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Your Plaza Hotel Bellman Might Be Mariah Carey in Drag

Where: 5th Ave at 59th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10019

As you're checking into The Plaza, look closely at your bellman: does he seem to have a went-out-of-style in 2002 goatee that appears to be fake-ish? Does that stubble look airbrushed? Do those deep brown eyes look a little... feminine?

Maybe it's Mariah Carey in drag, then.

Okay, not really — but MTV News has some snaps from the video shoot Mariah Carey recently did at The Plaza for her new single, "Obsessed," in which the diva gets dressed up in drag — in some shots, she's dressed up as someone who very, very closely resembles rapper Eminem, and in some scenes she's dressed as a Plaza bellman. Hehe.

We're not so sure where The Plaza comes into play here — the song is about a dude who goes around claiming that he and Mariah are, as the song says, "sexin," which is what some people believe to be a very thinly-veiled shot at rapper Eminem, who apparently released a song a while ago about wanting to steal Mariah "back" from her hubby — but, like, who knew divas had a sense of humor?

[Photo: Ray Tamarra / Getty Images via MTV.com]

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The HotelChatter Diva Tracker: Mariah, Beyonce and Madge

Mariah arrives at the Dorchester.

If you were a pop-star diva a la Madonna and could, ostensibly, spend nights in any hotel in the whole entire world, where would you go? The Seasons? The Ritz? We'd guess old-school, Sean-Penn-era Madge would probably hit up The Standard NYC with all its public sexytime craziness — and, oh, wait, this just in: rumor has it she's there right now.

The Stan D'Arde Twitter spread some hot goss on the Internet this morning: "Madonna is @StandardNY. Shhhhhhh." Yes, yes. We'll be quiet about it when we're skulking around the High Line this evening.

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Mariah Carey Lends Her Diva-ness to Turkey's New Mardan Palace

Where: Kundu Kayu, Oteller Mevkii, Antalya, Turkey, Lara 07110

When you're opening up a ridiculously expensive, lavish, opulent hotel — whether the place is in Dubai or Dallas — you want to bring out the biggest of the big guns when you're selecting your celeb starpower for the opening. Someone who is well-known to have the most discerning tastes; someone whose reputation for accepting nothing less than the best and finest goes unquestioned. That is: you may want to bring in a Diva. Yes, with a capital D.

And who screams Diva more than anyone? Um, Mariah Carey. Duh.

Page Six tipped us off to the news that Miss Mariah spent her Memorial Day-ish weekend with her husbie Nick Cannon in Turkey, where she was paid a hot $1.5 million to sing at the opening of the Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya last week (where the other half of the entertainment was covered by Tom Jones). The Mardan Palace is supposedly touted as Turkey's first luxe destination resort, boasting an amphitheater, a botanical garden, a fleet of luxury cars, insane water features, and a massive spa.

Rates at the Mardan Palace start at 260 Euros, and — bonus — some beds at the hotel have already been slept on by Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, and Heidi Klum, who were flown in for the massive opening gala as well.

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Mariah Carey Performs for Nelson Mandela at One & Only Cape Town Opening

One & Only Resort has opened and despite the worldwide economic troubles, the luxury resort has decided to open with a serious bang--having Mariah Carey perform for Nelson Mandela at a private luncheon hosted today. Except that private luncheon including about 350 rich and famous folks. The official press release says:

Sol Kerzner (One and Only owner) introduced his 350 guests including: Mariah Carey, Thandie Newton, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, Sharon Stone, Robert DeNiro, Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon to the resort’s world renowned chefs, Gordon Ramsay and Nobu Matsuhisa.

The master ensemble of global musicians including Clint Eastwood’s son Kyle Eastwood on bass, legendary Dave Koz on saxophone; Jonathan Butler on guitar; the magnificent Patti Austin on vocals; Maceo Parker, formerly James Brown’s saxophone player, on sax; 6-year-old Cape Town percussion prodigy Daniel Peterson on drums and the amazing Hugh Masekela on Flugle & Trumpet performed an array of hits including “Fire & Rain,” “I’ll Take You There,” “Let’s Stay Together” and many more.

Naturally, a One & Only resort that opens with this much fanfare does not come cheap and we hardly expect room rates to be dropping anytime soon. Marina rooms begin at $540 a night and junior suites on one of the resort's two private harbour islands, begin at $1,770 a night.

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Hotel Love Affair From Beverly Hills to the Bahamas

Mariah Carey's picture is on display at Tippy's which she frequents when on Eleuthera.

The destined-to-be-divorced newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon went on record with People magazine this week about their quickie nuptials.

While we know the vows were spoken at Mariah's private residence on Eleuthera in the Bahamas, the love affair actually began at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Here's what Nick told People:

"From the first time we sat down to discuss the video at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we connected," Cannon said. "We had so much in common spiritually, and we laugh at the same things. I didn't have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years old."

Good thing the law doesn't allow 12-year-olds to marry for reals. Anyways, Mariah has been spotted at Tippy's at Pineapple Fields in Eleuthera many times before. We're wondering if this is where Nick and her are holing up and if they are, then we are seriously jealous.