Aspen Peak Magazine Celebrates Boxing Day with Cover Star Mariah Carey — December 26, 2006

Hendrix Electric Vodka's Craig Dieffenbach, Actor Dean Caine, and Niche Media CEO Jason Binn celebrate at Aspen Peak magazine’s Boxing Day party.

Cover star Mariah Carey hosts Aspen Peak magazine's Boxing Day Celebration with Jason Binn

Aspen Peak Magazine's Publisher Alex Halperin, Editor-in-Chief Leigh Vogel, Hendrix Electric Vodka's Craig Dieffenbach, and Niche Media CEO Jason Binn celebrate Boxing Day on December 26th in Aspen.

Christmas Leftovers:

We hear that Deval Patrick's peeps are busy signing up musicians with some Mass. ties for the incoming gov's Inaugural Ball at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Jan. 4. Names that have been bandied about include one-time Ray Charles Raelette, Patti Austin , jazz artist Walter Beasley and Herb Reed and The Platters. Word is that Boston singer/song writer Larry Woo Wedgeworth will perform the Victory Song that was used extensively during Deval's campaign.

Oak Bluffs summer rez Spike Lee is set to direct a biopic about the life of the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown . Brown reportedly was helping with the script before his death earlier this week. No word whether the flick will make reference to Mr. I-Feel-Good's famous Boston Garden performance the night after Martin Luther King's assassination.

Pop princess Mariah Carey hosted Niche Media's big Christmas bash at the oh-so-swish Hotel Jerome in Aspen the other night, alongside magazine bigwig Jason Binn. Niche is, of course, the company that brought you Boston Common magazine.

Finally, kudos to the boys at barstoolsports.com for coming up with a hilarious "Saturday Night Live" clip proving that the Weekend Update bunch broke the news of ex-President Gerald Ford 's death 10 years ago.

Buzz: Heidi and Seal
We hear that...Heidi Klum and Seal will celebrate New Year's Eve in Aspen where they're throwing a party with Aspen Peak magazine...

"It's tradition for us to have Santa Claus-looking bikinis, jump into the hot tub, and roll in the fresh snow. Someone once told me that was a tradition in Aspen, but maybe they were lying to me."

— Mariah Carey, who is hosting Aspen Peak magazine’s Boxing Day (Dec. 26) party at Hotel Jerome in Aspen.

Bring in the new with Heidi and Seal

If you're in Aspen, be sure to drop into The Little Nell's Sundeck Restaurant on New Year's Eve for Aspen Peak's party hosted by Heidi Klum and Seal.

Mariah Carey, who's in Aspen now to host a party for Aspen Peak magazine, is getting in some fun before starting production next month on "Tennessee."

She plays a country-and-Western singer. Producer Lee Daniels tells us, "I think she could have a country crossover career. I'm hoping she'll write a couple of songs for the movie." Meanwhile, Daniels is celebrating the success of his movie "Shadowboxer," which has become one of the top indie DVD releases of 2006. It stars Oscar nominee Helen Mirren...

MARIAH CAREY, who's in Aspen now to host a party for Aspen Peak magazine, is getting in some fun before starting production next month on "Tennessee." She plays a country-and-Westem singer Producer Lee Daniels tells us, "I think she could have a country crossover career. I'm hoping she'll write a couple of songs for the movie." Meanwhile, Daniels is celebrating the success of his movie "Shadowboxer," which has become one of the top indie DVD releases of 2006. It stars Osc£ir nominee Helen Mirren....

If you're hitting the slopes in Aspen or Snowmass on Christmas Day, you might want to watch out for singer Mariah Carey picking her way down the hill.

Carey, who gorgeously graces the cover of Aspen Peak magazine's holiday issue, confesses to being "not a great skier."

During her Glamour Gulch holiday this year, the Grammy-winning singer plans to try snowboarding. "I haven't gotten past the 'fall on your buttocks stage yet,' " she tells Aspen Peak, "so I'm waiting for that to happen."

Carey says she's been coming to Aspen during Christmas since 1997, and would like to build a place of her own on the outskirts of town. Carey plans to host an invite-only Boxing Day party at the Hotel Jerome on Dec. 26 to talk about her new CD and part in the movie Tennessee.

Mariah Carey is on the cover of Aspen Peak magazine, so no wonder she's going to be in town Boxing Day (Dec. 26) for a launch party at the Hotel Jerome for the issue.

Her people say she'll mingle, talk about an upcoming movie and her new perfume and tell who she's gonna kiss on New Year's Eve.

"I love the vibe of Aspen," she tells Aspen Peak. "Not necessarily the whole paparazzi-celebrity thing, which is cool, but I do stuff like going on sleigh rides with friends. Being out in Aspen is always so amazing and picturesque."

Asked where she's going to stay in Aspen, Carey says, "I don't know yet, but it has to have a hot tub... It's a tradition for us to have Santa Claus-looking bikinis, jump out of the hot tub, and roll in the fresh snow." Ho daddy!

Mariah Carey has been known to under-dress for the occasion — and that includes Christmas time!

"I like to get out of the hot tub and roll in the snow. Somebody told me that it was a tradition in Aspen, but maybe they were lying to me," Mariah tells the holiday issue of Aspen Peak magazine. "It's a tradition for us to have Santa Claus-looking bikinis, jump in the hot tub, and roll in the fresh snow." Mariah, who has been spending Christmas in Aspen since 1997, will celebrate her Aspen Peak cover story with a festive party at the Hotel Jerome on Boxing Day, December 26. Maybe she'll wear her bikini!