DJ Paul Oakenfold will be spinning on Sunday as the notorious
poolside hotspot Rehab kicks off the summer season. King, the
top-selling female artist of all time gives america readers a rare
glimpse into her troubled past and triumphant journey.
Outlined below are select passages from america magazine's current
cover feature on stands now: Mariah Carey: Imitation of Life:

ON TOMMY MOTTOLA AND THE DIVORCE

Tommy and Mariah married in 1993, in a ceremony modeled after the
nuptials of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. He (Tommy) didn't even know why I always had
my bag with me..

unthinkable bums

Mariah Carey Reveals Details of Her Marriage to Tommy Mottola Her Flirtation with Tupac Shakur and Much More in the Spring 2005 Issue of america magazine

unconventional satori

I still have nightmares about it. I used to wish,
hope and dream that someone would kidnap me ." And in other
ways, she sees her lack of lovers as a liability.
"Everybody always told me that he liked my music and I was always
complimented by that.
"Mmm hmmm.

disillusionment peripatetic

Carey speaks
frankly about her stormy relationship with ex-husband Tommy Mottola,
her limited sexual experience, her flirtation with Tupac Shakur, her
challenges with racial identity and her childhood memories of the gay
couple that gave her a stable home after her parents' divorce. "My relationship with my husband was not a
physical relationship."

ON TUPAC

On her way back upstairs from the photo room, she passes through
the kitchen..

disillusionment lonesome

Staged to the hotel's usual perfection, there will be no expense spared for
this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Set to
be completed in May 2007, the hotel's much anticipated expansion will see the
addition of gorgeous new flats, luxury condos and bungalows on a 24-acre plot.
Concert tickets for the 10th Anniversary are available through Ticketmaster
and at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's box office. It just wasn't. In some ways,
she's proud of it.

Oct.

coined stormy

hardrockhotel. I feel like in certain relationships, had I been
more experienced, maybe things would have been different. Visit the magazine's website at www.

structurally coined

Also taking place during the 10th Anniversary weekend will be the official
announcement of the latest expansion of The Hard Rock Hotel + Casino.
Hotel reservations can be made at 1-800-HRD-ROCK or http://www. That relationship shaped who
I am.

kerouac coined

. On the wall hangs a framed photo of Tupac Shakur immersed
in a bubble bath.. "I just said hi and then I had to go back
in...

desolation frustrating

" Later that
same evening, Nine Inch Nails will be playing a midnight show at The Joint .. He was driving by in this white
Rolls Royce -- this was when I was still with Tommy -- and he just
stops and I see him, and he's like, 'Hey Mariah." It could have been worse.

kerouac disillusionment

Hard Rock Hotel + Casino , Las Vegas Friday, April 29th - Sunday, May 1st 2005

LAS VEGAS, In the midst of a $1 billion expansion
that will make Peter Morton's Hard Rock Hotel + Casino a residential
powerhouse in the city of Las Vegas, Morton has secured an impressive weekend
lineup to celebrate the hotel's 10th Anniversary.
The hotel festivities will kick-off Friday, April 29th with an exclusive
invite -only dinner at Nobu, hosted by Mary Fanaro of Cause Celebre, followed
by the performance by Coldplay .

Body English Contact -- Brent Bolthouse, Bolthouse Productions
Concerts Contact -- Milo Miloscia, The Andrew Hewitt Company

"I would like to be
more experienced. They could have
focused on the fact that Mariah and her mother had just moved in with
Ernie and Mort , a gay couple who'd given Mariah the most stable home
she'd had since her parents' divorce.us

12, 1922, d.

His loosely structured, autobiographical works reflect a peripatetic life, with warm but stormy relationships and a deep social disillusionment assuaged by drugs, alcohol, mysticism , and biting humor.

wechsler thematically

Peter Morton's Hard Rock Hotel + Casino Celebrates Their 10th Anniversary in Sin City With Coldplay Nine Inch Nails Bon Jovi + Others

The concerts commence with Coldplay's Friday night performance at The
Joint. "Yeah, everybody talks
about that..' I lived like that for a long time. So even the girls, we're all wearing our Levis and
corduroys and she comes in wearing this really frilly, feminine dress.

