Christina vs. Mariah

Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey Trade Barbs

BY MARLA LEHNER

Tuesday May 16, 2006 05:00 PM EDT

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Apparently there's some bad blood between multi-octave divas Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey.

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According to Access Hollywood, the war of words started when Aguilera said that Carey was "never cool to me" in the June issue of GQ.

"One time, we were at a party and I think she got really drunk, and she had just really derogatory things to say to me," Aguilera told the magazine. "But it was at that time that she had that breakdown, so she might have been very medicated."

(In 2001, Carey was hospitalized for exhaustion after several bizarre public appearances, including a near-striptease on MTV's TRL.)

In response to Aguilera's comments, Carey told Access Hollywood, "I had hoped that Christina was in a better place now than the last time I saw her, when she showed up uninvited at one of my parties and displayed questionable behavior.

"It is sad yet predictable that she would use my name at this time to reinvent past incidents for her promotional gain," Carey added. "It is in my heart to forgive and I will keep her in my prayers."

Aguilera, whose new album, Back to Basics, is due Aug. 15, seems ready for a truce. "I do not want any bad energy with anyone," she told Accesswhen contacted for comment. "My intentions were not to upset Mariah with any statements that were published or taken out of context. I have all the respect in the world for her."

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So, which party, could Mariah be referring to?

According to the National Enquirer-

Mariah warns Christina about booze battle Christina Aguilera The National Enquirer reports Mariah Carey has reached out to Christina Aguilera to urge the hard partying pop tart to seek help before she spirals into a full-blown alcohol and partying addiction. She told XXX-Tina, "You're going to end up burned out at 30, like I was!" The scene happened at the party Mariah tossed after the American Music Awards, where Aguilera got so plowed that she nearly lost her skimpy top. Mariah played big sister to the younger diva, begging her not to buckle under the pressures and temptations of young stardom that Mariah herself nearly flamed out on. Carey ordered her handlers to sneak the drunken Aguilera past photographers by covering her with a towel. Even while covered up, Christina continued boozing under the towel. But her cover was blown when her glass slipped and shattered on the sidewalk outside. (PopDirt)

Christina vs. Britney

No More Kisses for Christina, Britney

BY STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN

Tuesday December 30, 2003 01:50 PM EST

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Don't count Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who started their careers together in "The Mickey Mouse Club" and both bussed Madonna at September's MTV Video Music Awards, as kissin' kin. In the December issue of Blender magazine, Aguilera, 23, says of Spears: "She seemed very distant, even during rehearsals.... She seems to me like a lost little girl, someone who desperately needs guidance." Spears, 22, hasn't taken Aguilera's comments lightly. As reported by the Associated Press, the pop princess recalls in the magazine's January issue a story about seeing former friend Aguilera for the first time in two years. "She comes up to me in a club in front of all these people and tries to put her tongue down my throat!," says Spears. "I say, 'It's good to see you,' and she goes, 'Well, you're not being real with me.' I was like, 'Well, Christina, what's your definition of real? Going up to girls and kissing them after you haven't seen them for two years?' "A lost girl? I think it's probably the other way around," adds Spears. "I can't believe she said that about me. When someone has been rude to you so many times, it's like, 'You know what, Christina, I'm really not about the fake ... anymore.' " Spears also reportedly told Aguilera to her face: "You're scary and I feel really dark when I'm around you.'"

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Oh my God, it's not a mole!

My hand is quivering..... I am taking a deep breath... It is so difficult for me to share what I am about to say... I think I am an unfit pet owner.. That is the only way I can really describe what I am about to say.

My cat Autumn Rose is the nuttiest little creature you will ever met. She reminds me a lot of myself. She is about 5 years old and quite frankly one of the most beautiful cats to ever walk the face of this earth. She is a seal point Siamese cat with blue-sky eyes.

Ever since I first got Autumn I thought she had the most peculiar mole. It was probably the size of a tic tac (you know the breath mints, my personal favorite was citrus). I thought it was cool. Gave her some personality like Cindy Crawford and Marilyn Monroe. This particular birthmark was situated on her orphus (the location where her kittens would come out).

One day my cousin Victoria came over and said something like of "Oh my god that is so nasty are you going to clean it?"

I didn't know what she was talking about so I asked her. She replied, "She has shit on her orphus, she has a shit covered orphus."

"What are you talking about?" I said. "That's not shit it's a birthmark."

"It's not a fucken birthmark that is shit. That is dried shit on her ass. Get a paper towel and clean it."

