December 03, 2002 |
TRUE CONFESSIONS
Glitter may have been a turkey, but it wasn't so bad that it led Mariah Carey to attempt suicide — at least that's what the 32-year-old diva tells Matt Lauer on tonight's Dateline NBC. Carey insists it's "absolutely not" true that she tried to kill herself on July 25, 2001, when she was rushed to a New York hospital after her mom called 911. "I'm far too much of a spiritual person to do that," she says. "That's God's choice when it's time for me to go." She also downplays talk that she suffered a nervous breakdown in the wake of her Glitter debacle. "No, a nervous breakdown is not accurate," she says. "Because a nervous breakdown, you know, you don't recover from so quickly. All I needed was, like, five hours' sleep." Meanwhile, Carey's much-hyped comeback album Charmbracelet lands in stores today, and the reviews are rather, well, glittery. "Carey makes a concerted effort to project more maturity and sophistication," says USA Today. The New York Post goes a step further, calling the CD "an excellent effort." |
JUST CALL HIM BENZ AFFLECK
How smitten is Ben Affleck with fiancée Jennifer Lopez? So much so that the Sexiest Man Alive bought her mother, Guadalupe, a Capri Blue Mercedes E-Class sedan while vacationing in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving Day, the New York Daily News reports. Affleck allegedly paid for the car with "fresh bills." |
AND BABY MAKES FIVE
Malcolm in the Middle's Jane Kaczmarek, 46, gave birth to a baby girl, Mary Louisa, Monday in Los Angeles. This is the actress's third child with West Wing thesp Bradley Whitford, 43. |
HEAR THEM ROAR
Paramount Pictures Chairwoman Sherry Lansing has topped The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the 100 most powerful women in Hollywood. Among the celebs making the cut were Julia Roberts (12), Madonna (60), Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling (64) and wonder twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (98). |
OIL LEAK
Peter Garrett, the lead singer of Australian rock band Midnight Oil, is quitting the group after more than two decades to focus on his true passion: saving the environment. "It is time for me to move on and immerse myself in those things which are of deep concern to me and which I have been unable to fully apply myself to up to now," he said. |
JUST A LITTLE SORE
CNN American Morning host Paula Zahn remains hospitalized following a weekend skiing accident that left her with a broken leg and knee. Daryn Kagan will fill in for Zahn until she's ready to return. |
MOSTLY MARTHA
Martha Stewart's legal woes don't seem to be hurting her popular syndicated TV show. King World Prods. announced Monday that Martha Stewart Living has been renewed for an 11th season. |
FAREWELL
CBS News vet Ernest Leiser, the exec responsible for hiring anchor-to-be Dan Rather, died on Nov. 26 after suffering an apparent heart attack while asleep in his South Nyack, N.Y., home. He was 81. |
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