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Re: Mariah's $tyle (62,889) (62,914) by B from USA I think the wardrobe malfunctions are being caused by the continued weight loss and a poor stylist. Her body is continuing to change and without tailoring things don't fit properly. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 16:46)

Re: Stella's resignation (62,911) (62,913) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Andrew, I appreciate your polite response. And I can agree with you when you say that a lot of my opinions are based on assumptions I have made in my mind. However there are reasons behind the assumptions. Not all the time, but sometimes. Like how she plays up Mariah's "I don't know her" in several posts. Same with the Wendy shade. As a manager she should have either advised Mariah against it or (in case she tried and failed) at least steered clear of playing this up on her own social media. Then she tries to get her name mentioned alongside Mariah, to the point of successfully getting Mariah to give a statement out that "Stella is the greatest and I am much more financially stronger after Stella came on board". I might be paraphrasing her haha but you know which article I am talking about. Then having everyone of her previous team fired, which isn't a bad thing, in fact it was good, had she not decided to surround her with people solely from her own camp. Then the fact remains, Stella is after all from the reality show business and not the music industry. Which shows up now in Mariah's behavior with all the supposed staged TMZ photos and TMZ videos and all the nip slips. Again, let me be clear, I don't and won't exempt Mariah from blame. But company influences you and music seems to be the last thing on Mariah's mind. As for Stella's resignation if Mariah's World, I wouldn't count on it. Once you get used to the lifestyle, vacations, private jets, parties of a superstar and not just taking your own family but the friends of her kids along for the ride (and she has gotten super used to it judging by all her instagram posts), it would take more than a failure to get her to resign. As for MW, I'll definitely watch it all, and I hope it'll be based around Mariah and her music and shows. That's all I want. No staged drama. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 16:37)

Re: Stella's resignation (62,911) (62,912) by Shezz from Pk Haha I honestly don't think and I think you'd be hard pressed to find posters here to agree with you that Mimi L's views on Stella are based on jealousy because Stella is living the life with Mariah instead of Mimi L as you once suggested. Ofcourse we are all entitled to our own opinions and maybe you're right - Mimi L is supremely jealous of Stella and so concocts conspiracy theories about her. Mimi L. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 16:29)

Re: Stella's resignation (62,899) (62,911) by Andrew from UK I don't think you're a "psycho", so to speak. I admire your passion but I feel it is somewhat misplaced. The assumptions are yours. You have demonised Stella in your head, seemingly because she is more prevalent and quite a bit more characterful than her predecessors. You don't know the workings of Mariah's inner circle. You don't know what Mariah is really like as a person (although I think recent developments are telling who she has become or is becoming). You don't know how much Mariah is driving this. You don't know Stella's intentions. Your assumptions could be well founded and reasoned but sometimes the delivery by you and others suggests it's not about reason but about jealousy. I mean that in no disrespectful way but it's how it seems, and, thus, the arguments are difficult to consider. My post concerning Stella was not to debate the use of her powers, be they for good or for evil, but as a logical approach she has to take in response to Mariah's bad PR and that Mariah's World will be a make-or-break moment. If it's bad and heavily criticised, and if she is not dismissed by the boss, I expect her resignation. If she doesn't offer it, something really is rotten in the state of Denmark and the ship may be going down. Hopefully it will be great and I still believe it may be. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 15:29)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,906) (62,910) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Brilliant strategy on JLo's part. She knows how to handle the press well. And about the "forgetful" comment, I couldn't hold it against her either because there's only so many times she can be asked "why is your existence denied by Mariah" and keep it calm. She is after all a very well known person around the world. I am tired of the shade throwing. Just give a straight answer and stop with the hair flip and eye rolls. She could have ended it on Cohen if she just said "I know who she is, we met in passing but I don't know her on a personal level." Bam. Done. End of 15 years of speculation. Instead she went on saying random things which ultimately got Cohen to ask "So you think JLo is cool?" And then she goes with the *pause* *shade throwing look* "I don't know her." (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 14:49)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,905) (62,909) by Mirage_Nunez from America At this point I don't really think the phrase is exclusively for Jennifer anymore. She was the original source, but it totally took on a life of its own from there. When Jussie brought it up it seems more of them playfully mocking Mariah and her chiming in with mocking herself. I honestly think MC is just amused by the whole thing (including JLo's "forgetful" jab at her), but I agree everyone needs to give it a rest now. The phrase is rivaling All I Want For Christmas in popularity. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 13:00)

