PRECIOUS RELEASE - MARCH 9

Film Precious vyjde na DVD a Blu-ray 9. března. DVD bude stát 540 Kč, ale dá se předobjednat na Amazonu za 380 Kč, Blu-Ray pak 720 Kč, v předprodeji za 500 Kč. Mezi bonusy najdete audiokomentář od Lee Danielse, rozhovor mezi autorkou knihy Sapphire a Lee Danielsem, zkoušku Gabourey Sidibe a několik krátkých filmů: From Push to Precious, A Precious Ensemble, Oprah and Tyler: A Project of Passion, Fluorescent Beige.

The Precious movie will be released on March 9. DVD will cost $29.95 ($20.99 in Amazon pre-order) and Blu-ray $39.99 ($27.99 in Amazon pre-order). Extras will include an audio commentary by director Lee Daniels, featurettes ("From Push to Precious", "A Precious Ensemble", "Oprah and Tyler: A Project of Passion"), a conversation with author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels, a Gabourey Sidibe screen test, and a "Fluorescent Beige" feature.

BY LUCIFRID | 15. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH DAILY JOURNAL

MC RECEIVED BAFTA NOMINATION

Britský ekvivalent Oscarů Britská akademie filmového a televizního umění (BAFTA) vyhlásila své letošní širší nominace. MC byla nominována na Nejlepší herečku ve vedlejší roli. Užší nominace budou oznámeny 21. ledna. Další nominované jsou: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air, Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy, Claire Danes – Me and Orson Welles, Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds, Emma Thompson – An Education, Julianne Moore – A Single Man, Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy, Mo’Nique – Precious, Olivia Williams – An Education, Penelope Cruz – Nine, Rachel Weisz – The Lovely Bones, Rosamund Pike – An Education, Susan Sarandon – The Lovely Bones a Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air. Ceny se budou udílet 21. února.

British equivalent to Oscars - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) - announced its long list of nominations for the annual BAFTA Awards. Mariah received the honor of being listed in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as Mrs. Weiss in the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. The full list of nominations will be announced on Thursday 21 January. Other nominated actresses: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air, Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy, Claire Danes – Me and Orson Welles, Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds, Emma Thompson – An Education, Julianne Moore – A Single Man, Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy, Mo’Nique – Precious, Olivia Williams – An Education, Penelope Cruz – Nine, Rachel Weisz – The Lovely Bones, Rosamund Pike – An Education, Susan Sarandon – The Lovely Bones and Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air. The ceremony will take place on 21 February.

BY LUCIFRID | 15. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 1 | SOURCE: MARIAHCAREY.COM

MC'S ENJOYING HER HOLIDAY IN ANTIGUA

MC je na dovolené s přáteli (Josefin, Billie) a synovcem Shawnem na Antigue.

MC's on vacation with her friends Josefin & Billie and nephew Shawn at Antigua.

BY LUCIFRID | 15. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: TWITTER

ACTION IN ASPEN

Jasmine, kamarádka MC, popsala ve svém sloupku vánoce strávené s MC.

Jasmine, a friend of MC, described Christmas with MC in her column.

I began my adventure this year by flying to LA just before Christmas to join my Christmas family, the Carey-Cannons. We flew out of the hot LA weather from the private air field wearing t shirts. Then, four hours later, we pulled on our polo neck sweaters as we landed on the thick snowy runway of the Aspen air field, which is full of celeb and wealthy jet plane owners.

After I had helped Mrs C purchase some of her gifts, we returned to the house where we played what was to be the first of many games of 'Mafia'.

Let me explain the game: A group of people are divided into two groups – 'Townspeople' and 'Mafia' – depending on which card they are dealt. No one is aware of each others' status but the aim is to work out who the mafia are in order to execute them, whilst in turn, the mafia during the night bump off the townsfolk. The ever-festive Nick was his usual animated self and had us all involved, screaming and pleading our cases in minutes.

On Christmas Eve, after skiing and snow-boarding we went sledging. Imagining myself in an old James Bond movie, I had visions of husky dogs pulling us through the snow. However, once on top of the mountain, it became clear that this was the kiddie activity that involved us sitting on a brightly coloured plastic vessel and hurling ourselves down the steep hill. Nick and Mariah's friends Pastor Kase and Deric (DJ D Wrek from Wild n Out) began the races downhill, whilst I looked on like a scaredey cat. I finally convinced Deric to let me piggy back his sledge and so we started the two-on-two races against the Carey Cannons. A nearby gent offered to lend me his "extra fast sledge," which had just been waxed to ensure ridiculous speed.

