Glitter (film)

Glitter is a 2001 American romantic musical drama film, starring Mariah Carey and directed by Vondie Curtis Hall.

Plot
The film is about a mixed-race woman named Billie Frank (Mariah Carey) who is sent to foster care as a child after her alcoholic mother, Lillian (Valarie Pettiford) accidentally sets their apartment on fire.

Flash forward to 1983, Billie and her friends Louise (Da Brat) and Roxanne (Tia Texada) are discovered by music producer, Timothy Walker (Terrance Howard) to sing backup for a singer named Sylk (Padma Lakshmi), but he decides to have Sylk lip-sync Billie's vocals in the song.

One night at a nightclub during Sylk's performance, a DJ named Dice (Max Beesley) discovers that Billie is the real singer of Sylk's song. He begins to fall in love with Billie and turns her into a singing sensation, but Billie's newfound fame doesn't come without a few issues.

Cast

 * Mariah Carey as Billie Frank
 * Max Beesley as Julian "Dice" Black
 * Terrence Howard as Timothy Walker
 * Da Brat as Louise
 * Tia Texada as Roxanne
 * Eric Benét as Rafael
 * Valarie Pettiford as Lillian Frank
 * Ann Magnuson as Kelly
 * Dorian Harewood as Guy Richardson
 * Grant Nickalls as Jack Bridges
 * Padma Lakshmi as Sylk
 * Isabel Gomes as Young Billie Frank
 * Courtnie Beceiro as Young Roxanne
 * Lindsey Pickering as Young Louise