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(Aug 14 2003 News) Flying scene in "A New Day" will resume. Here's again, an excerpt from Las Vegas Sun's VegasBeat column: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Returning: A Caesars Palace spokesman called Tuesday to say that Celine Dion plans to put the segment of "A New Day ...," where she is suspended over the stage, back in the show. VegasBeat reported Tuesday -- accurately -- that the segment was dropped after "A New Day ..." resumed performances last week following a summer break. But the absence of the popular segment, where Dion sings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," is only temporary as technical problems are ironed out, according to Caesars Palace. -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Aug 12 2003 News) An excerpt from Las Vegas Sun's VegasBeat column: -------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the most-talked-about segments of Celine Dion's "A New Day ..." where she is suspended over the stage and sings the Roberta Flack classic "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" -- is out of the show. That is the song Dion was singing on opening night when her shoes were famously lost. A spokesman said the show, which resumed last week after a summer break, was always a work in progress, and that during its three- year run there was expected to be a fair amount of tweaking to the set list. Also, the segment was a "terrific strain" on the star, a source said, and Dion felt it didn't add enough to the show to make it worth continuing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) Sweden: #23 (25) <3> Canada: #27 (26) <1> Denmark: #29 (30) <1> Finland: #30 (29) <3> Switzerland: #34 (34) <1> Austria: #36 (36) <5> Portugal: #?? (41) <4> Germany: #47 (45) <6> Netherlands: #49 (46) <3> France: #52 (55) <1> US: #62 (47) <2> Italy: O.F.T75 (62) <3> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 3 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 6 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 2 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #32 (30) France: #72 (63) Germany: #81 (76) Sweden: #60 (re-enter) On Celine Fall, we could find 3 new wallpapers in the Multimedia section! Thanks Estevam for the info! =) On August 25, the Dutch tv-station RTL4 will broadcast a TV special on CÊine. The hoster, Albert Verlinde, traveled to New York to interview her. They talked about the Las Vegas-show and about CÊine's private life. They will also show two songs and some footages from Las Vegas. The show will be an hour long. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Aug 8 2003 News)

Here's a pic of the IDAN sheet music. Fans can buy it here. On Dec 17, Celine is going to perform in an evening gala in the Bell Center, in Montreal to assist a sick friend of her. Garou and Marc Dupre will also be there. 800 tickets for this dinner show flew quickly in the business community. The special event has been initiated to help a someone who has been a close friend of Celine and Rene for 25 years, who is also one of the leaders of the Feeling productions. His name is Andre Delambre. Mr Delambre learned that he has the Lou Gehrig disease, a degenerative neurological disease which causes a progressive weakness of all the members and is ultimement mortal. Money raised from this event will be put in research and for the assistance with patients of this disease. Source: Infinit The song "One Heart" is going to be a supporting song for Japan's 26 hours long television program "Love rescues the earth". It is the 50th anniversary for this program, and it is going to broadcast on Aug 23 at 6:00pm and ends on Aug 24th at 8:54pm. The single "One Heart" will also be coming out in Japan on Aug 20th. For more info in Japanese, click here. Marie-Elaine, a contestant of Star Academy, received a call from Celine! Marie has been attacked by a virus, losing her voice. Her voice started having problem during the competition of Star Academy in Rouyn. Didn't want to disappoint her family, she insisted to sing, but her voice broke in her performance. The audience applauded her for her courage, but Marie later found out her voice has got worst. On the way returning to Montreal, Marie sat beside the producer of the show, Aldo Giampolo who has contacts with Rene. Marie was so upset with her voice condition, so Aldo promised her that Celine, who is Marie's goddess, would give her a call. The next morning, Marie received the phone call in her house in LaSalle. Marie was so thrilled and touched, and she said she can't believe that Celine would indeed took the time to call her. Marie then wrote a thank you letter to Celine. Here are some of the comments that Celine instructed Marie for her to protect her voice: Not to talk on the phone anymore Not to speak for 2 days nor doing any performance Sleep much Drink hot water with honey Get dressed warmly Take deep breath above a bowl of hot water Never clearing up the throat Cough softly Source: Infinit (Aug 6 2003 News) On Las Vegas Sun, we could find an article that says the lawyer of Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung has withdrawn as defense lawyer for his client, and his client's husband, because the couple can no longer pay legal fees. For more info, click here! (Aug 5 2003 News) "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) Sweden: #25 (27) <3> Canada: #26 (19) <1> Finland: #29 (31) <3> Denmark: #31 (29) <1> Switzerland: #34 (34) <1> Austria: #36 (37) <5> Portugal: #41 (35) <4> Germany: #45 (45) <6> Netherlands: #46 (34) <3> US: #47 (28) <2> France: #55 (66) <1> Italy: #62 (69) <3> South Africa: #O.F.T20 (14) <1> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 6 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 6 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #30 (28) France: #63 (new) Germany: #76 (79) (Aug 3 2003 News) Celine could be found in the magazine "Prive". There are two pics taken from the Today's show performance in New York. We could find a scan of the article on Celine Fall Thanks Estevam for the info! =) (Aug 1 2003 News) Celine will appear on Canadian Idol on Sept 1st: -------------------------------------------------------------------- September 1 "Love Songs": Canadian IdolEs Top 4 head to Vegas for a lesson in love from chanteuse Cgline Dion. Back in Toronto, they put their knowledge to the test on stage in competition. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Canadian Idol Luther Vandross's new video "Dance with my father" has just premiered on BET yesterday. As reported earlier, since Luther is still recovering from a stroke in a hospital right now, so he couldn't shoot the video himself. What happened was various famous friends of him helped him shoot the video, by either lending out their pictures/video of their family members, or went into a set and shoot for a short clip. Celine lent out a pic of her with her parents, as well as the footage that shows her teaching Papa Dion and Mama Dion singing a Christmas carol. Provided by Netscape Music, we can now watch the video online as well. (July 31 2003 News)

These are the pics of the Chrysler's promo CD-rom which contains IDAN, as well as the commercials that Celine has shot for Chrysler. Thanks Marco (Celine Las Vegas) for the info! =) On this MSNBC's page, it says the spokesman for "Will & Grace" denies the report that Celine will make a guest appearance on the sitcom. He said it's just a rumour. (July 30 2003 News) The video "One Heart" has just been added to MuchMoreMusic's Top 10.com program, for viewers to vote. So probably the video has just been added to the station playlist now. Here's an excerpt from Las Vegas Sun's VegasBeat column: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Small screen: As we reported in June, "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes went to see Celine Dion on his birthday. Now we hear she has accepted his offer to make a guest appearance on the highly rated NBC comedy next season. -------------------------------------------------------------------- (July 28 2003 News) Looks like the "One Heart" single is doing its job in Europe. Even though the song hasn't been released commercially in too many countries in Europe, but the album seems to be doing better in few countries this week. "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #?? (9) <1> Canada: #19 (20) <1> Portugal: #35 (27) <4> US: #28 (28) <2> Netherlands: #34 (30) <3> Denmark: #29 (31) <1> Switzerland: #36 (32) <1> Sweden: #27 (36) <3> Finland: #31 (re-enter) <3> Austria: #37 (46) <5> Germany: #45 (48) <6> France: #66 (61) <1> Italy: #68 (re-enter) <4> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 7 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 4 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #28 (25) Beglium (Flanders): #46 (41) Switzerland: #79 (54) On The Forum, we could find some info on the upcoming French album, but these info aren't released officially from Sony yet. (July 26 2003 News) For fans in South Africa, the Oprah show on Celine Las Vegas will be shown on July 31st at 5:00pm on ETV. Please check your local listing! Thanks Shirley for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could download the "If I Could" performance that was aired on Oprah not long ago. If the link at Celine Maniacs has exceeded the bandwidth limit, you may try the link on Celine Community. The link of this video has a smaller file size, but still very clear. The link is located in the 10th message on that page. Celine will be appearing on Canadian Idol!!! Click here for more info! On RockOnTv, it says Celine is gonna appear on "Entertainment Tonight" on July 28th. (July 24 2003 News) For fans in Hong Kong, ATV World is going to broadcast "Celine In Las Vegas...Opening Night Live" on Aug 1st (Friday) at 8:00pm. Don't forget to set your VCR!

A re-packaged of "All The Way~A Decade of Songs Video" DVD has just came out in Germany! These are the scans of the DVD. Thanks Marco (Celine Las Vegas) for the info! =) In this Las Vegas Sun article, we could read that Park Place Entertainment's profit falls sharply due to the Iraq war the outbreak of SARS in Asia. However, Caesars Palace is doing better since the launch of Celine's "A New Day...". Click here to read more. (July 22 2003 News) "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #9 (13) <1> Canada: #20 (32) <1> Portugal: #27 (32) <4> US: #28 (54) <2> Netherlands: #30 (28) <3> Denmark: #31 (30) <1> Switzerland: #32 (29) <1> Sweden: #36 (32) <3> Austria: #46 (41) <5> Germany: #48 (50) <6> France: #61 (75) <1> Italy: O.F.T75 (59) <4> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 6 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 6 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 0 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #25 (33) Beglium (Flanders): #41 (42) Switzerland: #54 (43) Germany: #76 (74) On Las Vegas Sun, we could read an article that has a little update on the issue of whether Chrysler is done with Celine. Click here for the article. On the official site, we could watch a video clip of Celine talking about Cystic Fibrosis. (July 20 2003 News) In a Hong Kong Music Video TV program, "Sony Music TV Signal", it says Celine's "One Heart" has achieved platinum status in Hong Kong, and it has sold 4.5 million copies worldwide to date. Thanks Eddie for the info! =) Celine being one of the stars to appear on Luther Vandross's video "Dance with my father." Luther Vandross is still being hospitalized as he recovers from a stroke suffered in April. Therefore, a host of famous friends and fans recently joined together to star in a video for his latest single "Dance with my father", the title track of his new album. Musicians that are appearing in the video include Beyonce and her father Matthew Knowles, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Monica, Wyclef Jean, Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Nona Gaye, Ruben Studdard, Whitney Houston, Babyface, Brian McKnight and Johnny Gill. Source: Billboard Thanks Richard and Nance (A New Day) for the info! =) On Celine Fall, we could find a little pic/article of a Belgium magazine, talking about Celine's new look at the Today Show appearance. It says how Celine surprised everyone with her blond hair and tanned skin, a new holiday look. With the clothes (which may be a bit too young for her) makes it clear that Mama Dion would like some changes in her style. It also says "Celine, we may need sometimes to get used to the new look, but you look fantastic!" Thanks Estevam for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the People Magazine, and the In Touch magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (July 18 2003 News) As reported earlier, Celine was interviewed on the UK TV program "Richard & Judy" on Tuesday, and here's the answer of Celine when she was asked about the tabloid issue, and the Madonna ancestors rumour: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabloid issue: Celine began by saying that herself and Rene are 'real' people just like everybody else!! They have feelings too!! She said that it is very upsetting to see tabloid stories such as 'the suicide of Celine Dion'. She went on to say that tabloid press doesn't just affect her, but also her whole family!! If there are bad stories written in the tabloids such as 'the suicide of Celine Dion', she then has to phone all of her family to tell them that she is 'very much alive'. Celine jokingly remarked... "If I am supposed to be dead, am I reading this newspaper in heaven!?!?!" Madonna Story: Celine's reply to being told that she and Madonna have ancestors common in the 16th Century was... "Hey, let's get Madonna on the phone right now!!!" She went on to say that she is a big fan of Madonna and has been to see many of her concerts!! she finished by saying that she would love to phone Madonna and say... "Hi girlfriend... we are family members!!!" Celine then began singing a rendition of "We are Family..." -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Craig for these info! =) Celine's Las Vegas TV special has received an Emmy nomination for the award of "Outstanding Choreography. Other nominees for this award include Boston Public, Meredith Wilson~The Music Man, and Smucker Stars On Ice. Thanks Eddie and Nance (A New Day) for the info! =) (July 17 2003 News) On Celiniana, we could find few screen caps of Celine's interview on Canada AM. Thanks Leila for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the "Oh La!" magazine, and scans of the "Gala" magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) This is an excerpt from Las Vegas Sun's VegasBit section: "Stalled: An article in the current issue of the respected trade journal Ad Age says some Chrysler dealers feel Celine Dion's TV commercials aren't having enough of a positive sales impact for them -- but the company will stick with her anyway, for now ..." (July 16 2003 News) On CTV.ca, we could watch the interview that Celine did today on Canada AM. Celine did the interview via satellite from New York and Celine performed "One Heart" and "Have You Ever Been In Love". (July 17 2003 News) For fans in Canada, Celine will be performing HYEBIL and One Heart tomorrow on Canada AM (CTV) between 8:00am-9:00am ET! Please check your local listing.

These are the screen shots taken from the UK TV program "Richard & Judy". In the program, Celine talked about Las Vegas, One Heart, having more children, as well as Rene-Charles baptism. Thanks Alison for the pics and info! =) Here's an article that has an update on Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung's trial of being accused of trying to extort money from Rene Angelil. (July 14 2003 News) For UK fans, tomorrow Richard & Judy is going to air an interview that Celine has given to them. The interview was pre-recorded, and this is the only UK TV interview that Celine has done so far to promote her new album "One Heart". Please check your local listing. Thanks Kevin for the info! =) "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #13 (15) <1> Netherlands: #28 (25) <3> Switzerland: #29 (33) <1> Denmark: #30 (26) <1> Sweden: #32 (25) <3> Canada: #32 (30) <1> Portugal: #32 (33) <4> Austria: #41 (41) <5> Germany: #50 (45) <6> US: #54 (51) <2> Italy: #59 (52) <4> France: #75 (81) <1> Greece (FC): O.F.T50 (39) <1> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 4 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 8 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #33 (27) Sweden: #40 (42) Beglium (Flanders): #42 (38) Switzerland: #43 (44) Germany: #74 (67)

This is a pic of the Celine Dion perfume gift set. Thanks Shalimar for the pic! =) (July 12 2003 News) Rene Angelil pays part of the expenses for the show "Simplement Marnay". When organizer of the shows told Rene that they did not have the budget to pay for an artist like Celine, Rene told them that he would rather be paying these expenses in order to make sure they can do a good show. Rene said that his team is paying all the expenses incurrred by the jazz band, the background singers, in addition to their hotel expenses. Source: Infinit For fans in HK, Sony Music Television Signal which airs every Sunday on ATV World at 8:30pm to 9:00pm is going to air Celine's HYEBIL video on the program for the first time. Thanks Kevin for the info! =) For fans in UK, "The Richard and Judy" program is going to be talking with Celine next week. It is not known yet whether Celine will be there in person. During Celine's breaks from Las Vegas, quite a few singers are already booked to take the stage in The Colosseum. Singers include Gloria Estefan, Mariah Carey, and Tim McGraw. Billboard has also learned that Elton John is in negotiations for a 3 year, $54 million engagement beginning in 2004. Source: Yahoo Thanks Gregory for the info! =) (July 11 2003 News) On Live with Regis & Kelly, Celine chatted with Regis and Kelly for 2 segments, then she performed "Have you ever been in love" in the 3rd segments. Celine was hilarious as usual, and the audience loved her. The hosts first called Celine as the new Celine Dion, with the new blond short hair. Celine said it's always fun to try new things out, and since life is short and beautiful, when you feel like doing one thing, go for it. Hair does grow back she added. Celine also mentioned that Rene- Charles aside from loving to sing, he also loves playing golf. He likes to hit the ball hard. Kelly at one point asked Celine if she's planning to have more babies, and Celine said she was just talking about this with her mom last week. She then added it's always fun to try, and count on her! Regis also bought up the topic that there are rumours all over the internet that Celine and Madonna are from the same family. Celine said she doesn't know, maybe they should put both Celine and Madonna on the same stage, and they'll see. Celine joked maybe her parents had 15 childs instead of 14. Celine made lots of exaggerating face expression during the entire interview. On Rexfeatures, we could find some more small pics taken from the Today show shooting. (July 10 2003 News) Reminder: Live with Regis & Kelly tomorrow! On CTV, we could watch another video report on last night's gala. It includes footages of a brief Celine interview, other celebrities' comment, as well as Celine's performances! On Today Show's website, we could watch all 3 performances that Celine did today morning. They were IDAN, HYEBIL and LCMM. On WireImage, we could find tons of pic taken from the Today Show shooting.

Few more pics from last night's event. On Jam! Music, we could find two articles on Celine. The first one talks about last night's gala. Then the second one talks about Celine taking her break from her Vegas show now, and how Rene-Charles rather eat the bread himself than feeding them to the ducks.

Need to go to work now. Will try to put up more info later today after work. In the meantime, go check out www.nbc.com Today Show section. Usually they would put up video file there! Found this following link from The Forum: Here's a link for the press conference that was held after the show. Thanks Andre for the link! =)

Excerpt from a Canadian Press Article: -------------------------------------------------------------------- She(Celine) sang five songs at the town's newly refurbished concert hall in a larger tribute show to the late French songwriter Eddy Marnay. Dion strayed from her usual ballads during the performance, treating the crowd to several jazz songs and breaking out into a scat solo while backed up by a jazz ensemble. Nine other popular Quebec singers also performed at the gala, including Charles Biddle Jr., son of the late Montreal jazz bassist Charlie Biddle. Dion grew misty-eyed following the concert when asked about her feelings for Marnay, who wrote most of her early French-language hits and contributed the lyrics for her breakthrough album in 1981. "He was so close to us (tonight) - I felt that he was with us," Dion told a news conference that was carried live on Quebec news channels. "I was affected by it. I think we all felt the impact because we are friends, we are lovers of life and we are passionate about music and Eddy's songs." Rene Angelil, Dion's husband and manager, told all-news channel LCN prior to the show that Dion owes a debt of gratitude to Marnay, who died in January at age 82. "Eddy is perhaps the greatest French lyricist of the 20th century," Angelil said of Marnay, who wrote lyrics for legendary singers such as Nana Mouskouri and Barbara Streisand. "He's the one who guided Celine. If Eddy had not been there, Celine would not be where she is today." -------------------------------------------------------------------- (July 9 2003 News) Reminder: Celine will be on the Today show tomorrow! On the World Wide Community, we could read an article where Celine did an interview with Journal de Montreal. Ten artists all in total paid tribute to Eddy Marnay tonight in Gatineau. Celine said when she arrived "It is extraordinary, I think that Eddy is here more than ever. Eddy is like my father, it is him who gave me my first words on each one of my emotions. He is a little guardian angel for me. It is a duty for me to be here tonight." Mario Pelchet opened the show with the song Ce qu'ils veulent c'est qu'on les aime (What they wnat it is that they are liked). Renee Claude followed with La Valse des lilas (The waltz of the lilacs). Daine Juster sang Melanie, and the young singer Ariane Gauthier sang two songs recorded by Celine Mon ami m'a quittee (My friend left me) and D'amour ou d'amitie (Of Love or Friendship) within a medley of 12 songs. A highlight of the show was when Sylvie Bernard, Charles Biddle Jr, Renee Claude, Ariane Gauthier and Maeva sand La croix, l'etoile et le croissant (The cross, the star and the crescent). Celine closed the show with 4 less well-known songs, before joining the other 9 singers for the song "C'est pour vivre" (Is to live). Source: Infinit

Celine arrives at the gala and receiving flowers after her performance.

Here's a video report provided by CTV, showing Celine arriving in the Ottawa suburb of Gatineau, meeting, chatting, and signing autographs for fans! Her hair has grown longer and it looks like the style that she had back into the "The Colour of My Love" era. It's just that the colour is so blond. There's another video report of Celine's arrival in French provided by Radio-Canada. In this report, we could also see a brief interview with Rene after the rehearsal, and Celine kissing him before leaving with him. Here's an article of The Ottawa Citizen reporting the triumphant welcome that Celine received in Gatineau. A crowd of about 100 fans waited outside La Maison de la Culture for Celine to arrive for a dress rehearsal. The youngest fan waited outside was a Grade 2, eight-year-old girl, Gabrielle Groulx, who handed her favourite doll for the past 7 years to Celine for an autograph. The article also describes how they've decorated Celine's hotel suite, dressing room...etc. Then in this article of Canadian Press, it further discusses all of the security preparation for Celine and the concert, police working overtime, as well as decoration for the auditorium and dressing room. Celine definitely receives royal treatment since her arrival on Monday. Despite all these huge preparation, one hotel security official insisted Celine really is just a regular gal. "We've had artists practically nobody has ever heard of and they'll demand the works. They want to pass through the basement to make sure nobody sees them. But not Celine. This woman, as famous as she is, is nothing like that at all. She's so generous and down-to-earth." Two guards said they saw Dion going out of her way to chat with fans, sign autographs and pose for pictures. One saw her stop when a fan tried snapping her picture in the lobby. "No," Dion was quoted as saying to the woman. "Give your husband the camera and have him take one of us together." Dion was also spotted hugging fans outside on the street after rehearsing at the auditorium Tuesday. On Celiniana or Celine Fall, we could find few pics of Celine taken from her arrival in Gatineau for rehearsal. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) In the Top 10 grossing concert tours of 2003 from January to June, Celine's "A New Day..." is ranked #4 with $33.2 million. Elton John is #1 with 52.7 million. However, Celine is the only artist on the list who isn't really "touring". Source: Yahoo Article 1 / 2 On the list of Top 20 albums of 2003 in US, Celine's "One Heart" is at #10 at the moment with 1,324,561 copies sold. The tally starts from the beginning of 2003 through June 29. The entire list of the Top 20 could be found on Celine Fall. Thanks Estevam again! =) On Hello Magazine, we could find an article that talks about celebrities who have fallen in love with Escada's accessories including Celine. There's a pic there as well. Thanks David and Rodrigo (Celine Dion Portugese Fan Club) for the info! =) On The Forum, we could find a screen cap of a TV news report showing a picture of Celine and Rene-Charles arriving in Gatineau yesterday. (July 8 2003 News) Celine has arrived at Gatineau. She will be performing tomorrow night in the concert "Simplement Marnay" alongside several other artists. For a French video report provided by TVA, click here. Source: Infinit According to Music Station, aside from the appearance on the "Today" show on July 10, and "Live with Regis & Kelly" on July 11, also watch for Celine on July 10 in "The Oprah Winfrey Show". The description on the show is this: "Celine Dion, The Lion King, and Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit: Grab a front-row seat to some of Oprah's favorite performances!" It seems that Celine will not be appearing there live, and Oprah will be showing a previous performance of Celine that she did on the show as one of Oprah's favourite performances. (July 7 2003 News) According to the official site, Mexico's TV Azteca recently conducted an exclusive interview with Celine in her dressing room. The interview will be included as segments on the variety show "Ventaneando". Tune into TV Azteca on July 9, 10, and 11. Please check your local listing. "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #15 (11) <1> Netherlands: #25 (18) <3> Sweden: #25 (28) <3> Denmark: #26 (29) <1> Canada: #30 (24) <1> Switzerland: #33 (29) <1> Greece (FC): #39 (44) <1> Austria: #41 (41) <5> US: #51 (37) <2> Italy: #52 (45) <4> France: #81 (73) <1> Germany: #45 (42) <6> Portugal: #?? (25) <4> Belgium (Flanders): O.F.T50 (30) <1> Australia: O.F.T50 (43) <6> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 3 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 10 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 "One Heart" Single: Austria: #27 (48) Belgium (Flanders): #38 (37) Sweden: #42 (43) Switzerland: #44 (37) Germany: #67 (68) Italy: #71 (73) Jean-Jacques Goldman told the Belgiam magazine Tûˆ?ustique that starting from June 25th, he will start with the post-production of Celine's upcoming French album. He said he is very happy with the songs and he spends his time in studio in the evening only. He confirmed that he has written 4 songs for this album since he doesn't feel he is capable to writing out songs for the entire album without repeating himself. He also said that the 4 new songs will be something different from the songs that he has written for Celine in the past. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (July 5 2003 News) Correction!!! Sorry for making a mistake regarding the Infinit article on Jean-Seb. The Jean-Seb the article refers to is NOT Celine's violinist in "A New Day...". The violinist in "A New Day..." is called Jean-Sebastien Carre, while the full name of the Jean-Seb the infinit's article refers to is Jean-Sebastien Lavoie. Sorry for the confusion. On The Forum, we could find the links to watch the newly uploaded interview that TeamCeline has put up. On World Wide Community, we could find few new WebCam shots of Rene- Charles, playing in the garage. He seems to like playing with that rectangular thing so much, it's not the first time we see Webcam shots of him playing with that. According to Infinit, Jean-Seb, is getting interests from Sony Music France. In the article, it also quotes from the Voici magazine (a tabloid) saying that Celine has expressed interest to sing with Jean- Seb in the future. For more info, click here. (July 4 2003 News) Happy Independence Day!!! On The Forum, we could find some scans of the Chrysler CD Rom which features 5 different Chrysler commercials. The fan won the CD rom with Celine's OH CD in a contest ran by Chrysler in Argentina. On MusicStation, it lists that Celine will be performing on "Live with Regis & Kelly" on July 11th! On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the Duty Free Magazine which contains advertisment for the Celine Dion Perfume. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) According to the official site, CFRB 1010, Toronto's all news/talk radio station, is giving away 2 pairs of tickets to A New Day... as well as secondary prizes. For more info, click here. (July 3 2003 News)

In the pictures on the left, we could see pics of Shalimar with a Celine display, a billboard located in the Las Vegas airport, and a pic she took with Estevam, Celine's dancers, and Tatiana. In the pictures in the middle, Shalimar took the pics with Alfonso, Mama Dion, and Celine's brother and sister. In the pictures on the left, we could pictures of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, where Celine has just tossed a spectacular cotillion for her cast and crew on Monday. We could find more info on this party in this Las Vegas Sun article. Thanks Shalimar for these pics! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find screen caps of the Opening Night TV special. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (July 2 2003 News)

Here are some scans of the In Touch Weekly (July 14th issue). It talks about Celine being a Diva, and her possible relationship with Madonna. However, as opposed to what it says in the article, we know that Celine doesn't fly from her mansion to The Colosseum. Thanks Shalimar for the pics! =) (July 1 2003 News) Happy Canada Day! On The Forum, we could find a link to watch a video of backstage interviews that were done at last year's Divas Las Vegas by two ladies from Jay Leno.

