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July 26, 2002 - MariahBuzz.com reports Tom Brady, quarterback of the NFL champion New England Patriots, has denied rumors he and Mariah Carey are an item. "It's all just crazy," Brady says of his new life in the spotlight. "You read things about yourself ... you don't know where they come from. I was talking about that with my sister the other day. I go out somewhere -- and now I don't go out one-fourth as much as I used to go out -- and next you read these stories. I meet Mariah Carey, just talk to her, and suddenly we're an item. I just talk to her. There's nothing there. We didn't click that way. But then you read about it, and you're supposed to be in love."

July 26, 2002 - After months of silence, Mariah Carey left a message with a very calmed and relaxed voice, at her official website. This is what she had to say:
"I just want to say I'm sorry I haven't left a message in a really long time, I've been working and I've been dealing with some other personal stuff...." and I just wanted to thank you all so much for sending your condolences for my father. And to let you know that as always I'm thinking about you and, you know, I'm here and everything's going really well with the album. And I'm gonna be checking in more and more, so I will holla back very soon, ok? Love you much! Bye bye!" Listen to the message here.

July 26, 2002 - Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood spoke with Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles and asked her about earlier comments she had made about being able to relate to the troubles Mariah Carey had. "What I actually said is that no matter what field you're in -- it doesn't matter if you're a journalist, if you are a teacher, whatever -- life gets overwhelming at times," Knowles said. "And when you're not a celebrity, you can take the time off if someone passes away or something happens. You can take a couple of days off, you can take two or three days, maybe that's all you need, but unfortunately you can't or if you get sad it gets blown up -- 'Oh god, she's having a breakdown' or whatever, and that's the unfortunate thing about being a celebrity." Check out the entire transcript and watch the video interview clip here.

July 20, 2002 - Eminem called out Mariah Carey much like he's done with former wife Kim and Christina Aguilera in prior tours when he kicked off the Anger Management Tour last night in Buffalo. Slim let it be known that he was single telling the women in the audience, "Ladies, I ain't married no more." Just when he said that, on stage was a woman pleading with him to save her, she being inside the giant mouth that was the backdrop of Slim's set and had only managed to get one arm out. "I'mma tell you like I told Mariah, 'Bitch, you make me hurl," he responded to her appeal, setting up 'Superman.' The girl turned out to be frequent Slim Shady back-up singer Dina Rae, made her way out the mouth on her own. Rae contributed to the song and was made up to look like Mariah. Read more.

July 20, 2002 - Coco McPherson of the Village Voice quizzed several New Yorkers on their thoughts about Michael Jackson's racist charges against Sony Music and its chief Tommy Mottola. 23-year-old Cindy Lafleur said, "How can Tommy Mottola be a racist if he was married to Mariah Carey? She's mixed but she's still half-black. Michael Jackson is doing this to get out of his contract and now he's whiter than white. He's whiter than the average white person. He doesn't even look like the old Michael Jackson. You look at him years ago when he was so young and talented. Why would he have wanted to change a thing?" Read more.

July 18, 2002 - Flo Anthony was on K104 this morning talking about the reports Mariah Carey is dating AJ from 106 & Park. Flo says she got it confirmed from one of his colleagues that the two are friends and hang out. AJ says he's just friends with Mariah, but people are telling Flo it goes a bit further than that. Listen to the clip here.

July 18, 2002 - Mariah Carey's official site offered the following message to fans on Wednesday: "Mariah would like to thank all of you for your condolensces regarding the loss of her father. Your warm thoughts were appreciated and meant so much."

July 17, 2002 - Jawn Murray of EURweb.com reports that according to his sources, Mariah Carey and Tyrese recently chat was only a friendly one, and that she's actually been dating 106th & Park host A.J., who she's been seeing exclusively for the past two months. Read more.

July 17, 2002 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports sources close to Thalia, Tommy Mottola’s current wife, say she's been telling friends that Mariah Carey had called Tommy offering her support in his dispute with Michael Jackson. A source revealed, "[Thalia] said Mariah said Michael’s wrong in this whole thing, that Tommy’s anything but a racist. She wants to leave her dispute with Tommy in the past and she’s rather appalled that Michael has dragged her into this thing." Read more.

July 17, 2002 - The Sun reports Daniel Bedingfield is writing a single with Mariah Carey on her upcoming album. Daniel had the #1 UK hit 'Gotta Get Thru This' and he has signed to Carey's US label Def Jam. Her label suggested the colloboration.

July 14, 2002 - News of the World reports Eminem has cruelly ended his four month relationship with Mariah Carey just days after her father Alfred, lost his battle against cancer. A friend of Mariah revealed, "Mariah is in pieces. Her father had been ill for some time, but his death was still a terrible shock. Then, less than a week later, Eminem phones her up and breaks it off. Mariah wasn't expecting wedding bells, but she loved his company and thought the relationship was going well." Read more.

July 13, 2002 - The Sun reports Mariah Carey has asked Ashanti to write a song for her new album, which Mariah is currently recording in Capri. Carey was also recently photographed at a restaurant called 'Green Villa', where Mariah was entertained by Frank Schiano and given a surprise meal as well as special t-shirts made especially for her. Check out a photo of Carey and the restaurant help holding the shirts here.

July 7, 2002 - Star magazine reports that after Mariah Carey signed her new record deal with Def Jam/Universal, the singer appears to be in much better spirits and her recent encounter with Tyrese may further aid her recovery. "Mariah looks rested and happy and doesn't ramble on like she used to before her breakdown," says a source. "The only piece missing in her life is a new guy. But judging by how well she and Tyrese got along, he may be just the man to capture her heart."

July 6, 2002 - The first glimpse of Mariah Carey's new movie has arrived. MariahLand.com, has exclusively premiered the 'Wisegirls' movie poster. Check it out here.

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