Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Stacy Grouden, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, Vondie Curtis-Hall’s Glitter.
Spotted as a back-up vocalist by fly D.J. Julian “Dice” Black, singer Billie Frank finds herself whisked away into a world of stardom and celebrity. However, Billie quickly discovers that fame and fortune do not offer the comfort and security that she has always craved.
At time of recording, it was ranked 18th on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the worst movies of all-time.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 26th May 2019.
- Note: Darren misidentifies “Tommy Motolla” as “Tony Motolla” a few times in the podcast.
- Note: Darren mistakenly cites EMI as the holder of Mariah Carey’s original contract before Virgin bought it out; in reality, Virgin is a subdivision of EMI, Mariah Carey’s original contract was with Sony.
- Glitter at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Bottom 100 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Rich Juzwiak at Jezebel on Mariah Carey’s breakdown around the release of Glitter, September 2016.
- Brian Hiatt at MTV reports on Mariah Carey’s hospitalisation for “extreme exhaustion”, July 2001.
- Christina Cheakalos at People reports on Mariah Carey’s increasingly erratic behaviour, August 2001.
- Alex Kuczynski and Laura M. Holson at The New York Times on Virgin Records cashing out on its contractual obligations to Mariah Carey, January 2002.
- Oh No They Didn’t! reports on Tommy Mottola’s account of his relationship to Mariah Carey, January 2013.
- Mariah Carey is profiled for Rolling Stone shortly following her split from Tommy Mottola, February 1998.
- Roger Friedman at Fox News reports on accusations that Jennifer Lopez “ripped off” Mariah Carey’s work on the Glitter soundtrack, April 2002.
- Robert Kessler at Yahoo! on the history of the “feud” between Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez, March 2016.
- Mariah Carey talks to People magazine about her bipolar disorder diagnosis, April 2018.
- Spencer Kornhaber at The Atlantic on how Mariah Carey’s bipolar diagnosis reframes media coverage of her “diva” persona, April 2018.
- Britney Spears talks to Hello! about her breakdown, June 2017.
- Laura Kennedy at The Irish Times on Kanye West’s invocation of clichés about mental illness and creativity, June 2018.
- Amy Zimmerman at The Daily Beast on tabloid journalism’s obsession with celebrity mental health, May 2019.
- Rashida Jones talks about the double standards applied to female directors with Variety, February 2017.
- Barbara Streisand talks with The Hollywood Reporter about the double standards applied to women directors, December 2015.
- Dan McQuade on Twitter reports on Glitter’s grim Wikipedia page, April 2018.
- Julianne Escobedo Shepherd at Jezebel reports on Mariah Carey’s fashion during the Glitter promotional era, September 2016.
- Craig Johnson at CNN on how 9/11 impacted music sales, September 2011.
- Nate Jones at Vulture explores the weird history that Zoolander shares with 9/11, February 2016.
- Zack Sharf at IndieWire on Terrence Malick’s unique relationship with Zoolander, March 2017.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic describes Glitter as “the pop equivalent of Chernobyl”, September 2001.
- Mark Armstrong at E! Online on reports of tensions between Mariah Carey and Mira Sorvino on the set of Wisegirls, August 2001.
- MSN reports on Max Beesley landing a role on Empire, July 2015.
- Gawker reports on the six times that Terrence Howard has been accused of abuse, August 2013.
- Tracie Egan Morrissey at Jezebel reports on Howard’s boasts about rejecting both Beyoncé and Padma Lakshmi, November 2013.
- Lisa Respers France and Stella Chan at CNN report on Suge Knight’s conviction, October 2018.
- Mariah Carey’s video for “Fantasy”, September 1995.
- Mariah Carey’s video for “Honey”, August 1997.
- Mariah Carey’s video for “Loverboy”, September 2001.
- Mariah Carey’s video for “Butterfly”, September 1997.
- Ben Sisario at The New York Times on Beyoncé’s efforts to take control of her star power and manage her brand, December 2013.
- Nathan Rabin discusses the “hoification” of Mariah Carey at The A.V. Club, December 2007.
- Nathan Rabin at Salon on the life that “manic pixie dream girl” took on after he coined it, July 2014.
- Hazel Cills at Jezebel on the rise and fall of the pop star purity ring, January 2018.
- Neil McCormick at The Telegraph on the public obsession with Britney Spears’ virginity, February 2002.
- Mariah Carey appears on Total Request Live, August 2001.
- Kase Wickman at MTV reflects on the legendary Mariah-Carey-centric episode of Cribs, April 2015.
- Carly Ledbetter at The Huffington Post on Mariah Carey in a bathtub, September 2016.
- Max Beesley attempts to half-heartedly defend Glitter in an interview with The Guardian, April 2007.
- Nathan Rabin at The A.V. Club discusses the infamous 1980-1981 season of Saturday Night Live, September 2012.
- Alfie Allen talks to The Baltimore Sun about preparing for his shirtless scenes on Game of Thrones, June 2012.
- Harriet Alexander at The Telegraph reports on the marriage between Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie, March 2016.
- Padma Lakshmi reflects on Glitter for Bravo, October 2016.
- Leanna Commins at Cosmopolitan on the meanest reviews of Glitter, September 2016.
- Mariah Carey confesses to Pop Crush that she used to have staff refer to Glitter as “the G word”, December 2013.
- Hafeezah Nazim at The Fader reports on Glitter entering and topping the iTunes charts, November 2018.
- Spencer Kornhaber on the rehabilitation of Mariah Carey (and Glitter) at The Atlantic, November 2018.
- Reid McCarter at The A.V. Club on the memefication of Mariah Carey, April 2019.
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Filed under: The Bottom 100 | Tagged: a star is born, dice, film, glitter, image, mariah carey, media, Movie, music, non-review review, pop, pop music, review, soubdtrack, stacy grouden, tabloids |
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