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About Mara from United States: I'm a Mariah fan since the debut. Been through her entire career with her and may not always agree with every single thing she does, But i will always come to her defense when she gets attacked for being misunderstood. I am not a blind fan and relate Mariah to a sister who I would tell in a minute if something seems wrong or something of that nature. I come to this board to discuss her with people who I feel are true fans and yes, some don't always praise her to the heavens every single moment but we all are here for the same reason and we do adore her.

Macy's / MAC (67,669) by Mara from United States So to change the vibe, I went to Macy's today and they had a big sign saying MAC cosmetics now here. Immediately I thought about Mariah's line that is due to come out soon. So as I walk through the store and approach the cosmetic area they have a big MAC cosmetic section with holiday themed make up and such. As I am looking I notice a familiar sound and it was our Mariah YDKWTD. Wow, what a nice moment to be in the mall/Macy's and hear the beautiful sound of a Mariah song. That song should have been a hit. It was played in the MAC section. I wonder if since they are putting out her line soon that's the reason a song less familiar to the GP as YDKWTD came on. It was such a great surprise. It sounded so good, my husband is saying "come on" and of course I said, I'll catch up, I have to listen the rest of Mariah. (Saturday 29 October 2016; 23:40)

Re: Packer (67,643) (67,650) by Mara from United States Man, with all this talk about this "something terrible that happened to Mariah's assistant on the boat" so bad that is traumatized Mariah enough to cancel her SA tour. Makes you wonder what really happened on that yacht. Maybe James threw Stella in the ocean. I can imagine it must have been pretty tempting with how in your face she was at all times. Ok, I'm kidding obviously but it really does make you wonder. They keep saying terrible but the add "not violent". This has been one of the strangest weeks in Mariah news I think ever. It's up there with Glitter. I got my tickets to the December 14th Beacon show. I wish that was what we were talking about. Doesn't seem like she will add the extra shows like she has in the past two years this time. It's a shame this is what we are talking about instead of the fact that November is quickly approaching and it's her time. I really think Mariah cannot afford to keep her head in the sand or up in the clouds anymore and she needs to release some kind of statement. (Saturday 29 October 2016; 6:27)

Mariah asking James for 50 million? (67,620) by Mara from United States I can't with these stories. WTF is she doing? Is she having a meltdown? This sounds like she might be insulted by him or maybe embarrassed in public. Mimi L wth do you make of this one? (Friday 28 October 2016; 18:34)

Bryan and Anthony (67,619) by Mara from United States Why is everyone insisting they are gay? Gay men are attracted to them, yes, that is true. Being a dancer does not mean gay. Bryan had a girlfriend and Anthony has a daughter and has had girlfriends too. (Friday 28 October 2016; 18:15)

Re: Cheaper by the minute (67,603) (67,617) by Mara from United States It seems like they all were in agreement in giving these updates reports to TMZ throughout yesterday. The Tanaka one came out later last night. Must have been what they discussed at their table at Nobu. On a side note, what is Mariah's fascination with these Herman Munster looking shoes? (Friday 28 October 2016; 18:11)

Re: Rumors and stories so far (67,598) (67,600) by Mara from United States I agree and think the assistant is indeed Stella. If they came out and said "manager" we would all know exactly who they were talking about, hence the word assistant is a bit more vague. We also know Stella's personality is pretty confrontational, unless the assistant was Bryan but he was not in Greece at the time in September. What a mess this is. This has Stella's name all over it. Why feed the fire? Just say they are working things out behind closed doors and trying to resolve some issues or please respect our privacy as we take a break. Anything is better than what is going on. Why try to discredit a persons character? Do they have to state mentally unstable? If Packers team wanted, there are plenty of things they can come back at Mariah with as we have seen from the partying pictures all summer and throughout the tour. Stella needs to stop this and If Mariah ever needed to clean house, now is the time. She should enjoy her Christmas era and Beacon shows and focus on her kids and music. Maybe in the spring go over to South American and do a free public show or two for those fans who are so loyal to her but now very angry. I have to say that indeed maybe James really just found out about the Bryan footage. James doesn't seem to me to come off as a social media type as he seems to important and busy to care, therefore didn't see the pics we all saw during the tour. A lot of MW includes Bryan and Anthony going to zoos with MC and visiting landmarks in those countries so maybe it was too much for him to bear. Who knows? It would explain the abrupt exit of Bryan from Vegas though and maybe why and I hate to say this, maybe why Mariah added Hawaii shows around Thanksgiving. Since James doesn't usually tour with her, she would be able to spend time with Tanaka if he was visiting family over there. Listen to me with my adding fuel to the fire. This all sounds like a Lifetime movie. (Friday 28 October 2016; 15:10)

