MC rocked the 5th Annual Operation Smile Gala held at Skylight Studios in NYC last night, thankfully she was alone..
Friday, May 16, 2008
operation gorgeous
MC rocked the 5th Annual Operation Smile Gala held at Skylight Studios in NYC last night, thankfully she was alone..
Thursday, May 15, 2008
thank you sir
John Edwards dropped out of the race after Iowa back in January, a couple of months ago both Senator Clinton and Obama met with Edwards seeking his endorsement. Finally news came yesterday, that he has in fact chosen to endorse Obama. The orginally title of this blog was going to be "what a coward" then I realized. John Edwards did Hillary a favor. If he had come out after he dropped out and openly emdorsed Barack then, the race would have been over. As much as I dont like Edwards back in the beginning of the year he did carry some clout. Now he looks like he's bangwagon jumping actually he looks like he's trying to stay on the Clinton's good side. So maybe he's not soo dumb after all.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
less than stellar
why are all my favorite girls with men, that well, clearly arent in the same league as them. I kinda dont mean that about John Mayer b/c I find him attractive and he must have one helluva cock, because he list of conquest WOW! MC and Nick, well I dont like and that's all I have to say about that. Tho god I hope they dont have a baby together.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
did u watch gossip girl? gawker did
"I Killed Someone! But, Um, Not Really."
by Richard
So, sigh. I could focus on how dismayingly anticlimactic last night's Gossip Girl was. I mean, we had the whizbang cliff-hanger about murder from last week's episode. The show was on the up! Things were happening! And then, like the rushing downturn ("wunnnh") of music that came as Serena uttered her immortal line, we (or at least I) saw all that energy deflate last night. It was... just a drug overdose. Everyone knows about it now and Serena was totes not to blame. Plus mama Lily managed to, um, get in touch with the family of the dead guy on the same night that Serena told her and cart her over to their house to apologize. How exactly did that conversation go? "Hi there, I have the girl who left your son to die here with me. Yeah, she's my daughter. We're in the car, can we swing by? Great. See you in ten." That just felt terribly rushed and silly. OK. So. That's that. That was the bad (well, some of it). But in the spirit of absolutely everyone's forgiving natures last night, I'll instead point out some positives, after the jump.
First, Blair and Chuck are just fantastic. Yes, the camaraderie is getting weensy bit 90210 in its "oh look, everyone's now friends!" kinda way. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just seems a bit antithetical to the show's intended tone. All that considered, Blair and Chuck continue to have playful nasty streaks, best witnessed in the "Let's get the bitch" scene toward the end. I hope they continue this little (platonic-ish) courtship. Chuck could be the Valmont to Blair's Merteuil, and we'll get to reap the bitchy benefits.
Also, I must note, despite her being an Old, I can't help but find Kelly Rutherford increasingly delightful. It might simply be that her frequent acting partner, Matthew "Rufus the Laughable Rock Star" Settle, is just so ridiculous and frustrating by comparison, but there's something interesting there. I like the subtle undercurrent of melancholy and rebellion in her, seen even when she's not making googly eyes at ol' humble Humphrey. This might just be, you know, good acting, but maybe it's not! Maybe we'll get a mother-like-daughter Lily-goes-wild arc next season. (I mean, given the show's track record, it will only last for two episodes, but still.) So, good on you Kelly. You've almost made me care about the parents!
Also hugely positive about last night was that Serena and Dan, America's Most Boringest Couple, came ever closer to ending once and for all. Wicked Georgina! (Even wickeder, "haha I fooled you Richard, I still suck" Michelle Trachtenberg!) I don't exactly see how her stealing Dan tops revealing a secret death conspiracy, but, uh, sure. I'll take it. Georgina/Sarah might be boning Dan right now and hopefully Serena will discover it and take up with Dorota or something. Fingers crossed.
And another good thing was... Oh, fuck it. I can't keep up this miserable charade. The episode was really bad and disappointing. Hopefully next week's inevitable misfire won't be a complete let down. If it is, I'll have a hard time getting excited for the show's September 1st return. Even though they'll be in the Hamptons!
