Mariah Carey 'thankful for pregnancy support'

Mariah Carey has said that the outpouring of well-wishes following her pregnancy announcement made her feel "warmth".

The 'Touch My Body' singer - who revealed in December that she was expecting twins with husband Nick Cannon - confessed to being pleasantly surprised by the absence of a backlash from her detractors within the general public.

She told BANG Showbiz: "Obviously I'm very thankful for this moment. Since Nick and I made our announcement, people have been very congratulatory.

"We didn't really want to talk about this yet, but I'm in the public eye and really didn't have a choice. So I'm just thankful I can go through this time and feel a lot of warmth. It's restored my faith in people a bit."

The couple first confirmed that they were expecting a baby back in October.

Balan, Ali Khan 'reunite on new project'

Vidya Balan is to work on a new production alongside Saif Ali Khan.

Balan, who won critical acclaim for her work opposite the actor in Parineeta, will feature with Khan in a new project, reports NDTV.

A source revealed that the two stars would share screen space in Dream Sequence: "Initially, Deepika Padukone was to do the role. The casting of the duo together after Love Aaj Kal had its appeal.

"But the actress begged off when she heard that the chote nawab was having second thoughts and that Abhay Deol would fill in for him."
The project is to release under Balaji Motion pictures and will be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

"The actress, director and producer are keen to work together in this film and are currently working on the dates, " added the source.

Mariah Carey 'enjoyed working with mother'

Mariah Carey has described the "lovely experience" of working with her mother on her latest album, and hopes to record more material with her in the future.

Patricia Carey - who usually performs opera - recorded vocals on her daughter's festive compilation Merry Christmas II You, on the tracks 'O Come All Ye Faithful' and 'Halleluiah Chorus'.

Mariah revealed to People that there may be more duets between the pair in the future: "Many people know that my mother is a trained opera singer, so I guess it was only a matter of time before we both got onto a record together.

"It was a lovely experience being in the studio together, and I'm very happy that I have this documented for the rest of my life."

Is Mariah Carey pregnant with twins?

Pregnant star Mariah Carey referred to her unborn child as 'they' in an upcoming interview with Radio Disney, sparking rumours that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting twins.

While discussing her new album Merry Christmas II You, the 40-year-old singer revealed she began recording the album after finding out she was pregnant, reports the Daily Mail.

"I just hope that they don''t turn out hating Christmas!" she joked to Radio Disney''s Ernie in a radio interview to be aired on Tuesday.

Carey, who has not revealed her due date, kept her bump well hidden during a performance at New York''s Rockefeller Centre.

Mariah Carey 'in talks to get U.S. 'X Factor' slot over Cheryl Cole'

Mariah Carey is said to be in negotiations to become a judge on The US X Factor, shattering Cheryl Cole's dreams to build her profile in the US.

The 'Vision Of Love' singer is in talks to join the judging panel - ending months of speculation that Cheryl was a main contender for the role.

Mariah, 40, has told show bosses she will take the job if filming dates fit in with her work schedules.

Cowell was reported earlier this month of trying to persuade Fox TV executives that Cheryl was perfect for the show.

"Look, I've said I'd love Cheryl out there but whether it will happen, who knows?" the Mirror quoted him as saying last night.

"Mariah Carey would be an amazing addition to the US show. And she's exactly the right calibre of star that we want for the show.

"I can't say more because it's too early and I can't say. But there will be surprises," he said.

However, a source in the US reveals: "The Fox executives are totally against Cheryl joining the panel.

"Simon has put her forward and is trying to persuade them she's perfect for the job.

"But they're saying that together with her accent being difficult to understand, and nobody knowing who she is, she doesn't have the star qualities to draw in an ­audience.

"They are going to be competing with American Idol's star-studded panel of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and J-Lo, and Cheryl just doesn't cut it compared to them. She's not a name.

"While Simon may want Cheryl he understands Fox's insistence that he delivers a strong panel to bring viewers, and therefore advertising, in and make as much money as they can," the source said.

The source adds: "Mariah Carey's people say she's fully behind the idea and they're very interested in taking talks further. Mariah has already had the initial meeting with Fox so she will more than likely take the spot Simon wanted for Cheryl."

Mariah Carey 'in wheelchair after fall'

Mariah Carey has been spotted at Los Angeles International Airport in a wheelchair after suffering a fall.

The singer was performing in Singapore last weekend when her stiletto shoes caused her to tumble on stage and hurt her ankle, reports E Online.

"Mariah twisted her ankle in Singapore and should have packed more sensible shoes, but she doesn't have any," said her rep Cindi Berger.

