“Based on the similarities of the parties’ marks and the similarities and related nature of the goods described in the parties’ application and registrations, the public is likely to mistakenly associate the goods offered” by Mary Carey, whose real name is Mary E. Cook, with those from Mariah Carey, the appeal stated. Mariah Carey won the suit, and Mary Carey can no longer be credited as such on DVDs, Web sites and in movies.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on April the 29th.

Yet Trump's fragrance woes haven't dissuaded a handful of celebrities eager to cash in on celebrity perfume. In the next six months you'll see new scents from Usher, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani, Sarah Jessica Parker, Shania Twain, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss, David Beckham and Christina Aguilera.

So, why are celebrities still lining up to lend their names to fragrances? It's simple: "They get 5% of gross sales," says a former fragrance company CEO, who had several high-profile starlets on his label. "As far as I know, every celebrity gets the same deal," he adds.

That can add up quickly. For example, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion and Elizabeth Taylor all sit at the top of the celebrity fragrance pyramid. Each earns approximately $25-million in royalties from their fragrance licensing deals. 

Berndt Beetz, CEO of Coty Inc says: We look for artists that are multi-faceted with a strong international fan base, fans are always looking for something new from their favourite artists and really do want fragrances from them."

Companies like Elizabeth Arden are catering to these younger customers by offering brands such as Curious by Britney Spears in smaller, more affordable 30-millilitres bottles.

"What's different from the days of Elizabeth Taylor promoting White Diamonds is that it is no longer absolutely necessary for the celeb to make personal appearances in stores," says Ms. Green. Fragrance companies prefer to trot them out at glitzy fashion and social events, where they can generate major press coverage.
Source: Financial Post (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on April the 21st.

As she saw I sometimes sing for you guys, here on Heroes of Mariah,  Romina e-mailed me to request "U Make Me Wanna" for her boyfriend Lorenzo , so here ya go.....

"Come hold me, come feel me, come take me, any way you want to bo~~~~o~~o~~-o~~y" 
Posted on April the 20th.

It's all Mariah's fault , go girl !!!!!!!! 

"The biggest magazine success story of the last 10 years has been Maxim, and in the Maximization of the music industry, the only way in if you’re a female artist is to show ass,” said Jim DeRogatis, rock critic at the Chicago Sun-Times.

The phenomenon takes its name from the album that spawned it, Mariah Carey's 1997 opus Butterfly. "Fantasy," her 1995 collaboration with Ol' Dirty Bastard, was a peek at things to come, but that album still bore the saccharine-laden "One Sweet Day" and other territorial markings of then-husband Tommy Mottola. One the divorce papers were signed, Carey's inhibitions and clothing disappeared faster than free sandwiches at a sportswriter's convention and the cry went out: Get me a rapper, any rapper. Diddy answered the call and Mariah's turn as a Bond-girl wannabe in the "Honey" video led to bikini car washes, hotpants flag waving at NASCAR races and, most regrettably, Glitter.

“But how long can you really do the coquette thing, especially with Mariah in her 40s?” asks DeRogatis. “But what do you want her to be -- Patti Smith?”

After Mariah, the Butterfly Effect began spreading like the influenza outbreak of 1918. Jessica Simpson abandoned her Christian roots before pimping out her marriage on a reality TV show, "acting" in The Dukes of Hazzard, and ultimately returning to the Carey blueprint with the post-divorce "real me" album Public Affair last year.

The Butterfly Effect cannot be stopped by national boundaries, either -- witness the profound affect it's had on the budding Canadian songbird. Five years ago, Nelly Furtado was a baggy jeaned, white T-shirted Portuguese-Canadian whose rhythmic delivery was more "Like A Bird" then a "Butterfly." Despite disappearing to have a child and releasing a second album that went ignored by much of the world, she seemed well on her way to carving out a inoffensive globalbeat niche for herself.

And now she buys body glitter by the pound, thanks to Timbaland, who turned her out like a proper female artist. Her new album? It's called Loose. The first single? "Promiscuous Girl." How subtle.

“Its for the same reason hair bands made ballads back in the ’80s: their audience was a bunch of beer-drinking wannabe biker boys and they needed something that would get their girlfriends to come to the shows,” says DeRogatis. “With the ‘Butterfly’ artists, they’re making girlish pop, but there’s the added element for the guys. The girls scream and the guys drool.”
Source: Esquire (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on April the 19th.

The Rev. Al Sharpton has cancelled plans to honor Island Def Jam CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid, as Hip-Hop music continues to bear the backlash for racist comments made by radio jock, Don Imus. Sharpton was to honor Reid with the James Brown Memorial Cultural Impact Award during the National Action Network's annual four-day convention, which started today (Apr. 18) at the Sheraton in New York. According to Sharpton, he has withdrawn the award for Reid, in the wake of criticism over the content of some rap lyrics. Sharpton said he intends to name and target corporations that support "gutter" rap. Artists under LA Reid's watch include Jay-Z, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Fabolous and others.
Posted on April the 19th.

