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Goodbye for now...
Tuesday, May 14, 2002

Tomorrow and until Sunday, I'll be vacationing in Disney World. This news section will be closed. I'll update it when I come back. In Florida, I'm going to enjoy myself, and maybe I might even meet Celine. Sure...

Celine!
Tuesday, May 14, 2002


I think that this news might be a little bit late, but Celine did a wonderful job at the 2002 Latin Billboard Music Awards. She picked up a special honor award for "My Heart Will Go On" as the first song ever to top Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. She performed "Aun Existe Amor" and received a standing ovation. I'm so proud of Celine! If you want to see a videoclip of her accepting the award and performing "Aun Existe Amor," go to the website Re:Celine at www.angelvoice.net/celine.

Let's hope Celine at least get #2! Below are sales compiled by Hits:
This week's sales figures compiled by Hits:
#1: Musiq-Juslisen 252,313 --
#2: Celine Dion-A New Day Has Come 146,436 +51%
#3: Lauryn Hill-MTV Unplugged No.2.0 126,293 --
#4: Ashanti-Ashanti 112,270 -10%
#5: Spider-Man Soundtrack 106,867 -8%

In an interview with Voici magazine, Celine told that the new French album will come out in September 2002, and that Ten Days might also be released as a single!
(Thanks Sweet Celine )

Celine's in the current issue of People magazine. There's a pic of her and Maman Dion, and the captions are very beautiful.

Celine might sing in the Middle East!
Beirut Song Fest Surprise: Shakira, Celine Dion

The organizers of the Beirut Song Festival have revealed that the two international song stars, Shakira and Celine Dion may be the honoring guests of the 5th session to be held next July in Lebanon, according to the local daily al Anwar. One of the festival organizers told the Lebanese daily that the contacts with the Lebanese-Colombian singer Shakira and Canadian singer Celine Dion, have been positive and indicated the possibility for their approval to sing at the event. A number of Arab song stars is scheduled to participate in the festival, including, Nabil Sheil, Rashed al Majed (Kuwait), Tunisian singer Thekra, Samira Said (Morocco), Hani Shaker (Egypt), Ragheb Alamah, Assi al Hellani from Lebanon. The event which lasts for four weeks, will be held at Oscar Beach Hotel in Kaslik/north of Beirut. The new-opened theater is large enough for 2500 persons – Albawaba.com

Original link: http://www.albawaba.com/headlines/TheNews.php3?sid=212451&lang=e&dir=entertainment
Thanks Sweet Celine for this info!


This note in French is a blessing and greeting from Celine & Rene to a singer named Natasha St-Pier. It reads "This day your dreams are coming true. Love Celine Dion and Rene Angelil." (Thanks Anna Pakman & Sweet Celine )

Also from Sweet Celine:
Céline will sing the soundtrack of the soap opera Vale Todo, first spanish prodution of the brazilian tv network TV Globo in partnership with the spanish tv network from the USA Telemundo. The song will be Un Nuevo Día Ha Llegado (A New Day Has Come). "I'm very happy that this theme will be part of the soap opera, because I'm sure that it'll help my career in the latin-american market. For me it was a great surprise", said Céline. The soap opera Vale Todo will feature Itatí Cantoral and Ana Claudia Talancón as actor. If you can understand Spanish, read the article below:

Ponen tema de Céline Dion a telenovela

El tema en español, grabado para su nuevo disco "A New Day Has Come", será el tema del melodrama que protagoniza Itatí Cantoral junto con otros actores latinoamericanos


Por JUAN CARLOS GARCÍA / Grupo Reforma

Ciudad de México (10 mayo 2002).- La compañía Sony Music concretó las negociaciones con Telemundo para colocar el tema "Un Nuevo Día Ha Llegado", de Céline Dion, como canción principal de la telenovela Vale Todo, que protagoniza Itatí Cantoral, confirmó este viernes la cantante canandiense.

Original Link: http://www.reforma.com/espectaculos/articulo/193733/default.htm

Celine might sing in the Middle East!
Beirut Song Fest Surprise: Shakira, Celine Dion

The organizers of the Beirut Song Festival have revealed that the two international song stars, Shakira and Celine Dion may be the honoring guests of the 5th session to be held next July in Lebanon, according to the local daily al Anwar. One of the festival organizers told the Lebanese daily that the contacts with the Lebanese-Colombian singer Shakira and Canadian singer Celine Dion, have been positive and indicated the possibility for their approval to sing at the event. A number of Arab song stars is scheduled to participate in the festival, including, Nabil Sheil, Rashed al Majed (Kuwait), Tunisian singer Thekra, Samira Said (Morocco), Hani Shaker (Egypt), Ragheb Alamah, Assi al Hellani from Lebanon. The event which lasts for four weeks, will be held at Oscar Beach Hotel in Kaslik/north of Beirut. The new-opened theater is large enough for 2500 persons – Albawaba.com

Original link: http://www.albawaba.com/headlines/TheNews.php3?sid=212451&lang=e&dir=entertainment
Thanks Sweet Celine for this info!