Here's a pic taken from the June issue of the People Magazine. Thanks Shalimar for the scan! =) (June 30 2003 News) "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #11 (11) <1> Netherlands: #18 (21) <3> Canada: #24 (23) <1> Portugal: #25 (19) <4> Sweden: #28 (24) <3> Switzerland: #29 (27) <1> Denmark: #29 (34) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #30 (17) <1> US: #37 (31) <2> Austria: #41 (51) <5> Australia: #43 (47) <6> Greece (FC): #44 (40) <1> Italy: #45 (30) <4> France: #73 (51) <1> Hungary: O.F.T40 (40) <14> Germany: #?? (40) <6> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 4 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 12 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 0 "One Heart" Single: Sweden: #43 (debut) Italy: #73 (debut) Switzerland:#37 (36) Belgium (Flanders): #37 (debut) Germany: #68 (56) Austria: #48 (debut) VH1 Europe has already added "One Heart" to their playlist. So fans who receive that channel could watch for the video on that channel now! Thanks Tim and Jose for the info! =) (June 29 2003 News) On World Wide Community, we could find a link to listen to an mp3 clip taken from the show that Celine attended in Europe during her promotion tour when "A New Day Has Come" came out last year. In this show, Celine talks about her "new" album, changes in her voice, and her love for meatballs and mash potatoes. (Remember that you'll need to copy and paste the link on that page in order for you to listen to the mp3 file.) On The Forum, we could find the July Wallpaper of Celine. Shalimar, a fellow Celine fan living in Vegas, has re-watched "A New Day" on June 26th, and here's her report: (The report could be a little spoiler for those who will watch the show soon.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some changes that I noticed from the show and also a list of the songs Celine sang. The songs that haven?Tt changed I will just list. I went to the show tonight June 26, 2003. I got to the Colosseum and when I was finding my seat I spotted my two usher friends. I had to sit down to talk with them because people were coming to sit down and I was in other peoples seats, so I would have to get up and move to another chair. Well I had moved about five times when I finally got to this one particular seat and a few minutes passed and someone comes up to me and says these are our seats it was Franco Dragone and a friend of his. I said, "Hello Franco, sorry about that" and I touched his shoulder when he sat down. The show was getting ready to start so I went to my seat. Celine opened with There Was A Boy . The Power Of Love, It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Because You Loved Me, and To Love You More. Then Celine gave a speech about how she couldn?Tt believe the show was into its third month. Only six months before she said they were checking the theater out and trying every single chair, rocking in them and getting them warmed up for us. I'm Alive came next and this song is the one that has the city theme,? New York style. There are buildings and on one of them there is a billboard that shows Celine on it and all of the footage is live. Seduces Me at the end she cracks up laughing and can't stop giggling (very cute). If I Could instead of the three girls swinging they now only have one and she looks like an angel sleeping, because she keeps her eyes closed the whole time and she has white and yellow wings. The man that rides across on the stage now ?oflys??in the air with his bike. For those who watched the Oprah show the suit that has those red papers coming out of the collar of the suit is used in this song with a live man in it's place. When seen on stage it looks like a rose blooming. Have You Ever Been In Love the cathedral encompasses Celine on the screen. At Last, Fever, and World On A string? this one I'm not sure if I didn't notice it before but at the end of the song lots of different colored theater curtains open up and the last one opens to the audience. I surrender she wears a charcoal evening dress with black see-through lace at the bottom. The dress is cut in the middle and looks like an upside down V-shape by her leg. This dress does not complement Celine I like the original blue dress. She has to wear a harness for the next song First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and the harness is very visible through the dress, unlike the blue dress she looked like a beautiful flying angel. When she is wearing this charcoal dress she does not wear any shoes. Ammore Annascunnuto she doesn't sing the whole song only half of it. The first part is instrumental violin, xylophone, and accordion players are on stage. Je T'aime Encore a huge white sheet covers the whole stage, the sheet signifies a piece of paper that is used to translate everything Celine is singing in French. I Wish, Love Can Move Mountains, I Drove All Night, My Heart Will Go On, sound effects are used when the moon comes out, but it doesn't match the theme it sounds like something from a scary movie. Celine made another speech she said there was a girl in the audience that reminded her of when she was twelve and first starting in showbiz. She was very nervous when she had to go on stage, but Rene told her the stage is your home and you are singing for your brothers and sisters. The show ended with What A Wonderful World. They took out Celine's kissing giraffes. I also went backstage tonight. I met some people I didn't know about, like a few more of Celine's bodyguards and a women I constantly see, I call her the Celine double and I found out today it is one of her sisters. I passed the room where I saw a man and my guide told me that was Rene's brother. I told her I wanted to see him and so I took a peak into the room, said "hi" and left. Then as I was leaving I heard him ask the lady that was in the room with him who is that and he said wait. He said let me fix my hair, I told him Hello and we talked a little he said would you like to take a picture, I said "Yes" and we did. I thanked him and he said "No problem." I saw the female dancers dressing room, the wardrobe room and I couldn't help myself I reached out and touched Celine?Ts sequenced dress that she sings with in My Heart Will Go On. I passed her dressing room the door was closed and Celine was still inside her bodyguards were waiting for her outside. I saw the work out room where Celine does her Yoga. I got a cookie box from one of the gift baskets and I ate some when I was there. There is a billboard that has newspaper clippings of the opening night show from various magazines and newspapers. My tour was over I got to keep my pass as a souvenir. Bye for now and don't forget to dream big because dreams really can become reality. --------------------------------------------------------------------

The pic on the left is the pic of the pass and the cookie box. The pic on the right is an article that talks about the show Thanks Shalimar for the pics and report! =) (June 27 2003 News) "Voices for Gilda," a compilation of recordings from more than 25 celebrities including Celine Dion, Dan Aykroyd, Tony Bennett, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Steve Martin, Willie Nelson and Gene Wilder, was launched today to honour legendary entertainer Gilda Radner. Proceeds from sales of the CD will benefit Gilda's Club, an international network of meeting places where people touched by cancer can come together for social and emotional support. The CD, which retails for $25.00 is available exclusively at Amazon.com. The song that Celine putting on this album is "To Love You More". To learn more about Gilda or the Gilda's Club, click here. Source: PRNewswire On World Wide Community, we could find a new pic of Celine & RC taken from the Chrysler photo shoot, shot by Peter Arnell. (June 26 2003 News) A fellow Celine fan, Rubin, went to Celine's show on June 25, and he has typed out both the old song list and a new song list for us too see some of the minor changes that they have made to the song list: OLD SONG LIST New Song List 1.Nature Boy 1. Nature Boy 2.The power of love 2. The Power of Love 3.It's all coming back to me now 3. It's all coming back to me now 4.Because you loved me 4. Because you loved me 5.To love you more 5. To Love You More 6.I'm alive 6. I'm Alive 7.Seduces me 7. Seduces Me 8. If i could 8. If I Could 9. At last 9. Have You Ever Been In Love 10. Fever 10. At Last 11. I've got the world on a string 11. Fever 12. A new love 12. I've got the world on a string 13. I surrender 13. I Surrender 14. First time ever I saw your face 14. First time ever I saw your face 15. Ammore annascunnuto 15. Ammore Annascunnuto 16. Have you ever been in love 16. Je T'aime Encore (French) 17. Love can move mountains 17. I Wish 18. I wish 18. Love Can Move Mountains 19. I drove all night 19. I Drove All Night 20. My heart will go on 20. My Heart Will Go On 21. What a wonderful world 21. What A Wonderful World Thanks Rubin for the info! =) On Musicstation.com, it lists that Celine will do a special performance on the Today show on July 10th (Thursday). Thanks Richard for the info! =) Last night in Canada, the Canada's Walk of Fame special was aired and Celine saluted, via video, Luc Plamondon, who compared his award to a bridge between two cultures. Source: Jam! The album chart result of Germany for last week has just came out, and I've added the result to the list of chart results below. In Germany, the album moves up from #47 to #40. The album chart result of this week for Canada and US have also came out today, and in Canada, the album moves down 1 spot to #24, and in the US, the album drops down from #31 to #37. (June 25 2003 News) For residents in Canada, we could enter a contest on Canada.com to win one of six great prizes. To enter or for more info, click here. Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #46: Justin Guarini~Justin Guarini 22,568 -62% #47: Deftones~Deftones 22,295 -25% #48: Celine Dion~One Heart 22,178 -41% #49: The All American Rejects~(Same title) 21,675 -- "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #11 (8) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #17 (18) <1> Portugal: #?? (16) <4> Netherlands: #21 (19) <3> Canada: #23 (19) <1> Taiwan (FC): O.F.T20 (19) <2> Switzerland: #27 (22) <1> US: #31 (25) <2> Denmark: #34 (25) <1> Sweden: #24 (26) <3> Italy: #30 (28) <4> Hungary: #40 (37) <14> NewZealand: O.F.T50 (40) <7> Finland: O.F.T40 (40) <3> Austria: #51 (44) <5> Greece (FC): #40 (47) <1> France: #51 (47) <1> Germany: #40 (47) <6> Australia: #47 (O.F.T50) <6> Spain: O.F.T50 (50) <3> Japan: O.F.T200 (160) <26> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 5 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 17 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 0 The "One Heart" single has debuted in Switzerland at #36 and in Germany at #56. On www.CelineDion.ro, we could find full downloads of Celine's early albums including La Voix Du Bon Dieu, Tellement J'ai D'amour Pour Toi, and Les Chemins de Ma Maison. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) For fans in Toronto, TruAct Festival of Fire Shows returned on June 21 and will be on again on June 28th and July 1st. On June 21, the music was from Italy, and on June 28th, the featured music is from Spain. Then on July 1, it's Canada with musical recordings from Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion and Spirit of the West, to name a few. Source: The Toronto Star Thanks Estevam again! =) (June 22 2003 News) HYEBIL made its first appearance on MuchMoreMusic's Top 10.com today, at #1! The Much Music Video Awards were handed out last night, and Celine was nominated for the MuchMoreMusic Award with her IDAN video. Unfortunately, Celine did win the award. The award went to Shania Twain's "Up". Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) (June 21 2003 News) Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall), Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Site) for all of the news below: On The Forum, we could read a touching story on a dying cancer patient who is trying to make an unforgettable memory with her two young sons with Celine's "A New Day" show. Then on Las Vegas Sun, we could also read a little more info on this story. There's an article about Celine's fragrance in the German TV magazine TV Today! And according to this article, fans in Germany can expect TV commercials for the fragrance starting in July. On World Wide Community, we could find a pic of a poster for the HYEBIL single. A few European TV appearances: ------------------------------------------------------------------- 21/06 20:05 Plus vite que la musique : Plus vite que la musique... f皻e vos stars ! Pr廥entateur : Sandrine Qu彋ier. Au sommaire, notamment : la d廨oute de Michael Jackson, l'aura de Johnny Hallyday, l'inventivit?de Madonna, le talent de Jean-Jacques Goldman, le show de C幨ine Dion, le charme de Marc Lavoine And on RFM TV next day and the day after: 22/06 06:50 RFM TV C幨ine Dion 22/06 18:00 RFM TV C幨ine dion 22/06 23:20 RFM TV C幨ine Dion 22/06 23:50 RFM TV C幨ine dion 23/06 03:05 RFM TV C'line dion & garou 23/06 04:10 RFM TV C幨ine dion 23/06 04:20 RFM TV C幨ine dion -------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the VJ of MuisquePlus, Mike Gauthier, "One Heart" has sold nearly 5 million copies around the world since its release in March. Source: World Wide Community (June 20 2003 News) Forbes has just published this year Top 100 Celebrity, and for power rank, Celine is at #35. Pay: $28 million Web Hits: 365,000 Press Clips: 8,790 TV/Radio: 150 (June 19 2003 News) New video on MuchMoreMusic!!! "Have You Ever Been In Love" has just been added to MuchMoreMusic's Top 10.com Fans can vote for the song there now, and be sure to catch the video on the station too! (June 18 2003 News) The site-owner of Celine Fall would like to inform you that his computer is broken down, and he will try to get it fixed as soon as possible. However it may still take a few days, so he may not be able to update this site in a short while. In the mean time, you can still visit the Celine World Wide Community where you may find some news info as well. HYEBIL video hitting VH1 US!!! Beginning on June 23rd, Celine's "Have You Ever Been In Love" video will be one of the video that are being added to the station's playlist. So fans in US, watch out for VH1. Let's not forget that the "Opening Night Live" special will be be aired on June 21 (Sat) on VH1 as well at 9:00pm. For fans in Latin America and Brazil, you can also watch the Las Vegas TV special on Sunday June 22 on A&E Mundo.

These are scans of the One Heart CD single. Thanks Fran for these scans! =) On Eternally Celine, you can vote for your favourite Celine fan site! Thanks Andrew for the info! =) (June 17 2003 News) Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #30: Lil'Kim~La Bella Mafia 39,581 + 3% #31: Celine Dion~One Heart 37,394 +35% #32: Auioslave~Audioslave 36,773 +15% #33: R Kelly~Chocolate Factory 36,018 - 1% On the German "Miles-and-more" Homepage from the German Airline Lufthansa you can win 4x2 tickets for the show in Las Vegas including flight. Disadvantage: You have to register to get a "Miles-and-more" customer number and card, but it's free. Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way of Life) for the info! =) (June 16 2003 News)

Here are 2 new wallpapers that Luis has made! Thanks for these pic as well as the new banner above, Luis! =) MTV Germany reports that according to press reports, Justin Timberlake is going to record a duet soon. However, he is not recording the duet with his current touring partner Christina Aguilera. Instead, he plans to record the duet with Celine. It is not known whether the duet will be one of the singles for Justin's next album, but it will definitely be one of the tracks in the album. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) In the new Lifetime magazine (premiere issue) with Faith Hill on the cover, we could find the Chrysler ad of Celine and Rene-Charles. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Celine Fan, a polish Celine fan site, we could find the two new videos of Celine in ASF format. In a few days, the site-owner will also update the "Foto" section with pictures from VH1 2003 and Tonight Show. Thanks Lukasz for the info! =) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg. O.F.T50=Out of Top 50) South Africa: #8 (6) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #18 (13) <1> Portugal: #?? (11) <4> Netherlands: #19 (11) <3> Canada: #19 (17) <1> Taiwan (FC): #19 (19) <2> Switzerland: #22 (12) <1> US: #25 (21) <2> Denmark: #25 (30) <1> Sweden: #26 (29) <3> Italy: #28 (10) <4> Hungary: #37 (34) <14> NewZealand: #40 (33) <7> Finland: #40 (36) <3> Austria: #44 (37) <5> Greece (FC): #47 (10) <1> France: #47 (30) <1> Germany: #47 (39) <6> Spain: #50 (44) <3> Japan: #160 (155) <26> Eurochart: O.F.T20 (19) <2> Greece (MC): O.F.T50 (34) <8> Belgium (Walloon): O.F.T50 (44) <3> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 2 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 19 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 On Eternally Celine, we could download all of Celine's new videos from A New Day... and One Heart! Thanks Andrew for the info! =) On MrBFly.de, we could download a duet remix of "Send me a lover" with Taylor Dayne mixed by the site-owner. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (June 13 2003 News) The site owner of Celine Maniacs has been back from his trip, so he would be updating his site as usual from now on. Here are the screen caps that I've made from the video:

For TeamCeline members, the new video of HYEBIL can be found on TeamCeline now, and for non-members, we could find a link on The Forum. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Sorry that I forgot to put a link with the banner of Celine Las Vegas yesterday. The link has been fixed now! (June 12 2003 News)

Above is a fan site that just launched in April of this year. In this site, we could find a video that the site-owner made with pictures that he took while he was in Vegas. Thanks Marco! =) This week on Celine Dion Rare Videoclips, we could download the first part of the 4-parts interview that Celine did for "One Heart/A New Day" promotional campaign. Segments of this interview could also be found on the official site. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (June 11 2003 News) According to Las Vegas Sun, Franco Dragone will fly back to Las Vegas on June 22, to look for some changes in the show. Celine and Rene will meet with Franco shortly after Dragone's arrival and they will definitely do some tweaking. "There were more numbers staged for the show than we see in any one performance, so the likelihood of a guest seeing something new on a return trip is good." Fans in Denmark can catch a glimpse of C幨ine by tuning in to TV2 on Saturday, June 14 at 9:00 p.m. local time. The television special will feature some of C幨ine's spectacular show A New Day... from opening night in Las Vegas. Source: The Official Site (June 10 2003 News) Franco Dragone was being interviewed on the Italy's TV program, Rai Uno. In the interview, he talked about his Italian origins, his work, and Celine. He also mentioned that he will be shooting a video for the show "A New Day..." in the summer, but he didn't give out further details. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) VH1 has chosen the 100 greatest songs from the past 25 years, and Celine's "My Heart Will Go On" is at #24. For the entire list, click here. Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #37: Christina Aguilera~Stripped 27,989 -19% #38: David Banner~Mississippi: The Album 27,898 -31% #39: Celine Dion~One Heart 27,750 -26% #40: Justin Timberlake~Justified 27,186 - 6% #41: Shania Twain~Up 27,115 + 2%

This is the cover pic of the One Heart song book. Source: Warner Bros Publications On Jacksondailynews.net, we could find the video of "What More Can I Give". However, it is not really a full-length video, but get to see Celine anyway. Rememnber the T-shirt that Celine and other divas signed at the backstage of Divas Duet? It has been put up on Ebay now for charity bidding among some other items. (June 9 2003 News) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg.Out of Top 50) South Africa: #6 (5) <1> Greece (FC): #10 (8) <1> Italy: #10 (10) <4> Netherlands: #11 (10) <3> Portugal: #11 (10) <4> Switzerland: #12 (10) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #13 (7) <1> Canada: #17 (18) <1> Eurochart: #19 (14) <2> Taiwan (FC): #19 (16) <2> US: #21 (18) <2> Sweden: #29 (21) <3> Denmark: #30 (16) <1> France: #30 (19) <1> NewZealand: #33 (28) <7> Hungary: #34 (25) <14> Greece (MC): #34 (31) <8> Finland: #36 (28) <3> Austria: #37 (35) <5> Spain: #44 (38) <3> Belgium (Walloon): #44 (19) <3> Japan: #155 (153) <26> Czech Republic: O.F.T40 (32) <13> Australia: O.F.T50 (34) <6> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 1 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 22 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 1 In this article, it talks about the bets that Chrysler has on Celine. (June 8 2003 News) On Las Vegas Sun, we could find an article talking about Celine searching for schools for R.C in Vegas. Marland J. Walker International Elementary School in Henderson confirms that a member of Celine's team recently called the school's principle, Alan Bowman. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The school, which opened in the fall, is based on the European system of language immersion; starting in kindergarten, students split their time between English-language and Spanish-language classes. The inquiry was whether French would be the next language offered in the specialized program. Seems that parents Celine and Rene Angelil want their son, Rene-Charles, 2, to be as bilingual as they are. French is the first language of the Canadian-born couple. However, the answer was no, French is not next on the curriculum. But if not French, then what tongue is next? Said Bowman to the Las Vegas Sun's education reporter, Emily Richmond: "I'm leaning toward Mandarin." -------------------------------------------------------------------- On The Forum, we could find larger size of the pics that Celine took with Placido Domingo and Michael Douglas. $100,000 has been donated to War Child Canada from the sale of Peace Songs, an album that includes songs from some of the world's best- known International and Canadian artists - including C幨ine Dion. The proceeds will help children affected by war through War Child Canada's international humanitarian projects, including humanitarian relief in Iraq. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA), Phil Phil's Celine Site) and Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (June 6 2003 News) Below are some screen caps that I've made:

One Heart video available!!!!! For TeamCeline members, the One Heart video is already online. For non-members, you can find a link for the video on The Forum! On another page of The Forum, we could download the HYEBIL video that is showing in France right now. However, it is still yet not known whether this is the real video for the song or just a promotional video for the show. And once again, on another page of The Forum, we could find some webcam caps that someone got last night, and we could see R.C playing there. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) IFPI Europe has just put out its May certification, and One Heart is now certified platinum in Europe, with 1 million copies sold. If you still haven't got the mp3 of "I Have To Dream", you can now find the mp3 on Celine Fall. However, the file will be taken off on Monday. So be quick! On the official site, we could see that Celine has made some changes in her October schedules. Maybe the changes is to accommodate Celine doing promotion for the new French album. (June 5 2003 News) Ratings results just came in this afternoon, and at CBS, Celine's special came in fourth with a 5.1/8 at 8p.m. 60 minutes II (#3: 7.4/11) and 48 Hours Investigates (#3: 8.1/13) picked up steam from 9-11 pm. Source: Yahoo On The Forum, we could find screen caps of a "Have you ever been in love" video that has been showing in France recently. However, it is not known whether this is the "real" video for the song. The site-owner of Celine Maniacs would like to let you know that he won't be able to update his site until June 14th, since he is on vacation right now, and he has just watched Celine's "A New Day" few days ago. (June 4 2003 News) On Celine Fall, we could find scans of the Showbizz magazine! Thanks Estevam for the info! =) A bit more info on Placido Domingo and Celine. Placido Domingo went to Vegas and watched Celine's show not long ago, and he was amazed with Celine's voice. He even told Celine that she could try singing Opera. Source: Opera Forum Thanks Oliver for the info! =) On The Forum, we could find a new pic of Celine that she did for the Chrysler photo shoot. This pic is from a newspaper clipping. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Las Vegas Sun has an updates on which celebrities have watched Celine's show recently. Shania Twain watced the show few nights ago. Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski saw it over the weekend, as did Loni Anderson. On The Forum, we could find CD quality of the One Heart-Original 3 pop mix mp3! For fans in Denmark, you can find regular ringtone and polyphonic ringtone of IDAN and One Heart on this Sony Denmark page. For fans in Spain, you can also find the ringtones on this Sony Spain page. (June 3 2003 News) Reminder: For those who haven't watched the CBS's Celine Las Vegas special, CBS is going to re-air the program tomorrow night at 8:00pm. Please check your local listing. Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #21: White Stripes~Elephant 38,896 - 2% #22: Coldplay~Rush Of Blood To The Head 38,260 + 4% #23: Celine Dion~One Heart 37,654 -15% #24: Christina Aguilera 34,754 + 3% Here's a list of European Celine TV appearances: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, June 4 19.00&03.00cet Revealed E! Channel Scandinavia Thursday, June 5 08.00&01.00 cet Revealed E! Channel Scandinavia 14.00& 21.00cet VH1 Divas Duets 2003 VH1 European Saturday, June 7 21.30cet Revealed E! Channel Scandinavia Saturday, June 14 21.00cet Opening Night Live CBS Special from Las Vegas TV2, Denmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Site) for the info! =) On Hungarian Celine Dion Site, we could find screen caps of the TV program "Plus vite que la musique", which aired on M6 in March. They are located in the TV/Interview section of the site. Thanks Adam again! =) (June 2 2003 News) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg.Out of Top 50) South Africa: #5 (3) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #7 (3) <1> Greece (FC): #8 (12) <1>

Italy: #10 (4) <4> Netherlands: #10 (6) <3> Portugal: #10 (8) <4> Switzerland: #10 (10) <1> Eurochart: #14 (9) <2> Taiwan (FC): #16 (13) <2> Denmark: #16 (21) <1>

Canada: #18 (9) <1> US: #18 (15) <2> Belgium (Walloon): #19 (7) <3> France: #19 (19) <1> Sweden: #21 (21) <3> Germany: #21 (28) <6>

Hungary: #25 (23) <14> Finland: #28 (20) <3> NewZealand: #28 (27) <7> Greece: #31 (36) <8>

Czech Republic: #32 (34) <13>

Australia: #34 (29) <6> Austria: #35 (30) <5> Spain: #38 (31) <3> Japan: #153 (80) <26> UK: #O.F.T100 (87) <4> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 5 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 18 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 3 On Celine Fall, we could find remixes of "One Heart" and "Have you ever been in love". They could be found in May's news section. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) Amazon.de has now published the tracklisting for the German "One Heart" single which is scheduled to come out on June 10th: 1. One Heart (Album version) 2. One Heart (Original 3 Pop Edit) 3. One Heart (Original 3 Rhytmic Extended) 4. One Heart (Original 3 Rhytmic Edit) According to Sony Music Holland, "One Heart" will also be released there on June 9th. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) (May 30 2003 News) Found the following link on The Forum: On TF1, they had a report on Jean-Jacques Goldman's new album, and in the video report, we could see footages of Celine recording the new songs in a studio for the upcoming French album. Go to this TF1 site, and at the bottom portion of the site, simply scroll down until you see "Jean-Jacques Goldman sort un nouvel album", then click on it!

On The Early Show site, we could read the story of the wishes recipient of today's segment. And not only that, we could even watch the entire segment as well! Head over there now! For TeamCeline members, TeamCeline is running a contest for you to win tickets for the sold-out "Simplement Marnay" gala event in Gatineau, Quebec on July 9th. Celine will perform that night! Reminder: Celine will be featured on The Early Show today! (May 29 2003 News) On Canada's national album chart, "One Heart" moves down from #9 to #18 this week. In the US, the album drops down 3 position to #18. Source: Jam!Music / Billboard Manicurist Tammy Ly owns a personal line of nail colors in Canada. The company, Chinoiseries, features 100 colours, including shades created for stars. Colours originally blended for Stone to wear in the film Casino and, more recently, shades custom-made for Céline Dion's Las Vegas show are for sale. Chinoiserie is sold by Absolute Spa (at Century Plaza, Vancouver International Airport, Fairmont Hotel YVR, Holt Renfrew and absolutespa.com). Colours are $17.95 each. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Power of Celine for the info! =) "One Heart" songbook has just been added to Warner Brothers Publication's catalogue. We can order it on this page for $19.95. (May 28 2003 News)

On Amazon.de, we could find the cover pic of the "One Heart" Maxi-CD single. According to the official site, fans in Belgium will be able to watch "Celine Dion ?Las Vegas" on Thursday May 29th at 10:20pm on the RTL TV1 network. The show will feature performances from A New Day, as well as behind-the-scenes footage. (May 27 2003 News) Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #19: Marilyn Manson~Golden Age of Grotesque 44,915 -62% #20: Sean Paul~Dutty Rock 44,678 0% #21: Celine Dion~One Heart 44,122 -13% #22: R Kelly~Chocolate Factory 41,949 - 6% (May 26 2003 News) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg.Out of Top 50) Belgium (Flanders): #3 (3) <1> South Africa: #3 (3) <1> Italy: #4 (7) <4>

Netherlands: #6 (4) <3> Belgium (Walloon): #7 (7) <3> Portugal: #8 (6) <4> Canada: #9 (2) <1> Eurochart: #9 (5) <2> Switzerland: #10 (6) <1> Greece (FC): #12 (20) <1>

Taiwan (FC): #13 (7) <2> US: #15 (7) <2> France: #19 (16) <1> Finland: #20 (9) <3> Sweden: #21 (15) <3> Denmark: #21 (18) <1> Hungary: #23 (25) <14>

NewZealand: #27 (7) <7> Germany: #28 (25) <6> Australia: #29 (22) <6> Austria: #30 (20) <5> Spain: #31 (20) <3> Czech Republic: #34 (24) <13> Greece: #36 (O.F.T50) <8>

Japan: #80 (83) <26>

UK: #87 (69) <4> Taiwan (MC): #O.F.T20 (20) <8> Norway: #O.F.T40 (27) <2> Brazil: #O.F.T40 (30) <16> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 5 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 21 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 3 On CELINEbeat and Celine Maniacs, we can download the Diva Duets performance and interview! For fans in South Africa, Celine's Opening Live in Las Vegas special is going to air on SA-TV on June 24th at 20:30 on MNET. Please check your local listing. Thanks Jaco for the info! =) On this site, we could download all of the songs that Celine performed in "A New Day" on March 25th. The site has exceeded its bandwidth limit at the moment, but it should be working again sometimes later. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Review Journal, there's an article that talks about Rene confirming he hasn't hired his best friend Pierre Lacroix to help manage Celine next year. Also in the article, it says one night in the "A New Day" show, as the audience watched crowd shots appear on the giant LED screen, the camera focused a bit too long on one particular male showgoer. He leaped to his feet, turned to the camera, and provided perhaps the largest moon shot in Strip history. The crowd went bonkers. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =)

Remember the story book gift idea that was mentioned few days ago? If you are interested, click on the above banner to find out more info and where to send your favourite children story too. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)! =) According to the French section of the official site, it says Celine will be featured on CBS on May 30th (Friday). There segment was shot last week at The Colosseum where a fan's dream of meeting Celine came true with the help of "Week of Wishes" of The Early Show. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (May 23 2003 News)

These pictures could be found on RexFeatures. Celine with Placido Domingo and Michael Douglas.

These two larger pics could be found on VH1.com

All these pics could be found on WireImage. We could find similar pics on GettyImages as well. For fans in Germany, VH1 Divas Duets will be shown on MTV on June 22nd, at 20.00. Thanks Kai for the info! =) Don't forget to catch ET tonight for their coverage on Divas Duets! Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Patricia (A Canadian Way Of Life) for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find Shalimar's story of her going to the backstage of Divas Duets! Thanks Alfonso for the info! =)

Some more pics from WireImage. And some more pics from the backstage as well.

Few more pics from Yahoo! (May 22 2003 News) Hello Magazine had been running a poll in the past few weeks for favourite Canadian chanteuse, and the results are in. Celine tops the poll, while Alanis is second and Shania is third. For more info, click here.

On GettyImages, we could also find some small pics from the show.

On WireImage, we could find some small pics of Celine's performance and her little chat with Sharon Osbourne

Pics of Celine taken during her performance. Source: Yahoo & VH1 Site(GettyImages)

At around 6:30pm right after her performance at Divas Duets, Celine rushed back to The Colosseum to prepare for her own show. Got this pic from truelook.com's webcam on The Colosseum. The lady in purple is Celine. The man beside is probably Rene. Celine has just finished singing HYEBIL on Divas Duets. She came out after the opening speech of Queen Latifah, and the performance of Jewel & Beyonce. Celine wore a purple dress, and her hair was kinda like how she gel it on the opening night. After her performance, Sharon Osbourne was waiting at the backstage to chat a little bit with Celine. Sharon told Celine how stunning she looks, how she likes her new hair-do, how sensational her "A New Day" show is, and how generous for her to squeeze some time out of her busy schedule to perform at the Divas Duets concert. Celine told her it is so worthwhile, music is so important. She also mentioned that R.C. is starting to play some keyboard too. At the end, Celine signed an autograph on a T-shirt which is going to be auctioned off before the commercials came on. Reminder: Divas Duets tonight! VH1 for US fans, and MuchMoreMusic for Canadian fans. Celine receives a nomination at the Much Music Video Award 03. She is nominated in the MuchMoreMusic Award category with her IDAN video. The video is up against Blue Rodeo's Bulletproof, Chantal Kreviazuk's Time, Remy Shand's Rock Steady, and Shania Twain's Up. (May 21 2003 News) On The Forum, we could download another new remix of "One Heart" that was aired on Z103.5. Divas Duet 2003 will be held tomorrow night. For US fans, you will be able watch the show live on VH1. And For Canadian fans, we will also be able to watch the show live this year, on MuchMoreMusic. To build up the excitement, MuchMoreMusic will also be airing Celine's Greatest TV Moments tomorrow as well. Please check your local listing. For fans in Europe, VH1 Europe will air the show on May 31st at 20h00CET and June 1st all day. (Thanks Luis for this info and the new banner above! =)) Correction!!!

