. . . No, not in the same room, unfortunately (I’d love to see those two as rommies!). Here is the latest celeb update:
NEW YORK (AP)—Mariah Carey is under psychiatric care following last week’s hospitalization, which her publicist now says was the result of an “emotional and physical breakdown.” The 31-year-old singer, who has canceled all public appearances, including her headlining appearance at Wednesday night’s MTV 20th birthday party, checked herself into an undisclosed hospital last week. At the time, her spokeswoman Cindi Berger said Carey was suffering from “extreme exhaustion.” But on Wednesday, Berger told The Associated Press: “She has suffered an emotional and physical breakdown . . . she is under psychiatric care.” Berger denied tabloid reports that Carey tried to commit suicide. She said that just before the breakdown, Carey suffered cuts to her body, but the injuries were unintentional. “She did break some dishes and glasses, and she may have stepped on them,” Berger said.
LONDON (AP)—The Queen Mother Elizabeth had a blood transfusion Wednesday at a London hospital where she was being treated for anemia three days before her 101st birthday. She went to King Edward VII Hospital in the morning with inimitable style - on her own two feet and decked out in one of her fancy hats. A slight, gray-haired figure in a blueprint ensemble and white high heels, she relied on two walking sticks as she made her way from a chauffeured black Daimler up the stairs into the hospital. Smiling graciously to waiting officials, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II might have been attending yet another flower show instead of checking into the hospital. She turned at the top of the steps to give a cheery wave and smile to reporters and photographers. Clarence House, her London residence, later announced that the Queen Mother had undergone a blood transfusion, one of the treatments for anemia. A blood transfusion, which boosts the level of red blood cells, is usually reserved for more serious cases of anemia. The announcement that the Queen Mother was going into the hospital was quickly followed by assurances that her condition was not serious. “There is no cause for alarm,” said her private secretary, Sir Alistair Aird.
Um… I got a thread title, the opening blue bar and the closing blue bar with NO OP betwixt or between the two. Is this your insanely clever way of announcing that there is no news as to their conditions? Or that you have nothing to say on the matter? Damn, you are a clever one!
Please god, if it is their time and they must die, let one of them be taken in blissful, pain-free peace. And let the other one be taken in the throes of wrenching agony. I won’t say shrieking agony, because I’ve had quite enough of the shrieking over the past decade.
Honestly, I saw Mariah’s “Loverboy” video the other day for the first time. Words failed me then as they do now, but I am pretty sure my last sentient act before groping desperately for the remote was to drop to my knees and pray for her death. Did God listen after all?
Spritle, I got the same thing. Until I typed my reply; then I saw Eve’s post. So I went back and deleted my opening paragraph praising Eve’s puzzling yet provocative brilliance in giving us just a thread title.
My brother’s brother-in-law (my B.I.L. once removed?) works in the music-video business as a gaffer. He spent two weeks in New York last month scouting and rigging locations for Mariah’s next video, including Madison Square Garden and the Apollo Theater; she went into the hospital on the day shooting was to begin and the whole video had to be scrapped, at a cost of several million dollars (at least the little people all got paid for their time.)
It worked out well for Mark because he got paid in full for a job he only had to do the beginning of, and it freed him up to come to Dallas for his nephew’s 3rd birthday.
You know, the first time I saw that video I could have sworn I heard a shrieking noise, a noise similar to the sounds of 10,000 madman wailing away in eternal damnation. The sun burned black and it rained blood. Apparently, a common reaction. God, I hate Mariah Carey.
Probably occurred to her that she’s run out of articles of clothing to remove for her album covers, and thus, her career is over. I feel bad for her. No, I do. This is my sympathetic evil grin.
Actually, I’d heard that she’s been having a less-than-stellar time doing whatever movie it is that she’s starring in. Her prima donna attitude was really wearing on the rest of the cast and crew, who apparently didn’t try too hard to hide it.
I also heard that she and Mira Sorvino got into a major fight over Carey getting on the set late every day.
Just as an aside, is there a rider in her contract with the record company that requires every song she sings to have at least one section of incredibly high, unnaturally wailing notes so she can do her air-raid siren impression? Just wondering…
Well, I hope she doesn’t do the air raid impression while the Queen Mums in the next bed, the poor old girl’s on so many pills she’ll dive underneath the bed in confusion. Probably wearing a powder blue tin hat.
I saw the pictures of her going in the hospital, she looks to be down to about 4’ 2" now. If her arms don’t shorten, she won’t need the walking sticks soon.
Now wait a minute. I thought it was her performance during air raids that made her so popular in the first place? Wouldn’t her reaction to Mariah’s singing be to go administer first aid or rations or something?
While I wish no serious harm upon Mariah Carey, I wouldn’t be completely disappointed if, through some freak medical mishap, something was to happen to ms. Careys vocal cords, rendering her voice as a carbon of Lemmy Kilmisters.
Nice double entendre.