JackieBlue said:

is Lead the Way on it?

Wedding Photos





So, how does it feel to be married?
Mariah: [Laughing] Who wants to go first? You go first.
Nick: It feels amazing. My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I've been smiling for days.
Mariah: It's comforting--and something I've never felt before. Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn't trying to do anything but make me happy. It's wonderful.

It happened pretty fast, didn't it?
Nick: In our minds, it was a love-at-first-sight thing. Since we've been together, we've been inseparable.
Mariah: I don't think anyone realized what we already know--that we were going to get married.

When did you first know that?
Nick: I'd always admired Mariah from afar, but once we connected I felt it was destined: This has to be my wife.
Mariah: I definitely knew. Of course, everyone is running the photo from the 2005 Teen Choice Awards...
Nick: From then on, I thought, "I have to get closer to her and express my true feelings." I was praying I'd have the chance to share them with her.
Mariah: People were very skeptical and told him, "You can never get past her people." I only knew that he'd say nice things about me. So I thanked him when [I saw him again].
Nick: I said, "I meant every single word. Hopefully I can express more to you." She was down-to-earth. From that point, we built a friendship.

In late March, Carey flew to Antigua to shoot a music video for "Bye Bye," from her new album, E=MC². She cast Cannon, 27--star of MTV's Wild'N Out, and an entertainment minimogul with his own record label and clothing line--as the romantic lead.

Mariah: I told people, "I like him and want him to do it." The song was a love story. It was perfect for us.
Nick: From the first time we sat down to discuss the video at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we connected. We had so much in common spiritually, and we laugh at the same things. I didn't have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years old.
Mariah: [Laughing] We were having a such a good time on the shoot.
Nick: I brought her little pieces of candy. I'd write little third-grade notes instead of being over-the-top.
Mariah: He wrote the note, "Will you be my girlfriend?" with boxes for yes or no. In the video, we're boyfriend and girlfriend. It seemed very natural.

Were all your friends surprised by your marriage?
Mariah: Some were, but some weren't. One thing [few people] knew was we got tattoos a few weeks earlier. So anyone who saw my [Mrs. Cannon] tattoo wasn't surprised.
Nick: To me rings are special and exciting, but tattoos mean more than anything. They're forever and ever. They professed our love.
Mariah: And they hurt!
Nick: A lot.

Why did you keep your engagement and wedding plans a secret?
Mariah: We only told people who had to know. [To everyone else] we said we were [going to the Bahamas] for the video. If we brought a million people with us, it would've been obvious we weren't shooting a video.

The week of the wedding, Nick and Mariah traveled to her estate on the Bahamian island of Windermere on a Gulfstream jet. They also flew in boxes of live Maine lobsters, fine china and Dom Perignon champagne. Just a dozen guests attended, including BFFs like rapper Da Brat.

Mariah: Only about four people know we were going down there to get married. Once we were there, they gave me a bachelorette party. Everyone calls me Mary Poppins. No matter how provocatively I might dress, I'm very pruddish. So they did everything they could to shock me. They had a grab bag full of silly things they think a bachelorette wants. They were so happy they got to embarrass me.

Describe your wedding dress.
Mariah: It was a simple, slim-cut dress [by Nile Cmylo] in an off-white that turns into a very pale pink to match the sand. And [Christian] Louboutins--I can wear high heels with Nick because he's tall. Flats are not in my repertoire. Nick looked beautiful in his tux.
Nick: I think it was Balenciaga.

How was the ceremony?
Mariah: We got married at sunset on the beach. We were trying to get the really golden light. It was late--of course I was late, it's just in my DNA. We had a white carpet on the sand that went to the water's edge. My pastor Clarence Keaton flew in from New York. The whole wedding was really beautiful and sweet. Being there with loved ones under the sky... it was a spiritual moment.

What were you thinking then?
Mariah: When I walked down the aisle, I was thinking, "My veil is blowing all over the place!" It was really windy. I was nervous. We didn't know if they would make us speak.
Nick: I haven't been shy in years, but I was speechless. I was elated, but I was thinking, "Don't pass out." What the pastor did was really cool. He said, "The eyes are the window to the soul," then gave us an entire minute to stare into each other's eyes. So I was saying, "Don't cry."
Mariah: With the sun setting on the turquoise water, we kissed.
Nick: We had our passionate wedding kiss. Then I swooped her off her feet.
Mariah: He carried me to the water.

