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Watch Mariah Carey’s New and Improved Video for ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’

#MariahCarey #AllIWantforChristmasIsYou #Xmas #Music Mariah Carey debuted a new video for her Christmas classic ( and 19th number one hit ) “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Or should we say, “All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition)?” Why a new video?  To celebrate the number one, in part, but also because Mariah  needs  to be festive. More production values! Lighting! Everything that the holiday season brings. In a Q&A on YouTube before the video’s premiere, Carey said “There’s a lot of things to be discovered in this clip,” including a cameo from her dog Cha Cha.  “We wanted to make a modern classic,” she said. “That’s kind of been the theme of this song.” During the Q&A she hinted at a new album with some new collaborators that you wouldn’t expect from the elusive chanteuse Mimi. “Two different guys, actually,” she said. “The more the merrier, I always say. It’s Christmas!” By Bethy Squires  -vulture.com

The fading bohemia of Los Angeles' Venice Beach

#Boardwalk  #Bodybuilders #Hippies #Skaters #StreetPerformers #Surfers #Venice #Beach  With its diverse cast of surfers, skaters, bodybuilders, aging hippies, and street performers, Los Angeles' Venice Beach retains some of the bohemian charms that once put it at the heart of American pop culture. The neighborhood's 50s and 60s heydays (when it spawned artists like The Doors and members of the Beat Generation) may have long since passed. But amid an influx of tech companies and tourists, who visit Venice in the millions each year, it is still a hub for the free-spirited, according to Israel-born photographer Dotan Saguy, who has spent the last three years documenting life on and around the beach. "There's a bit of a circus-like atmosphere," said Saguy, an LA resident, during a phone interview. "You'll walk along the boardwalk and see people playing racquetball, basketball or handball, and then you'll see surfers passing through, or