Source: WPIX11
Source: WPIX11
No stranger to the red carpet, Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon also turned to Piaget for Oscar-worthy timepieces. The multi-platinum singer and star of “Precious” chose Piaget’s newest Limelight Jazz Party cuff watch in white gold and set with 591 brilliant-cut diamonds and 3 pear-shaped diamond drops. Mr. Cannon opted for Piaget’s Altiplano Double Jeu in white gold and set with 68 diamonds.

We jest! Sort of. Sifting through our 2010 Oscars coverage, we came across this video clip of Janell Snowden, our friend from VH1 News, walking up to Mariah Carey and telling her straight up that she’s always had a thing for her hubby Nick Cannon. Mariah looks peeved at first, but then rolls with the joke. But what neither Mimi nor Janell know is that we’ve been waiting for just the right moment to unearth a clip of an on-camera flirtation between Nick and Janell that’s been buried deep within our archives. (more…)
Nick stopped by comedian pal Wanda Sykes new late night show on FOX. He didn’t say much the whole show but when he did he knocked out the park.
video management, video solution, video streamingDiamonds, dripping on the fingers, wrists and ears of young Hollywood ingenues and cinema royalty alike, made their way down the red carpets as celebrities celebrated the 82nd Annual Academy Awards®. From the nominees to the presenters to the party hoppers, the stars showed off their diamonds in unique and youthful ways for the biggest night in film.
Diamonds went both edgy and glamorous as the world was introduced to the newest generation of Hollywood stars. “This year we saw the emergence of a new generation of actors who have embraced their individuality,” says Jamie Cadwell, Director of the Diamond Information Center. “They are using the red carpet to express their personal styles, whether vintage inspired or very modern, we are seeing diamonds used in an exciting variety of ways.”
A dazzling Anna Kendrick, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, continued her streak of old-Hollywood glam in Kwiat’s Diamond Pendant Earrings. Amanda Seyfried offset her ethereal gown with 250 carats of contrasting Brown, Champagne and Mint Diamond Geometric Bracelets by Lorraine Schwartz. Fan favorite Kristen Stewart went understated in a simple H. Stern Diamond Bracelet while Rachel McAdams went for perfect match in show stopping Natural Multi Color Diamond Earrings by Lorraine Schwartz.
Diamonds in the hair created a chic, yet unexpected look for red carpet regulars and freshman starlets alike. Presenter Elizabeth Banks accented her gown with a delicate Diamond Head Band by Fred Leighton, while Diane Kruger went floral in her Chanel Fine Jewelry Black and White Diamond Flower Hair Pin. Zoe Kravitz brought rock-and-roll to the Kodak by piling on the diamonds, finishing off her look with a stunning 19th Century Diamond Wing Brooch worn in her hair by Fred Leighton.
The most stunning diamond moment of the night came with Best Actress Nominee Carey Mulligan’s unbelievable 19th Century Cascading Diamond and Diamond Briolette Earrings perfectly paired with a delicate Everlon Diamond Knot Ring, all by Fred Leighton. “These earrings came into our collection a week before the Oscars,” says Rebecca Selva of Fred Leighton, “and from the moment we saw them we knew they were for Carey.”
The following celebrities wore DIAMONDS to celebrate the 82nd Annual Academy Awards:
* Amanda Seyfried – Lorraine Schwartz – Brown, Champagne and Mint Diamond Geometric Bracelets, 250 carats; Delicate Blackened Platinum Diamond Earrings; Brown Diamond Ball Ring.
* Amy Landecker – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection/Camilla Dietz Bergeron – Everlon Diamond Knot Double Row Pave Bracelet; Diamond Pendant Earrings from Camilla Dietz Bergeron.
* *Anna Kendrick – Kwiat – Diamond Oval Motif Bracelet; Diamond Pendant Earrings; Diamond Web Ring.
* Anika Noni Rose – Diamond Bracelet; Flower Cluster Diamond Earrings; Diamond Ring.
* Cameron Diaz – Cartier – Diamond Pave Trinity Circle Earrings in white, yellow and rose gold; Diamond and White Gold Ring from Cartier Private Archive Collection; Princess and Round Cut Diamond Ring set in White Gold.
* *Carey Mulligan – Fred Leighton – 19th Century Cascading Diamond and Diamond Briolette Earrings; Everlon Diamond Knot Ring by Fred Leighton; 19th Century Pear-Shaped Diamond Ring, 2 1/2 carats.
