These musical powerhouses have good reason to shun fur—every fur coat, vest, hat, or fur-trimmed accessory causes animals an immeasurable amount of suffering and ends their life. Foxes, minks, rabbits—even dogs and cats—are bludgeoned, stomped, electrocuted, and gassed to death, and many are skinned while still alive. You can help put an end to this unimaginable cruelty by choosing never to buy or wear fur or fur-trim.

Join these compassionate celebs in hitting a high note for animals. 
Flaunt your own fabulousness and take a stand against cruelty by signing PETA's pledge to be fur-free now!

Source: PETA (All rights reserved)
Posted on January 31

It's part of PETA's "Fur-Free and Fabulous" campaign, and, despite the fallout over her Video Music Awards outfit, Gaga was chosen because, as PETA puts it in a press release, "Her anti-fur stance ... has been unwavering."

"Gaga's out-there outfits never include real fur," the statement continued. "Last year, when she wore a dress made of fluffy Kermit the Frog dolls, she explained, 'I thought it was commentary on not wearing fur, 'cause I hate fur and don't wear fur.' "

PETA also selected Pink and Carey for the billboard — which will be raised on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles — because of their longtime anti-fur stances. Pink, who recently co-starred with comedian Ricky Gervais in PETA's "Stolen for Fashion" video short, once allegedly called out Beyoncé for wearing fur, and Carey famously donated a pair of full-length Russian sable coats she had received as gifts to PETA, who, in turn, gave them to homeless women at their winter "fur kitchen" event.

With the new billboard, Gaga, Pink and Carey join a list of stars who have teamed with the organization to come out against fur. Last year's "Fur-Free and Fabulous" ad featured Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. 

Source: MTV (All rights reserved)
Posted on January 31

With a routine consisting of swimming a few times a day and “decorating and designing” the twins’ nurseries — “We’re building nurseries in both L.A. and New York”

They’ve even narrowed down names for their twins. “They won’t be crazy names like Carburetor or something,” he says. “But they’re definitely unique.”

Source: Contactmusic - People
Posted on January 31

"I'm extremely excited about bringing new life into the world," Cannon told us as he emceed Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut cereal’s U.S. launch. "It's a journey every single day. It's something new. I'm nervous. I'm excited. We're just taking it one day at a time."

Cannon, 30, who married 40-year-old diva-extraordinaire Mariah on April 30, 2008, had nothing but praise for his pregnant wife.

"She's holding up beautifully. To see this strength! It's a different type of strength to carry around two babies," Cannon says. "She's not even concerned with her aches and pains which I'm sure are great. She's so nurturing right now. It's wonderful. It's amazing to see."

And don't expect Mariah to be carrying around baby weight after she's given birth! Cannon shares with us Mariah's cooking secret that curbs her pregnancy cravings.

"I think she's figured out brilliantly that when she craves stuff she doesn't necessarily have to eat it," Cannon says. "When she cooks, she cooks everything from scratch and then the cravings go away. So I get stuck with eating all the food. I'll be gaining weight during this pregnancy."

The always jovial Cannon was mum when asked the sex of the twins and what he and Mariah plan on naming them. But he did dish to RadarOnline.com some details on what he and Mimi have bought for the twins' room.

"Last night we went nursery and furniture shopping," he told us. "They're going to have a very interesting layout. We picked a lot of colors and one of the main colors is green."

And as Valentine's Day approaches, Cannon says he's got something special planned for Mariah.

"I'm a hopeless romantic so Valentine's Day is very important to me," the actor says. "I'm going to bring Valentine's Day to my wife. I'll probably Valentine's the house out. We're gonna put balloons, flowers, all of that stuff everywhere."

Click here to watch the video
Source: Radar Online

Nick Cannon Reveals Mariah's New Cravings
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are thiiiis close to becoming first time parents, and they simply “can’t wait” for the arrival of their twins.

