News Date: 12.05.09

 
 
 
In the 1980's John Mellencamp told fans to "R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A.". These days, fans are telling the "pop singer" to kick an old habit that "hurts so good". Mellencamp's 14 year old son, Speck, just launched a social networking campaign on Facebook and claims his father promises to quit smoking if the group reaches one million members. You may recall John's world nearly came "crumblin down" in 1994 after suffering a massive heart attack. If the advice of family and doctors didn't stop him then, do you really think a Facebook page will help him "get a leg up" now?
 
"With a little luck", Paul McCartney may have a better chance of introducing "Meat free Mondays" to Europe! This week was less about "silly love songs" and more about a "revolution" as Paul appeared before European Parliament explaining how skipping meat one day a week helps the environment. He couldn't explain, however, how flying his private "jet" from show to show was also environmentally friendly.
 
Maybe singer Mariah Carey has the answers, after all, the pop diva has a solution for everything else in her "fantasy" world. Behind the scenes at a recent UK television appearance, a member of Mariah's entourage had to walk backwards in front of her just in case she fell over! To protect her dress from getting crushed, two people lowered her onto a sofa. She also brought her own toilet paper and had security for her two Jack Russell puppies.
 
You know, just like Mellencamp and McCartney, Mariah should kick some old habits of her own. "All I want for Christmas" is for Mariah to quit being such a diva, even if it is just for "one sweet day".

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