I agreed, but instead of using it myself, I naughtily passed it to the Carey Cannons, thinking it would freak them out – it didn't. They used it and they won.

As soon as we got home, we changed into our festive red PJ's and awaited the arrival of Santa, who of course, Mariah knows personally. The kids were all put to bed as we placed ourselves strategically behind curtains and sofas to film and capture the children's faces as Mr Claus awoke them with his cries of "ho ho ho."

Once Santa had done his duties, we all dragged him into the living room to pose with us under the 20-foot high Christmas tree. I sat on his knee, as is traditional, and reassured him of my good behaviour the past 12 months. In return, he let us all ride his sleigh around the front garden and yes they were real reindeer!

Before we went to our beds, Nick warned us with an evil twinkle in his eye that 'Santa' would be waking us at 6am for present opening. "No way," I thought. Well, how wrong I was. Mr 'Saint Nick' (Nick dressed as Santa), stomped up and down the house in his big black Santa boots and huge pillow belly, ringing the bell from hell to wake us all up. After three attempts to ignore him, I dragged my lazy ass down to the Christmas tree where wrapping paper and screams of joy were flying. How could I not get into the Christmas spirit?

As well as the traditional socks, scarves, gloves and toys being exchanged, there were also gifts with handles, heels, diamonds and one with wheels!

That evening, we all put on our best frocks to sit down to Christmas dinner, which tasted mouth-wateringly good.

Later, thoroughly exhausted, we hit the sack early as the next day Mrs C was taking her version of the bus – the jet – to Italy to pick up her special award for best supporting actress at the Capri film festival for her role in the movie Precious.

MC collected her very appropriately shaped mermaid award (which is now sitting in her mermaid room) on the red carpet with a wall of paparazzi documenting her every move. After only 24 hours in Capri, we jetted to New York City, where a whole heap of new adventures awaited me!

BY LUCIFRID | 15. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: THE VOICE - JASMINE DOTIWALA

MC FEATURED IN HILL'S VIDEO

MC má malé cameo v klipu brunejského 22letého umělce Hilla. S MC se seznámil v Británii na večírku brunejské královské rodiny - MC se přátelí s brunejským princem Azimem. Hill na MC zapůsobil a když se jí zeptal, zda by nechtěla menší cameo v jeho klipu, tak k jeho velkému potěšení a překvapení souhlasila. Video se natáčelo v Londýně.

MC has a little cameo in the 22 year old Brunei artist Hill. They met at a party of the Brunei Royal Family in UK - MC is a friend of Brunei Princ Azim. Mariah was impressed by Hill and when he then asked her to do a cameo in his video, MC to his amazement and surprise said yes. The video was shot in December in London.

BY LUCIFRID | 14. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: HEROES OF MARIAH

RELEASE DATE OF ANGELS ADVOCATE

Španělský Universal potvrdil jako datum vydání remixového CD Angels Advocate 23. únor. Na internetu se ovšem hovoří o březnu, datum nebylo nikdy americkým Universalem oficiálně oznámeno, takže si budeme muset počkat na potvrzení. UPDATE: Dle MariahDailyJournal je datem vydání 9. březen.

Universal Spain confirmed February 23 as the release date of the Angels Advocate remix CD. But there are some rumours on the net that the remix CD will be released in March, because US Universal never announced US release date officially, so we have to wait for the confirmation. UPDATE: According to MariahDailyJournal the release was pushed back to March 9.

BY LUCIFRID | 14. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH CONNECTION, HEROES OF MARIAH

PRIDE: CONFESSIONS OF A DIVA

Nové číslo britského Pride s titulním článek o MC. Velké scany zatím nejsou.

A cover story with MC in the UK's Pride magazine. No HQ scans yet.

Mariah Carey has a lot of stuff going on right now but still found time to talk with Cynthia Lawrence. They talk about Mariah's performance in "Precious", how Sidney Poitier told Mariah he didn't recognize her in the movie, about Mariah's sense of humor and of course - the diva rumors:

---- Our tete-a-tete inevitably moves to the diva myth that surrounds the superstar. "I've been a diva since I was three. And what?" she laughs. "The true meaning of a diva is a talented female singer. My mother sang opera, and so all my life I heard my mother going, 'Oh, she is very much the diva,' way before they had Divas Live." But that's not the definition of diva we're talking about! What of the rumours that Mariah demands fresh flowers in each hotel room? "People give me flowers upstairs, but I didn't say I wanted that!" Oh, and she gets her assistant to pick out the blue M&Ms... "Blue M&Ms? Do they even exist? I don't really eat chocolate M&Ms. Here comes my diva," she jokes. "A diva would be like [she waves a manicured hand and taps her nearly empty wine glass], 'Rachel, wine, I need more wine!' We all have it in us." She gets up to refill her glass, offering me a top-up before tottering back to the sofa, legs curled back under her. "I'll tell you this." She leans forward as if sharing a secret: "I think that's sexist. There are a lot of difficult male divas out there, but no one says anything about them. See, I don't take this shit seriously." ----

Pick up your copy of the magazine to read the entire article. Click on the links below to view scans of the cover and the article.