Oh, and, poor Lisa Loeb.
by Richard
So, sigh. I could focus on how dismayingly anticlimactic last night's Gossip Girl was. I mean, we had the whizbang cliff-hanger about murder from last week's episode. The show was on the up! Things were happening! And then, like the rushing downturn ("wunnnh") of music that came as Serena uttered her immortal line, we (or at least I) saw all that energy deflate last night. It was... just a drug overdose. Everyone knows about it now and Serena was totes not to blame. Plus mama Lily managed to, um, get in touch with the family of the dead guy on the same night that Serena told her and cart her over to their house to apologize. How exactly did that conversation go? "Hi there, I have the girl who left your son to die here with me. Yeah, she's my daughter. We're in the car, can we swing by? Great. See you in ten." That just felt terribly rushed and silly. OK. So. That's that. That was the bad (well, some of it). But in the spirit of absolutely everyone's forgiving natures last night, I'll instead point out some positives, after the jump.
First, Blair and Chuck are just fantastic. Yes, the camaraderie is getting weensy bit 90210 in its "oh look, everyone's now friends!" kinda way. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just seems a bit antithetical to the show's intended tone. All that considered, Blair and Chuck continue to have playful nasty streaks, best witnessed in the "Let's get the bitch" scene toward the end. I hope they continue this little (platonic-ish) courtship. Chuck could be the Valmont to Blair's Merteuil, and we'll get to reap the bitchy benefits.
Also, I must note, despite her being an Old, I can't help but find Kelly Rutherford increasingly delightful. It might simply be that her frequent acting partner, Matthew "Rufus the Laughable Rock Star" Settle, is just so ridiculous and frustrating by comparison, but there's something interesting there. I like the subtle undercurrent of melancholy and rebellion in her, seen even when she's not making googly eyes at ol' humble Humphrey. This might just be, you know, good acting, but maybe it's not! Maybe we'll get a mother-like-daughter Lily-goes-wild arc next season. (I mean, given the show's track record, it will only last for two episodes, but still.) So, good on you Kelly. You've almost made me care about the parents!
Also hugely positive about last night was that Serena and Dan, America's Most Boringest Couple, came ever closer to ending once and for all. Wicked Georgina! (Even wickeder, "haha I fooled you Richard, I still suck" Michelle Trachtenberg!) I don't exactly see how her stealing Dan tops revealing a secret death conspiracy, but, uh, sure. I'll take it. Georgina/Sarah might be boning Dan right now and hopefully Serena will discover it and take up with Dorota or something. Fingers crossed.
And another good thing was... Oh, fuck it. I can't keep up this miserable charade. The episode was really bad and disappointing. Hopefully next week's inevitable misfire won't be a complete let down. If it is, I'll have a hard time getting excited for the show's September 1st return. Even though they'll be in the Hamptons!
Oh, and, poor Lisa Loeb.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
its a party!
Los Angeles may have the Oscars, but Manhattan’s social event of the season is the annual Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Gala, which draws glammed-up names last night. The theme was “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy”. And I have to say everyone looks pretty good..
cinco de mayo in hollywood
UGH I love Lo and David Katzenberg.. actually Im really in lust with DK. Damn Nicky Hilton lucky bitch....
Friday, May 02, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
is she heading for a breakdown..
This is sooo out of character MC, doesnt do shit like this. Hop up and get Married? To Nick Cannon?? What happened to Mark Sudack? Im speechless.. I hope she is ok..
I Wish Them Well??...
I can't even know what to say
FIRST CAME REPORTS FROM EONLINE..
Mariah Carey was spotted wearing a diamond the size of our fist on her ring finger at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend and holding hands with Nick Cannon at an after-party at Tenjune.
THEN CAME...
Speculation is mounting that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are preparing to tie the knot—with Access Hollywood going so far as to say a source close to the "Touch My Body" songbird has confirmed it. But before you wish 'em the best, just know that Nick's rep gave us a "No comment" response when asked about the potentially happy news. Maybe someone will comment over gossip that the huge diamond ring Mimi is sporting is actually—ready for this?—the same rock Nick gave to his former fiancée, Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks. Selita did give Nick back her engagement ring, the model's rep confirms to E! News but doesn't say whether or not that is indeed the ring Mariah is wearing.
NOW COMES NEWS....
Mimi sure knows how to make headlines—and not just of the musical variety.