He's reteaming with Sandler in the film centering on a Mossad agent (Sandler) who fakes his death so he can move to New York and become a hairstylist. The Hollywood Reporter says Rob Schneider already has boarded the project as an East Yistannen cab driver.

Judd Apatow, Robert Smigel and Sandler wrote the screenplay for You Don't Mess With the Zohan; shooting will begin in the summer in Los Angeles and New York for a summer 2008 release.
Source: Hollywood.com - TheWholeStory
Posted on April the 18th.

PETA is also asking the following in their "Action Alerts"
Warning, I couldn't watch the video more than 1 minute, this needs to be stopped!!!!!
Tell 'Material Girl' Madonna That Animals Are Not Ours to Wear 
Please tell Madonna that you are disappointed that she would promote the violent and bloody fur industry by wearing a $70,000 chinchilla-fur coat. On fur factory farms, chinchillas are confined to tiny, filth-encrusted wire cages and are killed by having their necks broken or being electrocuted. The animals convulse, shake, and often cry out before they have heart attacks and die. Crude killing methods aren't always effective, and sometimes animals "wake up" while they are being skinned. See for yourself how chinchillas are raised and killed on fur factory farms.
PETA has written to Madonna on several occasions to let her know about the suffering that goes into every fur coat, yet she continues to wear the hides of abused animals.
Please contact Madonna and tell her that promoting the violence of the fur industry is unacceptable:
Madonna
c/o Liz Rosenberg
Warner Bros. Records
1290 Sixth Ave. 
New York, NY 10104
liz.rosenberg@wbr.com
Source: PETA (All rights reserved)
Posted on April the 13th.

Belgische "Story" steunt Mariah met "Tennessee" 
Toch een beetje tijd gehad om de artikel van "Story te lezen, wanneer ze schrijven over "Tennessee" en dat Halle berry een Oscar won voor "Monster's Ball" van Lee Daniels, hier is wat ze schrijven:
"Of er voor Mariah ook een gouden beeldje in zit, valt nog af the wachten.  Ondenkbaar is het alleszins niet, want als er een ding is dat we kunnen onthouden van Mimi, is het wel dat je haar nooit mag onderschatten."

Le magazine belge "Story" supporte Mariah pour "Tennessee" 
J'ai enfin eu un peu de temps pour lire l'article paru dans le "Story" de cette semaine, en parlant de "Tennessee", ils font référence à Halle Berry qui a remporté un Oscar pour son rôle dans "Monster's Ball" de Lee Daniels, ils écrivent:
"Nous devrons encore attendre pour savoir si Mariah remportera aussi une statuette d'or.  Ce n'est en tous les cas pas inimaginable, car s'il y a une chose que l'on peut retenir de Mimi, c'est bien qu'il ne faut jamais la sous-estimer"
Posted on April the 12th.

"They all had the one same theme, which was 'My name is Whitney Houston and this is my triumphant comeback,'" Ne-Yo told The Sun. 

Ne-Yo was asked to rank the songs by Clive Davis himself. As previously reported on SOHH, Ne-Yo assured us here would pop off some hits for Nippy, but as it turns out... things aren't looking so good. 

Soulman says..... Too many chefs in the kitchen seemingly all preparing the same meal. Don't it seem like everyone has written a song for Whitney? If you checked Mariah Carey's 'comeback' cheat sheet, she at least co-wrote her own stuff. If you leave that totally up to someone else how are you ever gonna be able to add in your own flava. 

*Mariah Carey fans forgive me for calling it a 'comeback'... she's been here for years. 
Source: SOHH
Posted on April the 11th.

But political techno-pop isn't this singer's only forte. Trilingual Maristella has written for Laura Pausini, a Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning Italian pop singer, and has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy as well as the MIDEM music festival in Cannes, France. 
Born in Hoboken, the now 30-something Maristella at age 6 convinced her parents to buy her a second-hand piano, and has been hooked on music ever since. 
"Mom was a big influence," she said. "We'd listen to show tunes and Italian songs. She had a very open mind about music." 

Following a stint at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied classical voice and piano, Maristella trained with Mariah Carey's mother, Patricia, who she said convinced her to begin singing in Italian.
"She said, 'You're Italian, why don't you sing in Italian,'" Maristella said. "She was an influence in helping me pursue my roots."
Source: North Jersey Media Group (All rights reserved) (extract)
Posted on April the 9th.

Mariah Carey, “I’ll Be There”
GL: I like this song. This is before she went crazy or had her breakdown or whatever. I grew up with this. This is a four-minute song. Do you really want to listen to this?
Advance-Titan: Yes.

GL: This is pre-“Glitter,” you know that movie that she made.
A-T: I never saw it.

GL: I don’t think anyone did. It was really bad. Well, in her defense, I’ll say that Mariah Carey really does have an amazing voice. Did you know that she’s had opera training? She just has an amazing range in comparison to some of the teenyboppers you hear now. These are the songs of my graduate school years. My music history pretty much ends in 1992.

(Mariah hits a high note.)

GL: Will you close the door, please? I hope my Village People stuff doesn’t come up. (My iPod) says that I have 3,000-some songs.
Source: Advance Titan
Posted on April the 5th.