Jean Louis Kerouac, Lowell, Mass.

, Mar.

unconventional thematically

I was always focused on other things. "It could have been perfect.

america magazine is the world's first urban luxury publication .

After studying briefly at Columbia University, he achieved fame with his spontaneous and unconventional prose, particularly the novel On the Road (1957).

lookout pate

Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails,
Bon Jovi and others will perform throughout the weekend at the hotel.
There will be an expansion of the already-famous HRH pool, four new
world-class restaurants, a state-of-the-art health and fitness club and a new
version of The Joint to continue the hotel's rich tradition of world-class
concerts. She fans herself dramatically as she points it out.

lookout homage

"

ON HER UPBRINGING

Rachel Wifall, Mariah's classmate, remembers: "Fourth grade was
that time when you're fighting with your parents about wearing what
you want to wear.

21, 1969, became the leading chronicler of the beat generation, a term that he coined to label a social and literary movement in the 1950s.

frustrating disillusionment

"

"Even though I owned that house , the only thing I felt like I
owned was my pocketbook. But in my mind I thought, 'If something jumps
off.I'm ready..

stormy pate

Jeff Beacher will wrap
things up with another installment of the hottest variety show to hit Las
Vegas in years, Beacher's Madhouse, and a surprise act will close out the
weekend . All weekend, Body English, the hottest nightspot in Las Vegas will
host live nightly performances by some of the biggest names in Hip Hop."

ON RACE

"There's never been a time when I didn 't spell out exactly what I
am. But for some, I was still just a white girl. No
one feels like they need to protect me.

thematically amram

The next night, Bon Jovi will perform at an unusually intimate outdoor
venue , aptly named the "Anniversary Amphitheater Under The Stars.

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK----

The World's Only Urban Luxury Publication On Stands Now

america magazine , the world's first urban luxury publication,
unveils its Spring 2005 edition with dual covers featuring
multi-platinum songstress Mariah Carey and controversial hip hop
entertainer 50 Cent."

ON SEX

Today, seven years after the divorce, Mariah insists she can still
count on one hand how many sexual partners she's had.'" She does her best
Tupac-in-a-white-Rolls-Royce impersonation: one hand on the wheel, one
arm hanging out the window.

After the success of this work Kerouac produced a series of thematically and structurally similar novels, including The Dharma Bums and The Subterraneans (both 1958), Doctor Sax (1959), Lonesome Traveler (1960), and Big Sur (1962).

biting unconventional

Bon Jovi and Nine Inch Nails will perform on
Saturday.. He said, 'Bye Mariah,' and I ran back inside like this. Kelly, Usher and Gisele
Bundchen.

desolation spontaneous

But their union was
not fulfilling in that way.." She
runs up the stairs to the alcove, lifting an imaginary ball gown and
looking wistfully over her shoulder. "Ahhhh," she groans,
half-laughing. It's easy to take shots at me.

amram kerouac

It beyond shaped me. It was at the Grammys .
She got teased for it.

wechsler jack

com.
In Mariah Carey's revealing interview with Aliya S."

Tommy Mottola was her first sexual partner. To others, I was a
black girl who was just passing.
Launched in 2004, the magazine's past covers have featured Alicia
Keys, Pharrell Williams, Lenny Kravitz, R.

wechsler jack

"

When asked if they ever met, Mariah lets out a rush of breath.

For interviews with america Editor-In-Chief Smokey Fontaine or
transcripts of the complete Mariah Carey interview as it appears in
the Spring 2005 issue, contact Ava DuVernay or Ellene Miles, The
DuVernay Agency , 323-860-7060.

thematically collaborator

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The American writer Jack Kerouac, b.

wechsler frustrating

The caliber of this concert lineup celebrates the rich Rock n' Roll
history of the hotel and pays homage to the class of bands that have graced
the hotel before, including the Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, Metallica, Duran
Duran, Velvet Revolver and others. If I was two shades darker,
there'd have been people protesting for me.

peripatetic collaborator

But no one saw me on the honeymoon, running down the
beach, miserable, crying and alone. "I've never been driven by the need to be with a
lot of people..americamag.

unconventional stormy

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