Re: Interesting article (62,901) (62,908) by RibbonB from USA I definitely seems that way to me too. I just hope she officially steers clear of the sci. part, especially with regards to her children. Don't play with fire, I say. But since neither is actually divorced this could go on indefinitely, or until something flops. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 12:52)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,905) (62,907) by Merr Hasenan from Malaysia I watched the interview and yes JLo responded with "I am always a fan" answer. Obviously, that type of answer will going down very well with the public. I don't think Mariah will toned down her "I don't know her" comment because we know that J.Lo was indirectly involved with Tommy's conspiracy back in the days. It is not easy for Mariah to let things that led her into the darkest period in her life and publicly humiliated. Of course it is easy for J.Lo to say that she rather forgive and forget because she was the one who gained the top spot while Mariah, after all the mess, picked at #2. You guys know how the story goes. I guess, J.Lo should come with the apology for what she had done to Mariah and publicly declare Tommy is the devil. Then Mariah will came with her new infamous line - "I know her" - minus all the shades. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 12:48)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,904) (62,906) by Shezz from Pk JLo said everything right. She said there is no rivalry, I've always been a fan. It's all just gotten way out of control and other nice things all while not rolling her eyes, not flipping her hair, smiling and appearing very genuine, no endless rambling, straight to the point with the only agenda to get past it. I'm sorry but even when she said Mariah's very forgetfull on Wendy I found myself taking her side because of the way she handles herself and speaks. If only we could setup a little class for Mariah with JLo on how to talk to the media. Die hard lambs, attack. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 12:39)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,900) (62,905) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Exactly. I love me some classic Mariah shade, but I really hope Mariah stops referencing or addressing this long-time beef she has with Jennifer if she's constantly gonna do it this way. Let's face it, people - current Mariah is waaaaay behind Jen in terms of charisma and public acceptance. More people just seem to tolerate, yes, tolerate (caps) her these days. You just know something's really wrong when the victim isn't the one who's getting the public's sympathy. J.Lo's expert handling of this situation makes Mariah look like some self-centered chick who is too proud and immature to move on from an incident that happened 15 years ago. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 11:43)

Re: I don't know her - again (62,900) (62,904) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What did JLo say? That woman may lack musical and artistic talent but boy is she great during interviews and appearances. She just makes herself look so approachable and nice that people think "oh we could have been besties". JLo has the same diva reputation as Mariah but with JLo, she knows how to make herself looks sweet so that people actually question if she really is a diva or those are just rumors. While Mariah has made herself look so untouchable that people are unable to connect. I mean the general public, not the hard core lambs. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 11:06)

My last post (62,903) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh I read it and there are so many errors there, I cringed. I wrote it in a rush in between work so sorry about the errors. I hope my point is clear though. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 11:01)

Gwen's misery (62,902) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Have you seen Gwen Stefani's latest video for her newest single Misery? The woman is about the same age as Mariah and she also looks great. That video, though. Arresting. She looks perfect in every frame. It's sexy, elegant, and manages to look effortless despite her rocking haute couture all throughout. This is how you make a stunning visual devoid of a straightforward narrative without having to constantly touch and feel yourself all over to be sexy. Mariah, please take note. With ageism being a real thing, she must be coming up with videos that are age-appropriate, eye-catching yet timeless and something that showcases her like the legend that she is, not as some middle-aged aunt who tries too hard to fit in with the younger generation. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 8:33)

Re: Interesting article (62,752) (62,901) by 123 from USA Good article RibbonB. You know when they were all out oddly at dinner for the photo op I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Mariah is in business with Packer. This quote seemed to point me to this conclusion from the article. "Management and support for North American investments and assets. Responsible for CPH's North American business development and investment sourcing and execution. Current investments include Nobu restaurants and hotels, RatPac Entertainment and the future Alon Casino and Resort Las Vegas." Nobu is a restaurant in The Ceasars. I wonder if he helped her get the residency. I wondered when this new casino project would be done since I wondered if she would take on a residency there and ran across this. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 7:58)

I don't know her - again (62,900) by Shezz from Pk JLo just gave a master class on Access Hollywood on how to deal with the infamous question. Mariah - yes you were the victim and yes you don't have to be all " yay we're all Hollywood" or whatever about it but for goodness sake learn how to take the high road with this. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 7:33)