After several days of speculation that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon may have become engaged, it now seems the two may have gotten married. Call us cynical (or awed by her marketing savvy), but the potential nuptial news just happens to hit the same week that pop chart rival, Madonna, has a new album in stores. Talk about perfect timing. Word of the wedding comes from Latina.com, where an unnamed source confirms the couple swapped vows on Wednesday in a "very impulsive" small ceremony on an undisclosed island. The event was reportedly attended by just a few close friends, including Da Brat. If so—and we're keeping the champagne corked until we get an official confirmation—it would be a second marriage for Mimi (who was previously wed to Tommy Mottola) and a first for Nick (who was engaged to Selita Ebanks last year).
MARRIED???? NICK CANNON??? OH JESUS...
Mariah Carey was spotted wearing a diamond the size of our fist on her ring finger at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend and holding hands with Nick Cannon at an after-party at Tenjune.
THEN CAME...
Speculation is mounting that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are preparing to tie the knot—with Access Hollywood going so far as to say a source close to the "Touch My Body" songbird has confirmed it. But before you wish 'em the best, just know that Nick's rep gave us a "No comment" response when asked about the potentially happy news. Maybe someone will comment over gossip that the huge diamond ring Mimi is sporting is actually—ready for this?—the same rock Nick gave to his former fiancée, Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks. Selita did give Nick back her engagement ring, the model's rep confirms to E! News but doesn't say whether or not that is indeed the ring Mariah is wearing.
NOW COMES NEWS....
Mimi sure knows how to make headlines—and not just of the musical variety.
After several days of speculation that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon may have become engaged, it now seems the two may have gotten married. Call us cynical (or awed by her marketing savvy), but the potential nuptial news just happens to hit the same week that pop chart rival, Madonna, has a new album in stores. Talk about perfect timing. Word of the wedding comes from Latina.com, where an unnamed source confirms the couple swapped vows on Wednesday in a "very impulsive" small ceremony on an undisclosed island. The event was reportedly attended by just a few close friends, including Da Brat. If so—and we're keeping the champagne corked until we get an official confirmation—it would be a second marriage for Mimi (who was previously wed to Tommy Mottola) and a first for Nick (who was engaged to Selita Ebanks last year).
MARRIED???? NICK CANNON??? OH JESUS...
im stealing his style..
JT performed 4 minutes with Madonna in NYC last night and DAMN Im loving what JT is rocking.. UGh.. LOVES IT.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
can either subtain a lost?
TIME Magazine recently wrote an article about how Indiana Black Voters are feeling ignored by both Barack Obama and Senator Clinton. I find that really interesting because Im currently in North Carolina, and everyday it seems like bother Senator Clintor or Barack are somewhere holding rallies or speaking. North Carolina and Indiana both share the same primary date. I was in Washington State during its primary and I dont remember hearing about so much campaining being done. I know Obama and Clinton only went to Seattle the wkend b4 the primary, but here in NC. You have Chelesa, Bill, Michelle, Barack, Hillary everywhere! My point is that I can understand Indiana's frustration seeing the amount of attention other states receive. The Following is the TIME Magazine piece.
Indiana Black Voters Feeling Ignored
By STEVEN GRAY/INDIANAPOLIS
For weeks, Delores Smith, membership coordinator at the Madame C. J. Walker Theater in Indianapolis, has e-mailed and called Sen. Barack Obama's representatives, hoping he'll hold a campaign event at the 937-seat theater. It is, after all, named in honor of one of the nation's first black millionaires. And its place in the heart of one of Indianapolis' oldest black neighborhoods makes it a key stop for candidates seeking this city's nearly quarter-million African-American voters - the largest concentration in Indiana. But so far, Smith says, "I haven't heard anything."
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Even before the major distraction this week caused by the remarks of black liberation theologist and former Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright, black voters in Indiana have been feeling ignored. While both Democratic presidential candidates have been jockeying for the rural, working-class white voters who make up much of Indiana's electorate, they have been largely absent from predominantly black neighborhoods that have historically been among the party's strongholds. For much of the campaign in Indiana, as well as around the country, many black voters feel there has been little effort to engage them on issues that have particular impact in the black community, such as the home foreclosure and HIV crises.
Amos Brown III, one of Indianapolis' most popular black talk radio hosts, says many African Americans here, like elsewhere in the country, were buoyed by Obama's success in overwhelmingly white states like Iowa and Idaho. Obama generated even more local excitement with his March 15 visit to a suburban Indianapolis high school. But since then, Brown says many of his listeners are asking, "Where is he? And, is he going to come to the 'hood or not?' Hoosiers, black or white," Brown adds, "like to be courted. It's important to go to the smaller towns, but it's just as important to go out into the neighborhoods of the big city. I haven't seen that with Barack or Hillary."
