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Re: Does anyone know (59,332) (59,342) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter All of Mariah's old friend fled the picture since Stella came in with her brood, because no one wants to hang out with preteens and a woman who still thinks making weird gangsta signs in pictures is cool (Stella I am looking at you, what is that sign you make?) - check out her instagram if you don't know what I mean. Haha but no seriously, where are Jermaine, Da Brat, Rachel, Michael Richardson and Jasmine (although I don't care for Jasmine)? Is Stella Mariah's only friend now? Because in Aspen she usually has multiple friends but this time it was only Stella and the kids. (Tuesday 26 January 2016; 5:50)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey announces shows at Caesars (59,334) (59,341) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While I agree JLo brings a good performance on stage, the headlines from her first show was how there were big celebs in the audience, her headlines from the second show is about how her bodysuit split open because it can't contain that booty. Haha. All things aside, I do wish Mariah switch up her Vegas show a little more. More choreography, better visuals. (Tuesday 26 January 2016; 5:45)

Re: Mariah and Stella (59,326) (59,329) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That's a good point but I don't think that's the case. Because a lot of time Stella's kids are with Mariah when the twins aren't even around. Like the Nobu date with Packer. During the engagement even if the kids where there, Stella's kid was walking out with Mariah and James and walking straight towards their car. Then the recent picture of them out in the snow, it was Stella, her kid and Mariah. I see the kids mostly around Mariah than with the kids. Stella also highlights how close Mariah and the elder one is. (Monday 25 January 2016; 20:49)

Re: Mariah's team (59,321) (59,324) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes but Rachel was friends with Mariah for years before that. Didn't they even go to school together or something? I might be wrong, I don't know but Rachel definitely knew Mariah really well and so it made sense for her to be in her inner circle. Stella just popped up last year and ever since then every previous friends of Mariah has dropped like flies. The only thing with Rachel was she needed to stop doing Mariah's choreography because she got her stuck in the same 3 step move for every song, every show. Other than that their friendship didn't seem so off because they knew each other since they were young. (Monday 25 January 2016; 18:43)

Re: Stella (59,318) (59,319) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Making announcements on behalf of the artist is the job of her publicist/management team and so for Mariah that would be The Chambers Group. I don't know exactly what Stella's role is and even if she is her manager, it's not mandatory for her to be at the engagement (because that's personal not professional) but I can still be fine with her being there but her kids too? What exactly is their role? Why are they at personal dates with Packer? Why are they at all the personal vacations with Packer? I don't think it's professional for a manager to travel with her entire family with their client. I never saw any other celeb manager do it. Plus Stella now calls Packer's yacht her "second home". Like um no, it's not, it's maybe Mariah's second home. In case you forgot, Packer didn't propose to the entire clan. Then Stella uploaded the picture of Mariah's ring and went blabbering about how it's "35 carats" and all. It's fine for us fans to gush over it but someone from her inner professional circle to be so unprofessional and childish that she is talking about the carats is cringe worthy too. Thank the Lord she didn't upload it on Mariah's account with hashtags "pip engagement moments", "pow 35 carats diamond ring", "come on", "engagement ring game strong", "eternally twelve", "pon de 14th floor" and then something random like "can't let go". (Monday 25 January 2016; 15:57)

Re: LA Reid (59,307) (59,316) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter L.A. is trying to give the vibe that he wants Mariah to work at her own pace and so he won't push her to work on a new album. But dude, it is quite clear why you are not interested in getting her into the studio right away. It's because you are too busy milking her back catalog and don't wish to put more money up for the release and promotion of a new album. At least Def Jam tried with Mariah, they made deals for #Beautiful and all but had to eventually give up when Mariah kept delaying the album (thrice) and by that time other artists on their roster had releases ready on which they had to focus. The death of Memoirs is because of L.A. and his bad directions, the death of E=MC2 was because of Mariah abandoning it (because as far as I remember there was a solid promo plan set up but all the appearances had to be cancelled). So we can blame Def Jam, but at least they tried. With Sony, we got the much hyped "Infinity" which was supposed to be WBT part 2 (according to instagram captions) and then they dropped the ball on it too. So no, I believe the only reason L.A. doesn't push Mariah to do the album fast is because he doesn't want to put the money in on a new project . All the "I am giving her time" is bull crap. (Monday 25 January 2016; 11:06)

Re: Mimi L./Stella (59,313) (59,315) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I wouldn't be surprised if they end up on their honeymoon since they have already been to all her "romantic getaways" with Packer, including just dinner dates. Seriously what is wrong with them? Mariah gets too attached to her team. After Stella came all her other friends left. Or atleast are no longer with her. Stella even made it to the Aspen trip which Mariah reserves for her nearest and dearest. Plus I want to know where is Mariah's fine ass bodyguard that has been with her, Michael Richardson? Why did she dump him too? Is Stella also the new bodyguard? (Monday 25 January 2016; 10:59)

