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News On Celine
Celine Dion raises more than $1 million for UNICEF's Tsunami Fund
April 9th 2005
LAS VEGAS: Celine Dion raised more than one (M) million dollars for the UNICEF's Tsunami Recovery Fund.
Dion donated the proceeds of a Mother's Day performance of her Las Vegas show, "A New Day."
The money will go toward relief and reconstruction efforts in the tsunami-affected region.
At the end of Sunday's show, Dion and Larry King, the event's host, presented UNICEF officials with a check.
Source: KESQ.Com
 Sir Elton John joins a cast of celebrities to lend his support for Celine Dion's Mother's Day benefit performance of A New Day... which is expected to raise one million dollars for UNICEF's Tsunami Recovery Fund.
Source: Business Wire
Click Here for a HQ Pic of Celine & Elton
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Celine & Nascar!
3/13/05
 Rene Charles and mother entertainer Celine Dion in the garage with the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet driven by Tony Stewart, during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400.
Info on the A New Day DVD! |
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In November 2003, DRAGONE co-produced an ambitious DVD project for A New Day... embracing a television Special and chart-topping live CD soundtrack giving fans an unbelievable souvenir from the show. The double disc DVD includes the entire performance plus 2 x 45 minute documentaries which will be released through Sony in the coming months.
Continuing this expansion further is the co-production with API Productions (a subsidiary of Centre France), and French/German broadcaster ARTE, of a 10x26 minute documentary series that follows the creative process of the aquatic show and the characters involved in the pursuit of their collective dream.
With its Head Office in La Louvière, Belgium; DRAGONE Productions USA in Las Vegas; and activities in Montreal and Paris, DRAGONE is a truly global enterprise providing permanent jobs to around seventy people at the Head Office and Costume Shop, and over a hundred and fifty artists, performers, support staff and collaborators.
It also states on the site that the Launch of the Celine Dion. A New Day television special and DVD package will be released sometime in 2005, it doesn't give the month.
Source: Franco Dragone Official website
Celine Dion to Launch New Perfume |
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February 13 2005
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Singing diva Celine Dion continues her perfumery project with beauty company Coty and will soon launch new fragrance. “Belong”, created by perfumer Christophe Raynaud, is described as a “refined and joyful” scent that includes red pepper berries, bergamot and pineapple, sherry baby orchid, crystal peony, cotton flower, and hinoki wood, which is used to build Buddhist temples in Asia.
The new perfume is created to appeal to a more youthful audience comparing to the star’s original scents. “We tried to make the concept more fresh and vibrant, and, therefore, a bit younger,” commented Eric Thoreux, president of Coty Beauty Americas, according to WWD. “The new fragrance reflects where Celine is right now in her life.”
The fragrance will be sold in a pentagon-shaped glass bottle with an engraved silver collar topped with a floating, silver cap. will be available this spring in midtier and specialty stores, such as J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Sears, Roebuck & Co., Kohl’s Corp. and Ulta, in a 0.5-oz. bottle for $20, a 1.7-oz. bottle for $35 and a 3.4-oz version for $48. “Belong” will also include two ancillary products, a shimmer powder in a puff for $16 and a body lotion for $12.50.
Black-and-white print campaign, photographed by Peter Lindbergh, will feature laughing 36-year-old Celine, sitting lazily on a director’s chair against the backdrop of an old-fashioned movie set, and tag line “Belong to the moment”. “The black-and-white photos play into the whole documentary style we wanted to portray of the real Celine,” said Marsha Brooks, vice president of new business development for Coty Beauty.
Source: fashiongates
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In Some Small Way Added!
January 7, 2005
In some small way has been added to the A New Day show and What a Wonderful World has been taken out.
Source: Clar of Celinesmiles.com
CBC to broadcast tsunami-relief concert
07 Jan 2005
The CBC announced plans Friday to broadcast a benefit concert for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami in South Asia.
The event, dubbed Canada for Asia, will air Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. in every time zone, except in Newfoundland, where it will be seen half an hour later.
Lasting three hours, the show will feature performances by the likes of Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rush, Blue Rodeo, Jann Arden, and Oscar Peterson.
The show will air on television on CBC, as well as CBC Radio One.
The public broadcaster is also offering the show as a simulcast to all other TV and radio outlets in Canada.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005...asia050107.html
Mark your calendar!
Nov. 6, 2004
Celine will be on Ellen, Wednesday, December 15, 2004, Jay Leno on Tuesday December 14, and Tommorrow Nov. 7th Celine will be on Larry King Live, not sure if its a repeat.