“Mariah has been singing to her belly,” an enthusiastic Nick tells Hollyscoop EXCLUSIVELY while promoting Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut on Saturday in Hollywood. “They react [to her singing] and it’s so amazing,” he gushes.

Mariah announced that her and hubby Nick were having twins back in October, and every day since then has been a blessing. They’ve already gotten started on the nursery and baby proofing the home, now it’s just a waiting game. 

So how are they preparing for the arrival of their twins? Parenting classes? Books? Nope! “We’re not taking any parenting classes, for what?” Nick asks. “My Mom never took any parenting classes. We got books and used it as coasters,” he joked, “they hold up the table.” He had a good point there!

They may not be big on classes and how-to books, but one thing he can’t seem to escape is Mariah’s pregnancy cravings.

“She has lots of cravings,” Nick tells HS, “She actually did go through cereal cravings. There’s lots of cereal in our house because I'm a cereal eater and I have those type of cravings so it’s definitely been cereal all around since the pregnancy started.”

And being the good husband that he is, he’s always willing to go out on a craving run for his wife. “I had to go on runs to find Candied Apples! There's no circus in town, where would I find Candied Apples? …I made mini craving runs.”

Cravings aside, Nick admits Mariah is such a great cook, he’s gained most of the weight during the pregnancy. He tells Hollyscoop, Mariah “figured out so brilliantly that she doesn't actually have to eat the food she craves, she just has to smell it and be apart of it, so she has been cooking every single night like all of my favorite stuff so I'm the one gaining weight.”

As excited as they both are to becoming first time parents, he tells Hollyscoop they’re trying to embrace these moments and take them one day at a time.

“I’m so ready,” said Nick, “But I'm trying not to look too far ahead because then it’s like when they’re 19 I'm gonna do this... You can't be starting college plans already,” he says, “you got to take it one day at a time, so I’ll take everyday as it comes.”

One things that’s certain they’re ready to give those twins lots of love. “Wouldn’t it be weird if one was a songstress and one was some crazy hyperactive kid?” Nick proudly asked. “We’re definitely going to make sure that we got equal amounts of us with them and in them,” he added. 

Source: Hollyscoop
Posted on January 30

Note, how Nick is writing "Ass" with a capital, but hey it's Mariah's Ass
Posted on January 27

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Belgium has a crush on Mariah
Mariah Carey causes a commotion - in or out of her clothes.

The songbird, who flashes her assets again in the new Rolling Stone, came close to getting crushed yesterday at a record-store appearance in Brussels. The Belgians aren't known as a rabid people. But when more than 10,000 of them show up at a CD signing, it can be a problem. So many of Carey's waffle-loving, loafer-wearing fans pressed against the store that one of its windows shattered, a witness tells us. We're also that two cars were damaged by the weight of fans who climbed up to get a look at Carey. Police ended up forming a human shield around the diva to get her to her limo.

"She was scared," says her publicist, Cindi Berger. "She was really scared."

Just wait till the Belgians get a load of Carey in Rolling Stone. Photographer David LaChapelle shoots her in a leopard bikini, in a lacy bra and fishnets, and in hot pants surprising a locker-room of towel-clad jocks.
Source: NY Daily News - January 2000

Posted on January 26

He kept the audience laughing with his bits about the Gamecocks, his wife Mariah Carey and a whole slew of his celebrity pals.
In his self-introduction, Cannon gushed, “You might have seen him in the background of pictures of Mariah Carey, holding her umbrella.”

He went on to swoon over his pop star wife, earning “oohs” and “awws” of adoration from the audience, setting out to answer the question, “How in the hell did you get Mariah Carey?”
He quickly answered with, “I don’t know. My life turned out like a really good game of MASH.”

The recent rivalry between rapper Eminem and Cannon was also a major point of the act. Cannon mentioned how his “gangsta” grandfather disapproved of the way the incident was handled, preferring a more direct approach involving going to Eminem’s home nude and showing “just why [he] was named Cannon.”

