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Glitter is a 2001 drama film produced by Twentieth Century Fox (see 2001 in film), starring Mariah Carey, centering on the life and times of a struggling singer from the early 1980s club music scene. Largely panned by critics and audiences alike, it performed poorly in theatres after being labelled a vanity project and being an almost autobiographical account of Carey's life. Various sources, including Carey herself, believe that the film and its accompanying soundtrack were commercial disappointments due to being released in close proximity to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The film received five nominations (and one win: Carey, for Worst Actress) at the 2001 Golden Raspberry Awards, and has been considered one of the worst films ever made.

Plot

The story of Billie Frank starts out several years in the past as Billie and her mother, Lillian, are seen at a nightclub, where Lillian is a performer. After a rousing performance met with little applause, Lillian tries to get the crowd excited by singing her signature tune, "Lillian's Blues", with young Billie accompanying her on vocals. Unfortunately, the ploy fails and Lillian is fired.

As she is now unemployed, to get more money to survive, Lillian visits her ex-lover, Billie's father. At first, he is turned off by the sight of Lillian, but after pulling ploys of pity from Billie, he finally relents and gives some money to Lillian. That night, Lillian, depressed and tired, carelessly falls asleep before putting out her cigarettes. A fire soon ensues, and the entire apartment complex has to be evacuated. Due to her actions, Billie is taken away to foster care, but Lillian promises she will get her soon.

Lillian's promises never materialize, as years later, Billie Frank has grown up and is now a dancer at a club with her friends, Louise and Roxanne. Their actions catch the attention of Timothy Walker and he offers a contact to the three girls as backup singers/dancers to the artist known only as Sylk. Initially, Billie is unparsed by the offer and refuses it, wanting to achieve her dreams of stardom on her own terms. However, after pestering from her friends, Billie relents, and the three are contracted to Timothy Walker.

Among the first tasks of being background singers for Sylk is the recording of the hit single, "All My Life". At first Sylk seems to deliver a solid vocal performance, but it soon becomes apparent that she is way out of tune and that her voice is generally unpleasant. In a ploy to capitalize on the sex appeal of Sylk, but with powerful vocals, Timothy Walker then asks Billie to resing Sylk's part. At first a notion is made that Billie is unaware of what is transpiring, but is it later stated that Billie doesn't care. Sylk, for her own part, seems to be happy that she is being "ghosted", but remains a bit uneasy with this notion.

Later at an exclusive nightclub DJed by Julian "Dice" Black, Sylk debuts her hit single "All My Life". Dice is at first shocked, because he had previously believed that Sylk sounded different, but nevertheless goes backstage after her performance to congratulate her. It is at this moment that Sylk makes the fatal error of insulting her background singers in front of photographer. Billie, not wanting to take the verbal abuse, but not wanting cause to drama either, then exposes Sylk as a fraud by singing "All My Life" a capella in front of Dice.

Dice, impressed with what he has heard, tries to convince Billie to let him produce tracks for her, but she initially turns him down. When she finally relents, she raises concerns about her contact with Timothy Walker. Dice assures her that it will be no problem and goes to speak to Timothy Walker. At first, Timothy Walker and Dice act chummy like old friends, but attitudes soon turn harsh when Dice threatens to not play any more artists from Timothy Walker in his nightclub, unless Timothy surrenders the contact of Billie Frank and her friends. Timothy eventually relents, but on the provision that he be provided $100,0000.

Billie and Dice soon start working on songs with the first being the hit underground single, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On". After performing the song at various club venues, Billie is eventually offered a recording contract by a small record label. Billie wants to accept the offer, but Dice refuses in her name. At first, Billie is miffed, but Dice assures her that they should wait until they get offers from better labels. The move is well thought out, as Billie Frank is soon offered a record contract from Guy Richardson of a major label.

With success in their hands, Dice asks Billie out to have dinner with him. Billie's friends tease her and state that she is going on a date, which Billie denies. Billie and Dice then go to a first class restaurant, and dine on elegant food as they get to know each other a bit better. After dinner, Dice asks Billie to come up to his apartment for a bit. Billie at first refuses, knowing that he just wants to sleep with her, but she is finally convinced to come up for a few minutes. Dice then begins to explain his life story and his musical dreams to Billie. Billie is so touched by his dreams, that she makes the first move, and starts kissing him. They eventually end up sleeping together.

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