Mariah Carey request to have 20 white kittens at a Christmas lights switch-on has been blocked.

The diva reportedly wanted the young felines and 100 white doves to accompany her at the extravagant switch-on ceremony at Westfield shopping centre, in west London.

She also requested to be showered with butterfly-shaped confetti – her favourite insect – while standing on a pink podium and waving a magic wand.

What’s the big deal? She just wanted a few kitties to walk around her feet mewling. It’s not like she was requesting that they all climb up the Christmas tree and do a synchronized “Single Ladies” dance. Which, by the way, she totally should have have, cause that would have been awesome.

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ï Technical difficulties. Lots of them.
ï Janet looking F-I-E-R-C-E in a 1940s get-up, like Bonnie at Clyde's funeral if Bonnie hadn't also died and then attended Clyde's funeral because he did die or something.
ï Jermaine not singing "Dynamite" and Rebbie not singing "Centipede".
ï John Mayer playing a guitar Musak instrumental "Human Nature" while making his patented "blowing a load" face.
ï Everyone on stage expressing their condolences to Michael's mom and siblings, but never his dad.
ï Maya Angelou poem. Duh, it was a somber gathering of luminaries. Of course there would be an Angelou poem.
ï Magic Johnson talking about KFC.
ï Al Sharpton implying that Michael Jackson caused Obama to be elected.
ï Brooke Shields, being the only other cracker onstage other than Mayer.
ï Usher (who was not an usher) in sunglasses singing to Michael's gilded casket which looked oddly like a chafing dish.
ï And then, a dwarf Chaz Bono took the stage and sang!
ï And then, at the very very end, when our faces hurt from chuckling at the overblown pretension of it all, when our bowels were churning uncomfortably, MJ's adorable daughter Paris took the mic and with one tearful sentence: "I Just wanted to say that ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine. And I just want to say I love him. So much" completely made us forget about the pompous spectacle and melted our tarry little black hearts and made us feel horrible for making all the ha-has. Paris touched us. Touched us like her dad touched . . . what? We were going to say "touched us like her dad touched the baby tiger on the Thriller cover." Jeeeeeez.

ï Mariah Carey's smuggling some warm, milky snowballs in that ski jacket of hers. (Pop on the Pop)

ï Salma Hayek pulls a Britney. (Drunken Stepfather)

ï A beautiful and heartwarming collection of the year's most inspiring celebrity plastic surgery. (Cityrag)

ï Bronx Mowgli Wentz revealed. Where's his loincloth and dutch boy bob? (Hollywire)

ï Janine Lindemulder gets six months in the can. We hope she will use the experience for a women in prison porn. (Celebitchy)

MARIAH Carey's wish may finally be coming true. Spies in LA saw the songbird (above) coming out of a well-known ob/gyn's office on North Crescent Boulevard, "clutching what looked like a sonogram and being greeted by her entourage with cheers. She was ebullient." It was the same type of paper that Minnie Driver was holding when she found out she was pregnant at the same doctor's office. Carey, who wed Nick Cannon this year in a quickie Bahamas ceremony, has made no bones about wanting a child. A rep said, "As far as I'm told it's not true."

Naturally, if this is true, Mariah will have twins. Part of us hopes for boys, so they can be named Louis and Vuitton, but we think Mimi would be wasted on boys. If she were to have girls, she could teach them so many things, like how to expertly paint on fake abs, how to ensure that no vaginal folds are peeking out of your Daisy Dukes, and how to run on a treadmill in stilettos.

ï Chelsea Handler may be posing nude for Playboy, because she's so popular and everyone likes her show, right? (Yeeeah!)

ï Pete Wentz tries to explain his and Ashlee's choice of the name Bronx Mowgli. "We're retarded" is a good start. (Pop on the Pop)

ï Mariah Carey refused to drink a glass of champagne. In the celebrity bump watch world, that's pretty much on the same level as the baby crowning. (Anything Hollywood)

ï Dita von Teese naked in German Playboy. That isn't much of a teese. (Celebitchy)

ï Average joes weigh in: who'd you most like to see in a lesbian scene? The answers may astound you. (Mr. Skin)

ï Megan Fox claims that she looks like Ted Nugent in a wig. Wang dang! Sweet poontang. (Digital Spy)

ï Even more photos of Britney Spears looking hot hot hooootttttttttt in Rolling Stone. Hooooootttttt. Hot. (Allie Is Wired)

ï Cleavage-bearing Rihanna in her usual robo-Gene Simmons wear. (Drunken Stepfather)

ï Karolina Kurkova's missing belly button: another mystery solved. Thanks, Encyclopedia Brown! (CelebWarship)

Mariah Carey lived up to her diva reputation as she arrived in London for a three-night stay todayÖ accompanied by 20 suitcases.