Except for a brief visit last Sunday to Country Kitchen, a popular soul food restaurant here, Obama hasn't made a significant appearance in any black neighborhood in Indianapolis, or elsewhere in the state. Last weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton assembled a modest crowd at a Bennigan's in largely black Gary, in Indiana's northwest corner. Chelsea Clinton has been dispatched to many of Indiana's colleges, but not Martin University, a small, predominantly black school here. "If her job is to work the college crowd," says Brown, "why not go there?"
Cornell Burris, the 72-year-old president of the 1,000-member NAACP branch in Indianapolis, said he couldn't bring himself to be present at Sen. Obama's visit last month to Plainfield. "To be honest," Burris said last week, carefully choosing his words, "I didn't like the idea that it was out there in that particular sector of Marion County. It's a predominately white neighborhood. I'd hoped to see him in the inner city of Indianapolis, not in the suburbs."
To some degree, Obama has been constrained by a desire to not be marginalized as a black candidate - a concern, of course, that lay behind his distress over the comments by Rev. Wright. Furthermore, speaking about black-specific issues to African-American audiences carries some risk. "If he starts talking about these things in meaningful terms directly to the black community, white people will be disaffected by that," says Ron Walters, political science professor at the University of Maryland.
Some of Obama's support among black voters has been driven by comments by Sen. Clinton and her surrogates that have been interpreted as both racially inflammatory and an attempt to curry favor with conservative white voters. David Bositis, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington think tank specializing in black issues, said that last fall he estimated Clinton had the potential to win about 50% of the black vote nationally. After Obama's dramatic performance in Iowa, he put the figure at 33%. Now, he believes she will take only 10% to 15%. So far, in Indiana, the Clinton campaign has made little significant effort to court black voters. To some, it's as if Clinton's campaign has written off blacks because they are not, in the words of one of her campaign's volunteer, part of the New York senator's "natural orbit," like Latinos, women and older voters.
Much is at stake for the Democrats. While blacks account for barely 9% of Indianans, they are a crucial constituency neither candidate can afford to alienate, or take for granted. Indeed, some locals are pointing to the way Obama conducted his campaign in Pennsylvania as an object lesson. At one point, the Illinois Senator was asked about his lack of activity in Philadelphia's black neighborhoods and told the Philadelphia Daily News, "I'm a big believer in going to places where you're weak, not where you're strong, and reaching out to people you might not otherwise expect to vote for you." Days later, after Obama failed to carry Philadelphia by a large enough margin to compensate for losses elsewhere in the state, the newspaper ran a story with the headline, "Did Obama blow the election by blowing off Philly?"
Indiana Black Voters Feeling Ignored
By STEVEN GRAY/INDIANAPOLIS
For weeks, Delores Smith, membership coordinator at the Madame C. J. Walker Theater in Indianapolis, has e-mailed and called Sen. Barack Obama's representatives, hoping he'll hold a campaign event at the 937-seat theater. It is, after all, named in honor of one of the nation's first black millionaires. And its place in the heart of one of Indianapolis' oldest black neighborhoods makes it a key stop for candidates seeking this city's nearly quarter-million African-American voters - the largest concentration in Indiana. But so far, Smith says, "I haven't heard anything."
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Even before the major distraction this week caused by the remarks of black liberation theologist and former Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright, black voters in Indiana have been feeling ignored. While both Democratic presidential candidates have been jockeying for the rural, working-class white voters who make up much of Indiana's electorate, they have been largely absent from predominantly black neighborhoods that have historically been among the party's strongholds. For much of the campaign in Indiana, as well as around the country, many black voters feel there has been little effort to engage them on issues that have particular impact in the black community, such as the home foreclosure and HIV crises.
Amos Brown III, one of Indianapolis' most popular black talk radio hosts, says many African Americans here, like elsewhere in the country, were buoyed by Obama's success in overwhelmingly white states like Iowa and Idaho. Obama generated even more local excitement with his March 15 visit to a suburban Indianapolis high school. But since then, Brown says many of his listeners are asking, "Where is he? And, is he going to come to the 'hood or not?' Hoosiers, black or white," Brown adds, "like to be courted. It's important to go to the smaller towns, but it's just as important to go out into the neighborhoods of the big city. I haven't seen that with Barack or Hillary."