* Charlize Theron – Harry Winston – Vintage Marquise Diamond Wave Bracelet; Diamond Cluster Earrings, 17.25 carats.
* *Deborah Ann Woll – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Pave Diamond Double Knot Bangle; Everlon Pave Diamond Knot Bangle; Everlon Diamond Knot Bangle; Everlon Diamond Knot Tassel Earrings in oxidized white gold.
* Demi Lovato – Vanity Fair Party – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Tennis Bracelets; William Goldberg Diamond Bracelet; Everlon Diamond Pendant Earrings in Antiqued Gold; Everlon Pave Diamond Double Knot Ring.
* Diane Kruger – Chanel Fine Jewelry – Diamond Line Bracelet; Diamond Floral Stud Earrings; Black and White Diamond Flower Brooch.
* *Elizabeth Banks – Fred Leighton – Rose-Cut Diamond Briolette Pendant Earrings; Diamond Head Band.
* Emma Roberts – Vanity Fair Party – Martin Katz – Everlon Pave Diamond Knot Drop Earrings.
* Faith Hill – Lorraine Schwartz – Lorraine Schwartz-Black Diamond Bangles in blackened platinum, 180 carats; White Diamond Bangles.
* Helen Mirren – Chopard – Oval Shape Diamond Necklace, 125 carats; Fancy and Rose-Cut Diamond Cuff; Diamond Pear-Shape Drop Earrings, 9 carats.
* Jennifer Lopez – Cartier – Diamond and Platinum Bracelet; Diamond Ear Clips, Cartier London 1934; Diamond Cartier Panthere Maillon XXl Ring in White Gold.
* Joe Jonas – Vanity Fair Party – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Cufflinks.
* Julianne Moore – Bulgari – Two Diamond and platinum bracelets, circa 1930 from Bulgari’s Historical Archives; Three Diamond and Platinum Bracelets from Bulgari’s High Jewelry Collection.
* Kate Winslet – Tiffany & Co. – Yellow Diamond Necklace created exclusively for her by Tiffany & Co., $2.5 million; Yellow Diamond Bracelets; Yellow Diamond Drop Earrings, 10 carats.
* Kathryn Bigelow – Diamond Bracelet.
* Kathy Bates – Diamond in the Rough – Rough Diamond Astra Necklace, 61.48 carats; Stacked Rough Diamond Astra Bangles with over 54 carats; Rough Diamond Astra Earrings, 56.59 carats.
* Kevin Jonas – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Cufflinks.
* Kristen Stewart – H.Stern – Diamond Bracelet.
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Fred Leighton – 1940’s Diamond Cuff Bracelet; 19th Century Diamond and Ivory Calla Lily Earrings.
* Mariah Carey – Various – William Goldberg Oval-Cut Diamond Bracelet; H.Stern Top Floral Diamond Cuff Bracelet; Stacked Diamond Tennis Bracelets; Chopard Rose-Cut Diamond Hoop Earrings, 43 carats; Diamond Flower Brooch.
* Mariska Hargitay – Fred Leighton – 19th Century Diamond Cluster Necklace.
* Meryl Streep – Fred Leighton – Magnificent Art Deco Diamond and Onyx Bracelets; Square Pave-Set Diamond Ear Clips; 1920’s Diamond and Onyx Ring.
* Mo’Nique – Chopard – Princess-Cut Yellow Diamond Tennis Bracelet; Radiant-Cut Light Yellow Diamond Line Bracelet, 46 carats; Radiant-Cut Fancy Yellow Diamond and White Diamond Earrings, 17 carats.
* Nick Cannon – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Cufflinks.
* Nick Jonas – Vanity Fair Party – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Cufflinks.
* Nicole Richie – Lorraine Schwartz – Diamond Stud Earrings in blackened platinum; Iridescent Cluster Diamond Ring in blackened platinum, 110 carats; Diamond Ring in blackened platinum.
* Paula Patton – Martin Katz – Diamond Tambourine Bracelet, 14.86 carats; Diamond Cuff Bracelet, 18 carats; Diamond Tassle Earrings, 25.22 carats; Diamond Mosaic Ring, 8.5 carats.
* Penelope Cruz – Chopard – Asscher-Cut Diamond Bracelet, 23 carats; Emerald-Cut Gradual Diamond Bracelet, 28 carats; Diamond Line Bracelet; Pear-Shape Diamond Drop Earrings, 18 carats; Fancy-Cut Diamond Cocktail Ring; Diamond Pave Band, 16 carats.
