Sunday, January 25, 2009

Not a FIRST FRIEND

Weren't we ALL EQUAL when history was made on January 20, 2009? By no means! Mariah Carey threw a hissy fit behind the scenes on Inauguration Day. Why? Read and wonder:

...SOME divas cling to their high-maintenance ways even at moments of historic national import. Mariah Carey, who performed at the Neighborhood Ball for President and Michelle Obama, was "furious" when she found out where she'd be seated for the inauguration. A spy said, "Mariah was in the VIP area, where every celebrity, like Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Bruce Springsteen, was seated. But somehow she thought she'd be up with the Obama family. When she realized she wasn't, she bailed." .....(http://www.nikkibgoss.com/2009/01/mariah-carey-spoiled-brat.html)

Good to see that some people never lose focus on what really matters. Even on days like this: THEMSELVES.

70 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:21:00 PM

    Never was a friend...unless it was in her best interest...always first and her way....the ones she was seated with is very talented performers...she was very stupid..there are a lot of people would have loved to be there...It was the President/Mrs.Obama's day..I bet they was glad she left,tried of her complaining.Wonder how long before her husband leave again for good.

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  2. Anonymous3:31:00 PM

    Right. It is a downright childish behavior. Everyone hailed the Obamas and was just glad to be there.Nobody asked for special treatment, except Mrs. Carey.
    Nick is Mr. Carey. He will stay as long she she pays his bills.
    Seriously, it would have looked pretty bad if the President and his family would have let celebs sit with them.

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  3. Anonymous3:42:00 PM

    You are right sweetie...I know it would have been a privilege for a lot of us to have been there..As the "PARTNERS in CRIME " says money can't but class.hahaha

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  4. Anonymous3:59:00 PM

    Not to mention that many celebs just mingled with the rest of the people. To hell with read carpet and VIP tent and whatnot.

    Personally, I don't think that the Celeb-adulation will do Obama any good in the long run. It was nice for the inauguration. But it has no place in day-to-day politics.

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  5. Anonymous4:49:00 PM

    Most is waiting for the next big event....I am with you..after it is all said and done,we have to go on...red carpet/vip tent...it's another dat,we need to stop being so petty,and get on with the business at hand....we have a very active social standing in the community,I like to help organize,then I like to sit back and enjoy.

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  6. Anonymous5:22:00 PM

    I understand that engaging yourself in social activities is a must in certain areas. Where I grew up it was like you don't do anything until you are asked to.
    I congratulate you to your juggling your home/family and your social activities.

    My daughters' day-care teacher was from New Orleans. She and her daughter participated in every social event possible. Which had people talking about her - and not in a good way.

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  7. I read about this and couldn't believe the pettiness of her over the top,diva behavior.I always kind of liked Mariah,not anymore.

    I agree with Vix,the adulation and hero worship will not help Mr Obama.He's not the Messiah or king of the universe.He's a man with a job.People should stand back and let him get on with it.

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  8. Anonymous6:00:00 PM

    Maybe she also wanted to be out in front...it is better to be asked...but in some circles it is expected of you...but you have to use common sense...remember there are others...I don't join in as many as I use to...with my ex. I entertain.it was expected ...you can get stupid with it...coming from a large family..all of them in business,I guess it comes natural for me...just help sit back and enjoy...you don't have to be in the lime light...I understand why they talked about her..you don't have to be seen to do good...just do it from the "HEART" for your own good feeling.....there is a certain responsible that go along with Gil's business,his firm handles a lot of stuff for the entertainment business....

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  9. Anonymous6:01:00 PM

    There are people like her everywhere,not just from New Orleans...

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  10. Anonymous6:05:00 PM

    I agree with you both ...just let him do his job...he has a rough row to hoe..A lot of people from all walks of life is just to petty.

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  11. Anonymous6:11:00 PM

    Cupcake - You are right. However, if you are new in town you better follow the unwrittem laws of the society. Otherwise, you won't be invited anywhere anytime soon. I don't know if she is still that way. I think she learned a lesson or two.

    Jeannie - I am sure Mariah also left because the rest of the celebs where shaking their heads at her behavior. It is hard to uphold the diva-antics if people around you don't agree. People like Spielberg, Hanks, Sarandon and Oprah who mingled with the crowd...

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  12. She hasn't done her career any good.People remember arrogant behavior. Remember David Caruso's arrogance?He didn't work for nine years because he thought he was better than his colleagues.

