Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey may have sung "All I Want For Christmas is You" in a recent Christmas special but her real Christmas list was perhaps a bit more extensive. She recently tweeted a picture of a Rolls-Royce next to a private plane with the words: "Still getting over my Christmas gift from Nick Cannon... License plate: mommyMC." Carey is pregnant with the couple's first child and set to give birth this spring.

Carey joins several other new Rolls owners including Guy Ritchie and Kim Kardashian. In December, Paris Hilton was spotted taking a black Rols-Royce Ghost for a test drive.

[via Contact Music]

Mariah Carey is the latest celebrity to sell her wares on a home shopping channel. WWD reports that Carey is working with HSN on a lifestyle collection that will span jewelry, footwear and a limited edition version of her Luscious Pink fragrance. Pries will range from $39.99 to $199.95. There aren't too many details out yet but expect lots of pink, butterflies and glitter. The line will debut on November 29. Other recent HSN stars include Liza Minnelli and designer Jonathan Adler. Over on QVC, the Kardashians, Priscilla Presley, Christie Brinkley and more are also selling via home shopping.

While I wasn't looking forward to giving Forever Mariah Carey a scent test I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Given Mariah's love of butterflies, pink and super exaggerated femininity. I was expecting to be bowled over with bubblegum sweetness. But just as her turn in "Precious" proved, Mariah is more than just a big voice and a larger-than-life persona. The girl's got heart and this scent has plenty of it. It's sweet but the sweetness is subtle and endearing.

The fragrance takes its name from Mariah's single from the Daydream album. This is sort of a dreamlike scent. It's ethereal qualities mean that it's not particularly strong, perhaps a good thing in this case because too much strength might result in a headache inducing scent. It's billed as a modern opulent floral but while the floral is there the modern and opulent seem in short supply. It's not strong enough to really be opulent and it doesn't seem that modern to me. It seems more vintage, like an antique dressing table complete with a large mirror and a powder puff, glamour but with a girlish giggle. Flowers run deep in this one starting with top notes of neroli and lotus blossom and a heart of tuberose and gardenia. Apple notes provide a little relief from the flowers and white musk and exotic woods anchor the scent. It's a whisper of a scent, at least on me, it didn't last very long leaving only a subtle wisp of tuberose and white musk behind.

Forever Mariah Carey was developed by perfumer Olivier Gillotin. The 1.7 ounce perfume sells for $55. I was given a bottle to review and usually give away the bottle to a reader but in this case the top was broken during shipping so I won't be doing that.

Nick Cannon got Mariah Carey a unique piece of bling to celebrate their second wedding anniversary. The couple, who decided to renew their vows, were married in April 2008 after dating less than two months. For the occasion Nick had jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills create a customized candy ring pop made of pink sapphires, white gold and white diamonds. The pair both love the childhood treat and Mariah also has a song called "Candy Bling." Jason Arasheben, the CEO of Jason of Beverly Hills, told People Magazine that the ring comes in a box complete with a spinner so that you can see it sparkle under the lights inside.

This wasn't the only piece of bling Miss Mariah got recently. She also received a -crystal bedazzled iPad with her signature "M" from Elizabeth Arden, the maker of her fragrances. Check out videos of both after the jump.

What does a music legend like Mariah Carey need to stay happy between performances while on the road? According to the 2010 rider that goes along with her concert tour she needs two dozen white roses, a $200 bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, and no "busy patterns" on the furniture, among other things. TheSmokingGun.com reports that this years list is actually less indulgent than previous ones, noting that she no longer requires Cristal champagne or "bendy straws" (ha!) to drink it with. She does, however, want vanilla aromatherapy candles, a room temperature of 'about 75 degrees,' eight 'tall, leafy plants' in her living space, and a lamp or clip light that can be used to offset or replace 'harsh lighting' in the bathroom.

If this is the gist of her list I actually think it's pretty tame -- if I could I'd ask for a room filled with roses too!