Re: This is KickAss? (67,571) (67,573) by Mara from United States Exactly. They absolutely deserve an explanation other than that little Twitter thing. Whatever you want to call it, and adding the dahhlings in there was not warm enough. A front page statement on her horribly updated website and a post to her Facebook page would be a start if she can't record a personal message. It really seems like perfect timing for this breakup news if you ask me. Also why they added they are broken up "for now". Take the focus off of this disaster until it dies down. Well the problem is fans don't forget. These people are heartbroken. (Friday 28 October 2016; 0:26)

Re: Stella (67,559) (67,563) by Mara from United States If Mariah doesn't get rid of her after this then she needs her head examined. This woman is toxic and I would like to see the Stella defenders come to her defense now. How totally inappropriate and unprofessional. Unless this is aimed at Mariah, she is supposed to be the manager of a woman, the legend, the brand Mariah Carey. This is not Tiny we are talking about here, no offense to Tiny. But come on. This is how you behave? This is classless behavior, especially when she knows all eyes are on MC right now with all these stories. There will be people checking out her Instagram for any kind of quotes and this is what she posts? Wow woman. I can't even right now. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 21:16)

Re: Breakup / Mariah's World (67,550) (67,561) by Mara from United States If it is sparking an interest and it was done for that purpose, then I guess it is working. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 21:05)

TMZ / James and Mariah (67,560) by Mara from United States Ok so apparently this story keeps on growing. Now TMZ states that something big happened in Greece when they were all vacationing and James did something "bad" to Mariah's assistant, hence Stella, and Mariah left and went back to LA. Ok now I vaguely remember a tabloid story that Maraiah and James went to Greece to try and salvage their relationship. Makes me wonder who is feeding these stories to the tabloids and TMZ. They always say according to this inside source. I don't know about you, but if I were Mariah I would really start to think long and hard as to where all this so called inside info is coming from. She needs to look at her inner circle a little closer unless she is in on it as well. Makes you wonder if James was the one funding and behind the promoters for the South American tour and that is why it had to be pulled. Would make sense as why Mariah was quoted onTwitter saying she was very disappointed in the promoters and how her fans deserved better than that. It almost had a personal message to it to the promoters. But then it states that James and Mariah are done "for now" all very odd to me. Well now Mariah is free to spend Thanksgiving in Hawaii with BT. Still hoping this is not reality TV drama. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 21:03)

Re: TMZ is reporting the split (67,543) (67,546) by Mara from United States Wow. I seriously hope this is not some kind of warped way of gaining viewers for MW. I mean, I love how it eludes to the fact that Packer was not happy with Mariah's relationship or whatever you want to call it with "one of her dancers" (Bryan) and that it was captured on video and will be seen on the E show. So it's like they are trying to spark interest in seeing the way Mariah interacts with BT. Then you have the fact that Tanaka was promoted to Mariah's "new Creative Director" in the June leg of the Vegas shows, even having his formal announcement on social media and Mariah's shout out mentions and thank you's to him at the closing of her shows, and then abruptly sometime in August we have Anthony Burrell back at the job with no public mention. Then the Twitter/Instagram pics of the Halloween party with Tanaka tagging everyone but Stella in the pic and then later the day Stella posts the same pic and crops Brian out. (Yeah I had too much time on my hands that day, lol, home sick with flu.) But all I'm saying is this really seems like Kardashian type hype for stories on their show. I really hope I am wrong. (Thursday 27 October 2016; 17:10)