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  13. Anonymous6:16:00 PM

    Right. However, she has one advantage to Caruso. She has a lot of dough.
    Thanks to a huge payout by EMI she doesn't need to work again ever. Her record company decided to sever all ties with her after the third album Mariah produced on their label flopped. They payed 145 million bucks to get rid of her. And there comes the money through the divorce from Tony Motola .
    Recently, I have seen a documentary on her on E! All she does the whole day is to work out, shop and organize her closet.
    Hard to believe that she once was a normal down-to-earth poor girl from Brooklyn...

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  14. just got rid of a houseful of guests.Steve and family.Love them to death,but didn't feel like cooking for them.Took them to the Mandarin,my favorite Chinese restaurant.
    Nice to be home.
    I told them you might come up for a holiday Nee.They told us to bring you over.Steve and Peter are great barbeque cooks.Steve's wife,Mariola, is a great cook too.

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  15. Anonymous6:18:00 PM

    Why do people get 15 minutes of fame and think they are so damn important?

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  16. Anonymous6:21:00 PM

    Because EVERYBODY tells them that they are. So they believe it..LOL

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  17. Anonymous6:23:00 PM

    I love bar-be-que...I will eat most any thing...I am looking forwarw to it ..if the $1.oo holds above $.70 ..hahaha

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  18. Steve and Mariola's son Shayne has a Story.Shayne as it turns out is a genuine genius.He had a tough start in life.He and I want to save the polar bears.We try to educate people about global warming.If the polar caps melt,then "WATER WORLD"will be a reality.

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  19. Anonymous6:26:00 PM

    "O.K." Vix remember when Eddie Murphy/Wike divorced...she don't have a penny now...she better invest wisely.

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  20. Anonymous6:29:00 PM

    Jeannie tell "Shayne's" story..I would love to hear it.

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  21. Anonymous6:35:00 PM

    I get the "National Geographic"each month I am going to see what I can find..see I have a little culture in me...really I like those kind of things.

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  22. Anonymous6:37:00 PM

    I think Mariah is doing fine financially. However, that doesn't keep her from being a completely shallow person.

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  23. Anonymous6:39:00 PM

    Jeannie I like your penis developer...the fool is working on the wrong muscle.

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  24. The twins just called from Florida.Having a good time.Collected some shells for me.
    Sam says their room smells like poo.
    Tomorrow they will be at a more luxurious hotel for a week.

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  25. Anonymous6:45:00 PM

    That's ture very shallow...true colors coming through...you think she was that way all time,just did't have the money to show her colors....
    VIx when you sell your first book stay the same..we will be proud to say we knew you when...

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  26. Anonymous6:49:00 PM

    I am glad you heard from them..glad they are getting new rooms,all in all tgey are having a good time...they found shells ..goog... Justin was out of luck with his...Gunny you are getting your shells.

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  27. Okay,now I can sit down for a minute.
    How much does Gilly weigh now?Does Jill learn anything in pre school?Does she like learning new things?Does she have a particular friend?

    Have you heard from any of the lawyers wives?

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  28. Anonymous6:52:00 PM

    Me writing a book? I like the idea.

    Yes, Florida - there are good places to stay and there are bad. But I think the sunny weather makes up for a lot.

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  29. Just curious Vix.Why did her last three albums flop?Is her time over,her style of music outdated?
    Sometimes people just get tired of someone.

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  30. Anonymous6:57:00 PM

    Gilly weigh 16/18 lbs,doc say he is healthy,he is a long baby,fat.
    Jill loves pre-school...she is very smart,Gil buy her books ..her special friend is name Toby,he's cute .The lawyers wives want me to come back,they vetod her out,I think them but said no.

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  31. Anonymous6:59:00 PM

    Spring is coming..Puppy/landscaping,I have a lot of more interests.

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  32. Your writing improves all the time Vix.A writer who keeps learning as they go is a good writer.
    Start keeping a journal,then someday use it as an outline for your story.I know it will be interesting.

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  33. Anonymous7:02:00 PM

    Yes Vix a book..you can do it..

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  34. Anonymous7:05:00 PM

    Draw the places and things you have done...I will give you one.
    Do as the locals do,strang place,they start leaving you do the same.

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  35. Anonymous7:09:00 PM

    Honestly, I don't know why her albums flopped. However, EMI announced that due to failure of success in record sales they would cut all ties with Mrs. Carey. There were a few artists who shared the same fate. She then went to a much smaller label which produced an album which did fairly well.

    Thank you, Jeannie. That is very kind. I just take more time with my articles. Change and change again until I feel it sounds right to me.

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  36. Anonymous7:10:00 PM

    Vix you got a book right now ..the crime in Baja..a lot of things,just put a spin on it.

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  37. Nee is right.The Baja story is not widely known in the world.That would easily make a sseries of newspaper or magazine articles.

    You think and write like a journalist,not a lot of flowery
    adjectives.The Germanic nature comes out of you,practical,logical,straight to the point.

