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Mariah Carey at "Glitter" screening Thursday night
A smiling but teary-eyed Mariah Carey made her first public appearance since suffering an
emotional breakdown in July to watch a screening of her Hollywood debut, "Glitter", with her
fans Thursday night. For Carey, who arrived at Westwood's Village Theatre in jeans and a black
tank top adorned with an American flag, it was a form of therapy - not for her personal troubles,
but for the heartache she shares with her fans in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks.
"My fans have gotten me through all my personal little issues, and I want to give them back,
even if it's just for tonight, a few minutes of peace," she said as she made her way into the
venue. "Definitely every American is grieving in their own way, so I'm just happy to be here."
In between interviews, Carey stopped to autograph copies of the film's soundtrack and pose for
pictures with fans.
Looking beautiful and rested, the singer spoke about her problems in a "such-is-life" tone,
saying she simply needed a break from a merciless schedule. "I was exhausted, I needed to rest,"
said Carey, who underwent psychiatric care for what her publicist termed a physical and emotional
breakdown. "I tend to work myself to the ground like a superhero. And guess what? I'm human, so
you can't do that. But it really required me acknowledging that. There was nobody to tell me to
stop working."
"Glitter", which opens nationwide this weekend, stars Carey as a singer named Billie who achieves
pop stardom but struggles with the abandonment of her past, a shaky love affair with her producer
and the pitfalls of success. Inside the theatre, Carey sat in the center section flanked by
security guards and handlers. Fellow movie-goers, who had won tickets through Los Angeles radio
station Power 106, regularly erupted into cheers, from the moment Carey's name appeared in the
opening credits to her character's final performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. At one
point, when Billie's boyfriend asks her, "Do you think because you swing your ass onstage and
hit a couple high notes that makes you some kind of colossal success?," audience members answered
with a resounding, "Yes!"
Carey said she hopes the mostly light-hearted "Glitter" will provide movie-goers an emotional
escape during this time of turmoil. "But obviously nothing can overshadow the events that have
gone on, and I need to stay focused on that," she said.
The singer will return to the stage for the first time since her hospitalization for the
star-powered benefit show "America: A Tribute to Heroes" on Friday (September 21), joining such
stars as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Faith Hill. "It's so difficult because
everybody's been affected by this tragedy in a different way," Carey, who will sing "Hero" at
the telethon, said. "I'm not a politician, but I would just say that my heart goes out to anybody
that's been affected, all the victims and everybody in this country, because we're trying to
come together as a nation and really be strong and it's hard, it's not an easy task."
Friday's commercial-free event, set to air simultaneously on several networks, will raise
money for long-term relief efforts benefiting those directly affected by the attacks.
"I hope [it] will create even more unity," Carey said. "The most important thing is to stay
positive ... We can all do our part." The soundtrack to "Glitter" will debut on next week's
Billboard 200 albums chart at #7 .
(MTV News)
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