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July 29, 2000 - Mariah's performance on Diva's Live has been named the #98 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV as part of a 5 hour special on VH1.

July 29, 2000 - 20th Century Fox will partner with Columbia Pictures to finance the Mariah Carey starrer "All That Glitters," which Fox will distribute domestically, and Columbia will handle internationally, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

July 29, 2000 - An autographed picture of Mariah is bidding on eBay. The 8x10 photo (item #392249316) is unbid at $25 and ends July 30th.

July 20, 2000 - Brett Ratner and Rebecca Gayheart's relationship may have been ended by Mariah Carey, reports E! Online's Ted Casablanca, who sarcastically added, "Mariah, dear, don't you have enough men? Who do you think you are anyway--Madonna?"

July 15, 2000 - Despite their longstanding feud, Madonna is quoted in Icon magazine this month as saying Mariah was her role model, though most have interpreted this comment as being sarcastic.

July 14, 2000 - Worldpop joking about Mariah's upcoming movie "that Mariah Carey's All That Glitters movie is 'roughly based' on Mariah's own life. Might not include the leading lady allegedly having her career funded via her sister's prostitution, then bonking her boss, then."

July 12, 2000 - Reports are out from pagesix.com that ex Arista head Clive Davis is negotiating with Mariah for a new record deal, as reports of her unhappyness with ex husband Tommy Mottola and his axeing of her vanity label Crave as well as her complaints over lack of PR for her last album have soure her with Sony, as we've reported before.

July 11, 2000 - Jessica Simpson is on the wires making eyebrow raising comments against Mariah Carey, whom she says she's disappointed of her labeling Simpson as "Minnie Me", saying "It looks as if she's definitely trying to be younger or prove something. It's sad, but if this is everything she ever dreamt about doing, then go for it."

July 10, 2000 - Mariah is featured in this weeks Enquirer for saving a wounded Seagull while working on the island of Capri. Carey told the Enquirer "I love all kinds of animals and picked up the bird. He was dazed and let me cradle him in my arms."

July 10, 2000 - Worldpop reports that Mariah's friend Da Brat is going to play her best buddy, Louise, in a movie based roughly on her life story entitled All That Glitters. Filming begins on July 24 in Toronto.

July 8, 2000 - An autographed picture of Mariah is bidding on eBay. The 8x10 candid photo (item #377209175) is bid at $45 and ends July 10th.

July 1, 2000 - Mariah Carey and boy band Westlife have teamed to re-record the Phil Collins song Against All Odds at Carey's studio in Capri. Mark Feehilly of Westlife told Rolling Stone "I always wondered that about Mariah Carey, and I was so happy to find out that she actually sat there at the desk, pushing up and down the buttons. She actually does produce her own songs and she writes her own songs, too. So, as a big fan, it made me respect her even more." Westlife's duet with Carey is set to be released as a single in Europe in August.

July 1, 2000 - An autographed pic of Mariah is bidding on eBay. The 8x10 photo (item #370710227) is bid at $55 and ends July 9th.

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