Except for a brief visit last Sunday to Country Kitchen, a popular soul food restaurant here, Obama hasn't made a significant appearance in any black neighborhood in Indianapolis, or elsewhere in the state. Last weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton assembled a modest crowd at a Bennigan's in largely black Gary, in Indiana's northwest corner. Chelsea Clinton has been dispatched to many of Indiana's colleges, but not Martin University, a small, predominantly black school here. "If her job is to work the college crowd," says Brown, "why not go there?"
Cornell Burris, the 72-year-old president of the 1,000-member NAACP branch in Indianapolis, said he couldn't bring himself to be present at Sen. Obama's visit last month to Plainfield. "To be honest," Burris said last week, carefully choosing his words, "I didn't like the idea that it was out there in that particular sector of Marion County. It's a predominately white neighborhood. I'd hoped to see him in the inner city of Indianapolis, not in the suburbs."
To some degree, Obama has been constrained by a desire to not be marginalized as a black candidate - a concern, of course, that lay behind his distress over the comments by Rev. Wright. Furthermore, speaking about black-specific issues to African-American audiences carries some risk. "If he starts talking about these things in meaningful terms directly to the black community, white people will be disaffected by that," says Ron Walters, political science professor at the University of Maryland.
Some of Obama's support among black voters has been driven by comments by Sen. Clinton and her surrogates that have been interpreted as both racially inflammatory and an attempt to curry favor with conservative white voters. David Bositis, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington think tank specializing in black issues, said that last fall he estimated Clinton had the potential to win about 50% of the black vote nationally. After Obama's dramatic performance in Iowa, he put the figure at 33%. Now, he believes she will take only 10% to 15%. So far, in Indiana, the Clinton campaign has made little significant effort to court black voters. To some, it's as if Clinton's campaign has written off blacks because they are not, in the words of one of her campaign's volunteer, part of the New York senator's "natural orbit," like Latinos, women and older voters.
Much is at stake for the Democrats. While blacks account for barely 9% of Indianans, they are a crucial constituency neither candidate can afford to alienate, or take for granted. Indeed, some locals are pointing to the way Obama conducted his campaign in Pennsylvania as an object lesson. At one point, the Illinois Senator was asked about his lack of activity in Philadelphia's black neighborhoods and told the Philadelphia Daily News, "I'm a big believer in going to places where you're weak, not where you're strong, and reaching out to people you might not otherwise expect to vote for you." Days later, after Obama failed to carry Philadelphia by a large enough margin to compensate for losses elsewhere in the state, the newspaper ran a story with the headline, "Did Obama blow the election by blowing off Philly?"
headphones
Top 5 favorite songs at the moment.
5) "The Way That I Love You" - Ashanti
4) "4 Real 4 Real" - MC
3) "Damaged " - Danity Kane
2) "Love Story" - MC
1) "Last Kiss" - MC
It's was hard for me not to make a list of all MC songs off E=MC2, because that's what Im jamming now. But Im loving Ashanti's new song, I was like woah someone wants a hit. Of course I love me some DK, and "Damaged" is still a stone grove smash hit wonder.
Since all of my songs are by females I decided to have a honorable mention, Usher's "Love in the Club" Remix with Beyoncebitch and Lil' Wayne..
5) "The Way That I Love You" - Ashanti
4) "4 Real 4 Real" - MC
3) "Damaged " - Danity Kane
2) "Love Story" - MC
1) "Last Kiss" - MC
It's was hard for me not to make a list of all MC songs off E=MC2, because that's what Im jamming now. But Im loving Ashanti's new song, I was like woah someone wants a hit. Of course I love me some DK, and "Damaged" is still a stone grove smash hit wonder.
Since all of my songs are by females I decided to have a honorable mention, Usher's "Love in the Club" Remix with Beyoncebitch and Lil' Wayne..
robbed!!!
The Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award nominations handed out on THE VIEW this morning ( and I was on hand!), and neither of my girls where nominated for a much deserved nomination in the field out Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series..
BULLSHIT
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
stone groove smash hit wonder
Mariah Carey's E=MC2 Album Enters at #1, on Career-High First Week Soundscan Sales of 463,000!!!