The wax statue in a red outfit shown in the Madame Tussauds museum's 360-degree camera shot is indeed not Celine. It's Debie Renolds. Sorry for the incorrect information guys. Thanks Shalimar for the pic and info! =) On Canada's national album chart, One Heart drops down to #9 from #2 this week, selling 5,800 copies in the past 7 days. For rest of the Top 10, click here. On Amazon.de, we could already pre-order the One Heart Maxi-CD single. However, single cover and tracklisting are available yet. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Today on WireImage, we could see few more small pics from "Backstage Creations Talent Retreat-2003 Amercian Idal Finals~Day 2". This time, we could see Randy Jackson and Tori Spelling with the Celine Dion Parfums. (May 20 2003 News)

Here's a wallpaper that a fellow Celine fan, Luis, have made!! Thanks for the wallpaper as well as the new banner above, Luis! =) Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. #13: Isley Brothers~Body Kiss 55,010 -59% #14: Various~Amercian Idol Season 2 54,139 -36% #15: Celine Dion~One Heart 50,440 -45% #16: Various~Now 12 45,859 -14% On WireImage, we could see some small pics of few of the Amercian Idols finalists taking pictures with the Celine Dion Parfums. Not sure what event that was though. Found the following link from The Forum: At this link, we could watch a 360-degree camera shot of the Madame Tussauds museum located at the Venetian. They have added a Celine wax statue to their collection there recently, and in this camera shot, we could see the Celine figure. She's dressed in a red outfit, walking down from a staircase. Since it's located far from the camera, it's not a close shot. Thanks Shasti for the link! =) The site-owner of Phil's Celine Site will be going to see Celine in Vegas in the summer with few other German fans, and they are planning to make a gift. They came up with the idea of collecting short children's stories and fairy tales around the world and putting them together to make an unique children's book for Rene-Charles. If you have a story or fairy tale that you would to share, you may send it to Phil. You could find more info on his site. This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg.Out of Top 50) Canada: #2 (6) <1> South Africa: #3 (1) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #3 (2) <1> Netherlands: #4 (8) <3> Switzerland: #6 (5) <1> Italy: #7 (3) <4> Taiwan (FC): #7 (5) <2> Belgium (Walloon): #7 (8) <3> US: #7 (13) <2> NewZealand: #7 (18) <7> Eurochart: #8 (5) <2> Finland: #9 (11) <3> Sweden: #15 (14) <3> France: #16 (15) <1> Denmark: #18 (13) <1> Austria: #20 (13) <5> Spain: #20 (17) <3> Taiwan (MC): #20 (19) <8> Greece (FC): #20 (24) <1> Australia: #22 (6) <6> Czech Republic: #24 (30) <13> Hungary: #25 (23) <14> Germany: #25 (29) <6> Norway: #27 (22) <2> Brazil: #30 (26) <16> UK: #69 (49) <4> Ireland: #O.F.T 75 (54) <11> Japan: #83 (63) <26> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 9 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 19 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 0 Mother's Day seems to have given the album a push in several countries, such as NewZealand where the album moves up 11 position to #7, and also in Canada where the album returns to the #2 spot. On the other hand, in both UK and Japan, the album drops down 20 position to #69 and #83 respectively. In Ireland, the album also drops down at least 20 spots from #54 to out of the Top 75. On Celine Fall, we could find an ad for the Divas Duet show. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) (May 19 2003 News) Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones went to Las Vegas for the Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf event which took place on Sunday at Cascata. During their stay in Vegas, they went to watch Celine's show on Saturuday night. Celine stopped her performance after belting out "To Love You More" and ran up the aisle to give a hug to Michael and Catherine. "An Oscar! You so deserve it!" Celine said as Michael's and Catherine's faces were shown on the theater's LED screen. The golf outing including their Celine visit were filmed by ABC for broadcast after the July 20 British Open. Source: Las Vegas Sun Performing one song at Divas Duet The executive producer Lee Rolontz told Review Journal that Celine is going to perform one number on the "Divas" telecast. On Celine More or World Wide Community, we could find scans of two different Chinese magazines where Celine appears in. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (May 18 2003 News) On Review Journal, we could find an article that talks about Celine shooting a video at the Hurricane Bar & Grill. The article says it is a music video of Jean-Jacques Goldman, which Celine is helping out. You can find more details in the article. At this link, we could watch an video clip of Celine telling how she cares for the fans who are not able to go to Vegas and watch the show, and why she wants to release the album "One Heart". Thanks Andrey for the link! =)

Above is a scan of the Spain magazine, Lecturas Magazine. Thanks Fran for the pic! =) On this Billboard page, we could find a review that they did on the new single (in US), "Have you ever been in love". Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) (May 17 2003 News) On The Forum, we could find few more links to download live performances from "A New Day", including Because You Loved Me, Love Can More Mountains, Nature Boy, I Wish...etc. Thanks Thomas for all these files! Celine Maniacs is organizing a fan meeting in Las Vegas on May 31st at The Colosseum. More details will be available soon. If you're interested in the fan meeting, you may send an email to celman@inwind.it Celine is on the cover of the Quebec magazine Safirir with Tom Cruise and Shakira. However, all their faces have been altered. As for Celine, she got a much larger nose. You can find the pic on Phil's Celine Site. Thanks Phil and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) Here are few brazilian TV appearances: 18/05/2003 16:00 Versão Integral - Divas Las Vegas 2002 19/05/2003 12:00 Versão Integral - Divas Las Vegas 2002 19/05/2003 10:12 TVZ - Celine Dion - I Drove All Night 19/05/2003 19:12 TVZ - Celine Dion - I Drove All Night Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On The Forum, we could find a link to download the radio-remix of "One Heart" that was played on a Canadian radio station! After you got to The Forum, you'll need to copy and paste that link to your browser in order for you to download that song. And I notice that it's hosted by Tripod, so it may run out of the bandwidth limit soon. Thanks Rixen for making the file! =) (May 16 2003 News) More details on the new French album: On Infinit, we could find an article that talks about the French album. It says Celine has finished recording the album, and the album will be titled "Une Fille, quatre types" (One Girl, Four Guys), because this time Celine sings in the company of four men: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Eric Benzi, Jacques Veneruso and Gildas. They are planning to release the album in October. The music video for the first single has already been shot in the desert of Nevada. And in the World Wide Community, we could find an article from "Journal de Montreal" which also has details on the album. It says Rene told the paper that he's proud of the result and the album is a little bit like D'eux. Celine already started working with Goldman in the autumn of last year when she was in Belgium. The first single will be called "Tout l'or des hommes (All the gold of mankind)" by Jacques Veneruso, who also wrote "Sous Le Vent". Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Delilah aired the phone interview with Celine last night during her show. Base on the info Celine gave in the interview, the interview probably took place during the few-days-stay in LA about 2 weeks ago. We can now listen to the interview on Delilah's site! Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) In Germany, the new single "One Heart" is already hitting radio stations. NDR2 and HR3.de are both playing the single. We can read a little review that NDR2 did on the song: "One Heart¡§ is one of the best tracks of the latest Dion-album with the same title which was released in early April - there's no doubt about it. The catchy uptempo-single will be released on 10th June 2003. In Canada, the Quebec radio station CKOI has just also added "One Heart" to their new song listings. On Ebay, we could find a 3 track promo single of "One Heart". There, the seller is also telling the story how Canada is going to get "One Heart" instead of "Have You Ever Been In Love", and how they are make "One Heart" to qualify as a Can-con single. However, there's no way to verify the truthfulness of the story at the moment. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Echos Celine for the info! =) (May 15 2003 News) On CelineDionBeauty.com, the Essence quiz is available now! Go and take the quiz and learn more about yourself! An effective Celine! The advertising campaign for the Foundation of Hospital Sainte-Justine which Celine is participating in, is helping the foundation with an increase of funds of 30%. Since the TV commercial was launched, donation calls were overflown, and there were times when there were more than 60 incoming calls at the same time, the director and president of the Foundation, Lucie Remillard, said. Since then, the foundation received lots of attentions, including the visit of "Star Academy", and the participation of "La Fureur". The response is great! In a few days, there will be pinted advertisements in several publications of Quebec. In Autumn, a new 30 secs commercial will be aired. Same as the first one, the commercial was shot in December, in Palm Beach, US. This time, the commercial includes children. Francois Mailloux, the directing council of BBDO Montreal, said that Celine and Rene were very generous. Despite of the tight schedule of Celine, Celine and Rene managed to give them a long day of 12 hours shooting the commercial. He also said this financing campaign completely depends on the generosity of the advertisers and the media which offer free spaces, and Celine has helped them opened many doors. Source: Infinit (May 14 2003 News) Looks like lots of Canadian moms also received "One Heart" as the mother's day gift. In Canada, the album climbs up from #6 to #2 this week on the national album chart, selling 9,300 copies last week. For rest of the Top 10, click here. In the US, SoundScan figures have also came out, and One Heart sales were up 47% to 96,000 copies, leaping up from #13 to #7! Source: Billboard On All Over Press, we could find more pics taken from Celine's appearance on Jay Leno. Of course, we could see many other Celine pics that the media has taken over the years. (May 13 2003 News) According to Las Vegas Sun, Celine spent Sunday night at the Hurricane Bar and Grill on South Bernuda Road on the small stage off the bar, filming a music video. No fancy Hollywood soundstage for her. Rene Angelil was spotted rushing into the Four Seasons early Saturday afternoon. And on Monday, Rene and Celine spent the day with Rene-Charles as the family had a belated Mother's Day picnic at an undisclosed location. On this Sony's page, we could find an E-card, tracklisting, song samples, and info on the benefit album "Peace Songs". It's a benefit album to help children affected by war. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) On The Forum, we could find links to listen to the performance of "It's all coming back to me now", "Seduces Me" and few others songs from the "A New Day" show. Looks like many mothers have received Celine's "One Heart" as the mother's day gift. Here's this week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. # 7: Soundtrack~Lizzie McGuire Movie 94,594 +33% # 8: Soundtrack~Matrix Reloaded 94,211 -- # 9: Celine Dion~One Heart 91,624 +37% #10: Kelly Clarkson~Thankful 86,909 -10% #11: Various~American Idol Season 2 84,081 -10% Norah Jones's "Come Away With Me" has the largest sales increase (+55%) while Cher's "Very Best of Cher" and the "Lizzie McGuire Movie" soundtrack both has an increase of +33%. On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the Russian Gala magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On Sony Music Poland, we could read an interview that Celine did back in March. Base on the answers there, it looks like it's the same interview that TeamCeline is currently showing on their website right now. In this interview, Celine talks about the new album, the show, a possible DVD for the show, the up-tempo songs, "Have you ever been in love", "I Drove All Night", how any city could become home for her, how she wants to make new music continuously...etc. The interview is in Polish, for those who can't read Polish, you will find this Polish-English online translator helpful. On A Canadian Way of Life, we could find some pictures that were taken by several fellow Celine fans during their trip in Vegas. The pictures are located in the "Las Vegas" section of the "Photo" section. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (May 12 2003 News) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart O.F.T#: Out of Top ## (eg.Out of Top 50) South Africa: #1 (1) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #2 (4) <1> Italy: #3 (4) <4> Taiwan (FC): #5 (3) <2> Eurochart: #5 (4) <2> Switzerland: #5 (5) <1> Canada: #6 (7) <1> Australia: #6 (12) <7> Netherlands: #8 (5) <3> Belgium (Walloon): #8 (8) <3> Finland: #11 (10) <3> US: #13 (12) <2> Austria: #13 (8) <5> Denmark: #13 (11) <1> Sweden: #14 (8) <3> France: #15 (12) <1> Spain: #17 (14) <3> NewZealand: #18 (11) <7> Taiwan (MC): #19 (14) <8> Slovakia: #19 (O.F.T20) Norway: #22 (18) <2> Hungary: #23 (19) <14> Greece (FC): #24 (1) <1> Brazil: #26 (15) <16> Germany: #29 (20) <6> Czech Republic: #30 (37) <13> UK: #49 (42) <4> Greece (MC): O.F.T 50 (8) <8> Ireland: #54 (74) <11> Japan: #63 (67) <26> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 8 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 19 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 3 After sitting sitting at #1 for 3 weeks on Greece Foreigner's album chart, the album moves down to #24, while it drops all the way from #8 to out of the Top 50 on Greece MC chart. On the other hand, the album rebounds from #74 to #54 in Ireland.

On Sony Music Poland, we could find this picture shown beside the IDAN single cover and the album cover. I am not sure if this will be the "One Heart" single cover. Hope not. TeamCeline has sent a note and a 5-yen coin necklace to the members recently to show appreciation for the fans' support. The 5-yen coin also contains the fragrance of the Celine perfume. We could find a scan of the note and the necklace on Celine Maniacs. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) For fans in Germany, Whow! magazine is running a contest to people to win the new album and the new fragrance. Click here to enter. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Celine is the current issue of Polish's Gala magazine. Thanks Alice for the info! =) On The Forum, we could find links for the TeamCeline interview clips where Celine talks about IDAN, busy schedules, and the up-tempo songs on One Heart. Celine is in the current issue of Polish "Top Biografie" magazine. Thanks Paulina (Celine Dion in Pauline's Eyes) for the info! =) (May 11 2003 News) Now on Celine's Alive, we could listen to the "I Surrender" live performance from "A New Day" in the download section. On Celine Maniacs, we could find the scans of the "Ladies Home Journal" and the People Magazine article. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (May 10 2003 News) Now on the official site, we can watch one more video clip filled with comments from celebrities from the red carpet on the opening night of A New Day. For TeamCeline members, you can also take a look at an interview clip of Celine talking about IDAN among others. On Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the "Las Vegas life" magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On Celine Fall, we can find a scan from the People magazine. It's a picture taken at the dressing room of Celine in The Colosseum when she was having hair-stylist styling her hair. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) (May 9 2003 News) According to the official site, Celine will be on the cover of the current issue of "Ladies Home Journal". The magazine will be available starting today. (May 8 2003 News) Here's an article from LAUNCH that talks about Celine recording a new French album now in Las Vegas. It says Jean-Jacques Goldman will make a guest appearance on the release. The article also mentions that One Heart has sold more than 900,000 copies in the US since its release on March 25th. Here's a list of Celine European TV appearances provided by Adam: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 10 02.00 & 02.45 cet Dateline NBC Celine might be in it, although this is not 100%, I am not sure which Dateline programmes out of the 3 they show here (it airs in the US 3 times a week) CNBC Europe Sunday, May 11 00.55cet A New Day Has Come CBS TV Special SF 2, Switzerland Monday, May 12 22.30cet VH1 Divas Las Vegas 2002 TV2 Zulu, Denmark Sunday, May 18 08.40cet VH1 Divas Las Vegas 2002 TV2 Zulu, Denmark Monday, May 19 21.00cet Rise & Rise of Celine Dion (VH1 Driven) VH1 European Rise & Rise Of Celine Dion is the story of a provincial ugly-duckling who becomes a world-renowned balladeer Thursday, May 29 VH1 Divas Duets 2003 VH1 UK Saturday, May 31 20.00cet VH1 Divas Duets 2003 VH1 European Sunday, June 1 12.00 & 18.00cet VH1 Divas Duets 2003 VH1 European -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Fan Site) for the info! =) (May 7 2003 News) In this link, we could read Celine telling the German magazine Bella how she does not want to be a sex symbol. Here's the English translation: "Pop star Celine Dion don't want to have the image of a sex bomb. In an interview for the women-magazine 'Bella' the 35 years old singer said: 'In each case the music concerned to me. I had never the desire to be somebody who I'm not. I do not know, which reason should be there to try forced to be cool and sexy. That's not me." Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Patricia (A Canadian Way of Life) for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find screen caps from the Dateline interview. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) According to this Infinit's article, Celine will fly back to Quebec to perform at the official reception of "Simplement Marnay" to celebrate the reopening of the Odyssee room of the House of Culture in Gatineau on July 9. It will be concert dedicated to Eddy Marnay, with singers including Mario Pelchat, Diane Juster, Sylvie Bernard, Renee Claude, Charles Biddle, Ariane Gauthier, Ma?va, and of course Celine joining together to pay tributes to Eddy Marnay. They will be choosing about 30 songs amongh the 4000 compositions of Eddy Marnay. On Canada's national album chart this week, One Heart moves up one spot to #6 (7,200 copies sold). For rest of the Top 10, click here.

Here are the scans from the Austrian magazine "Tirolerin". Thanks Florian for these scans! =) (May 6 2003 News) According to the official site, Celine is recording songs with Jean- Jacques Goldman in a Las Vegas recording studio for her new French album set to be released this fall.

A pic of Rene taken during the exclusive interview that he gave to Las Vegas Sun in Celine's dressing room in The Colosseum. This week's Hits sales figures have came in. Please note that Billboard Top 200 Album chart bases on the sales figures provided by Sound Scan USA, not Hits. # 8: Madonna~American Life 84,270 -64% # 9: Lizzie Mcguire Movie~Soundtrack 70,922 +45% #10: Celine Dion~One Heart 67,090 + 9% #11: Various~Now 12 60,113 -21% #12: Fleetwood Mac~Say You Will 59,348 -24% We can now download the Dateline interview aired last Sunday on Club Celine. We can also find screen caps from Sophoan's CELINEbeat! For fans in France, TF1 will be broadcasting the special "Celine Dion Las Vegas" on May 10 at 12:50am. This is an exclusive broadcast of portions of Celine's opening night performance of A New Day on French television. The special will also include an interview with Celine. Source: Celinedion.com This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart Greece (FC): #1 (1) <1> South Africa: #1 (1) <1> Taiwan (FC): #3 (2) <2> Eurochart: #4 (3) <2> Italy: #4 (4) <4> Belgium (Flanders): #4 (4) <1> Switzerland: #5 (3) <1> Netherlands: #5 (5) <3> Portugal: #6 (5) <4> Canada: #7 (2) <1> Sweden: #8 (4) <3> Austria: #8 (7) <5> Greece (MC): #8 (8) <8> Belgium (Walloon): #8 (5) <3> India (FC): #8 (14) <8> Finland: #10 (6) <3> Denmark: #11 (5) <1> NewZealand: #11 (11) <7> US: #12 (11) <2> France: #12 (4) <1> Australia: #12 (12) <7> Spain: #14 (11) <3> Taiwan (MC): #14 (15) <8> Brazil: #15 (16) <16> Norway: #18 (7) <2> Hungary: #19 (22) <14> Germany: #20 (16) <6> Czech Republic: #37 (30) <13> UK: #42 (30) <4> Japan: #67 (26) <26> Ireland: #74 (45) <11> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 4 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 19 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 8 The countries where the album is doing better than last week on the charts are Brazil, Taiwan (MC chart), Hungary and India (MC chart). In Ireland, the album slides down 29 spots from $45 to #74. However, that is nothing compare to Japan where the album slides down 41 spots to #67. With the new single of HYEBIL and One Heart, hope they will give a huge push for the album. (May 5 2003 News)

An update on Rene's sexual assault case. The lawyer of Rene told Las Vegas Review-Journal that police told him recently the rape case is closed and they are returning the dress which Yun Kyeong Sung claims has evidence of Rene's DNA to Sung's lawyer. More info can be found on this article. Rene also finally breaks his silence. He gave an exclusive interview to Las Vegas Sun, telling the whole story how the incident happened, why he agreed to pay Sung $2 million dollars, when Celine knew about the case, and many more. Maman Dion is going to hold an annual gala to raise funds for the Foundation of Achille-TAnguay this year again. More info can be found in this article in French. On NBC's Dateline site, we could watch a video as well as read a transcript of an interview there. On Celine Fall, we could find a pic of the Celine Dion perfume package that could be found at The Bay in Canada. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the "Nevada Woman" magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (May 4 2003 News) Reminder: For North American fans, don't forget to watch NBC's Dateline tonight! Please check your local listing. We can now download the HYEBIL performance taken from the A New Day show that NBC's Today show aired last Friday on Celine Group. We can also find screen caps from Sophoan's CELINEbeat! For fans in Brazil, Celine was recently interviewed in Las Vegas for the Brazilian interview program "Amaury Jr". The show will be broadcast today, Sunday May 4 on Rede TV. Source: Celinedion.com (The official site) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the Portuguese Magazine, LUX. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (May 3 2003 News)

Right now, fans can buy tickets for Divas Duets on Ticketmaster. You may click on the above banner to go the Ticketmaster page. Here's the Celine page that they've made. (May 2 2003 News)

On Yahoo, we could find the above picture of Celine and the band of Air Force Reserves taken from from the CBS special "Rockin' in the USA" of May 2,2002. Some European stations will also carry the Tonight Show over the weekend or next Tuesday: ------------------------------------------ Sunday, May 4 21.30cet The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno CNBC Europe Tuesday afternoon, May 6 The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno TV Danmark 1 , Denmark Tuesday, May 6 The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno Kanal 5, Sweden (repeat on Wednesday) ------------------------------------------ Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Site) for the info! =) (May 1 2003 News) Park Place Entertainment Corp.'s executives revealed the company's first quarter earnings to their investors today, and there are two Las Vegas Sun articles that talks about it. The first article mentions Celine's show has sold out every night since its March 25 debut, driving higher room rates, gambling revenue, and spending on food and beverages. "The Celine Dion show seems to be boosting revenues at Caesars, which is a good sign and the first sign that the Caesars turnaround may have begun," Goldman, Sachs & Co analyst Steven Kent said today. In the second article, gambling analysts and Park Place spokesman Robert Stewart said it was too early to tell whether the new Celine at Caesars would increase its fortunes, but there were indications that the high- stakes Dion bet was paying off. The show is generating about $200,000 in revenue for the property each night Celine hits the stage. Park Place said each show has sold out and demand for tickets is strong through September. According to the official site, Celine's interview with Maria Shriver will be broadcast on the Today show on NBC this Friday, May 2. The Jay Leno performance will be available on Club Celine later today. (April 30 2003 News) According to a fan on The Forum, what the Today Show hosts said today was they will be showing a clip of Celine singing HYEBIL from the "A New Day" show, instead of having Celine singing the song live at the Today Show. According to fans who've watched the Today Show today, they showed clips of the interview that will be aired this coming Sunday on Dateline. Fans also heard from the show that it seems Celine will perform "Have you ever been in love" tomorrow on the Today Show live. On Canada's national album chart this week, Celine's "One Heart" drops from #2 to #7 (8,100 copies sold). For the entire list of Top 10, click here. On Dateline's website, it lists that Celine will be featured on May 4th (7:00pm ET). Maria Shriver goes one on one with Celine and gets a behind-the-scenes look at Celine's new show "A New Day." Thanks Rayna for the info! =) Celine performed "Have you ever been in love" last night on Jay Leno. After the performance, she chatted with Jay for a bit. Jay told the audience that when he went up to Celine's dressing room, he thought she would stay on the show for a year because there were so many clothes in her dressing room. Celine then told him she would want to be invited on the show and sing many many songs, cuz each time she comes on the show is so quick. Then Jay asked her how many pairs of shoes does she have, and Chef Nigella Lawson (the other guest of the show) pointed to Celine's shoes saying how nice they are. Jay then asked Celine if her shoes were made of marijuana leaves and whether they are comfortable. Celine went out and said her mom told her when you're getting dress, and you ask for comfort, it means you're getting old. Jay then asked Celine how Rene Charles is doing, and Celine told him R.C is doing fine, and unlike a year ago, R.C has got used to Celine's singing and he doesn't cry anymore. It's quite funny the way how Celine said this cuz she said she couldn't talk about how R.C cries every time she sings a lot, otherwise some people would tell her even your own child can't stand your singing, you see. R.C is also driving his mom and dad crazy because he is running everywhere, bumping his head into everything. Celine also said R.C's favourite song is IDAN, but he calls it "All Night", and he would put in the CD each time he goes into the car. However, both Rene would fall asleep soon after. Celine said she doesn't know if that's a good sign. Now on The Forum, we could find a few pics from the show. (April 29 2003 News) Reminder: Celine will perform on Jay Leno tonight! On The Forum, we could find a link to listen to the duet version of "S'il Suffisait D'aimer" (Celine and Lââm) which is included on the charity French compilation CD "Les Enfants de la Terre." Here's this week's Hits album sales figures. Please note that Billboard Album chart bases on Sound Scan US figures and not Hits figures. #10: 50 Cent~50 Cent The New Breed 68,632 -74% #11: Darryl Worley~Have You Forgotten? 64,299 -69% #12: Celine Dion~One Heart 61,600 -46% #13: Mobb Deep~Free Agents: The Murder Mix Tape 57,569 -- In this Las Vegas Sun article, it says we could now find a freshly autographed picture of Celine at Hot Dog Heaven, an authentic Chicago- style hot dog hut on Lake Mead Drive near Boulder Highway. Celine and Rene stop in there from time to time on the way to and from work. They live a few miles directly up the road in Lake Las Vegas. Rene-Charles is also apparently an emerging frankfurter aficionado. (April 28 2003 News) According to Billboard, Celine, Whitney Houston, Beyonce Knowles and Lisa Marie Presley have all been added to "Vh1 Divas Duets". The event will be hosted by Queen Latifah at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. According to the official site, Celine will be filming videos for her two new singles from "One Heart". She'll be in Los Angeles on April 29 and 30 to shoot the videos of "Have you ever been in love" and "One Heart" with director Antti J. Antti J has worked with singers including Wyclef Jean, Brian McKnight, and Yolanda Adams. Found the following link from The Forum. On Jay Leno's site, we could watch a video clip of his show where he mentioned Celine in his jokes. (April 27 2003 News) Sony Music France is giving away 30 places for the exclusive presentation of the exceptional document Céline Dion in Las Vegas this coming Wednesday (30th April) in the Columbia Tristar hall at Sony Music (Paris)! Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) The official site confirms that Celine will perform "Have you ever been in love" on Jay Leno this coming Tuesday! (April 26 2003 News) This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: Last week's position in ( ) Peak position in < > FC: Foreigners' album chart MC: Mix of local and foreign album in one chart Greece (FC): #1 (1) <1> South Africa: #1 (1) <1> Canada: #2 (2) <1> Taiwan (FC): #2 (2) <2> Switzerland: #3 (2) <1> Eurochart: #3 (3) <2> Sweden: #4 (3) <3> Italy: #4 (6) <4> France: #4 (3) <1> Belgium (Flanders): #4 (2) <1> Denmark: #5 (2) <1> Netherlands: #5 (3) <3> Belgium (Walloon): #5 (4) <3> Portugal: #5 (4) <4> Finland: #6 (5) <3> Austria: #7 (6) <5> Norway: #7 (4) <2> Greece (MC): #8 (9) <8> Spain: #11 (9) <3> NewZealand: #11 (7) <7> US: #11 (8) <2> Australia: #12 (9) <7> Taiwan (MC): #15 (9) <8> Germany: #16 (10) <6> Slovakia: #16 (13) <13> Brazil: #16 (19) <16> Hungary: #22 (15) <14> Japan: #26 (42) <26> UK: #30 (21) <4> Czech Republic: #30 (16) <13> Ireland: #45 (25) <11> Number of countries where the album is doing better than last week: 4 Number of countries where the album is doing poorer than last week: 22 Number of countries where the album is remaining the same position: 5 Biggest jumper of this week would be Japan, where the album jumps all the way from #42 to #26. On one of the single chart shows in Japan called Tokio Hot 100, IDAN also moves up from #17 to #6. Hope both the album and the single will continue to move up in the coming weeks. For the biggest dropper of the week, it would be Ireland. In Ireland, the album drops down 20 position from #25 to #45 this week. In South Africa, not only "One Heart" is doing good, ANDHC also re-enters the album chart at #18. (Thanks Jaco for the South Africa chart info! =)) A fellow Celine fan, Kervin, sent an email to Billboard columnist Fred Bronson regarding Celine's AC chart information, and Fred gave him an informative and interesting reply. Here's their emails: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Mr. Bronson! As always, your column is one thing I visit every time I check out Billboard.com. I was wondering if you could give us the list of songs by Celine Dion that have made Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. Does she hold the record for No. 1 songs or entries? I keep seeing her songs on the chart. Now "Have You Ever Been in Love" is getting heavy airplay. From "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" to her current entry, Celine might hold a record soon. Please let us fans know her status. Thanks! Kervin Chua Dear Kervin, Celine Dion has been called the queen of the Adult Contemporary chart, and with good reason. "Have You Ever Been in Love" is her 31st song to appear on this survey, over a period of 12 years, six months, and one week, dating back to the debut of "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" the week of Oct. 27, 1990. I can't list all 31 songs here, but will you settle for a recap of her 11 No. 1 hits? Here they are: "If You Asked Me To," three weeks (1992) "Nothing Broken But My Heart," one week (1992) "The Power of Love," four weeks (1994) "Because You Loved me," 19 weeks (1996) "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," five weeks (1996) "All by Myself," three weeks (1997) "My Heart Will Go On," 10 weeks (1998) "To Love You More," eight weeks (1998) "I'm Your Angel," 12 weeks (1998) [R. Kelly & Celine Dion] "That's the Way It Is," one week (1999) "A New Day Has Come," 21 weeks (2002) That's an impressive list, but Celine does not have the most No. 1 songs of any AC artist. She is tied for fourth place with Lionel Richie, who also has 11. Barry Manilow is in third place with 13, the Carpenters are second with 15, and Elton John holds the record with 16. You didn't inquire about top-10 hits, but Celine isn't yet among the top-25 artists when it comes to the most songs to reach the top-10. Artists with much longer chart careers are ahead of her, including Elton John (who has the most, with 38), Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, and many others. You did ask if Celine has the most chart entries, and again, she doesn't figure in the top-25. Barbra Streisand has the most AC entries, with 63. Among the artists who have more AC chart entries than Celine are Johnny Mathis (48), Dionne Warwick (45), Bobby Vinton (44), Al Martino (41), Engelbert Humperdinck (33), and Jack Jones (32). One field where Celine is the undisputed champ is the list of who has spent the most weeks at No. 1. Looking over her 11 chart-toppers, you probably noticed that several of them had impressively long runs. Dion has spent 87 weeks at No. 1, far ahead of the runner-up, Elton John, who has led the list for 49 weeks. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Kervin for the info! =) On Jay Leno's site, it confirms that Celine will perform from her new album "One Heart" next Tuesday. On the official site, we could watch a short interview of Celine and Franco talking about "A New Day". On Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the Chrysler ads that appears in the Oprah Magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (April 25 2003 News) Found this info first on The Forum. On Musicstation.com, it lists that Celine will appear on "Tonight show with Jay Leno" on next Tuesday, April 29th. Then I went to TVguide.com, and they have also listed Celine as the "music guest" on that day. Even though Sony nor the official site has announced the appearance, it does look like Celine will be there especially since Celine will be having a 2 weeks+ break from her show after the April 27th performance. When I was surfing Hits website last night, I noticed the sales figures of "One Heart" and its position on their sales chart is different from their "final result" that were put up on Tuesday. Right now, "One Heart" sales figures for the past week is 114,819 (+12%) and at #12 instead of 90,819 (-11%) at #14. On this page, we could find a petition that some fellow Celine fans has made to Sony Music UK, regarding their performance in terms of Celine promotion in the UK. If you are interested, you may also sign the petition. Thanks Shaun (The Celine News Station) for the info! =) (April 24 2003 News) "One Heart" moves to #11 this week on Billboard's album chart. According to Billboard, the album has also been certified 2 times platinum (2 million copies shipped to record stores). In this article, it talks about the profits/loss Sony Corp. has made, and it mentions Sony's music unit recorded an operating loss of 8.7% billion yen ($73 million) versus an operating profit of 20 billion yen the previous year. Sales dipped 1 percent to 636 billion yen ($5 billion) from 643 billion yen. Titles contributing the most to Sony Music Entertainment sales were Dixie Chicks' "Home", Shakira's Laundry Service, Jennifer Lopez's "This is Me...Then" and Celine's "One Heart". Another source: (PR Newswire)