* *Rachel McAdams – Lorraine Schwartz – Natural Multi-Color Diamond Earrings; Diamond Pinky Ring.
* Rashida Jones – Vanity Fair Party – Everlon Diamond Knot Collection – Everlon Diamond Knot Chain Bracelets; Oxidized Everlon 3 Knot Drop Earrings; Everlon Diamond Knot Stacked Rings.
* Sandra Bullock – Her own personal jewelry from Neil Lane – Diamond Drop Earrings; Diamond Line Bracelet.
* Sarah Jessica Parker – Fred Leighton – 1950’s Diamond Swirl Bracelet; Cognac Diamond Flexible Bracelet; Rose-Cut Diamond Bracelet; 19th Century Diamond Cluster Earrings; Antique Cushion-Cut Diamond Ring, 9 carats.
* Sherri Shepherd – William Goldberg – Diamond Aero Bracelet; Diamond Cluster Chandelier Earrings.
* Sigourney Weaver – Neil Lane – Diamond Link Bracelet; Round Diamond Drop Earrings, 7 carats each.
* Stana Katic – Neil Lane – 3 Antique Diamond Bracelets; Diamond Oval Pendant Earrings; Diamond Cluster Ring.
* Vera Farmiga – Fred Leighton – 1920’s Diamond Ear Clips; 1960’s Diamond Cluster Cocktail Ring; Diamond Leaf Brooch in her hair.
* Zoe Saldana – Lorraine Schwartz – Custom-made 20-carat bronzed platinum diamond drops.
* Zoe Kravitz – Fred Leighton – 1920’s Diamond Square-Link Bracelet; 1920’s Diamond and Cognac Diamond Bracelet; 1930’s Old-Mine Cut Diamond Drop Earrings, 3 1/2 carats; Diamond Paisley Ring; 3 Stacked Diamond Rings; 19th Century Diamond Wing Brooch worn in her hair.
SOURCE Diamond Information Center
For her role as social worker Miss Weiss in the Academy Award-nominated film “Precious,” Mariah Carey underwent a drastic make-under, sporting a mustache, mousey tresses and dowdy clothes that left the otherwise-glamorous singer nearly unrecognizable.
But, as any red-carpet-watcher would expect, Carey was nothing short of stunning when MTV News caught up with her and husband Nick Cannon at the Academy Awards, where the two joked about getting dressed for the big night.
“Of course, she tells me what she’s going to wear, and I go pull something out of the laundry hamper and iron it and put it on,” Cannon joked. “But she’s fabulous.”
“He doesn’t hardly iron a thing,” Carey laughed.
“Yeah, I don’t know how to iron,” Cannon admitted. “I’m surprised this isn’t wrinkled now.”
Carey’s purple gown clearly didn’t come out of a dirty-clothes hamper, but instead of trying on a slew of dresses from different designers, Carey streamlined her wardrobe-selection process by working directly with Valentino.
“We worked with them and did a lot of different sketches and stuff. We just thought it would be a nice moment, a leg moment for a different thing,” Carey said, good-naturedly referencing her frequently exposed décolletage.
“What if I had my leg out?” Nick asked.
“You could start a new trend,” Carey said.
“What if I had a split from the top of my pants?”
“You do you, man,” she said. “That’s why I love you.”
Source: MTV News
Mariah Carey spat out a breath mint on the red carpet – and made her hubby Nick Cannon hold on to it.
The actress – at the Academy Awards as part of the Precious cast – almost got in a fight with Cannon after he tried to decline taking the mint.
Cannon asked: “Do I have to hold the mint?”
Replied Carey: “I’d eat your mint but whatever …”
Cannon then took the mint and held it up to the camera, joking: “This is a normal husband and wife conversation.”
The rapper came in handy again when his wife’s diamond bracelet got caught in her plunging neckline on the Oscars red carpet.
Midway through an interview with Ryan Seacrest, she squealed: “Ooh, I’m caught. Diamonds are a girl’s best friend!”
Cannon stepped in to free her.
He had joked about how long it takes his wife to get ready, saying: “She has just like 1000 people making sure this perfection happens.”
Source: Splash News/Hollywoodlife.com
*Personally I find this whole thing funny that they’re taking an innocent, funny, joking exchange and trying to blow it up a bit and twist it into something serious, but the visual of this is pure gold comedy. Thanks to MCCLambNYC for the photofind
Mariah and Nick attend Creative Artist’s Agency head Bryan Lourd’s star-studded house party to kick off Oscar weekend on Friday March 5, 2010.
