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February 27, 2003 - baderhero writes "The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards will present Mariah Carey with the 2003 Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements in the Field of Entertainment (female) during the live broadcast of the ceremony on March 1st. Mariah will also be performing at the show."

February 24, 2003 - NationalJeweler.com reports Mariah Carey wore a charm bracelet during her appearance at the Daytona 500 last Sunday (February 16). The gift was from Daytona International Speedway, and featured 11 sterling silver charms commemorating the motorsports event manufactured by Rembrandt Charms. The charms included a miniature NASCAR logo, a spark plug, a motor home, a racing helmet, Daytona 500 logos and a Photoart charm of Mariah's latest album. A replica of the bracelet and an autographed jewelry box, together valued at $1,500, will be featured on the NASCAR eBay auction in March to benefit Speediatrics, a pediatric ward at the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Read more.

February 22, 2003 - Star magazine named Mariah Carey as its 10th most elligible bachelorette, and included the following ficticious singles ad: "Love takes time, DWF, 32, blonde/brown. Statuesque (5-feet-9, 140 pounds) solo singer looking to duet with a Dreamlover. OK, so I've been called a Heartbreaker by my ex-husband and datemates like Derek Jeter and Eminem. And I've had a few down spots, like being hospitalized for exhaustion and my less-than-golden movie 'Glitter'. But I have a lot ot offer the right guy who will Always Be My Baby. Must not mind legions of fans, whom I call my 'lambs' and spend oodles of time with on my website. Got what it takes? Give me a shot - even divas need love."

February 22, 2003 - Mariah Carey left the following message on her official website on Thursday: "Hey lambs! Yeah, I'm calling you from a cell phone on my way to the airport but I'm gonna be quick, 'cause I don't wanna get cut off, but I just wanted to say how grateful I am that... for your support, everybody calling all the various video places and everything around the world that you guys are doing, it's so great and I'm so thankful 'cause 'Charmbracelet' means so much and the response and everything, the support, it's just... I can't even tell you how grateful I am to you, for everything you're giving me! So I love ya, I appreciate ya, I enjoy ya and yeah, you're making it happen. And I, I will holler back soon, I will call you from the vacation spot and Big Nasty says hello and he's gonna... you gotta hear his new album, it's gonna be fabulous and he's gonna leave a message soon, alright? Love you much, bye bye!" Listen to it here.

February 22, 2003 - TRL reported on Friday that Mariah Carey has signed on to star in her next movie. She's actually doing a movie called 'Sweet Science,' playing a manager recruiting a young female boxer.

February 20, 2003 - Blender magazine spoke with Robbie Williams to weigh in on their Rock Goddesses selections, and the British singer was able to get digs in at Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Aguilera. On Mariah, he said to the interviewer suggesting the two singles hook up, "You're carrying the McBonkers torch to the stadium of mad." And on Aguilera's makeover: "She's dirty and needs a wash." And on the lyrics to J.Lo's 'Jenny From The Block': "I love the song, but the lyrics... She's obviously a goddess, but she's obviously quite mad."

February 20, 2003 - In an interview with Blender Magazine, John Mayer was asked the following question: Blender: You've just come offstage after a sold-out show, and you're feeling manly and virile. Which rock goddess would you most like to find backstage wearing nothing but a smile? John Mayer: There's something about Mariah Carey--she's superhot and people don't realize how much influence she's had. But I don't watch TV and think "I want to be with them." I'd rather beat off in the shower to my schoolteacher from the second grade or whatever. It's just so much more possible.

February 20, 2003 - Teen Scene magazine asked Nivea whose wall she would land on if she were a fly. "Mariah Carey. She has been my main inspiration," Nivea responded. Since she couldn't decide whether she would rather land on the wall of Mariah's recording studio or in her home, she said she would just follow her around. Read more.

February 18, 2003 - Busta Rhymes chatted with Blender magazine in their March issue and talked about meeting Mariah Carey. "She was cool," Busta says of Carey, who sings on 'It Ain't Safe No More.' "She's incredibly professional, incredibly beautiful. One of the best singers in the game, hands down, despite the trials and tribulations. On every level it was extremely pleasant."

