mariah carey
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No Shame: Me, Mariah and Bipolar Disorder
I’m not ashamed to say that I cried. This morning, I woke before the sun—both the one outside my window and the healing sunlight alarm clock a good friend gifted me. This clock removes the cruel and jarring alarm sounds in favor of a gentle, artificial dawning that mimics the rising sun. It’s been unbelievably…
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Mariah Carey Reveals Her Struggle With Bipolar Disorder
After years of suffering in silence, Mariah Carey has opened up for the first time about her experiences with bipolar disorder. In an exclusive interview with People magazine, Carey talked about her struggle with accepting her diagnosis and seeking treatment. She was first diagnosed in 2001, she said, following a physical and mental breakdown, but…
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Mariah Carey, Tea Goddess, Turns Memes Into Merch, and I’m Here for It
Jesus may have turned water into wine, but leave it to Mariah Carey to flip cups of tea into cash. For the second year in a row, Carey, the living Queen of Christmas Music, delivered a memorable and meme-able New Year’s Eve performance, demanding tea during a live performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’…
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Azealia Banks (I Know, I Know) and 17 Others Who Deserve a 2nd Chance in 2018
In the last couple of days of any given year and the first few of the one that follows, you may often hear people declare that they are cutting off people from their lives. Now more than ever, such proclamations are more visible thanks to social media. Unsurprisingly, this heightened visibility has spurred retaliatory announcements…
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Mariah Carey Came Back to Redeem Herself From Last Year’s New Year’s Eve Disaster
We all know that Mariah Carey had some technical (and movement … and singing) difficulties during her New Year’s Eve performance in New York City’s Times Square last year. Well, bishes—the diva has redeemed herself! Carey performed at the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2018, and although, as one of The…
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17 Wishes for 2017
If I squint with my good eye and drink something potent out of a red Solo cup, 2016 doesn’t seem so bad—from an entertainment perspective, anyway. So, as we move forward into the new year, here are some things I’d very much like to see. That is to say, if 2017 doesn’t end early because…
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Watch: President Obama ‘Sings’ ‘All I Want for Christmas’ in Viral Video
Alas, as we stare down the barrel of President Barack Obama’s last 25 days in office, BaracksDubs has gifted us a treat for Christmas. Established four years ago, the popular YouTube channel, which has showcased videos of the president “singing” “Jumpman,” “Sexy and I Know It” and “Thriller,” has brought the heat once again by taking words…
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The Black Christmas Music Debate: If ‘Santa Baby’ Isn’t on Your List, Your List Is a Fraud
I love Christmas … but I really love Christmas music. I’m the kind of guy who will start listening to the Yuletide classics immediately after Halloween—and only if I wait that long. While I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” and I can appreciate Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”…
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Mariah's World Is Flat and Uninteresting
In theory, Mariah Carey, reality star, sounds nothing short of must-see television. Long before Real Housewives came along, Carey offered the world various strains of grandiosity, eccentricity and lots o’ theatrics. Surely, someone who admittedly acknowledges living in her own bubble would be the perfect vehicle for a new reality series. However, Carey has been…