These are the scans from the current issue of the Fashion Magazine. The last line of the article was cut-out from the scan, so here it is: "And as syrupy as Celine can get, I can't help but believe her good intentions." Inside the magazine, there's also a 2 pages wide ad for the perfume. It's the same pic that we've seen before (Celine on a swing). (April 23 2003 News) The webmaster of Celine Maniacs would like to let you know that he will back from his trip tomorrow. Therefore, he will not be able to update his site until tomorrow. In Canada, "One Heart" remains at #2 on the national album chart: #1: Various Artists~Star Academie 47,100 #2: Celine Dion~One Heart 13,400 #3: Norah Jones~Come Away With Me 12,500 #4: Avril Lavigne~Let Go 11,900 #5: 50 CENT~Get Rich or Die Tryin' 11,500 For the rest of the Top 10, click here. (April 22 2003 News) On Las Vegas Sun, we could find two interesting article. The first one talks about an article that the People magazine has published. It lists out other things that you can do in Vegas for the price of an "A New Day" tickets. ($200 ones) Then the next one talks about Franco and Rene's thoughts on the reviews that critics have given, bad and good. In the article, Rene also mentions that every night, 200 to 300 people who are waiting at the "stand-by" lines have to be turned down. "Have You Ever Been In Love" doing good on AC! According to Mediabase, 104 AC stations are playing the song, and it is already at #18 (782 spins) on the AC airplay chart, while IDAN is at #9 (1312 spins). I HAVE TO DREAM!!!!! On Celine Italia, we could download the full version of "I Have To Dream!" It's located in the multimedia (audio) section and you'll have to save the file, then rename it as ".mp3" file type afterwards. On The Forum, we could download "If I Could" (Live from Vegas). You'll have to right click and choose "save targets". The quality of the file is not very good though, but we could still listen the song. Here's this week's Hits album sales figures. Please note that Billboard Album chart bases on Sound Scan US figures and not Hits figures. With few big new releases, the album moves down to #14 this week. #13: Lisa Marie Presley~To Whom It May Concern 92,742 -34% #14: Celine Dion~One Heart 90,819 -11% #15: R Kelly~Chocoloate Factory 86,359 +23% #16: Kid Rock~Cocky 78,345 +28% According to the official site, Celine recently taped an interview from her dressing room with VH1 for an upcoming special. More information will be available soon. (April 21 2003 News) On ClubCeline, we could find scans of the special edition "Hollywood Reporter"! (April 20 2003 News)

Here are the scans of the Chrysler Owner magazine. Thanks Brittany for these scans!! =) According to Mediabase, there are already 100 AC stations playing "Have you ever been in love" in the US. (April 19 2003 News)

This pic could be found on the Korean magazine "OI". Thanks Yun Hae for this pic! =) A fellow Celine fan from Belgium sent an email to Madame Tussaud Museum asking how the Celine wax statue project is going, and here's the reply that Nance got: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Actually, we have a sitting with Celine on the 28th of this month that she has 95% confirmed. If all goes as planned, it takes about 6 months to complete and we should have her in our attraction soon after. Thanks for you interest, Tiffany Rogers Madame Tussaud's Las Vegas tiffany.rogers@madametussaudslv.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Nance for the info! =) Happy Easter Weekend to everyone! =) If you would like to send some Celine Easter card to your friends, you can find few at Celine Fall's "Fun" section! Here is this week's chart position of "One Heart" around the world: (Last week's position in brackets) Denmark: #2 (1) Belgium (Flanders): #2 (1) Switzerland: #2 (1) Canada: #2 (2) Taiwan: #2 (2) Argentina: #2 (20) Sweden: #3 (3) Netherlands: #3 (3) France: #3 (1) Eurochart: #3 (3) Belgium (Walloon) #4 (3) Norway: #4 (2) Portugal: #4 (3) Finland: #5 (4) Austria: #6 (6) Italy: #6 (6) NewZealand: #7 (7) US: #8 (4) Spain: #9 (5) Australia: #9 (7) Germany: #10 (14) Czech Republic: #13 (24) Slovakia: #13 (20) Hungary: #15 (14) Brazil: #19 (27) UK: #21 (14) Ireland: #25 (10) Japan: #42 (46) On the official site, we could find few videos of "A New Day" footages. These are the footages that were released to the media earlier. On Celine Fall, we could find scans of a Swiss Newspaper "Reise blick" (Journey view) that features Celine and Quebec. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) In this Las Vegas Sun article, it talks about the star power impact on Las Vegas, including Celine's star power impact on Caesars and her store. (April 18 2003 News) The official site confirms that Celine recently spoke with Maria Shriver for an interview in upcoming Today Show/Dateline features airing on NBC. The interview was filmed in her dressing room as she was getting ready to go on stage to perform in A New Day... at The Colosseum. More details will be coming soon. (April 17 2003 News) According to Las Vegas Sun, Maria Shriver spent most of Wednesday hanging out with Celine. Shriver is preparing an uncoming segment on "The Today Show". Here's what Celine sang in the commercial: "Cardiologie fetale, nanotechnologie, transplantation hepatique, pathogenese du retard de croissance..." (Cardiology fetale, nanotechnology, hepatic transplantation, pathogenesis of the delay of growth...) Then Celine said: "C'est pas des mots pour une chanson mais c'est des mots d'espoir pour des milliers d'enfants" (These are not words for a song, but they are words of hope for thousands of children.) Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Leila (CELINIANA) for this info! =) Here are few more articles on "A New Day". First on Estadao, we can find an article in Portuguese, then we can also find scans of the Voici magazine on Celine Maniacs. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Alfonso for the info! =) On the current issue of Derniere Heure, it's featuring Marie-Elaine, a contestant of Star Academie, and her best moments. One of her best moments was meeting up with Celine. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =)

Some screen caps from the commercial. A fellow Celine fan, William, has made tons of screen caps from videos of IDAN and Goodbye's (The Saddest Word). We can find them on his site, Only One Celine. Thanks William for the info! =) (April 16 2003 News) On ClubCeline, we could find more pics from the "A New Day" program. Celine and Rene became the godmother and godfather of "Hopital Sainte- Justine", helping the hospital with their $400 million development plan. The TV advertising campaign will launch tonight, and Celine will be featured. Celine is also singing a new French song in the commercial. And now, we can watch the commercial!!! In Canada, Star Academie album holding on to the top spot at #1 (57,700) while Celine's "One Heart" held steady at #2 (20,900) followed by Linkin Park's "Meteora" (14,100) in third. For the entire list of Top 10 in Canada, click here. AC Loves Celine Dion "Some 65 AC stations added Dion's "Have You Ever Been in Love" to their playlist this past week, making it the No. 1 Most Added song at the format. "Love," the latest track from her current album, One Heart, also earned New & Active status on R&R's AC chart. Dion has released a new line of fragrances called 'Celine Dion Parfums,' available on her website and at select stores." Source: R&R Thanks Kervin for the info! =) According to the official site, Celine was recently honoured at the 2003 Dragon Awards in Poland. She was named "International Female Artist of the Year." Celine's album ANDHC and her hit singles topped the charts in Poland in 2002. (April 15 2003 News) Here's this week's Hits album sales figures. Please note that Billboard Album chart bases on Sound Scan US figures and not Hits figures. # 1: Godsmack~Faceless 263,540 -- # 2: Linkin Park~Meteora 176,530 -32% . . . . # 6: Cher~Very Best of Cher 123,477 +11% # 7: Ginuwine~The Senior 118,180 -- # 8: Norah Jones~Blue Note 113,333 -15% # 9: Celine Dion~One Heart 102,584 -32% #10: Evanescence~Fallen 83,696 + 3% According to the official site, US and Canada will have "Have you ever been in love" as the next single, while the upbeat and cathcy title- track "One Heart" will make its radio debut soon in Europe. Right now according to Mediabase, 21 AC stations have added HYEBIL to their playlists. According to Las Vegas Sun, Celine and Rene Angelil were being given a personal tour of the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas the other day when they came across crooner George Bugatti. The couple stopped and listened for a spell, then Celine blew the handsome Bugatti a kiss. NBC 10 will televise "Boscov's Sing A Tune for Celine Dion's Parfum Contest" on April 26th (Saturday) from 7-8 pm. The grand prize winner will be flown to Las Vegas for a 4 night, 3 day excursion for two and tickets to see Celine's "A New Day." Source: PRNewswire (April 14 2003 News) On Celine Group, we could find videos of the Swedish ANDHC special as well as videos of Grand Blonde-ANDHC special. They are located in Multimedia's video section. We could also find videos from the "World Children's Day Concert" DVD/VHS, such as the non-televised MHWGO performance, and footages from Celine's visit at the Ronald McDonald house and rehearsal of the concert. (April 13 2003 News) According to the official site, the French benefit compilation "Les Enfants de la Terre" is going to include a new version of "S'il suffisait d'aimer" with vocals by Celine and Lââm. The CD will be released in France on April 28th. Other artists who contributed to this project include Yannick Noah, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Patrick Bruel and Pascal Obisco, among others. For fans in HK, Cable TV (有線電視娛樂台~12台) is going to air a Celine TV special on April 26th at 12:30am (repeat on April 27 11:00am). In this TV special, there will be footages of Celine in different stages of her career, her classic music videos, concert footages, as well as interview footages. In the program, they will also be giving out free copies of "One Heart".

On Sephora, they have listed the Celine Dion Perfume as a Top seller! Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find some pics taken by Shalimar in Vegas, as well as scans of the "Where" Vegas Tourists guide. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (April 12 2003 News) On CelineMore, we could see scans of the official China's release of "One Heart". On All Access, it also confirms that "Have You Ever Been In Love" is going for adds for Hot/Modern/AC stations on April 14th. No info on whether it'll be released to Top40/Mainstream stations later on. So far, 13 AC stations have added the song to their playlist. (April 11 2003 News) In Canada, IDAN has been #1 on the national single chart (sales) for the 5th consecutive week! This week's "One Heart" chart position around the world: (last week's position in brackets) Denmark: #1 (1) France: #1 (1) Belgium (Flanders): #1 (1) Switzerland: #1 (2) Canada: #2 (1) Norway: #2 (3) Taiwan: #2 (6) Sweden: #2 (5) Netherlands: #3 (3) Belgium (Walloon): #3 (6) Eurochart: #3 (2) Finland: #4 (3) US: #4 (2) Spain: #5 (3) Austria: #5 (6) Italy: #6 (7) Australia: #7 (debut) NewZealand: #7 (9) Ireland: #10 (11) UK: #14 (4) Germany: #14 (6) Hungary: #15 (debut) Czech Republic: #24 (debut) Japan: #46 (45) On CelineMore, we could find scans of the Chinese magazine, Paralife. In those scans, we could see one new pic from the Chrysler photo shoot, even though it's a tiny one there.

The lawyer of Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, Robert Langford, and Sung's husband, Ae Hoe Kwon, handed over a traditional Korean jacket enclosed in a brown bag to a Las Vegas detective yesterday. "Here's the evidence," Langford said a few minutes before Detective Troy Barrett took possession of the knee-length jacket. Langford says the jacket is smeared with Rene Agnelil's DNA. Langford says the jacket should compel police to reopen the case. The couple claims they were afraid to give the jacket to authorities because they had been threatened, though Langford would not say by whom. Langford said it would be an injustice if police didn't examine the new evidence. "The police will have to make the decision to submit the case to my office," Clark County District Attorney David Roger said. "One of my concerns is the victim's credibility." On the other side, Rene's lawyer, David Chesnoff, said the jacket proves nothing. "It doesn't matter. The police and the district attorney's office have told me the case is closed. Their credibility is so suspect there could never be a prosecution. There was no sexual assault," Chesnoff said. Source: Las Vegas Sun On Celine Fall, we could now see some pics that were taken by Estevam during his Las Vegas trip. They are located in the "Previews" section of the "Las Vegas" section on the site. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) (April 10 2003 News) Got the following info from Destin group: Intermedia Advertising Group's Top Ten Most Effective New Ads for new campaigns airing from the weeks of March 17-30,2003. The list is ranked by viewer's ability to recall the new ads and their associated products and brands. The Recall Score is the percentage of TV viewers who within 24 hours are able to remember the brand of the ad they saw during normal TV viewing. The scores are then indexed against the mean score for all ads during the time period to create the Recall Index; 100 is Average. Chrysler's Sebring commercial with Celine driving across a desert in a convertible ranks at #1 with a Recall Index of 232. It means it is more than twice as effective as the average new commercial. For the top 10, click here. Thanks Harry for the info! =) (April 09 2003 News) On R&R Hot AC Chart page, it lists that "Have You Even Been In Love" is going for adds next week for Hot AC stations in the US. Surprisingly, the song hasn't been listed going for adds in other formats such as AC or POP/CHR. Hot AC stations rarely play ballads, and even IDAN wasn't that well- received by this format (it got the less adds comparatively to AC and CHR/POP). It is weird to see this song being released to this format. On this Yahoo page, we could find a Reuter video report on the opening night. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) In Canada, One Heart moves down 1 spot to #2 this week, making way for the French compilation "Star Academie", which had a whopping sales of 173,000 copies. One Heart sold 37,700 copies in the past week. Linkin Park's "Meteora" sold 17,900 copies and Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" sold 14,700 copies. In the US, Linkin Park hung onto the #1 spot with sales of 264,800, 50 Cent moves to #2 with sales of 174,700. Now 12 remained in 3rd, with 166,600, followed by Celine (165,700) in 4th and Norah Jones (132,100) in fifth. Source: Jam! Music Celine will be part of a benefit album to celebrate the anniversary of the "Enfants de la Terre"(Children of the Earth) association. The album will come out on April 28th by Sony/Columbia. The song "Aux Enfants de la Terre"(to all the children in the world), will bring Celine, Jean- Jacques Goldman, Yannick Noah, Tina Arena, Michel Delpech, Jean-Louis Aubert, Philippe Lavil, Manu Di Bango, MC Solaar, and Patrick Bruel all together. Music and lyrics by Jacques Veneruso. Source: Edicom Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of "In Touch" magazine, as well as few more pics from the "A New Day" program. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On Ebay, we could find the special tin-box edition of "One Heart" that were given out to the press on the opening night. Inside the tin box, there is a 2 CD case featuring the album and a special press CD containing a downloadable music video for IDAN, press photos, and press releases. In addition, there is a chocolate heart inside the box as well. On The Star, we could find an interesting article that talks about the dramatic change of Celine and Wonder Woman's hairdo. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) (April 8 2003 News) Here's this week's Hits album sales figures. Please note that Billboard Album chart bases on Sound Scan US figures, not Hits figures. #1: Linkin Park~Meteora 259,120 -69% #2: 50 CENT~Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 174,520 -12% #3: Various~Now 12 157,930 -37% #4: Celine Dion~One Heart 150,459 -67% #5: Norah Jones~Come Away With Me 133,337 - 4%

Here are two more scans from a Russian magazine back in 1999 Feb. Thanks Catherine for these pics! =) (April 7 2003 News) On Mediabase, it shows that 2 AC stations have added "Have you ever been in love" to their playlist. This doesn't mean it'll be the next official single of "One Heart" though. On Las Vegas Sun, an article mentions that there is a rumour saying in the contract between Celine and Caesars, it prohibits Caesars Palace from booking any other female singers while Celine is in residence. However, Celine's management would not confirm or deny anything regarding Celine's deal with Caesars since details were private. Found the following info from The Forum: On CD WOW, there's a tentative tracklisting for the Peace Songs album, which proceeds from the collection will benefit War Child Canada. In the tracklisting, it shows that the song which Celine brings in to this album "Prayer". According to the official site, Celine has just became the artist with the most #1 AC hit in Canada since spins and audience figures started being compiled. IDAN reached #1 on both spins and audience charts in the Adult Contemporary category on Canadian radio this week. This is Celine's 5th #1 AC hit, more than any other artist. At the Juno music awards, Celine was shut out in all of the categories that she was nominated. Shania Twain took home the "Fan Choice award" and "Artist of the year" award while Avril Lavigne took home "single of the year" and "Album of the year". For full list of winners, click here.

Here are few more scans from past issues of Russian Gala magazine. Thanks Catherine for these scans! =) (April 6 2003 News) Tonight the Juno Music Awards will be held, hosted by Shania Twain. Celine has been nominated for 4 awards, and let's review her nominations once again: Fan Choice Artist of the Year (Presented by Doritos): Avril Lavigne Celine Dion Diana Krall Nickelback Shania Twain Best Single: Blue Rodeo~Bulletproof Celine Dion~A New Day Has Come Avril Lavigne~Complicated Our Lady Peace~Somewhere Out There Sam Roberts~Brother Down Best Album: Daniel Belanger~Rever Mieux Celine Dion~A New Day Has Come Avril Lavigne~Let Go Our Lady Peace~Gravity Shania Twain~Up Artist of the Year: Daniel Belanger Celine Dion Alanis Morissette Remy Shand Shania Twain Good luck Celine! =) For fans in Europe and Israel, the Belgium MCM channel is going to feature Celine, her new album "One Heart" and her show "A New Day" in the "News Edition" program. Thanks Tim for the info! =)

Here are few scans from Russian Gala magazine. Please note that they are not from the same issue. Thanks Catherine for these pics! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the US magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On ClubCeline, we could find scans of the Spanish "People" magazine, where they are the few-pages-ad for Chrysler with some pics of Celine and Rene-Charles. (April 5 2003 News) Found this link on The Forum. On this page, we could see pics of the sceneries from "A New Day". (April 4 2003 News) "One Heart" chart position around the world in its first week: #1: Denmark, France, Belgium (Flanders), Canada #2: Switzerland, US, EuroChart #3: Finland, Netherlands, Spain, Norway #4: UK #5: Sweden, Austria #6: Germany, Belgium (Walloon), Taiwan #7: Italy #9: NewZealand #11: Ireland #45: Japan As a side note, on the Billboard chart, there's a surprising jump for IDAN. On this week's Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, IDAN moves from #7 to #2! Here are few other Billboard's chart position: --------------------------- Top 200 Album: ANDHC: #87 (#99) Pop Catalog Album: All The Way: #2 (#5) AC Single Chart: IDAN: #7 (#9) --------------------------- "The Celine retail store is doing far better than expected. The store sold more than $70,000 worth of merchandise the day the show opened March 25, according to a Park Place employee with knowledge of the retail operations. The day before they sold more than $60,000 worth of T-shirts, key chains, mugs and so on." Source: Las Vegas Sun Here's a Celine experience that a fellow Celine fan from Paris, Sharon, would like to share with us: "The cosmetic store "Sephora" on the Champs-Elysees is going all-out to promote Celine's new perfume. I walked by and heard the song "One Heart" playing. They have huge Celine posters everywhere, with her songs--all different songs, all different albums, old and new, French and English--playing very loud in the store. They also had a video playing from the launch of the perfume in Las Vegas, and a corresponding video promoting the perfume. It was a very cool experience, and everyone seemed excited about the new perfume and the new album." Thanks for the story Sharon! =) And now on ClubCeline, we could pics of the display that they have in "Sephora." On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the "Hollywood Reporters". Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (April 3 2003 News) IDAN has been #1 in Canada for the 4th consecutive week!!

Visitors of Chrysler.com can now get a preview of Celine's new single "One Heart" before the day it releases. For fans in Taiwan, here are the schedules for the "One Heart" TV special: 4/05(六) TVBS台 15:00~16:00 4/12(六) TVBSG 14:30~15:30 4/12(六) 衛視中文台 16:30~17:00 4/13(日) MUCH 15:00~16:00 4/13(日) ET-TV 09:30~10:00 Source: Taiwan's Official Celine Dion Site On ClubCeline, we could see scans of the bonus CD that comes with the purchase of the Celine Dion Perfume. This cover pic of this bonus CD is a little different. The one that we've seen had a morning sky, while this one has a night sky. On Melanie's site, she has put up few more new pics, including pics of some of the items that could be found in the Celine Store. On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of "Gala" and "Ici Paris". Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (April 2 2003 News) The webmaster of Celine Fall, Estevam, would like to let you know that since he is on his vacation right now in Las Vegas and Canada, he won't be replying email or update the site at the moment. However, the site may be up and running as soon as next Monday when the other co-webmaster Tati returns from the trip.

Celine's on the cover of the popular Korean music magazine GMV. In the magazine, there's an article that talks about One Heart and A New Day, as well as few Chrysler's pictures. Thanks Yunhae for the pic and info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the Oh la Magazine. Celine's "One Heart" debuts at #1 in Canada! The album sold 97,000 copies in its first week, making it the biggest debut of the year. In the US, it sold 431,600 copies. For the Top 10 disc and their sales figures, click here. In Canada, the beauty products of Celine will be available exclusively in "the Bay" from April 2nd to April 16th, then in the majority of the stores, pharmacies and other selected retailers. Source: Infinit (April 1 2003 News) A Destin member took some great pictures in The Colosseum and inside the Celine Dion Store. We can find these pics on this page. Thanks Melanie for sharing these pics! =) Celine's CBS special ranks at #11 for last week's US Top 20 ratings TV shows. The show attracted 13.8 million viewers. Source: Jam! TV Here's the album sales result provided by Hits. Please note that Hits' figures aren't the same as Sound Scan US sales figures, and Billboard uses Sound Scan US figures for their charts. #1 Linkin Park~Meteora 833,670 #2 Celine Dion~One Heart 455,215 #3 Various~Now 12 249,805 #4 50 Cent~Get Rich or Die Tryin' 198,336 #5 Nora Jones~Come Away With Me 139,563 On Celine Maniacs, we could find some new pics from the "A New Day" program. Celine's previous short-hairdo looks fabulous there! Much younger and stylish. On Jam! Music, we could find an article that talks about Celine and Juno Music Awards. On The Forum, we could find the link to download's TeamCeline's April magazine. (Mar 31 2003 News) On ClubCeline, we could watch a French music program that features Celine and "A New Day."

These are the goodies that were given out to all of the audience who attended the opening night. Thanks Sean for these pics! =) At an post-show ceremony on March 25, Céline was presented with a special IFPI award to commemorate the sale 10 millions copies of 'Let's Talk About Love' in Europe and she received as second IFPI award in honour of a total of 50 million albums sold in Europe. Céline is the only artist to have received these awards. Source: Official site (Mar 30 2003 News) HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELINE!!! Found this interview from The Forum. CTV's Etalk had an interview that they did with Celine on Mar 26th. We can watch it here. For the audience of the first show, there was a box of gifts placed on their seats and here are the items that were included in addition to the bookmark that Las Vegas Sun mentioned earlier: "There was a silver key chain with the Chrylser logo on it in a gift box. A bottle of Celine Perfume. A promo copy of "One Heart" CD, and also a copy of the program which is BEAUTIFUL! They were all presented in a nice box which had the New Day logo on the front and the "One heart" heart from the disc on the back." Thanks Sean for the info! =) (Mar 29 2003 News) On Celine Maniacs, we could find scans of the "Beauty" magazine distributed by "the Bay" across Canada. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On ClubCeline, we could download mp3 of the songs that Celine sung on the CBS special! On the website of "The Foundation For a Better Life", we could watch a commercial that they've made using "The Power of the Dream" as the theme song. On Phil's Celine site, we could find some scans of the German magazine, Bunte, Austrian paper Tiroler Tagesblatt, as well as the Italian paper Corriere della Sera. Thanks Phil for the info! =) (Mar 28 2003 News) On The Forum, there are links where we can download mp3 files for the songs that Celine sung on the CBS special. However, due to bandwidth limits, those files are temporarily unavailable. On HelloMagazine.com, you could find their video coverage on the opening night in their "Premium content" section. However, you'll need to pay ? for a one week membership in order for you to access in the contents in that section. Thanks David for the info! =) On Celiniana, we could find scan of the Italian newspaper article of "Corriere della Sera." It talks about the new show and the new album. Thanks Leila! =) On CelineDionBeauty.com, we could order free samples of the Celine Dion Perfume even though it will take 2-4 months when they become available. Essence quiz and postcards will be available soon! (Mar 27 2003 News) On Sony Music HK, we could watch their TV commercial for the album. And in the "Artist interview" section, we could also watch an "interview" that they had, but it's basically clips of the Colosseum press conference that was held last year and some clips of the Chrysler commercials. For all fans who would like to get tapes of Celine's TV appearances, you can find them on The Celine Dion Video Collection. You may find the CBS special there as well, and the Oprah show will be coming soon as well. Thanks Jimena! =) According to this Las Vegas Sun article, among the items left on seats for guests at the "A New Day..." premiere Tuesday night was a bookmark, a laminated index card with the show logo on the front. The back features a series of inspirational messages and was signed "Sincerely, Celine and Franco." In another article, a judge on Thursday set a June trial date for Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, who is facing felony charges of failing to repay a half-million dollars in Las Vegas casino loans. She is remained in custody at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on a separate charge that she and her husband tried to extort money with a rape claim against Rene. At the same time, she was being held on $10,000 bail and also was being investigated by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. In addition, she is also facing other charges for failing to repay casino loans to casinos including Harrah's Las Vegas, and Mandalay Bay Hotel. Celine Maniacs is back online now! Everything is fine. IDAN is #1 again this week in Canada. It's been the 3rd week consecutively! On Jam! Music, there's an article on the press conference after the opening night show. In another article, it says Canadian artists including Celine, Avril Lavigne, Our Lady Peace, Chantal Kreviazuk, Bryan Adams, David Usher and others will appear on "Peace Songs," a double-CD that is being rushed out to stores April 15 th benefit War Child Canada. The tracklisting is not available yet. Celine is in the current issue of 7 Jour magazine. It's about the opening night. Thanks Bruna (Sweet Celine Website) for the info! =) Nielsen delayed release of national numbers, but according to preliminary nationals, "Amercian Idol" and Celine's CBS special were big ratings draws. The special led the 9pm hour in total viewers (13.8 million), was second in adults 25-54 and delivered the network's best 18-49 score in the hour since last May. In household ratings from the top "metered" markets, it hit the jackpot in Vegas with 20.1/27. Among all concert specials this season, Celine's special ranks a close second in 18-49 to NBC's Faith Hill show on Thanksgiving. Source: Yahoo Looks like Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, her husband and their lawyers really like to play with good timing. Last year right before the ANDHC album came out, they made headlines with the sexual accusations against Rene. Now one day after the Vegas premiere, they are trying to make headlines by revealing evidents that Rene has paid the California woman $2 million US in "hush money" 3 years ago. Their lawyer claims that they have a dress and underwear smeared with Rene's DNA, and they plan to turn over the dress to Las Vegas police next week. For more info about the case, click here. (Mar 26 2003 News) Another tape request: Two other fellow Celine fans are asking to see anyone could copy them a tape of the Oprah show and the CBS special. They're willing to pay for the expenses. There email addresses are: Yeliel: charvez@gmx.de and Jacob: jacob_winberg@mail.dk Thank you! A lot more pictures can be found on: WireImage: Guests on red-carpet Press Conference GettyImages London Picture Search RexFeatures On ET, we could watch a clip of the interview that they did with her after the press conference. On CTV, we could watch a video report of last night's show. They said they are going to have an interview with Celine later today. In the video report, we could see some scenes that were not shown on TV including the MHWGO big moon scene. ET, Access Hollywood and Extra all said that they are going to have a coverage on last night's event in their program tonight.