Last year the economy restrained Oscar fashion a bit but this year it seemed like glamour was back in full force. Actresses on the Oscars red carpet wore gowns in either metallic fabrics or rich, deep colors. Deep blues and purples combined with gowns in gold and silver gave the red carpet an almost celestial feel. Mariah Carey, Kristin Stewart and others made the most of deep blue, a color that was a perfect foil for large, sparkling red carpet diamond jewelry. Safely protected from the intermittent rain by a tent, stars brightened up a cloudy day. Check out the gallery below for looks from some of the top stars.

There were definitely some fashion misses. Charlize Theron's dress was a bit of a fashion misstep. Sarah Jessica Parker tried a new silhouette that didn't work as well as her usual nipped in styles. One thing that didn't seem to be in fashion was basic black. Actresses that wore black gowns made sure they were heavily ornamented. This was the year for a cautiously exuberant return to Oscar excess.

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Bazookas. Bazooms. Village-feeders (thank you, Chris Rock). Whatever you call 'em, they've been spotted everywhere on the red carpet these last few months.

There was so much cleavage at the Golden Globes Sunday night, it's as if the invitation specified "globes" in the dress code. Mariah Carey (pictured above in a black Herve Leger number), Halle Berry, Christina Aguilera and Fergie formed a committee that surely played a role in TV ratings, particularly among the male demographic.

At the Grammy's Nominations concert back in December, things were no tamer. Katy Perry no doubt upstaged an act or two with ample bosoms spilling out of a white, embroidered gown. Before that, Ciara let her boobs do the talking at MOCA's 30th Anniversary Gala in L.A. while Demi Lovato got majorly chesty at the Peoples Choice Awards, 2010.

Even the fashion first crowd (those generally prefer style over exposure) -- Nicole Kidman, Chloe Sevigny and Kelly Rutherford -- have gotten busty on the party circuit. In Sevigny's case, boobs popped out of a librarian-like sweater set and sat atop a mid-length skirt at the Prada Book Launch Cocktail party in Beverly Hills a few months ago. Kidman was all about pushing them up at the Country Music Awards last November.

A bunch of celebrities including Mariah Carey, Seal, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Paris Hilton wound up at the Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey this Memorial Day weekend. The NY Post reports that Carey picked up a $1.5 million paycheck for performing at the opening of the hotel which bills itself as "Europe's most expensive hotel." The Post says Tom Jones also got the same fee. Other celebs reportedly earned more modest sums simply for showing up. Pics from the event in the gallery below.

It looks like Mariah Carey was only dreaming when she reportedly made an offer on Fleur de Lys, the $125 million Beverly Hills mansion once ranked as the world's most expensive estate (that title is now held by the $150 million Spelling mansion). According to the Real Estalker, the pop star just purchased this somewhat more modest mansion in Bel Air (above) that once belonged to Farrah Fawcett for about $7 million. The private gated estate on 3 acres designed in the Hamptons style and originally built in 1950 is about 10,000-sq.-ft. with 6 bedrooms and 7 baths.

The property features incredible 360-degree views and the renovated house has an "Aspen-style" great room, seven fireplaces, formal living and dining rooms, a library, media room, office, an eat in gourmet kitchen. The grounds boast three gated entrances, two motor courts, a huge rectangular swimming pool with a poolside pavilion, a large brick terrace, several lush lawns areas, a gazebo, and an Indoor racquetball court. The closing price is about $2.5 million less than the sellers were originally asking.

Pop diva Mariah Carey has reportedly made an offer on Fleur de Lys, the world's most expensive estate, which is listed at $125 million. The the palatial 15-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills (above) was built by Texan billionaire David Saperstein. The five-acre estate is home to a 41,000-square foot French limestone mansion inspired by France's magnificent Vaux le Vicomte palace outside Paris. It features Italian marble walls, French limestone floors, gold-embossed leather wall coverings, gold-leaf crown moldings, a ballroom with ceiling frescoes, a library complete with rare books, two kitchens and a screening room with seating for 50.

Surrounding the mansion are rolling lawns, ornamental gardens and mature trees, a 3,000-square-foot manager's house, staff quarters for 10 people, a spa and pool with a pavilion, a championship tennis court, and a lavish garden folly. Contactmusic reports that after three months of house hunting Carey and her rapper / actor husband Nick Cannon have made an offer on the estate, for an undisclosed amount. "They like the home because there's so little that needs doing to it," a source close to the couple allegedly remarked. The house is currently owned by Saperstein's ex-wife Suzanne, whom he ditched for the childrens' hot Swedish nanny.

