Why is it so delectable when our favorite decades-long divas act bizarre? The latest culprit is none other than Mariah Carey, who accepted an award for Precious last night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, apparently two Egyptian-thousand-thread-count sheets to the glittery wind.

Mariah? Bizarre? Never.

Updated, Thursday, January 7:

Mariah must be a cheap date! The star has spoken out about her hilarious slurred acceptance speech, saying that "splashes of champagne" and director Lee Daniels were to blame.

"The thing is me and Lee hadn't see each other in a long time, and then he was presenting my award, so he starts off immediately with inside jokes," she said.

"We had splashes of champagne, and I love Lee but he's a bad...