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Re: TMZ is reporting the split (67,545) (67,547) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I also want to bring attention to the whole "James is a private man" thing. If James was so private, why did he allow those up close and personal pictures of Mariah awkwardly kissing him on the yacht, the motor-boating sessions, and countless other awkward "making out" pictures, which were clearly taken by her people and he was aware of it. Unless of course he doesn't read the entertainment news at all and never saw those. But I doubt it. Wendy has apparently already jumped on the story. I didn't see it yet. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 17:53)

TMZ is reporting the split (67,543) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So TMZ has picked up the story and their reasoning for the split sounds more believable than the crappy one about Mariah being extravagant. According to TMZ, Packer was not happy with some of the scenes involving Mariah and one of her dancers, *cough* Bryan *cough*. Quoting TMZ "the deal breaker for Packer came when she had some sort of rendezvous with one of the dancers in her Vegas show, something that is on video for the reality show". He was also apparently never on board with the whole reality show thing. Anyways according to TMZ they have split but apparently there is still a possibility of them getting together. Now that they have said there is a possibility of them getting back, could this be a publicity stunt for MW? I don't know about Mariah but I wouldn't put it past Stella to dig up cheap publicity, especially since we know that the whole Bryan rumors were spreading like fire and got people talking. If this was Mariah any other year I would be 100% certain that she won't do such a thing, but with Stella whispering in her ears, I will have to wait and see. Regardless of this, I'll still wait on official confirmation of the split and even if they split, I can't say it's a bad thing. They looked more like cousins (like Licia said before) than a couple. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 16:00)

Re: Fan backlash (67,540) (67,541) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter But she did right? She cancelled all 5 shows there. She will only keep Hawaii and Mexico. People in Mexico are scared that will get axed too. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 14:45)

Re: Packer split / SA tour (67,527) (67,533) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't think it's related. First of all, we don't even know if it's true because every other week we get a "James dumped Mariah" headline. It makes for an easy story, everyone likes to believe that James (a reserved billionaire) would eventually tire of Mariah's over the top, diva, glamor ways. However we don't know how this woman is behind closed doors. Secondly, Mariah never seemed to be that into James ever, they were photographed together for maybe a total of 10 times and every time Stella was right there to make sure Mariah and James didn't have to speak more than 2 words to each other, hence if they did split, I don't think she would be "devastated". Third but most importantly, don't forget this woman went on an Asian and Australian tour right after her break up with Nick, when she really was devastated (because she seemed like she really did love him and she had babies with him and was married to him for years) and save for the first few shows, she did pretty well. So I don't think Mariah would cancel a tour because of her relationship with James especially if that didn't stop her when she was going through a difficult divorce in 2014. So I'm not concerned. Plus she is already doing other appearances instead of the tour. This is Mariah's season. She won't let anyone take away her shine during this time of the year, and she shouldn't either. This is the only time when the whole world acknowledges her greatness. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 12:13)

Re: Fan backlash (67,523) (67,528) (67,531) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree, this isn't her fault. There's a reason she keeps people on her payroll to handle her marketing/PR side. Mariah never claimed to be a business graduate that she can handle both her artistry and business together. Regardless, no matter how upset the fans are, no one has the right to call her filthy names and to wish death upon her. That's just too much. This thing should have been nipped in the bud the moment the tour got cancelled. All they needed to do was hold an iPhone in front of Mariah and let her just say whatever she felt like saying. No need to force a script on her. I'm sure she genuinely feels bad about it and she is good with words so just let her give a heartfelt video message. This would never have blown up so much if her team was more active, like Chris Chambers was last year when Morgan tried to sell his first explosive story and no one got wind of it, it died down in 5 minutes flat with only the original tabloid having that story. But Stella spends so much time on her contour and so little time actually bothering to choose people who are right for business that her team is a complete mess. It only has Bulochnikov insiders who don't have the experience. How can Stella play multiple roles as manager, tour manager, PR personnel, marketing personnel, bodyguard, accounts manager and so on? She ain't Eddie Murphy and this isn't the Nutty Professor. Stop being so scared of being fired and hence not letting professional outsiders enter. Get your act together instead of ruining and leeching off the very woman who is paying your bills and your family's bills. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 12:01)

