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September 30, 2002 - Mariah Carey graces the cover of Monday's New York Post as she was in town yesterday to film her new 'Through The Rain' music video. Check out the cover here and associated article, which says Carey appeared "confident and carefree" and "seemed like her old self as she happily waved to fans who stopped to watch," here.

September 30, 2002 - Popdirt.com's new poll asks 'Which female pop star is the LEAST fan friendly?' Vote for someone other than Mariah Carey here.

September 30, 2002 - The second part of the Mariah Carey transcript from her appearance on the Johannes B. Kerner Show on ZDF on Friday has been posted. Mariah chatted about former husband Tommy Mottola and what led to their split. "I wanted to hang out with my friends," she said. "I wanted to decide what to dress like what I found nice. I have nothing against him, no bad feelings. But what I want to say is that I did that because he wanted to do that. The marriage thing, I said 'Well, we're gonna have a big wedding. I'm with it.' But we were together a long time before. So, I'd say the marriage part was more like the end of the relationship. I think we could've been together longer, or it would have been better I think, if we hadn't married." Check out part two of the transcript to their conversation here.

September 29, 2002 - Mariah Carey appeared on the Johannes B. Kerner Show on ZDF on Friday. Mariah chatted for over 40 minutes about her comeback and new album, the recent death of her father, her childhood, and more. Check out a portion of the transcript to their conversation here. A video clip of the entire interview, which is overdubbed in German, can be viewed here.

September 28, 2002 - You can check a 30 sec MPEG clip of Mariah Carey singing 'Through the Rain' in the Capri studio at Mariah Style's mpeg section located here.

September 26, 2002 - Anonymous writes "on Vh1.com's Mariah Carey artist page they have the following announcement: "Hear music first: 'Through The Rain' (Island/Def Jam). On September 26th, VH1.com offers the online debut of the first single from Mariah Carey's new album due December 10th. Mariah, who has already recorded 20 very personal songs for the album, showcases her stunning voice, prolific songwriting ability and incredible versatility on this new album. Check back on Thursday!" They have also updated the photo which is the new photgraph from Island/Def Jam/MonarC."

September 26, 2002 - Island Records have sent a stunning new photograph of Mariah Carey to Mariah-Carey-Fan.de. Check it out here.

September 24, 2002 - Mariah Carey fan site ButterfliesAreFree.de reports an employee of the 'Johannes B. Kerner Show' contacted them on Tuesday and said that Mariah will be in Hamburg on Friday to do an interview for the 'Johannes B. Kerner Show'. Universal Germany also confirmed this to the site and Mariah will be do an interview early Friday evening and the show will be airing between on the channel ZDF that night in Germany. Read more.

September 23, 2002 - This week's CHR Special, 'CHR: Real Time', has an exclusive interview with Mariah Carey, where she's asked if she every feels like she stepped over the line with hip-hop and blew off some of her core fans. "I will always sing ballads, but I will not be afraid to continue to do new collaborations in hip-hop or whatever the musical genres I choose," Carey said. "That's my right as an artist, anything else would be boring as hell."

September 21, 2002 - Star magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez was shocked to learn boyfriend Ben Affleck owned several Mariah Carey albums. J.Lo rolled her eyes and asked Ben, "Do you really LIKE these?" Ben squirmed his way out of the situation saying they were gifts. While Lopez left it go, friends of Affleck say she would hit the roof if she knew he used to play Carey's music all the time.

September 21, 2002 - Mariah Carey fan site MariahCarey.DK reports the video for her new single 'Through The Rain' is currently scheduled to be shot in New York City on September 24th and 25th and will be directed by 'Rush Hour' and 'Rush Hour 2' director Brett Ratner. The new video is expected to surface in mid-October. Read more.

September 18, 2002 - Mariah Carey's spokeswoman tells Jeannette Walls of MSNBC that she has "no idea" why E! host Jules Asner said on air the other day that the singer "hates" the network.

September 18, 2002 - Flo Anthony's Gossip to Go on K104 segment talked about Mariah Carey's straight to Cinemax release of 'Wise Girls' and Flo admitted that she actually thought 'Glitter' was pretty good and she cried in the end when she met up with her mother. They also talked about 'American Idol' Justin Guarini as well as Ashanti. Listen to the clip here.

September 17, 2002 - Popbitch.com reports that there is talk Mariah Carey will be taking on a new acting role in a BBC series co-starring Pauline Quirk.

September 17, 2002 - Mariah Carey fan site MariahBuzz.com reports the singer reportedly made a call to 'American Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson after she saw Kelly singing her hit single 'Without You' in the final shows of American Idol. Mariah is said to have commented that Clarkson's "voice floored me" when asked about her by a fan who met up with Carey in Capri.

September 15, 2002 - Entertainment Weekly chatted with Jimmy Jam about Mariah Carey's new album for their Fall Music Preview. Jam says, "What we worked on is similar to 'Rainbow' and 'Glitter'. Our contribution didn't change that much." Jam added that he feels the entire album more resembles the more successful 'Rainbow' album. "To me, 'Glitter' was a soundtrack album; it wasn't a Mariah album. This time, the focus is more on the album and the music."

September 14, 2002 - Edna Gundersen of USA Today profiled the big albums expected out this fall, including albums from Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, and R. Kelly. On Mariah Carey, "If the first single stiffs, she could follow Michael Jackson into the wilderness of passé superstars." Read more.