"I'm sending her a pair of flats today."

Carey laughed off the incident on Sunday via her Twitter page, writing: "TY SO much to my fans in Singapore!!! Yeah, several hectic moments, (lol!) but I tried to swirl them into festive!

Mariah Carey falls on stage

Mariah Carey has fallen on stage during a gig in Singapore.

The singer - rumoured to be pregnant - was performing to over 100,000 guests at the Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix event yesterday.

In a YouTube clip, the 'Obsessed' star is seen singing her hit song 'Make It Happen' when she slips over in her stiletto heels.

Carey was then caught by one of her backing dancers as she told the crowd: "Hold up, I want someone to help me take these shoes off. I wasn't supposed to be wearing them!"

She then continued singing while ushering her assistant to come out on stage and help her remove the shoes.

Carey, who sang a string of her biggest hits at the event, including 'Dreamlover, 'My All' and 'Hero', recently said that she will announce her pregnancy "when the time is right".

Carey and Cannon 'keeping baby a secret'

Mariah Carey is said to be keeping her reported pregnancy a secret.

The singer, who is believed to be four months gone, and her husband Nick Cannon have apparently only shared the news with close friends and family.

An insider told RadarOnline: "Nick has been telling friends how excited he is to be a dad."

According to reports, Carey is delighted to be having a baby after trying to conceive for a long time.

Another source said: "Mariah has tried so hard to get pregnant. She's very excited. She wants to wait as close to full-term as possible before going public with the news to her fans."

MJ will be remembered forever

Mariah Carey has paid tribute to Michael Jackson on the first anniversary of his death.

The 'I Want To Know What Love Is' singer was overcome with emotion when she performed 'I'll Be There' at a memorial service in Los Angeles for the star last year.

"Watching "You are not alone"..Love and Prayers to MJ "King of Pop". You will be remembered forever. We miss you (sic), " she wrote on Twitter.

The 40-year-old is reportedly interested in purchasing Jackson's former living room set.

Mariah Carey 'sued for unpaid pet bills'

Mariah Carey has been sued by her veterinarian over $30,000 (£20,006) worth of unpaid bills, according to reports.

Veterinarian Cindy Bressler filed the claim in a New York City court on Wednesday alleging that the singer paid only $8,200 (£5,468) of the roughly $37,800 (£25,206) worth of charges for care provided to her three dogs, reports The AP.

Bressler, who caters to "prominent New Yorkers and celebrity clients", said that the bills cover only a month of services.

Carey's spokeswoman did not return calls for comment.

Nick Cannon denies Mariah pregnancy claims

Nick Cannon has denied the recent rumours that his wife Mariah Carey is expecting.

The singer's withdrawal from new film For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf earlier this week sparked speculation that she is pregnant.

US Weekly quotes Cannon as saying: "Her schedule is starting to calm down, you never know. In the next year or two, the rumours might come true."

Carey's rep added: "She is not doing the movie because her doctor advised her not to. More than that I cannot comment further."

However, Cannon did announce that their dog Zha Zha is pregnant with a litter of puppies.

"I do want to make a big announcement... Russell terrier puppy Zha Zha is pregnant again!" he said.

Mariah Carey goes for walks dressed as a man

The 40-year-old singer, who is married to rapper-and-actor Nick Cannon, likes to see if she can trick people by wearing her husband's clothes.
She said: "I go for walks in a semi-disguise. That's fun to me. I like to go to public places and do things that I would never get a chance to do. The other night, I went out wearing Nick's clothes.
"The problem is, if they recognise him, they're going to recognise me. If he's holding someone's hand and walking with them, they're going to look and go, 'Who is he with?' "
Mariah has also spoken of her love for her 28-year-old husband, who she married last year after a whirlwind romance.
Mariah - whose ex-husband is music executive Tommy Mottola - never thought she would settle down until she met Nick.
She told website AOL Popeater: "I don't think I feared love because I guess I almost didn't believe in it. I didn't really trust people. I didn't really trust what it would be like to be in a relationship again because so many times it had been disappointing. But the situation with Nick is totally different because we're very similar. We have a lot of the same likes and dislikes and we have so much fun together."
Mariah has made no secret of her desire to start a family, and has chosen names for her children even though she isn't pregnant.
She explained: "We have to keep the name secret because if we told everybody, then somebody might use it and then we have to change it, and then it wouldn't be as good. We picked these names out a long time ago."

Mariah Carey and her husband have "lots of phone sex".

