambs."

More On Past Stories
The media keeps its interest on the Mariah/Eminem/Michael Jackson stories. Instead of posting the entire articles, I'll give you the links to them:

Star Magazine Cover - Eminem Admits Hot Fling With Mariah Carey. (Thanks Meski)

Launch News - More On Michael Jackson's London Tirade.

MariahC.nu
Matt, from MariahC.nu, wants you to all know that the has re-opened. You can check it out if you like!

Glitter VHS/DVD In Brazil
Tahi, from Mariah Connection, informed me that the Glitter VHS/DVD is coming out in Brazil around July 9th. Her website is pre-selling the Brazillian version exclusively. So if you want a copy, make sure you visit her site.

Fan Gathering Pics
To check out some pictures from the Buenos Aires Fan Gathering that took place on June 9th, just click here. Thanks to Johann & Tomas for sharing that day with us.

More Shocking Moments
I updated the important dates list on the left side today, with some times that The Bachelor is running on TNT, which features Mariah in her first acting role. Plus, VH1 is running a 1 hour show called "More Shocking Moments." The description says...

A round-up of music's more salacious scandals, including allegations of R. Kelly's sex crimes; Adam Ant's institutionalization; and Mariah Carey's very public run-in with "emotional and physical exhaustion." Also: Marilyn Manson vs. the supposedly assaulted security guard.

Reminder
Don't download any attachments you receive from Liron, myself or any other Mariah webmaster. Someone is sending out e-mails that use our e-mail names to spread viruses. Liron and I will not send attachments to you for any reason unless it is requested for some reason. Please be careful.

DJ Fired
A while ago, Emily created a petition against a DJ at her local radio station making fun of Mariah and other celebs for going to rehab. 245 people signed the petition against the DJ and Emily recently found out the DJ was indeed fired (reported reasons was for bad bodily maintenance though). The petition might have had something to do with it also but Emily just wanted to thank everyone who participated in the petition and who helped stand up for what was right. We want to thank Emily for fighting for Mariah too!

Guestbook
Yesterday I erased all the entrees in the Guestbook and reworked it a bit, including making a new graphic for it. If you would like to sign it and let us know what you think of MD, that would be great. Remember, you can let us know what you want changed or what you don't like about MD too, so we can try to change it for you. Please be mature of course though with your comments.

Speaking to 2,200 fans at London's Equinox nightclub on June 15, Jackson said, "Mariah Carey, after divorcing Tommy, came to me crying. Crying. She was crying so badly I had to hold her. She said to me, 'This is an evil man, and Michael, this man follows me'. He taps her phones, and he's very, very evil. She doesn't trust him." Jackson added, "We have to continue our drive until he is terminated. We can't allow him to do this to great artists, we just can't."

Jackson's anger stems from his belief that Sony poorly handled the star's recently released Invincible album, which has sold slightly more than 2 million copies in the U.S. to date.

In addition to his Mottola comments, Jackson remarked, "The tradition of great performer--from Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, to Jackie Wilson, to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly--the story is usually the same, though. These guys worked really hard, and they're crabbed, for the story ends the same. They are usually broken, torn and usually just sad, because the companies take advantage of them, they really do."

Jackson concluded by noting, "And being the artist that I am, at Sony I've generated several billion dollars for Sony, several billion. They really thought that my mind is always on music and dancing. It usually is, but they never thought that this performer--myself--would outthink them."

Calls to Jackson's representatives for comment were not returned by press time.

Source:
Mariah Madness / Launch.com

Last week's Poll Results:
Do you dislike Eminem now due to his recent statement about Mariah?
Yes, he is scum (2054) 67%
No, wouldn't want M with him anyway (992) 33%
Total Votes: 3046

Simon On JLO
He's at it again. Not satisfied with slating unknown wannabes, Pop Idol judge SIMON COWELL has had a dig at Jennifer Lopez. Cowell who appears on American Idol, the hit US version of the show – says: "She's not my cup of tea. She's good, not great and certainly not on the level of a Whitney Houston or a Mariah Carey. She's definitely not a star."