Re: Stella's resignation (62,887) (62,899) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am aware that my reply will probably me met with a "you are a psycho post", but I still have to write this. You seem to be working under the assumption that Stella actually cares. This is her biggest meal ticket. She has worked on reality shows with TI and Tiny, Nicki and Paris but none let her latch on to them like she did with Mariah by taking her on as a full time manager. Through Mariah Stella has gotten not only her name but also her daughters in news outlets and TMZ. She tried to star in a reality show on her own, but failed so she's now trying to get her name out there through Mariah. Now I understand that, why wouldn't she want to take advantage if Mariah allows her to? She'd be a fool not to. Of course she encourages Mariah to do silly things that are likely to get her bad press. She'll post and re-post and re-post some more the shades Mariah allows Mishka to post on her instagram, instead of steering away from it or distancing herself from it instead of engaging in it. This can go 2 ways. Either she saves Mariah and takes full credit for it and also get herself a launching pad for her own fame. Or she fails with Mariah but manages to get her own launching pad and then imply that "Mariah doesn't listen to anyone" so she really couldn't do much. But if you think she will leave Mariah due to strong morals, you are wrong buddy. But yes, I can't fully blame Stella for Mariah's downfall. Mariah isn't a kid and she is responsible for her own image. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 6:45)

Re: Stella's resignation (62,887) (62,898) by Shezz from Pk I completely agree that Mariah is responsible for whatever is happening not Stella. As for Stella I think she's completely supporting and promoting this new Mariah and thinks she's doing a fantastic job at it so why would she ever resign and deprive herself and daughters of the mansions, travels and the publicity. She clearly subscribes to "any publicity is good publicity". This period will last until and if she gets married to James. Hopefully. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 6:29)

Re: Rihanna (62,863) (62,897) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines While I still feel that it has topped the charts more than anyone, maybe even RiRi herself, might have expected, Work can attribute its success not only from its singer's appeal, but its polarizing quality. In the music scene, polarity is a good thing because it means people are talking. That's way better than indifference, which seems to have plagued Mariah's releases since #Beautiful, along with ageism, of course. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 6:03)

Fashion (62,896) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) For me I feel MC needs a new team on the style side one that can mix things up with sexy, glamour, and fun and flirty. Even though MC has never been known for her fashion sense and appeal if she wants any chance of competing in today's industry her entire presentation has to be top notch. Just like she took the time to switch up her perfessional team it would not hurt her to switch up her style or her team of stylists with her next era. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 4:18)

How you know something is really wrong (62,895) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines 5. When you google "Mariah Carey" and the top search results include terms such as "too tight", "wardrobe malfunction" or something that even 90s Mariah would never have expected to be in the same sentence as her name today - "nip slip". 4. When #4 happens pretty much every time - more often than what you would expect or want from someone of her stature. 3. When neither the adorable pics of her with Dembabies nor her music (yes, not even the incredible music) aren't enough to balance the negative press she gets. 2. When, even in this highly visual age, not a single one of her music videos over the past six years has entailed an iota of creativity or decent storyline of any sort. 1. One poster here got it really right when she said that if "notoriously supportive" lambs (yes, like I am) suddenly start coming out of the woodwork to criticize Mariah, that's (caps) when you know something is really wrong. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 3:34)

New pics (62,894) by Licia from USA From the pics I saw it looked like she was holding her jacket. Maybe I'm wrong. I really hope she was holding the edge of her jacket. Lol. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 3:02)

Re: Mariah's $tyle (62,889) (62,893) by 123 from USA Yes, the real person in Mariah's camp that needs to be replaced asap is not Stella, it's Mariah's stylist. She needs a new one, yesterday. Why is there a new nip slip article like every other day? Isn't the stylist supposed to make sure that doesn't happen? I don't think that this is on purpose as that would be extremely tacky and desperate. I know nothing about fashion but I know when something lacks. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 3:01)

Re: Hand - Angels (62,888) (62,892) by RibbonB from USA Ok, I was going on memory only. Both videos when she is holding the pen and writing as I recall. Hopefully it was nothing, maybe just the way a diva writes. Lol. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 2:17)

Style malfunction vs. midlife crisis (62,891) by Natalia from Italy For me there is a big difference between someone who needs help styling themselves properly, and an all out midlife crisis. On the occasion that she does manage to pick a outfit that stuns us all. It's a magical moment, but that seems to be touch and go. It would be difficult to know for sure if she truly was having a midlife crisis, since none of us know her personally. I have doubts that is the case, but now that I have had time to ponder over it, I would admit, anything is possible. (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 1:38)

Re: Hand - Angels (62,888) (62,890) by Mariah from Us This hand problem clearly started when she dislocated her shoulder back in 2013. She has nerve damage, I'm just now starting to see it. I never paid too much attention to it but now I can see it, in all her interviews she holds on to her fingers because they tremble. . (Wednesday 1 June 2016; 1:34)

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