Re: LA Reid (59,312) (59,314) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter L A Reid is shady. I don't get why Mariah trusts him so much, even when he didn't do much for her last release when he was at Def Jam. From what I heard he even stopped the release of the epic H.A.T.E.U. remix release because of his clash with Jermaine. From what I can see LA is using Mariah to milk her back catalog. (Monday 25 January 2016; 10:56)

Mariah's team (59,310) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I really wish we saw Mariah with friends outside her team. She only seems to have them as friends and that's not always so healthy. It's important to keep a distance between one's professional and personal life. Also I am still disturbed by how Stella takes her kids everywhere Mariah goes. One or two vacations is fine, but everywhere? The TMZ footage of Mariah and James's engagement showed Stella's elder daughter walk right out with Mariah and James and then run around in front of the camera. These are annoying. I still find it weird that they follow her to dates with Packer and now engagement. Where does one draw the line? They also basically live in the same house together. I don't think I have seen any other managers do that. Even younger ones like Scooter Braun who manages a lot of artists he is close with doesn't do that either. This is plain weird and I think Stella should be professional about it too. (Monday 25 January 2016; 8:11)

Surprises (59,303) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So since around the end of last year Mariah has been talking about how she has many "surprises" coming in the following months. We didn't get any in 2015 so I assumed 2016 is when it'll start. I know it's only January but seriously what are the surprises? Or is it just one of those things Mariah thought she'll do and then just discarded as time went by? Even though I was criticized the production of "Why You Mad?", I don't understand what ultimately made her scrap it. If she didn't plan on releasing it then why even bother leaking it to TMZ and promising a video "soon". I think I read somewhere that Justin and his team were not happy that it got scrapped. That was yet another missed opportunity (of course granted they made the necessary changes). Anyways moving on, I really wanna know what is going on. I hope this isn't a MIAM situation again. I remember she went to Paris and was seen shooting for something and it was rumored to be the video for "Thirsty" but that never happened. (We even saw her pictures of her dress covered with a towel.) Then there were rumors "Thirsty" would be used in her commercial, that was gone. I won't even begin to list all the other promised surprises that ended up in nothing. If she needs a break, take it, but don't keep us poor lambs hanging on high hopes of surprises and then just scrapping them. (Sunday 24 January 2016; 21:18)

The ring (59,282) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Can we let it rest already? So what if he spent 7.5 million on it? It's his money. He didn't snatch it from anyone. He knows how much Mariah loves her diamonds and he probably just wanted to make her super happy by giving her an uber expensive ring (an offer she can't refuse, ok ok don't kill me, I am just kidding, Mariah can afford it on her own but just saying). They both do their share of charity, if they have leftover money (which um yes they do, in millions and billions) then they can splurge it in whichever way they like. Heck Packer can swim around naked in a pool full of diamonds. Let it be. Let the woman be happy, let her have moment instead of making it into a rich-poor situation. (Saturday 23 January 2016; 18:22)

Vogue (59,281) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So "vogue.com" is writing multiple articles about Mariah's engagement (Mariah is trending on facebook by the way). Anyways so many articles yet they can't get her to do a single cover shoot for 25 years? Come on Vogue. Come on Stella. Lets have a "Vogue-Mariah-Balmain" extravaganza. It's about darn time. (Saturday 23 January 2016; 18:16)

Re: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (59,266) (59,275) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If I am not wrong, I think she did not release "If We" in fear of people thinking that she stole the idea from JLo. Or she copied JLo. But yes she probably could have banked on the controversy. (Saturday 23 January 2016; 14:49)

Vegas (59,274) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think Mariah will be done with Vegas this February. She has a Wrap Party scheduled at 1OAK club on the 20th of February. I say it's a good thing. She already has a lot of stuff scheduled for this year with the huge European tour and we all know she will go on several vacations. Taking Vegas out of the picture leaves some room for her to write new songs. I know she wrote a lot of song for TEOM while on the Charmbracelet tour but at that time she was single and had time. Now she is a mother of 2 and has a new fiance. She won't have much time between shows to write songs so she needs some free time. (Saturday 23 January 2016; 14:45)

Re: That ring though (59,253) (59,268) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes but don't forget Mariah's ring is a good 2 carats more than the legendary Taylor-Burton ring (which was 33 carats) hahah. What I was laughing at while reading the articles was that they said that Mariah's ring is the size of Beyonce and Kim K combined. (Saturday 23 January 2016; 7:01)

