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January 18, 2006 - Mr. Blackwell has released his 46th annual Blackwell's Worst Dressed List of 2005. And the winner is Britney Spears, whom he says "looks like an over-the-hill Lolita." Others in the top ten included Jessica Simpson at #3 ("She resembles a cut-rate Rapunzel slingin' hash in a Vegas diner", Mariah Carey at #5 (The world applauds your musical emanci-pation ... but please - leave that body to our imagination"), Shakira at #8 ("Coiffure by Medusa .... clothes by the Marquis De Sade"), and Lindsay Lohan at #9 ("The Teen Scream defines 'Fashion Fright' - looks like she's aged 30 years overnight"). Read more.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey admits she's so desperate to move back into her New York apartment, which is currently undergoing extravagant improvements after being flooded last April, she's appealed to workers on the project while doing radio interviews. "It's been so many months. I've been on radio stations saying, 'If you're a builder please hurry up and finish,'" Carey said. "I plan to get a hot tub on my roof terrace. Hopefully next summer it'll be the place to hang out."

January 18, 2006 - Schooly of Capital FM in London chatted to Mariah Carey about the success of her album, collaborating with Kanye West, Snoop, Nelly, and Pharell Williams, and those random crazy press stories including having a bath with her dog and being engaged. Listen to the interview conducted December 5th at CapitalFM.com.

January 18, 2006 - Anonymous writes "In the February 2006 issue of Good Housekeeping Mariah Carey is interviewed about her successes of 2005. One of the questions involves the question of weight, and clears up any speculation about Mariah's feeling towards this issue." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - In an interview with The Mirror, Mariah Carey recounted a night out with Cam'ron. "We're always hanging out but we really are just friends," she insisted. "Anyway, he turned up at my apartment one night in his blue Lamborghini. My security guys were really worried about me going with him, so they were just figuring out a way to follow us when Cam took off at 150 miles per hour down the street. They must have been freaking but we just took off, went out and had fun. I was like, 'You can't keep up with a Lamborghini! Goodbye!' I know they're only looking after my best interests, but the truth is I'm a free spirit." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey checked in with fans on her official website on Sunday (January 1). Carey, joined by several friends, said, "Happy New Year! Hi Lambs! We just wanted to call and say Happy New Year and thank you for an incredible 2005 and this year... what Jasmine? (We miss you, we love you. It's 2006 and we are in Anguilla!). Yes we are, dahling. We have a special guest here who just wants to say a few words real quickly. (Happy New Year to all the lambs in the land.) But also, where's our other guest that was here before? Where did he go? (Move over here and say something.) I love you guys. I'm looking forward to 2006 and having an amazing year. Thank you so much for everything. Alright, I hope you guys all had a wonderful Christmas and had a very festive New Year. We were ringing it in, hope you were watching it. It was so festive at Times Square. Everybody out there, we enjoyed you. It was really nice. Oh my goodness, now it's getting out of control dah... (line cuts off)" Listen to the message at MariahCarey.com.

January 18, 2006 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reported on the sad state of Tommy Mottola's career since leaving Sony Music two years ago. With only Lindsay Lohan and Brie Larson featured on Casablanca Records' website, with Marc Anthony and Usher both dropping him as their manager, and with his wife Thalia's inability to become an American celebrity, it prompted Friedman to ask if Mottola was "officially retired from the music business." And the simultaneous success of his ex-wife Mariah Carey in 2005 must really hurt. "It must be driving him crazy that Mariah's having so much success," a source said. "After all, in the past he tried to kill her albums. But this one he couldn't do anything about." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - 4 Degrees Mariah Carey New Year's Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, happened at Cipriani on Saturday (December 31) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

January 18, 2006 - divinah writes "Instead of dwelling on and arguing about who's better or greater, let's revisit the Number One hits of both Mariah Carey and Madonna. As we all know by now, Mariah is the female has the most number of Number One songs   17. Madonna is at second (or third   if you consider Michael Jackson female) with 12 (see Part 2). I'm sure most of these songs will take you back in time. Definitely some of these Number One hits have touched our lives and given us inspiration." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey performed on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2006' on Saturday (December 31) at Times Square in New York City. Check out pictures here.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey was still on the town in the early morning hours of the New Year on Sunday (January 1), videotaped outside Bungalow 8. Watch footage of Carey and her entourage at TMZ.com.