Céline will be in the french TV Show "Graine de Star" which will be aired on May 24th at 20h50 on M6. The program will be presented by Laurent Boyer.
(Click on image to see in full size!) (thanks Sweet Celine)

TV APPEARANCES in MAY (updated 05.14.02):
05.07.02 - VH1 TV Moments (7:00PM Eastern Time)
05.09.02 - VH1 Behind the Music (12:00PM Eastern Time)
05.09.02 - STV 2 Sweden-Europe
05.09.02 - The Story of... Celine Dion (on MuchMoreMusic at 9:00PM ET & 6:00PM PT)
05.09.02 - The Story of...Celine Dion (on MuchMoreMusic at 12:00AM & 2:00AM ET / 9:00PM & 11:00PM PT)
05.10.02 - The Story of...Celine Dion (on MuchMoreMusic at 2:00PM ET or 11:00AM PT)
05.12.02 - Revealed with Jules Asner (E! Television 5:00PM ET)
05.12.02 - VH1 TV Moments (7:00PM ET)
05.12.02 - Billboard Latin Music Awards (Telemundo - Spanish language channel)
05.12.02 - VH1 Behind the Music - (8:00PM ET)
05.13.02 - VH1: All Access (Show #24 - DIVAS) (7:00PM ET)
05.14.02 - The Top 90 of the 90s (on VH1 at 5:00PM ET)
05.14.02 - VH1 (MTV Diary) - (GOTTA SEE THIS at 7:30 PM ET)
05.16.02 - The Rosie O' Donnell Show (check local listings!)
05.17.02 - The Today Show (part of Summer Concert Series) (starts at 7:00AM ET on NBC)
05.18.02 - People in the News (on CNN at 11:00AM ET)
05.18.02 - People in the News (on CNN at 3:00PM ET)
05.19.02 - People in the News (on CNN at 1:00AM ET)
05.19.02 - Celine Dion "A New Day Has Come" TV Special on CBC (Canada) (8:00PM ET)
05.19.02 - People in the News (on CNN at 8:00PM ET)
05.20.02 - People in the News (on CNN at 1:00AM ET)
05.21.02 - The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno (at 11:35 PM ET on NBC)
05.25.02 - National Military Appreciation Show (Fort Lauderdale, FL.) airs on CBS 9-10PM
05.23.02 - VH1 Divas Las Vegas (DIVAS LIVE!)
05.24.02 - "Gaine de Star" (on M6 at 20h50)
06.21.02 - "Late Show" with David Letterman
06.23.02 - Grand Blond Avec Un Show Surnois - TVA (repeat)
(Thanks to ROCK on TV & Celine Screen for these listings!)


ATTENTION TEAMCELINE MEMBERS: Tomorrow is the last day to enter for a chance to win 1 pair out of 5 pairs of tickets to see Celine perform at Divas Las Vegas! Go there now!

From www.celinedion.com -
Video Gets Nomination!
May 14, 2002
"A New Day Has Come" has been nominated for the MuchMoreMusic Award at the 2002 MuchMusic Video Awards. The show will be broadcast live on MuchMusic on Sunday, June 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

INTERNATIONAL CHARTS (thanks Spencer of Rhapsodion's Celine Dion Page)
These chart infos were up to date as of Mother's Day (5-12-02)

A New Day Has Come (the album)
# 1: Netherlands(1), Austria(1), France(2), Switzerland(1), NewZealand(1),
Canada(1), Australia(2)

# 2: Denmark(2), Italy(2), Belgium French region(2)
# 3: Beglium non-French region(2), Poland(3)
# 4: Germany(3)
# 5: UK(1), Sweden(4)
# 6: US(3), Norway(5)
#11: Finland(3) #15: Ireland(11) #37: Japan(38)

A New Day Has Come (the single)
Billboard Hot 100: #29 (25)
Billboard AC: #1 (1)
R & R AC: #1 (1)
R & R CHR/POP: #27 (25)
R & R Hot AC: #21 (20)
R & R Smooth Jazz: #11 (9)
MTV Asia HitList: #2 (2)
Poland: #1 for the 5th week!

Greatest Singer on Earth!
Tuesday, May 7, 2002

Right now, on Suffisait D'Aimer (www.suffisait.com), in the download section, you can find 5 performances of Celine on La Fureur. I have to tell you this! Celine was so incredible on that show (as always)! On "Ten Days" she had a guitar on, on "At Last" she went down into the audience and shook hands and kissed people, on "A New Day Has Come" & "I'm Alive," she brought the crowd on their feet, and on "Sous le vent," she did a duet with her son-in-law Marc Dupri. It was just a wonderful performance! So, go there now, and watch the videos!

Also, on Celine Star Planetaire (www.celineangelil.com), there are video clips of Celine on Vivement Dimanche, where she sang "A New Day Has Come" & "Aun Existe Encore." Very beautiful job!

TeamCeline members, you can win tickets to see Celine perform on Divas Las Vegas. You have until May 10! So hurry!

Celine has sold 2,000,000 albums +, click here to read the article!



Celine Dion to plug Quebec as hot tourist spot in U.S. TV ads

MONTREAL (CP) - Celine Dion, one of the world's most recognizable Quebecers, will plug her home province in U.S. TV ads as part of a $15 million government tourism campaign.