Few more pics from Yahoo. Hits Daily Double has an early report on album sales base on the first day sales yesterday. It says Linkin Park's hotly anticipated "Meteora" should sell anywhere from 900,000 to 1 million in its first week. For Celine which should be another big debut appears on track to sell around 600,000 copies this week. For the Now 12 compilation, early reports indicate it will sell in the neighborhood of 250,000 copies. BBC Radio 2 has added the "One Heart" album to their C-list. What it means is they will be playing selection of songs from the album, not only IDAN. And Radio 2 is the most listened to radio station in UK. In Germany, radio stations including Bayern 3, Energy, SWR3 and FFH have all chosen One Heart as their album of the week. Thanks Shaun and Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) On CEINEbeat, we could now watch the Celine's CBS special performance in Windows Media format. It's again loocated in the "Special coverage: Las Vegas opening night live" section! Thanks Sophoan! =)

Celine leaving the press conference. On WireImage, we could find few more pics. On Toronto Stars, we could read another review of last night's show. It's not a review that praises Celine all the way from beginning to end, but I must say it is pretty neat and informative in my own opinion. In this Jam! Music article, there is a review of last night's show. And guess what? Celine lost her shoes after the flying scene, and she had to come out and sing the next song in bare foot! It's hilarious! Read that story and more about the show in the article now. There's also the entire song set listed.

Remember that's the outfit from the "just incase" closet? (Mar 25 2003 News) A fellow Celine fan, Jay, is looking for a tape of tonight's special. If you can help him, you may reach him at his email: JDSavage2001@aol.com Thank you! Here's an article from Yahoo on the opening night show.

On GettyImages, we can find some more pics taken from the rehearsals.

Some pictures from the opening show and the red-carpet. In the one-hour special, there wasn't any red-carpet interviews, but there were some behind-the-scenes and rehearsals footages. Here are the songs that Celine performed: The Power of Love, I'm Alive, I Got The World On A String, The First Time Ever I Saw You Face, I Wish, I Drove All Night, What A Wonderful World, and Love Can Move mountains. Celine will be on ET tonight as well!! In the mean time before the show starts, if you wanna see what's happening around The Colosseum, you may take at look at this Live Webcam page that is located outside of the Caesars Palace building. On CEINEbeat, we could watch the video of E!News Life from E! Entertainment Television. They talked about the show, showed some rehearsal clips, and Celine and Franco talked a little bit as well. It can be found in the "Special Coverage: Celine in Las Vegas Opening Night Live!" section. In this Las Vegas article, we could find out what can be found in the Celine boutique in Caesars Palace. Items ranges from cheap to expensive including picture frames, lipstick holders, pillboxes, music boxes, playing cards, key chains, purses, golf balls, notepads, business-card holders, jewelry, posters, candles, shirts, shot glasses, perfume, crystal pencdants, Mont Blanc pens...etc. Also in the article, it says the switchboard of Caesars was crashed moments after the Oprah broadcast ended due to overwhelmed calls asking about tickets. The system was back up within a few minutes, and callers were told that a new block of tickets goes on sale Wednesday. The BIG DAY today! I went to buy my copy of the new album today at Future Shop for only $9.99CAD!! Right when the shop opens at 10:00am. And when I went to the cashier to pay for it, I saw a lady infront of me buying 2 albums, one is Shania Twain's "Up", and the other one is Celine's "One Heart"! So I was already happy when I saw that. Then when it was my turn to pay, I heard another lady behind me saying "simply what everyone's coming here for." So I turned my head, and I saw the lady was saying this to a gentleman lining up behind me, and both of them had the "One Heart" album in their hands! And the gentleman said, "My son told me to buy this for him since he is at work." Wow! What a happy scene! haha~ In this Jam! Music article, it says there was a little press conference last night at The Colosseum with dozens of media from around the world. They media also had a tour of the venue. Rene was present at the press conference while Celine wasn't, but she was in The Colosseum. Rene told the press that they almost postponed tonight's opening due to the war in Iraq. "So the thought came in, but (then) we decided to cancel the celebrations surrounding the show. So that's why there's no party after the show. It was something pretty big that Caesars Palace was organizing with fireworks, so we didn't feel it was appropriate. The show must go on." Rene also told the press that Celine is very relaxed. The four preview shows leading up to tonight's launch helped reassure her. "It went really well, to tell you the truth. Saturday was incredible. So she feels pretty good. She's relaxed." Direct TV Latin America will be airing the special Live tonight at 9:00 p.m, then again at 10:00. It will re-air on the 30th. Thanks Antonio for the info! =) CELINEbeat is back on the web now! We can now find some snapshots of the Oprah show and some video downloads there! Thanks Sophoan for the info! =) Now on Celine Maniacs, we can also download "high quality" video of yesterday's Oprah show! Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (Mar 24 2003 News) One One Heart, we could download today's Oprah show! Another Celine fan site has been launched as well. It's called A New Day

Three more pics from Yahoo. The pic on the left was taken from the seat farthest from the stage. Siegfried & Roy watched the preview of "A New Day" and they said the experience is extraordinary." We can read more on Las Vegas Sun. Two new Celine sites are launched today: Celine Italia

One Heart

For fans who haven't watched the Oprah Show, the show may be put up on Club Celine tomorrow! =) I'll let you know when it's confirmed. The Oprah show was simply excellent! The show started off with a tour in Celine's house in Las Vegas. We got to see the living room, dinning room, Rene-Charles' playroom (there's a Chrysler toy-car there!), the master-bedroom & bathroom, Celine's walk-in closet, and the kitchen. We were also introduced with the butler, chef, as well as the manager of the house. Yes, they have a manager in the house! The house is modern and comfortable, with flowers, finger-snacks around the house. The house also has many pictures frames with pics of the family. And there's basically a TV in every room, and on the TV, there's a channel that connects to the camera above Rene Charles' bed, so that Celine and Rene can watch him sleep. Celine says she can have her own TV show every night and she could even zoom in and out, and have full control of the Rene-Charles sleep show. Celine was just so excited when she was touring Oprah and the crew around the house, and she moved fast, and spoke fast. Right about at the end of the tour, they noticed Rene-Charles was waking up on the TV monitor. He was so cute that he sits up, and then put his face back on the bed again for a few seconds until he could finally stand up on his little bed. Celine then went and pick him up, and Oprah was afraid that he would be frightened by the crew, and the lights, and Celine told her "that's alright, that's alright." Rene Charles' hair is so much longer right now, even longer than his mom. After this segment, then we got to go to visit the "dressing room" of Celine in The Colosseum. The "dressing room" is just like a another house, and it's designed with the same style as Celine's real home in Vegas, cuz they wanna make the place be just like home. In that "dressing room", there is also a "just in-case" closet full of new clothes (even with price tags) that Celine's stylist replenish from time to time. Celine calls it the "just in-case" closet because it's for just in case there's an sudden interview or special occasion that Celine needs to do/attend, she can find an outfit there. In her make-up area, there's also a mirror with lights same as the stage lights, so that they could make sure her make-up will look as good when she's on stage. And in front of that mirror, there's a picture frame which can play a recorded clip of Rene-Charles saying "Ma Ma". After the tour of her "dressing room", we got tour around the rehearsal area, the costume room, and the training room. Dancers were dancing, practicing, and Celine and Oprah danced and sang with them. Oprah also tried her flying in the training room. It was funny that when Oprah was putting on cable-suit, Celine was making sure Oprah doesn't feel too uncomfortable with her lower private area. That's because Celine said when she put that on the first time, it was just so tight in that area, and Celine was just going a little crazy when she was telling this. After this part, then Oprah and Celine went into the theatre and met Franco. They showed Oprah some of the stage effects including the tree blossoming on the stage, some giraffes making heart shape with their necks, the flying dancers/piano...etc. It was so amazing. Then finally, we got to see Celine perform. With the theatre being filled up for the first time, this is the first performance that Celine has given in front of audience. She sang "The Power of Love". After the song, the audience gave Celine a standing ovation, and Celine also bent down her knees on the stage, looked so emotional at the moment. This is the project that has been prepared for 3 years, and everyone has been working so hard all the way. There's simply soooo much expectation and different pressure on this show. Celine then went down to the audience area and gave the teary Oprah a huge. After this, then Celine has a dress change and performed "I Drove All Night". It's so difficult to describe how the imagery looks like for this song as well as "The Power Of Love" performance. They may not be the most fascinating imagery in the show among others, but they are still breath-taking. After the 2 song performance, Celine and Oprah chatted on stage for a bit. Celine explained that she doesn't think this show as the pinnacle of her career because she doesn't want to be like "okay, this is the best, and I can stop and relax now." She didn't do this show herself, and it is all the things that she has done over the years, her fans had helped her established and accomplished to make this show possible. She has been entering homes of her fans with her music around the world, and now she's opening her home, and she is inviting them to come as well. Oprah told Celine that she's so proud of her. Celine is just the deal. A woman who is so professional and well balanced with her professional and family life. Oprah said Celine makes her proud to be a woman, and makes her proud for being a friend of her. Oprah also told the people to go and get "One Heart" tomorrow, and get a few copies, so that we could put one in the car, one at home...etc. At the very end, they invited Franco and all of the dancers up on the stage and said goodbye. A great show! On Oprah, we could also see some pictures from the program now. For all fans in Europe, as long as you have a digital satellite receiver, and a dish installed on the Hot Bird satellite, you will be able to watch the Oprah show with Celine tonight because WABC-TV (New York) airs free-to-air from the satellite Hot Bird at 13.0°E, and its programs are identical to ABC. This channel is probably temporarily available only, most likely due to the news coverage on the war in Iraq. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Adam (Hugarian Celine Dion Site) for the info! =) On Infinit, it has another article on Celine and Rene and the new show. It talks about how nervous and worried Rene and Celine are. Here are a interesting notes: -After the last preview on Saturday, Franco was still making changes in the songs set. -Garou was seen shoping in the store of Celine yesterday afternoon. -while the celebration party after the opening night has been canceled, but there will still be a reception at the new restaurant Bradley Ogden, to launch the new album "One Heart". -Mego said Celine will perform at least 8 new songs in her show. On Oprah.com, we could watch a preview of today's show. (Mar 23 2003 News) On The Forum, we could find 2 more reviews on "One Heart". One from NY Daily News, and the other from LA Times. Thanks Seb for the info! =) In this article, we could read about how they make the changes after each preview. On Hello Magazine site, there is a poll running for "Hottest Canadian Chanteuse", and Celine is one of the choices. Thanks Bruna (Sweet Celine Website) for the info! =) (Mar 22 2003 News) According to this Infinit article, even few days before the opening night, in order to make the show perfect, they are still making changes in song-sets, and costumes. It also mentions that Celine will have 5 costumes in the show, and each time when she gets change, it can't exceed a minute and a half. Here's a review of the album by The Gazette. Here are two interesting articles on/related-to Celine on Review Journal. Article 1 Article 2 Thanks Andre (Destin group) for the links! =) Got the following info from The Forum: For fans in Canada, Future Shop has offering the album at only $9.99 on the 25th!! And if we go buy the album online now, it's also at $9.99 only, but the sales will end on March 24th. On this Park Place site, we could find lots of new pics of Celine taken during the rehearsals!! Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =)

Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the above pics! =) In this Las Vegas Sun article, it has some updates on which celebrity will attend the opening night. According to an executive at Golin/Harris, the Los Angeles firm helping to coordinate opening-night activities, among those who said Thursday that they would not be scared off by war or terrorism fears include Dick Clark, Lance Bass, Tim Allen, Barry Manilow, Suzanne Somers, and Alan Thicke. Local entertainers ranging from Danny Gans to Phyllis McGuire are also set to attend. The article also mentions that there will be no hot dogs on the concession stand menus inside The Colosseum. The chef said he'd received the catering contract to feed fans inside Celine's new theatre. The menu will lean more toward sushi and white wine rather than Cheetos and Budweiser. First of all, on this page of The Forum, we could see their article on Celine. In this article, we could see two new pics taken from the set. Then on this page of The Forum, we could see scans of the "Le Lundi" article. On People Magazine's site, we could read their review on One Heart. And on The Forum, we could also read the review of Entertainment Weekly. For fans in HK, ATV World's "Sony Music Television Signal" will premiere IDAN video in their upcoming show. March 23rd 8:30pm - 9:00pm. Thank Vic for the info! =) (Mar 21 2003 News) Celine is Bilboard's "Artist of the Day"! And here's a review that Billboard has done on One Heart. Here's an article from Canada.com regarding the cancelation of the opening party before the show. About 45 managers and executives from the consortium behind the 3-year fun decided yesterday to go ahead with opening night but do without the merrymaking in the outdoor Garden of the Gods. Celine will, however, meet the press in the Emperor's Ballroom after the show, along with Franco Dragone. There will also be a red- carpet ceremony but no information was available yesterday on who has confirmed to attend. Whatever happens in Iraq, Celine is still expected to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show for a full hour on Monday and CBS has not changed its plans to telecast 5 or 6 songs live from the gala on Tuesday as part of a mking-of documentary. On Celine Maniacs, we could see scans of the One Heart CD booklet, as well as the "Showbizz" Magazine article. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) For fans in Brazil, Direct TV will also be airing the Opening night TV special on next Sunday. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) On ET last night, they showed some clips of Oprah visiting Celine. Celine gave a tour of her new house in Vegas to Oprah, and we could see her amazing walk-in closet. Then ET showed clips of Oprah playing "flying" with cables at a training room. At the end, we could see Celine telling Oprah from the stage (during the special performance) how thankful she is for Oprah helping her breaking the ice. I guess she meant Oprah helping her with her career when she was still pretty unknown in the US. In the off-stage footages, Celine's hair looked even shorter than the footages that we saw earlier when she did her interview with the Quebec TV host. I think this "shortness" and "blondness" of her new hairdo makes her look much older than her age, especially since she is pretty skinny at the moment (probably due to stressful rehearsals). The hair-style that she has on stage looks a bit better though. If I could find a link to a video file of this clip later, I'll put the info up here. In Taiwan, a Celine-related news has been heating up. In some countries/cities in Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, pirate CDs/VCDs/DVDs has been an extremely serious problem which the government nor record companies could solve entirely. If the problem could not be fixed in a legally way, then solving it in an illegally way might be an alternative option to some people. A rumour has just came out in Taiwan that a famous TV host/singers' manager has asked a forceful gang to help Sony to prevent two of their upcoming releases from being available in the market. The two releases are Taiwan singer You Hong Ming's "Taipei's lonely house", and Celine's "Miracle of Love" (Taiwan's title for "One Heart"). The TV host/manager was surrounded by reporters at the set of his variety show, questioning him the truth of this rumour when it surfaced within Taiwan's media. He denied for doing any of this. "It is absolutely right for people to go against pirate products. However, for one to do something like this (teaming up with the gang), there must be a source of revenue for the members. In addition, I don't work for Sony, how much sales that they get from their singers doesn't benefit me in anyway," he said. "If I am powerful enough to work out this kind of project, why wouldn't I do this with my own record company?" he added. Sources claim that this news first came out from the people of IFPI Taiwan. A senior officer of IFPI said they have no clue on how this news was started, and at this time, it would not be appropriate for them to comment on the matter. However, IFPI would always collaborate with police to go against pirate markets in a legally way. Sony Music Taiwan's Cheif Manager has flew to Hong Kong to hold a meeting with other regions' heads to discuss their promotional campaign for Celine's new album. "What a joke?!" he replied the reporters when he was asked to comment on the news. He said Sony Music is an international corporation, and they would never collaborate with any illegal company/group in anyway. Later that day, Sony Music Taiwan has also issued a press release to the media in Taiwan regarding this news. Celine's "A New Day Has Come" sold more than 130,000 copies in Taiwan, and it became the #1 best-selling foreign album in 2002. Source: Yahoo Taiwan Article 1 Article 2 (both in Chinese) Thanks John (Celine Fan Online) for the info! =) (Mar 20 2003 News) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAMAN DION!!! Another Celine event has been canceled. The big opening night party for Celine in the Garden of the Gods at Caesars Palace has been officially canceled. The decision was made Wednesday night. However, the pre-show red carpet festivities will go on as scheduled, it will be a decidedly more muted affair. The debut performance of "A New Day" will go on as planned, starting at 6:30pm. There were no celebrity guest cancellations as of this morning, but the war was less than 24 hours old. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have R.S.V.P.'d. But since Brad is in London filming a movie right now, Jennifer might bring her Screen Actors Guild Awards date, Courteney Cox Arquette. The rest of the cast of "Friends" may also show up. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck haven't RSVP'd yet. But Jen Meyer and Tobey Maguire reportedly have. Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't yet. Here is the list of celebrities that may also attend: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Mary J. Blige, Dixie Chicks, Shakira, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey and Stevie Nicks. Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O'Donnell are also expected to appear. Source: Las Vegas Sun On The Forum, we could see scans of the "One Heart" CD/booklet! IDAN tops Canada's national single chart for the second week!! On Jam! Music, we could find an article on Celine and A New Day. It covers many things around Celine and the show such as the rehearsals, the importance for this show not to fail, the war in Iraq..etc. Here are few notes: -Celine was unable to work for about 2 weeks after contracting bronchitis sinus problems. -Celine has a Belgium Olympic trainer and does yoga. -Celine has trained her voice to cope with the stress of singing daily. A local Las Vegas doctor will check her vocal cords every two to three months. On The Forum, we could find links to see scan of the bonus CD that come with the Celine Dion perfume in some stores. Remember to copy and paste the link when you get to that page in order for you to see those pics. On Celine Download, we could find various multimedia files such as Chrysler commercials, and song clips with lyrics. Thanks Andrew for the info! =)

On CBS, we can watch a video preview of the TV special! Also on this page, we can see some info on the show, and a poll on which type of Celine music that you prefer. On Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the Variety Magazine. Not only there is the Celine article, and the Catherine/Michael-praising-Celine ad, there are few more ads threw in by few other corporation congratulating Celine with her new show! Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) Celine will be on ET tonight. They are going to have a sneak peak at Oprah's upcoming show on Celine in Las Vegas! Thanks Kevin (Cafe de Celine) for the info! =) (Mar 19 2003 News)

Above is an undated handout photo of Celine. Here's the official statement of Celine regarding the Walk of Fame star: "I feel it is necessary to postpone the honor of receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame due to the current events that are happening in the world. I do not feel it is appropriate at this time to celebrate this milestone in my career when we are on the brink of war. My thoughts and prayers are with the men, women and children who are involved in this at home and overseas." Source: Yahoo Found the following link on The Forum: On Hola Magazine, we could see the ad that Catherine and Michael made for Celine. On Ebay, we could find a new pic of Celine that appears in the trade magazine, as well as a pic of the "Time Square scene" that appears in "A New Day." Celine has requested to postpone her "Walk of fame" celebration. Celine's star on the Walk of Fame was scheduled to unveil on this Friday, March 21st. Celine has asked her spokeswoman Francine Chaloult to release the following statement: "With all of the tragic events happening in the world, it seems essential to me to postpone the honour of Hollywood Walk of Fame. I do not think it's appropriate to celebrate this important stage of my career at this moment when there is a serious threat of war on us. All my thoughts and prayers go to the men, women and the children who are facing this dramatic situation." Source: Infinit On The Forum, we could watch a clip of the appearance that Celine made on Jay Leno back in 1994. It was just few weeks before her wedding ceremony. Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have splashed-out $11,500(EUR) on a full-page advert, praising Celine in Variety Magazine. The ad reads: "Celine. We can't wait to see your shows! All our best wishes, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones." Source: Dotmusic Thanks kirsty for the info! =) For Canadian fans, Celine is on the cover of The Bay's "Beauty" magazine, promoting her perfume! Thanks Derek for the info! =) For fans in Germany, the Celine Dion perfume will be availabe in the DOUGLAS store in May. They have already pre-ordered it. Thanks Stephanie for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we could read a review that Shalimar has done on the preview she attended. As you will read in her review, the songs that were sung in the show may not be the finalized setting, because they are still trying things out and wanting to see auidence reaction to decide which song they should keep and which song they should cut. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) The Austria's radio station ? aired an interview that they did with Celine yeterday. Now on A Canadian Way of Life, we could read the transcript and listen to part of the interview. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) A little tiny surprise. I guess many of us thought that "Forget me not" is a song where Celine tells her lover not to forget her. Actually, no. According to a fan on The Forum (I am still keeping my promise not to listen to any of the full-length files), it is indeed a song for a mother to tell her child not to forget her! If you would like to listen to the full-length file, you can find the link on The Forum. It is located at the bottom of the page. (Mar 18 2003 News) With a war which is very likely to happen in Iraq, one would concern if this will have any effects with Celine's "A New Day". Patrick Angelil (Rene's son), the spokeperson for "A New Day" has confirmed that "It is certain that no one would want a war, but the show must go on." The premiere day will remain as March 25th. Ticket sales will probably be affected though if the war really launches. As for Celine, she has just given another preview of the show to Caesars' employees yesterday. Two other previews for employees are scheduled for this Wednesday and Saturday. Source: Infinit In this Las Vegas Sun article, it has info on Celine's appearances on the Oprah and Larry King Live. First of all, Celine sang "Seduces me", Barbra Streisand's "If I Could" and "I Drove All Night" during the Oprah taping. And Oprah's cameras are following Celine around her house and around Las Vegas this week. For the Larry King interview, Celine was supposed to do what she has done with Oprah all over again with Larry King. However, the interview was called off. Larry King Live's spokeswoman said "It was a mutual cancellation. Larry was very much looking forward to interviewing her, but with the escalating situation in Iraq everyone thought it best to reschedule." Las Vegas Sun got one more explanation for the cancellation from another source "close to the King show". We can find that other reason in the article. On Infinit, it says the newspaper Le Soleil has got a list of guests that have been invited to attend Celine's "A New Day" opening night. The list of guests include Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robin Williams, Tim Allen, Lance Bass of Nsync, Dick Clark, Elton John, Larry King, Kate Hudson, Barry Manilow, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Andrew Lloyd Weber. However, there are no confirmation with who will indeed attend. On The Forum, we could find scans of the TV Guide article on Celine. We could find an ad for the special as well. Remember when you see those links for the scans on The Forum, you must copy and paste the links to your browser in order for you to see those scans successfully. Don't just click on it. According to the official site, Variety magazine will feature a special tribute to Celine in its March 18 issue. Celine and other members of the creative team were interviewed for this piece. Hollywood Reporter is going to have a special edition issue on Celine. We may order it on this page. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Mar 17 2003 News) On Canada.com, it has an article talking about a tanning treatment which is becoming popular. Celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, as well as Celine uses this treatment. It is a sun-free tanning treatment. Customers get in a private room where they are disrobed and sprayed head-to-toe with a tanning solution of aloe, sugar water and self-tanning compund DHS, which could overnight give them a natural- looking fake tan. Found this Las Vegas Sun article on The Forum: On last Saturday night, The Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Research Foundation dinner and auction took place at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. During the auction, four tickets for Celine's "A New Day" opening night was sold at $250,000! That means $62,500 per ticket. In the article, it also says that Paul Anka and David Foster will be going to the opening night show too. Here are some position that IDAN charted on the single chart around the world: (last week position in brackets) Denmark: #2 (debut) Italy: #14 (debut) France: #89 (debut) Belgium: #4 (17) Switzerland: #13 (debut) Australia: #35 (22) NewZealand: #46 (debut) Canada: #1 (debut) USA: #49 (53) (Mar 16 2003 News) Howard Stern read most of the latest Time magazine article about Celine's "A New Day..." in his radio show last week. He paused from time to time and interject his typically crude comments, and offered a few x-rated suggestions for Colosseum shows on Celine's dark evenings. He aslo said that he might actually go to see "A New Day" when he is in Vegas next month for a series of radio broadcasts. "As soon as he said that, Caesars probably distributed his photo to security." (haha~) Source: Las Vegas Sun On Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the Billboard magazine article on Celine provided by Andre. Here are some of the info that has been brought up among others: -the album was just completed in only two weeks before the end of January. -the CBS special will be a 1 hour special, and in the last 15 minutes of the show, the broadcast will break into opening night at Caesars for a live performance from Celine. The show will be licensed internationally. -Next single will be "One Heart" -French album is slated for the fourth-quarter of 2003 Remember Shalimar? The fan who got the first bottle of the Celine Dion perfume. She attended the Oprah taping! And we could read her story on Celine Maniacs now.

A picture taken from Los Angeles Times: Celine is seen flying at the rehearsal. On Los Angeles Times, there is a very long and informative article on Celine and "A New Day". The article covers widely from how did they make the deal with various production groups, the rehearsals, Celine's interviews for the media, to what is going to be in the show...etc. Here are few points among others that the article did bring up: -songs that Celine will sing in the show include MHWGO, What A Wonderful World, Je t'aime Encore, and others. -there is only one segment in which Celine will talk to the audience. -Rene-Charles was taking two medications for a touch of bronchitis at the time when the writer of this article was meeting Celine. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Mar 15 2003 News)

For fans in Netherlands, you can win a perfume package when you order the new album at Bol.com. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Amazon.de, we could find clips of all of the tracks there. Some of the clips do show parts that weren't included on the TeamCeline clips. At the end of the "Forget me not" clip, it sounds like Celine is going to talk in that song. Or maybe not, I'm not sure. Interesting... I've forced myself not to listen to any of the full-length files provided by TeamCeline, but the temptation is just getting larger and larger day by day. heehee~ Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! (Mar 14 2003 News) Finally!! Celine gets her much-deserved "Walk of fame" star on Hollywood Boulevard. She is the 2221st celebrity receiving a star. It will be revealed on March 21st at 11:30am in front of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Source: Infinit On USA Today, there is an article that talks about the ticket prices of various shows in Las Vegas. At the moment, Celine's show has the highest priced tickets: Celine dion Caesars Palace $219.50 O Bellagio $121.00 Siegfield & Roy Mirage $105.50 Danny Gans Mirage $100.00 Mamma Mia! Mandalay Bay $ 93.50 Source: USATODAY.com For fans in Germany, on March 29th, a show called "Happy Birthday Celine Dion" will air at 13.10-14.00 (50 min) on 3 SAT. Thanks Kai for the info! =) (Mar 13 2003 News) On The Forum, we can see pics of two posters for the "One Heart" album. "I Drove All Night" debuts at #1 on Canada's National singles (Sales) chart! Here's an article that has some more info on the CBS special. As reported earlier, Justin Timberlake will be hosting the special. Justin will gab with celebrities attending the premiere and give viewers a tour of the facility. The program will be split between making-of-packages, focusing on the production, and live performances from Celine. She's expected to belt out "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "I Surrender," tributes to Frank Sinatra and Pegg Lee, and her new song "I Drove All Night". Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) For fans in Germany, you may also listen to the clips from the new album on the phone by calling 0190 745 124 (1.24 EUR/min). The service will be available until March 23rd. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Found this Review-Journal article on The Forum. According to the article, Oprah is flying to Las Vegas this week to tape a special show with Celine, which will air on March 25th. (I thought the Oprah show is going to air on March 24th. Maybe this article got the date mixed up or they are taping another thing that we don't know.) This taping will take place in front of thousands of Caesars Palace employees as a treat for the staff. The date of the taping is being kept secret because they don't want to have fans turn out trying to get unavailable seats. Review-Journal has also been running a four-week promotion with the winner receiving 2 tickets to the opening night as well as a future luxury VIP weekend at Caesars. They have received 14,627 entries in just one week's period of time, and this number has even surpassed their most popular contest to win gift certificates to Albertson's. (Mar 12 2003 News) On The Forum, we could find the link to listen to the full-length of "In His Touch". It's located in the 7th post of that page. Celine will appear on the "Today" show (NBC) on March 25th as well! Thanks Andre for the info! =) Got the following info from the Destin group: -------------------------------------------------------------------- (From TV Guide) Celine in Las Vegas: Opening Night Celine Dion begins her three-year engagement at the 4000-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a palatial concert hall that was built specifically for the diva's "A New Day" extravaganza. In addition to Dion's performance, the hour offers "a pretty fascinating look at the process of how a show like this comes together, from the auditions of the cast to the creation of the sets," says executive producer Ken Ehrlich. More than 50 dancers join the singer for the stage show, which was created by Franco Dragone, the renowned Cirque du Soleil director. The scheduled song list includes "I Drove All Night"; "I Wish"; "I've Got the World on a String"; and "I Surrender." Justin Timberlake hosts. (VCR Plus+ 14854) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Daniel for the info! =) Aside from the All Access banner, I could not find any other source that also says the TV special is going to be 2 hours long. At least on CBC.ca, the schedule that they are having right now is only a 1 hour program. Let's hope they're wrong. Here'a an excerpt from an article that talks about jewelry at the Oscar. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Considering diamonds' high price tag, it's rare for a jeweler to make a sale because a celebrity wore a piece on the red carpet. Jewelers mostly hope to gain name recognition and create an image. One exception was the 1997 sale of a $490,000 Chanel comet diamond that was literally purchased off the neck of Celine Dion. The buyer called Chanel only minutes after Dion appeared on the red carpet, according to Morrison." -------------------------------------------------------------------- According to Infinit, on the day of March 25th, more than 400 media will be there from around the world (Canada, US, Europe). CBS will air the event, and Oprah will be there somehow (I can't read French, sorry). There will also be a red-carpet there, and several stars will arrive starting from 6:30pm. On ETonline, there's an article talking about Celebrities' earnings, and Celine has been mentioned with her $31.1 million income. Caesars Palace has won its suit over Colosseum name. From now on, the name "Colossuem" is trademark-protected, and it belongs to Caesars. For more info regarding this case, click here. (Mar 11 2003 News) For fans in Japan, you may enter the contest that I mentioned yesterday on Tokyo FM's website. (Mar 10 2003 News) Now TeamCeline has put up the full version of "Love is all we need". For non-members, we can find the link on The Forum. It's located in the third post. Now on Celine Maniacs, we can find scans of the Time Magazine. In those scans, we could see some new pics of Celine with her new hairdo and rehearsing on stage. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =)

