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From Hitmakers:
On Wednesday July 30, 1997, MTV will premiere the Honey video at 6am, 8am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm, 5:30pm & 8:30pm. All these times are in Eastern Standard Time.
"'Honey, I'm home!' That's what Mariah Carey could have said while shooting her new music video 'Honey' way down in Puerto Rico. Now we have heard that she has a hairstylist that gets $5000 a day and was made to stay an extra day in Puerto Rico to make sure that Mariah was perfect. And they had to rent a private plane at $20,000 to send him back to New York. Anyway the `Honey' music video is quite interesting: There is a princess locked up in a mansion, she's tied to a chair and she tries to escape, and 4 thugs are following her, she dives out of a window, swims in a swimming pool and then goes waterskiing away. I wonder where they got this idea of a princess held prisoner in a mansion from?"
From Australia's "New Weekly":
MARIAH CAREY may have split up from her older husband TOMMY MOTTOLA, but he's still her boss. And the Sony head honcho will be none to pleased when he sees these pics of Mariah as she frolics around with a mystery friend on the set of her latest video in Puerto Rico. The singer looked like Bond girl URSULA ANDRESS as she strutted around in a bikini. "You could see she was enjoying the fact she was on her own and in charge of her life," says our insider. Friends say over-protective Tommy never allowed his wife to spend time with the rap artists who are now helping her produce tracks on her new album. "This is the new Mariah Carey," say her pal. "It's sexy, exciting and no one can stop her."
And here are some photos of Mariah shooting her video from New Weekly:
Make sure to go to The Message Board to voice your opinions.
IT'S A HIT! MARIAH FALLS FOR BASEBALL SLUGGER
Now that singer Mariah Carey and Sony music mogul Tommy Mottola have
split, the sexy songbird is playing the field--with hunky New York
Yankee Derek Jeter, say sources.
"Mariah's in heaven," says a pal. "She's upset about the bust-up with
Tommy. But once she accepted she had to get on with her life, meeting
Derek was a blessing."
Their romance heated up when Mariah, 27, spotted a poster of the sexy
22-year old shortstop in a Big Apple shop, says the pal.
"She took one look at his green eyes and rugged good looks and melted.
She wanted to know who he was."
Mariah sent the dashing 1996 Rookie of the Year a little note saying she
was a big fan, insiders reveal.
"She was thrilled when Derek sent back a thank-you note with box seat
tickets to a Yankees game," says a source. "She said, 'Wait a minute,
what am I doing? I don't even like baseball!'"
But she definitely liked being with the muscular athlete, pals say.
After the game, Mariah invited Derek out to dinner. And they've been
together ever since.
GLOBE first reported that Mariah's four-year marriage to controlling
Tommy was on the rocks in May. A few weeks later they announced they
were separating.
But she swears she never two-timed her 47-year-old hubby during their
marriage, say friends.
"Mariah's very concerned about Tommy thinking she already had derek in
line," says a pal. "But Derek came along after she broke up with
Tommy."
Mariah's spokesperson Cindy Berger denies the singer is seeing anyone,
but sources say she's never been happier.
She's moved out of the upstate 20,000-square-foot mansion she shared
with Tommy and is looking for a Manhattan pad.
Says the pal, "Mariah's ready to start a life of her own."
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Contrary to Globe reports, The Star tabloid reported that Derek is NOT seeing Mariah. When the
tabloid asked him about it, Derek reportedly laughed and replied, "They've had me with Toni Braxton, Daisy Fuentes, and now
Mariah. I don't know where they get this stuff from."
Here are some rather interesting tidbits: Derek Jeter was listed in the last issue of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful. His fave singer happens to be Mariah Carey and like Mariah, he has a diverse background (he is black, white, Italian, and Jewish). Derek's usual routine before every baseball game involves listening to Mariah via headphones while he's changing into his uniform. Hmmm.... Apparently, it helps him to calm down. I got this information from Sports Illustrated online, which had a really nice article on Derek and his fairy tale story. Here is a photo of him and here is a Derek Jeter fan site.
So what's the truth? Hey, just because we don't know for sure, doesn't mean we don't have an opinion about it.
July 5, 1997: MTV has just recently picked up this story and reveals that yes, Honey B. Fly is Mariah Carey (what a surprise!). The reason for this name change is...well, something to do with being mysterious. The way I see it, it's an attempt to get publicity, which, I must say, worked like a charm.
Hear the song...
"I don't know if any of you heard but the case of "Hero" was dropeed and Christopher Seletti (a former bodyguard of Mariah's - actually, it was Sly Stallone - ) was charged a $5000 fine.
The judge was disgusted with Seletti and said he had seen some ludicrous cases in the past but this was the one which took the cake as far as his career went.
Mariah provided her diary where it was filled with lyrics and 3 revisions of Hero' on Nov 21, 23, 27 1992... There were a lot of doodlings and rhyming words... as well as other lyrics to songs which appeared on Music Box..