Re: SA tour (67,513) (67,514) by Mara from United States Ok so apparently it was the promoters who broke the contract with Mariah. I hope they make that much more public so she doesn't get dragged in the media. (Wednesday 26 October 2016; 16:25)

SA tour (67,513) by Mara from United States Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I remember reading the fans in Brazile saying how bad the ticket situation was and they were desperately trying to get Stella's attention throughout social media. The economic situation is very bad there now and apparently the tickets were bought by those ticket companies and they raked up all the ticket costs or something like that. The fans were having a hard time affording the ticket costs therefore they were not selling that well. Now I don't know in terms of numbers how many actually sold but do you think as she stated it was a promotional thing? Low ticket sales? It's all just so weird sounding. We know she planned on flying out early and that is why she had her Halloween party early. It just doesn't sound right, only three days away. I hope she makes it up to those fans who were looking forward to seeing her for so very long. (Wednesday 26 October 2016; 15:29)

Re: Got my tickets (67,367) (67,392) by Mara from United States Jeff I will see you on the 14th. (Friday 21 October 2016; 6:04)

Re: Infamous/Dangerous sneak peak (66,992) (66,993) by Mara from United States Yes. Makes sense now, especially when they said Mariah may be brought back before the season finale. She invites him on tour and out of the three Hawaii dates will get a decent Mariah approved performance of the song with Jussie that they can put on the show. Makes me very excited for Wednesday's show. "Kitty" is basically Mariah without all the over the top diva talk. People are saying she should have just played Mariah, but I think that's what makes it more interesting, almost. Mariah without all the "Dahhlings" and Divaisms almost makes a good change in her persona. Just to see Mariah be "Mariah" just toned down. (Tuesday 4 October 2016; 2:28)

Infamous (66,822) by Mara from United States Ok so I actually like it. I wasn't really expecting anything big with this song and after listening on repeat I do feel it's a grower. I think it fits with the show after seeing the upcoming scenes with the song used. I can very much do without all the snaps in the song and the auto tune. I like the darker feel, and the way Mariah places those whistles is something I have missed. I also liked the fast piano singing moments, almost classical operatic feel that I would love her to dip into more. One thing I do wonder though, why do we have TAOLG type vocals on this when she sounded so amazing live recently? She does not sound bad on this song, But she sounds tired and her voice sounds dry. She sounded so clear on the Vegas "My All" vocals. Maybe she recorded this when she was on vacation and having all those "splashes" ala "I Will Survive" karaoke. (Thursday 29 September 2016; 16:14)

Re: Your own private concert (66,599) (66,603) by Mara from United States 1. I Don't Wanna Cry 2. Can't Let Go 3. The Wind/Til The End of Time medley 4. Do You Think Of Me 5. Butterfly (Friday 23 September 2016; 3:39)

Rainbow Mariah (66,528) by Mara from United States Came across this video of Mariah in Vegas for a stop during Rainbow and just wanted to share. I guess she indeed made it big. I do miss this Mariah who didn't have to be done up all the time and arrive to her shows undone. She looks to be having legitimate fun here. (Wednesday 21 September 2016; 4:56)

Re: Video (66,495) / Mimi L. (66,508) (66,509) by Mara from United States So Mariah is enjoying some "down time" before she starts up the next shows of the SSFT and then of course hopefully the Beacon Shows. She travels with all of these people now? All these women from Stella's family? I'm assuming it's Mariah that is paying for all of this. Now in this video along with especially that one of her eating at the table with James, Stella and two other men. The video is only two minutes long but she just looks a little sad. Still not sure about the whole James situation. You hardly see her look or talk to him. It's almost like if James marries Mariah, he gets two brides. Mariah and Stella too. I still don't understand how any man can be satisfied with spending time with his fiancé along with an entire entourage all the time. Maybe they do have time away privately but it just doesn't seem it. I do hope Mariah finds time to reflect and write some of her signature type deep songs like each of her albums always have. Wondering myself on when to download the Empire song as I want it to count the right way for charts. (Tuesday 20 September 2016; 15:13)