January 18, 2006 - MariahDaily.com has video of Mariah Carey's interviews with 'Extra' and 'Access Hollywood' as she celebrated New Year's Eve in Times Square. Download and watch, or read the transcripts, here.

January 18, 2006 - The New York Post reports Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley was given a sleigh ride by Mariah Carey in Aspen during the holiday break. Talley recalled: "Mariah pulls up in a flimsy gold lamé gown that is as thin as tissue paper - and it's freezing out! All I could say was 'You do make an effort for your friends!' " Carey made sure to put on a full-length fur coat before she took off in the sleigh ride with Talley, however.

January 18, 2006 - ScorpionMan writes "Last year, r'n'b singer Mariah Carey had chart success with her comeback album 'The Emancipation of Mimi.' In the same year Madonna also returned with her multi-million selling 'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' and needless to say a war of words ensued between fans. These are the reasons I beleive Mariah will never take Madonna's Queen of Pop crown, and I would be interested to hear feedback from Mariah and Madonna fans." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - TMZ.com profiled the skeletons in celebrity closets, including Mariah Carey's 44-year-old sister Alison Carey, who is a prostitute, and Madonna's alcohol-abusing brother Martin Ciccone. Check it out here.

January 18, 2006 - divinah writes "There couldn't be a bigger Mariah Carey fan than myself, but I found this fantasy DVD cover really funny. It's a merciless attack on Mimi's weightgain, but I couldn't help laughing. Check out the picture here."

January 18, 2006 - Anonymous writes "Paulina Rubio was recently interviewed on Miami's radio station 98.3 "La Calle" and they asked her about her upcoming plans for 2006. Paulina talked about her upcoming english album and working with Pharrell, P. Diddy, and that she wanted to work with Gwen Stefani. When People En Español's "Star of the Year" for 2005 was asked who she thought was the Star of the Year in the english market for 2005, she didn't hesitate to say Mariah Carey. She praised Mariah's talent by saying, "I am a fan of Mariah Carey's music. She writes her own songs, and she came back strong after they were trying to manipulate her career. She is showing that nothing can stop her. Good for her!" She also talked about a close encounter when they both attended the Operation Smile event where Paulina was named ambassador for Latin America for this organization back in 2004."

January 18, 2006 - ScorpionMan writes "Recently an article was published concerning Madonna's string of movie flops, but it was written by a Mariah Carey fan! It made me think about the difference between the two artists's movie careers. Before the fantastic flop "Glitter" Mariah Carey said many times in interveiws "This is a lifelong dream/ambition," "I've always wanted to be an actress," but as soon as her movie flopped she gave up and never returned Hollywood." Read more.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey took a brief holiday on the French island of Saint Barthelemy after her New Year's Eve performance in New York City. The singer paid a visit to the local Dolphin Discovery Centre on Monday (January 9) and seemed to enjoy her swim with the dolphins. Check out pictures from LFI.

January 18, 2006 - Mariah Carey tells Good Housekeeping that her parents' divorce still affects her. "I always said when I was little that I was never going to get married," she told the mag in their February issue, "but then I was always the girl who didn't understand why people would live together. 'If they're living together, then why don't they get married?' I'm actually sort of a prude like that, I guess." The singer, who was married to music mogul Tommy Mottola, tells the mag she would only consider getting married again if she knew she was starting a family, and she's not too sure that should be her goal. "I mean, to me, if you're getting married, it's about having kids," she said. "Still, I worry sometimes about having kids when you're really famous, because the kids aren't asking to be brought into this world as famous people... I can't even predict the next 10 minutes, let alone the next 10 years!"