Fan backlash (67,523) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I read some of the comments on social media and they are going bat crap crazy on Mariah. From calling her really bad names to wishing death upon her. It's really getting out of hand. First of all, I feel really bad for the fans, they waited so long for this to happen only to be shattered by the news, but guys please this is no way to treat the person who has been your favorite for so long. Mariah is a lot of things but I do not believe this cancellation was her fault. Her team on the other hand, unprofessional and huge failures. Yes, she chose her team and we all know Mariah isn't the best at choosing whom to have a professional relationship with but please don't start abusing her and telling her to go and die. Mariah's season is almost here and to start it off with such bad news, her brand has been permanently tarnished and no one is making an effort to show her side of the story. Her team needs to understand shielding her from the reality will do more harm than good, unless of course they already know that and is only shielding her because they are benefiting from it. Mariah, please wake up, start communicating with the fans directly. Show them that it's not your fault and that you are doing everything you can to fix this. A tweet means nothings because we all know who is typing it. So make a little effort from the comfort of your home to communicate with your fans and tell them what happened and assure them that you will make up for it. Also please wake up and find a professional and established team who can really support you and not milk your career for their own benefits and then leave once they have take everything away. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 8:32)

Re: SA tour (67,518) (67,521) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Nope they had 3 different promoters from what I've read. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 1:57)

Re: SA tour (67,519) (67,520) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter At least have Mariah make some sort of announcement, by either writing a personal letter (and posting it on social media) or a video where she addresses exactly what went wrong. Thing is at the end of the day it's Mariah's image at stake. The others can easily just jump ships, but Mariah's image wil have to face the blow. She needs to know who she is hiring. Her tour manager (if she even has a proper one and not a member of Bulochnikov family) should have been on this issue from the start. Ensuring everything goes smoothly. Her PR team should have been on overdrive making sure everyone knows this is not Mariah's fault. It's just so annoying. Mariah probably doesn't even know that she is being ripped apart in the media and on social media because her team will hide it. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 1:55)

Re: SA tour (67,514) (67,516) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She is being torn apart as we speak. Her team as usual is mum and not actively fighting back to set the record straight. I don't understand how this issue arised just 2 days before the shows. Why didn't her manager get the transactions done before hand and how did this happen last minute? I feel really sorry for the fans who were super excited to see her. She did say she'll try to go there in 2017 so there's still hope. This time they should make sure they get the best promoters in the business. Also Mariah's team should really step up the promo game. I'm so over them just sitting on their behinds thinking her name is enough. I mean people at least need to be aware that Mariah is even coming to these places. Also I don't get why the entire leg was cancelled. I can understand how maybe the promoter of one of these places messed up, but how did all 3 countries mess up together? Yet they kept Mexico which apparently had the lowest ticket sales. I'm really curious to know what actually went wrong. So far it's very vague. Did the promoters just decide not to pay her? Did her team make last minute demands that they didn't want to put up with? I however don't think Mariah really just wanted to walk out of this for no big reason. Something big went wrong for her to cancel because she says she will perform even if 1 fan attends her shows. (Wednesday 26 October 2016; 20:50)

1997 versus 2016 (67,482) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I see a lot of then and now comparisons of Mariah on social media and this recently caught my eyes and it's incredible how she looks basically the same 20 years later. Now that her fillers have come down to normal size and her face has become smaller, she basically looks like how she did back then with maybe a few years difference. But that too can be pinned down on the heavier eye makeup she is wearing in the 2016 picture. Without it, she can pass off as her old self. (Monday 24 October 2016; 19:24)

Re: Mariah trending on Facebook (67,475) (67,481) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Why would E. try to bring in the Illuminati theory to get people interested? Genuine question. Are you thinking along the lines of how it creates an air of mystery and suspense around Beyonce and that makes people interested in her? If that's the case, I have to say E. (and Mariah's entire promotional team) is so darn stupid it pisses me off to no end. This, if true, has to be the most pathetic attempt at promo. If not, some stupid random person/bot clearly doesn't understand how people have fun with ghoulish/evil costumes during Halloween. If everyone who dresses up as Satan/evil is Illuminati related, then that covers just about everyone celebrating Halloween. All these aside, I honestly can't tolerate how lame Mariah's PR and marketing teams are. Seriously she is one of the richest celebs out there and her roll outs are just so random and always incomplete. Almost like it's an afterthought or like they thought of promoting it and then abandoned it mid way, letting it sink and then never acknowledging it again. (Monday 24 October 2016; 19:17)

Re: More pics (67,454) (67,463) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha you are welcome. Glad you enjoyed them. (Monday 24 October 2016; 7:38)

Re: Early Halloween (67,437) (67,444) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I posted some more. Mariah looks gorgeous in all of them. Glad you enjoyed the photos. (Sunday 23 October 2016; 18:21)

Re: Early Halloween (67,435) (67,443) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I also think it was super adorable that they used to dress up for Easter and Halloween. I loved that they coordinated their Halloween outfits with the kids and I admire that they still come together during the holidays for the kids because it must not be easy for them. It's nice to see them be civil and pose with each other for photos so that their kids have memories to look back at. Both of them can have many faults but as parents they are great and I will always admire that. Mariah being the diva of all divas still keeps her kids grounded by dressing them up like normal kids and not as fashion accessories. Nick I'm sure tries to bring in the "down to earth" attitude in their lives. They both are good parents. (Sunday 23 October 2016; 18:20)

