Mariah Carey's odd acceptance speech
- January 6, 2010 2:12 PM |
- By Arts Online
Singer-actress Mariah Carey arrives at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival gala in California. (Alexandra Wyman/PSIFF/Getty Images)
As we head into movie award season, there's a lot of buzz about the film Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire. Many are predicting that the harrowing drama will pick up a nomination in the Academy Awards' newly-expanded Best Picture category, and stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique look like shoo-ins for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nods. Based on the movie's grim subject matter, we're steeling ourselves for some fairly heavy acceptance speeches.
So we were a bit surprised by Mariah Carey's reaction last night when she received a prize for best breakthrough performance at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Her "speech" (for lack of a better word) lacked a certain... er... gravitas. See for yourself:
Wonder what... uh... inspired that performance. Any thoughts, readers?
UPDATE (Jan. 7): In an interview during Wednesday night's People's Choice Awards (where she was named Favourite R&B Artist) Mariah explains what the heck was goin' on down in Palm Springs.
--Sarah Liss
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Comments (8)
champagne
WOW! She's HAMMERED!
How is this news?
Mark: It's not news. That's why it's in the arts and entertainment BLOG. Did you get lost?
haha this chick is funny
Drunk, stoned, and not very bright.
I'd still do her.
why does anybody take blatent advertising masquerading as an awards show seriously? you're supposed to get totally wrecked and make a joke out of these ridiculous shows. Trey Parker and Matt Stone did a bunch of acid and showed up to the Oscars in a dress.