It's hard not to envy Mariah Carey's Hamptons adventures. Last summer she made herself cozy in Tommy Hilfiger's tribute to the tasteful use of orange and this summer Braden Keil of the NY Post reports that Mariah is renting Stone Meadow Farm in East Hampton for on week for $125,000 (less than half of the reported $350,000 she spent on Hilfiger's pad but that was for a month).

Like Hilfiger's place was, this one is also up for sale. Stone Meadow Farm is on eight acres and has a 18,000 square foot house with 10 bedrooms and 12.5 bathrooms done up in white and dark brown with white walls and furnishings and dark wood floors and wood tables. The shingled expanse includes a 3500 sq ft finished lower level with a spa and media room.

The grounds include two separate cottages to house guests or staff as well as stone courtyards, large patios, a heated Gunite pool and a tennis court. The barn can stable five horses and there are ample riding fields. This home is listed for $19.95 million.

For more prime properties and lush locations, see Luxury Homes and Mansions.

Kate Moss may be losing her modeling contracts but she is still powerful as a brand name. She has announced her second fragrance, Velvet Hour which is being done for Coty. The fragrance celebrates dusk, and Kate's love of the nightlife, with scents like patchouli, sandalwood, amber, nutmeg and freesia. Sounds very bohemian. The fragrance is set to launch in the fall with a magazine ad campaign shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and and TV ads directed by John Mathieson.

Moss isn't the only one with a new second scent. Mariah Carey is readying her second fragrance, Luscious Pink, for Elizabeth Arden. Carey's scent is described as a "sparkling floral" with notes of Sicilian bergamot, Tahitian Tiare petals, lily of the valley and pink peony, sandalwood and white musk.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--In Palm Beach, movie producer Sidney Kimmel, the founder and chairman of Jones Apparel, has put his oceanfront mansion up for sale for $81.5 million.
--After nearly two years and $3 million in price cuts, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have given up trying to sell their Malibu beach house, shown above, (which is currently listed at $10.995 million) and are now renting it for long-term lease at $37,500 a month or for short-term lease in the summer at $85,000 monthly.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--The Milbank Mansion, the lavish townhome otherwise known as the Bob Guccione townhouse has officially gone to contract and Braden Keil's sources say that the sale number may be under $50 million which is actually not bad for a 27-room, 22,000-square-foot, double-wide vintage home. Of course this makes us wonder what the final price will be for the Sloane townhouse which is currently listed at $64 million.
--News anchor Kaity Tong and her husband, Patrick Callahan, are finally moving back to their duplex penthouse in Chelsea which they left last summer when their home was discovered to have toxic mold. The developer of a condo project next door, Elad, though unsure if it caused the leak, offered to put the couple up at the Gramercy Park Hotel until the problem could be fixed.
--A vacant plot in desirable land in East Hampton is set to hit the market. The approximately 18-acre plot of vacant land bordering Lily Pond Lane and Apaquogue Road across the street from Steven Spielberg's estate have applied for permits to subdivide the land. One broker says it could be worth $8 million an acre or more.
--The Bridgehampton estate of Lyor Cohen, the chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, is about to be listed for sale, it's about to be listed at around $9.5 million.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Private equity boss Frederick Iseman and his ex-wife are dealing with the terms of their break-up, which promised that the ex-Mrs. Iseman would have lifetime use of the co-op. But Iseman has bought out the missus for $5 million then transferred ownership to trusts run by his family. He will also be paying her five yearly sums, adding up to about $10.5 million. The couple is also divvying up the furnishings and fine art including sharing join custody of the den lamp.
--More about the Sloane townhouse, the mansion was previously divided into 11 apartment units and it seems that luring out the tenants before the listing was no easy task.
--Dr. William A. Haseltine, the former chairman and CEO of the Human Genome Science pharmaceutical corporation,has paid $9.7 million for an 86th-floor apartment at the Trump World Tower.
--Dancer George Faison, who left Alvin Ailey's company in 1969 to start his own troupe and is now the artistic director of the Faison Firehouse Theater in Harlem, has sold his West End townhouse for $5.95 million.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Oprah Winfrey has sold a 4,806-square-foot, 39th-floor penthouse in Atlanta's Buckhead area for $1.8 million.
--Saxophonist Kenny G has paid $2.85 million for a four-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Studio City area.
--Designer-developer Xorin Balbes has sold a six-bedroom "significantly rehabbed house" in the Bird Streets area of Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills for $5.725 million.
--A four-bedroom house in Ojai that was recently owned by actor and director Harold Ramis, and that was designed by architect Wallace Neff, is on the market for $6.95 million. The listing indicates it has already gone to contract.
-- A 2,867-square-foot house in Bel-Air that once was owned by Farrah Fawcett has sold for $3.608 million.
--'Gilmore Girls' actress Melissa McCarthy has sold her 1,284-square-foot house in West Hollywood for $1.325 million.
--Dan Aykroyd has put another Los Angeles home on the market. This one is listed at $2.595 million. The listing is here.

