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Chit-Chatter: Mariah Carey’s Ex-Husband Tommy Mottola Says His Controlling Ways Contributed To Her Superstardom

MiMi’s ex-hubby is talkin’ that talk in his new book… Tommy Mottola Says His Controlling Ways Were The Reason For Mariah Carey’s Success Pop superstar Mariah Carey might have broken records across genres of music, inspired generations of performers and may even have arguably had one of the greatest voices in music at one point, but her former music mogul hubby Tommy Mottola says without him laying down the law during their roller coaster marriage, she wouldn’t be the superstar diva that he is today. via Huffington Post Mariah Carey’s ex-husband, record executive Tommy Mottola — who she says was a “controlling” man who “mentally and emotionally” abused her during their four-year-marriage — is speaking out. Mottola, who is 20 years Carey’s senior and married her when she was just 23, is clearing the air in his new memoir “Hitmaker,” saying he might have been demanding, but he’s the reason for her worldwide success. “If it seemed like I was controlling, I apologize,” he writes in his book, available on Jan. 15. “Was I obsessive? Yes. But that was also part of the reason for her success.” According to the New York Post, Mottola explains that because he didn’t let Carey take a break early on in her career, she became a superstar. “My feeling was that there’d be plenty of time for Mariah to celebrate just a little ways down the road,” the 63-year-old, now married to singer Thalia, writes. “I’m not talking 10 years, just a few.” But the music mogul is not taking full responsibility, adding that Carey’s talent is untouched. “An unbelievable energy was running though me, screaming, ‘Turn the car around! That may be the best voice you’ve ever heard in your life,’” he reportedly writes of when he first listened to Carey’s demo. Hmmmm. Pretty sure diva MiMi won’t like the sound of these claims. We wouldn’t even be surprised if she spoke out on this during her interview tonight..

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Chit-Chatter: Mariah Carey’s Ex-Husband Tommy Mottola Says His Controlling Ways Contributed To Her Superstardom

A Verrrry Special Night: These Celebrities May Possibly Have Been Conceived Righhht Around Valentine’s Day

We did a little math… From moment of conception to birth takes anywhere from 38 to 40 weeks, in case any of you were wondering. And we all know that Valentine’s Day is a special day for lovers to get their loooooove on. So we crunched some numbers and looked at celebrities born between the last week in November to the middle of December and figured there was a chance their parents came together during the love season and maybe even on Valentine’s itself! Hopefully YOU will only be popping out December babies if you plan on it! Continue reading

Nicki Minaj Covers VIBE Magazine And Says “My Time For Proving Things To Critics Is Over”

Another day, another magazine cover for Nicki Minaj ! Young Money’s other big breadwinner covers the March issue of VIBE Magazine talks about readying Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and discusses how things done changed since Pink Friday came out. Peep a few quotes from the issue below: VIBE: You’ve said before that you didn’t really have fun recording Pink Friday. Nicki Minaj: I felt like I had something to prove to everyone who said a female rapper could not make an album unless she was talking about her pu$$y. And so I went above and beyond to prove that I could not talk about sex and not talk about my genitalia and still have a successful album. And I proved that. And now my time for proving things to my critics is over. I don’t really need to prove anything to anyone else anymore. Is it still hard to get your way as a woman in this industry? It’s not hard to get your way when it’s your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they’re not around. I don’t really like the sound of that, ‘cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I’m just very black and white when it comes to my business. There’s really no gray area. I really don’t have a lot of small talk with people I work with. It’s pretty much let’s get the job done. In the beginning, if people didn’t know me they’d probably assume I wasn’t smart or wasn’t business savvy. But once you sit and talk to me, it’s a different story. You were heavy on the fashion scene last year around Fashion Week with Anna Wintour. Do you feel like you’ve been accepted by the fashion world? Yeah, I realized more recently that even if it’s for a fashion magazine, I’m not gonna change who I am. When I was doing photo shoots last year, I kept on being told, “This is what we want your hair to look like and this is what we want you to look like,” and it really, really stifled my creativity. So the other day I was talking to a photographer, and he said, “You know what, I like your everyday looks so much better than when you do photo shoots for magazines.” And I was like, “So do I, you’re absolutely right.” I’d been getting more and more frustrated for a while. But I’ve made up my mind that when you see a Nicki Minaj magazine cover from now on, it’s really going to reflect me and it’s going to be something that I creatively had a hand in, because I don’t have to do it anymore. I don’t have to do things just to please people. It’s okay to do what I love because what I love, my fans love. And they’re really the only ones that should matter. The fashion world will have to come to Nicki Minaj, as opposed to Nicki Minaj trying to go to the fashion world. Source Continue reading