Source: yahootv & Bellamy of CelineChannelFourm
Canadian Superstar Celine Dion joins Employees
Tuesday October 19, 2004
MONTREAL, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Thousands of Air Canada employees, joined by Canada's international superstar Celine Dion, today marked the beginning of a new era for the nation's flag carrier with the unveiling of a contemporary new look and leading edge in-flight product enhancements that will place Air Canada on the forefront of international air carriers. Today and tomorrow, Air Canada is holding events in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.
"This is such an exciting time for Air Canada. It is truly a privilege to share this moment with you," said Celine Dion, wearing the stylish new Air Canada uniform as she addressed the carrier's employees. "It's been great working together with you on my latest music video and an honour to perform the song, 'You and I...were meant to fly,' to promote Air Canada and this great country around the world. Like you, I give it my best, day in and day out, to transport people and help them to realize their dreams, all over the world. We are all ambassadors for Canada, and from what I can see today, you and I were meant to fly." Joining Celine Dion onstage at each event was a chorus of Air Canada employees chosen through nation wide auditions to accompany the international superstar perform her May release "You and I...were meant to fly." The song is featured in the carrier's new television and radio advertising campaign that introduces the newly transformed Air Canada to the Canadian public. The campaign, created by Air Canada's advertising agency of record, Montreal-based Marketel, begins October 21, 2004.
Click here for the full article and go here to view full streams of Celine's preformance. (Thanks Clar)
Celine-Chrysler connection hit a sour note
October 18th,2004
The retail landscape is littered with products and advertising campaigns that were launched to thunderous drum rolls only to quietly disappear. Though gone, they're not entirely forgotten. This week we ask, whatever happened to ... Celine Dion as Chrysler spokeswoman? Quebec-born diva Celine Dion failed to hit a high note in what proved to be a short stint as spokeswoman for three Chrysler products: the Pacifica sport wagon, Crossfire coupe and Town and Country minivan. Click here for more info.
Celine Dion wants a baby out of the frozen embryo she owns!
Washington | October 15, 2004
Canadian diva Celine Dion has revealed that after shooting for a bay book with celebrated photographer Anne Geddes, she really wants to have another baby and she is looking to produce a child of the frozen embryo that she and her husband have, tucked away in New York. The 'Drove All Night' singer says that after she completes all her current projects in Las Vegas, she will go back to New York and give that embryo a chance."We have a little embryo in New York that was produced at the same time as (our son) Rene Charles. I need to bring this baby to the sun. I have to give it a try," rate the music quoted her as saying."I have to go there after Vegas, I have to take a long break. I have to go back, put this baby in my belly and give this baby a chance," she added.
Source: webindia123.com
Celine Dion's Baby Fever!
October 12, 2004
Pop chanteuse CELINE DION has teamed up with renowned baby photographer ANNE GEDDES to create a baby Miracle! Tonight on ET, see and hear these talented artists' extraordinary collaboration!
The Miracle project features a collection of the Grammy-winning Celine's love songs and lullabies complimented by Geddes stunning, tender photos of babies -- including some with Celine holding the adorable tykes. The project is meant to honor the moving, unbreakable bond of love between a mother and her child. In stores now, Miracle is available as a beautiful coffee table book with CD, a special edition DVD-and-book combo and a CD with booklet.
"Each new life is truly a miracle," says Anne. "I photograph babies to portray and promote the absolute promise of a newborn, the powerful potential of any child to be an extraordinary human being. The best way I have to express my joy is through my imagery."
"I've always been a huge fan of Anne Geddes," says Celine of working with the award-winning photographer. "Long before I became a mother, I admired and appreciated the beautiful way she photographs babies. It's wonderful to be able to work with her on this very special project which celebrates children."
Ever since her best-selling book Down in the Garden captured the imaginations and hearts of people everywhere, Anne's award-winning photographs of babies have been published in more than 50 countries and she now has a complete line of books, clothing, cards and calendars. Celine, whose record sales have exceeded 160 million copies around the globe, continues to perform sold-out shows at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Lite reunion with Celine concert
Oct. 12,2004
Some years ago, Jim Ryan recalls, he was program director of a radio station in Portland, Ore., and the station ran a contest offering listeners a chance to see a little-known teenage singer from Canada named Celine Dion. The contest winners were invited to a lunch where Dion sang live to a taped musical track. Only trouble was, a lot of the contest winners didn't bother to show up. "At that time, they probably just didn't know who she was," says Ryan. "But Celine sang flawlessly, beautifully, and I felt bad for her that more people weren't there to see it. On Friday, Ryan and Dion will meet again, when she headlines Lite's annual "One Night With Lite" concert at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. It's Dion's only North American concert this year outside Las Vegas, where she's in the middle of a three-year run. That is to say, this is a nice coup for Lite.