Source:
Carl, The Sun

There For Me
Meredith told me that a Christian artist named Jody McBrayer, from the group Avalon, recorded "There For Me" by Mariah on his new solo album due out on July 30th.

Click below to download Mariah's historic (and only so far) Grammy award speeches from 1991:

Best New Artist Speech
Best Pop Female Speech

Mariah #7 On Top 100 Celebrity List
The 2002 list of top 100 celebrities is based on how well they've done both financially and publically. All is included, even cover stories and web hits.
Mariah got in the 7th position with the following categories:

Money Rank: 7
Pay ($Mil): 58.0
Web Hits: 327,000
Press Clips: 10,204
Cover Stories: 1
TV Radio: 171

Here's what they wrote about Mariah:
"Lots of pop stars have had public meltdowns, but none have been as lucrative as hers. EMI's Virgin label paid her to leave last winter--and Universal gave her a contract worth up to $20 million months later."

Sources:
Kaison, Forbes.com

DJ Quik On Working With Mariah Carey
(6/20/02, 10 a.m. ET)
DJ Quik is one of the producers who have worked on new material with Mariah Carey, who recently signed a recording contract with the Island Def Jam music group. Quik, the beatsmith behind Truth Hurts' R&B single "Addictive," said that he and Carey have worked on one uncompleted track.

Quik recently explained the feel of the song. "It's kinda summery. It's like a real happy track, 808-driven, warm. It's like my old stuff, like stuff I used to do, like, 'Tonight' and 'Black,' like all my old records."

After their initial meeting, Quik said Carey did not hesitate to work with him. "I met her through a friend of mine. My boy Benny introduced me to her. She said she likes my music," he said. "I told her I'd always been a fan of hers, 'Let's get in the studio and work.' And usually when you say that it's always just like Hollywood talk, 'Hey, hey, hey, let's do lunch. Ha. Bye. Bye. Bye.' But she was like serious. So we got in the studio and started working. That's what I like, that reality."

DJ Quik's album, Under Tha Influence, was released earlier this month. "Trouble" featuring AMG is the album's first single. He is preparing to release the Paul Simon interpolation "50 Ways" as the album's second single.
-- Billy Johnson Jr., Los Angeles

Source:
Launch

Mariah's Out Burning the 4 A.M. Oil
Original Publication Date: 6/21/02
By KASIA ANDERSON, SARI BOTTON,
EMILY GEST and LOLA OGUNNAIKE

Mariah Carey is in town tending to her ailing father and staying up almost all night again.
The singer-actress, dressed in a white tank top, jeans and a glittery butterfly necklace, rolled into the weekly Candyland party at Serafina around 2:30 a.m. and sipped wine and water with friends. There she was introduced to R&B singer Tyrese.

Carey and the 23-year-old crooner and model hit it off, chatting about future projects. At closing time, just after 4 a.m., they each whipped out their pagers and exchanged numbers.

"Mariah visited her father in the hospital late Wednesday night before heading to the studio to work on her music," says her rep, Cindi Berger. "Then she swung by Serafina to pick up her cousin Sean, who's visiting from Harvard and is staying with her."

Berger says Carey hit the party "for all of 20 minutes," but bystanders swear she stayed closer to two hours.
After the 32-year-old Carey's breakdown last year, and her legendary trouble sleeping, let's hope she turns off her beloved pager long enough to get some rest.

Buddies Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio also turned up at the party. They sat together until the "Gangs of New York" star's constant pager play bored his pal, who cast his net at another table — one packed with pretty girls, who were happy to dance with Spider-Man.

Source:
NY Daily News

More on Mariah & Tyrese
The article avove talked about Mariah going into a party where she met the R&B singer Tyrese. Here's more, from Page Six: (Thanks Kayian)

SOME unattached women don't have to worry about a man-shortage. Supermodel Naomi Campbell has flipped for a close advisor to Bill Clinton, Mariah Carey has her sights set on R&B romeo Tyrese, and Natalie Portman is sweet on hunky young actor Jake Gyllenhaal...

...Campbell isn't the only boldfaced babe on a Manhattan manhunt. Mariah Carey swept into Serafina at 3:30 a.m. yesterday and made a beeline for Tyrese, the hunky former MTV veejay and star of John Singleton's "Baby Boy." Click here to read the full article.

