CAREY HITTING HIGH NOTES IN BOTH MUSIC AND ROMANCE.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Mariah Carey and Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born on April 19, 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican-Mexican pop singer of Italian and Spanish descent that was raised in Mexico. He is best known for his crooning vocals and romantic ballads. have plans - but not wedding plans. ``No - not as yet,'' responds the superstar singer, asked about the much-speculated-upon nuptials that would join her and the Latin crooner who's been lighting up her personal life since last year. Mariah, who'll be seen on the 1999 Essence Awards tonight on Fox, tells us she's in the middle of working on an album she intends to have out ``by the end of this year - for the millennium.'' Is she planning duets with Luis? ``Actually, well, I'm not allowed to talk about it, but there is something in the works,'' says the diva, smiling. Mariah presents what will undoubtedly go down as the most dramatic of tonight's Essence Awards - a tribute to 14-year-old Hydeia L. Broadbent, who is living a life of accomplishment and joy, despite having been born an AIDS baby. ``It was hard to stand there after seeing the film they put together of what Hydeia's done and the odds she faces,'' admits Mariah, who adds that ``everyone was teary-eyed'' at the recently taped, star-packed Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference event. ``Even the way she presents herself is really inspiring for all of us, I think.'' The moment had to be especially moving for Carey, who chose to give the Broadbent award. She has a sister who's HIV-positive, a subject she politely declines to discuss. More Mariah ... Mariah is in Italy this week, singing with Luciano Pavarotti Noun 1. Luciano Pavarotti - Italian tenor (born in 1935) Pavarotti at his annual benefit for War Child. ``He asked to do my song `Hero' with me, and they've written an operatic part that goes along with my lyric,'' she reports. Mariah took her mother, a former opera singer, along for the trek. The event will be televised worldwide, including the U.S., at a later date. Filming like a Foxx Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray, and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. has been forced to juggle his sitcom-shooting schedule as a result of ``Bait,'' the Castle Rock film he was supposed to start in July, being pushed back to August. Foxx is bringing the cast and crew of ``The Jamie Foxx Show'' back early from hiatus to whip out whip out or off Verb to take (something) out or off quickly and suddenly: she whipped off her glasses seven or eight episodes of the WB sitcom in June and July. Then, they'll take a break, while he heads off to shoot the big-screen action comedy in which he'll play a two-bit ex-con being used as bait by the feds to catch a master thief who knows the whereabouts of a multimillion-dollar cache of gold. Meanwhile, the assault charges Foxx filed against LL Cool J in March are still pending. Those charges resulted from a fracas that occurred during filming of Oliver Stone's ``On Any Given Sunday'' in Miami, after a fight scene between Foxx and LL reportedly turned a little too real. Foxx and LL play football players in the Stone film, which also stars Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz and Dennis Quaid. A new Lowe Rob Lowe had to put ``Union Pacific,'' his planned feature-film directorial debut, on a back burner Noun 1. back burner - reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner" precedence, precedency, priority - status established in order of importance or urgency; "... since his acting career has heated up again in recent months. Lowe signed a deal last year with megaproducer Gale Anne Hurd to helm the ``Union'' drama he wrote. He says he'd already gotten into ``the late stages of preproduction'' on the project. But then, he committed to do NBC's recently aired ``Atomic Train'' miniseries, filmed the upcoming ``Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me,'' and now he's co-starring in what is being talked up as one of NBC's hottest new shows for fall, ``West Wing'' from ``ER's'' John Wells John Wells may be: People:
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Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. Lee, Shaun Baker and the rest of the ``V.I.P.'' troupe head back to the soundstage Thursday to start the second season of her hot syndicated actioner. Baker, in the enviable position of being the only male amongst a bevy bevy a flock of birds. of beauties on ``V.I.P.,'' says the new season will have ``more realistic situations. ... I mean, we're not doing `Shawshank Redemption.' ... It is what it is, but it'll be more of a slice-of-life kind of thing.'' With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) CAREY (2) FOXX (3) LOWE (4) BAKER |
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