According to Fox.com's Pop Tart column, lighting and camera technicians complained that Carey was a complete diva while taping the show. The crew claims to have been made to put more than normal effort into positioning lights and camera angles, only to be double checked my the star's personal staff.

"We had to reshoot one of the questions," one cameraman told the column. "I had to change the lighting and alter the position and do it again because we went off angle slightly. She has a director of photography with her at all times and can only be shot from the waist up."

Carey performed on the show's live taping, using a jewel-encrusted microphone and mic stand.

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What is it about this scrawny D-lister that puts women under a spell? I would never guess that Mariah would stoop this low.

What is going on with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon?

They were reportedly getting cozy in Las Vegas this past weekend, and now I just spotted the two of them together at the Beverly Hills Hotel!

The pair were sitting in the backseat of a very large black Bentley stopped at the entrance of the hotel, which was preventing other cars from coming and going. Not sure what the deal was, but the two stayed put as a couple of gals from their entourage kept getting in and out of the car.

Carey, 39, and Cannon, 27, never left the luxury sedan and were finally whisked away by their driver around 8:30 p.m.

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"Fly like a bird"

The original super diva works it like no other. Do you see the way she placed her hands? What us common folk label 'hair,' Mimi thinks is golden strands woven from God. Those flat ironed locks are not worthy of a full toss, only a light, delicate, slow touch.

Mariah did an interview for BBC Radio's Reggie Yates. During the interview he told her she's sold 80 million records. Mariah then said, "Is that the right quote?" before she put him on the hold and the line went dead. Mimi has sold 160 million records. 80 million is for losers.
Here's the beginning of the interview:

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Of course you can't have Mariah in a commercial without talking about her new fragrance! They just had to ruin it with throwing Donald Trump in the mix didn't they?!?

Snoop Dogg is great! A true talent, and not just because I threw his 'Sexual Seduction' track into my music-to-have-sex-to rotation. He speaks a lot of truth. Check it.

On hip-hop:

I seen that sh*t! Bullsh*t! The woman is perceived the way…she is perceived. It is what it is, man. You gotta look at what hip-hop is. Hip-hop is not the stories. It's not a soap opera. Hip-hop is not ‘The View.' It's not…'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' Hip-hop is what it is. We have our certain views on women the way we do. It's like Playboy.

Do anybody got something to say about the way Playboy view women? They take their shirt off and show their t**ties. That's the first way to get into Playboy. You gotta show Hugh Heffner your t**ties if you wanna get in Playboy. There's nothing degrading about that, but at the same time, when we show women in videos, they have their clothes on. We don't play videos on BET with women naked; we can't get away with that. But it's degrading what we're doing, when in actuality, we're giving these women a chance to shine.

Now, if these women would become directors and depict women in a different light, then that would give them a different light as far as the way people view them. A male director is gonna direct it the way he feels. He's gonna make it the way a woman looks sexy.

Look at this for example. How many ugly women selling records? None! Only the pretty ones sell records. Beyonce, Mary J, Keyshia Cole, the ugly ones don't sell. I ain't gon say no names, but they don't sell records. They just be singing their little hearts out, but they don't get no sales, cause they ugly.

Now, that's my fault? I can see this on TV now: ‘Snoop Dogg called me, ugly.' You beautiful on the inside, baby. What I wanna say to go on top of that, to the chocolate women, the dark-skinned women, I love ya'll.

I got a chocolate daughter at home. I always tell her chocolate is the best thing in the world. Don't think that light skin is in, chocolate ain't never went nowhere. Black is beautiful. I love dark-skinned women. That's why my videos be having dark women in them. I always used to have light-skinned women. Look at it. Show them one of my videos.

Janet Jackson was suppose to be the musical guest on SNL this weekend but since she fell ill, Mariah Carey will be taking her spot. Uh oh! One diva taking the spot of another?

Carey, 37, will replace Jackson on Saturday Night Live this weekend after Jackson, 41, fell ill Monday night. "They wanted her for 10 years," says a rep for Carey. "It's going to be hot!" The Grammy-winning songbird will join host Jonah Hill for her first appearance on the show in more than a decade. Carey will perform tracks from her upcoming album E=MC2, which will be released April 15.

Mariah better be on point with her performance cause it seems like she hasn't performed live in forever! Bring your A game, girl.

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I'm gonna have to listen to the song a couple more times before I can really decide if I like it, but she's looking hot as hell!

When Inside Hollywood asked Mariah Carey about doing a duet with Jennifer Lopez, she said:

"I'd rather be on stage with a pig " a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen."

J. Lo sounds like a cat in heat whenever she tries to sing. Could she hit any of the high notes Mariah can? Never. This diva is well aware of her gifts. Go head now.

The butterfly loving diva proves once again that she's intellectual and she truly cares about the well being of others.

When asked about her thoughts on banning size zero models on the runway, Mariah replied:

"I don't think anyone should be banned from anything. There should not be a precedent. That cannot work if you are naturally a size zero. As long as it's not leading people to do harmful things to themselves to achieve that, then it's fine."

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