They are giving out this picture when you buy a ticket at the Caesars Palace. Thanks Emily for the pic! =) As reported earlier on the official site, Celine will be featured in an article in Time magazine. Here on Time.com, we can read an article there. It cracks me up when I read what Celine says at the very end of the article. What an honest person she is?! In this article, we can also get a better idea of how the show will be like. For fans in Japan, Japan's MSN is running a contest with Sony Music Japan for you to go to Vegas with a friend to watch "A New Day"'s opening night. It'll be a 5-day trip. For more info, click here. For fans in Europe, who receives VH1 Europe, the station is playing IDAN video as "star rotation". What it means is they air the video once every hour. So if you haven't catch the video yet, you'll probably be able to catch on this station. Thanks Tim and Jose for the info! =) (Mar 9 2003 News) According to the official site, the TV special will air at 9:00pm ET on CBS and CBC (in Canada). This special will feature Celine live from Las Vegas and a lot more. On the official site's Italy microsite, it has put up a 15-tracks track- listing of "One Heart". The extra song is "Ten Days". (Mar 8 2003 News) On The Forum, we could find a pic of the perfume and a bonus CD! People who have bought the tickets for the opening night of A New Day from ticketmaster would probably receive an email from them today regarding the change of starting time. The concert was originally scheduled to start at 8:00pm, but they've changed it to 6:30pm. It says that this change is in effect as this will be a part of a live CBS television broadcast. Dress accordingly and the Colosseum gates will open at 5:30 for pre concert festivities. Thanks Sean for the info! =) According to the official site, on the upcoming issue of People magazine, they are going to have a story on Celine and her new Vegas show. (Mar 7 2003 News) If I remember it correctly, few days before Celine performed "The Power Of The Dream" at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic opening ceremony infront of billions of people around the world, she performed this song with David at a Coca Cola convention as well. A link for that video has also been put up around 2 years ago. So for those who haven't watched it yet, or would want to enjoy this performance once again, we could now find the video on this David Foster site. Also on this site, we could also watch the video of "Voices that care". Thanks Valerie (The Forum) for the info! =) If you haven't watched Celine's appearance on The Nanny in around 1996, you may download this performance on Celine Maniacs. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) According to Sony Music France, IDAN is being played as "the event clip" on Channel M6 in France at the moment. On March 8th, you'll be seeing the making of Celine's album and the IDAN video on TF1's Hits & Co. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) Celine could be found on 2 different pages on People.com On one page, it features Celine's rise to stardom with a photo gallery. On another page, it talks about how much money the stars are making, and it compares the earning between Celine and Mariah. On The Forum, we can find the link for the 55 secs clip of "Je T'aime Encore". An update on the charges against Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, the woman who accused Rene for sexual assaults. A Clark County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday and issued arrest warrants for Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, and her husband, Ae Hoe Kwon. An arraignment date had not been set. They could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the felony extortion charge. For more info, click here. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Mar 6 2003 News) Here's the link for the 55 secs clip of "I Know What Love Is". Thanks Paul (The Forum) again for the link! =) According to the banner above that could be found on All Access, the CBS special will be a 2-hour special!!! As listed on Sony's website, Celine is scheduled to appear on Larry King Live on March 26th. And in an article on Las Vegas Sun, it says "Larry King Live" is doing a walk-through The Colosseum on Thursday, while Celine has agreed to appear on King's show around March 25, when her show "A New Day" opens. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Mar 5 2003 News) The official site has some new design for the "A New Day" section and "The Boutique" section. Go check it out! Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way Of Life) for the info! =) For fans in Italy, there is also a number for you to call to listen to song clips from the new album. For more info, visit Celine's Italy micosite. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Sony Music UK is running to contest for fans to win a gold disc personalised to the winner with an engraved plaque. This contest is open for residents of UK and Eire. For more info, click here. Celine is on the current issue of the Oh La Magazine. On Oh La's site, we can find 2 pics and a brief summary of the article. On Celine Maniacs, we can also find scans of the magazine. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) Here's the link for the 55 secs clip of "Forget me not" provided by TeamCeline. You may also download the clip from Celine Maniacs. Here's a link for a longer clip (55 secs) of Reveal provided by TeamCeline that could be found on The Forum. I guess this longer clip could give us a better idea of the song. Again, if you need to download this clip, you may download the mp3 on Celine Maniacs. (Mar 4 2003 News) For Canadian fans, IDAN has made its first appearance on MuchMoreMusic's Top 10.com tonight at #1. So if you haven't been able to catch the video on TV yet, you can watch for it in the program. The daily count-down will be repeated later tonight at 11pm ET. Now on Celine Fall, we can find 3 new wallpapers added in the Multimedia section. The Multimedia section is located in the "Fun" section. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) Here are all the clips of the new songs from One Heart provided by Sony Music Europe: I Drove All Night Love Is All We Need Faith In His Touch One Heart Stand By Your Side Naked Sorry For Love (2003 Version) Have You Ever Been In Love Reveal Coulda Woulda Shoulda Forget Me Not I Know What Love Is Je T'aime Encore For those who don't have Windows Media Player, you may download MP3 of these clips from Celine Maniacs, Nature Celine, or CelineDion.go.ro. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall), Phil (Phil's Celine Site) and Alfonso for the info! =)

