The Festive Lounge

[90sChild 41]

Mimi Updates:

Twitter

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

I wanted to take him home with me! Thanks to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and their amazing work. #BabyK

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

rushing 2 take a pic w/ the glorious rainbow in beautiful Hawaii on our way home, "THUNDER PRECEDES THE SUNL

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Beauty school hour 01 lol

See family photos from the Australian trip here

American Idol Q&A

http://www.mariahconnection.com/pics-mariah-carey-at-american-idol-qa

http://www.mariahconnection.com/pics-mariah-carey-at-american-idol-interactive-live-qa

[Chantoya Jo Jackson 749]

Mimi Updates:

Twitter

See family photos from the Australian trip here

American Idol Q&A

http://www.mariahconnection.com/pics-mariah-carey-at-american-idol-qa

http://www.mariahconnection.com/pics-mariah-carey-at-american-idol-interactive-live-qa

she looks kind of afraid to move with that animal

a rainbow .gif' alt='oprah3'> i've never seen one that clear

and Monroe is soo cute. I wonder when did she first start wearing the glasses. I've been seeing her with them for some time now. Are they corrective lenses, do you know?

[exfactor003 4]

Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Andrew De Silva

Allphones Arena

Sydney, Australia

Jan. 3, 2013

$2,501,820

13,371 / 13,371 (100%)

1 / 1

$260.63, $103.63

Retfar Entertainment/UAE Presents

[Topher 0]

Loved the part on Idol when Mariah was like "Need to fix my hair before we can talk to anyone" then did a hair flip! Genuinely made me giggle!

[Alek 1,407]

We need Mimi section

[Chantoya Jo Jackson 749]

This woman, Natalie Weiss is really good at breaking down riffs. Watch her break down one of Mariah's most difficult and creative riffs!

[Chantoya Jo Jackson 749]

Tommy Mottola on Relationship With Mariah Carey: 'Absolutely Wrong and Inappropriate'

Behind Mariah, Michael and the constellation of stars at arguably the most successful record label in history stood a man who didn't often talk to the media or explain his motivations.

Now, a decade after leaving Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola tells his story in a new book, "Hitmaker: The Man and His Music." He apologizes for the fallout from his marriage to Mariah Carey. He explains the label's behind-the-scenes support for Michael Jackson as the singer's life and career took one strange turn after another. And he traces the arc of the music business as it evolved over the course of his lifetime - from Elvis to the iPod.

As a label executive, Mottola made it a point to stay out of reporters' notebooks. But as an author, he didn't shy from the topics longtime industry watchers are interested in - though he threw away two versions of the book he hated before finding a groove he was comfortable with.

"I always try to take a backseat, even with this book," Mottola said in a phone interview last week. "And my thoughts were always, `Do the work, try to do good work and the results will speak for itself.' That was always my philosophy, though I went against my own philosophy and decided to write this book. So there you go, so much for that."

Mottola, a Bronx native, is a former singer and song pitcher who went on to manage Hall & Oates through superstardom before joining future Sony acquisition CBS Records. He helped guide Sony into the record business and eventually took over the worldwide chairmanship of the company, which sold eight billion records and earned $65 billion in his 15 years as the head of the company.

Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are just the beginning of the list. The roster also included Bruce Springsteen, Destiny's Child, Celine Dion, The Dixie Chicks, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel ... and don't forget The Latin Explosion with Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony and Shakira.

His fingerprints remain all over the record business.

"I think he was a genius and ... I don't think we'll be able to see what Tommy Mottola did again because it's definitely a different business out there," said Emilio Estefan, who described Mottola as his brother in a Wednesday phone interview. "He definitely wrote a chapter in the music business that I don't think will be done again."

"Hitmaker," written with Cal Fussman, is no fairy tale, however. He details his successes and the drive that propelled him to the top of the business, but also talks at length about the down times. The 63-year-old is fairly unsparing of the executives who ushered him out at Sony.