A USC student in the front row became a running joke early into the act, pointed out as the sole boy in a sea of girls. The student’s sunglasses and plaid sweater drew Cannon to use him as an example of a typical white person.

Cannon put on a solid and well-received show, bringing his act to a close with a push to end racism at USC and in South Carolina.

Posted on January 25

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Posted on January 23

To resume the case.
- Mariah had chosen the sample from Yellow Magic Orchestra's recording of "Firecracker" to be the basis of her song "Loverboy". 
- Mariah and Ja Rule worked on the track  "If We," they recorded a slow give and take vocalsong.
- Loverboy was included on daily viewings from the filming of Glitter.
- Tommy Mottola who saw the footages, heard the track and knew the Glitter soundtrack wasn't near to be released, asked Irv Gotti from Murder Inc. to quickly do the remix of J.Lo's I'm real with Ja Rule.
- When Mariah discovered J.Lo was using her sample idea, she was forced to quickly change the sample on "Loverboy" from "Firecracker" to Cameo's old hit, "Candy." 
- "We had to work fast," says a Glitter source, "because we had to find music that would fit what was already filmed." Nevertheless, the damage was done. 

Proofs:
- Irv Gotti admitted in 2002 he was asked by Tommy Mottola to do the remix for J.Lo and Ja Rule knowing it was to sabotage Mariah's track.
- The music publisher of "Firecracker" told in 2002:  "Mariah Carey called us to license a sample from "Firecracker" first. Then, within a month, Jennifer Lopez also called for it." He also pointed out that the composition, by Martin Denny, had never been sampled before Mariah Carey called about it and can't be a coincidence.
- In 2002, Ja Rule: "I got a call from J. Lo and her team, they heard the record that I did for Mariah somehow, and they thought the record was like incredible. So they called me and said, 'We want you to do a record for J. Lo's new single, 'I'm Real,' but we need it now. Like right now."
- Mariah alluded to a dispute with the J. Lo album in June, when she told MTV that a sample she intended to use for Glitter was stolen by an artist.
- In April 2002, Wendy Williams was mentioning the story about how Irv Gotti admitted the "Glitter" sabotage. She said that the story is getting a lot of press and then stated that she too was asked by Tommy Mottola about a year ago to sabotage Mariah. She said that there was a "large sum of money at the end of that phone conversation--in the 5-digit area".  Basically, Tommy tried to offer Wendy money to say false rumors on-air to damage Mariah's reputation. She said he went as far as saying that she wouldn't have to do anything but talk, that he would supply all the fuel and false stories.

All in all, they ripped off Mariah twice, once with the concept of the track with Ja Rule and once with the stolen sample for "Loverboy".
Posted on January 21

A £10million bidding war has already broken out for the first pics of the pop star’s sprogs, due this spring.

My insider says: “Major magazines and several news agencies have been ringing non-stop to get their hands on the first pics of Mariah’s babies.

“Mariah’s decorating identical nurseries in her homes in LA and New York. She’ll have special sound systems so the babies can get into the groove with all the nursery rhymes.” Yes, really.

Source: Mirror UK
Posted on January 21

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Posted on January 20

It was now only a couple of days before New Years Eve but we managed to fit in a fair amount of fun before the clock struck 12. I enjoyed a couple of moments in the Cannons hot tub overlooking the twinkling lights of the city.

Finally New Years Eve was upon us and after I called and wished my UK folk a great night with a prosperous year ahead, I settled down to help Mr C and the crew prepare the party room for the 40 or so guests that were expected that night. Mr C was checking his decks whilst we arranged party hats, poppers, beads, top hats and balloons strategically around the room to make it look as festive as Mrs C would expect.

This year the party was a very small, intimate gathering of close family and friends. Debbie Allen- the amazing dancer/actress from the legendary FAME series, who is also good friends with Mariah- made a seafood gumbo and we all indulged in that and a feast of soul food. The bar was overseen by Mrs C who ensured that all her guests had a drink to hand. Everyone danced and were merry and at midnight it was ridiculously festive with confetti bombs and hugs and kisses all round. A lovely L.A New Years Eve start to 2011.

