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December 29, 2001 - Well again Mariah Carey dominated one of our polls, this time asking the favorite song of the year. Carey came out on top with her hit, Loverboy, which beat out the Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, and Lil' Kim collaboration, 'Lady Marmalade'. Popdirt.com's latest poll asks which official site's message board is best. Vote for MariahCarey.com here.

December 29, 2001 - The New York Post reports Mariah Carey and now on-again boyfriend Luis Miguel spent Christmas in Aspen where Mariah tried her hand at snowboarding. A spy revealed, "She kept falling flat on her face over and over again." The couple "re-pledged their love" by drinking over $2,500 worth of Veueve Clicquot and red wine at the Caribou Club before retiring to their suite at the St. Regis Aspen. Next stop for the lovebirds is Barbados for New Year's.

December 28, 2001 - Reel.com's Jeffrey Wells profiled his worst movies for 2001 and put Mariah Carey's 'Glitter' in the #2 position, just after 'The Mummy Returns'. Wells said, "The general consensus is that this trite showbiz saga wasn't awful enough to be truly enjoyable, but there were at least a few unintentional hoots, which makes it marginally less agonizing than 'The Mummy Returns'." Read more.

December 28, 2001 - Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman gave his thoughts on where Mariah Carey can turn following news that EMI/Virgin is looking to buy out her $20 million per album contract. Friedman points to J Records honcho Clive Davis, who he says would make Carey "listen to Davis and do what he says — which would include advice to lose the cleavage and the hip-hop friends." Read more.

December 28, 2001 - US Weekly lists the Mariah Carey breakdown as the #22 story of the year 2001 and have her pictured boarding a plane (the Chinook) during her Kosovo appearance for U.S. troops.

December 27, 2001 - The Globe reports Mariah Carey broke down and cried after she heard former lover Luis Miguel had returned to his old girfriend, Colombian actress Sofia Vergara again. A pal told the tabloid when Mariah heard of the news, "Poor Mariah cried like a baby. Her worst nightmare had always been Luis getting back with Sofia." Read more.

December 27, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times reports EMI Group Plc, parent company of Virgin Records, is looking to buy out the contract of Mariah Carey, which is reportedly in the $80-$118 million range. The label would give Carey a multimillion dollar settlement in return for her agreement to bail out of the label. Representatives for Carey, EMI, or Virgin Records could not be reached for comment. Read more.

December 23, 2001 - Mariah Carey was on the CBS Early Show on Friday to preview her special on CBS later that night. Mariah was asked if she was aware of the media circus following her breakdown and she responded, "No, I had no idea and I like, when I saw it I was like ‘What is this?’ and when I realized people were like kinda stalking me. It was bizarre, the press or whatever and photographers and stuff. I really, I don’t see myself like that. Other people say to me ‘Oh don’t you know, you’re Mariah Carey...you’re this thing’ and I’m like ‘No, why wold anybody sit outside my mom’s house, ya know, waiting to take a picture of me’." Read the full transcript here.

December 22, 2001 - Anonymous writes "Madonna and Mariah Carey were the only popsters choosen as the top 25. (Mariah's 'Glitter' was also choosen as one of the worst movies of this year.) But other pop star names appeared elsewhere in the issue. Read more.

December 22, 2001 - Mariah Carey left a new voice message to wish her Lambs a happy holiday. Mariah said, "Happy Holidays! Hey Lambs! I'm just calling to say - too early - 'Happy Holidays' and uhm, but you know that I'm just thinking about you and being grateful for your support all year and every year basically. I wanna let you know that I love ya, appreciate ya, and enjoy ya, and uhm, the TV special 'Home For The Holidays' is gonna be on on the 21st which is even today or tomorrow - whichever day this message gets up - and I will be calling in again soon. I hope you're all enjoying the holidays and feeling festive. Okay? Buh-bye!" You can listen to the message here.

December 22, 2001 - All Star's Miss Truth listed the top 10 disses from musicians to musicians in the past 12 months and put Mariah Carey at the #1 spot with disses coming from Usher, Brad Pitt, and Jimmy Fallon. Check out the full list, which also includes Britney Spears here.

December 22, 2001 - The New York Daily News' Isaac Guzman chimed in on all the holiday concerts that were held in New York this month and accused show organizers saying, "In the lowdown world of the music biz, their aim seemed to be an all-hands-on-deck effort to raise Carey's sunken career. Why else would three separate stations invite her to show up, knowing she would refuse to perform?" Guzman also blamed Mariah for the most shameless moment of the concerts saying, "Instead of singing, Mariah Carey relentlessly plugged her new single and hyped her appearance at the upcoming Super Bowl." Read more.