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  38. Gilly is growing like a weed ,going to be big like his dad.He's getting a lot of nourishment from mama.Is he on pablum yet?

    Does Jill like books? that's a good thing to encourage.THat's why Jaye became a writer.

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  39. The lawywyers wives wanted you back?That's a real compliment to you Nee.

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  40. Anonymous7:23:00 PM

    I was never a friend of flowery words. I tell the Baja stories the way they happen, the way I read them or the way someone who lives there would tell them. Whenever I go down there I ask myself "What will happen today?" It is interesting and frightening at the same time.

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  41. Just looking at my NE.It says P.Swayze's cancer has spread to his lungs.the guy won't give up.

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  42. Anonymous7:42:00 PM

    Well, that was to be expected. As cold as that may sound. He was in the hospital with "pneumonia" a few days ago. Personally, I think he got chemo for the metastases in the lungs. I'll give him two more months.

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  43. That would be about right.Once it spreads to other organs(and it always does)You time left is mere weeks.

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  44. Anonymous7:57:00 PM

    He already looked very bad in the Barbara Walters interview.

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  45. Yes he looked bad and was talking about his death. No time left to be optimistic.Got to get his ducks in a row.Make peace with everyone.Say goodbye to loved ones and spend some time with them.

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  46. Anonymous8:18:00 PM

    Sad but true. Miracles just don't happen. Not in Swayze's case.

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  47. Anonymous8:20:00 PM

    Had to get Gilly...yes he on pablum.I give him a little taste of baby fruit...Jill love books,she know about 10/20 italian words..her teacher says she reads well ,she will be 5 in april,don't seem like Jill was this fast.
    Jeannie ,Gil says everyone likes his lawyer plaque/plea to Gil....

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  48. Anonymous8:23:00 PM

    Patrick was rushed from the interview to the hosiptal...I will watch the beast...I loved him in Ghost with Demi Moore/Whoopi Goldberg...you know he also was a dancer.

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  49. Anonymous8:33:00 PM

    Just like his brother and his mother. Swayze's brother also guest-starred a few times on CSI.

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  50. Anonymous8:41:00 PM

    Vix...back to my thing...can't you write a story in the third person...just base on something,just give it a different spin.

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  51. Gilly's advanacing nicely.
    Sorry I had so slip away and tidy up.I have leave early in the morning for mom's CT scan,and I hate leaving a mess behind.Family always leaves a mess.
    I figured Gilly would be on solids quite early,he's a big boy.

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  52. Anonymous8:43:00 PM

    I can. If you tell me about what.

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  53. I'm glad everyone likes Gil's plaques.They can be a real ice breaker ,especially for new clients.

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  54. Anonymous8:47:00 PM

    You have a lot of material...like Jeannie say,keep a journal...It make take a while...might take some years,honey we are here for you...

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  55. Anonymous8:50:00 PM

    I'll write them when they happen. Because then the memory is stil fresh, the details more vivid. I write the best when I can see things in my minds eyes.

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  56. Anonymous8:51:00 PM

    About the book thing...we will call him abe.

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  57. Anonymous8:57:00 PM

    He weighed 8lbs 9ozs at birth...I am going to ween him early ,he is a greedy little bugger...the Lawyer's tomb he likes best,I caught kim looking to see if you had put up more....

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  58. Anonymous9:01:00 PM

    Oh yes ...he has the one abot Mother Nature has a sense of humor..what is Brian doing say hello and put his pants back on....hahahaha

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  59. Are you going to call the puppy Abe???

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  60. Anonymous9:04:00 PM

    No ...I was telling Vix if she wrote about you know who call him abe hahaha

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  61. Brian says" Hello,Jean'ne".
    "I have my pants on,but am taking them off in a minute to take a shower.If Jean wants to do something about that,it's okay with me."

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  62. Anonymous9:09:00 PM

    Way to go Brian...tell come wash your back ...that always work for my man.

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  63. Anonymous9:11:00 PM

    I do think our men have a little devil in them...I likeit hahaha

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  64. Good choice:
    A-Assinine
    B-Brainless
    A-anaemic

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  65. Anonymous9:13:00 PM

    If I write a book I'll call them by their real names. Consequences be damned!

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  66. Anonymous9:15:00 PM

    I will say goodnite...going to stop by Vix's house to see what she is up to.

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  67. Anonymous9:16:00 PM

    I hear you girl,you know we are here

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  68. Oh,I got that wrong.It should be:
    A-Assinine
    B-Brainless
    E-Ego-maniac

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  69. Anonymous9:18:00 PM

    Good night Cupcake.

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  70. Nite,I always pop over there after our chats.

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