According to New York’s Daily News, Mariah Carey has been cast in the upcoming movie Push, as a social worker from Harlem, looking after an HIV-positive woman impregnated twice by her father. Wow that’s messed up. Director Lee Daniels gave Carey the role after working with her in his earlier film Tennessee which hits theaters in December. Mariah’s role in Tennessee was met with mixed reviews but overall redeemed herself from the disaster only known as Glitter. Lee Daniels is best known for his work producing Monster’s Ball with Halle Berry and Diddy.

Carey will also work on the development of a movie musical based on her 1994 album Merry Christmas. The plot is set on a ruthless developer wanting to transform a small town into a gigantic mall.

“Mariah doesn’t want to let that happen,” Mariah’s old manager Benny Medina told the Daily News. “Her character uses song and love to keep the Christmas spirit alive.”

With High School Musical writer Peter Barschonni behind the script, Carey also talked about the importance of this project and its’ timing.

“Since I recorded the Christmas album, I’ve always wanted to make a movie to go with it, something that people could watch and hear and enjoy every year,” she told the Daily News. “I’m into it. I’m all about the holiday season.”

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