February 18, 2003 - Mariah Carey sung the National Anthem before the Daytona 500 race earlier today at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. Michael Waltrip won the rain shortened event. Check out pictures from GettyImages, (page1 / page2) and Yahoo.

February 18, 2003 - David Browne of Entertainment Weekly sounds a sour note on the future of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Browne writes, "The apathetic public response to both 'Charmbracelet' and Whitney Houston's 'Just Whitney...' confirms that these two longstanding, long-screaming divas have met their expiration date." He added, "The lesson to learn from all this chaos would appear to be obvious: You can only take your control-freaky, money-flaunting, power-tripping behavior so far before it all comes crashing down around you. It's a lesson that has clearly made an impact on the two women who have replaced Whitney and Mariah in the hearts and stereos of America, namely Shania Twain and Jennifer Lopez." Read more.

February 18, 2003 - Mariah Carey won the TRL Award for 'Best Free Ride', which she provided a free automobile for a fan. "Thank you so much for voting for me," Mariah said in a taped acceptance speech. "I just wanted to say that, uhm, I appreciate the fact that you guys are acknowledging these little gifts 'cause I enjoy givin' 'em to you. So thank you and I love you."

February 16, 2003 - 50 Cent was more than happy to give his two cents on Eminem and Mariah Carey. "It's 100 percent true," 50 told 94.5's Ramiro and Pebbles. "They are two huge stars that would secretly fly into cities to meet one another." He says Slim has even promised him that he'd "hook him up" with Mariah. "But once she had her way with Em, she never returned his calls." Listen to the interview in full here.

February 16, 2003 - SoHood.com caught up with Nivea and asked the singer who she looked up to growing up. "Mariah Carey definitely," Nivea said. "She was a great aspiration for me. Um, that's another long list. I was more into like Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Aretha Franklin, I don't know. It's just a long list." As for her thoughts on nabbing a Grammy nomination, Nivea says, "It feels great. It's very shocking, very unexpected, feels good, it feels darn good." Check out the entire interview here.

February 16, 2003 - WENN reports Mariah Carey says she's in no hurry to find a man. "I don't want a boyfriend just for the sake of it," Carey said. "I don't trust most people out there. There's too much at risk and I don't need to be a notch on somebody's bedpost. I'll flirt with you all night long - but then it's bye-bye."

February 14, 2003 - Mariah Carey took part in an online chat with MSN and was asked about whether 'Yours', featuring *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake ever get released. "That's on his record company," Mariah responded. "I personally think it's great and I love what we did together and I would love for it to come out and he sounds really good on it. But it's up to his label. This would be a nice compliment to 'Cry Me A River'." The 'Yours' track doesn't appear on 'Charmbracelet', but Mariah had told MTV News she may release it on a remix single. Check out the entire transcript here.

February 14, 2003 - MuchMusic spoke with Mariah Carey in Atlanta at the All Star game, where she talked about her new album 'Charmbracelet', which she dedicated to the memory of her recently deceased father. "This year was very, very difficult," said Carey. "I've never experienced anything like going through somebody battling cancer and then ultimately losing that person but I think that what I learned is, it's about celebrating every single bit of time you have with someone who is close to you, someone who you're related to."

February 12, 2003 - Mariah Carey attended the March of Dimes 6th Annual New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards at the Puck Building in New York City on Monday (February 10). Check out pictures from Globe Photos, LFI, and WireImage.com.

February 12, 2003 - HitsDailyDouble.com hears that Mariah Carey is preparing to mount a 20-date U.S. shed/arena tour this summer.

February 11, 2003 - Mariah Carey performed during halftime of the 2003 NBA All-Star game at Philips Arena on Sunday (February 9) in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out photos from GettyImages and Yahoo.

February 11, 2003 - Mariah Carey phoned in to her official website earlier today and left a voice message. Read it here.

February 11, 2003 - JanayaNumba1Stunna writes "This is in response to the negative item I read here on PopDirt.com. I don't exactly like Mariah Carey, so those of you out there really can't call me a fan, because I don't admire a thing about this woman, with the exception of her voice, because it's very nice." Read more.