January 7, 2006 - Lycos is out with their list of the 100 most searched for terms in 2005. Topping the list was Paris Hilton, followed by Pamela Anderson, and Britney Spears. Other notables include Jennifer Lopez at #6, Lindsay Lohan at #17, Hilary Duff at #20, Jessica Simpson at #21, Christina Aguilera at #29, Mariah Carey at #30, Madonna at #45, and Avril Lavigne at #48. 2004's #1, Janet Jackson, no longer aided much by her Super Bowl breast flash, slipped all the way to #55. Check out the complete list here.

January 7, 2006 - Mariah Carey's performance on ABC 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2006' and an interview following the performance with Vanessa Minnillo on MTV are available for download at MariahDaily.com.

January 7, 2006 - CNN's Douglas Hyde reported on the year in the music industry, which he said "no doubt about it, the year belonged to Mariah Carey." Also mentioned on the feature were Green Day, 'American Idol' season one champ Kelly Clarkson, No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Shakira, Daddy Yankee, and U2. Watch the report, aired Thursday (December 29), at CNN.com.

January 7, 2006 - Anonymous writes "Now I know i may be contradicting myself by writing an essay about Madonna and Mariah to tell you to stop with the Madonna and Mariah essays, but just hear me out if you want. Why do you Mariah and Madonna fans take things so damn seriously?" Read more.

January 7, 2006 - TMZ.com caught up with Mary J. Blige for a Q&A and asked the chart-topping singer if she had any predictions for the upcoming Grammys. "Mariah Carey is going clean up," Blige said. "She so deserves every wonderful thing that's happening to her." Read more.

January 7, 2006 - MariahDaily.com has posted an interview with Mariah Carey by NRJ, during the singer's recent visit to France. Carey talked about working with Jermaine Dupri on 'The Emancipation of Mimi' and the nominations for the upcoming NRJ Music Awards. Download and watch the interview here.

January 7, 2006 - Mariah Carey was photographed arriving in Aspen, Colorado the other evening, where she's spending the holidays with friends. Check out pictures from Clasos.

January 7, 2006 - divinah writes "So there we have it: Mariah Carey's 17th #1! This achievement in music is very significant on so many levels..." Read more.

January 7, 2006 - Mariah Carey was photographed with her beloved dog Jack while vacationing in Aspen, Colorado the other day. Check out pictures from Clasos.

January 7, 2006 - Backstreet Boys, Jaime Pressly, Mariah Carey, and Ricky Martin were on hand for the 2005 Radio Music Awards on December 19th at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out pictures here.

January 7, 2006 - The Mirror's 3AM girls handed out their 2005 3aEmmies. Winning Fab Female was Mariah Carey, while Girls Aloud won Sexiest Group, Kylie Minogue nabbed Best Tour, McFly took home Pop Act, and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named Style Icon. Read more.

January 7, 2006 - Mariah Carey posted another voice message to fans on Thursday (December 22), after learning 'Don't Forget About Us' is her 17th song to reach the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100. "This is the best ever, ever, ever, ever, ever gift," Carey said. "I am so happy! (Wooo!) I am just so excited I had to call you and say, no for real I can't even express it and we're just being totally celebratory ... Jasmine's here (Jasmine: I'm here in front of a roaring fire in the festive Christmas tree.), Rachel is over here (Rachel: Hi, lambs!), and Jack is here, he's a little excited, but I don't want him to ruin the message. I've been trying to leave a message three times and everytime we tried to blow the little festive horn, the new year's thing, he freaked out and like started attacking us (laugh) but anyway, I just wanted to say that you are the best in the world, you know that and you've made this year if not the best year of my life one of the most incredible years ever and I just, all I can say is I love you, appreciate you and enjoy you and I wish I could get Jack to bark without him attacking us but he loves you too and seriously this is such an amazing day for me. Thank you guys for making it possible and it's just an incredible blessing and I just thank God for you and I thank God for this day and for everything and everybody, Happy Holidays! I'm gonna call you back and leave you some more festive messages but it was a really fun happy 17th party tonight so, you guys were with us in spirit and, I love you (we took pictures too and we're gonna show you). Yes, you're gonna see the pictures soon so anyway, happy 17th and I love you much! Buh-bye!" Listen to the message at MariahCarey.com. Additionally, photos of Carey with her 17 cake and tshirt are available.

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