September 13, 2002 - MariahC.nu decided to remove the full-length audio clip of Mariah’s new single release 'Through The Rain' after meeting up with a MonarC Music representative. "The quality of the track played on Z100 is not the final approved version of the song. It is not mixed and the overall quality is not as good as it should be," the representative said.

September 13, 2002 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports the Mariah Carey starring 'Wisegirls' will be going straight to cable, not straight to video. Cinemax, HBO’s sister cable station, has quietly included the film in its line-up and will premiere October 19th at 10 p.m.

September 12, 2002 - A year to the date of the tragic attacks on America and the release of Mariah Carey's 'Glitter' soundtrack album, the diva is spreading new hope in the form of 'Through The Rain' - her brand new single release. Z100 exclusively premiered the track on their station today, and now it is available for download on the Mariah fan site, MariahC.nu in the news section. Regional fans are asked to request the song toll-free at 1-800-242-0100.

September 11, 2002 - The Boston Herald reports Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter got the honor of singing the National Anthem at last night's New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Monday Night Football game at the new Gillette Stadium only after Mariah Carey reportedly bowed out after learning that it wouldn't be televised. Nick partied at the pregame reception inside owner Bob Craft's brand new stadium office along side former President George Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the PM's posse, and acting Mass. Gov. Jane Swift. Read more.

September 11, 2002 - Apparently Jeannette Walls of MSNBC is unfamiliar with online street teams. Her column today implies Mariah Carey is pinching pennies to recruit her "lambs" to do PR work for her. It's a good bet that nearly every Def Jam artist has a street team, including Def Jam South itself. Read more.

September 10, 2002 - WENN reports Korn bass player Fieldy Arvizu is a big collector of toy sheep, to add to his non-rocker collection of Scooby-Doo bedsheets and pillowcases on the group's tourbus. "I got over 100 sheep," he said. "My background in Spanish Basque and we were sheepherders back in the day. I heard Mariah Carey collects sheep but she don't have sh** on me."

September 10, 2002 - Launch.com caught up with Ludacris recently and asked him about his guest appearance on Mariah Carey's 'Loverboy' track ('Glitter'). "I feel extraordinary about being on the Mariah Carey record, because she only works with selective rappers from what I've seen, and this is way before I got signed," he said. "You can just tell that she tries to pick out the ones that are in the streets heavy, or the ones that are really popular, or a combination of both. So any time you see a rapper on her record, you can tell that either she has put a lot of thought into it or her crew has put a lot of thought into it. Like, 'We need this person to balance off this side of it.' You have the commercialized side of things and you have the street side of things. She's trying to capture a different audience, and so maybe by her getting me for a song I felt privileged, because they knew I have a certain audience that they want to capture. She picked us because of the 'What's Your Fantasy?' song. And she got a lot of money, too. So it was good breaking bread with Mariah Carey and drinking Cristal in the studio. She's a real down-to-earth person, and I really hope to work with her again." Check out the entire interview here.

September 8, 2002 - Femalemusic.info has an interesting video clip just posted featuring Mariah Carey on Rove[live] in Australia from July 2001, just before her 'breakdown' and the release of her movie and album 'Glitter'. Mariah did the interview after being up for twenty hours straight while wrapping up 'Wisegirls'. Carey went into character mode doing Rachel's 'Wisegirls' Staten Island accent, talked about her big contract with Virgin Records, how she got started in the music business, disfunction in her life, and how her mother was a drama queen diva. If you register on the site, you can download the zip file in the downloads section.

September 8, 2002 - Tamara Conniff of the Hollywood Reporter spoke with Julie Greenwald, president of Island Records and executive vp at Island Def Jam on Mariah Carey's new comeback album, due out in December. "Mariah is singing her heart out," Greenwald says. "She's so cool and down to earth. It's going to be such a fun project." Read more.

September 7, 2002 - Mariah Carey fan site MariahBuzz.com has scans of the singer's profile in Australia's most popular gossip magazine, NW this week. The mag talks about how her style has changed from nice to naughty since she was signed by then hubby Tommy Mottola. While Island/Def Jam's Lyor Cohen told Mariah to cool it with the sexy clothes, the photos in the magazine from her time in Capri recording the album show she's still dressing skimpy. Check out the scans here.

September 7, 2002 - The official Mariah Carey online street team is now accepting new members. The first exclusive opportunity for team members is a special meet and greet with Mariah in several cities across the U.S. in October. Sgn up now to help spread the word and a chance to meet Mariah here.

September 6, 2002 - Number 56 on The Mirror's 3AM list of the 100 most irritating people is Mariah Carey. They write, "Her constant flesh-flashing, the glass-breaking high-pitched warbles and her determination to parade around in a bikini whatever the weather has driven you mad." Reader James Fraser commented, "Considering all the money she's made, she's a miserable cow." Read more.

September 5, 2002 - Rolling Stone magazine has a short interview with producer Jimmy Jam on Mariah Carey's comeback album with Island/Def Jam Records. "She comes in very well-informed and knows what she's looking to do," says Jam. "We'd site in a room and I'd play keyboards, and if she said, "That was nice,' we'd go back and forth on it." As for how she looked while recording the new tracks, Jam said, "She'd come in wearing jeans and tank tops, but she always looks great, she always smells great. I'm a happily married guy, but it doesn't hurt."

September 1, 2002 - Associated Press reports a federal judge has ruled in favor of Mariah Carey and a team of songwriters over allegations that they stole the work of two other composers, Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell, on the track 'Thank God I Found You.' U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said there was a "lack of melodic similarity between the two songs" in a written ruling on Tuesday. Read more.

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