February 10, 2003 - EURWeb.com caught up with WBLS DJ Wendy Williams and asked her about  her interview style. She says, "People who come to my show know what to expect. For instance, Mariah Carey came on my show. We had a face to face and she brought champagne and Chinese food we talked for two hours. She didn't walk out or get upset of nothing like that. She was a perfect lady and a girlfriend and she defended herself. Jennifer Lopez came into the studio and we chatted for an hour and a half. She never came out of her skin, beautiful!" Read more. 

February 7, 2003 - Ben Affleck gets razzed by Michael Clark Duncan, his 'Armageddon' co-star, about dating Jennifer Lopez. "I tease him about it every day," he tells the BBC. "I mean, come on! You walk into a grocery store and there’s one of your friends walking out of a pizza place with Jennifer Lopez. It’s just funny to read that he’s even going with her. I’m like, ‘I didn’t know he had that much charisma.’ I just see him as a goofy guy." Duncan also says that a wedding date has been set, but adds, "I know some things but I’m not gonna talk about it. I told him if he didn’t invite me I was gonna come anyway, and I was gonna crash it!"

February 7, 2003 - Funkmaster Flex interviewed Mariah Carey recently and asked the singer about her new label, her acting experiences and how she deals with the hate people show her. She also talked about her well wishes for her ex hubby Tommy Matola and how she feels about him stepping down from Sony. Listen to the four-part interview here.

February 7, 2003 - On Wednesday, Mariah Carey called in to her website MariahCarey.com and left the following message: "Hello, hey lambs - I'm just calling you from Atlanta, getting ready to do this tribute to Michael Jordan on Sunday, wanted to call and check in and let you know that it's been fun, had a little vacation, spent some time with some nice friends, Jack was there, yeaah everything was quite wonderful. And umm just I've been enjoying meeting up with fans as usual whenever I've been meeting people and the nice feedback you've been giving me about 'Charmbracelet' so thank you, thank you, thank you! And umm the 'Through The Rain' remix of the different mixes and whatever is out this week in the nice stores and umm the 'Boy' video is on so we like when we see it on the nice TRL. Anyway, I love you much and I will be checking in with a lot of interesting and fun tidbits. 2003 is the year of the fun tidbits that I'll be giving to you on a regular basis. Bye bye!" Listen to the message here.

February 7, 2003 - Cindy Adams of the New York Post chatted with hot record producer 7 Aurelius, who has been working with several top pop stars including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah Carey. On Britney, he says, "She's looking to go street." And J.Lo? "Her ass is phenomenal." Finally, how about Mariah? "I was on guard. All this security around. Then I went downstairs, and it was just her. And she was great. Nothing too hard for her. No matter how often I wanted to redo it, she did it." Read more.

February 6, 2003 - The National Enquirer reports Mariah Carey and her entourage headed off to the tropical beach palace on the Caribbean island of Anguilla that is staffed by seven servants - including three international chefs - and rented for $35,000 a week. She didn't stay long though, leaving an hour after arrival, declaring it wasn't up to her standards. Mariah did not get a refund.

February 3, 2003 - Mariah Carey chatted with Vista magazine and was asked about the her feelings producing both uptempo hip-hop songs and ballads -- and which of the two she prefers. "I like both. I have a lot of different influences," Mariah said. "I grew up mostly on R&B music. My mother is an opera singer. I've done a lot of different collaborations, like with Pavarotti. He sang Hero in Italian, and I sang it in English for his charity event that he has every year. I don't want to limit myself to one thing; I've always liked working with all different types of artists." Check out the entire interview here.

February 1, 2003 - In the latest edition of The Guinness Book of World Records, set for a March 2003 release date, pop-diva MARIAH CAREY scores still another title. Read more.

February 1, 2003 - Anonymous writes "On February 9th, Mariah Carey will be performing at the halftime show for the NBA All Star Game in Atlanta. This is a special performance as it pays tribute to basketball's greatest star, Michael Jordan, who will be retiring from basketball at the end of this season (for the third and final time!). Her performance, which will feature 3 songs, 'Through The Rain', 'Boy (I Need You)', and 'Hero', will be seen in 212 countries."

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