To add to the category of "stars are weird," rumor has it that songbird Mariah Carey insists on having popcorn in her dressing room before she performs.

Popcorn seems like the last thing you'd want stuck in your throat before you perform, but again, stars are weird.

Hip-hop heads are buzzing about the hook up of comeback kid Mariah Carey and Dipset rapper Cam'ron. The pair was spotted at Bungalow 8 and hosted a party together at the Roxy in Los Angeles.

Mariah also appears to have a new piece of jewelry. She was seen wearing a Dipset chain and cruising in Cam'ron's blue Lamborghini - the same sports car that Cam almost got jacked for, and subsequently shot in the arm, while visiting the nation's capitol, Washington D.C. for Howard University's homecoming.

'King Kong' actor Jack Black is to host this years Nickelodeon's Kids'Choice Awards.

The star admits he can't wait to get behind the mic at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on April 1, saying, "I'm super excited to because when you're doing a show for the kids, you can get extra crazy and loony. I have a lot of secret plans for when I host the awards, but I can tell you I'm going to bring the super-duper, freaky-deaky, ultra-clowny super dance! But that's all I'll say."

The 47-year-old singer - who was last year cleared of molesting children - is reportedly in talks with Vatican officials.

Father Guiseppe Moscati, of the Millennium Music Society, said: "Michael Jackson is very interested in this project. We shall see what happens."

Mariah Carey's smash comeback CD, "The Emancipation of MiMi," has won the distinction of the best-selling album of 2005. Mariah's offering beat out rapper 50 Cent by selling 290,000 during the Christmas stocking stuffer rush.

Jamie Foxx fantasises about seducing Mariah Carey. The handsome actor says he dreams of serenading the diva in a bid to win her over.

The star reveals, "I serenade people if I get the urge to. If I catch Mariah Carey, I'll put my bid in. She's hot! Selling records and doin' her thing - she's got her swagger back."