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Separated at Birth: Mariah Carey and Eminem?
Originally posted 06/30/2009 07:25AM
Is Mariah Carey having the last laugh in her ongoing feud with Eminem?
While filming her latest music video for the song "Obsessed" in New York on Monday, Carey was snapped sporting an oversized sweatshirt, fitted baseball cap and baggy sweatpants, an outfit noticeably similar to Eminem's performance wardrobe.
Total coincidence, says the singer. "It was weird but I wasn't playing anyone in particular," Carey wrote in a message to PEOPLE. "We [Carey and director Brett Ratner] were actually inspired by the King of Comedy starring Jerry Lewis and Robert DeNiro. I was just your regular everyday stalker with a few touches of Mean Girls :)."
Before receiving Mariah's message, PEOPLE.com had speculated that the pop diva may have been responding to lyrics from Eminem's recent album Relapse, on which the controversial rapper namedrops Carey in the track "Bagpipes From Baghdad."
Permalink | Filed Under: Scandals & Feuds, Eminem, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon
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Eminem Admits: I Was Involved in Brüno Stunt
Originally posted 06/03/2009 08:20PM
Three days after storming out of the MTV Movie Awards, Eminem is setting the record straight about what exactly happened that night between him and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen: It was all a gag.
"I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it," the rapper, 36, tells RapRadar about his altercation with the actor, who was dressed as his flamboyant character Brüno. "It had so many people going 'nuts' so to speak. Everyone was blowing me up about it."
Permalink | Filed Under: Bruno, Eminem, Sacha Baron Cohen
Eminem Storms Out of MTV Movie Awards
Originally posted 05/31/2009 11:00PM
Eminem returned to the spotlight Sunday, spitting the lyrics of his name-dropping singles "We Made You" and "Crack A Bottle" from his hit album Relapse at the MTV Movie Awards. But not long after his performance, he stormed away from his seat in the auditorium when Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as his flamboyant character Brüno in angel wings and a barely-visible thong, descended on wires and landed face down in the rapper's lap.
Bodyguards pounced and Eminem's entourage made its exit in what was the most outrageous moment of a night of filled with irreverence. Other examples: host Andy Samberg spoofing box office hits like Slumdog Millionaire (which was nominated six times but came up empty handed) and Star Trek, Amy Poehler accepting the Golden Popcorn trophy for the best "WTF moment" and Forest Whitaker singing an operatic rendition of Samberg's Emmy Award winning song "D– in a Box."
But the night belonged to the film sensation Twilight, which picked up five awards, including the top prize for best movie.
Permalink | Filed Under: Ashley Tisdale, Eminem, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Zac Efron
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Eminem Debated Whether to Parody Jessica Simpson's Weight
Originally posted 05/14/2009 03:30PM
Eminem is known for saying exactly what he feels, but even he thought twice before lampooning Jessica Simpson in his latest video. In the video for "We Made You," a heavy Simpson lookalike eats a hamburger and gyrates in her daisy dukes with a Tony Romo lookalike.
"Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks," Eminem tells Detroit's Metro Times. "So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing."
The original plan was to have a slender Jessica Simpson lookalike in the video. "When I say, 'Jessica Simpson, sing the chorus,' we were gonna have a chick who looked like Jessica Simpson come out and sing,' he says.
As the video was shooting, Simpson's curvier figure started making headlines, prompting Eminem to change the video. "But then Jessica got fat," he says. "I mean, not really fat but she certainly got fat for ... well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson!"
Permalink | Filed Under: Eminem, Jessica Simpson, Tony Romo
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Eminem and His Many Feuds
Originally posted 05/12/2009 05:45PM
Controversy is nothing new to Eminem. The rapper, who was on the receiving end of Nick Cannon's scathing blog post this week, has a long history of high-profile feuds with singers, family members and even a puppet. Here's a rundown of his most explosive encounters – do you have a favorite?
Christina Aguilera
The bad blood started in 2000 when Eminem namechecked Christina Aguilera in his single "The Real Slim Shady," and stated she had performed oral sex on both MTV veejay Carson Daly and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. "It's disgusting, it's offensive and, above all, it's not true," an Aguilera rep told the New York Daily News at the time.
Not to be outdone, Aguilera kicked it up another notch, recording a parody rap called "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up." She pulled no punches: "Little twit blasts me on his new CD. Why? 'Cause I turned him down for a date," she raps. "As for the question of who came first, was it
Carson daly or was it Fred Durst? I'm sorry Slim, but this is gonna hurt. They both came closer than you ever will, jerk."