Listen To Michael Jackson Talkin About MC
MariahMania has a soundfile to download of the Michael Jackson speech we posted here yesterday! You can clearly hear what he says about Mariah, how she cried in his arms and told him Tommy was evil.

One Sweet Day Dedication
I got this info from Emily

Recently, a girl at my school in upstate new york died in a car crash...it's very sad. She was a well-liked, smart and pretty girl. The yearbook is dedicated to her and with the yearbook they are giving everyone a sheet of paper with her picture and underneath her picture are the lyrics to One Sweet Day.

News On Wisegirls Release
Ashes sent us this info

"Intermedia, the distributors of the much awaited movie Wise Girls has closed all its offices in Europe yesterday, this is a major loss for Beligum, Luxenburg & Holland fans as the release of the movie was confirmed for cinema release over there for October. Now as you can tell everything is in question! When Gilles or me hear more we will let you know"

Source: Heroes Of Mariah

Horrific Details Emerge In Girl's Murder
On one of her last days of the school year, Nassim Davoodi was seen getting into a car with a classmate on the Bartlett High School campus. The freshman was never seen alive again.

Prosecutors are expected to announce criminal charges today against two men authorities believe murdered the 14-year-old Carol Stream girl, who also had been raped. Her body was discovered Wednesday in a shallow grave in Lake County...

...Davoodi was a member of the school's drill team and the ninth-grade all-girls choir. She loved to sing Mariah Carey songs. Her room also was plastered with posters of her favorite boy band, 'N' Sync, her sister said. (read more)

Source:
lambfromtexas

Webmaster Post
Cat, from DivaMC.de, asked me to post this...
DivaMC.de has a brand new layout. I've added a few galleries and a BIG Glitter section. All you need to know about the movie, the soundtrack, the cast and everything else. I even have an exclusive download. So check it out and please sign the guestbook.

One thing that was inaccurate (in implication, not in fact) was when he said Mariah had used others' music on "Fantasy" and "Emotions" and paid them later. That is factually correct, but it is also misleading.
The process of using someone else's music in your song and then paying them later (i.e. paying royalties) is called "sampling."
There is NOTHING illegal about this, and for Roger to imply Mariah stole the music for these 2 songs is ludicrous.

Another inaccuracy I recall is in reference to his comment about "Can'tLet Go."
I believe he said something implying the evidence against Matiah on this case was good and he made it seem like she stole the song.
In reality the case was DISMISSED in court. The judge found that the chord progressions used in the song are common progressions, and NO ONE has legal ownership of them.
Additionally, several songs were used in court that had the same chord progressions (including a Mariah songs) and came out BEFORE the guy's song who was suing Mariah.
In other words, Mariah could have counter-sued him! LOL!

Lastly, Roger says Mariah settled 2 cases out of court.
To my knowledge the only one she has settled is the "Make It Happen" suit.
That doesn't mean there isn't 1 more, but I have not heard about it.

Video of MJ about Mariah & Tommy
Xavier let me know that you can view (streaming real video) the speech of Michael Jackson at this site: http://jetzi.cjb.net/
Click on "Awards & Speeches" and then click on the "Killer Thriller Speech", part 7 is the part where he says "Tommy Is The Devil" and part 8 is where he talks about Mariah.
A part of MJ's speech was also shown on "Access Hollywood" and on MTV Europe News and here's an abstract of an article from MS NBC:

Michael Jackson disses his old label
"Sony released a statement that said, in part, "Over the years Sony Music has gone to great lengths to create and maintain a worldwide audience for Michael Jackson's music. . . . We are extremely proud of all we have accomplished on Michael Jackson's behalf." The label has, however, clashed with other artists, including George Michael, and, according to Jackson, Mariah Carey "cried in his arms" about the treatment by Mottola, who also happens to be her ex-husband."
Click Here to read the full article.