"I had a vision really of building this total entertainment company, which obviously today exists as public companies in Live Nation and lots of other companies like that, or AEG, where the company could have participated in every source of revenue," he said. "But there was no one there who even remotely understood what I was talking about at that level."

Mottola says Jackson "snapped" when he lashed out at his label - and Mottola personally - amid accusations of child molestation and declining record sales. Jackson called Mottola the devil and waged a public campaign to be released from his recording contract.

Over time, Mottola said, the two repaired the rift: "That blew over and we ended up being great friends." But as the label's chairman, Mottola was in the uncomfortable position of being the only person telling Jackson no when expenses began to mount on his increasingly extravagant projects.

"We tried on his behalf, for his sake, to put the brakes on many times ..." Mottola said. "And we did the best we could. But at the end of the day Michael was an adult. M was a man in his 30s and 40s when I worked with him and he could make his own decisions at the end of the day even though his advisers may be telling him different."

As for Jackson's legal troubles, Mottola said the label played the role of supporter without forming an opinion about the charges.

"It wasn't our position to pass judgment," he said. "It was really our position to support Michael and that's what we did. We were there and we supported Michael to the best of our ability."

Even more public than the rift with Jackson is Mottola's romance, marriage and eventual divorce from Carey, a 19-year-old backup singer he helped guide to the top of the music industry. Over the years Carey has characterized Mottola as controlling, cloistering her in a mansion she later called "Sing Sing" even as she became the world's most popular performer.

In the book Mottola writes it was "absolutely wrong and inappropriate" to become involved with Carey. He writes he's "truly sorry for any discomfort or pain that all of my good intentions inevitably caused her, and most of all for the scars it left on my two oldest children" from his first marriage.

Mottola felt it was important to lay out the story as he saw it after "harsh" and "untrue" descriptions Carey has given in interviews over the years. He notes Carey asked him to marry her. And of the charges he was restrictive and controlling, a Svengali figure? "Lots of crap."

Emilio Estefan said the divorce from Carey, who was unavailable for comment, led to a dark period for his friend personally, one he's delighted to have helped end by introducing Mottola to his third wife, Mexican actress and singer Thalia. They now have two children together.

"I know the separation between him and Mariah was hard for both of them," Estefan said. "I love both of them, of course. I was a witness and a friend with Mariah, too, for many years being with them at big parties and celebrations. Sometimes things happen and when the whole thing happened I saw him very lonely and I knew Thalia was in New York filming a movie." He suggested they have dinner: "And you know something? They clicked. He called me that night and said, `I love this girl,' and she called me and said, `I love this guy.' Both of them love each other and they have an incredible relationship."

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[MichaelDaFighter 89]

Back into Mariah

[DivaDHensley 0]

It's just that kind of day

[HeatSeeker 189]

I enjoyed the last episode of Idol. I like that the producers seem to be having fun with it and not taking things too seriously. And that girl/skit with the ventriloquist was hilarious.

[90sChild 41]

Quick Mimi Updates:

Mariah in New York: http://www.mariahconnection.com/nuevas-fotos-mariah-carey-de-paseo-por-nueva-york

Mimi's "Greatest Hits" re-enters Billboard Album Charts: http://www.mariahconnection.com/mariah-careys-greatest-hits-re-enters-billboard-album-charts

Jermaine Dupri talks new Mimi album: http://www.mariahconnection.com/jermaine-dupri-talks-upcoming-mariah-carey-album

RUMOR: MARIAH'S NEW SINGLE "ALMOST HOME" OUT FEB. 19 - the song is a part of the new Disney movie "Oz the Great and Powerful" soundtrack.

"Almost Home" will be released as a single by Carey's label, Island Def Jam, on Feb. 19. B. Scott say's the video was recorded in secret and the director is David LaChapelle.