I also spent a long girly 2-hour catch up session in Mrs C’s pool with her as she exercised and we discussed everything under the sun from music, life, love, family, and nappies! Yes- nappies-or diapers as the Americans call them- were a topic that was intriguing. I even saw a shooting star!
Source: Jasmine (extract) - You can read the full column (with the non related Mariah parts) on Jasmine's blog.
Posted on January 20

It's a good thing Jennifer Lopez isn't getting in front of Randy Jackson for an assessment of her talent anytime soon. On "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last night (Jan. 18), "American Idol's" veteran judge was asked to rate Lopez's singing ability on a scale of one to 10. His answer? "She would definitely get a strong, solid 7," he said to host Jimmy Kimmel's surprise. After all, a 7 pretty much amounts to a C-. 

"A seven's really good," Jackson insisted. "She doesn't have the biggest voice in the world, but she can sing. It's the package -- look at Britney [Spears], Ke$ha, [Lady] Gaga, they're not like my girl Mariah Carey."

The head scratching continued when Kimmel inquired as to where Lady Gaga would land on the scale. "I'd probably give her a 7 as well," said Jackson, prompting another double-take from the host, who remarked, "You believe Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez are on equal status?"

After a moment of deliberation, Jackson back-pedaled: "OK, I give Gaga an 8."

Ouch! Maybe what they're saying about Randy turning to the harsh side is true. Unapologetic and wholly unintimidated, in taking Simon Cowell's seat at the table, has some of the former judge's TV savagery managed to seep through the leather? We'll find out soon enough: Season 10 premieres tonight! 

Click here to watch the video of Randy on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Source: Billboard (All rights reserved)
Posted on January 19

The first single from Spears' forthcoming ninth album storms the survey at No. 16 with 4,071 plays, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart's 18-year history.

"Hold It Against Me" also ties Madonna's "Frozen" (No. 16, March 7, 1998) for second-highest launch in the list's archives. Only Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" began at a higher rank, having rocketed in at No. 12 the week of Aug. 14, 1993.

Source: Billboard - Andy by e-mail
Posted on January 17

Fan: Memoirs is the perfect winter album. Hate U is the best r&b song I've heard in years. I love this cd and hear it every few days
Mariah:  I was just listening to that song+some of my other faves getting ready 2 record again

Fan:  I luv the Equals album... perfect. But Migrate should have been released by @MariahCarey The #1 we lost!
Mariah: I agree. Its very annoying when that happens but I tried!!!

If some of you had still any doubts about the "Migrate" case, now you have the proof!

Posted on January 15

The 36-year-old Hot In Herre singer has never repeated the critical and commercial success of his first two albums, his debut Country Grammer in 2000 and follow-up Nellyville in 2002.

After more lukewarm coverage for fifth album Brass Knuckles in 2008, he returned last year with 5.0.

It became his worst-charting album - No.10 in the US and No.59 in the uk..

But he still hits the mark with singles. Just A Dream made the top 10 in the UK last year and he's about to release new single Move That Body with T-Pain and Akon at the end of the month.

"I like to use Muhammad Ali references a lot because he's the greatest.

"But he wasn't the greatest because he was undefeated. He was the greatest because all of his defeats he avenged.

"He was able to pick himself up. That's the one thing that you've got to do. You've got to remind yourself, because it's like, 'Yo, you are going to go down'.

"It's kind of like riding a motorcycle, You are going to fall eventually.

"It's about getting back on the bike, and that's what I think some people don't do. Some people fall and they never recover."

Nelly, real name Cornell Haynes Jnr, certainly has the credentials to be the best again.

He has clocked up multi-million sellers, three Grammy awards and four UK No.1s - Dilemma with Kelly Rowland, double A Side Flap Your Wings/My Place, Over And Over and Nasty Girl with The Notorious B.I.G.

He has also tried his hand at acting on CSI:NY and in Hollywood film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler.