BY LUCIFRID | 14. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAHCAREY.COM

NEW TOUR DATES

Do tourlistu byla přidána další města a data: 14. února Chicago (Chicago Theatre; předprodej lístků začal včera), 17. února Houston (Verizon Wireless Theatre; předprodej začal včera), druhý koncert v Los Angeles 20. února (Gibson Theatre; předprodej začíná 20.1.). Pro připomenutí Lasvegaský koncert (27.2., předprodej začíná dnes) se z Palms přesunul do Kolosea a koncert v Minneapolis byl zrušen.

New dates and cities were add to the tourlist: February 14 - Chicago , IL (Chicago Theatre; the tickets presale started tomorrow), February 17 - Houston, TX (Verizon Wireless Theatre; the presale started tomorrow), February 24, - Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Theatre; the presale will start January 20). Reminder: the concert in Las Vegas was moved from Palm to The Colosseum (Feb 27; the presale starts today) and Minneapolis concert was canceled.

BY LUCIFRID | 14. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 1

MEMOIRS CERTIFIED GOLD

RIAA certifikovala Memoirs 14. prosince jako Gold (15. Gold album MC).

RIAA certified Memoirs as Gold on December 14 (MC's 15th Gold album).

BY LUCIFRID | 14. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 1 | SOURCE: RIAA

LOVE SONGS

V Anglii by měla k Valentýnovi vyjít kompilace Love Songs. Album bude zřejmě jen přejmenovanými The Ballads, ale tracklist zatím nebyl potvrzen. Můžete si ho předobjednat zde. UPDATE: CD bude vydáno ve verzi slipcase a tracklist by měl být stejný, jen název se změní kvůli Valentýnovi.

The compilation Love Songs should be release in the Valentine season, February 8. The release will probably be a re-branding of The Ballads, but the tracklist was not confirmed yet. You can pre-order the CD here UPDATE: The CD will be released in a slipcased version, but this time with a title perfect for Valentines Day.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH CONNECTION

PRE-ORDER TENNESSEE ON DVD

Na Amazonu si můžete předobjednat DVD Tennessee (370 Kč), které vyjde 26.1.

Pre-oder the Tennessee DVD ($20.49) on Amazon, release date is January 26.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0

MC IN PRINCE AZIM VIDEO

MC by se měla objevit v debutovém klipu svého kamaráda brunejského prince Azima

MC should appear in the debut video of her friend Prince Azim of Brunei.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0

TOUR NEWS

Koncert v Las Vegas se z Palms' Pearl Concert Theatre přesunul do většího sálu v The Collosseum v Caesars Palace. Ten má dvojnásobnou kapacitu a MC zde bude zakončovat severoamerickou částu turné. V roce 2003 zde naopak zahajovala Charmbracelet turné.

Minneapoliský koncert Angels Advocate turné by se měl konat 16. února v Northrop Auditorium. Zatím se ale kupodivu pro tento koncert nepodařilo sehnat promotéra, takže koncert není jistý. UPDATE: koncert byl zrušen.

Níže se můžet podívat na reklamu na dva connecticutské koncerty.

The venue for Mariah's Angels Advocate Tour closing US concert in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, February 27, 2010, has changed from the The Palms' Pearl Concert Theatre to The Collosseum at Caesars Palace. The Collosseum holds a seating capacity of 4,000 people, almost double the size of Pearl Theatre. MC opened the North American leg of her Charmbracelet Tour at The Collosseum on July 26, 2003.

The Minneapolis concert of the Angels Advocate tour should be held at Northrop Auditorium on February 16. Mariah's agents have reserved Feb. 16, but with no promoter the concert could be in jeopardy. UPDATE - the concert was cancelled.

You can look at the commercial for the two Connecticut's concert below.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH DAILY JOURNAL

TOUR AUDIO & VIDEO

Na YouTube si můžete z koncertu v Atlantic City pustit u tohoto uživatele audia a u tohoto a tohoto pak videa. Zde jsou videa z Madison Square Garden.