"Happy" Mariah Recording Again
Details are beginning to emerge of Mariah Carey's new label deal. After splitting from Virgin with less than a year's service, Carey evntually decided on a reported $20 million move to Island/Def Jam where she will form her own label.
Sources close to the 32 year old star suggest Carey is determined to get her career back on track following the less than impressive "Glitter" project, although it is hoped that she will now seek creative advice from experienced label execs unlike her Virgin stint when she called all the shots. Carey is laready in the studio working on a new soon-to-be-released album which is reported to include more live musicians and ballads. Of the new deal, Carey commented: "I'm incredibly happy."

Sources:
Enya, Blues & Soul Magazine (UK)

MC On The Web

Does Chris Selletti deserve his day in court? After six years of reporting this story, I say yes. It's time for all the evidence and testimony to be played out in front of a jury. Tomorrow's court date is interesting because a new law firm is involved: Debevoise and Plimpton.

Because Selletti has sued Carey's lawyers at Parcher and Hayes, they had to retain D&P. The lead lawyer on this case for D&P seems to be Mary Jo White, former U.S. attorney in the southern district, or Manhattan. All eyes will be on this situation since Jonathan Liebman, a defendant named by Carey, also used to toil in the U.S. attorney's office. And Judge Denny Chin got his start in the same office prior to White and Liebman. This should be interesting!

Source:
FoxNews.com

Best Of Arsenio Hall Jams
If you missed the original airing of this special on VH1 earlier this year, it is going to rerun on June 25th at 12am. It shows Mariah's performance of "Vision of Love" on the Arsenio Live show. Check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

Mariah On Jumpstart
Erika told me that on Jump Start today (a VH1 morning program) some guy was interviewing people on the street on who they would most like to marry. One guy said he would like to marry Mariah Carey and they showed some clips from Loverboy.

Mariah Record Details
According to the DMCA, who spoke to someone who works for Mariah, Mariah's label is going to be called Monarch and her new album should be out in November. Also, her new single should be out in September. I don't know how true this information is but hopefully it will be. We will just have to wait and see I suppose.

Selletti has tried suing Carey before over "Hero" only to have his case dismissed. But, as I first reported six years ago, there is a lot of questionable stuff in this case — enough to warrant a real trial with real testimony presided over by an objective jurist. But Judge Denny Chin has consistently done strange things regarding this case and these participants. In the 60-plus page document, Selletti's attorney Jeffrey Levitt cites many of Chin's odd decisions.

At the center of this case is Selletti's contention that he gave a copy of a poem he wrote to R&B star Sly Stone in 1991 from a book of poems he kept with him. Selletti had been Stone's driver while he recorded with Earth, Wind and Fire around the same time that Carey was in the same studio. Stone, Selletti says, agreed to help place the lyrics, then gave them to Carey or someone associated with her. Those lyrics, Selletti says, became "Hero." When he saw what had happened, Selletti mailed himself the lyrics, thus creating a homemade copyright.

However, Carey's case becomes murky when it comes to dates: her lawyer insisted to Chin in court that the song "Hero" was written for the 1992 movie Hero starring Dustin Hoffman. Unfortunately, Carey's notebook shows that the writing session for the song did not take place until a month after the movie Hero was released. Of all the pieces of information Judge Chin ignored in the case, this seemed to be the most blatant. It's not possible to write a song for a movie that's already playing in theaters.

Sources who worked on the movie Hero and its soundtrack confirmed for this reporter back in 1998 that Carey was never supposed to write a song for the movie. A source close to the soundtrack insisted: "We reached out to Afanasieff and he sent in some instrumental music. But [director] Stephen Frears rejected it. There was never any discussion of Mariah being involved." Sandy Isaac, one of the movie's producers, said that as far as he knew Carey was never asked to participate.

Carey, at the time, was knee-deep in plagiarism cases. She settled two of them with a million bucks apiece on the grounds that the writers of the songs involved would say she was innocent of wrongdoing. In two cases — the songs "Emotions" and "Fantasy" Carey simply lifted the entire recordings from existing songs, then paid the writers afterward.

In the worst case, over the song "Can't Let Go," Carey's then-manager Randy Hoffman, a partner of her husband Tommy Mottola, went to see a potential damaging witness wired up to a hidden tape recorder. He hoped to make the guy contradict himself. The witness stood his ground, but the tape wound up in the court record. I reported on its existence for the first time in 1998.