JLo Vegas (59,250) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter JLo started her residency at Vegas, and some celebrities went there and that's making headlines. Secondary headlines includes "she can still shake her booty", "she looked great". Haha what a contrast from the headlines when Mariah started, at that time it was all about her talent as a singer, songwriter, her God given talents, but oh well JLo's is a different thing I guess (shout out to the Mariah-Larry King interview). Bieber went to the opening show, I wish he showed up at Mariah's (not because Mariah needs him to get headlines but just to show support like Katy Perry and 5th Harmony). I hope this time Mariah and Britney go to each other's shows. (Friday 22 January 2016; 15:53)

More Than Just Friends remix (59,249) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I know a lot of fans don't like this song but I kind of enjoy it. It's cutesy and flirty. Anyways so there was a remix with Fabolous that never saw the light of the day. It was supposedly recorded to be on MIAM but then they went with "Money" (which is another song I enjoy). The remix is a little slowed down which makes it more sultry I guess. Anyways here is the link to the snippet for anyone who cares to listen. I love it and wish it replaced the BGK remix in MIAM because I love BGK (the original) and R Kelly sounds great with Mariah but the remix was horrible and didn't make sense to me. (Friday 22 January 2016; 15:41)

That ring though (59,245) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter How will this woman walk around wearing such a huge ring hahah. I heard it's 35 carats. That must be one darn heavy stone. I love how the TMZ people were like "Does your hand hurt Mariah?" Stay tuned for what our favorite Wendy has to say about it tomorrow. James should let his hair grow little by the way, he isn't bad looking. It's the hair that is bad. I am just glad he is not an attention seeker. (Friday 22 January 2016; 11:08)

Mariah and James (59,244) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter A very big congratulations to Mariah and James. I would say that this is the best match for Mariah, and I'll explain why. They are both of similar age and mature so no one has to work extra hard to keep up with the other (like with Nick). They are both parents so no party will feel like they are taking on excess baggage. They are both successful in their respective fields and thankfully from different industries so no manipulation involved (like Motolla). They look happy. Does it look a bit rushed? Yes, but I think they thought this through, plus they just got engaged so the marriage is not necessarily happening soon. Very happy for Mariah. Hope third time's a charm and she finally gets the love that she keeps writing about in her songs. (Friday 22 January 2016; 10:59)

Re: All aboard the campaigning (59,233) (59,243) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes and playing a client would also allow her to play any character she wants and not a mandatory pop diva (unlike Empire, where it would only make sense for her to be a singing sensation). Plus it could be great exposure for Mariah because it is one of the highest rated shows and Mariah in the same scene as Viola Davis would be divine. (Friday 22 January 2016; 10:47)

All aboard the campaigning (59,222) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So shall we all start campaigning "Mariah for Scream Queens" and "Mariah for How To Get Away With Murder" now that we all love the idea? Lord knows this board is read by team Mariah and a lot of our ideas have been used by her team. So Stella, can we get that guest star spot real quick? Before any other major celeb comes on to these shows? I am actually done with "Mariah for Empire", because everyone and their grannies have been featured there in the last season. So I want her to be in something fresh. (Thursday 21 January 2016; 11:34)

Re: B for Balmain (59,190) (59,199) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The problem with the jacket was that it was too short for Mariah. That's why it looked off. It wasn't tight though. Plus yes, this jacket is not my favorite, she should really try out those military jackets or military style short dresses. Those jackets are edgy and longer and would suit her frame so well. I was just celebrating with B because this is the first time Mariah wore a Balmain and we have been campaigning for it for a while now hahah. Mariah's fashion is mostly a little on the bad side unfortunately but sometimes she gets it right. Like the Cavalli number with the yellow flowers on the black/navy (?) material. That looked great on her and accentuated her body shape. (Wednesday 20 January 2016; 11:07)

Re: Empire (59,186) (59,193) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree about Gaga's award. I don't think she did anything worthy of getting the Golden Globe. She basically played an exaggerated version of the characters she usually plays for her own videos. She wasn't terrible but she definitely is no match for Jessica Lange. Don't worry though, Jessica is going to come back to AHS. (Tuesday 19 January 2016; 19:31)

Re: Empire (59,185) (59,192) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Chanel's one-liners are epic. I was not a big fan of Emma Roberts, but I love her in "Scream Queens". She is so unapologetic about being b**chy. (Tuesday 19 January 2016; 19:30)

Re: B for Balmain (59,187) (59,191) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree, I'd much rather have her stay away from Empire now since they basically drowned the second season with guest stars. Sometimes multiple stars per episode. There will be nothing special for Mariah anymore because so many celebs already did it. Had she appeared in the first season, it would have been great, but right now, I'd rather have her be on "How to get away with murder" or "Scream queens" or something of that nature. (Tuesday 19 January 2016; 19:27)

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