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C.J.: Celine's advice: Put it all on red
October 8, 2004
 It's a safe bet that Celine Dion never really intended to go on a shoe-shopping spree with Eden Prairie's Mandy Gulbransen. Gulbransen won a fan-load of VIP prizes as Dion's millionth ticket buyer. The package included an audience with Dion in Las Vegas, where she is performing at Caesars Palace, a $1,000 shopping spree at Celine Dion Boutique and ,000 in chips. "She gave me advice on gambling," said Mandy. "Yes, she did! She told me to play red ..." Her husband, Jim Gulbransen, who was also in the room for our speaker-phone interview, conveyed Dion's advice from there. "Go to the roulette wheel. Put it on red. Soon as we win, that would turn into ,000. Take that winning and put it on 23 red. When we win that, we get ,000. Then we're supposed to call her to go shopping."
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Celine Dion's ``A New Day...'' Sells One-Millionth Ticket; One-Millionth Fan to Meet Celine and Receive ``Live Like a Millionaire'' Luxury Package at Caesars Palace
September 29th, 2004
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2004--A very lucky Celine Dion fan literally has become "one in a million" by purchasing the one-millionth ticket to "A New Day...," featuring Celine Dion, created by DRAGONE and presented by Chrysler at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
To celebrate this milestone, the one-millionth ticket buyer will be awarded with a Caesars Palace VIP prize package and private meeting with Celine. The ticket was purchased by Amanda Gulbransen of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who bought two tickets for herself and a friend for a weekend getaway to Las Vegas. During Amanda's September visit, Celine will personally welcome her to "A New Day..." and award her with a commemorative plaque.
In addition to a private meet and greet with Celine Dion at the show, Amanda and her guest will receive a spectacular VIP stay at Caesars Palace. Dubbed "Live Like a Millionaire," this luxurious package will include three nights suite accommodations, unlimited limousine transportation, use of spa and fitness center services at The Spa at Caesars Palace, complimentary meals at Caesars Palace restaurants, a $1,000 shopping spree at the Celine Dion Boutique, upgraded front-row tickets to "A New Day...," and ,000 in Caesars Palace promotional gaming chips.
"I am so excited to meet and welcome Amanda to `A New Day...,'" said Celine Dion. "Knowing that we have had the support of a million fans is unbelievable. I feel fortunate to be part of a show that has provided the opportunity to intimately connect with so many people."
Source: business wire
Beautiful Boy
September 24, 2004
Celine's next Single from the Miracle album will Be John Lennon's Beautiful Boy.
Breast Cancer Celebrity Talking Dictionery
September 24, 2004
At BreastCancer.org Celine defines the following cancer terms for the Celebrity Talking Dictionery.
carcinoma in situ
nfiltrating cancer [also called invasive cancer]
invasive cancer [also called infiltrating cancer]
re-excision [also called re-excision lumpectomy]
re-excision lumpectomy [also called re-excision]
symptoms
Click here to listen.
Source: BreastCancer.org
Good and bad news from Vegas
September 24, 2004
Good News:
THE NEW PROGRAM is already on sale at the Celine Store!! High quality photos of Celine with the long brown wavy hair!! (Like the photos in the CD)
Bad News:
After an hour of waiting on Wed. the audience at Ceasars Palace was informed that Celine was in costume back stage, and was having problems breathing, and the show was canceled. No word about Thursday - Sunday's shows, yet.
The remaining audience... got treated to a free showing of the "A New Day... Live In Las Vegas" DVD. On the DVD Celine has blonde hair... and it includes EVERY SONG that Celine sang...
Nature Boy
The Power of Love
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Because You Loved Me
To Love You More
I'm Alive
Seduces Me
If I Could
Have You Ever Been In Love
At Last
Fever
I've Got The World On A String
Ammore Annascunnuto
A New Love
I Surrender
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Je t'aime encore
I Drove All Night
I Wish
Love Can Move Mountains
My Heart Will Go On
What A Wonderful World
Source: Joe & Kim in Vegas &Celinesmiles.com
Celine is Simon's Muse
September 24, 2004
 Fashion designer Simon Chang has taken on a new challenge: designing the t-shirt for the new 2004 Breast Cancer Awareness month fundraising campaign to be launched this coming October. And mega-star Celine Dion, the muse for this project, will be the first to wear it as spokesperson for this special initiative. “Working with her is a dream come true,” says Simon Chang. “In addition to tremendous talent, she puts her heart into everything she does. We share the same passion for making this campaign a success.” One hundred percent of all proceeds from the t-shirt will go to the Quebec and National Breast Cancer Foundations. The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to the funding of breast cancer research, education and patient care. It generates financial support primarily through a donations program and fundraising events.
Source: simonchang.com |
