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Last night Céline Dion wowed the Billboard Music Awards audience with an epic performance of ”My Heart Will Go On” for Titanic’s 20th anniversary.
Her performance wasn’t the only drama on stage, though. With clips of Leonard DiCaprio and Kate Winslet playing behind her, a gorgeous white couture gown by Stephane Rolland, and an enormous chandelier serving to reveal the diva, the moment was full of well-crafted theater.
Watch the master at work below.
Céline Dion, currently promoting her new French language album Encore un soir which drops August 26, showed that she’s game for a good time as she took part in one of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite Tonight Show games “Wheel of Musical Impressions.”
As a “random generator” came up with famous singer/song combinations, Céline delivered her impressions of Cher, Rihanna, and Sia with abandon.
The best moment came as she pulled her hair over her face to deliver a Sia inspired “Hush Little Baby,” and then thanked the audience with her back facing the audience.
The Canadian diva also dropped by The Today Show on Friday, belting out several of her hits. But this beautifully subdued version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” was particularly artful.
Celine Dion will livestream the first ten minutes of her show tonight at Caesar’s Colosseum as a way of being closer to her fans as she returns to the concert stage for the first time since the passing of her husband René Angélil, and her brother, in January.
Word is her opening song will be Barbra Streisand’s “With One More Look At You” from the film A Star Is Born.
UPDATE: You can watch the video – now archived – at CelineDion.com.
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UPDATE: TMZ reports that Céline Dion’s brother, Daniel, died of brain, tongue, and throat cancer Saturday morning in Montreal.
He was 59.
Céline’s husband, René Angélil, died after a long battle with throat cancer on just three days ago.
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Less than a day after Celine Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, passed away from throat cancer comes the news that the uber-famous singer’s 59 year-old brother Daniel is critically ill and may be close to death.
Via TMZ:
Daniel, 59, has been fighting brain, tongue and throat cancer in Celine’s native Montreal according to his sister, Claudette. He’s surrounded by family, including their 89-year-old mother, but it’s so bad the family doesn’t think he’ll make it through another week.
A family rep told HollywoodLife.com that “He was supposed to pass away already. It can happen at any moment.”
From ExtraTV:
Singer Céline Dion’s husband and longtime manager René Angélil has died, reports People. He was 73.
His rep told the magazine in a statement, “Rene Angélil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer. The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment; more details will be provided at a later time.”
TMZ reports that his death came as a shock because he had been feeling better lately, and had even planned to attend business meetings on Thursday.
Angélil is survived by Dion and their sons René-Charles, 14, and 5-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy, as well as his adult children from a previous relationship, Anne-Marie, Patrick, and Jean-Pierre.
Wow. @celinedion knows how to make an entrance. Amazing show last night in #Vegas #CelineDion https://t.co/eVvyb2RrAs— J.Son – NakedBoyNews (@NakedBoyNews) January 7, 2016
Celine Dion gave her New Year’s Eve audience in Las Vegas a special treat when she covered Adele’s megahit “Hello.”
Celine Dion’s reaction is priceless here.
At an August 27th press conference in Las Vegas for Celine’s return to the stage after a year long absence, a reporter “compliments” the diva on her hair calling it “very Kardashian.”
Watch for the eye roll.
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| Broadway’s Jeremy Jordan sings Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back To Me” |
On January 9th, Broadway’s biggest belters celebrated the best-selling Canadian music artist in history, Celine Dion, in an evening of epic power ballads, and classic pop tunes at the hot NYC cabaret spot, 54 Below.
The starry cast included Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, “Smash”) who brought his considerable vocal prowess to the enormous pop aria, “It’s All Coming Back To Me.”
Not only does Jordan’s voice soar through the piece, he brings the right balance of humor to moments letting you know he doesn’t take himself too seriously. WE, however, take Jeremy’s uber-talent way serious.
Watch as he delivers passionate vocals and pops of comedic twinkle below. This is my favorite thing today 🙂
The writer of the song, Jim Steinman, had this to say: “As I wrote and produced the song for Celine – I’m very impressed and pleased with JEREMY’S ability to scale the Olympian operatic heights and imbue it with humor, seamlessly! All in all, BRILLIANT!! And thank you.”
By the way, Jeremy co-stars with Into The Woods star Anna Kendrick in the upcoming film adaptation of the cult musical favorite The Last 5 Years. In theaters and VOD February 13.
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| “Three minutes left…” |
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| Key change! |
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| “There were moments of gold, and there were flashes of light” |
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| “If I forgive you all this…” |
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| Equal opportunity crooner – “When you see me like this…” |