December 22, 2001 - The New York Post reports Mariah Carey was cozied up with former lover and New York Yankee Derek Jeter at One51 Tuesday night in the VIP room. The couple shared the same couch until early in the morning but witnesses say Jeter didn't get to first base with Mariah, as both were there for the 28th birthday party for New York Jet Damien Robinson.

December 21, 2001 - Neil Travis of the New York Post reports Mariah Carey will fly to Aspen next week with Luis Miguel, whom she's began dating again for the past month according to his spies. The couple will be among the A-list guests at the opening of the first Prada store in the resort as well as the party afterwards at Harley Baldwin's exclusive Caribou Club.

December 21, 2001 - Mariah Carey was on Entertainment Tonight on Thursday to preview her CBS Special on Friday "A Home for the Holidays with Mariah Carey." Mariah tells ET, "It was really nice to perform for the kids and families. And some of the stories we've heard about, even just from the show being on the air three years, and families that have come together from the show. It's incredible." You can check out more on the special here.

December 20, 2001 - W Magazine spoke with Britney Spears about her thoughts on Mariah Carey's recent mental breakdown where the pop princess said, "I feel really sorry for her, but I don't think it's what she does that has made her feel unhappy. I think sometimes it's something personal. Maybe she takes herself too seriously. A lot of stars believe their own hype and actually think they're some kind of goddess."

December 20, 2001 - The Sun reports Mariah Carey and Luis Miguel have rekindled their long romance as the couple have been dating for the past 4 weeks. The pair were spotted shopping on Monday in New York and spent two hours buying gifts in the Saks Fifth Avenue store where onlookers described them as "very much together." Read more.

December 19, 2001 - 710KIRO.com talk show host Dori Monson re-read the email from Shane in Australia who he described along with others who e-mailed him following his critcism of Mariah Carey as "little pimple faced kids". Monson also posted the e-mail on the show's website. Check it out here.

December 18, 2001 - The New York Post reports Mariah Carey's Glitter album was going to be pushed during the holiday season but plans by Sony releasing her Greatest Hits album put those ideas to a halt. An insider said, "The Sony move deliberately shut out any hopes of Virgin recouping some money off of 'Glitter.'" Carey's rep responded to the report saying, "Both companies were aware of each other's plans and both are working together." Meanwhile, the paper also reports Carey was spotted at Spa in New York on Thursday with her 'posse'.

December 17, 2001 - Looks like CNN's Larry King is a big fan of Mariah Carey as he again has closed an episode of his Larry King Weekend talk show with footage of Mariah Carey singing 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' at her Kosovo USO concert intertwined with footage of U.S. troops coming back from overseas to be greeted by loved ones.

December 16, 2001 - US Weekly features a photo of Mariah Carey being escorted by troops in Kosovo where they quote Carey telling them during her performance, "Remember when you're out here freezing, know that everybody at home loves you." As for the singer's presence, Private First Class Duane Stelzik said, "She is a diva, who wouldn't be a fan?"

December 15, 2001 - Globe reports Mariah Carey insisted that she has no plans to marry again any time soon. Carey revealed, "I'm not getting married. I'm in the overworked psycho zone. If I was with the right person I was really in love with and he would make a responsible father, I would. But not just because I want a child. I have enough people in my life." 

December 15, 2001 - Dori Monson of 710KIRO.com again talked about the e-mails he's been receiving from angry Mariah Carey fans from all around the globe, including a nasty one from a guy in Australia who said the reason why he was on radio was because he was too ugly for television. Despite critical calls about the e-mailer, Dori said he admired the passion for Mariah exhibited by the fan. Dori read Mariah Carey haiku and limericks from listeners and told a caller that while he realizes Mariah has been through a lot lately, she looked awful on the Letterman show earlier this week. Monson also credited the 'Caller of the Week' award to an unintelligible caller (ie. similar sounding to Boomhauer from 'King of The Hill') from a call ealier in the week that blasted Mariah and her looks.

December 15, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of Mariah Carey's brief appearance at The Z100 Jingle Ball 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday night. Check out photos of Mariah here. 

December 14, 2001 - Globe reports Mariah Carey revealed she's not the smartest singer on the planet saying, "The thing is I can't add two and two. My father's an aeronautical engineer, but me? Ask me about fractions and you're gonna have a problem. That side of my brain does not function."

December 14, 2001 - 710KIRO.com talk show host Dori Monson said during his show Thursday he's been swamped with nasty e-mails from fans of Mariah Carey after his comments were reported on this site Tuesday. Dori commented that his comment about Mariah being as dumb as a load of bricks should be corrected to as dumb as 1 brick, since a load of bricks would be giving her too much credit. Read more.