Re: Early Halloween (67,436) (67,442) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I laughed so hard at this. I can't with you all dragging Stella's blush through the mud. You guys play too much. But I can't say I disagree haha. (Sunday 23 October 2016; 18:17)

More pics (67,441) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Here are some more pictures because you all know I'm all about that life. This shows some of the guests which includes Floyd Mayweather. There are individual shots, but I'm posting the collage so Eric doesn't have to include many links. This is another picture with the queen of blush. Nick seems to have taken over the DJ booth. Another cute family photo. Here is Mariah with Bryan Tanaka. Another shot of Mariah with Blush, Corpse (haha kidding I love Kris's outfit) and dude with fishnet stockings and lace gloves. Is he paying homage to Mariah's other costume from 2009? Mariah with her social media manager. (Sunday 23 October 2016; 18:16)

Early Halloween (67,433) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah is hosting an early Halloween party, here is a shot of her ensemble. Here is another side view. She looks so good and her body is on fire, check out this photo. She looks gorgeous. (Sunday 23 October 2016; 12:00)

Throwback (67,424) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly I need Mariah to give me a moment like this. First of all, she acknowledges the fact that the host has given up his usual seat so that Mariah can get her preferred side. She asks if that's ok with him. Then she randomly starts singing out to "Heartbreaker" playing in the background. We hardly ever hear her randomly sing out in interviews nowadays. She used to do it a lot before. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 23:23)

Re: Article: Mariah trades a Christmas sweater for a diamond bra (67,422) (67,423) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter My response to the 145 million estimate. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 23:17)

Re: I'm here for it (67,420) (67,421) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Someone in UKMix wrote something like "She's going to be singing about the birth of Jesus with her boobs out" and I laughed so hard. Gotta love MC. She looks great. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 22:38)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey films a holiday Carpool Karaoke (67,413) (67,417) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah in jeans and jacket is everything to be honest. She looks so young and fresh. It just instant takes off so many years. She is definitely much more leaner now and from the pics she is certainly feeling very confident, you can just see it in her face. The last time she was on, you could tell she wasn't happy with herself (although I thought she looked great) so she didn't move much except for the epic dance at the end haha. But I'm hoping this time she is more animated, less vocal fry "Dahlin' it's too early for me to sing" and more belting and showing off her voice. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 18:26)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey films a holiday Carpool Karaoke (67,414) (67,416) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I actually don't agree, yes James is over excited throughout this segment but that doesn't mean the guests don't perform. Adele's was fun through and through and she went viral with her little rap imoment where she covered Nicki Minaj and people went crazy. Selena Gomez tried to "sing" her heart out, she sounded horrible but girl tried. Jennifer Lopez was jamming out to her records like it's nobody's business. Same goes for most of the singers, except for maybe Britney who didn't sing much. They all sing and perform, at times they are overtaken by James but that's all fun. Whereas in Mariah's segment she announced she won't sing right when she got in and she was basically just going on about how it's too early for her. This is an overused excuse and if she gets on a "Karaoke" show and refuses to sing, then she shouldn't even bother showing up. So the difference here is while the other stars really jam out in their segments regardless of Corden sometimes hogging the attention (all fun, dude is hilarious), in Mariah's episode Corden was basically doing all he could to keep the show going because Mariah was refusing to sing so poor dude had to sing back up/front lead/hype man and everything in between. Mariah should really just let lose and sing. She doesn't have to be scared because even on her worst day she can out sing everyone else. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 18:20)

Carpool Karaoke is happening you all! (67,409) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Mariah seems to have gone to Santa mode and is now accepting fan wishes. Check her out on set. She looks freaking fabulous. Here is she with James Corden. A shot of them shooting for the segment. Girl just knows she is looking great. Anyways I hope she sings some non holiday songs too but I am happy that she is doing a Carpool karaoke part 2. (Saturday 22 October 2016; 7:14)

Re: Carpool karaoke (67,403) (67,404) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Instead of a Christmas version, I would like one which features her non holiday songs and then AIWFCIY as the final song. (Friday 21 October 2016; 23:13)

Re: New pics (67,356) (67,361) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah out there casually carrying a $80,000-$100,000 Hermes Birkin while out on dinner. Haha. Since when did she start carrying purses? She looks great though. Body, face, dress, hair. Queen is gearing up for Christmas domination. (Wednesday 19 October 2016; 18:01)

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