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When I Saw You - romantic comedy thriller movie (93,498) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia If Mariah could act in her own movie using titles from all her songs, what would it be? I would say When I Saw You would be perfect as romantic comedy thriller type of movie, with the poster of Mariah holding a saw. And the tagline "I will hunt you down". The plot of the movie would be Mariah taking revenge on her cheating husband/boyfriend using a saw as a weapon. (Saturday 4 April 2020; 11:53)

You Don't Know What to Do (Levitating Remix) (93,497) by Bill from the UK This is brilliant. It would be great if MC did something of this nature. (Saturday 4 April 2020; 09:53)

Valentin Grimaud (93,496) by ksquarred from paris I don't know if you read this messageboard but I'm thinking you probably do, and I just wanted to congratulate you on the book, it was my first confinement reading (don't know the English word), and I loved it. Found it very interesting, I had never really realised Mariah talked so much about nostalgia, all the parallels you draw with opera divas etc. (I could go on a tangent about it but not here as I'd rather do it in French.) It made me love and feel for Mariah even more. It's too bad it came out with this agenda, all bookshops now closed, but I hope you're still satisfied with the press coverage. I saw France Inter talked in a very good way about it. There's only one tiny detail which I found inaccurate, at one point you mentioned Twister was Mariah talking in the third person about herself, like she does in Looking In, but I read somewhere that in Twister she was actually writing about her stylist who had just committed suicide. But maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, congratulations, found it stellar and I'm going to make my non lamb friends buy it as soon as the confinement is over, it will save me lots of time trying to explain why Mariah is so great and iconic, you do it way better than I ever could. (Friday 3 April 2020; 23:18)

RIP Bill Withers (93,495) by RibbonB from USA What a loss. What an amazing storyteller, singer, songwriter. A lovely Day is a perfect little ditty. I would love to know what his most recent songs were, if any. He has so many classic compositions. (Friday 3 April 2020; 21:44)

Re: Article: Mariah warns her staff against April Fool's Day pranks (93,492) (93,494) by MusicfanJ from Germany Perfectly written. Every single word. "As this example shows, mega mega rich people telling the very not wealthy to donate money when they alone could sort out a huge chunk of the problem is the contradiction. And actually quite an obscene one." That ist so true. I do believe when this pandemic will end, the world won't be the same. And the people who are normal will think twice for what they spend their money. (Exlude expensive concert tickets and so on.) The new 20ies are definitily not golden at all. But people will realize that this superficial, highspeed life is the wrong way and not healthy. (Friday 3 April 2020; 11:41)

Re: Article: Mariah warns her staff against April Fool's Day pranks (93,492) (93,493) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I agree that it is quite hypocritical of celebs to urge their fans (99% of which are much poorer than they are) to donate when they can contribute more to get to the goal faster. However, I also believe in using their considerable clout to influence their followers for good. If anything, at least that raises awareness at the very least. Now if that awareness actually translates to donations is a whole other story. This practice would be slightly less obscene if they tweaked it a bit. I remember John Cena's fundraising initiative to help the first responders during the California wildfires last year. He did encourage everyone to donate, but to kick things off, he started by donating half a million dollars for the cause and that on top of that donation, he challenged his potential donors that he was going to match whatever money they can raise and add it to the total donations. He even went as far as using his scheduled Entertainment Tonight co-hosting stint to announce it. Still not as good as dropping a ton of money himself without asking his supporters for any help, but definitely much more encouraging and less cringeworthy than what most celebs do. (Friday 3 April 2020; 10:35)

Re: Article: Mariah warns her staff against April Fool's Day pranks (93,491) (93,492) by Andrew from the United Kingdom JK Rowling is a great example. But this goes to the heart of what it is to be woke and the total and utter failure of logic that props up left-wing dogma. "We love everyone," Mariah will say often. And most people here would gladly regurgitate it. Yet, you cannot love everyone. This outlook determines that if you are denying someone something you are a "hater". But you cannot give everyone everything they want. Therein lies the rub (to quote another famous British writer). So champagne socialists will often champion any cause which signals that they would not deny someone of, or critically question someone on, something by which they identify in a moral way. But it almost always ends up in contradictions which can easily be pointed out. And when the argument is almost certainly lost, the only way they or their supporters can shut that down is to shout "hater", attempt to de-platform and/or throw a milkshake in the face. As this example shows, mega mega rich people telling the very not wealthy to donate money when they alone could sort out a huge chunk of the problem is the contradiction. And actually quite an obscene one. Look at the Make Poverty History concerts in Hyde Park and elsewhere in 2005 (good performance by Mariah, btw). Every star under the Sun hopped on the bandwagon whilst everyone watching knew it was most pointless [censored] exercise ever but, whatever, free concert to watch. Virtues were signalled, everyone sang Hey Jude for the umpteenth time (despite the lyrics having no relevance to anything) and then went home to sleep. All the artists that day could have pledged millions, hundreds and hundreds of millions. Did they? Did they [censored]. They told *you* to give up what little disposable income *you* have whilst their back catalogue sales went through the roof and their royalty payments enjoyed a massive spike. Don't get me wrong, I think the iHeart thing was a lovely idea and Mariah did very well (the BSB skit was embarrassing pap, be honest). And people highlighting other people's desperation can be a good thing. But the contradictions still exist and they cannot be explained away. People on normal incomes get by. People on mega incomes walk by. So, Mariah would do well to stop virtue signalling as would most celebrities. The hypocrisy is just infuriating sometimes. (Friday 3 April 2020; 02:20)

