Pop star Mariah Carey performed Thursday night (Nov 19) at the official Christmas lighting ceremony at the Westfield Shopping Centre in London, England.

The “imperfect angel” is most definitely living up to her name lately. Can you believe that for this particular event, she actually requested 100 white doves, 20 fluffy white kittens, pink butterfly-shaped confetti, a pink carpet (instead of a red one), a Rolls Royce, 80 security guards and a magical wand? All of this came verbatim from her contract rider, which included mention of her 100 person entourage. The white doves were to be released at some point during the ceremony while the pink butterfly-shaped confetti was to fall on her as she made her way to a pink podium. And to light the tree, she would use some type of “magical wand.” No one knows what the fluffy white kittens were for.

But unfortunately for Mimi, despite her crazy requests, the organizers had to nix anything that involved animals because the Westfield mall said they don’t allow them due to health reasons. The mall said: “We do not allow pets into Westfield – that rule would apply for everyone.”

So it sounds like she just had to get her ass up there and do her job like anyone else would, instead of being so damn extra all the time! Nick must have to put up with a lot of bull…

In support of her latest single from her Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel album, Columbia recording artist Mariah Carey released her new “I Want to Know What Love Is” music video earlier this week.

The Hype Williams directed clip shows Carey performing the ballad to an overflowing stadium of people. The video also features the True Worship Church Choir singing the background vocals in an image behind Mariah, who looks like she took a trip to the past back to the year 1990 (check out her hair).

The song is great and the video is okay but our main beef is how cheap the green screen effects look. This is Mariah Carey we’re talking about. Couldn’t she have recorded this video at a REAL stadium???

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Mariah Carey is over in Europe promoting her Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel album right now. And yesterday she (with her husband Nick Cannon trailing not too far behind) was spotted outside the Hotel George V in Paris, France yesterday (Tues Nov 17) posing for the paparazzi and signing autographs as she made her way to her vehicle to make her promo rounds.

The R&B singer is reported to have pissed some people off over the past few days too. Phillip Schofield, host of British morning show “This Morning” was heated this morning after Mariah arrived an hour late for her interview with the show. She was reportedly scheduled to arrive at 5 AM for the pre-recorded interview and ended up getting there at 6 because she wanted to sleep in for an extra hour. Schofield wasn’t pleased and let everybody know via his Twitter:

In his first message (5:15 AM) he said: “Sitting here twiddling our thumbs waiting for Mariah Carey.. la la la laaa.”

His next message (5:45 AM) he wrote: ““Her people have arrived, although there was still no sign of Miriah Carey. Think I will give her till 2o’clock”.

Then when she got there at 6, the British TV personality said Mariah didn’t like what she had on so she made them wait a little longer so she could change her outfit: “She’s changing her mind about what she’s wearing!!!!”

It’s a good thing the interview wasn’t live! But everything’s good though because Mariah apologized for being late. And Phillip compared her entourage to a small country (LOL).

Schofield tweeted: “She was subtly apologetic for being an hour late and yes, an entourage the size of Denmark.”

And speaking of arriving late, she also reportedly arrived late to her performance for the X Factor because she didn’t like the car Simon Cowell sent.

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Beyonce’s live DVD I Am… Yours will be released next week, and to hold you over the R&B/pop singer’s label has released this video clip of her performing “Sweet Dreams.” We actually like this version just as much as we like the original version!

Continue reading to peep the video and be on the look-out for the DVD, which is set to be released a week from today. And her ABC television special airs 3 days later on Thanksgiving.

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Here are some pictures of Mariah Carey, wearing a sexy black one piece bikini, shooting her new “H.A.T.E.U.” music video on Malibu beach in California last Wednesday (Nov 4). She can also be seen in some of the pictures below in an even sexier white bikini! We’re sure all the guys working on the set of this video were begging for overtime. That Nick Cannon is one lucky mofo…

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Black Hollywood came out in droves Sunday night (Nov 1) to support the AFI Fest 2009 Screening of the new movie “Precious,” which stars newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and actress/comedienne turned late night talk show host Mo’Nique.

Some of the big names who walked down the red carpet of the big Hollywood event, held at were Oprah, Tyler Perry, Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith and much much more.

Check out a ton of pics from the “Precious” screening after the break! And be on the look-out for the movie when it releases to theaters nationwide this Friday (Nov. 6).

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Dressed up as angels, singer Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon hosted their own Halloween party Saturday night (Oct 31) at M2 Ultra Lounge in New York City.

Folks like Ice T, his wife Coco and Hot 97 radio personalities Angie Martinez and Miss Info also attended the party.

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The 2009 Oi Fashion Rocks went down over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Jockey Club and Ciara, Diddy and Mariah Carey were among the headlining performers.

Other performers at Saturday’s (Oct 24) event were Estelle, Ja Rule and Brazilian singer/songwriter Wanessa. Continue reading for the rest of the pictures from the show!

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The New York Times has a preview on the upcoming movie “Precious” directed by Lee Daniels (producer of Oscar-winning film “Monster’s Ball”). The movie stars Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, pictured above on the cover of the Times. The article explores not only the story of Precious but also process that it took to make this film. From having studios reject the story to casting Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique as her “demon” mother. The article also goes into the inspiration behind the film. Below are some quotes that struck us and a link to the whole article. It is well worth the read!

As the script was being written, Daniels began to figure out the financing of the movie. “Getting Sapphire’s permission was only half the challenge,” Daniels explained. “ ‘Shadowboxer’ hadn’t done so well, so I found myself back at Square 1. It was very, very hard to get financing for ‘Precious.’ All the studios said no. They didn’t want to make a film about a 350-pound black girl who is abused. Everybody kept saying no. My whole life was no. It was just a bunch of nos.”

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Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown (aka “Mel B”) attended the launch of the O2 Palm Pre Monday (Oct 12) in London, England.

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