And he owns a part-share with Michael Jordan of basketball team Charlotte Bobcats.

Despite all that, he isn't ready to call it quits on rapping.

And he cites Mariah Carey as another inspiration that drives him to stay in the A-list of music stars. He said: "Look at Mariah Carey. She has a little break. People look at it like it's over. They have to throw dirt on her.

"Then all of a sudden, she's the biggest thing to hit the stage again. Even bigger.

"You see what I'm saying, and I think that's what happens.

Source: Daily Record UK (extract)
Posted on January 14

In most of the UK’s cities we cant even imagine what the snowy hilltops and mountains in Utah look like. They’re breath taking, picture post card images that you think only exist in olde world postcards. We stayed near somewhere called ‘Lambs Canyon’ which if you know about Mariah you know was VERY appropriate.

The Cannons do very traditional Christmas’ with stunning magical mountains, covered with snow glistening like millions of diamonds, homes that look like ginger bread cribs with white sugar frosting perching aside the hills. Winter vacation homes in the snow are all similar with varying levels of extreme fabulosity. All are golden wood structures with numerous pillars and alcoves, high ceilings, a multitude of levels, playrooms that contain pool tables, wii consoles, karaoke machines, cinema rooms, and a number of en suite bedrooms. They also include luxuries like roaring log fires (which I tried to build myself a couple of times but then was banned in case I killed us all with smoke poisoning or worse!) , a giant main Christmas tree in the living room, a second tree in the playroom for dressing on Christmas eve, a big family kitchen where families gather around the island worktop, a hot tub outside overlooking the twinkling lights of the city, and of course a view straight out of a block buster movie. This trip was different to all the rest as the Cannons are pregnant and that put a whole new, calm, blessed spin on festivities. We were excited just to be altogether.

Daily our meals were a group effort led by our Swedish friends Kristen and Josephine so we referred to meal times as ‘Kristens Kitchen’. Bedrooms with 4 poster princess style beds were made extremely good use of, the 4 cannon puppies (JJ, Chacha, Dolomite and Jackie Lambchop) were as ever as cute and rambunctious as ever running around causing pandemonium, playing in the snow. I took them all for a daily walk which in itself was a crazy, fun task as they legged it up and down the hills dragging us into deep 4 foot snow drifts as they sniffed out wild deer. We ventured out very few times to shop in town, which had both a quaint little old worlde town as well as massive fashion malls with 75 store minimum outlets.

At the start of the trip Mariah reminded us of her usual vacation rule where we are requested not to spend 24-7 on our electronic gadgets. Between us there were a lot of Macs, Blackberry’s and IPads so it was a relief that the rule was set. After all who wants to spend such a once in a lifetime moment with all around them being anti social on their texts and e mails all day long. So imagine my delight and joy when one afternoon as she popped out for a quick shop and I sneakily logged onto my Mac,I caught her slipping as she thad just weeted! Now the problem was, did I acknowledge I myself had broken the rule in order to catch her? Her bro Shawn and I decided it would be worth the jokes to out her so we told her off via twitter. She gave as good as she got and cussed us back!. Good times!

The one thing we were allowed to over rule the rule was playing Wii- we tried bowling and other sports but it was the Michael Jackson dance game that had us all sweating, screaming, dancing and singing at the top of our voices for hours! I won 3 games, Nick won 3 games but our friend Rachels daughter , lil 15 year Sade got the highest perfect score! (She is after all a dancer and we’d expect nothing less!) . The workout was pretty crazy up in that high mountain altitude, though and 3 of us went through 12 bottles of water in an hour.

One night we decided that Mrs C needed pampering what with the usual pregnancy aches and pains taking their toll so all the girls pitched in to give her girl time with hand, foot and head massages with hot oil until she fell asleep.

Many nights we jumped into the hot tub (minus Mrs C ) watching the twinkling stars in the ink black sky, minus the usual annual festive flute of champagne for obvious reasons. One particular hot tub moment of hilarity came when 3 of us were in the hot tub trying to persuade Nick to join us. He was of course making the usual ‘’black men don’t do snow in their underwear’ noises.