Re: Article: Mariah warns her staff against April Fool's Day pranks (93,490) (93,491) by Bill from the UK I'm of the "they earned it, they decide how to spend it" camp. If Mariah and others want a life of luxury over donating it all, that's their prerogative. But I agree, don't then tell people like you and me to donate. It reminds me of J K Rowling, the epitome of a champagne socialist, telling everyone to take in refugees, back when that was a celebrity's flavour of the month (before Greta and climate change appeared), from one of her many multi-roomed mansions. All the while not opening her doors to a single one of them. It's the old adage, practice what you preach, isn't it. (Thursday 2 April 2020; 21:29)

Article: Mariah warns her staff against April Fool's Day pranks (93,490) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "[Mariah] also urged her fans to 'please support Feeding America and 1strcf by donating to these incredible causes'." Instead of the rich and famous preaching platitudes from their pedestals, why don't they all donate, say, £10million to these causes? It would hardly even dent their bank accounts and would, in all actuality, lead to a lot of money being raised. Sure, things like the iHeart broadcast raised $8milliion. But $8million is pittance compared to the wealth that is being sat on by the very people who preach to the poor to put their hand in their left pocket and transfer the coins to the right one, as if that ever helped anything. Elton John and Mariah Carey have a combined net worth of almost US$1billion. Add in all the other rich and famous people in the Western World, including sports stars and you are talking the equivalent of the nominal GDP of a country. There is enormous wealth that could be transferred easily that would make massive difference, save hundreds of thousands of lives, if not millions, and help to get this over with much faster so that the people who do survive aren't unemployed and homeless. You may say that it's their money and they should do what they want with it, free from reproach. And I am very much normally inclined that way: "You earned it? You do what you want with it." But please don't tell the little people to donate while the interest in your bank account is going up faster than the number of deaths. It just obscene. (Thursday 2 April 2020; 18:39)

Congratulations Jade (93,489) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Congratulations on your blessing to come. You are truly deserving of all the happiness that you are experiencing. This is a once in a lifetime moment so enjoy it. (Thursday 2 April 2020; 00:45)

Re: Congratulations Jade (93,487) (93,488) by Anonymous from Thank you MCA family. It's been a journey to get to here and we are very grateful. Lots of love. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 21:50)

Re: Congratulations Jade (93,481) (93,487) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Congrats on your blessing. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 16:59)

Re: Congratulations Jade (93,483) (93,486) by Bobby A from United States Congratulations Jade. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 15:44)

Re: Congratulations Jade (93,481) (93,485) by Bill from the UK Congratulations Jade, what lovely news. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 15:41)

Re: ET archive (93,477) (93,484) by TJ from Norway Wasn't this video uploaded here last week, or am I going crazy in quarantine/homeoffice, and just seen everything on YouTube? Btw: Hi to all of you guys. Hope all of you are doing ok. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 13:56)

Re: Congratulations Jade (93,481) (93,483) by Licia from USA Congratulations Jade . (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 12:35)

Re: ET archive (93,480) (93,482) by Licia from USA The world needs to see amazing things like this. I've always said someone or she has a vault full of unreleased stuff and I would pay good money to see or hear all of it. Even though I love the rendition she did on MTV unplugged, that little snippet kills the MTV version. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 12:34)

Congratulations Jade (93,481) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Congratulations, Jade. Gonna have a beautiful baby. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 11:41)

Re: ET archive (93,479) (93,480) by Bill from the UK I know right? The I'll Be There moment was amazing, how has that not been shared before? It makes me wonder how much archive footage there is of Mariah being incredible like that. I mean this is just one outlet's archive. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 10:53)

Re: ET archive (93,477) (93,479) by Licia from USA Thanks for sharing Bill. I was floored when I heard that VOL performance at the beginning and then the IBT snippet from I guess she was at Camp Mariah. That was awesome and so funny. Now I have to see if I can find that VOL performance. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 10:14)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey delivers intimate "Always By My Baby" (93,475) (93,478) by Andrew from the United Kingdom andrewjamesgold@gmail.com email me with your number and we can whatsapp. (Wednesday 1 April 2020; 10:10)

ET archive (93,477) by Bill from the UK This is a great video. I wish ET would release their entire MC vault. They have so many great moments. The axed AYNAF video being the main one and now all these tidbits. (Tuesday 31 March 2020; 23:08)

Re: Vote for Mariah's ABMB iHeart performance (93,474) (93,476) by Robby from Chicago USA If the link does not work on your browser, just go to billboard.com, they are the one conducting the poll. Currently, Mariah is 2nd behind BSB. Not that we need to validate Mariah's performance by voting because we already knew that her performance that night was more than what we all have expected. But if you are up for it, then please vote. (Tuesday 31 March 2020; 21:53)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey delivers intimate "Always By My Baby" (93,469) (93,475) by amends from Germany Agreed. How come you speak German? Is that still a thing in the UK? Thought those days have long passed. Is there any way to get in contact more subtly ? I guess not - insta: canmonarc (Tuesday 31 March 2020; 19:07)

Re: Vote for Mariah's ABMB iHeart performance (93,471) (93,474) by TJ from Norway Me too. (Tuesday 31 March 2020; 18:31)

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