Why Carey just doesn't settle with Selletti may have more to do with practicality than pride. After "Hero" came out she pledged the proceeds from it to a charity. She ultimately made a $200,000 contribution to a fund for the victims of the Long Island Railroad shooting. "Hero" has since become an anthem for her. Letting go of it now, after 10 years, would seem unthinkable. And yet Selletti has been steadfast in pursuing this case. Attorney Levitt has carefully and painstakingly laid out the history of the case for Judge Chin. The big question is whether or not the Judge will read this document, or whether it's time for new eyes to get Chris Selletti his day in court.

Source:
FoxNews.com

Q: Mrs. Cucinotta, behind the angle is the America and a film with Mariah Carey. Excited?
A: "I'm very excited, I have never worked with a singer before, I hope it works out, large stars are very busy, I will only believe it when the film premieres.

Q:When does shooting begin?
A:The resumptions of the film Husbands in directed rent Ilaria Borrelli would have to begin shooting in September between United States and Canada. I will be an Italian moglie that goes to the search of the e'migre' husband and then scomparso, interpreted from Alexander Gassman, and I will find again it riaccasato with an American, Mariah exactly.

Q: Will you rest this summer then?
A: Anything but rest! July I will pass it in Polonia where I will turn to the flank of Claudius Amendola directed from the Frazzi siblings tv the movie for RAI on the tragedy of the Belgian mine of Marcinelle that in years ' 50 cost the life to many emigrating ours. I will not be a heroin but one victim of the life.

Q: Wil your daughter Julia of nine months will follow you?
A: In America sure,summer will be vaction with the little one, I will make sure of it.

Mariah & Fans
Ashes, from Rainbow Princess, informed me that BBC Online are putting up pictures of fans with celebrities. The curent one featured on the website is of a fan named Adam with Mariah in Manchester (2001). The website only fetures a small version of the picture, featured on the right, but you can click on the picture on the right here at MD and check out the larger version.

Eminem & Mariah
Okay this whole Eminem and Mariah thing is starting to get overplayed and all the articles say the same thing. If you want to read two more stories about it, click here links below.
Story 1
Story 2

Chat Tonight
Don't forget to come on by the chat tonight at 8pm ET.

Mariah Carey rushes to be with ailing father
Her own medical problems now apparently behind her, singer and actress Mariah Carey hurriedly flew back to New York from the Italian island of Capri to be at the side of her hospitalized father, Alfred Carey, reports the New York Daily News and New York Post.

"He is seriously ill," Carey's rep, Cindi Berger, confirmed to us. "She has visited him daily, and she's planning a special surprise to lift his spirits on Father's Day."

Carey, now 32, was born in Huntington, New York. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African American/Venezuelan), according to the Internet Movie Database. Alfred and his famous daughter had been estranged until recently.

An engineer, Alfred and his wife, Patricia, a singer, divorced in 1973. Mariah was 3 at the time. "When I was younger, I saw him every week, and after that I didn't see him for a long time," Mariah once remarked. But "over the past few years, they've gotten quite close," said Berger. She declined to identify the illness.

Carey apparently was named by her mother after the Lerner & Lowe song, "They Call The Wind Mariah," which around the time of her birth was being heard in the musical, "Paint Your Wagon."

Source:
Thanks to GsAngelKitten for this article from Z100.

Fan Gathering
Murat from Edmonton Canada would like to have a fan gathering was was wondering if any lambs were interested. If you live in the area and want to get together, e-mail Murat.

Mariah On Inside Edition
Nikki and Mame told me that Mariah was on InSide Edition on Friday in the last couple minutes of the show. Basically, it was like the recent Barbara Walters special, where they featured performancesand news clips from Mariah's past. It talked about Glitter and her contract with Virgin. Plus, it showed her comeback where she sang at Tribute To Hero's and how she went to Kosovo for the troups. If you missed it, I am told you didn't miss much.

Rumor Ville: They're Still At It-Em
EMINEM is STILL dating Mariah Carey, I can exclusively reveal.

