Vondie Curtis-Hall's 2001 musical stinker "Glitter" is pretty notorious, often held up as one of the worst movies of its decade . The film starred superstar singer Mariah Carey, and was the result of years of development. The project got its start back in 1997, when Carey brainstormed the idea for a period musical/concept album called "All That Glitters." Sadly, various contractual obligations with Columbia Records prevented her from properly working on the album, and she ended up using some of the songs on another album, "Rainbows." When she moved to a new label, Carey could finally give the project the attention it deserved.

Carey came up with a simple story — a club dancer becomes a star singer — and hired screenwriter Kate Lanier to expand it into a screenplay. The film was to be se

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