December 13, 2001 - NME joked about the report in The Daily Star which had an item saying Mariah Carey had turned down the chance to eat food prepared by popular big chef Gordon Ramsey in order to have a McDonald's McChicken, basically because she has to avoid plates following her mental breakdown earlier this year. Check out what they have to say here.

December 13, 2001 - Remember the earlier story submitted by Anonymous a while back? Well Mariah has received the nod to perform the National Anthem at the 2002 Superbowl in New Orleans at the Louisiana Superdome on February 3.

December 13, 2001 - Pop-Fantasy.com has not only several vidcaps of Mariah Carey's appearance on Dave Letterman Tuesday night, but also the audio/video for the clip. Check it out here.

December 13, 2001 - KIRO710.com talk show host Dori Monson took the last hour of his Wednesday show to slam Mariah Carey following her appearance on the David Letterman show Tuesday night. Monson said, "Mariah Carey has the intelligence of a load of bricks." Dori said Mariah was completely disconnected from the real world and that parents don't have 'time to themselves' as the childless Mariah had complained she didn't have to Letterman. Monson added he was just sick and tired of hearing about Mariah and all her 'problems' when she never would have to work another day in her life if she didn't want to. The Seattle show in an area noted for the salmon species mentioned on Letterman also joked about Mariah not understanding 'Shnook' from 'Chinook' when referring to the helicopter she flew in on.

December 13, 2001 - News.com.au spoke with Janet Jackson about whether she thinks about her fellow Virgin records signee Mariah Carey. Jackson said, "People talk about how we don't like each other and we're rivals. That's not true at all. She came to my (record) label and I sent flowers welcoming her to the family." As for her breakdown, Jackson said, "Yeah, she has to take it easy. It's one thing being a workaholic and another playing as hard as you work. I'm not sure if that's what she does, but my friends tell me when I'm being a workaholic or playing too much. If I feel myself getting too stressed out I will make myself take a day or a week and go away with friends. It's still going to be there when you get back. My heart goes out to Mariah, she's such a talented woman. She's going to figure it out for herself, I think she'll be OK." Read more.

December 12, 2001 - Rollingstone.com reports Mariah Carey's handlers complained loudly following a spoof of Mariah's appearance on TRL for the VH1 My Music Awards. The scene was only aired during the live show causing the comic who took part in it to blast that Mariah's "people - and there are apparently a lot of them . . . called [VH1 president John] Sykes and were offended by what I had to say, which tells me we were right on target." VH1 claims they cut the spoof for time constraints. Many will remember the same reason was given for the Triumph the Insult Comic Dog scene with Jennifer Lopez during the VMA's.

December 12, 2001 - Hits Daily Double shows Britney Spears' latest effort 'Britney' receiving a 10% jump in sales for the week as she climbs back up 2 to the #4 spot behind heavyweight Creed and the always popular NOW series and the NOW Xmas special compilation. Other pop acts in the charts are Enrique slipping to #12, Shakira holding at #15 and Backstreet Boys' Hits outpacing *NSYNC's Celebrity. Michael Jackson's Invincible continued to show vincibility, dropping to #27, just ahead of the Madonna GHV2 album. Mariah's Greatest Hits album on Columbia debuted so low it may fall of some observer's radars clocking in at a pathetic #44 with 64,000 sales.

December 11, 2001 - Star reports Mariah Carey's Glitter co-star Ann Magnuson has her own thoughts on why the movie performed so badly. She said halfway through filming, they decided to ditch the campy '80s era look and modern styling messed up the continuity of the film. In hoping to make a tribute to the 80's, the movie lost its point and wasn't the funny production it could have been.

December 11, 2001 - Cindy Pearlman of The Chicago Sun Times talked with Brian Grazer who's producing the new Eminem biopic who insists, "It's so not 'Glitter.' You'll go, 'This is so far from "Glitter." It's more like 'East of Eden.' I'm not kidding." Grazer adds, "It's a guy beating the odds." Read more.

December 10, 2001 - The Sun reports Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits album debuted at a woeful #46 in it's first week in the UK charts.

December 9, 2001 - Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Enrique Iglesias, Mandy Moore, Josh Groban, and Charlotte Church will perform an hour-long CBS television special 'A Home For The Holidays With Mariah Carey', which is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. ET on December 21. The show helps raise awareness about adoption. Read more.

December 9, 2001 - This past Wednesday on FOX News' The Factor with Bill O'Reilly, the host tabbed Mariah Carey's trip to Kosovo as his 'Ridiculous Item Of The Day' and showed this photo with his brief report.