Actor-and-rapper Nick Cannon - who wed the 'Obsessed' singer in 2008 - use lusty long distance conversations to keep the romance alive when their work sends them to separate cities.
Asked how he and Mariah coped with being apart, Nick said: "There's lots of phone sex! And when I get home, we have a big party!"
The 28-year-old star also revealed he and Mariah, 40, are planning to have a baby in the near future.
He said: "We definitely want a family. It's at the forefront of our minds."
Mariah added: "Of course, we'd be happy with one. I want to be able to manage the right amount of attention.
"We are so busy - if you have six kids running around, no one gets what they need. Kids need a lot of attention."
If they can't conceive naturally, the couple would "definitely" consider adoption.
Nick explained: "It's never out of the question. I was raised by my grandmother, who was also a foster mom, so I grew up around a lot of kids."

Mariah Carey delays album, 'Today' show appearance: What's going on here?

If you marked down any Mariah Carey-related events on your calendar for this month, you’d better hope you used erasable ink. Not only has the release of her upcoming album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, been repeatedly pushed back — from Aug. 25 to Sept. 15, then again to Sept. 29 — but the diva recently postponed several promotional events, including planned appearances on NBC’s Today show, on VH1’s Storytellers, and at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What gives?

“Mariah is working tirelessly on finishing up her album, doing promo for her film Precious and launching a new perfume with Elizabeth Arden,” a rep for Carey’s label told the Music Mix. “Release dates change all the time…It’s really nothing unusual.” The label rep also pointed to a post on the singer’s official site announcing that “we have shifted all of our TV and promo appearances to coincide with the new release date.” Fair enough, I suppose, though that strikes me as slightly circular reasoning. (The promo events were postponed because of the album release delay, which happened because…?) “It’s no big deal,” added another Carey publicist when contacted by the Music Mix, echoing comments made in a recent interview with People. “Everyone seems to think that it’s a big deal, but it’s not. She just wants to fine-tune some things [on the album].”

It’s certainly true that release dates often get changed without prior notice in the music industry. And maybe Carey’s label is just waiting for a single that’s bigger than the decent mid-level hit that “Obsessed” is shaping up to be so far. So what do you think? Why does Carey keep postponing things? And, if you’re a Mariah fan, are you content to keep waiting for Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, or will you start to get impatient at some point?

Eminem threatens Mariah Carey with nude snaps

Through his latest song, rapper Eminem is threatening singer-actress Mariah Carey that he will leak her nude snaps if she continues to deny that they ever had a relationship.

Carey had poked fun at Eminem in her video Obsessed in which she said he was "delusional" for hinting they had slept together in his track Bagpipes from Baghdad.

Now he has hit back with lyrics of his song The Warning, reports the sun.co.uk.

In the song, Eminem raps about Carey and says he has "enough dirt on you to murder you".

"Mariah, it ever occur to you that I still have pictures?", he adds in the song.

Michael Jackson gets royal send off

From the fleet of Bentley limousines that transported his family, to the endlessly fawning comments of television anchors throughout the blanket coverage, Michael Jackson, the late King of Pop, got a send-off Tuesday that was fit for royalty.

As the 30-vehicle convoy left the Forest Lawns Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, it drove past dozens of broadcast trucks, with several news helicopters buzzing overhead. Police closed the 101 Freeway to allow the procession easy passage to the public memorial in downtown Los Angeles. Traffic in the opposite direction also slowed to a virtual standstill as commuters halted their journey to catch a glimpse of the hearse.

As the procession drew up to the Staples Centre a high-flying plane drew a huge heart in the blue Los Angeles sky, while fans screamed, "We love Michael!" TV crews were set up on dozens of large podiums close to the entrance, as the country's most distinguished news anchors, from Katie Couric to Brian Williams, led the coverage.

"We made so many sacrifices to see him one last time. We sold everything we had in our house," said one fan, who journeyed for three days on buses from South Carolina to southern California to attend the memorial, even though she had no ticket.

Inside the arena, a large royal blue stage was erected at a basketball court that usually plays host to the Los Angeles Lakers. The backdrop featured a photo of a smiling Jackson looking up towards the sky and the words: "In loving memory of Michael Jackson King of Pop. 1958-2009."

A lavish gold-coloured programme featured pictures of Jackson with presidents, political leaders and showbiz stars, and tributes from his family and friends.

The elaborate service began with Smokey Robinson reading tribute letters from the likes of Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela. The backdrop then changed to an image of stained glass windows as Jackson's casket, laden high with flowers, was wheeled in. His pallbearers were each wearing a single, sequined glove in a tribute to one of Jackson's signature styles, as a gospel choir sang.