Re: 5 Whitney songs that Mariah would slay (66,210) (66,225) by Mara from United States Very good list. I too would love if MC paid tribute to Whitney and covered some of her songs. I agree with you on 1. For the Love of You. The laid back sound is one Mariah flows with. 2. You Give Good Love. Tthis always screamed Mariah to me. 3. I'm Your Baby Tonight. I can imagine Mariah sounding so good on this one with the flow of the fast lyrics and how Mariah is the queen of singing that way. She would kill this song. 4. All the Man That I Need. I think Mariah can go between full and whisper vocals on this and she would sound amazing. 5. Miracle. This has Mariah all over it too and I really can picture her singing this today. And I'll add as a bonus I Believe In You And Me and for our Christmas queen Whitneys rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear. (Tuesday 13 September 2016; 15:59)

Creative Director (66,185) by Mara from United States So apparently Anthony Burrell is back to being Mariah's Creative Director. I remember Bryan Tanaka putting up this big Twitter and IG post how grateful he was in this new lifetime achievement being made MC's Creative Director and how excited he was to be bringing new things to the show. Then AB was noticably absent for sometime and now AB is back and Bryan is silent. Mariah mentioned Anthony in her closing thank you's. It will be interesting to see what one will be CD for the Brazil shows as Tanaka is very popular there and was mentioning going back recently. Perhaps they are both creative directors? On a side note, so is Annabelle someone that likes Diamond Rings too by any chance? (Monday 12 September 2016; 16:32)

Re: World premiere (66,171) (66,183) by Mara from United States Haiji, I loved your video. I've always loved that song of Mariah's and the message it portrays. I just wish she would try to go by it more often as opposed to checking her hair and everything else in every camera shot and just relax for once. You are very talented so, "Bravo to you." (Monday 12 September 2016; 15:53)

Re: Mariah's posts (66,034) (66,070) by Mara from United States I hate to say this, but maybe Mariah should just pose for Playboy or one of those if they even do Playboy spreads anymore. It just seems like she really is proud of that aspect that is her and would really love to show the world all that they are. I mean no disrespect, but come on. The IG pics are just the icing on the cake and really can lead one to believe that is what she would feel most comfortable and proud showing to the world. Literally every chance she gets they are out. It's very redundant and repetitive and heck even Stella has had hers done recently so it seems by recent pics. I wish Mariah would really realize how youthful and sexy she would look if she actually covered them once in a while. It really is not a bad thing to not expose them "all the time". She is so beautiful it's so frustrating that she never changes it up. It's sad when Kim K has a better fashion sense than someone in M's category. She is so stubborn when it comes to fashion. Another thing that does not always do any favors for her is the constant diamonds, especially the really chunky necklaces and bracelets. Is it me or do they age her? I don't remember where I saw them, but dining the Butterfly era she hardly ever wore diamonds or any jewelery and she looked so youthful. Sometimes less is more. I wish Mariah truly understood her natural beauty. (Saturday 10 September 2016; 6:44)

Re: What the hell (66,032) (66,069) by Mara from United States I always used to say Mariah had "chipmonk cheeks" not implying they were fat as she was always rail thin when she first came out especially. She just had more predominant cheeks, not necessarily implying she had a "fat face" though. They were always cute and flattering. (Saturday 10 September 2016; 6:33)

Re: Endless Love - Luther (65,505) (65,510) by Mara from United States Oh how I miss Luther. You are absolutely right that there is no voice quite like his. Ruben Studdard was someone highly influenced by Mr. Vandross but certainly was not Luther. Their version of Endless Love was my wedding song cliche and all. I agree too on Maxwell's voice hitting a point of struggle. His voice during Urban Hang Suite and Embrya was much smoother and sounded less strained. (Monday 22 August 2016; 2:56)

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