December 9, 2001 - Larry King Weekend on CNN closed tonight's show with Mariah Carey's December 4 performance of 'Never Too Far/Hero' live from her USO performance in Kosovo. Intermixed with the performance were photos of soldiers at work. 

December 8, 2001 - A porn star named Mary Carey came into the Howard Stern show Friday morning. Howard said Mary looks kind of like Mariah Carey so that's why she calls herself ''Mary Carey." Kind of is pushing it, but you can check her out here.

December 8, 2001 - Mariahbuzz.com reports a spokesperson for Janet Jackson said that the singer walked into Camelot Music Store early Tuesay afternoon and bought Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits double cd set. A worker at Camelot said Jackson had arrived at approximatelty 1:45 pm, escorted by a bodyguard and a friend, who too picked up Carey's album. Read more.

December 7, 2001 - Mariah Carey lip-synched 'Never Too Far' on the German Gala last Sunday in Cologne. As the host wanted to come up to her in order to thank her, Mariah suddenly turned around and walked away. The host was ashamed and speechless. To make the whole story even more furious, the camera showed 3 (!) bodyguards who surrounded Mariah Carey RIGHT after her performance. It was very rude from Mariah.

December 7, 2001 - There's been a flurry of posts on the official Mariah Carey message board following Mariah's appearance on UK's GMTV where the singer lip-synched 'Without You'. While many are criticizing the move, some that have criticized her lip-synching peers in the past have suddenly tried to justify the move. Have recent reports of Mariah having vocal problems because of her medication worsened and forced the move? Read more.

December 6, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports Mariah Carey admitted to her helicopter trip to Kosovo Tuesday being "unnerving at the beginning. The helicopter ride flipped me out a little bit - I ain't going to lie." Carey said after landing and being hoisted shoulder high by soldiers, she said she felt "very safe and protected."

December 5, 2001 - Mariah Carey entertained U.S. peacekeepers in Yugoslavia on Tuesday as she performed, took pictures, and signed autographs for them exclaiming, "I have such an appreciation for what you are doing for our country and appreciation for the fact that not everybody does what you do." Read more.

December 5, 2001 - Yahoo! has 12 photos of Mariah Carey at her performance in Kosovo's Camp Bondsteel on Tuesday, when she's pictured in both military garb and her familiar short, short dresses. Check out the photos here.

December 4, 2001 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Jennifer Lopez secured 10 dressing rooms for her performance at BBC's Top Of The Pops awards leaving Mariah Carey with only two rooms. Mariah's spokeswoman used the opportunity to take a dig at J.Lo saying, "Post September 11, as we’re all trying to get back to business, Mariah’s intention was to scale back production elements. She’s not interested in any diva behavior." Read more.

December 3, 2001 - The New York Post reports the new issue of GQ includes their annual "2001 Overrated List" and one of the celebrities making the list is "the newsworthiness of Mariah's mental state."

December 3, 2001 - According to a posting on Mariah Carey's official site message board, her former lover Luis Miguel opened up about his feelings following the bust-up of his romance with Mariah Carey. Luis told an interviewer, "I learn not to give myself over completely to someone when I'm in love? But I can't help the way I am. I live my life, I love, completely, totally, and with deep passion. That;s the way I am and I can't change. And it hurts when you give your complete love and trust to someone, and then find that it's not always returned... It is a painful experience, but I can put those feelings into my music, into the music that I make for my public (my fans)." Read more.

December 3, 2001 - Anonymous writes "For the past 2 years, Mariah Carey Shining Star(http://www.geocities.com/skyboy2002) has tried, unsuccessfully, to try to get Mariah to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Many famous artists have preformed at the Super Bowl including, Whitney Houston, Cher and Faith Hill. Sounds to me like there is a Diva missing. . . ?!?! Mariah Carey has never preformed the National Anthem, and what a better year than 2002 to preform such a patriotic song after the Terrorist Attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001." Read more.

December 2, 2001 - Mariah Carey is included in the latest Popdirt.com poll asking "What Was The Top Pop Song Of 2001?" for "Loverboy". Mariah won the last poll asking who the top female vocalist was after a late charge by Christina Aguilera. Vote here.

December 2, 2001 - Mariah Carey is featured in US Weekly's Women of the Year 2001 'For coming back'. The mag says, "Carey deserves credit for promptly getting the help she needed. She understands herself better now. 'There will always be an undertone of sadness in who I am.' she said. 'I can't change certain things, and I might as well make the best of it.'"

December 2, 2001 - The BBC Top of The Pops website has a brief clip of Mariah Carey singing Never Too Far with Westlife at their awards show Friday. Check it out here.

December 1, 2001 - During his Friday night monologue, Jay Leno joked about *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey. Read here for a rundown.

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