So, Indiana and North Carolina are voting for the Democratic nominee as we speak and something tells me, this race isn’t going to end tonight. It got me thinking about the things that could potentially happen first. What do you think?

The video where the magic happened—Mariah Carey’s “Bye Bye”, featuring her new husband Nick Cannon.

A mommy website is honoring Dina Lohan as one of its mothers of the year—not because she’s done a good job as a parent to her children, but because she’s from Long Island! “We’re just honoring celebrity moms on Long Island,” a spokesperson for MinglingMoms.com said. “It’s something for Mother’s Day. It’s a list of mothers from Long Island who have raised superstar children.” Other mothers being honored are Carol Baldwin (mother to the Baldwin brothers), Billy Joel’s mom, Natalie Portman’s mom, Mariah Carey’s mom, and Jennifer Lopez (who gave birth to her twins in L.I.). This is the dumbest award ever. [WENN]

Well that was fast! [Latina.com]

The Empire State Building, which often changes the colors of its lights at night to reflect holidays, is going to be awash in lavender, pink, and white this weekend in honor of Mariah Carey. If this is true, we are kind of going to hurl. We like Mimi A LOT, but this is ridic. The dang Pope didn’t get any special colors! [Towleroad]

So, as we mentioned yesterday, Mariah Carey was the guest artist on this week’s American Idol and by and large, the contestants didn’t butcher her songs. Everyone we expected to be safe, was, and that annoying little horseback rider Kristy Lee Cook was sent packing. But the most exciting moment of the night was when Mariah performed! Loving her new album, E=MC2, which came out yesterday.  Mimi is also on the cover of the new Us Weekly discussing how she lost 20lbs and is down to the same size she was in 1991. That kind of upsets us, as Mariah was too skinny back then and we all know she was in a miserable marriage with Tommy Matolla. Don’t get too thin, girl, you need to have enough to weight to push out those high notes.

David Archuleta and his fake sheepishness is annoying and David Cook and his hair and the judge-worship he inspires makes us wanna barf, but goodness that lil’ dreadlocked, puka-shell wearing hottie Jason Castro makes our loins sing. Last night the American Idol contestants had to sing Mariah Carey songs, which should be tough for everyone, especially the boys. But it wasn’t tough for Jason, who broke out his guitar and strummed his way through a luau-inspired version of “I Don’t Want To Cry”. He is honestly making me reconsider my position on white-ish people with dreads. Swear to God. [American Idol]

Did you know Dick Cheney can smile?  A picture of the Vice President cracking a smirk while “fly fishing” was posted on sportsshooter.com and it has more hits than Mariah Carey—about 130,000 as of last night, according to Google. But it isn’t his pearly whites that people are interested in, it’s what appears to be a naked lady reflected in his sunglasses. His spokeswoman Meagan Mitchell claims he was cruising on the Snake River (no joke) and added, “Clearly the picture shows a hand casting a rod.” No comment! [McClatchyDC.com]

Mariah Carey’s latest single, “Touch My Body,” has given her a whopping total of 18 number one hits. This has enabled the songstress to even surpass Elvis. Mimi, who is wearing nothing but rags on the cover of her album E=MC2, is now number two on the list of artists with the most number one hits—second only to the Beatles. The friggin’ Beatles, people! And she’s still making music, so there’s a chance she’ll even beat the Beatles record of 20 number one hits. Two more strikes and the boys are out! While the British Invasion was the soundtrack of the sexual revolution, this diva revelation has to be a sign of the apocalypse—didn’t Nostradamus write about a high-pitched bitch causing the ozone to explode or something? All I’m saying is my Internet mysteriously went out while I was trying to post this, so you know she’s pulling some serious connections. Maybe I should just be happy it’s not Celine Dion vying for the top spot. But honestly, Mariah must be stopped. Hasn’t Sir Paul had enough heartbreak in 2008? [Pop Sugar]

Mariah Carey is so back, y’all. In addition to performing on The Hills live finale party last night, she appeared on SNL a few weeks ago in support of her new record E=MC2—who knew Mariah was such a math nerd? Anyway, she is behind some of The Frisky‘s favorite cheesy ballads and slow jams from the ‘90s and her new single, “Touch My Body” is effing “Butterfly”-awesome. Check out the new video for the song, featuring Kenneth from 30 Rock. [MTV]