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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."

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PEOPLE's Groovy Guide to Celebrity Deejays

Originally posted 05/27/2009 02:25PM

Watch out Samantha Ronson, there are new celebrity deejays in town!

While some already make their living in rock bands, now many more musicians and actors are stepping behind the turntables (or iPods), and moonlighting as deejays at the hottest clubs and parties. Here's everything you need to know about some of the most notable:

Ryan Gosling

Signature Sound: Favorites from the '50s, '60s, '80s, indie rock and old-fashioned rock 'n' roll – anything from the Andrew Sisters to Bruce Springsteen to Edwin Collins. Gosling occasionally takes requests but he really just plays his favorites.
The Venue: Bardot Hollywood. He has a regular slot there Thursday nights.
Special Guests: Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson and Mick Jagger have caught Gosling's set.
Time to (Break)Dance: He draws a crowd – and hooks them! Gosling has been known to rile up clubgoers by positioning a spotlight on the dance floor. He also mingles, and people even breakdance to his music – including his deejay partner and best bud Zach Shields.

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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.

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Couples

Mariah Carey Cries at Touching Anniversary Tribute

Originally posted 05/01/2009 09:05AM

Where has the time gone? With smiles on their faces, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated one year of wedded bliss Thursday in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino Resort.

"It's a very special occasion," Cannon told the crowd at Moon Nightclub, where he was deejaying, "toast to everyone."

After a very private wedding a year ago, the couple decided to do the opposite for their anniversary, celebrating with a nightclub full of people. The couple did, however, dine in a private room at Simon beforehand.

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Nick Cannon: We'll Let You Know When We're Having Kids

Originally posted 03/27/2009 12:25PM

Is that the pitter-patter of Cannon-Carey babies? Not quite yet, say the newlyweds.

"The public really wants us to have kids," Nick Cannon tells Extra. "We're going to do it, and when we do it we're going to let you all know. But right now, we're trying to enjoy the newlywed aspect."

After he and wife Mariah Carey were photographed allegedly leaving a fertility clinic in Beverly Hills last month, rumors flew that the couple were baby bound.

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