And afterward?
Mariah: The cake came out. Everybody stumbled over their toasts. They didn't know what to say. They thought they were coming to a shoot!

What about a honeymoon?
Mariah: That was being here [in the Bahamas] after the wedding. Some friends stayed, too, but it was really time for Nick and I to be together.

Have you thought about kids yet?
Mariah: It's part of the whole purpose of getting married. I'd just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could.

So you have thought about kids?
Mariah: Yes.
Nick: Absolutely.

What do you love about each other?
Nick: She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside. She is such a giving, nurturing spirit. Someone who has spent their entire life making others happy.
Mariah: We really do feel we are soulmates. I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me. I was always so career-oriented. I would hope and pray for my friends to find love, but I never did that for myself. And then? Everything just fell into place!

The Proposal
On April 25 Cannon took Carey to the roof of her N.Y.C. apartment to see the Empire State Building, lit pink and lavender to honor her album E=MC². As he often did, he gave her a Ring Pop--candy shaped like a big jewel. But inside the wrapper was a 17-carat pink-diamond ring created by Jacob & Co.'s Jacob Arabo. Her reaction? "He had ribbons around it, so I said, 'I think mine's broken,'" says Carey. When he dropped to one knee, "she ran away and got all shy." he says. Finally, she said yes--twice. Cannon, who filmed it all, proposed again to get a perfect take, this time on a helicopter. "That," says Carey, "was beautiful."

theodore said:

But of course!

I'll post it soon but I have to cut it down. It's turning out to be much longer than I thought.

JackieBlue said:

She has some amazing ballads

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Mariah Carey, husband Nick Cannon with Richard Parson and Gayle King at the Time 100 party



Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon step out for the first time as newlyweds

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Make Post-Wedding Debut

Mariah Carey and her new husband, Nick Cannon, made their first public appearance Thursday night, hitting the Big Apple for Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" gala.

Carey, wearing a silver minidress, sang at the party, held at New York City's Lincoln Center. Afterwards, she slipped into a strapless black dress accessorized with her 17-carat wedding ring to hit hotspot The Waverly Inn. Her new tattoo ("Mrs. Cannon" on the small of her back), however, was well hidden.

Approached at the gala, friend of the couple's director Tyler Perry, joked he had "a major issue with [Mariah]." "You know I want to take you out and you don’t tell me you’re getting married?," he said to PEOPLE. "What's that about!" All kidding aside, he added she's an "amazing person. I am really happy for her."

Carey and Cannon surprised friends and family April 30 with a Caribbean wedding, and honeymooned in the Bahamas after.

Could children be next? "Her baby will be in Gucci, Chanel and diamonds from birth," says Perry. "Just know that."

^thanks a lot for the HQ photos

PricelessHo said:

no prob

Honestly, I still can't believe she actually married him.....it all seems so sudden, hell, it was sudden! I seriously hope this works out for both of them 'cause I can just see that 'Bye, bye, bye' video being played upon the break up and not to mention how hard its gonna be for Nick Cannon to remove that tattoo of Mariah's name from his back!

Bye Bye is a sweet song, but not strong single material, though I have a soft spot for it at the same time.

I think For the Record needs to be released as a single, nobody is hating on that song and it's the best one on the CD.

Bye Bye video
http://www.youtube.com/wa...J5aNRpxRCo

cute fan made video
http://www.youtube.com/wa...h_response








[Edited 5/11/08 17:09pm]

^again, mimi, you rule

the 4th photo (on the right), i haven't seen that one before. its gorgeous.

Jasmine's Juice: MC+NC=Perfect Pair

So the world's press have been falling over themselves recently, coming up with all sorts of completely fabricated stories about Mariah- and calling all of us who love her for a quote. So here goes:

Congratulations to my New York cousin who has become a wife, and her new husband, Nick Cannon. MC is still an MC, as she's now Mrs Mariah Carey-Cannon!

Before we get into the real talk, let's cut the silly stories dead:

MC didn't buy her own ring and she wasn't given a second hand ring. In fact, I'm reliably informed that the ring Nick once offered someone else isn't even in the same league as the one MC is sporting. MC's is 10 times bigger.

MC's ring is the most beautiful ring ever with "pink yet lavender" diamonds surrounding the centre.

Next: The flowers didn't come from the island of Eleuthera. They were flown in from Miami. Also, with regards to all the pre-nup rumours; all you need to know is they're both independent with their own thing going on and have both their respective heads screwed firmly on!