Mariah and Nick attend the 82nd Academy Awards. Mariah was beautiful and striking in a blue dress, accented by diamond brooch & Nick handsome in classic black tux.
Source: Nick Cannon Archives
Check out this flashback GQ Ryda of RydaNrtist interview from December 2009

I met up with Gabe Cannon (Nick Cannon’s half-brother) at Ncredible Studios, to talk about the Stop Hating Campaign, Nick’s new group RydazNrtist, and of course asked some personal questions, including some personal things about his new sister-in-law Mariah Carey! Listen to the interview, below.

The Stop Hating Campaign
The idea of hate has been in civilization since its beginning. Hate brings about the prejedices and discrimnations that we have seen brought on wars, genocides, and spuradic killings throughout our history. The world needs a change of direction, a new idea to help spread the message to stop the hating. This message actually exists and is called the Stop Hating Campaign put together by Nick Cannon and Quincy Jones. It is our contemporary “We Are The World” to help bring change and attention to the campaign to end the hate.
According to Gabe, the Stop Hating Campaign originally had the idea to have a theme song, with singers like TI (Whom is now in prison), Ludacris, the PussyCat Dolls and so forth. Kind of like ‘We Are The World’ sung by a number of celebrities in 1985 to bring humanitarian aid to Africa. Since his marriage to Mariah Carey, Nick passed on the Campaign to his brother, whom has been taking care of it ever since. The Campaign’s ideology is based off a Martin Luther King Jr. quote, “Somebody, Somewhere must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of Hate in the universe.” Now that that change exists, all we need is more attention brought to it. The goal of the campaign according to its website is to:
“Have as many individuals join the Stop Hating Campaign and work together to bring about change, and Stop Hating. We hope to have a Stop Hating Organization at every school, that will be active in the community educating the people and spreading the message of the Stop Hating Campaign. Our goal is to Stop Hating ourselves and others, and bring an end to the senseless cycle of hate that has been seen repeated throughout history.” – I could not have said it better myself!
When I asked Gabe about Obama and his message of change, he claimed with enthusiasim that “Obama had influence” and that he brought “attention to what we are doing.” He went on the explain that “(Obama) made it trendy again to be conscious of what’s going on.” Hopefully that will not be something temporary for ‘Generation Y’. The Campaign is planning up coming projects, which Politically Affiliated will keep us up-to-date on!
On growing up with Nick
Nick always stood out in his family as the actor. Gabe says that his brother was “always famous to us” and that when he started working with Nickelodeon was when it made things real. When I mention Mariah Carey, I see a larger than usual smile on Gabe’s face. I could tell he really enjoyed having her as a sister-in-law and told me how it was still a shock. “Even at thanksgiving and stuff – whoa you’re Mariah Carey!” When I asked about the rumors about Mariah being pregnant, he denied them but left room for curiosity, “It’s a rumor… It’s a possibility.” Now that makes all of us wonder what really is happening between the two! Being both a fan of Eminem and Mariah (Kind of ironic in my case), I asked about the animosity between the two. Gabe called it, “Childish”. He also had some words for Eminem (Listen to the interview, to hear his message to Eminem)

RydazNrtist
On Gabe’s own life
Only 22-years-old, Gabe is fulfilling his life long dream of becoming a performer through his new group, RydazNrtist as GQ Ryda along side his fellow sibling Reuben and Kevin Writer. Gabe’s take on all of it, “It’s a blessing honestly, something is changing, we’re impacting people’s lives.”
For sometime there was rumored drama between his ex, Monica Leon aka Danger from Ray J’s show on VH1, The Love Of Ray J: 1 & 2. He made it clear that they get along and are happy to have a baby girl together (Which was rumored to be Ray J’s). Gabe wanted to bring to my attention that he was ” gonna be the best father on Earth” and guranteed it.
I spent sometime with the group at one of their first live performances at Cinespace in Hollywood, as they preformed their first single, ‘Sorry Ass Apology’. They even shot the video for it and had it streaming as they preformed. I will have to say, they sound AMAZING live! To listen to their album and watch videos from their performances, check out their MySpace. RydazNrtist will be opening for Mariah Carey’s new tour, Angels Cry in 2010 to promote her new album Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel. Best of luck to RydazNrtist and their debut album, I’m already starting to see their videos on MTV and expect them on the radio any day now!
Listen to the full interview at the link below:
GQ Ryda -RydazNrtist & Stop Hating Campaign
Source: Politically Affiliated