You can watch audio from Atlantic City concert here from this user and videos from this user and this one. Here are some Madison Square Garden videos.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0

ANGELS CRY REMIX PUSHED BACK

Angels Cry feat. Ne-Yo měl jít do rádií 19.1., ale datum se prozatím posunulo na 16. 2.

Angels Cry feat. Ne-Yo should impact radios Jan 19 - new change date is Feb 16.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: ALL ACCESS

TWO NAACP IMAGE AWARDS IMAGE NOMINATIONS

MC je nominována na NAACP Image Award v kategorii Nejlepší herečka ve vedlejší roli a za Nejlepší album. Precious získalo nominace ještě v těchto kategoriích: Nejlepší film, Nejlepší nezávislý film, Nejlepší herečka v hlavní roli (Gabourey Sidibe), Nejlepší herec ve vedlejší roli (Lenny Kravitz), Nejlepší herečka ve vedlejší roli (Mo'Nique, Paula Patton), Nejlepší scénář (Geoffrey Fletcher) a Nejlepší režie (Lee Daniels). Ceny se budou udílet 26. února živě na stanici Fox.

MC is nominated on two NAACP Image Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Precious) and Outstanding Album (Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel). Precious grabs more nominations: Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Independent Motion Picture, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (Gabourey Sidibe), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Lenny Kravitz), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Mo'Nique), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Paula Patton), Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Geoffrey Fletcher) and Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Lee Daniels). The Image Awards honoring diversity in the arts will be presented Feb. 26 and broadcast live on Fox.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH DAILY JOURNAL

MC SHOOTS DOWN VANESSA HUDGENS MOVIE RUMOURS

MC popřela, že by měla hrát matku Vanessy Hudgens v připravované hudební komedii.

MC denied she would appear in comedy with Vanessa Hudgens.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: US MAGAZINE

JUMP SMOKERS FINISHING THE REMIX CD

Jump Smokes na Twitteru komentují práci na remixovém CD. Languishing pro ně byl největší výzvou, Angels Cry je jejich nej remixem a právě dokončují Betcha Gon' Know.

Jump Smokers commented their work on MC's remix CD on Twitter: Languishing was the biggest challenge for them, Angels Cry is the best remix and they just being finalized Betcha Gon' Know.

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: TWITTER

MC WON PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

MC ve středu 6. února obdržela cenu Favorite R&B Artist na udílení 36. výročních cen People's Choice, které se konaly v losangeleském Nokia Theatre. V galerii naleznete fotky ze zákulisí, červeného koberce, děkovné řeči a studiovou photo session.

MC received the "Favorite R&B Artist" award at the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. You can look at photos in the gallery - backstage, red carpet & press room, accepting speech and wonderful photo session.

"Hey! Thank you so much for this award. It really, really, really means so much to me because it's from my fans. And my fans, my real fans, know that they are my extended family and I love them so much. (Hey everybody out there I didn't get to say hi to). I want to acknowledge my talented fellow nominees and friends as well. We know they're all incredible so, anyway, (You look good too my friend) Thank you to God for all the incredible blessings in my life and I especially want to thank my husband Nick for being... thank you, Nick! Especially for helping me with this dress because it's a drama. I didn't mean to do this but it's... anyway, for being my best friend and for many other things that I probably shouldn't mention. Anyway, thank you to my mom and my family. Thank you to Doug Morris, LA Reid, and everyone at Island Def Jam, Violator, Maroon Entertainment; and Cindi Berger. Thank you so much. Thank you. God bless you."

"The thing is me and Lee hadn't seen each other in a long time and then he was presenting my award so he starts off immediately with inside jokes and I was like, 'Okay.' We've been sitting there celebrating this whole time having little splashes. I hadn't eaten, I pulled up, I didn't want to be late so I rushed in and that's what it was. We were really celebrating for the movie and everything that's going on with it. There's so much exciting stuff going on with Precious and you know, for the award that I was winning. But, you know, it's a time for celebration and [laughs] a time for not... but really, technically, it's kind of like a party atmosphere so they tricked you, you know what I mean? No, it was fun. If people don't understand me and think I'm just like this girl that stands by a microphone and sings 'Hero' then they're definitely not gonna get me. If people knew me better, they would understand I have a sense of humor and basically that's what gets me through life. And we had splashes of champagne. I love Lee but he's a bad influence."

BY LUCIFRID | 11. 01. 2010 | COMMENTS: 0 | SOURCE: MARIAH DAILY JOURNAL, SWEETMARIAH