Their secret affair has now been going on for four months.

This week the controversial rapper finally admitted that I was right in February when I told the world he and Mariah were together.

"There is truth to the story," he confessed. But he claimed they were no longer an item. Well they most definitely ARE still seeing each other. Mariah told a friend this week: "He's a very special person in my life. He's made me laugh again."

The couple have enjoyed a string of secret dates in Los Angeles. Now Mariah has flown to Detroit, where the rap star lives. A highly placed source in the Mariah camp told me: "They've been seeing each other for around four months.

"They've tried to keep their relationship very secret, going to great lengths to avoid being photographed together. She didn't know he was going to confirm your story.

"They are still meeting secretly but at none of the obvious places. It seems Mariah's on a good thing and doesn't want to let go."

The couple first hit it off after Mariah was dumped on New Year's Eve for the second time by boyfriend Luis Miguel. Eminem became a shoulder to cry on and I revealed in February that the pair were enjoying romantic trysts at LA's Sunset Marquis Hotel.

Source:
Thanks to Carl for this article from News Of The World.

Help A Fan
Robert (RATBoy4181@aol.com) is doing a special event called Summer Fruit Festival. It's an event for gay people and Robert wants to sing a Mariah song. He doesn't know what song to perform or what his stage name should be. If you got an ideas, please contact him.

Magazine News
While at the mall this weekend with my friend Alex, he saw Mariah in the July 2002 issue of MAD magazine. It features a cartoon of her holding the Glitter script. I didn't buy it but you can check it out if you want.

New Site
Emilee created a new Mariah site and would like you to all check it out:
Island Mariah

"The thing he said about Mariah Carey was so shocking. He said, and I'm quoting roughly from the top of my head: "I probably shouldn't say this... actually, can you people with video cameras turn them off a second... oh, film it, I don't care, Mariah Carey has cried in my arms because of Tommy Mottola. He's tabbed her phone, stalked her."

"Michael, who had watched two hours of live performances from tribute artists at the Fan Club bash from his VIP box at the side of the stage, thanked the performers for their talent and the fans for their loyalty.

He then began an unprecedented verbal assault on the appalling tactics of Sony Music who he accused of trying to "destroy" the INVINCIBLE album because they couldn't stand the thought that the artist had "out-thought" the company.

Michael told his fans that he only had to do one more album for Sony, and that would be a box set with two new songs. "I can give them any old songs," he said, to laughter and rapturous applause. "I'm a free agent now," he continued, "but I walk away with 50% of Sony Publishing. They're very angry with me."

Jackson described Sony CEO Tommy Mottola as "evil," "the devil" and said that his way of doing business had to be "terminated".

On the top deck of an open-top London Sightseeing bus, Michael responded to chants of "Sony Sucks" by putting his thumbs up and, later, joining in with the chants. Central London was brought to a standstill as thousands of people vied for a closer look at the King of Pop."

In the pictures below, you can see Michael's fans handing him a framed picture of their battle against Sony. In the pictures you can notice small pictures of MARIAH and George Michael with Xs on their faces representing how Sony treated them!
The third picture is of Michael telling everyone what he thinks of Sony.

Click on the pictures to enlarge.

Jam said the songs they have recorded with Carey so far, are primarily slow-tempo: "The things we're doing with here are very much classic, singer-songwriter type songs, ballads, that really explore the range and the incredible voice that she has. Just letting her be an artist," he noted. "You know, we're co-writing all of the songs with her, co-producing with her, and we've done, I think four or five songs thus far, and we're really happy with all of them. Not sure whether all of them will get used or not, but we're really happy with what we've done thus far. She's very re-energized, very excited, and thus far been a fun project to work on."

Jam didn't know, however, whether Carey would address her nervous breakdown last year that resulted in her being hospitalized: "I'm not sure. We haven't dealt with it yet," he said. "But that doesn't mean that we won't maybe deal with it or maybe she'll address it. Although, it wouldn't be the crux of the album. It would maybe be one song on an album that addresses it. But it wouldn't be like, become a theme for an album."