Sources:

Mariah Connection

Mariah Daily Journal

[90sChild 41]

Mimi Updates

Twitter:

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

I repeat Christmas extravaganza has begun! If you live in NYC watch for us in our party Christmas SUV classic baby!

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

* Correction a repeat listening to MC11you right now in the snow come on! Been pon de studio working needed a moment

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Also I needed a moment of anti bleakness .. Now it's bc to the studio at 4:30 AM but hey I'm happy!LYM!!!!!

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Party moments..

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Pow pon de snow

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Naturally, Mimi turns a bleak NYC blizzard into a festive Christmas holiday revisited!

(She tweeted more "Christmas" related stuff but not gonna post it all - she's still living Xmas, we get it+lol+)

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Still pon de mic at 9:36am after a whole night of creative momentsGonna finish this for ya Lambypals !

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

It's 2/11..remembering my friend the incredible Whitney Houston. It's been a year & still so hard to believe. Her legend lives on eternally

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Happy Valentine's Day lovers!!!! Our valentine's day began last night...TBC: ) @NickCannon

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Here is the cover art for my new single "Almost Home" (out Feb. 19) from Disney's "Oz The Great and Powerful"

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Getting ready for my Valentines Rendezvous consumed by bubbles.. Oh dear..

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Aaaah! Jill E Beans leaps to the tub In hopes of a splash champagne - whhhhhy?!

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Ready!!!!

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Trespassing in Central Park ❤love on the wild side haaaaaa

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

It's festive,whatever

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

A kiss delicately scented with horse dung.... Still romantic though..

Mariah Carey ‏@MariahCarey

Goodnight! LYM

Others:

On the set of "Almost home" music video:

Jermaine Dupri talks about Mimi's new album, again:

Jermaine Dupri was recently interviewed by entertainment blog "That Grape Juice" and he briefly talked about his work on Mariah's new album. Check out what he had to say:

TGJ: You already know! Now, switching gears a bit, we hear that you're hard at work at Mariah Carey's new album. How is that album shaping up?

JD: Well, it's funny - I never said that either. I said I've worked on some records. Some people seem to forget that I'm the one who produced "Triumphant" with Rick Ross and Meek Millz. I just let people know I've done that and a bunch of other songs for that album.

Now, when she starts putting the album together, I'm sure to have 4 to 5 songs on it. I don't know what those will be at this point though, because I'm not involved in that decision process. So, I'm waiting to find out just like you guys are.

TGJ: Any hints on what we can expect sonically?

JD: I don't think any of the other songs are like "Triumphant." We have a couple of dance records - and no I don't mean EDM, I mean more for the clubs. I don't know if they have a "type." I usually do what I think people want. I can't really tell you what genre it would fit in.

Sources:

Mariah Daily Journal

Mariah Connection

Mariah Now

Edited February 16, 2013 by 90sChild

[MichaelDaFighter 89]

Got Mariah Carey debut at Goodwill for $3 yesterday

And tonight I bought #1's, E=MC2, Emotions, and Butterfly

[HeatSeeker 189]

Clip of what sounds like the climax of "Almost Home" https://soundcloud.com/mariahcarey-1

Her voice sounds extremely filtered and edited. =/

[Villanelle 5,143]

ALMOST HOME SLAYS THE FUCK OUTTA ME

[Chantoya Jo Jackson 749]

ALMOST HOME SLAYS THE FUCK OUTTA ME

Me too slayed1

[MichaelDaFighter 89]

I've been so hyped for Oz the Great and Powerful ever since I heard about it, but when I found out about Mariah doing the song for it, I reached an all new level of excitement. Now that I've heard Almost Home, I am absolutely slayed slayed1

This movie is going to absolutely slay my existence slayed1

[90sChild 41]

The song is beautiful but her voice sounds weird in some parts:awk:

[MichaelDaFighter 89]

Almost Home been on repeat all morning

[Philip 19,006]

It fuckig slays!!!!!!!!!