Debbie Mathers
Proving that no one is sacred in Eminem's world, the rapper has even feuded with his own mother. After several rocky years, it went into overdrive when he rapped about raping and killing her. The public disparage in 1999 led to her filing a $10 million slander suit against him.
Their fighting escalated through 2007, when Mathers released an explosive tell-all autobiography called My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem's Mother.
Permalink | Filed Under: Scandals & Feuds, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Kim Mathers, Nick Cannon
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Nick Cannon Blasts Eminem for 'Disrespecting' Mariah Carey
Originally posted 05/11/2009 02:40PM
Since he first burst onto the scene a decade ago, Eminem has been skewering celebrities in his videos. (His 1999 video for "My Name Is" parodied everyone from Marilyn Manson to then-President Bill Clinton.)
But one celebrity thinks the rapper has gone too far. Nick Cannon has angrily denounced Eminem over a derogatory new track on his new album, Relapse. In the track, entitled "Bagpipes From Baghdad," Eminem dishes about his alleged romance with Cannon's wife Mariah Carey – a romance that she denies ever happened.
"Mariah whatever happened to us," he raps. "Why did we ever have to break-up?" He then turns his sights on Cannon, who married Carey last year. Nick Cannon, you better back the f--- up," he raps. "I'm not playing, I want her back, you punk." It soon gets worse, when Eminem raps, "I wish you luck with that ... wh---"
Cannon fired back at Eminem in an entry on his personal blog on Friday. In the post, Cannon said that Eminem is "still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn't let him get to second base from 8 years ago."
Permalink | Filed Under: Scandals & Feuds, Eminem, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon
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Eminem Bounces Back from 20-Pill-a-Day Addiction
Originally posted 05/04/2009 01:30PM
In a candid new interview, rap superstar Eminem reveals he suffered from a devastating drug addiction that led to him downing as many as 20 Vicodin, Ambien and Valium in a day.
"The numbers got so high, I don't even know what I was taking," Eminem tells VIBE magazine in its second annual Real Rap Issue for June/July.
Following his first stint in rehab in 2005, the rapper, 36, tells VIBE he nearly overdosed after an acquaintance gave him unidentified blue pills, which a doctor later told him were actually methadone. "My doctor told me the amount of methadone I'd taken was equivalent to shooting up four bags of heroin," Eminem says, noting that had he known, "I probably wouldn't have taken it. But as bad as I was back then, I can't even say 100 percent for sure."
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Kim Kardashian Flattered by Eminem Video Spoof
Originally posted 04/07/2009 03:45PM
Kim Kardashian doesn't mind being the butt of Eminem's joke.
The reality star is one of many celebrities the rapper pokes fun at in his new video, "We Made You," from his upcoming album Relapse.
"I just saw Eminem's new video for "We Made You" and he totally spoofs me!!" Kardashian says on her blog. "It was a total surprise to me because I had no idea he was going to talk about me in the song."
In the video, an actress playing Kardashian shows off an exaggerated posterior over dinner at a restaurant. The character eventually meets a Fargo-like fate in a wood chipper (which converts her to cash).
Permalink | Filed Under: Music News, Eminem, Kim Kardashian
Eminem Spares No Celeb in New Video
Originally posted 04/07/2009 11:00AM
Celebrities beware: Eminem is back and he's got more bite than ever.
In the first video from his upcoming album, Relapse, the rapper fires away mercilessly at celebrity culture, targeting a list of tabloid faves including Bret Michaels, Jessica Simpson, Sarah Palin, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse.
A blond-wig wearing Eminem, in the guise of Rock of Love's Michaels, opens the "We Made You," video, which premiered on MTV Tuesday morning, and so begins a romp through pop culture that offers a portly Simpson look-a-like gyrating in Daisy Dukes; a Palin clone laying prone on a desk in a bustier as a polar bear and Eskimo dance nearby; and Kardashian meeting a Fargo-like fate in a wood chipper (which converts her to cash).
Ripping into his rap, he sings: "Back by popular demand/ Now pop a little Zantac/ Or antacid if you can/ You're ready to tackle any task that is at hand/ How does it feel? Is it fantastic, is it grand?"
Permalink | Filed Under: Music News, Britney Spears, Eminem, Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan
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Eminem Experiences a Musical 'Relapse' with New Album
Originally posted 03/05/2009 01:45PM
He hasn't released an album since 2004's Encore – but apparently Eminem has been busy.
The rapper will release two new albums this year, his record label announced, beginning with Relapse on May 19. He is also expected to release a follow-up, Relapse 2, by the end of the year.
The album will be preceded by a yet-untitled single, which will hit radio stations on April 7. Eminem will release a music video for the song the same day.
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