The elite of pop music performed tributes for Jackson, from Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder to John Mayer and Usher.

"The title King of Pop is not big enough for him," said Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown who discovered Jackson and guided his early career. "I think he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."

But for some in the entertainment world, the endless fawning and hagiography was a little much. Media columnist Brian Lowry could barely wait for the event to end as he blogged it live for entertainment trade paper Variety. He juxtaposed the reverential tones with the bizarre behaviour that Jackson often displayed and which "makes the worshipful tone characterizing much of this coverage even more questionable."

African American activist Al Sharpton, in his eulogy for Jackson, tried to explain the pop star's mass appeal. "You would have to understand the journey of Michael to understand what he means to us," said Sharpton.

"When Michael started it was a different world but because he kept going, because he refused to let other people decide his boundaries, he opened up the whole world. It was Michael Jackson who brought blacks and whites and Asians and Latinos together. It was MJ who made us say 'We Are The World' and 'Feed the Hungry'."

Only one reader of Variety, commonly regarded as the Bible of the US entertainment industry, bothered to post a comment - and he obviously did not agree with Sharpton. "A grotesque and vulgar display," noted reader Jack Henry of the ceremony. "The US is not only financially bankrupt, but morally and culturally bankrupt as well. God help us."

Mariah on love, body and idol image

Popstar Mariah Carey, who dazed all with her idyllic voice and to-die-for body at the ‘Xfactor’ show, has revealed all about her idol image.

Although the Hero hitmaker admits that being in love with husband Nick Cannon makes her “happier than she’s ever been”, that’s not the only thing behind her incredible figure. Mariah, who got rid of a great amount of weight through a combination diet, has been branded hardworking by longtime trainer Patricia Gay. “I feel great, it’s hard work to stay in shape but the results are worth it,” the Mirror quoted Mariah as saying. “She’s been toned since the beginning, she is small. She has only muscle and no fat at all. She is a hard worker!” Patricia said. Mariah makes no bones about the fact that her toned body has not been acquired easily, as she follows a “bleak” 1,500 calorie-a-day diet, comprising few of her favourite comfort foods. “It’s mainly about the diet, so when my trainer leaves it’s sooo hard to stick to it! For breakfast, Patricia will make some boring eggs and I don’t really like eggs anyway, and she’ll give me some probiotic yoghurt to help with digestion,” Mariah said. “Her favorite thing for lunch and dinner is this plain vegetable soup. It’s very bland – no cream. Cream is the tastebuds’ friend but the body’s enemy!” she added. Whenever out with Cannon, Mariah eats his favorite food but in a limited quantity. “A little bit, sometimes. Nick loves candy, so sometimes I’ll sneak one of his sweets!” Mariah said.

Mariah Carey waited till marriage for sex

American singer Mariah Carey has revealed that she abstained from having sex with her now hubby rapper Nick Cannon until they were married.

Carey, who started dating Cannon in February and married him in the Bahamas in April after just two months of knowing him, said that the wait was well worth it. “It’s not that we had NO intimacy, we just didn’t have complete intimacy. It’s just me, and my feelings,” the Mirror quoted her as saying. “I definitely don’t want to push it on anybody else. But we both have similar beliefs, and I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married. And it was, and it still is,” she added. As the couple celebrate their six-month anniversary, the US star has declared she has never been happier.

Mariah Carey spotted with hubby in Miami

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have apparently defied speculations claiming that the couplewouldn't last long with their marriage still going strong.

The celebrity couple, who wed each other at Mariah's private estate on the Bahamas in April this year, were reportedly spotted love-struck in Miami, reports the New York Post . Both the American rapper and his singer wife were seen embracing lustfully like love-struck lovers at a Black Berry party at Prive, according to a spy. On being offered a tequila by the Blue Door hostess, the 38-year-old Mariah is said to have replied,”I have some bad experiences with that and chose to go for a Pinot Grigio instead.”

Mariah Carey to get diva treatment
Singer Mariah Carey is going to have all her diva demands met for the World Music Awards in Monaco.

Mirror.co.uk reports that the organisers are planning to spoil her - they are going to spend 10,000 pounds on a private jet that will pick her after her X Factor performance and take her to Monaco for the 20th anniversary celebrations. It will be the first time she will be seen there with her husband Nick Cannon. "It'll be like a second honeymoon on board for them. There'll be no expense spared for Mariah. Lilies, mini burgers, sparkling water and bundles of her favourite Hello Kitty toys as a present," an insider said.