From the NY Times Big Deal:
--Brokers find interesting things sometimes when they show an apartment. Sharon E. Baum of the Corcoran Group walked in on a string quartet rehearsal when showing an apartment at 27 West 67th Street, owned by the estate of Albert Fuller, a harpsichordist. The duplex apartment had been used for decades as a musical salon and performance space, and while it was on the market, it was still being used for rehearsals. The sale of Fuller's apartment will benefit the Helicon Foundation, which was founded by Mr. Fuller in the 1980s to support the early instrument movement. The apartment is listed at $2.975 million, the listing is here.

From the Real Estalker:
--Mariah Carey has picked up a four-bedroom home on Windermere Island in the Bahamas that was listed at $4.9 million.
--The Real Estalker Mama checks out the Wanamaker-Munn mansion which we mentioned back in December. The $33 million very grand and lovely home is full of beautiful spaces that evoke the spirit of old New York. The listing is here.
--The Real Estalker Mama reveals some floor plans from the monstrously pricey One Hyde Park development in London.
--Louwana, the Palm Beach, Florida house belonging to the late Aimee de Heeren is available for lease at $90,000 per month. It sits on an ocean front parcel that sits next to the estate Donald Trump has on the market for $125 million.
--Artist/director Julian Schnabel has listed two apartments at his Palazzo Chupi building, a $27 million duplex and a $32 million triplex. It is our estate of the day later today.
--San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Wolf, who recently bought a house belonging to guitarist Slash has listed his Calabasas home for $4.25 million. Rumor has it that he may have already sold the home to another musician Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Actress Teri Polo has listed her Manhattan Beach home for $2.559 million. The listing for the contemporary home is here.
--Frank Sinatra Jr. just purchased a home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $4.1 million.
--A home that once belonged to Deanna Durbin, who in 1939 won "a special Oscar" along with Mickey Rooney "for their significant contributions . . . as juvenile players," is now on the market at $10.5 million. The home was built in 1938 and has eight bedrooms. The listing is here.
--A West Hollywood home owned by Loretta Young and producer Tom Lewis for almost 30 years has come on the market for $2.985 million. The listing is here.

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Mariah Carey loves butterflies. From album covers to temporary tattoos, the singer likes to surround herself with the delicate insect's image. Even her new perfume, M, features a butterfly stopper on the bottle. But it is Lalique's so-called Butterfly scent that has attracted her like a butterfly to a flower. She recently shelled out $13,200 for a case of the exclusive, limited edition perfume simply because she loved the bottle design - an etched crystal bottle adorned with a beautiful butterfly stopper. It may not just be the pretty bottle that led her to purchase the pricey perfume - a source told In Touch Weekly that she thinks the scent will make her actually smell like a butterfly. Do butterflies even have a scent?