Seletti never showed his evidence which was an envelope he never opened and mailed himself. His song was entitled "a Hero lies in you". Mariah claims that she had never even met Seletti. Seletti decided to go public with the case and withold the evidence as long as possible til he was fined... Seletti still did not have any evidence and the case had been going on for 1 year. Judge Chin said "Carey's provided the diary promptly while Seletti kept dragging the litigations on....
(may 22nd 1997 is the date the case was dropped)
As if Mariah Carey doesn't have enough concerns, her brother was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday. Morgan Carey, 36, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon at his L.A. home, after allegedly shooting at a friend with a 9mm automatic at 1 a.m. during a dispute, police said. Lawrence Dwonch, who was unhurt, was also arrested, charged with threatening Carey. Carey spent the night in L.A. County Jail and was released the next day on $30,000 bail.
Questions posed to the singer's spokeswoman, Cindi Berger, got a firm "No comment."
The pop diva just announced a separation from her husband and boss, Sony Records chief Tommy Mottola, and has been showing the strain with an apparent weight gain.
Carey, 27, has long coped with family problems. In 1994, her mother, Patricia, had to fight Mariah's sister Alison, an HIV-positive recovering drug addict and former hooker, for custody of Alison's 7-year-old son. In 1981, Morgan Carey admitted during the murder trial of Virginia Maddox that he had accepted $1,200 to kill her husband, but never had any intention of carrying out the murder.
The platinum-selling Mariah has said of her older brother, who batled cerebral palsy to become a physical trainer, "He was my hero growing up."
-George Rush and Joanna Molloy
Updated June 20: This week's People magazine has a picture of Mariah at the fundraiser with Tommy Hilfiger. The caption reads, "Songbird Mariah Carey didn't miss a beat after announcing her seperation from husband Tommy Mottola. She joined designer Tommy Hilfiger at a Manhattan benefit raising $1.2 million for inner-city youth." See the picture at http://www.mariahc.com/pictures/pics/342.jpg
What do you think about her new look? Discuss it at The Message Board.
June 15, 1997
By Liz Smith from a recent column in The New York Post
The multi-platinum recording diva is stretched to the max these days. She is not only fighting hayfever, but fighting time - running between studios . . . recording a new song, "Honey," which will be the first single on her new album . . . negotiating a big movie deal . . . and setting up a world tour.
And the biggest stress of all - Mariah continues to fight nasty speculation surrounding her recent split from Sony music titan Tommy Mottola. Although both Tommy and Mariah categorize their separation as "amicable," other voices from other rooms beg to disagree. Mariah, faced with the gossip, sighed and said to me, "Some people just have to create drama and jump to hateful conclusions and concoct things."
I don't know for sure if Mariah was referring obliquely to the negative story on her marriage published in Vanity Fair not long ago, but she says she wants to get the following on record: "My talent is a gift for which I am grateful. And I am lucky to do something I love so much for a living. I am now in a new place. I've always written and co-produced my work, but now I'm doing even more on my own. As for Tommy, we still talk every day. We love each other very much. We will always be family. I would never want Tommy not to be a part of my life, but at this point, it's best for us to live apart. We are going to continue our professional relationship no matter what. Tommy is brilliant, a great businessman, in a class by himself. In fact, we are getting along better since we've been apart."
I asked the weary Mariah, who said she'd been up all night working, whether she and Mottola might
ever get back together. "Well, I never say never . . . anything could happen. But right now, we are
standing by our original statement. And I am taking some time, getting to know what it feels like to
be on my own.
"And before you ask - no, there is no `other person' involved in our separation."
So there it is. Straight from Mariah to me to you.
[End of Article]
My question is: why the heck was Mariah sleeping on top of her car? Anyway, a recent Australia newpaper also says that "MARIAH Carey has spoken about her now-defunct four-year marriage to record company executive Tommy Mottola. One report from the US has Carey comparing herself with a princess trapped in a gilded cage. Now they've split, Carey may be able to branch out into acting - a move Mottola had apparently been against."
Well, it seems that Mariah is still unsure about her relationship. But I have to agree with Tommy against Mariah being an actress. What do you think?
From Reuters; June 8, 1997
Read other articles about the separation:
From E! Gossip Show:"A lot of people knew that Tommy Mottola and Mariah Carey were heading for the rocks, because for months Mariah was looking for her own Manhattan apartment, and by the way I heard she turned down Madonna's Central Park West digs. Now the New York Observer now reports Tommy Mottola is looking for his own Manhattan apartment but he's having a rough time of it. See he was interested in moving in to the luxiourios Duplex apartment currently owned by violinist Isaac Stern, but the co-op board turned him down and speculation is that they just felt that Tommy is too much of a gun toating thug, or at least that's his image. I don't think so, Tommy. I think you're nice. OK?"
