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TIL Mariah Carey began working on a film and soundtrack project titled All That Glitters in 1997. The resulting film Glitter was widely panned by critics and audiences. It was a box-office bomb with a worldwide total of $5.3 million . Some went on to call it one of the worst films ever made.

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