self-proclaimed diva extraordinaire mariah carey pulled an interesting move yesterday. far be it for me to mock her ‘creativity,’ but i think this move was the opposite of constructive.
while shooting the video for her new single ‘obsessed,’ carey decided to nix the male lead and just play it herself. yeah, i know… weird. director brett ratner apparently ok’ed it, and let her shine in all her manly glory. there is some talk that mariah is responding via video to rapper eminem. while eminem denies any malicious wrongdoing, mariah and her man nick cannon took offense to some of the claims made in the rapper’s single ‘bagpipes from baghdad.’
hmmm maybe it’s just me, but i don’t see how dressing up as a (very convincing) man does much to get back at someone. perhaps its just a publicity stunt. check out the lyrics for mariah’s new single ‘obsessed,’ and you be the judge: “why are you so obsessed with me/ boy, i wanna know/ lying that you’re sexing me/ when everybody knows/ it’s clear that you’re upset with me….you’re delusional/boy, you’re losing your mind.”
the execs over at HBO should write a big ‘ole thank-you note to ‘twilight.’ mainly because viewership for the second season of the network’s vampire drama ‘true blood’ went up 157% from the previous year. ‘twilight,’ among other things, made vampires the cool new thing.