For fans in France, you can call 08 92 700 567 (for 0.34 EUR/min) and listen to clips from Celine's new album "One Heart",her latest news, and a chance to win prizes. However, new song clips won't be available until March 10th. Sony Music France is also offering a contest in which you can win a trip to see Celine in Vegas. Simply send SMS with "Celine" to 62525 (0.35 EUR per SMS + regular cost of an SMS). The contest will close on May 3rd and it is only open to France residents. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site), Estevam (Celine Fall) and Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) Celine Fan Online, a Celine site in Chinese, has now opened up its English section! Now on Radio-Canada site, we could watch the interview that was aired last night on Le Telejournal/Le Point. The interview is 8 mins 28 secs long. We could find the above pic on Coty. (Mar 3 2003 News) Reminder: On Radio-Canada's "Le Telejournal/Le Point" at 10:00pm ET, an interview that the news anchor Stephan Bureau did with Celine last week in Las Vegas will be broadcast. From Sony Music Europe Server, we can listen to all of the audio clips of One Heart. Here are the ones that TeamCeline hasn't put up yet: Reveal Forget Me Not I Know What Love Is Je T'aime Encore The TeamCeline will probably be longer than these that we could found from Sony Music Europe. Thanks Paul for these song clips info! =) As announced earlier on Sony Music, Celine will have another CBS special this year. Now CBS has also announced this special on their site. While detail information on this special aren't available yet, this is what it says: "Watch music superstar Celine Dion LIVE in concert from Las Vegas!" For fans in Denmark, Sky Radio is collaborating with Sony Music Denmark, running a contest for Celine's new album and new show in Vegas. For more info, you can find it on this page. Here's their commercial for their promotion. On Portuguese Fan Club, the multimedia section has been updated with new audio clips, commercials clips, wallpapers...etc. According to the official site, in the March issue of Time Magazine, there will be an interview that they did with Celine and a feature on her new show "A New Day...". Look for the magazine on newstands! (Mar 2 2003 News) Happy birthday to Celine's father, Adhemar Dion!! =) On Hello Magazine, they have having a poll for "Most romantic couple", and Celine and Rene are included, and they are leading the poll too! You can vote on this page! Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) Now on The Forum, we could find the link where we can listen to the clip of "Naked". We could also find the clip on CelineLovers Community as well. (Mar 1 2003 News) For fans in Quebec, Celine will be interviewed on Point! For more info, click here. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On Infinit, we could watch Celine's interview that aired last night on TVA. Celine says it is a project that is extremely demanding for her in terms of mentally, physically, and vocally. Found the following info from The Forum. Celine is the "Artist of the Month" on MSN. On this MSN page, we could watch a "behind the scenes" video that contains footages of Celine recording IDAN, shooting the video, as well as some of her past appearances and her Chrysler commercials. According to the official site, "Love is all we need", "Faith", and "In his touch" were contributed by the team of Max Martin and Rami. On CelineLovers Community, we can find the clip of "Stand By Your Side". It's a soft and acoustic song, and it reminds me of those Corey Hart's songs on LTAL. After you get to that page, click on the link "One Heart clips" that appears on the left. Thanks Kelly for the clip! =) (Feb 28 2003 News) Japan's HMV has taken away the "One Heart" CD+DVD Special Edition (USA import) from their catalogue. Access Hollywood aired clips of the IDAN video tonight, but nothing new. They also air another small clip taken from the same interview that they did with Celine at the video set, talking about how Celine hasn't been slowing down since her return last year. On The Forum, we can find some pics of Celine with her new hairdo. I guess the new hairdo would look better if Celine blow her hair in a different way that could make her a bit more feminent, also in another outfit. Also on The Forum, we can find one more new pic of Celine taken from the same Chrysler photo shoot with the black hat. We can find TeamCeline's March calendar on The Forum. MuchMoreMusic has added IDAN to their daily Top 10 voting page. So I bet the best time for Canadian fans to catch this video would be during the Top 10 program hour. It airs from Monday to Friday at 7pm ET and 11pm ET. For fans in Germany, the video of IDAN will premiere today on VIVA- Interaktiv. Thanks Kein for the info! =) Now the info is on the official site, two TV interviews for fans in Quebec today. TVA's "Le 17 heures" is airing at 5:00pm ET and TQS is also broadcasting a feature on A New DAy.. including an interview with Celine tonight on "Flash" which airs at 6:30pm ET. Celine has got a new hairdo for "A New Day...". According to a fan on The Forum, Celine was interviewed by Claude Charron of TVA Midi and a small clip of the interview was aired earlier today. Celine's hair is blond, and length has been shorten. The complete interview will be aired tonight in two parts, one at 17:30, and the other part at 17:55. Celine will be on Access Hollywood today! On their site, it has listed "First look at her new music video." Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Feb 27 2003 News) Above is a pic for a sample of the Celine Dion Parfums. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the pic! =) (Feb 26 2003 News) Now on The Forum, we can find link to listen to a 55 secs clip of "In His Touch". In this article, it has listed a list of new videos that VH1 will add to their playlist starting March 3rd, and IDAN is in the list. (Feb 25 2003 News) Starting today, TeamCeline is going to put up song clips of the new songs from the album everyday. Today, they've put up "Love is all we need". For non-members, you may find clip on The Forum. A new Celine site run by a fellow Celine fan, Shaun, has just been launched. Click on the above link to go and take a look! Above is a banner is used for the promotion of Quebec's tourism Thanks Nick for the banner! =) (Feb 24 2003 News) On The Forum, we could find a link to listen to the 2003 version of "Sorry For Love". If that link doesn't work, you may try Celine Now, where we can also locate that song. On Japan's HMV site, aside from the Australia's "Special Edition" 2 CD set, it has now added another "Special Edition" imported from US, which will be a "One Heart"+DVD set. However, no additional information are available. On the other side of the world, on Canada's HMV, if you order "One Heart" now, they will give you the IDAN 4-tracks CD single for free. (Feb 23 2003 News) On The forum, we could find a link for a video clip of the private concert for Chrysler dealers that took place on November 5th. On Celine Maniacs, we can download parts of the "Revealed" interview. Latter parts of the interview will be available soon on there as well. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (Feb 22 2003 News) In the Multimedia section of the Hugarian Celine Dion Site, we can download an "Alternate Orchestra version" of MHWGO. And here's a list of European TV appearances also provided by the site- owner: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, February 23 15.00cet Spécial Céline Dion RFM TV, France Saturday, March 1 14.00cet The Rise and Rise of Celine Dion (VH1 Driven) VH1 European Wednesday, March 5 19.30cet MTV Diary: Celine Dion MTV Nordic, Scandinavian countries Thursday, March 6 19.00cet The Rise and Rise of Celine Dion (VH1 Driven) VH1 European --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam for the info! =) Now also on Celine Maniacs, we can download the IDAN video as well as finding some screen caps of the video. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (Feb 21 2003 News) On Club Celine, we can find some screen caps from the IDAN video. The construction of The Colosseum is officially completed. It's a 150 million dollars construction, presented by Sceno Plus, a famous company in Quebec. Here are some interesting figures for The Colosseum: -22000 working hours were spent in the construction -37 meters is the distant between the stage and the most far away seat in the theatre. -a 3d screen with the width of 120 feet and the height of 45 feet. -250 cushions were placed on the ceiling to ensure perfect sound. -while most of the buildings in Las Vegas only has a rate of humidity from 8 to 12%, The Colosseum maintains a rate of humidity of 55% to protect Celine's voice. We can find more info in this article in French. I am not 100% sure, but I think it also says audience will have an impression that they are watching an IMAX film, and in one part, it'll looks like Celine is singing on her hands. The official site has now put up an official tracklisting for "One Heart", and here's the tracklisting: 1. I Drove All Night 2. Love Is All We Need 3. Faith 4. In This Touch 5. One Heart 6. Stand By Your Side 7. Naked 8. Sorry For Love (2003 Version) 9. Have You Ever Been In Love 10. Reveal 11. Coulda Woulda Shoulda 12. Forget Me Not 13. I Know What Love Is 14. Je t'aime encore On TeamCeline, we can find the full-length video of IDAN. For non- members, the link could be found on The Forum. On Celine Maniacs, we can find many screen caps of the show "Revealed" that was re-aired on Wednesday. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) On TeamCeline, we can find two new remixes for IDAN. And for non-members, the remixes can also be found on The Forum. Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way of Life) for the info! =) Sony Europe has put out the tracklisting of "One Heart", and it's the 12-tracks tracklisting that have been reported earlier. According to the official site, the Quebec television show "Le Teksho" which will air today at 7:00pm ET is going to feature how technology was used in the construction of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The show will show on Canal Z. (Feb 20 2003 News) The picture on the left is the album cover confirmed by the official site, and the picture on the right is the cover pic that was/is shown/ showing on Amazon/Japan's HMV site. We could see that they've touched up the picture a bit as well as changing the fonts. The official one looks more polished. Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way of Life) for the pic! =) Here's another article that talks about Celine and Rene building up a new mansion in The Bear's Club community. (Feb 19 2003 News) Celine is on the cover of the Gala Magazine. We can find scans of the magazine's article on ClubCeline or Celine Maniacs. On this week's R & R charts, IDAN remains at #13 on the AC chart, but it has an increased spins of +132. On Hot AC, it moves up 2 spots to #29. And on CHR/POP, it moves up 1 position to #36. Even though the song hasn't moved up a lot on the charts, but we could see the song is making progress steadily. In the past few days, on Mediabase CHR/POP station airplay tracking system, the song remains at around #35. However, it has an increase in the spins from 1671 spins to 1890 spins (as of today). So remember to keep requesting the song at your local radio stations. In this article, it mentions hairstylist Ken Paves is designing the hair for Celine's Las Vegas show. Ken has just been voted Hollywood's hottest hairstylist by U.S. Weekly and Movie Line. He has done the heads of Jennifer Lopez, Heather Locklear, Sela Ward, Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, Lara Flynn Boyle and Kirsten Dunst. Source: Mccall.com (Feb 18 2003 News) Two weeks ago, I've sent emails to Sony Music Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan regarding the tracklisting for "One Heart", and if there will be any bonus track for these regions. Today, I've finally received a reply from Sony Music Japan, and here's their answer: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Spencer, Thank you very much for your interest in our artist. We are awfully sorry that we are late in answering your last mail. This CD will come out on March 26th in Japan. Tracklisting is as follows: 1) I Drove All Night (Album Version) 2) Love Is All We Need (Album Version) 3) FAITH (Album Version) 4) In His Touch (Album Version) 5) One Heart (Album Version) 6) Stand By Your Side (Album Version) 7) NAKED (Album Version) 8) Sorry For Love (Album Version) 9) Have You Ever Been In Love 10) Reveal (Album Version) 11) Coulda Woulda Shoulda (Album Version) 12) Je t'aime encore (Album Version) ( no bonus track) Thank you once again for your warm support. Sincerely yours, Sony Music Online Japan e-webmaster --------------------------------------------------------------------- I personally find it weird that they've decided to include "Have you ever been in love" on the album even though the Chrysler commercials aren't showing in Japan. In the Hockey world, speculation is heating up and one of the biggest rumours involves Pierre Lacroix and Celine. The rumour says Pierre, a long time friend of Celine and Rene Angelil, will retire from the hockey world, stepping down from his General Manager position of Colorado Avalanche to manage Celine's career. However, Jean Martineau, the vice president of communications and team services for the Avalanche has confirmed that it is not true. Source: RockyMountainNews For TeamCeline members, there's chance for you to win autographed items. Visit the official site for more info. (Feb 17 2003 News) In the Tele 7 Jours magazine, there is an article talking about the sales of the "A New Day..." tickets, and it also says in the version of the "One Heart" album which the French public will receive, will come with a sampler of Celine's parfum. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On The Forum, we can find a few fake funny Celine pics there! Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Feb 16 2003 News) A little summary for this week's Billboard charts: --------------------------------------------------------------------- HOT 100 "I Drove All Night" : 59 (74) HOT 100 AIRPLAY "I Drove All Night" : 59 (70) TOP 40 TRACKS "I Drove All Night" : 36 (38) ADULT CONTEMPORARY "I Drove All Night" : 14 (14) "At Last" : 18 (20) ADULT TOP 40 "I Drove All Night" : 31 (35) THE BILLBOARD 200 "A New Day Has Come" : 83 (66) TOP POP CATALOG "All The Way... A Decade Of Song" : 27 (22) HOT DANCE MUSIC - CLUB PLAY "I Drove All Night" : 29 (38) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Andre for the info! =) Found the following article from The Forum. In this article, it says Celine and Rene have purchased just over 3 acres at the Bear's Club in Jupiter. It says they are planning to build a main home and some "out buildings" on the property, with construction scheduled to be finished by the time the Las Vegas engagement concludes. You can find more info in the article. At the Germany's Echo Awards where Celine is nominated for "International female singer of the year", Shakira won the honour. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info !=) (Feb 15 2003 News) On Belgium's Sony Music Site, it says there will be a small surprise for the French public. More details will come out soon. A reminder, tomorrow will be the deadline for Celine Fall's "Family Book" project. The book will be published on Monday. The family book is a book when fans can write out their message for Celine, and the book will be delivered to Celine later. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) Shalimar has a bit backgroup info regarding the Parfums pics that were put up here earlier today. If you remember Shalimar, she's the one who sent me those pics that she took when she attended the event when Celine unveiled her fragrance, and gave her the first bottle. According to Shalimar, those pics (that were put up today) were taken on the same day she met Celine, but it was in another event. Celine first unveiled the bottle at a private party. This is the party when these pics that were put up today were taken from. After that party, Celine unveiled the bottle again in another ceremony the same night infront of media, and that's the event that Shalimar also attended. As you can see on the pics, the backgrounds of these pics and her pics are different. Thanks Shalimar for the info! =) Here are some new pics of Celine. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Here are some other pics provided by the official site. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Few TV dates for European fans: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, February 16 19.00cet TV Moments VH1 European 22.00cet Celine Dion. D'eux RFM TV, France Wednesday, February 19 19.00 & 22.00cet Special Celine Dion RFM TV, France Thursday, February 20 18.00cet TV Moments VH1 European 20.00cet & 03.00cet Kändisliv: Celine Dion E! Channel, Scandinavia (repeat: Friday: 08.00 & 23.00cet; Saturday: 04.30cet; Sunday: 07.00cet) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hugarian Celine Dion Fan Site) for the info! =) (Feb 14 2003 News) Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Found this info from The Forum. For fans in New York, the radio station 106.7 Lite fm is having a Saturday special on Celine this week, and througout the day, whenever you hear a Celine song, be the 10th caller at 1-800-222-1067. You will win a copy of "One Heart" before you can buy it and you'll be automatically entered to win a Grand Prize trip- for-two to Celine's "A New Day..." opening night. Base on what it says, sounds like the album has already been pressed. Now, when will Sony put out the official tracklisting... In the Austrian newspaper "Die ganze Woche", there's an gossip article that mentions about Celine. It says her most embarrassing appearances was the time when she performed with a totally ketchup smeared face on TV. Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way Of Life) for the info! =) (Feb 13 2003 News) Here's an article that talks about how Caesars Palace is hoping that Celine can help the hotel for a revival. A Merrill Lynch analyst says that in order for the hotel to meet its target annual return from The Colosseum, they'll have to expect 75% of the people who will buy tickets to the show but not stay at Caesars, or around $103 per person. On the other hand, Park Place argues it can get the same return with just $50 per person. The same album cover pic that was found on Amazon yesterday, could now be found on Japan's HMV site as well. So I guess it's very likely the cover pic for the album, unless Sony changes anything later. (Feb 12 2003 News) On this week's R & R CHR/POP charts, IDAN rises from #40 to #37 with 1502 spins in the past week. On Hot AC, the single rises from #34 to #31 with 554 spins. And on AC, IDAN rises from #16 to #13 with 975 spins while At Last moves down from #15 to #17 with 620 spins. ANDHC has been sent recurrent, therefore, it doesn't show on the chart anymore. Looks like the cover pic of the album. Found this on Amazon. Canada's Juno Music Awards' nominations were announced today. Avril Lavigne leads the pack of nominees with 6 nods, while the host of this year's award, Shania Twain, received 5 nominations. Celine,Our Lady Peace and Remy Shand each snagged 4. Here are the nominations for Celine: Fan Choice Artist of the Year (Presented by Doritos): Avril Lavigne Celine Dion Diana Krall Nickelback Shania Twain Best Single: Blue Rodeo~Bulletproof Celine Dion~A New Day Has Come Avril Lavigne~Complicated Our Lady Peace~Somewhere Out There Sam Roberts~Brother Down Best Album: Daniel Belanger~Rever Mieux Celine Dion~A New Day Has Come Avril Lavigne~Let Go Our Lady Peace~Gravity Shania Twain~Up Artist of the Year: Daniel Belanger Celine Dion Alanis Morissette Remy Shand Shania Twain Awards will be helded out on April 6th at the Corel Center in Ottawa. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Talking about the Juno Awards, do you know that Celine is the artist that received the 2nd most Junos over the years? Anne Murray helds the top spot for winning a total of 24 Junos, while Celine is 2nd with 20 Junos. Here are the Top 10 Juno Winners: 1) Anne Murray 24 2) Celine Dion 20 3) Bryan Adams 18 4) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal 12 5) Alanis Morissette 11 6) Gordon Lightfoot 11 7) The Tragically Hip 11 8) Charles Dutoit 10 9) Murray McLauchlan 10 10) Bruce Cockburn 9 Once again, here are few more comments made by DJs on IDAN: --------------------------------------------------------------------- JON ZELLNER, OM/PD, KMXV, Kansas City "Built-in familiarity from the Cyndi Lauper song. Good midday record for MIX93.3." DYLAN SPRAGUE, OM/PD, Q100, Atlanta "Good Mainstream Pop record. Sounds great on the air!" TOMMY FRANK, PD, Q102, Cincinnati "Workin' well for us!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- (Feb 11 2003 News) On Oscar's site, there is a special section called "Evolution of Style" and Celine is one of the stars being featured. Thanks Catherine for the info! =) We can find these new pictures on Chrysler.com On that site, we can not only send Valentine E-cards, we can also enter a sweeptakes to win tickets to "A New Day..." opening's night concert. Found two articles from LasVegasSun that talks about Celine. The first one here talks about Celine telling the paper that "It is so hard to get used to the dry skin I get here. I am still trying different ways to keep my skin moisturized." And as reported earlier, Celine is also concerned about what is called "Vegas Voice." To make sure her singing is not affected, she had a multimillion-dollor humidifying machine installed over her stage at The Colosseum. In this second article, it talks more about the weekend following the Friday night when Celine launched her parfum. On that Friday night, they invited many top beauty editor from some major fashion magazine, such as Elle, Vogue, Radar, Harper's Bazaar and Paper, as well as some major television network, including Entertainment Tonight. On the same evening, Celine gave a miniconcert at The Colosseum. Celine told the paper that she will onstage and singing for a very large part of the show. "We are still in rehearsals and the final order is still being worked on. I am very sure that no one will be disappointed." Over the weekend, there were some more press conferences and marketing meetings as well as another large dinner. The newspaper reports that throughout all of the events, Celine was upbeat, patiently posing for photos and acknowledging fans, and even being polite to the pesky media. (Feb 10 2003 News) On this site, they are running a project called "Celine Dion WorldWide Collaboration". Fans can vote for a song, which they'll sing together and at the end, the song will be delivered to Celine herself. Anyone is welcome to participate. All you need is a microphone attached to your computer. For more info, click here. Thanks Nick for the info! =) Celine Maniacs would like to let you know that they're launching their French News Section today. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) (Feb 9 2003 News) For those are going to watch the movie "How to lose a guy in 10 days", you could expect to see some parts relating to Celine there. You won't see her in person, but you could at least see a poster of her. And sadly, it's one of the ways to lose a guy. Thanks Karen for the info! =) (Feb 8 2003 News) For all residents of Canada, here's a new contest for us to win a trip to see Celine in Vegas or some Celine merchandise such as a TeamCeline membership, Celine gifts basket...etc. This contest is sponsored by Sony Music and Sympatico. On GettyImages, we can find some pics of the advertisement that they have put up in Las Vegas to promote Celine's "A New Day...". Even the security guard's shirt is promoting for Celine's show. (Feb 7 2003 News) Celine's USA Micro-site has been updated with a new lay-out. Also on Epic, we can find two new banners for the new album. No new picture though. Banner 1 Banner 2 Thanks Eddie for the info! =) Now on Celine Maniacs, you can find a remix of Ten Days done by a Greek Dj named "DJ Pakis". We can learn more about DJ Pakis on his own site. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) Celine German's favourite female singers! In a recent survey in Germany, the participants were asked who is their favourite singer. 29% of the respondents chose Herbert Gronemeyer, a rock singer from Bochum, and Robbie Williams got 25%. Celine received 18% of the votes, being the favourite female singer. Celine is followed by a fellow Canadian, Alanis Morissette, as well as Anastacia and Nena who all got 16% each. Shakira had 13% of the votes, while Sarah Conner had 10%. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) Source: Yahoo! Found this info from The Forum. On the Arnell Group site, we can find 3 high quality files of the Chrysler commercial. Arnell is the group that produced the commercial. (Feb 6 2003 News) Celine wans't on Access Hollywood tonight. Maybe they have changed their program schedule. Let's hope we'll get to see them tour the Vegas set very soon. We can now also download the video of last night Access Hollywood on Celine Maniacs! Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) According to Billboard, right now ANDHC has been certified 3 times platinum in the US! Talking about Billboard, IDAN debuts on the Hot 100 at #74 this week. And on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, ANDHC moves up 4 spots to #66 this week. Thanks Kervin for the info! =) Here are two TV appearances that we can look for: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19th: Re-air of "Revealed with Jules ASner". It'll be on E! TV. Please check your local listing. Feb 10th: VH1 All Access: Rock Stars Living Large" In this program, VH1 All Access will follow few artists to see how they are "living large". They will takes us on a spending spree with Michelle Branch, to a powerboat race with Nick Carter, monitor a day in the life of rap star Faith Evans, and head to Las Vegas for a look at Celine's extravaganza on "The Strip." They'll also be partying with Kid Rock as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Now on The Forum, we can find a link where we can watch the Access Hollywood clip that was broadcasted last night. However, due to Tripod's bandwidth limit, the link could be down once the limit has been exceeded. Thanks Bruna (Sweet Celine Website) for the info! =) (Feb 5 2003 News) Celine appeared on Access Hollywood tonight. They visited Celine at the IDAN video set. In the footages, we got to see Celine shooting the video in a black outfit, singing on a black soundstage. It's not known whether there were any other sets for the video aside from that black soundstage. Celine look pretty nice, with her hair a bit similar to the hairdo (no bang) she had in the I'm Alive video, the segment where she wore that long golden dress. In the interview, Celine once again talked about how exciting she is for the vegas show, and R.C will be able to sleep his own bed everynight while Celine can continue to perform. The host also told Celine how she doesn't need to use her image or body to sell music, and her talents only is already enough. On Amazon.com, they have now put up the same tracklisting for "One Heart" as previously posted (the 12-tracks-listing). On R & R charts, IDAN received another 13 adds from AC stations. This week, the song rises from #19 to #16, while ANDCH moves down to #12 from #11, and At Last moves down from #14 to #15. Also, IDAN makes its debut at #34 on Hot AC, and #40 on CHR/POP. Reminder: Celine will be on Access Hollywood tonight and tomorrow! Here are few more comments made by few Djs on "I Drove All Night": -------------------------------------------------------------------- BILL FOX, MD, KVSR, Fresno "She's all over and the $40 million car campaign on TV doesn't hurt either!" LISA DILLON, MD, WKZL, Greensboro "It's a good-sounding song." STEVE GRANATO, OM/PD, WMXY, Youngstown "It crosses all formats and the phones are hot!" JEANNINE JERSEY, APD/MD, WTIC-FM, Hartford "A good remake from an amazing artist!" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Be sure to check out R & R charts as they will come out later today. (Feb 4 2003 News) Looks like Celine will not be only appearing on Access Hollywood on Thursday, she'll be also be featured tomorrow as well! In the listing for tomorrow's Access Hollywood program, it also lists "Celine Dion music video", while for Thursday's listing, they have "Celine Dion tour". TeamCeline members can now find some new pics of Celine taken from the Chrysler photo shoot on the official site. For non-members, we can find those pics on The Forum. According to RockonTV, Access Hollywood will feature Celine this Thursday on their program. They will will tour the set for Celine's "upcoming concert DVD & Video. Thanks Sophoan for the info! =) (Feb 3 2003 News) In these past few days, fans have been very concerned on the possible tracklisting for "One Heart". Few days ago, someone who claims to be a reporter has posted a tracklisting of "One Heart" on The Forum. Some fans were surprised by this tracklisting due to the length and the number of songs that have already been released somehow: --------------------------------------- 1) I drove all night 2) Love is all we need 3) Faith 4) In his touch (lavish ballad) 5) One heart 6) Stand by your side (up tempo) 7) Naked (up tempo) 8) Sorry for love ("soft" version) 9) Have you ever been in love 10) Reveal (up tempo) 11) Coulda woulda shoulda 12) Je t'aime encore (ballad)(An English song with French words in the chorus) --------------------------------------- Few fans have emailed Sony Music in different countries trying to confirm this tracklisting, and some of them did get a reply from Sony. For example, the site-owner of GlobalCELINE received a reply from Sony Music Poland saying the above tracklisting is not official yet. In other words, the tracklisting is not finalized yet, and they could add or take away songs from that list. Here's a video clip in which we can see Celine unveiling her parfum at the private party! Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) According to this press release, the Celine Dion Parfums will be launched in Canada in April at The Bay, Sears, Les Ailes de la Mode and select drug stores. The fragrance will launch simultaneously this spring in the US and will launch in European countries throughout the spring and fall of this year. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On this Celine site, Destin, we can download a new remix of IDAN called "Chris the greek Clubmix". Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way Of Life) and Phil(Phil's Celine Site) for the info! =) According to the official site, the video of IDAN was filmed yesterday in Las Vegas. Peter Arnell is directing the video. (Feb 1 2003 News) To those who celebrate it, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Here's a little collage that Shalimar is sharing with us! =) These are great pictures! Thanks Shalimar! =) According to Japan's HMV, there will be special edition of "One Heart" available, with an additional disc. However, tracklisting is still unannounced yet. Thanks Bryan and Johan (Celine Dion En Espanol) for the info! =) Here's a little story of a fellow Celine fan, Shalimar, who got to meet Celine last night at the Parfums private party, and she even got the first bottle of the "Celine Dion Parfums": --------------------------------------------------------------------- Today Celine Dion was at Caesars Palace promoting her new "Perfum Celine Dion." I got to see her up close and stood next to her quit a few times. She was very pretty wearing a black and beige dress. There was a table with her perfum and another very large replica of the perfum where she modeled in front of, for the cameras. She said the perfume is long lasting and would be very affordable because she wanted something that all women could enjoy. She even bent one of her legs saying this is a great place to spray. After she was finished talking she saw me, and saw how much I loved her as I was constantly screaming her name and came up to me and handed me the perfume bottle. So delicately she placed the perfum in my hand making sure no one took it from me. The crowd was wild when they heard it was the first perfum bottle to be given to the public. They all wanted to smell it, so I squirted it into the air and let anyone who came up to me, take a sniff. I got her to sign one of my cd's. After she was finished signing she left and everyone else left thinking she was gone, but I followed and she ended up going into the bathroom. I waited for her and when she came out I asked her to sign the first bottle, she did. I told her do you know we both have a perfum and she said "A si... something in French" and said the maker of the Shalimar perfum and she looked at me and held my face in her hand and I said thank you. I was ecstatic she actually touched me and I nearly fell over, but she was so nice, I love Celine so much. And I am so grateful I met her. You might also see me on TV because the news station panned through the audience and two different Canadian stations interviewed me. So here is my story I hope you enjoyed my Celine Dion encounter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Shalimar for the story! =) On WireImage and GettyImages, we can find some pictures from the private party last night in Las Vegas where Celine unveiled her parfum. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) and Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On the official site, we can find a press release regarding details on the "Celine Dion Parfums". From yesterday press release, we got description on the fragrance, and in this press release, we also get some description on the bottle. "bottle design is strong yet feminine, a classic shape that 'sits nicely in your hand.' The elegant facets on the sides reflect light and allow the beauty of the fragrance to shine through." Not only there will be Celine Dion Parfums, there will also be Celine Dion body lotion and shower gel. The eau de toilette will be offered in .5oz, 1.7oz and 3.4oz sizes ranging in price from $20 - $44. The body lotion and shower gel will be available in 6.7 oz tubes priced at $12.50 each. For more info, visit the official site. (Jan 31 2003 News) In this press release, it says Celine will officially launch her parfum on March 25th to coincide with the opening of Celine's Vegas show. The fragrance contains a blend of fresh florals including lily, orange blossom and exotic Tiare flower. Balanced with warm, rich amber, sheer musk and blonde woods. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Here are few European TV appearances for fans to catch: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, February 3 & Thursday, February 6 21.00 cet Le Point TV 5, Europe Saturday, February 8 18.35.cet Hans Pilgaard meets Celine Dion (exclusive interview) (repeat) TV 2 Zulu, Denmark Wednesday, February 12 18.30cet Celine guest-starring in "The Nanny" TV 3 Sweden March 27 03.00 & 14.00 cet Celine on CNN's Larry King Live -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Site) for the info! =) (Jan 30 2003 News) Few days ago from the San Diego newspaper article, we learned the story of Megan who finally had her dream come true meeting Celine. Now, thanks to a member from the Destin list, Bob, we get to hear the story from the father of Megan himself, who met Celine with Megan. The reason is Bob's daughter has a husband (Tom) who has contacts with Super Bowl production, who also happens to be a friend of Megan's father (his name is also Bob). When Megan's father found out Celine would be in San Diego singing GBA at the Super Bowl, he then contacted Tom to see if there is anything that they could arrange to make Megan's dream come true. In the past, they have tried to make her dream come true with the "Make A Wish" foundation, but for some reasons, the wish could not be granted, and the foundation had to grant a different wish. Finally, Tom emailed a boss of the Convention Center and things got started from there. After their meeting at the Super Bowl, Megan's father (Bob) sent an email to Tom, sharing with him the memorable experience that he and Megan had. Here's the story that he wrote. On the link above, we could also learn more about Megan's illness. God Bless her! Thanks Bob (Destin member) for sharing this story! =) Sony Music has listed 3 more TV appearances on their site: Mar 24 2003 Oprah Winfrey Show Mar 25 2003 CBS Special Mar 26 2003 Larry King Live! And on this NYPost article, it says Celine's parfum will get its media debut this weekend in Las Vegas, and appear on retail shelves this spring. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) According to the official site, 200,000 of a possible 240,000 tickets are sold for the first sixty shows of Celine's "A New Day..." show in Vegas. For more info, visit the official site. (Jan 29 2003 News) On The Forum, we can find two scans of a card that Team Celine sent out to members. We could find a new picture there in the card! The ministry of Tourism of Quebec is going to have Celine as their spokeperson again for the Americans in 2003. They found out from Jan to Nov 2002, Quebec had a 9% increase of American tourists, in comparison with Ontario which only had a rise of less than 2% and Canada of 3%. The Canoe article says Quebec will also appear in the program of Celine's "A New Day...". Las Vegas as a city that attracts tourists all over the world, they hope this can bring more tourist to Quebec as well. The article also says that Celine has demanded Tourism Quebec to donate the money that they are paying her to be spokeperson to Cystic Fibrosis. This week's R&R charts have come out. It got 20 adds from CHR/Pop radio stations, 7 adds from Hot AC stations, and 21 adds from AC stations. Also on this week's R&R AC chart, ANDHC moves down one spot to #11, At Last moves down one spot to #14, and IDAN moves up from #30 to #19. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Remember end of last year, Celine made a suprise appearance on "La Petite Vie" as a country singer, singing "C'est Noel"? We can now watch that performance on Club Celine. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) On Canoe, they have a pretty interesting article in French that talks about whether famous entertainers do reply their fans mails. Since it is in French, I am not sure what the entire article exactly means, but I think what they did was they sent out mails to various entertainers and see how long they can get a reply from them, if there are any. And I think it says there that Celine (or her team) did reply the letter with the requested autographed pic two months later. Anyway, here's the article. (Jan 28 2003 News) Here are some more comments made by some DJs on IDAN: --------------------------------------------------------------------- JAY MICHAELS, PD, KXMG, Austin "The remix is on fire!" SHAWN MURPHY, APD/MD, WQGN, New London "An all-day song for us!" GARY TRUST, MD, WSNE, Providence "This should be huge for us here!" K.J. BRYANT, PD, WWYL, Binghamton "Definitely one to keep an eye on!" JENNA WEST, MD, WZOK, Rockford "I think it's a great song. It's a Pop song and we need those right now." --------------------------------------------------------------------- In this article, we could find out that on the Super Bowl Sunday, it was a memorable day for a girl named Megan Thomas. Megan suffers from cancer and has endured more than 20 surgeries in her short 19 years. Meeting Celine has been her longtime dream. Finally on Sunday morning, her dream came true. Her dad gave a call to his longtime friend, who then contacted Ky Snyder of the S.D. Host Committee. Words then got into the ear of the NFL, and the show's producers. Megan and her dad were invited to come on the field during Celine's pre-game sound check. Afterward, Celine introduces herself, locks Megan in a long embrace (during which Megan's dad is sure she says a prayer), and spends 20 minutes with them. She leaves Megan with an autographed special edition CD. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On ClubCeline, we can download an audio file of a song that Celine sang with Eddy Marney. On The Forum, we can find scans from of the 7 Jours Magazine, which talks about the Chrysler commercial with R.C. (Jan 27 2003 News) If you're interested in watching few more video reports of yesterday's event, we can find few more here on this CTV page. On ETonline, we can find a video report of their recap of the Superbowl, and in this video report, we don't see Celine being interviewed. However, while Shania was being interviewed, she was asked about what she thinks of all of the ladies performances at the show, and she did comment on Celine's performance. Click here to find the video report. On tonight's ET, they probably will have a recap there. So we may see Celine there tonight as well. On Celine Maniacs, we could download yesterday's performance at the Super Bowl, as well as the interview that Celine did with Santana before the show. We could also watch a small clip of Celine having her hair done. And on LFI, we could find few more pics taken from yesterday. Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) In this Spanish article, it talks about the release of the single IDAN around the world, and at the end of the article, it mentions few song titles that would appear on the new album. It says tracks that are produced by Humberto Gatica would include "Naked", "Have you ever been in love", "Love is all we need", and "In his touch". (Jan 26 2003 News) Now on ClubCeline, we can watch Celine's "God Bless America" performance at the Super Bowl. On WireImage, we can find some more pics taken at the Super Bowl: Pictures from the Pre-game show Pictures at the backstage. On GettyImages, we can also find few more pics from the Pre-game show. Celine performed "God Bless America" at the Super Bowl just less than half an hour ago. Reminder: Celine will perform "God Bless America" today at the Super Bowl, right before Dixie Chick's performance of the national anthem to open the game. According to the National Post article, Celine will perform at around 3:12pm(PT)/6:12pm(ET). (Jan 25 2003 News) Happy Birthday to Rene-Charles!! =) (Jan 24 2003 News) Thank you, Luis, for the new banner above! =) On A Canadian Way Of Life, we can find few scans of the Ici Paris article. The article shows some pictures of the house that Celine stayed in during her visit in Belgium. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) In this National Post article, we could find lots of interesting details regarding the SuperBowl pre-game/halftime show. It says Celine will perform to a prerecorded music track arranged by David Foster, and to backing vocals by a large choir. It also says Celine and her entourage of between 10-12 is expected to arrive between 10 and 10:30am on Sunday for sound check, after which they will retire to one of several trailers set up outside the stadium. At 2:36pm, "Santana and Friends" will begin their 10-minute performance followed by Celine at around 3:12pm. At the end of this article, they also have a brief profile on Celine and Shania. For more details, click here. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Remember last year there was a tribute music show in Quebec titled "Je reviendrai a Montreal" (Live at Metrostar 2002) dedicated to Robert Charlebois? In the program, a large group of singers such as Celine, Garou, Lara Fabian, Lynda Lemay,Isabelle Boulay among others sang a song to Robert, and I think we got to watch a video file of this performance somewhere on the net last year. Here now on this Lara Fabian forum, we could find a link to download a mp3 file of the performance. Celine appears at the end of the song, at around 3:25. Same as how "The Forum" works, you'll need to copy and paste the link in order for you to successfully download the file. Thanks Catherine for the info! =) For Canadians tuning into Sunday's Super Bowl telecast will see the football game, including the pre-game and halftime shows. However, we will not be able to enjoy all of the commercials that Americans will be viewing. That's because Global will have its signal override in order for them to air their own commercials. Reason why they do that is because Global has the broadcast rights to the ABC TV program, including to insert its own commercials since not all of the "creative" commercials that Americans will see have bought the rights to air them in Canada as well. I guess that's why CTV didn't broadcast those Chrysler commercials during the Golden Globes. Oh well, at least we'll get to see Celine in the pre-game show. For more info, click here. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) (Jan 23 2003 News) Celine can be found in the current issue of Quebec's Lundi magazine and 7 Jours magazine. Thanks Leila (CELINIANA) for the info! =) Rene Angelil's sexual assualt charges officially dropped! The accusations against Rene have been dropped in Las Vegas because of lack of evidence. A document dated Jan 21st stated that the case is officially closed. You can read an article on this in French here. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) In the September of 1999 before "All The Way" official tracklisting came out, there were rumours that few songs written by Diane Warren such as "Run Like A River" and "Would I know" would appear on the album. When the official tracklisting came out, none of these songs were on the album. The reason I'm bringing this up again is because Charlotte Church has just released her new single to the radio stations called "Would I Know". And this song is indeed written by Diane Warren. Therefore, I am wondering if this could be the song that Celine might've recorded, and could've been put on the ATW album. All Access has provided a full-length real-audio file of Charlotte's new single. We can click here to listen to it. This song will be used in the upcoming movie "Family Business" in the US. The movie will be called "I'll Be There" instead in Europe. (Jan 22 2003 News) Great news!!! Have no idea how Mediabase and Radio & Records (R&R) works differently, but according to R&R, "I Drove All Night" was the #1 most added song on CHR/POP stations and #2 on AC stations in the past 7 days!! Here is the list of Most added song on CHR/Pop stations: Celine Dion ~ I Drove All Night 60 adds Eminem ~ Superman 38 adds Lucy Woodward ~ Dumb Girls 30 adds DFDUB ~ Country Girl 28 adds Boomkat ~ The Wreckoning 27 adds Here's the list of AC Most Added songs: Josh Groban ~ You're Still You 51 adds Celine Dion ~ I Drove All Night 45 adds Dana Glover ~ Thinking Over 16 adds George Harrison ~ Stuck Inside A Cloud 11 adds Christina Aguilera ~ Beautiful 10 adds Here's the list of Hot AC Most Added songs: Sixpence None The Richer ~ Don't Dream It's Over 29 adds Celine Dion ~ I Drove All Night 18 adds John Mayer ~ Why Georgia 15 adds Uncle Kracker ~ Drift Away 13 adds Kid Rock f/ Sheryl Crow ~ Picture 8 adds Now the song gets great adds, let's not forget to request the song on your local radio stations, cuz having adds is not enough, they need to play the song. We can see a good example on this week's R&R CHR/Pop chart. "I Drove All Night" hasn't debuted on the chart yet, but DFDUB's "Country Girl" which got only 28 adds this past week, has already debuted at #46 with 958 spins. Another example can also be found on the AC chart, but it is the other way around. Josh Groban's "You're Still You" got more adds than Celine's "IDAN", but IDAN has debuted on the chart at #30, while "You're Still You" hasn't debuted yet. By the way, also on the AC chart, ANDHC remains at #10 while "At Last" moves up 2 spots from #15 to #13. A concern on this chart is hope that "At Last" and ANDHC won't become a resistance for IDAN to move up higher on the chart. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the R&R info! =) On MTV, they are running a poll for "22 Greatest Voices". Celine is of course nominated! Click here to vote! Thanks Laurence for the info! =) In Denmark, ANDHC has been certified 2 times platinum, selling more than 104,000 copies. The album is also #2 on the year-end album chart. Thanks Jacob for the info! =) By looking at the Mediabase tracking report, the song didn't get too many pre-adds (radio station adding the song even before the song's impact date) last week. Monday was the official impact date for the song, and so far the song is getting fair number of adds on AC stations, but still getting little adds on Pop/CHR stations. Let's hope this trend won't last and Pop/CHR can start picking up the song quickly. Here are some more comments made by some DJs on IDAN: -------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSTY KEYES, PD, KBEE, Salt Lake City "A tempo song for a core artist!" MOE ROCK, MD, KGOT, Anchorage "Awesome beat... got good reaction on a test spin!" J. ROD, MD, KJ103, Oklahoma City "The bitch needs to eat a sandwich, but the record's a hit!" JAGGER, MD, KZHT, Salt Lake City "This is a great remake and sounds really good!" MIKE KELLY, MD, WAEB, Allentown "This could be a great song for us!" JONATHAN REED, PD, WDBT, Jackson "I liked it from the first listen!" JOE LIMARDI, PD, WDBY, Danbury "I liked the Cyndi Lauper version and I like what she (Celine) did with it!" GARY BLAKE, PD, WERO, Greenville "I love the song a lot! This could bring her back to the format." --------------------------------------------------------------------- (Jan 21 2003 News) On France's year-end album chart, ANDHC is #5. And on the year-end single chart, I'm Alive is at #39. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Jan 20 2003 News) On The Forum, we can find a link where can download the IDAN (Hex-Dezrok Acapella Opening Edit). On either Celine Maniacs or Phil's Celine Site, we can download the commercials that were broadcasted during the Golden Globe Awards as well as screen caps! Thanks Alfonso and Phil for the info! =) On Ebay, we can find a trade ad for Celine's "I Drove All Night" single. Celine Fall and Passion are setting up "Fan meeting 2003" for March 30th in Montreal. You may find more info regarding this event on either site. Yes, few of the Chrysler ads have premiered last night on TV. And sadly, for Canadian viewers, unless your cable/digital TV provider carries US stations, even if we are watching the Golden Globes on the US TV station channel, the commercials that we get are still different from the US viewers. In other words, no Chrysler commercials with Celine for Canadian fans. At least that's what happened in my area. Fortunately, I did catch the program on a US station that my cable TV does carry (i didn't find this out until yesterday. haha~), thank God! The "Love is all we need" commercial did go on the air last night as well, and now on this page of The Forum, we can find a link where we can listen to the audio clip of the song taken from the commercial. Here's another good news! Now on Celine Now, we can listen to the song "Faith", that could possibly be included on the new album! This song is......different. It's a little bit like Celine going country. Thanks Kelly McNeice and Rixen for the file! =) (Jan 19 2003 News) On this Steve Thompson site, we can watch a video clip of an old Celine video "Ne Me Plaignez Pas." Ne Me Plaignez Pas is an French adapdation of the song "Please Don't Sympathise" that Steve Thompson wrote for Sheena Easton. Eddy Marnay did the adaptaion for Celine. Steve Thompson didn't know Celine recorded his song until this month, and while he was trying to search more information on Eddy Marnay on the internet, he sadly found out he had died only few days before he learned of their distant collaboration. Thanks Leila (Celiniana) for the info! =) Now on Celine Maniacs or ClubCeline, we can download those 4 commercials that could be found on the Chrysler's Media page! Thanks Alfonso for the info! =) Reminder: 5 of the new Chrysler commercials will air tonight during the Golden Globes Awards. Another ad will be broadcast during the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game. Now on this Chrysler's Media page, we can watch 4 of the new commercials!! And on this page, we can also find more info on the campaign including a few pictures. (Jan 18 2003 News) Here's an article from Jam! Music that has more info regarding Yun Kyeong Kwon's arrest. Las Vegas police said Yun Kyeong Kwon along with her husband were trying to extort $13.5 million US from Rene. Click here for more info. (Jan 17 2003 News) This week's Buzzwords.com newsletter says IDAN was the #1 most added song in Canada. It was #1 most added song overall, #1 most added song at Contemporary Hits radio (CHR) and #1 most added song at Pop Adult radio. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) Celine is nominated for an award at the German Music Award, Echo. Thanks Phil again! =) Celine is on the cover of the current issue of "Echo Vedettes". The title says they have new details regarding the show "A New Day..." Thanks Leila (Celiniana) and Andre for the info! =) Las Vegas Sun reported today Yun Kyeong Kwon, who filed a civil lawsuit against Rene in March claiming he raped her, has been arrested today for extortion charges. Police said this morning Angelil was a victim of extortion. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Thanks Francis for another new banner above!! =) On The Forum, we can find a link to download the ET footages and another link to download some screen caps from those footages. Right now Ebay is holding another Grand Celine Dion Charity Auction until Jan 23. A vacation package to see A New Day... will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The auction will benefit The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. According to Celine's Netherlands micro-stie, the IDAN single will hit stores on March 3rd. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) Jam! Music has put out the Canadian 2002 Year-end chart. For Top Songs of 2002 (ranked by airplay), ANDHC is at #6 while I'm Alive is at #76. For Single of 2002 (ranked by sales), ANDHC is at #39 and Sous Le Veng is #179. For Album of 2002 (ranked by sales), ANDHC is #3. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) The song "One Heart" has been leaked out on to the internet. Now on The Forum, we can find few links where we can download the song. It's a mid/up-tempo song. When I hear this song, it makes me think of a sunny day in the Spring time. Something white and light green. It gives me the atmosphere where I found in the video of Bryan Adams's "When you're gone" or Shania's new commercial for the Juno Music Awards with her song "Up" playing in the background. Anyway, I'm always amazed by how Celine can finds so many different way to sing with her voice. Thanks Leila (Celiniana) and Andre for the info! =) On this The Forum page, we can find some screen caps of the Celine & RC footages that ET aired last night. In this TV ads, they use "Have you ever been in love." In the footage, we could see Celine and RC by a pond, and Celine was talking to him, hugging him, playing with him. And RC was smelling a pinecone, then let Celine smell it as well. In another clip, we see Celine and RC in the car, and Celine was again talking to him. The last scene we could see was RC kissing Celine. (Jan 16 2003 News) Happy birthday to Rene!!! =) Now on ET site, we can find an article on Celine's thought of having Rene-Charles in a commercial. Don't forget, Celine and RC will also be featured on tonight's ET. Thanks Leila (Celiniana) for the info! =) According to this news article, it says aside from all of the appearance/ promotion for Celine in the Chrysler ads, SuperBowl..etc, there will also be a CBS special! No further details regarding the special has been disclosed though. But Daimler Chrysler is well aware there can be too much Celine even for her fans. Officials from the company said they have taken care to use her only as a soundtrack in some ads, and they leave Celine out of the print ads altogether. Chrysler may also selectively use some of Dion ads in Canada but they haven't confirmed that yet. Chrysler is currently having Diana Krall as the frontwoman in Canada. Journal de Montreal states today that Celine's father, Adhemar Dion, has been hospitalized at the general hospital of Montreal for examinations and a minor surgery. The newspaper says its stay should be short, but family members prefer to keep silence on the health of the father who will be crossing the 80 years course on March 2nd. Source: Canoe In this article, the columnist has a description for one of the 6 TV ads. In the 60-secs ad, Celine is in the back seat of a car on the way to a concert appearance as she sings and moves her arms around and the rain pours down outside. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) According to a fan on The Forum, Entertainment Tonight will broadcast another interview that they did with Celine, and Rene Charles will also be appearing as well. Stay tune tonight! A fellow Celine fan sent me an email telling me that a radio station in Quebec (CKOI) has just premiered IDAN yesterday morning and by night time at the program Top 6 at 6, the song has already reached #1, being the most requested song! Thanks Nick for the info! =) In this article, we could find quite many details regarding the campaign that Chrysler is launching officially on Jan 19th. As reported earlier, black and white photography is used exclusively in the new print and TV campaign. Celine is the interpreter of the love that people have for their Chrysler vehicles. She is seen in the TV spots expressing love in her different roles as a mother, a superstar, and as someone who just loves to drive. There will be 6 all-new 30-and60-second TV ads. Each has a song by Celine, and Celine appears in 5 of the 6 TV spots. Debuting first is a TV spot for the Pacifica, in which Celine sings "I Drove All Night". It will air on this Sunday Jan 19th during the AFC Championship Game on CBS. That same evening, 5 of the new TV spots will air during the Golden Globe Awards on NBC. Then on Jan 26, at least one of the new TV spots will air during the early part of the game. Here's a breif listing of the TV spots, and the accompanied Celine songs: The Crossfire and the full-line brand spots: "I Drove All Night" (30 secs) The Town & Country Minivan spot: "Have You Ever Been In Love." (60 secs) The Sebring Convertible spot: "One Heart." (30 secs) The PT Cruiser spot (the only one that Celine doesn't appear: "Love Is All We Need." (30 secs) Aside from TV spots, point component of the campaign will also launch in January. It will launch with four spreads appeaaring in the Feb issues of magazines that hit news stands in mid-January. Following that is a 14-page magazine insert that will be in the March issues of national magazine, on stands in February. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) In this news article, it says after Celine's bravura performance at the Auto Show Charity Preview, sponsors and TV executives want to turn the national spotlight on the event next year. They are already planning how to take the charity preview to an even bigger audience next year. In the past years, the Charity Preview has been a relatively quiet affair. However, on last Friday night, thousands of guests waited 2 hours for Celine. "We didn't anticipate the impact, it hit a nerve with the audience. It's the kind of thing that rarely happens in marketing," said the EVP of global sales and marketing for Chrysler Group. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On Celine LIVE!, we can find some scans of the IDAN promo single that were handed out to Chrysler's employees on last Friday. We could see pics of the inside and the back of the promo single. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Jan 15 2003 News) Apparently, Sony Music Sweden has made a mistake in their news message. They have now changed the title of the album back to "One Heart" instead from "Open Heart". "I Drove All Night" got some pre-impact in this past week, and we'll get to know how many stations have added the song to their playlist as the information will be released later today. According to Mediabase report, there should be around 9 AC stations and 4 CHR/POP stations that have added the song in the past week. And here's the comment on the song a DJ has made: ALLAN FEE, PD, WQAL, Cleveland "Cool tune!" As the official impact date is next Monday, we could expect to get more comments from the DJs in the coming weeks. (Jan 14 2003 News) On Chrysler's Celine page, they've updated the look and now visitors could see Celine driving the car, and listen to a clip of IDAN. Looks like they'll keep on updating that page in the coming weeks. Chrysler is also starting to launch their huge campaign, and first of all with Yahoo. On Yahoo, we can see a banner there promoting for Chrysler, Celine, and the new single. They have also made few more banners. The banner aboves are three of them, and here are the other ones: banner 1 banner 2 banner 3 Now on Queen Celine, we can download/listen a new mix of IDAN. It's called "Hex Hector Vocal Mix". It's a pretty good mix with some additional nice vocal. Thanks Andre for the info! =) The official site says ET is scheduled to air a piece on Celine's recent appearance at the North American Auto Show tonight! For Canadian fans, MMM will also air "The Story of Celine Dion" tonight at 9:00pm ET. On Samer's site, we can download few new video files of Celine that were shot during the "A New Day..." press conference in Belgium. Thanks Leila (Celiniana) and Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) Celine has received a nomination for a Canadian Music Awards, the "Chart Topper Awards". She competing with Avril Lavigne, Amanda Marshall, Alanis Morissette, and Nickelback. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) According to this article, when the Detroit-area TV station WXYZ broadcasted the Charity Preview, Celine's 15 minutes performance scored a 12.9 rating, 3 points better than WXYZ's usual programming. A rating point equals 18,700 households with a television set. It was also the highest-rated program from 7:30-9:30. Thanks Alfonso again! =) According to this article, Maurice Gibb's funeral will take place in Miami tomorrow. It will be a private ceremony for family and close friends only. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) I'm not sure if Sony Music Sweden had a typo on their news message or they have really changed the name of the upcoming album title. The news message says the upcoming album is called "Open Heart". On Ebay, we can find few more "I Drove All Night" CD single up for bidding. However, I have no clue if they are really promo single manufactured by the record company, or some people just burning their mp3 files up on a CD. Some do look quite fancy though. Example 1, Example 2. (Jan 13 2003 News) Celine has won the "Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist" award. The award was announced before the telecast. For "Favourite Pop/rock female artist", Sheryl Crow won the honour. Reminder: The American Music Awards will be held tonight. There is no official statements saying Celine will attending the ceremony. For fans in France, Paris Premiere is going to broadcast "Les lumieres du music-hall~Celine Dion" on Jan 18th at 18h10. Thanks Patricia (A Canadian Way of Life) for the info! =) For fans in Germany, Channel SAT1 will televise the Superbowl on Jan 26th live from 11.25pm to 04.10am (CET). The pay-TV channel Premiere will broadcast a summary of the match on the 27th and the entire game on the 28th. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) (Jan 12 2003 News) At the People Choice Awards, Faith Hill won the award for "Favourite female singer". Let's hope Celine will win an/some award(s) tomorrow at the American Music Awards. She is nominated for "Favourite female pop artist" and "Adult Contemporary Artist". Now on Ebay, we can find the promo single of IDAN. According to a fan on The Forum, every Chrysler employee at the headquarter got a copy of this single on Friday. People Choice Awards will be held tonight, and it will be televised on CBS at 9:00pm. Celine is nominated for "Favourite female singers". Celine's name has been mentioned in the program's commercial, but it's still unknown whether Celine will attend/appear in the ceremony or not. According to Sony Music Sweden, Celine's new single "I Drove All Night" will hit airwaves in Sweden on Jan 15th. Thanks Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the info! =) According to this NY Post article, Celine's parfum will hit store shelves in April. Cotn Inc. is planning to fly guests to Las Vegas on a chartered jet, and likely to unveil Celine's parfum bottle at a mini-concert featuring Celine herself. However, details are being kept under wraps. More details can be found in the article. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Another sad news we have today. Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees has died at the age of 53, his family said on Sunday. No time of death was given but it appeared Gibb died late Saturday or very early Sunday. For more info, click here. (Jan 11 2003 News) Thanks Kelly very much for making this picture! =) Found this info on The Forum. On this USA Today article, it says on the day "One Heart" comes out, Oprah will have an episode featuring Celine, taped in Vegas. The article also says on during the Golden Globe Awards broadcast on Jan 19, six TV ads for Chrysler incorporating Celine's new single "I Drove All Night" will premiere. I wonder if Celine will appear in all these 6 different ads. Here's an article from Detnews regarding yesterday's Charity Preview. On GettyImages, we can find some more pictures that were taken from yesterday's Chrysler headquarter. (Jan 10 2003 News) On this page, we can find a video report of Celine's performance for Chrysler employees today at the headquarter. About 6000 employees were there! And Celine performed "I Drove All Night"! Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) A picture from Yahoo. Probably it was taken today during Celine's visit to DaimlerChrysler headquarters. A picture provided by TeamCeline. This could be the cover for the CD single. Thanks Dorn, Leila (CELINIANA)and Phil (Phil's Celine Site)for the pic! =) Interestingly, a country group called Pinmonkey is also releasing "I Drove All Night" as their new single. Here's their version also provided by All Access. An not-so-good news here regarding Beegees' Maurice Gibb. He is in critical condition in a Miami hospital after suffering a heart attack. Maurice underwent immediate surgery for an intestinal blockage after collapsing in his home. He suffered a heart attack while on the operating table. Wish him get well soon! Source: Jam! Music According to this article, portion of Celine's performance at the Auto Show in Detroit today will be broadcast on Detroit's ABC-TV affiliate. And according to the official site, Entertainment Tonight will have a live interview with Celine as well. On the Italian official FIMI year-end album chart, ANDHC lands at #15 while the title single is at #48 on the year-end single chart. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Now on All Access, we can listen to the non-remix version of "I Drove All NIght" (full-length). It's so much different from the remix version, and I personally love this version very much. Simply go to All Access, then you'll be able to find the same banner shown above, then click on the banner. If you can't find the banner, then try clicking here. According to a fan, 92 Pro FM has even premiered this song today. In this version, some of the sound effects sound like they come from the video/commercial of the song. What I mean is, sometimes in some music video, due to the video storyline, the song has some extra sounds on it. For example, in the video of "It's all coming back to me now", sounds of the explosion and the sound of the motocycle were some of the extra sounds that appears in the song on the video. Anyway, that's just my guess. In addition, according to the banner above, the commercial campaign is $140 million!! It totally surpassed what I've expected. It also looks like Sony are finally doing some adequate promotion for Celine. Releasing a single 2 months ahead of the album comes out, putting up promotion banner and audio file of the song on a site where lots of radio-insiders log-on to prior the single impacting radio stations. (Jan 9 2003 News) Tommy Mottola is leaving Sony. According to Hits, Tommy has stepped down from his post to launch new label. A replacement for Mottola will be announced within the next 24-48 hours. The new chief will reportedly be someone from outside the traditional record business, "with a stong financial background." Suddenly I have this thought, what if Rene becomes the new boss of Sony. haha~ I wonder how it will be like. Of course, I don't think this will ever come true. The official Celine site finally confirms the new English album in March. It will come out internationally on March 24th, and 25th in North America. The first single, "I Drove All Night" is produced by Peer Astrom and Vito Luprano. Above is a new pic of Celine with Chrysler's Pacifica. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the pic! =) Now on The Forum, we can download an edited shorter version of the Hex remix of "I Drove All Night". The length of this version is 3:46. Superbowl confirms today that Celine will sing "God Bless America" at the superbowl as reported earlier by Access Hollywood. Here's an article that they've written by for Celine. It says Celine will perform as part of the pregame show before the Dixie Chicks rendition of the National Anthem prior to Super Bowl. David Foster will create the arrangement to "God Bless America" for Celine again. "I'm honored to be asked to sing this meaningful song at the Super Bowl. I hope that this New Year brings peace to the world," Celine said. Sony Music Poland confirms today that Celine's new album will come out on March 24th and it will be called "One Heart". First single from the album is "I Drove All Night". Thanks Seba for the info! =) Found an article from The Forum, that has some more info on the Chrysler campaign. An Adweek article, states that the commercial that Celine had shot were shot in black and white, so will the print ads be because they find Black and white accentuates the design lines of vehicles better than color photography. It also says that Celine will sing several different songs in the commercial from her upcoming new album, including "I Drove All Night". (Jan 8 2003 News) On A Canadian Way of Life, we can download a video file of the "Goodbye..." performance that Celine did on TOTP. It's in the "Multimedia clip" section. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) According to Billboard, Celine will perform 3 songs on this Friday at the North American International Auto Show's annual charity preview event. The three-hour black tie event will be held at Detroit's Cobo Hall and raise funds for a host of Detroit-area children's charities. While in the Detroit area on Friday, Celine will visit Chrysler's Auburn Hills facility, where she will perform for company employees. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) and Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) (Jan 7 2003 News) While the adding date of "I Drove All Night" for Hot/Modern/AC stations in the US will be Jan 20th, the Top40/Mainstream stations will get this song one day after, Jan 21st. How much success a single can get depends on how well the Top40/Mainstream stations receive the song. Let's hope this song can be a favourite for the Top40/Mainstream stations' directors. Source of the adding date: All Access Eddy Marnay was buried Tuesday afteroon at the Parisan cemetery of Montmarte. The ceremony began with a song recorded by Mireille Mathieu in the 70s, called "Donnez-nous mille colombes". When the coffin was lowered into the ground, about fifty people took turn dropping a white pink rose on the coffin, while the loudspeakers were playing the song "Pour Vive", a song Eddy wrote for Celine. Source: Canoe This pic came out few months ago, but I didn't notice it until someone told me today. In the mirror, we can actually see the photographer. Thanks Kasper for the info! =) Grammy nominations were announced today, and Celine has not received any nomination this year. According to All Access, Celine's "I Drove All Night" will be hitting Hot/Modern/AC stations in the US on January 20th. In this New York Post article, it talks about Chrysler cancelling an advertising partnership with Martha Stewart, replacing her with Celine. It also says that Celine will maker her debut for the car company in a commercial for a Chrysler minivan, in which she will sing a new song to her two-year-old son, Rene Charles. The advertisement is scheduled to make its debut during the Golden Globe awards later this month on Jan 19th. And in this article, it says the contract Celine signed with Chrysler is a three years deal, and Chrysler's spokesman says Celine now drives a Chrysler minivan. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Jan 6 2003 News) Celine Maniacs is currently running a banner contest. The first fan who can answer all five questions correctly will have the chance to win an exclusive Celine banner. For more info, visit the site. According to Jam! Music, Shania will play at the Super Bowl half-time show too. Now on The Forum, we can download the full-length version of the "I Drove All Night" remix. On Queen Celine, we can find a 90 secs clip of Celine's new song "I Drove All Night" which should be the song used for the Chrysler campaign. It's indeed a cover of Cindy Lauper's hit. The version what we are hearing is a remix done by Hex Hector. (Jan 05 2003 News) For people who is looking for CD-quality mp3 of "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" and "All Because Of You", we can find it on Celine Forever. The site owner has made mp3 for these songs from the special CD single that he got from TeamCeline when he renewed his membership. They can be found on this page. Here's a chart update provided by Colin: --------------------------------------------------------------------- A New Day Has Come Denmark 20(16) ((now 2x platinum)) Finland 37(RE) Sweden 40(40) Netherlands 30(26) Germany 36(37) Austria 47(64) Switzerland 40(38) Belgium 23(25) France 30(34) Greece 11(12) Estonia: CD charts - 58, MC charts - 30 Canada 45(64) USA 86(79) Divas Las Vegas Netherlands 92(NEW) Austria 69(70) I'm Alive Germany 51(55) Austria 48(41) Switzerland 59(50) Belgium 14(13) France 40(37) Brazil 98(82) Goodbye's Sweden 45(60) + Netherlands 42(67) + Austria 45(49) + Switzerland 63(56) - Greenland 35(38) + Airplay (Star/fm) Belgium 39(46) + You Shook Me All Night Long Romania 4 (Radio Contact) Faroe Islands 11(14) (Radio faroe islands) Germany Airplay: Goodbye's 53(57) I'm Alive 35(40) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Colin for the info! =) On the Forum, we can find a scan of a French newspaper article on the death of Eddy Marnay, and Celine's comments. Celine says Eddy Marnay who has written more than 60 songs for her, was the guardian angel of the first steps of her childhood, and her life. He was like the father of her showbizz life, who has been protecting her. He is full of humour, intelligent, and "I never met somebody like that." Celine and Rene had visited Eddy in the hospital 2 months ago and that was the last time that they meet. (Jan 04 2003 News) On this page, we can find a video report on the death of Eddy Marnay. In this report, we can watch some old footages of Eddy, as well as a short comment that Celine said in response to his death in a raspy voice. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Jam! Showbizz, it has an article about a young Winnipeg dancer who has beaten thousands of others to be casted for a role on Celine's "A New Day...". Here's what she has said about Celine after meeting her at the rehearsals. "I can't say anything bad about her, her extreme professionalism in the way that she works -- she's all joking with us and very personable, but as soon as she steps on the stage she's focused and right there. You get goosebumps." According to the article, right now the crew is practising 6 days a week, 12 hours a day. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On Celine Maniacs, we can find a scan of the little article on HOLA magazine regarding Celine and Rene helping Ste. Justine hospital to raise 100 million dollars. Thanks Alfonso again! =) (Jan 03 2003 News) A sad news we have today. Eddy Marnay, who have wrote songs for Celine at the very beginning of her career, has died today in France at the age of 82. He was born in Algeria in 1920, then settled in Paris in 1937. He has written almost 4000 songs for artists all over the world througout this career. According to some fans on The Forum who've watched Access Hollywood last night, the program said Celine will perform "God Bless America" at the Superbowl while Dixie Chicks will perform the national anthem. Let's hope Celine will sing more than one song in the program! (Jan 02 2003 News) According to MuchMoreMusic, ANDHC is the second best-selling album in Canada last year (2002). Eminem took the top spot with 6 times platinum. ANDHC has been certified 5 times platinum. On the most up-to-date SoundScan Era Albums sales ranking, Celine's "Falling Into You" is at #9. Soundscan US has been tracking album sales in the US since 1991 and Shania Twain's "Come On Over" is #1 best-selling with 14.4 million-plus copies sold while Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" is at #2 with more than 14 million sold. Right now, RIAA has certified "Falling Into You" 11 times platinum, so the album probably sold more than 10 million-plus copies in the US. Source: Yahoo Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Jan 01 2003 News) Thanks Francis very much for the new picture above! =) (Dec 31 2002 News) Another year has gone by... or about to gone by! I wish everyone a very very happy new year! All the best! =) Sony Music Holland has a digital flyer for Celine's "Goodbye's (the saddest word)". Click here. Chrysler is making a minor change with their tagline from "Drive=Love" to "Drive & Love". The new campaign with the new tagline will be launched in January featuring Celine. The new tag will be officially unveiled at the 2003 North American Internatinal Auto Show in Detroit, which opens to the public on Jan 11th 2003. Source: Yahoo (Dec 30 2002 News) On Celine Fall, we can find scans of the Oh La magazine article. Thanks Estevam for the info! =) On Billboard, it says Music & Media's has compiled an European Top 100 albums chart of 2002, and here's the Top 10: # 1 Shakira~Laundry Service # 2 Anastacia~Freak of Nature # 3 Celine Dion~A New Day Has Come # 4 Eminem~Eminem Show # 5 Robbie Williams~Swing When You're Winning # 6 Nickelback~Silver Side Up # 7 Pink~Missundaztood # 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers~By The Way # 9 Enrique Iglesias~Escape #10 Alicia Keys~Songs in A Minor Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Dec 29 2002 News) UK's newspaper "The Mail" has a large article on Celine, talking about her personality, how not-boring and cool she is in person. The article even has a pic of Celine in swimsuit. The hair looks like it's from the same photo shoot where we got to see from the ANDHC DVD single. We can find a scan of that pic on The Forum. We can also find a brief summary of the article here on the The Forum. (Dec 26 2002 News) For German fans, Celine will be featured on the German edition of Top Of The Pops this Saturday from 17.45cet on RTL. This edition is the special 2002 charts. Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Fan Site) for the info! =) Celine is in the current issue of the "Oh La!" magazine. It talks about her helping the Ste Justine Hospital campaign. Thanks Bruna (Sweet Celine) for the info! =) (Dec 24 2002 News) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! =) On The Forum, we can find a new Celine pic there. Looks like it is TeamCeline's calendar for the month of January. Fans who are renewing their TeamCeline membership will receive a gift from the club, which is a blue CD single that contains "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" and "All Because Of You". No wonder why Sony didn't make these songs CD-player playable on the limited edition of ANDHC. Along with the CD single, they also give you a CD pocket holder as well. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Dec 23 2002 News) IFPI Taiwan has finished its year-end tally of the record sales figures in 2002. Celine's ANDHC is Taiwan's this year #1 best selling foreign album, selling more than 120,000 copies (4 times platinum). On The Forum, we can find some screen-caps of Celine's surprise appearance on "La Petite Vie" last week. Here are some Celine European TV appearances: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, December 23 19.40cet RETRO 2002 (a lookback on the event of the past year, inc. Celine's visit to Belgium) RTL-TVI, Belgium Tuesday, December 24 23.15.cet These Are Special Times TV Special SBS 6, The Netherlands Wednesday, December 25 16.10cet Celine Dion a tout prix (repeat) M6, France Friday, December 27 22.15-23.45cet Divas Las Vegas (Stjärnstund: Divor 2002 ) YLE TV1, Finland Thursday, January 2 CELINE DION DAY on VH1 European 11.00: Celine Dion Top 10 12.00-13.00: The Rise & Rise of Celine Dion 15.00-16.00: *PREMIER* Celine Dion Reveals 18.00: Celine Dion Top 10 19.00: The Rise & Rise of Celine Dion 20.00: Celine Dion Reveals 21.00: Celine Dion Behind The Music 22.00: Celine Dion TV Moments --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Fan Site) for the info! =) (Dec 22 2002 News) Celine will perform at Super Bowl! According to the official site, Celine will be one of the performers at the National Football League's Super Bowl XXXVII game held on January 26, 2003 in San Diego, Califonia. I am guessing if the Chrysler commercial and the new "Chrysler" song will come out around that time. (Dec 21 2002 News) On globalCELINE, we can download a special ANDHC video. This video is like a review of what Celine has done this year. Thanks Dennis for the info! =) Here's a chart update sent by Krzysztof (Celine Dion Charts' History) --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOODBYE'S (THE SADDEST WORD) SINGLE 6 (9) - Hong Kong (airplay) 33 (32) - Norway (airplay) 39 (42) - Greece (airplay) 44 (48) - Italy 49 (50) - Austria 49 (47) - Belgium (non-French region) 49 (new) - Sweden (airplay) 56 (45) - Switzerland 67 (55) - Netherlands 70 (56) - Germany 88 (63) - Spain (airplay) I'M ALIVE SINGLE 11 (8) - Belgium (non-French region) 33 (29) - France 41 (36) - Austria 50 (37) - Switzerland 51 (41) - Germany 73 (76) - Brazil 79 (78) - Netherlands A NEW DAY HAS COME SINGLE 11(10)- USA (Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart) AT LAST SINGLE 17(18)- USA (Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart) A NEW DAY HAS COME ALBUM 11(12) - Greece 20 (19) - Denmark 21 (17) - Belgium (non-French region) 26 (29) - Netherlands 31 (27) - France 37 (33) - Germany 38 (45) - Switzerland 45 (42) - Belgium (French region) 45 (64) - Canada 64 (46) - Austria 86 (83) - USA THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES ALBUM 5 (5) - USA (Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Krzysztof for the info! =) According to this article, in the summer of 1997, musician Martin Beaudry, and his publisher, Jean-Marcel Raymond, filed a lawsuit against Celine and Jean-Jacques Goldman with their song "Prière paEnne" for plagiarism of Beaudry's "Tes lèvres mauves" that he wrote in 1993. The lawsuit worths more than $9 million, and now 5 years later, the lawsuit has been withdrawn by Beaudry. However, reasons for the case withdrawal have not been disclosed. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Dec 20 2002 News) Few days ago, Celine made a surprise appearance on "La Petite Vie", a Quebec comedy TV program. In the program, Celine acted as a country singer, and now on The Forum, we can listen to her performance, which she sang with a very country-ish voice. You can find the link of that file in the 4th post on that page. On The Forum, there's a link where we can listen to a clip of "Because of You" sung by Lila McCann. (Dec 19 2002 News) These pictures were taken at the press conference that was held yesterday. (Dec 18 2002 News) Celine and Rene appeared at the Ste Justine's Hospital press conference today. As reported earlier, Celine and Rene will serve as patrons of a five-year campaign that begins next spring to raise money for research equipment, beds and an enlarged cancer facility at the hospital. Celine broke down to tears as she met 16 sick children on a hospital ward not far from where Karine died about a decade ago. Both Rene and Celine have recorded two televised appeals for donations, and Celine may even record a song to benefit the hospital, but it's not confirmed yet. For more info about the press conference and the campaign, click here. And on that page, we can find a video report as well with some footages from the press conference. (Dec 17 2002 News) Happy Wedding Anniversary to Celine and Rene! =) Here's a funny article found by David (Destin member) again. This article was published yesterday in an UK newspaper "The Daily Mirror"'s "Scurra" gossip column. --------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOUR Euro MP Brian Simpson was delighted to find himself seated next to a glamorous woman on a flight from Dallas to Washington DC the other day. He was even more thrilled when she struck up a conversation with him. And when she asked Simpson what he did, he proudly told her that he was a member of the European Parliament heading to the U.S. capital for a meeting with senior politicians. She appeared suitably impressed and, after a while, he asked her what she did. When she told him she was a singer, Simpson courteously asked her her name but, as it meant nothing to him, in time he dropped off to sleep. In fact the chanteuse in question was none other than chart-topping superstar, Celine Dion. "Brian's now been disowned by his children," I'm told. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks David for the article! =) Here are two pictures of the "The Concert for World's Children Day DVD", provided by Newscom. Pic 1 Pic 2 As reported earlier, this DVD includes Celine's performance of TTWII, The Prayer, and MHWGO, as well as the grand finale anthem "Aren't They All Our Children". The DVD also has bonus material featuring Celine and Nick Carter visiting a Ronald McDonald House. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Dec 16 2002 News) On LA Times, they had an article yesterday that talks about Celine's new English album. Here's the article: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Celine Dion, who has signed on to represent Chrysler's new models with a song written for the campaign, is now working on an entire new album that will include that song. Max Martin, Peer Anstrom, Rick Wake and Umberto Gatica have all been producing tracks for the collection, which is expected to be released in conjunction with the March 25 opening of Dion's concert production, "A New Day," at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks David (Destin member) for the info! =) (Dec 15 2002 News) On a Brazilian news media site, it says that Celine has bought some jewels from a Brazilian designer called Jack Vartanian two months ago. She spent around USD $15,000 for the jewelry, and she wore a pair of the earrings in her video shoot too. The news site says the title of the video is "Mama". Maybe they are refering to the "Goodbye's..." video. Thanks Estevam (Celine Fall) for the info! =) On Sept 9th of this year, Celine and Rene attended a fund-raising event organized by the "Theresa Tanguay Dion Foundation". Now on this page, we can find pics that were taken at the event. (Dec 14 2002 News) According to the official site, Celine is shooting the Chrysler commercial today and tomorrow. The commercial will come out in 2003. (Dec 12 2002 News) On The Forum, we can find a link where we can download a beautiful live performance of "My Way" done by Celine. The Ste-Justine hospital in Montreal is currently running a fund-raising campaign for its various projects, and they have now obtained the support of Celine and Rene as well. Celine and Rene will take part in the hospital's press conference which will be held next Wednesday in Montreal. Fore more info regarding the project, you can find it in this French article. Remember about 1-2 weeks ago, I've mentioned here about Celine competed for the theme song of the movie, "Hero"? Sony Music HK has a little update on this info on their site today. What had happened was the director and the music director of the movie at first wanted to have Faye Wong, a Chinese Pop Queen, to sing an Asian version of the song, while having Celine to sing the "international" version. At the end, due to time conflicts with Celine's schedule, Celine couldn't participate in the recording session of this project. Therefore, they end up having Faye Wong singing the "international" version as well. Here are few European Celine TV appearances: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, December 13, 23.25cet VH1 Divas Las Vegas Rete 4, Italy Saturday, December 14 (All Day) VIVA LAS DIVAS Day VIVA+, Hungary Saturday December 14 17.30, 23.00cet Top Of The Pops 2 BBC PRIME, Europe Saturday December 14 12.00cet The Rise and Rise Of Celine Dion VH1 European Sunday, December 15, 10.00 Top Of The Pops 2 BBC PRIME, Europe Monday, December 16, 12.00cet Celine Dion TV Moments VH1 European Friday December 21 & Saturday, December 22 VH1 Divas Las Vegas CNBC-e, Turkey also in December (cannot remember the exact date) 05.10gmt The Oprah Winfrey Show: Women Who Sing Sky One, UK --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Adam (Hungarian Celine Dion Site) for the info! =) According to the official site, Celine has added a special message to a new children's storybook called "Yummy Yummy, Nummy Nummy, should I put this in my tummy?". A portion of proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Books can be purchased at Zellers stores across Canada (Zellers is also donating an additional $2 from the sale of each book), and online only through Chapters. A picture of the book's cover can be found on the official site. (Dec 11 2002 News) A little chart info for Canada and US. In Canada this week, the album drops from #51 to #64. In the US, the album rises from #88 to #83 on Billboard 200 and TAST remains at #5 on Pop Catalog album chart. On Ebay, some Celine items are available for bidding, and the proceeds will go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The bidding will ends on Dec 19th, then later this month, there will be another charity auction. First of all, at the official site, fans around the world can enter the contest to win an autographed item of Celine to celebrate the site's 1st anniversary! Also on the official site, we can now watch 2 video files that were from the Belgium "A New Day..." press conference. On this week's R&R AC chart, ANDHC rises one spot to #10 with 622 spins in the past week, while "At Last" rises from #24 to #18 with 279 spins. (Dec 10 2002 News) Celine is Billboard A/C Artist of the year!!! With her hits ANDHC and I'm Alive, Celine is Billboard No.1 A/C Artist of 2002, while Enrique Iglesias and Five For Fighting are No.2 and No.3. On the year-end A/C charts, things are a little bit turned around. Enrique's "Hero" is the No.1 song, Five For Fighting's "Superman" is No.2 and Celine's ANDHC is No.3. For the year-end Billboard 200 album chart, ANDHC lands at #19. For more Billboard year-end chart, click here. On The Forum, we can find a review/transcript of the TOTP2 program that aired on BBC2 in UK. In the program, Celine had some comments on each of the songs that were aired during the show. (Dec 9 2002 News) On Feb 2, the SOS To The World concert will be held in Robben Island to mark the 20th anniversary of Mandela's departure from the island after 20 years in prison. Musicians who have been invited to perform includes Celine, U2, Janet Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, Usher, Mary J Blige...etc. For more info regarding this concert, click here. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) On this Dance Spirit page, users of the website can enter a contest to win an official Celine's "A New Day..." show dance bag. This dance bag was also given to the show's performers when they arrived for rehearsals in Belgium this past June. Thanks Alfonso again! =) (Dec 8 2002 News) Earlier on Epic's site, they have listed that Celine would appear on Billboard Music Awards (Dec 9th) and Jay Leno (Dec10th). Since few days ago, these appearances aren't listed anymore on the site, but not only Celine's appearances are gone, all the other artists appearances are gone as well, which looks a bit weird. On both Billboard Award's site and Lay Leno's site, both of them haven't mentioned Celine as well. However, on Sony Music USA's site, Celine's appearances on both events are still listed there. So I guess we'll just have to stay tune tomorrow and the day after to see if Celine will indeed appear on these programs or not. Here's a chart update sent by Colin: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye's Single Switzerland 35(61) + Greenland(radio) 44(45) + Netherlands 51(67) + Italy 40(30) - Norway(official airplay) 37(new) Ireland 42(42) UK 60(38) I'm Alive Single Switzerland 29(29) Belgium 6(7) France 21(17) Greenland 50(50) radio Netherlands 73(56) Sweden 50(47) Germany 37(37) Austria 20(18) Greece 50(48) Brazil 80(88) ANDHC Album Switzerland 32(29) Belgium 20(19) Denmark 15(14) France 22(21) Netherlands 32(29) Belgium 32(29) Germany 41(84) Austria 48(54) Greece 7(18) Estonia: CD 46 MC 27 Canada 51(38) You Shook Me All Night Long Single Romania (radio contact) 27(new) Faroe Islands (radio islands) 10(new) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Colin for the info! =) Canadian Business magazine will release its fourth annual Rich 100 list ranking Canada's wealthiest citizens on Monday Dec 9th. Among some of the highlights for this year's Rich 100, it says Celine is worth $305 million this year, up from $295 million last year. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) Now on Sony Music France, we can watch the full-length video of the performance of "Goodbye's (the saddest word)" that Celine did at the CBS ANDHC concert, a performance that was cut-out from the program when it was broadcasted on TV. (Dec 7 2002 News) On The Forum, you can find a link to download the video of "What More Can I Give". The video was shown at the Bambi Awards sometimes earlier, where Michael Jackson received a special achievement award. At the end of the clips, you can see a teary Celine thanking Michael for writing such a beautiful song. Shania Twain is benig featured in the cover story of the current issue of People Magazine. In the article, it mentions that Shania had called Celine to talk "about the sleeping-through-the-night problem". You can read the article on People's website. On Las Vegas Review-Journal, it has an update on the trial of Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung (who sued Rene for raping her), who was charged with felony theft in Las Vegas amid allegations she passed 4 bad checks at Harrah's Las Vegas in 2001. Sung was released from custody earlier this year and she agreed to pay $50,000 a month in restitution to Harrah's. However, 6 months later, she still hasn't followed on her commitmemt. Therefore, she may be send to trial once again. For more details, you can read the article. Thanks Dennis (Global Celine) for the info! =) On Global Celine, you can find a scan of an article from the Dutch magazine, called "Breat Out!". Thanks Dennis again! =) (Dec 6 2002 News) According to this TOTP2 page, in the upcoming program which is dedicated to Celine will feature songs including Only One Road, Think Twice, My Heart Will Go On, Immortality, Beauty & the Beast, and Goodbye's (the saddest word). On this week's R&R AC airplay chart, "At Last" rises from #29 to #24 while ANDHC dropes down from #9 to #11. Thanks Alfonso (Celine Maniacs) for the info! =) (Dec 5 2002 News) A little chart info for. In the UK, midweek reports shows the "Goodbye.." single is currently at #54. In the US, ANDHC drops down to #88 from #56 on the Top 200 album chart, while TAST drops down one spot to #5 on Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. In Canada, ANDHC drops down from #38 to #51 this week. For fans in HK, Sony Music Television Signal is going to air the "Goodbye.." video on the program for the first time on Dec 8th. The program will start at 8:30pm on ATV World. The official site is celebrating its one year anniversary. It says they have a surprise for all Celine fans from around the world, and details will come out in the next few days on how to enter the anniversary giveaway for cool autographed items. (Dec 4 2002 News) The nominees for the 29th annual People's Choice Awards were announced today, and Celine is nominated for "Female Musical Performer", up against Jennifer Lopez and Faith Hill. For other nominations in other categories, click here. (Dec 2 2002 News) The site Celine Canada (celineonthenet.com) has moved to a new address now. The new address is www.celinecanada.com According to the official site, Celine will be among the 100 celebrities contributing a favourite recipe for a new French-language book entitled "100 personnalities, 100 recettes", for which all proceeds will be donated to the Cardiology Institue of Montreal. Celine's featured recipe is for "Stuffed Vine Leaves with Fried Cauliflower". The book is published by the Fondation des Ailes de la Mode, and is available in Quebec in all large Ailes de la Mode stores and in some supermarkets. You can find a pic of the book on the official site. "Goodbye's" video made its first appearance on MMM Top10.com last night at #4. Therefore, for Canadian fans who still haven't got a chance to watch the video on TV, this program maybe a good one for you to watch out for. More News Archive Back to Main