Is it possible that for so many years I allowed my cat to roam around my house, frolic in the kitchen, and curl up next to me with a dried piece of shit on her ass? I was in shock.

I decided to prove my cousin wrong. I went to the bathroom and got some toilet paper. My poor cat curled up on my lap not knowing the fate that awaited her. I looked at it up close. It still looked like a mole. I grabbed the toilet paper and clinched what I still believed to be the mole. She made no noise. I began to pull lightly, and she began to meow. I was slightly disturbed as I was not sure if it was cooing from pain or pleasure. I pulled tighter and still nothing. I tried one final tug, and she screeched louder putting her hind legs up. Off came the mole.. It was no mole, but indeed was a dried shit particle. Her flesh was pink.. A sigh of relief on her face. I am telling you this damn shit particle had been on her since I got her.

My poor cat Autumn Rose had been roaming around with me for at least 2 years with a clump of dried shit stuck to her ass, because I thought it was a mole.. I will never forgive myself.

What I have learned from this is that Autumn doesn't know how to wipe her ass. She still gets caca on her punja, and now that I know that it isn't a mole I clean it..

Holy shit, it wasn't a mole it was a shit particle!!!! This was today's treat.. I have since cleaned it, but the one she had for many years was much flatter and didn't stick out. Just another day.

Album Review Whitney Houston "I Look to You"

Let me start of by saying that I really wanted to love this album, however I just can't. Much was made of this "comeback" album, but in all reality it's all glitz with no substance. The only way I can really describe this album is distant. Whitney never seems to connect to the material, and to listen to the deterioration in her voice is just plain depressing.

It's been seven years since Whitney's last album, the equally deplorable "Just Whitney." Since that time Whitney has made more news for the battles she's fought with her personal demons than with the music she has created. Whitney's fore into drug and alcohol abuse didn't come without a price. That price is irreversible damage to her greatest instrument: the voice.

Whitney could once count on her voice to elevate even the most lackluster material she was given to another level. Now you get sub-par vocals with sub-par material and there is truly nothing remarkable about this latest effort. Whitney has stated in countless interviews that she was content living her life away from music. She talks about Clive Davis coercing her into recording again because he missed her and so did the public, however I've never heard Whitney say she wanted to come back because she loves music. Because she loves to sing or has something to say, and that shows on this album. Where is her love and passion at?

Even though the songs were written with personal struggles in mind Whitney never feels connected to them. Many critics have said the toning down of her vocals allows her the ability to express more through the lyrics. I couldn't disagree more. 90% of Whitney's ability to interpret and express a song is her vocal ability, and with dry, disenchanting vocals you get dry disenchanting songs. I don't expect long belting or "vocal acrobatics" as cliche as that is to say, on every song, however when a certain bridge or chorus needs emphasis with earth shattering vocals, I expect Whitney to bring it. She never does.

With that said there are some commendable tracks on the album. The Alicia Keys penned "Million Dollar Bill" is a disco/dance feast that finds Whitney being fun and frisky. The vocal intro at the beginning of the song is one of the few highlights on the album. I have mixed feelings about her remake of Leon Russell's "A Song for You." I was really looking forward to this song with high anticipation however the death of the song is again in her lackluster vocal performance. I was expecting chills down my spine at the start of the song and instead I was very disappointed. I like the fact that she changed it up to a dance remake, however knowing what she did with the "It's not Right but It's Okay," remake and then listening to this is a bit disheartening. Not to mention that Christina Aguilera wiped the floor with this song on Herbie Hancok's "Possiblities" album. Diane Warren, who Whitney has created some of her biggest hits with provides us with "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." It's an admirable attempt, however it definitely doesn't recapture their former glory. I kept waiting for the big vocal in which Whitney would affirm and that she didn't know her own strength, but that didn't allow her to crumble. Sadly Whitney coos through the song as though she doesn't really believe what she is singing either.... The voice is hoarse and again detached. "Salute" written by R. Kelly is a funky cut in which Whitney finally finds that balance between sassy and convincing. The chorus is catchy and the concept of the song is overall enjoyable. One of the few hits rather than misses on the entire album.

This album will be considered a comeback only because the bar was set so low because of the previous product that she put out and the personal demons she's fought. We won't be talking about this album years from now, and if anything people will purchase this album just because Whitney is back on track, but she's still got a long way to go. If this album had been put out by any of the handful of pop/R&B singers that are out right now the response to this album would be lukewarm at best. Because it's Whitney Houston doesn't make it okay to accept material such as this. In fact because it is Whitney Houston we should demand better material than this.