The singer and her husband Nick Cannon needed two huge trolleys to carry their bags. Porters pushing them through Heathrow airport seemed bemused by their haul.

When the newlyweds arrived at the Dorchester they were met by a crush of Mariahís fans, who held up banners saying ëCongrats MC and Nickí.

A normal person goes through two outfits a day: daytime clothes and pajamas. But Mimi changes her clothes roughly twenty times a day. Therefore a normal person takes a three-day trip, they take one or two bags; Mimi takes a three-day trip, she takes 20 bags. It's simple math.

Mariah Carey says the only book she has ever read is the Bible.

The 'Touch My Body' singer – who married singer Nick Cannon earlier this year – admits she rarely has time to sit down and read, but always ensures she has time to read the holy book.

She said: "The only book I make time to read is the Bible."

Mariah can't even find the time to read when she is on holiday because she is too busy swimming and sunbathing.

She added to Now magazine: "I don't get much time off, but I make sure there are periods on my schedule when no work is allowed. The best way is to go on vacation. I love tropical places and swimming in the sea. The most secluded a place is, the better."

We understand the challenges of reading while swimming; getting books wet doesn't really aid usability. But Mimi can't read while sunbathing? Does it take intense concentration to soak up the sun's rays? If she gets distracted by something like a book will she lose track of the task at hand and allow disrespectful beachgoers to block her sun? And would the same no-reading-while-tanning rule apply if the book in question was just a bound collection of Mariah glamor shots? Because we think she'd take the time and energy to flip through those pages.


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MARIAH Carey's friends and colleagues weren't invited to her impromptu wedding to Nick Cannon, but they can still send a gift. According to an insider, "Mariah's assistant, Gina, sent out over 100 e-mails to her wealthy friends letting them know that she's registered at Bergdorf Goodman if they want to buy her a present. It's odd because she's not even having a big wedding party or anything. It was assumed they'd have a big celebration when they got back, but no. They just want the gifts." On the list are "fine china, very expensive silver stemware" and other items. Carey's rep declined to comment.

We understand the inclusion of stemware on the registry, as we're sure that Mariah loves a tipple, but china? What ever could that be used for? A nice game a Frisbee in the 500-square-foot master shower? A possible weapon in case Nick gets uppity and wants Mimi to watch something "scary" and "manly" like Rambo in the in-house deluxe screening room? Because we're pretty sure they're not for when Mariah invites the Beckhams or the Trumps over for a nice home-cooked meal of lasagna and garlic bread. We're pretty sure that Mimi only eats pesticide-free julienned tree bark at this point. She probably heard that it contains negative calories and will completely eliminate cellulite.


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ï Mischa Barton is refusing to promote her t.a.t.u. movie. Wonder why. (IDLYITW)

ï Thank God for Lindsay Lohan's relationship with Samantha Ronson, for it keeps Michael Lohan in the news! (Yeeeah!)

ï Scarlett Johansson. Naked in a pool. (Egotastic!)

ï As Hilary Duff's veneers have shrunk, so has her rack inflated. It's magic! (Cityrag)

ï Mariah Carey dons her most Mimi-est of rags to kick off Japanese baseball season. Man, what a weird sentence. (Drunken Stepfather)

ï Pamela Anderson returns to form with the best upskirt she can muster. (Taxi Driver)

ï Angelina and Brad let their children do whatever while they dunk their sleek, genetically superior forms nakedly into their pool. (The Blemish)

ï Naomi Campbell to trade glamour for the slammer. (Celebitchy)

ï Bill Murray's wife says he's a drunk and a stoner and a cheater and a beater. B-b-buh . . . but . . . he's the voice of Garfield! (PopCrunch)