'TOUCH MY BODY' - HER 18th #1 HIT, AND 79th CAREER WEEK AT #1 - SETS HISTORIC CHART RECORD, SURPASSING ELVIS PRESLEY's 17 #1's, AND TYING HIS ALL-TIME HIGH 79 WEEKS AT #1
'Bye Bye' is next - impacts at Pop, Rhythmic and Urban radio formats and is #1 most added across the board
APRIL 25th ON ABC TV: Mariah returns to Good Morning America for traffic-stopping live outdoor concert at New York City's Times Square
An unprecedented pre- and post-release campaign -- including appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live, MTV's The Hills, BET's concert special, FOX's IDOL Gives Back and American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show -- maximized exposure for international superstar Mariah Carey and her current smash hits, the #1 "Touch My Body" and #1 most added "Bye Bye," resulting in a massive #1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart for E=MC2 (in stores April 15th), weighing in with first week Soundscan sales of 463,000 units. E=MC2 also debuts #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart and #1 on the Top Digital albums chart (Mariah's first-ever #1 digital album debut with over 50,000 scanned!). E=MC2 represents the biggest first week debut of Mariah's career!!!
"Mariah's an inspiration, the true definition of a star," said Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group. "She continues to amaze us with every incredible new album she creates. Now Mariah has added another plateau of success to what has become her virtually unapproachable track record on charts around the world. She proves beyond a doubt that with talent, ambition, and sheer force of will, all things are possible."
TV appearances continue this Friday, April 25th on ABC, when Mariah returns to Good Morning America for a live outdoor concert with New York's Times Square as her backdrop. Three years to the month since she first shut down traffic outside GMA's studios on 44th Street to celebrate the release week of The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah will once again welcome thousands of fans to the event, slated between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. She then hurries uptown for a guest appearance on Live with Regis & Kelly.
Mariah reached an historic career achievement earlier this month when "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 - surpassing one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard history, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. "Touch My Body"'s two weeks at the top marked Mariah's 78th and 79th cumulative career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis' long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks at #1, as calculated in Billboard. At the same time, Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
"Touch My Body" took over the #1 spot with an all-time record-setting 286,000 debut week on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. The video, directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner, and featuring a cameo by Jack McBrayer (30 Rock's Kenneth Parcell), stays in rotation on VH1, VH1 Soul, BET and 106 & Park, and FUSE; as well as #1 at Yahoo Music Video. "Touch My Body" also topped the AOL video charts for several weeks.
Clear Channel Online played a major part in the Mariah Carey promotion, simultaneously launching "Touch My Body" as it went to radio. The song was played over 400,000 times in one week and debuted at #1 on the On-Demand Chart. Tracks from E=MC2 were also featured in Clear Channel's Sneak Peak promotion a week before the album was released.
"Bye Bye" impacted across-the-board at Pop, Rhythmic, and Urban radio formats on Monday, April 21 and is #1 most added across the board.
Leading up to the release of E=MC2, "Touch My Body" was one of two songs (along with "Migrate") that were performed by Mariah last month on NBC's Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jonah Hill, the show to be re-run on May 3rd. Earlier this month, Mariah gave a special performance of "Touch My Body" and "We Belong Together" after the season premiere of the MTV reality series, "The Hills." The episode set a year-to-date record as the highest rated telecast on cable TV.
On April 9th, Mariah joined an all-star cast for the second annual "IDOL Gives Back" two-hour TV special, a music celebration raising awareness and benefiting various U.S. and international charities. The following Monday, April 14th, Mariah appeared as special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, chatting with the host and performing "Bye Bye." The next day, as E=MC2 was released, Mariah began a two-night stint on American Idol, serving as musical mentor to that week's finalists on night one, and performing "Bye Bye" on night two.
"Touch My Body" was produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and fellow Island Def Jam artist The-Dream. Other guest producers joining Mariah on E=MC2 include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. The album is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC2 follows-up The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month stay on the charts. Released April 12, 2005, Mimi was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar. Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, it brought total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to over 160 million worldwide, making her the top-selling female recording artist in history.
