If there’s one word you can use to describe Mariah Carey, it’s “glamorous.” So how did the usually put together diva handle her character’s toned down look in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire? Not that well, she revealed at a press conference Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival. “It is a fright,” she explains of her look in the film. Mariah plays a social worker who tries to help a young, abused girl, a role that didn’t call for her usual red carpet persona. “You can thank [director Lee] Daniels. He had a very specific look. I brought in all my wigs for the character, and he was like ‘No. This is not happening,” Mariah jokes. “It really brought up that what everyone was going through was not about that.” “I don’t believe in makeup; I don’t like makeup,” added Lee. Mariah teased her director back, saying, “Lee — come on — you threw makeup underneath my eyes, and the overhead lighting was not my friend. You knew what you could do to me, and you loved it.” “We were in our end scene, and I’m looking at Mariah with my peripheral vision, and I see her putting on blush,” Lee reveals. “It was a little bit,” Mariah admits. “I was just trying to give it a little something,” Mariah adds. “Someone said the makeup for me, they said ‘This is a Mariah Carey nightmare because it’s everything that you hate going on right now.’ ”Mariah was pleased with the end result, makeup or no. “But it was cool because a lot of people in the film don’t recognize me — they don’t notice me — and that to me, was a great gift that Lee gave me, to be able to go that far away from who I am.”

Source: OK Magazine

» Posted @ 10:20pm EST

September 12, 2009

PICTURES: MARIAH IN VEGAS

As you know, Mariah performed at The Palms Casino Resort (The Pearl) last night in Las Vegas. Click HERE to view photos from the concert! Mariah is performing again there tonight and in October as well. Below is the set list from last nights concert!

Butterfly Intro
Daydream Interlude
Shake It Off
Touch My Body
Fly Like A Bird
Make It Happen
Angels Cry
Always Be My Baby
It's Like That
Subtle Invitation
Trey Lorenz - Rock With You (Michael Jackson Tribute)
Honey
Heartbreaker (Remix + Original)
Close My Eyes
My All
Obsessed
Up Out My Face
I Want To Know What Love Is
We Belong Together

Source: Life.com

» Posted @ 8:20am EST

September 11, 2009

MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL ALBUM PREVIEW!

Amazon Germany gives an exclusive 30-second preview of each song from Mariah's new album Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel! Click Here to listen now!

NOTE: Amazon has taken down these clips, they are no longer available.

Source: Amazon

» Posted @ 12:00am EST

MARIAH IN SIN CITY!

Mariah Carey is in Las Vegas for a limited run of concerts, and we've got pix of the sexy songbird in rehearsals! Mariah will hit the stage this Friday and Saturday (as well as the weekend of October 9th & 10th) at The Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort. It's the first time the Grammy winner has played such an intimate venue and fans are already buzzing about the show!

Source: ET Online

» Posted @ 12:00am EST

OBSESSED ENTERS HOT 100 AT #7

Obsessed moves up four places to #7 and becomes Mariah's 27th top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart.

Source: Billboard

» Posted @ 12:00am EST

July 24, 2009

MARIAH DELAYS NEW ALBUM RELEASE

Alas, there will be no major Diva Face Off at the next Grammy Awards. That's because Mariah Carey has decided that the unusually early August 31st deadline is not giving her enough time finish her new CD properly. "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" was supposed to be released by Island/Def Jam on August 25th. But now Carey has asked the label to give her at least three more weeks. The new date is September 15th, although even that could change. Carey does have her hat in the ring, though, with the witty and catchy single "Obsessed" already getting lots of airplay. The song is a neat dig at Eminem, who ceaselessly needles Carey in song and and interviews. The "Obsessed" video, directed by Brett Ratner, is also a hit and should only help the single up the charts.

Source: Roger Friedman - Showbiz 411

» Posted @ 8:00am EST

June 15, 2009

MARIAH TWEETS ABOUT NEW SINGLE OBSESSED

Late last month, Mariah Carey took to her Twitter account to tell the world that her next album will be called Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, and early Tuesday (June 9th), she did so again to talk about the album's first single. "The 1st single from my new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is called 'Obsessed' and will be at radio next Tuesday," she Tweeted. "I'm a lil' exc" (the post cuts off before she continues in another Tweet). "Seriously, this is one of my favorite songs ever. I love the whole album. I'm completely immersed in it. I can't wait for you to hear it." Last month, Carey Tweeted, "Bcuz I Love U, I want u to be the first to know the title of my new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. It's very personal & dedicated to u." Details about the album have been scarce, but back in January, songwriter/ producer/ artist The-Dream told KIIS-FM about some tracks he'd begun working on with the singer the week before. The-Dream and his frequent collaborator Tricky Stewart produced the hit "Touch My Body" from Mariah's last album, E=MC2. "I'm trying to do the whole [album]," The-Dream told the station's DJ Skee. "I love her, she's everything," he said of Carey.

"She's down, she's cool, she gets it. You think she's this big, but she gets it. She's all the way in there. I told her we need to get back in there. It's not like it used to be where you can wait to come out with an album. I'm like, 'Let's go, let's do it!' And she's up for it." The-Dream said he wouldn't want to take Mariah too far from the style that's brought her so much success in the past. "It's like we're trying to make a greatest hits without using the greatest hits," he said. He added that he thought the album would be called MC3, but apparently that plan has changed. Carey has said in the past how much she enjoys collaborating with other songwriters like The-Dream. "Sometimes it's perhaps a co-writer, which you can definitely feed off that other person's energy or where they're coming from, and go back and forth with different ideas," Carey said in a statement. "That's a process that really inspires me and that I really love." Obsessed is set to preimere on Chicago's #1 hit radio station, B96, Tomorrow June 16 @ 4pm (EST)! So don't miss it!

Source: MTV News

» Posted @ 8:00pm EST

May 8, 2009

MP3 & MPEG UPDATE

Mariah Central has updated the mp3 & mpeg list with 180 new files. Click Here to view the new files added to the list.

Source: MariahCentral.com

» Posted @ 2:00am EST

March 27, 2009

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Mariah Central would like to wish Mariah a Happy Birthday!

» Posted @ 12:00am EST

March 16, 2009

MARIAH & NICK STILL GOING STRONG

With their whirlwind romance and surprise marriage, no one thought newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon would last. But a month shy of their April 30 one-year anniversary, they definitely "seem like the real deal" says an insider, who spotted them at NYC's Japonais restaurant recently.

The lovebirds are so happy, in fact, that they're in secret talks to take a second trip down the aisle before the year is done. OK! caught up with Nick, who revealed how marriage has changed him. "It made me a more responsible person," Nick, 28, tells OK!. "It made me someone who really monitors my steps in a way to where it's not just about me anymore, it's about a union." As for his blushing 39-year-old bride, Nick adds, "I'm married to the most gorgeous, most beautiful, most incredible woman in the world!"

Source: MariahDaily.com

» Posted @ 8:00am EST

UPDATES/MARIAHCENTRAL ANNIVERSARY

Hey everyone, I know it's been a long time since I updated the site, I have been so busy with work and so many other things. The website won't be updated as much, but if you need to trade anything e-mail me under the 'contact' menu. Hopefully soon I can resume updates more frequently:) This month MariahCentral has been online now for 8 years! That's a long time. It seems like yesterday I made this website. I hope it will continue and be able to update it more as this year continues.

» Posted @ 8:00am EST