From the Boston Globe:
--Tom Brady is selling two condos in the Beacon Street brownstone that he bought for $6.2 million last year. There is a three-bedroom unit listed at $4.59 million which has an outdoor deck and another unit with three bedrooms for $3.99 million. Brady is keeping the top two floor for himself so this is your chance to live under Tom Brady.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Mariah Carey already owns a triplex in TriBeCa but now she has been renting a place at 15 Broad St., the Philippe Starck designed Wall Street condominium complex for around $8,000 per month.
--Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi has put his fabulously glamourous One Beekman Place co-op on the market for $9.85 million. The listing for the 12-room duplex is here.
--Lorraine Bracco has cut the price on her Snedens Landing property down to $2.9 million. The home first hit the market for $4.4 million in 2004 and was $3.2 million when we checked it out as an estate of the day earlier this year.
--It turns out that Ricky Martin paid $6.3 million rather than the $7 million originally reported for his apartment at 40 Bond Street.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
-- NASCAR driver named Brian Vickers has paid $4,636,800 for a penthouse at 92 Greene Street.
--Walter Yetnikoff, the 80's-era CBS Records CEO famous for working with Michael Jackson, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand, has paid $2.475 million for a 24th-floor condo at Philip Johnson's Metropolitan on East 90th Street.
--Allen Grubman,the lawyer father of PR gal Lizzie Grubman has paid $3.07 million for a condo and two storage rooms at 200 Chambers Street, a new development in Tribeca.
--The parents of Harvard's chick-lit plagiarist, Kaavya Viswanathan, have paid $3.21 million for a Fifth Avenue apartment.

From Berg Properties Celebrity Big Time Listings:
--Robert De Niro's wife Grace Hightower officially sold her Trump Palace condo $2.45 million. It had been listed for $2.495 million.
--a Beverly Hills, Calif. house that actresses Rita Hayworth and Jean Harlow once lived in has sold for $3,960,000.
--Brad Pitt reportedly offered $8 million for the 5,883-square-foot former Will and Ariel Durant estate in Los Feliz. The owners didn't accept the offer and so he is upgrading his current Los Feliz home.
--Gwyneth Paltrow fetched $13.65 million recently for her condo in TriBeCa which had been listed for $14 million.
--A reveal on the price that Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne paid for a house in the Hollywood Hills for their daughter Aimee. The home sold for $2.35 million, a full $350,000 above asking price.
--The official sale price for Josh Duhamel's former Brentwood area home is $2.389 million.
--Joe Trohman, the lead guitarist for Fall Out Boy, has paid $516,000 for a newly converted condominium unit in Los Angeles.
--Official numbers for the recent real estate activity of former New Kid on the Block Joey McIntyre. He paid $4.45 million for his new house in Hancock Park and sold his house in Los Angeles' Venice area for $2.85 million.
--NCIS actress Lauren Holly has sold her house in North Barrington, IL, which had been listed for $1.1999 million.
--Chicago Bears safety Danieal Manning has paid $535,000 for a house in Libertyville, IL.
--Official numbers for Johnny Depp's purchase of a penthouse in a turquoise Art Deco building in Los Angeles. Depp paid $2.1 million for his penthouse in the conversion of the Eastern Columbia building.
--Rev. Tim Storey,and his wife Roxanne have sold their Beverly Hills home which had been on the market for $4,700,000.
--Mr. Big Time reveal the deets on Paris Hilton's mortgage. She has borrowed $4,720,000 for her new house in Mulholland Estates.

From the Real Estalker:
--Janice Dickinson is renting a home on Skyline Drive in Los Angeles for $5,250 a month.
--Britney Spears has sold her Malibu home to r, director/writer/producer Stephen Sommers for $10 million and may have purchased a new home in Malibu that has been listed at $9,350,000.
--Benjamin Bratt has listed his four-unit investment property in San Francisco for $1.858 million.
--Matthew McConnaughey is renting a Malibu mobile home.
--Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have purchased a home in Hidden Hills for $10 million.
--Actress Lori Loughlin is selling her Los Angeles home to move into her new Bel Air abode. The home is listed at $2.35 million.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Wayne Gretzky has sold his Lake Sherwood home for around $18.5 million. The buyer is retired baseball player Lenny Dykstra.
--As the Real Estalker mentioned back in August, Tommy Lee has bought in Calabasas. His new home was bought for close to $6 million.
--Brian Cook of the L.A. Lakers has bought a townhouse in Hermosa Beach for about $1.6 million.
-- Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets has bought a home in Woodland Hills for slightly more than $1.8 million.