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Mariah takes off make-up for Cannes role

By Stephanie West

Updated on 16 May 2009

Mariah Carey's radical departure into gritty realism is winning over the critics at the Cannes film festival. Stephanie West reports.

Mariah Carey

Best known for being a Grammy award-winning singer, with a huge entourage of stylists and beauticians, Mariah Carey, has ditched the make-up for a gritty new film.

Called Precious, a grim tale of a teenage girl, abused by her father in Harlem, the movie is causing a stir in Cannes and has already won awards elsewhere.

This report contains flash photography.


Full interview: Mariah Carey

Stephanie West interviews Mariah Carey about her unglamorous role in Cannes film Precious.

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