Sony celebs donated various items for the auction. Mariah donated her "Fantasy" video outfit,
which is "a cut-off pair of blue jean shorts, a cropped V-neck T-shirt and a gold belly chain."
She signed the shorts. Someone on Vision said he bid $2200 for it, and didn't get it!
Mariah also spoke at the event as expected, and it was broadcast online via RealAudio.
She talked about Dave Glew, who received the Humanitarian of the Year award and how he
got in the business.
From MrShowBiz; April 30, 1997
From Billboard Online:
Instead of the songs by Mariah featuring Trey, it's now thought to be the other way around - a song by Trey featuring Mariah. Sources from Sony say this is a NEW song from Trey Lorenz and is thought to be called "Make You Happy."
From Ken Sims:
Coming Up.
The 22nd Annual T.J. Martell Foundation Humanitarian Awards.
Epic Records Group Chairman David R. Glew is to be honnored as the
Humanitarian Of The Year, on May 8, 1997 in New York City, at the Hilton.
This is a Black Tie event, and for a mere $1000.00 (U.S.) donation, one
can attend the gala dinner and ceremonies.
Hosting the event will be Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion will be doing a
perfomance at the event.
MARIAH will be presenting "A" award at the ceremonies !!!
The whole event and More will be CYBERCAST right here LIVE on the
internet, for the whole world to hear. Tune in at 9PM EST to
http://www.station.sony.com/siren
If you don't all ready have a real-audio player then you may like to go to
http://www.realaudio.com and pick up a free copy, before the webcast
starts.
Please check the following URL's on your favorite web browser for more
details forthcoming.
From Ken Sims:
This is a Black Tie event, and for a mere $1000.00 (U.S.) donation, one
can attend the gala dinner and ceremonies.
Hosting the event will be Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion will be doing a
perfomance at the event.
Other top name entertainers are also expected to be in attendance. Other
sources outside the foundation have said that Mariah Carey will be
presenting the Humanitarian Award. Typically in the past the prior year
award winner presents to the new recipent of the award. Sony is backing
the T.J. Martell Foundation, and considering the working relations
between Mariah & David Glew / Epic / Crave, I can see a strong likelihood
that Mariah would be there and presenting / co-presenting ? I guess we
with just have to wait to SEE for sure.
How will one SEE the awards? Well the whole event and more will be
CYBERCAST right here LIVE on the internet, for the whole world to SEE.
More updates on this event to come......
The 22nd Annual T.J. Martell Foundation Humanitarian Awards.
Head Over Heels featuring N A S
Tracks are as follows:
1. Head Over Heels 4:13
2. Head Over Heels (Trackmasters Mix) 3:53
3. Head Over Heels (No Rap) 3:32
4. Head Over Heels (Instrumental) 3:49
All vocal arrangements by M. Carey / Recorded at Crave Studios
Selling price in U.S. about $3.50
And a review of the song in the "New and Noteworthy" section of Billboard Magazine:
Boy is there a lot riding in this single. It marks the premiere of not one, but two high-profile new Sony imprints - Mariah Carey's Crave Records and hip-hop hit machine the Trackmasters' new eponymous label. That's a mighty heavy weight to lay upon the petite shoulders of this charming young female quartet. Fortunately, they are up to the challenge. They are as adept as swapping soulful lead vocal lines as they are at blending smooth harmonies, making the most of the song's playfully romantic lyrics and sleek infectious jeep groove. Hip-hop credibility comes via a guest appearance by Nas, though it if likely that most pop programmers will go directly to the rapfree mix, which lets the ladies cut loose without obstacles.
Mariah's label Crave has officially debuted. In her new role as record executive, Mariah will be working
with Rick Bisceglia (President) from Arista Records and David Glew (Chairman) of Epic Records.
Also, check out Mariah's latest look! Shorter and curlier hair.
From MTV Online:
Mariah receives 4 awards for the year end "1996 Billboards" They are:
Mariah was nominated in three categories in this year's Billboard Music Awards. The Awards will air Wednesday, December 4th on FOX. For residents of the east coast, the broadcast will be live starting at 8pm. Check your local listing for air times in your area. Mariah will make an appearance during the awards. Here are the categories she was nominated in along with other contenders (in alphabetical order):
"Underneath The Stars" has been released as a promo. The promo has three tracks: the album version, the Drifting Re-mix, and the Drifting Re-mix with rap. Both remixes were done by Trackmasters. The commercial release of "Underneath The Stars" in the United States is not likely at this point, although it has been released already as a B-Side to "Forever" in some countries.
Mariah sings background vocals in Babyface's new album "The Day" on a song called "Every Time I Close My Eyes." It is expected to be the second single released. In the liner notes of his album, Babyface regarded Mariah as "a great producer, a great writer, a superb artist, but most of all...a good friend." a tremendous compliment from perhaps the greatest producer ever. In my opinion, the song is spectacular and if you like R&B, the album is very worth getting as well.