'TOUCH MY BODY' - HER 18th #1 HIT, AND 79th CAREER WEEK AT #1 - SETS HISTORIC CHART RECORD, SURPASSING ELVIS PRESLEY's 17 #1's, AND TYING HIS ALL-TIME HIGH 79 WEEKS AT #1
'Bye Bye' is next - impacts at Pop, Rhythmic and Urban radio formats and is #1 most added across the board
APRIL 25th ON ABC TV: Mariah returns to Good Morning America for traffic-stopping live outdoor concert at New York City's Times Square
An unprecedented pre- and post-release campaign -- including appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live, MTV's The Hills, BET's concert special, FOX's IDOL Gives Back and American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show -- maximized exposure for international superstar Mariah Carey and her current smash hits, the #1 "Touch My Body" and #1 most added "Bye Bye," resulting in a massive #1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart for E=MC2 (in stores April 15th), weighing in with first week Soundscan sales of 463,000 units. E=MC2 also debuts #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart and #1 on the Top Digital albums chart (Mariah's first-ever #1 digital album debut with over 50,000 scanned!). E=MC2 represents the biggest first week debut of Mariah's career!!!
"Mariah's an inspiration, the true definition of a star," said Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group. "She continues to amaze us with every incredible new album she creates. Now Mariah has added another plateau of success to what has become her virtually unapproachable track record on charts around the world. She proves beyond a doubt that with talent, ambition, and sheer force of will, all things are possible."
TV appearances continue this Friday, April 25th on ABC, when Mariah returns to Good Morning America for a live outdoor concert with New York's Times Square as her backdrop. Three years to the month since she first shut down traffic outside GMA's studios on 44th Street to celebrate the release week of The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah will once again welcome thousands of fans to the event, slated between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. She then hurries uptown for a guest appearance on Live with Regis & Kelly.
Mariah reached an historic career achievement earlier this month when "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 - surpassing one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard history, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. "Touch My Body"'s two weeks at the top marked Mariah's 78th and 79th cumulative career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis' long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks at #1, as calculated in Billboard. At the same time, Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
"Touch My Body" took over the #1 spot with an all-time record-setting 286,000 debut week on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. The video, directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner, and featuring a cameo by Jack McBrayer (30 Rock's Kenneth Parcell), stays in rotation on VH1, VH1 Soul, BET and 106 & Park, and FUSE; as well as #1 at Yahoo Music Video. "Touch My Body" also topped the AOL video charts for several weeks.
Clear Channel Online played a major part in the Mariah Carey promotion, simultaneously launching "Touch My Body" as it went to radio. The song was played over 400,000 times in one week and debuted at #1 on the On-Demand Chart. Tracks from E=MC2 were also featured in Clear Channel's Sneak Peak promotion a week before the album was released.
"Bye Bye" impacted across-the-board at Pop, Rhythmic, and Urban radio formats on Monday, April 21 and is #1 most added across the board.
Leading up to the release of E=MC2, "Touch My Body" was one of two songs (along with "Migrate") that were performed by Mariah last month on NBC's Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jonah Hill, the show to be re-run on May 3rd. Earlier this month, Mariah gave a special performance of "Touch My Body" and "We Belong Together" after the season premiere of the MTV reality series, "The Hills." The episode set a year-to-date record as the highest rated telecast on cable TV.
On April 9th, Mariah joined an all-star cast for the second annual "IDOL Gives Back" two-hour TV special, a music celebration raising awareness and benefiting various U.S. and international charities. The following Monday, April 14th, Mariah appeared as special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, chatting with the host and performing "Bye Bye." The next day, as E=MC2 was released, Mariah began a two-night stint on American Idol, serving as musical mentor to that week's finalists on night one, and performing "Bye Bye" on night two.
"Touch My Body" was produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and fellow Island Def Jam artist The-Dream. Other guest producers joining Mariah on E=MC2 include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. The album is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC2 follows-up The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month stay on the charts. Released April 12, 2005, Mimi was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar. Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, it brought total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to over 160 million worldwide, making her the top-selling female recording artist in history.
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WASHINGTON - Exuding fresh confidence after her Pennsylvania primary win, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned attention Wednesday to contests in Indiana and North Carolina and pressed her case that she can still win the Democratic presidential nomination despite the odds against her.
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In a round of morning television interviews, Clinton argued that her feisty act of political survival, defeating Barack Obama in Pennsylvania by more than nine points, confirms her contention that she would be the stronger challenger against Republican John McCain because she has shown she can win in big, swing states.