In addition to Jam and Lewis, Carey is reportedly working DJ Quik, and the Murder Inc. production camp, whose credits include Ja Rule, Ashanti, and J. Lo.
-- Billy Johnson Jr., Los Angeles

Source:
Launch.com

Michael Jackson Joins Mariah Against Tommy/Sony
The following information is taken from a Michael Jackson site and a fan review of a recent party of Jackson's 20 years anniversary for the Thriller album in the UK. As some of you might know, Jackson (and his fans) are currently in a public fight with Sony regarding the lack of promotion of his last album "Invincible". I am not sure how reliable the quotes are but it sounds interesting:

"Early reports I've read show that the party was more of a Sony bashing session than a Thriller celebration. Take a look and notice that Michael directly addressed his dislike for Tommy Mottola and actually mentioned a certain former Sony recording artist in his speech to his fans. Also, Michael confirmed that two new songs will be appearing on the Greatest Hits due out by the end of the year after which he will be a free agent."
"He started off by mentioning all the great artists who had inspired him, such as James Brown. He said that great artistry will never die.... BUT.... He went on to say how Mariah came to him crying and he had to hold her in his arms and that Tommy [Mottola] was putting put tabs on her phone. He said that Tommy is evil and he needs to be stopped. He said "I only need to give Sony one more album," and he said he would just put 2 new songs on there and "Walk out of there a free agent." He said such wonderful artistry should not be destroyed."

"Kelly told Sister2Sister magazine creator, Jamie Foster (if you'll remember, Jamie is the one Mariah fixed dinner for one time) that she tried unsuccessfully to try and reach out during her times of trouble. She didn't say why Mariah never responded or why she couldn't get to Mariah but she did say, "All I can do is try". She then went on to say that it was probably difficult to know who to trust or who has your back when people are trying to bring you down. She also said that E! Hollywood True Story contacted her and she did it. This she said, "Is how I showed her (Mariah) I cared"."

A Tribute To Mariah
Suzy found a site which has two mp3s of famous Asian singers singing Mariah songs. The page is called A Tribute To Mariah Carey and the singers are Coco Lee (Hero) and Regine Velasquez (Never Too Far)

10 Years Ago

Yesterday, the young man who, in an appeal last year for information on the killer had described his family as the three corners of his world, appeared before a Sydney Court charged with stabbing to death his father Teddy, 46, mother Mary Loiva, 43, and 18-year-old sister, Clodine.

The throats of the women had been slashed.

Just after the murders, Mr Gonzales pleaded publicly for his family's killers to be found,

At their funeral, he sat with his head buried in his hands and at times appeared to wipe away tears.

He delivered the eulogy in which he described his father as his hero and at the end sang an unaccompanied version of a Mariah Carey song, One Sweet Day. (read more...)

Source:
The West Australian

Chris Isaak Wants Mariah On His Show
During an interview in the July 2002 issue of Playboy, the star of the Showtime series 'The Chris Isaak Show' explained his broken heart, his broken nose, and why he likes older women. Further through the interview Isaak was asked which star he would like to have appear on his show. His first choice? Troubled songstress Mariah Carey. "It seems like the press is having a field day saying she's having a hard time. But she wrote all those songs and she produced them. She isn't a piece of fluff. It would be funny for her to come on the show and make fun of the fact that somebody was knuckleheaded enough to pay her millions to be let go. She's going to turn around and have another huge hit. I think she'd be fun."

Source:
Mariah Constellation

Wisegirls Review
Wisegirls
Release Year: 2002
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters
Director: David Anspaugh
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Rated: R (Violence, Adult Language, Drug Content)
Running Time: 96 minutes

David Anspaugh's mix of female bonding and mob drama, Wisegirls concerns a trio of waitresses. Meg (Oscar winner Mira Sorvino), wise-talking Raychel (Mariah Carey), and wannabe dancer Kate (Paul Thomas Anderson regular Melora Walters) grow close while working at an Italian restaurant. Meg begins to realize that the eatery is mob-controlled and probably is used to sell drugs. Soon she must hide the d body of her boss (whose "whacking" she indirectly caused). Eventually, Meg is forced into risk her life in order to gain information on the mobsters. This quirky, occasionally dark comedy was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Source:
Thanks to Ashes (Rainbow Princess) for this article from All Movie Guide

Fan Gathering: Ocean City, NJ
It seems a bunch of lambs are interested in meeting in Ocean City, NJ on July 20th to help celebrate with all the other countries. I added it on the right and if you want to come chill with us, just let me know at MariahDaily@aol.com

Eminem: Yes I Dated Mariah
EMINEM has admitted he DID have a fling with MARIAH CAREY – and I can reveal he raps bitterly about her on his No1 album.