MC has been friends with Nick since 2005 when he presented her with a Billboard Music Award. They kept in touch and let their friendship develop and the most beautiful thing is: Nick always used to say he was in love with MC and that one day he was going to marry her. It seems he spoke it into existence!!

Nick went on to propose to MC- twice! Firstly on the Empire State Building, which she had just lit up publicly in pink- yet lavender- lights.

Nick hid the ring in a candy wrapper amongst lollipops and lunchboxes, and then he re-proposed after whisking her off on a helicopter ride around New York so she could see her "pink and lavender Empire State Building."

Think that's beautiful? They've further cemented their love for each other with tattoos. Neither of them have ever had a tattoo in their lives but now MC is sporting a "Mrs Cannon" tattoo while Nick has "Mariah" across his back.

I can say that of all the men I've seen MC with in the past, I've never seen her like this. I'm not sure she's ever truly been in love until now. And even better still, all of us who love her, love him, coz he constantly reminds us: "I am madly in love with my wife and it's my life duty to make her happy."

I toast you Mr and Mrs Cannon!

Jasmine Dotiwala - The Voice

So while working on my compilation, I realized there were a lot of ballads I didn't know the complete lyrics to so I read through a few songs and was really moved. I had taken they lyrics for granted, more focused on melody or skipping them entirely because I'm not that into ballads. There are some really beautiful quality songs in her discography.

She could have very well continued doing this as 75% of her album material and perhaps have gone the route of Vanessa Williams or Celine Dion. Two singers I enjoy but always felt they crossed into 'adult contemporary' before their time or maybe just before I wanted them to.

JackieBlue said:

titles please

PricelessHo said:

I hope Til The End of Time is on it

that's my favorite Mariah ballad ever

muse87 said:

I love that song too. i used to play it all the time. It's definitely on there.

Alone In Love? And You Don't Remember? If Its Over?

ok why not make it easier for us and post the initial list jackie lol

Okay for starters I still can't find her debut album in my collection (!) but Vanishing and Vision of Love would be included. Here are the others:

Twister
Petals
Lead the Way
Subtle Invitation
I Wish You Well
Never Too Far
My All
I Am Free
My Saving Grace
Against All Odds
I Wish You Knew
Sunflowers for Alfred Roy
Fly Like A Bird
Bliss
Anytime You Need A Friend
Till the End of Time
The Wind
Without You
[Edited 5/12/08 14:19pm]

PricelessHo said:

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Celebrate Ellen's Birthday

Newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were among the high-profile guests at Ellen DeGeneres's 50th birthday bash in Southern California over the weekend.

The party, held on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank (where DeGeneres is now taping her show, after having moved from the nearby NBC studios), was set up like a carnival complete with 10-ft. elephant topiaries, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, carousel, dunk tank and stilt-walkers.

Others who helped the talk-show host celebrate her landmark which was actually back on Jan. 26 included the Jonas Brothers, Paris Hilton and Benji Madden, David and Courtney Cox Arquette, T.R. Knight, and Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson.

For entertainment, Pink sang several of her hits, the dance crew ACDC performed and DJ Samantha Ronson spun tunes as guests hit the dance floor.

Snacks included red velvet cupcakes, Pinkberry yogurt, sushi and a dim sum buffet.

DeGeneres, who was accompanied by girlfriend Portia de Rossi, will share clips of the celebration on her TV show set to air Friday, May 16.
[Edited 5/12/08 18:03pm]

Aww, look at 'em. This reminds me to set my DVR.

am soo watching it tomorrow

Preview

Festive!

I think those gifts are going right to Portia.

JackieBlue said:

OOh...Did you like Underneath The Stars? Or There Goes My Heart?

Underneath the Stars is one of my all time favorites but I wasn’t sure if it fit into the mode. Like Fourth of July it sort of has a young feel to it and I was going for more mature songs. But maybe it fits. There Goes My Heart?! Is that some sort of bonus track??? I can’t think of how it goes. I know I’m probably missing a couple of songs.
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The Ellen Interview

MC gives Ellen her birthday gifts (so funny)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...wcXuXRg35o

MC speaks to Ellen about marriage

http://jonathanjaxson.blogspot.com/

PricelessHo said:

Stream failed to connect.

jackie, i think he fixed it now, check again.

OMG! Ellen’s comments on the tattoo comparison are hilarious plus her sitting there in the lingerie.

and Nick using The Secret to speak their marriage into reality