"At the end of the day, people have to decide who they think would be not only the best president, which is the most important question, but who would be the better candidate against Senator McCain. And I think the coalition that I've put together, as demonstrated once again last night, is a very strong base for us to beat Senator McCain," Clinton told NBC's "Today."
The New York senator also said she wants new debates before the May 6 contests in North Carolina, where the flush-with-money Obama is favored; and Indiana, where the two are close. Both candidates planned appearances in Indiana on Wednesday.
Obama managed to stave off an eyebrow-arching blowout in Pennsylvania by Clinton even while falling short in his effort to bring the polarizing competition effectively to a close. Despite his defeat, he gained the support of Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, a superdelegate to the national convention.
Clinton also picked up a superdelegate, Tennessee Rep. John Tanner. And, she had raised $3.5 million in the hours after her victory, and was on track to collect $10 million in the 24 hours since the polls closed in Pennsylvania. The campaign said it was her best fundraising day ever. Desperate to fight on against a flush Obama, Clinton could use the money.
Earlier this week, her campaign revealed it had just over $9 million in the bank at the end of March, matched by $10 million in debt. Obama began April with more than $40 million to spend.
Their Keystone state matchup was fierce and bitter, which seemed to harden attitudes among Democrats even as McCain tended to the unification of the GOP and campaigned across the country in preparation for the fall. Only half of each Democrat's supporters said they would be satisfied if the other Democrat won the nomination, according to interviews with voters as they left polling stations.
"After 14 long months, it's easy to forget what this campaign's about from time to time," Obama told an Evansville, Ind., rally, Tuesday night, obliquely conceding that the Pennsylvania race turned nasty.
"It's easy to get caught up in the distractions and the silliness and the tit-for-tat that consumes our politics, the bickering that none of us are entirely immune to, and it trivializes the profound issues: two wars, an economy in recession, a planet in peril, issues that confront our nation. That kind of politics is not why we are here tonight. It's not why I'm here, and it's not why you're here."
Obama wasted no time making tracks to Indiana. His plane was in the air when the primary was called in Clinton's favor, which he learned upon landing.
The Illinois senator trailed in opinion polls all along but had made up ground in the last few weeks, despite a series of inartful episodes in a campaign that once seemed smooth at every turn.
Clinton was winning 55 percent of the vote to 45 percent for Obama with 99 percent of the vote counted. She won the votes of blue-collar workers, women and white men in an election where the economy was the dominant concern. He was favored by blacks, the affluent and voters who recently switched to the Democratic Party, a group that comprised about one in 10 Pennsylvania voters, according to surveys conducted by The Associated Press and the TV networks.
Clinton won at least 81 delegates to the party's national convention, with seven still to be awarded, according to AP's analysis of election returns. Obama won at least 70. A final count could come Wednesday, or later.
Overall, Obama led with 1,719.5 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton had 1,591.5 delegates, according to the AP tally.
Obama also leads in the cumulative popular vote as well as the delegate chase, and there are not many opportunities left for Clinton to turn that around. Moreover, party leaders are growing impatient with the drawn-out struggle and have watched nervously as McCain, his nomination race long settled, has climbed in opinion polls.
Against those forces, Clinton clings to hope that she can persuade party superdelegates to swing behind her en masse.
"We're going to go through the next nine contests and I hope to do well in many of them ... but I'm confident that when delegates — as well as voters, like the voters of Pennsylvania just did — ask themselves who's the stronger candidate against John McCain that I will be the nominee of the Democratic party," Clinton told CNN Wednesday.
The keen interest in the primary was reflected at polling stations. Elections officials projected turnout among Pennsylvania's 8.3 million registered voters at 40 percent to 50 percent, double that of the state's primary four years ago.
Some of her aides conceded the Indiana contest in two weeks is another must-win challenge for her.
Obama reported spending more than $11 million on television in Pennsylvania, more than any place else. That compared with less than $5 million by Clinton.
Obama was forced on the defensive by incendiary comments by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, then got into hot water all by himself by saying small-town Americans cling to guns and religion because of their economic hardships.
For her part, Clinton conceded that she had not landed under sniper fire in Bosnia while first lady, even though she said several times that she had. And she replaced her chief strategist, Mark Penn, after he met with officials of the Colombian government seeking passage of a free trade agreement she opposes.
The remaining Democratic contests are primaries in North Carolina, Indiana, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico, and caucuses in Guam.
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