We also spent our nights after dinner playing games like Balderdash and Catchphrase. I should be used to it but whenever the answer to the clue I’m giving comes up as ‘’Mariah Carey’’ or ‘’Nick Cannon’’ it’s the weirdest. Surreal. Imagine being the answer in a board game?

There was one particular night when I was so angry I could’ve exploded. Throughout our years of friendship we have always had the fun UK VS USA banter. This night was one to remember. My word that I had to have my team guess was ‘’cracker-jack’’. I was able to have my team guess the word ‘Jack’ easily as that’s the name of Mariah’s first most loved dog and the worlds most famous canine after his adventures with Mimi. Then I attempted to describe a Christmas cracker-the type that you pull at the dinner table, which contains paper party hats and gifts. Well, a whole screaming drama occurred as I didn’t realise Americans had no clue what a Christmas cracker was. No one knew what a ‘’paper filled column containing gifts and hats that’s placed at the dinner table’’ was. I was cussed solidly for my efforts and when I looked to my fellow Brit for support to confirm that Christmas crackers existed he abandoned me as he was on opposing team America!. Vex.com.

On Christmas Eve we had our usual Midnight mass -at home this year -with our friend pastor Kase leading the proceedings. It was a warm, traditional, festive ceremony that we all partook in and reminded ourselves about the true meaning of the holiday. The same night we were treated to Mrs C’s special clam linguini with stuffed shells, baked clams, garlic bread, salad and authentic red tomato sauce that was delish!

Our Christmas day Sleigh ride was very calm compared to most years as Mrs C is up the duff ‘’carrying dem babies’’. Usually we hurtle through a crazy, bumpy ride through the forest. This year we were ultra careful to ensure the slope was smooth and bump free. After all we had our own bump to look after and protect LOL!. However we still sang Christmas songs and Mrs C’s new Christmas album (particularly ‘’’Oh Santa’’ at the top of our voices!.

In past years we’ve attempted to reason with Mr C about not waking us at 6am, dressed as Santa to open our gifts. Hilariously, it’s taken us this many years to just accept its going to happen. So at 8am after his wife asked him to let us sleep a little longer, ‘Saint Nick’ woke us traditional style with a cowbell and pounding on doors dressed as Santa.

My gifts included a gigantic bottle of hot pepper sauce packed and presented in my name. It was so heavy to pick up and hold that I’ve had to leave it at the Cannons on their bar area in case anyone should ever request a bloody Mary!

I got the usual necessity gifts too like hats, scarves, and smellies, as well as some lovely trinkets and framed photos but my favourites were a flip camera and a pair of Mariah Carey black quilted chain boots that she designed for the HOME SHOPPING NETWORK that I’ll be rolling around with in 2011.

I particularly look forwards to American style Christmas dinner, which this year was bib lettuce, basil-buttermilk dressing, fresh cranberry sauce, traditional mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, candied yams, mac and cheese, collard greens, corn on the cob, stuffing, buttermilk biscuits, turkey, deep fried turkey, honey baked ham, rib roast, dessert, cherry pie, pecan pie, sweet potato pie. Tell me your mouth isn’t watering just reading that.

On December 28th we took our last mountain walk with the crazy dog circus and drove back through the canyons to Salt Lake City airport where we jetted back to Los Angeles for New Year. Roll on 2011!.

Source: Jasmine 
Posted on January 12

- 1999 - MariahBelgium - It was my first site.  A little one, very little  and then my PC crashed and it was a complete and total mess, all was gone .
- 1999 --> 2000 - The Mariah Zone - This one was a lil' better, but will not stay in History.
- end 2000 - Conception of Heroes of Mariah 
- 2001 -->  and years to come - Heroes of Mariah - The Belgian Fan Club, fan site, news, tenderness, humour (for the ones who get it) and undying support.
Posted on January 5