Oprah Winfrey, the HBIC of the world, taped an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show live in Rumsey Playfield in Central Park here in NYC today and none other than Mariah Carey was among her special guests. Here are a couple photos of Mimi and the Big O taping The Oprah Winfrey Show earlier today here in NYC:

I understand that NYC mayor Bloomberg, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman are also scheduled to appear on today’s show but Mimi brought along a special guest of her own. After the jump, see who tagged along to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Mariah Carey earlier today …

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Mariah Carey, who will be dropping her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel at the end of this month, performed her first of a string of concerts at The Pearl theater inside the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV last night. Mimi’s mini-residency in Las Vegas is meant to give her fans, or lambs as she likes to call them, the opportunity to hear her perform new music along with her big hits. Here are a few photos from last night’s performance and some deets from the show:

Mariah’s first show in Las Vegas just recently ended, and it was absolutely amazing! Mariah did an incredible job singing the familiar hits as well as songs from the new album … Below is the show’s set list:

Butterfly intro
Daydream interlude
Shake It Off
Touch My Body
Fly Like A Bird
Make It Happen
Angels Cry
Always Be My Baby
It’s Like That
Subtle Invitation
Trey Lorenz – Rock With You (Michael Jackson Tribute)
Honey
Heartbreaker (Remix + Original)
Close My Eyes
My All
Obsessed
Up Out My Face
I Want To Know What Love Is
We Belong Together

I have yet had the pleasure to see Mariah Carey perform live in concert so I cannot offer a perspective but I understand her performance last night was pretty great. I don’t believe these concerts at The Pearl are meant to be over the top productions, I believe the focus is on the new songs and, of course, her singing. I’m curious to see video from these performances … I really wanna hear Mimi perform live, especially her new stuff. I wouldn’t mind see her making her on stage entrance on that swing thing either ;)

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Mr. & Mrs. Cannon are featured in the new issue of Elle magazine but in all honesty, Mariah Carey is the focus of the piece. Mimi talks to Elle about her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel and touches briefly on her marriage with Nick (who is only included in the Elle photoshoot incidentally). Here are pics of the happy couple frolicking together in their beachy photospread and Mariah’s interview with Elle:

Mariah Carey has sold more than 160 million albums worldwide, and, if radio play for the first single on her new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, is any indication, she’s on the verge of racking up more No. 1 hits than the Beatles. But underneath the pop varnish, Carey’s just a smitten newlywed in the middle of a home renovation, juggling a job and a new puppy. Sort of…

Did Nick weigh in on the album?
We tend to do our own thing, but I did like sharing the process of this album with him, as we have the same taste in music and he’s a great DJ and loves music.

LMAOOOOOOO!! Mariah *has* to be in love for her to go on the public record to call her young pup of a hubby “a great DJ”. LOL!! After the jump, read the rest of Mimi’s Elle interview and find out what she has to say about her new life as the happily married Mrs. Cannon …

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Mariah Carey has released the official artwork for her new single I Want To Know What Love Is, which is her take on the Foreigner track and is the second single from her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel … behold:

MariahCarey.com wanted to be the first to share with the fans the brand new cover art for Mariah’s version of the Foreigner classic power ballad “I Want To Know What Love Is” from her upcoming album Memoirs of an imperfect Angel in-stores on Tuesday, September 29th!

HMMM. The artwork is nice and all … nothing too exciting, a lot of words with big letters. The song itself has made its way to the Internets and can be heard in full HERE (until it gets taken down, of course). It’s an interesting cover … but, in all honesty, I vastly prefer the original version of this song.

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First there was M by Mariah Carey, then there was Luscious Pink by Mariah Carey and let’s not forget the special edition Wal-Mart only fragrance Ultra Pink by Mariah Carey which we *just* heard about a couple of weekends ago … but now there’s yet another smell released by, you guessed it, Mariah Carey. Mimi is releasing a 4th fragrance this week in a new ad campaign that is launching in beauty magazines. Here is a scan of her latest ad campaign for her latest celebrity fragrance called Forever by Mariah Carey:

Mariah Carey may have pushed back the release of her anticipated new album, but there’s no stopping another launch the beauty maven has in the works. Following the success of her two previous signature scents, M by Mariah Carey and Luscious Pink, the singer is poised to hit another high note with a new fragrance for fall — and she’s debuting her sexy ads online exclusively on PEOPLE.com. “Fragrance is so personal,” she tells PEOPLE, “and Forever captures that glamorous feeling that I want to share with my fans.” The opulent floral scent, which will start at $42 for a 1-oz. spray, will contain notes of lotus blossom, tuberose, gardenia, exotic woods and white musk.

You got a lot of smells, Mrs. Mimi … and you really seem intent on pushing them out one right after another. Granted, she released her first two fragrances with quite a bit of time in between but this new Forever fragrance is comin’ out hot on the heels of her last fragrance Ultra Pink. Is it just me or does something seem … off … about this ad? It kinda looks like her eyes are painted on or something … it’s kinda creepy. But, I digress … Ultra Pink, which can only be got at your friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart, is on sale now but you’re gonna have to wait until next month to pick up this latest fragrance. It remains to be seen if this newest venture will sell well enough to evoke the sweet smell of success or not but something tells me that this won’t be the last we’ll be smelling of Mariah Carey.

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Great news for Mariah Carey’s lambs who enjoy shopping at the evil corporation Walmart to impart today … Mimi has released a new fragrance called M Ultra Pink by Mariah Carey available for sale solely at Walmart stores around this great land of ours. Yes, folks … Walmart shoppers will have the exclusive right to smell like Mariah’s latest perfume … exciting, right?

The new Ultra Pink fragrance is now available exclusively at Wal-Mart. The new Mariah Carey “Ultra Pink” embraces Mariah’s feminine side, flirty and fun.

–Get your diva on with Ultra Pink, the exclusive new fragrance by Mariah Carey
–A colorful floral melody, Ultra Pink is flirty and fun and embraces Mariah’s feminine side
–Soft accents of cherry blossoms and wild berries, combined with signature dewy Tiare Petals and a creamy blend of Sun-Kissed woods create a radiant and vibrant fragrance

After the jump, check out a couple photos of the perfume display for M Ultra Pink by Mariah Carey that can be found in your local neighborhood Walmart store …

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Mariah Carey features in a new promo photo on the Livenation website to promote her upcoming string of shows at The Pearl concert venue inside the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV in September … and I couldn’t help but notice that the new photo looks a lot like an old photo of Mimi from back in the day:

The microphone, the backdrop, the dress … clearly, MC is hearkening back to the days of yore when she was a new chanteuse on the scene … but doesn’t it kinda look more like she has run out of “looks” that she needs to recycle one of her earliest looks?

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