In one of pop's weirdest romances, Em dated the troubled singer as her relationship with Latin crooner LUIS MIGUEL began to fall apart.

At the time both camps strenuously denied an affair between the stars.

But now Eminem has confirmed they dated and has poured his heart out in two tracks, Superman and When The Music Stops, on his new album, The Eminem Show.

Eminem revealed: "There is truth to the story. Now I respect her as a singer but on a personal level I'm not really feeling it. "I just don't like her as a person. I learned a lesson from it - don't believe the hype. She doesn't really have it all together." In typical Eminem style, he doesn't hold back with his feelings in the two telling tracks.

On Superman he rants: "Bitch if you died, wouldn't buy you life/ What you tryin' to be, my new wife?/ What you Mariah? fly through twice/ But I do know one thing though/ Bitches they come, they go."

And in When The Music Stops he says he would rather get hooked on drugs than get back with Mariah. He raps: "What the f*** you take me for? A joke? You smokin' crack?/ Before I do that, I beg Mariah to take me back."

Stories of a romance between the pair surfaced a month before Mariah suffered a nervous breakdown last summer.

She had met the rapper to discuss working together but increasingly turned to him as her three-year affair with Luis crumbled.

The pair had a series of dates at LA's posh Sunset Marquis Hotel.

Their romance hit the rocks after just a few months as Mariah's mental health deteriorated, culminating in her suicide bid. The final straw came when Eminem refused to work with the troubled diva on an album.

Source:
Thanks to Brecht for this article from The Sun.

New Pic
Jeff sent me a scan from his High School Yearbook from the "World Yearbook" section. It's not really nice towards Mariah but the picture is pretty. Check it out in Gallery 10.

"He is seriously ill," Carey's rep, Cindi Berger, confirmed to us. "She has visited him daily, and she's planning a special surprise to lift his spirits on Father's Day."

Alfred and his famous daughter had been estranged until recently. An engineer, Alfred and his wife, Patricia, a singer, divorced in 1973. Mariah was 3 at the time.

"When I was younger, I saw him every week, and after that I didn't see him for a long time," Mariah once remarked.

But "over the past few years, they've gotten quite close," said Berger. She declined to identify the illness.

Home To Daddy
By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH and CHRIS WILSON, June 14, 2002
MARIAH Carey had to stop working on her new album last week when she found out her father was sick. "Mariah was recording in Capri, and had to come back to New York suddenly because her father is seriously ill," Carey's rep, Cindi Berger, confirmed. "She has visited him daily and is planning a special surprise for him to lift his spirits up on Father's Day." Berger didn't elaborate on the illness or the surprise.

Sources:
Thanks Tom, NY Post Page Six, New York Daily News

Exact Eminem Quote from Rolling Stone
Meli (From FOMM) found the actual quote we've all been hearing about from the Rolling Stone magazine:

Q - Mariah Carey. You two were almost boyfriend-girlfriend, weren't you?

A - There's truth to that. "I don't want to say anything disrespectful because I respect her as a singer, but on the whole personal level, I'm not really felling it. I just don't like her as a person. I gotta be honest; I learned a lesson from it: Don't believe the hype. I have respect for her but she doesn't really have it all together. I'll just say that and that she's a very beautiful woman.

Belgium Fan Gathering
Gilles, the organizer of the Belgium fan gathering has created a page with all the information about meeting. Check it out by clicking here.

'Heartbrealer' Ringtone
Octavio tells us that along with the "Loverboy" ringtone, Zingy.com also has the "Heartbreaker" one in the Pop section.

MTVgirl.com Poll
Antonio from