Tourism Minister Richard Legendre, who made the announcement Monday, said the number of visitors to Quebec increased in 2001 despite the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Legendre said TV commercials featuring Dion would begin to air this week on several U.S. TV stations.

The superstar singer's catch phrase will be: You'll see why I love to come home.

"Celine Dion ... is probably the best known Quebecer in the United States," Legendre said at a news conference.

"To see her invite people to come to Quebec in a TV commercial is totally worthwhile and I think it will work."

The province did not divulge Dion's promotional fee but said it would be donated to charity.

Dion's face will also grace 600,000 newspaper inserts, which will appear in several major newspapers in Toronto, New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

The tourism drive will feature popular metropolitan destinations such as Montreal and Quebec City, as well as the rural splendour of Quebec's outlying regions.

The number of visitors to Quebec increased slightly in 2001 to 21.4 million from 20.9 million in 2000. Tourists spent nearly $7.2 billion in the province last year, an increase from $7 billion the previous year.

The number of international visitors to Canada's largest province fell by 3.7 per cent in 2001 as the number of air travellers plummeted following the terrorist attacks.

But Legendre said the tourism numbers for Quebec were solid during the first eight months of 2001.

"Overall it's a good result in a difficult year," said Legendre, who noted the numbers are expected to increase once again in 2002.(Thanks Yahoo! Canada & CELINE FALL! - www.celinedion.com.br for this information!)


Clint Black & Celine Dion Salute The Military
Thu Apr 25,11:07 AM ET

(4/25/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Clint Black will join Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, and Lonestar on the deck of America's newest aircraft carrier for a show to kick off National Military Appreciation Month on May 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The special is part of a spectacular kick-off to A National Salute To The U.S. Military, a multi-faceted program honoring men and women in the United States Armed Forces.

Black is no stranger to playing for the men and women of the U.S. military, as he performed for U.S. troops stationed in Somalia late last year. In between performances, Black got to meet and hang out with some of the soldiers. "You can't help but stand in awe," he told LAUNCH. "You're standing there talking to a guy who's as nice and friendly and warm and smiling as anybody you'd ever meet, but, when it hits the fan, you know, he's going right on in. I just have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for those people."

A highlight of the singer's trip to Somalia was coming face to face with some of the military's star power. "Meeting all the generals who'd been through all the wars since Vietnam. . .You know, these guys that are relatively young but they've seen it. Their attitudes are just, 'We're here, we're peacekeepers and we're gonna go around and make these idiots stop fighting each other.'"

The show, held aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, will air as a CBS TV special on May 25 at 9 p.m. ET. In addition to musical acts, the special will include stand-up comedy and incredible footage from aboard the USS Harry S. Truman and from Fleet Week and the Air & Sea Show.

-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville


Céline On MuchMore
May 7, 2002

Tune in to MuchMoreMusic at 9:00 p.m., ET (6:00 p.m. PT) on Thursday, May 9 for "The Story of... Céline Dion." The hour long special will highlight Céline's exclusive MuchMoreMusic visit and rarely seen archival moments. Additional show times for Thursday are 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. ET (9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. PT). The program will also be broadcast on Friday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 am PT). (Source - www.celinedion.com)



I'm Back!
May 6, 2002

It's been so long since I updated this site! Well, here are some good updates:
- Go to www.globalceline.com and download 2 mp3's of Celine's performance at 'La Fureur.' The songs include "A New Day Has Come" & "At Last." (Thanks Laura!)
- On this Celine Maniacs site, there are exclusive pictures of Celine's visit in Rome. Click here to see them! (Thanks Valentina!)

FROM RHAPSODION'S CELINE DION PAGE

- The picture to the left is from Quebec's edition of Elle magazine. Click on it to see in full size. To see more, go to the news section of Rhapsodion... by click here. I'll put them in the picture gallery soon!

- Celine TV Special in Norway - May 16 at 20.30 cet (1/2 hour) - Channel: TV2 Norway

Torsdag 16 maj 2002
20:30 God kveld, Norge! — spesial: Celine Dion (21:00)
Hun er en av verdens største kvinnelige artister. Etter flere år på
farten bestemte hun seg nyttårsaften 2000 for å ta et sabbatår. I løpet
av den tiden har hennes kreftssyke mann blitt friskmeldt og paret har
fått et svært etterlengtet barn. Monica Øien i GKN! har møtt superstjernen
Celine Dion.

- Rene was on Vivement Dimanche and said that Garou is working on English album that will include English version of "Sous le vent." The duet will of course be sung will Celine again! (Thanks John)
- "I'm Alive" to be released in Poland on June 1 & will hit US radio stations on June 4th, 2002. (Thanks Phil!)


- CHARTS (Thank you so much Spencer!

A New Day Has Come album:
# 1: Netherlands(1), Asutria(3), Switzerland(1), New Zealand(1), Canada(1).
# 2: UK(1), Denmark(2), Italy(1), France(2), Belgium (French and non-
French region)(2), Astralia(1).
# 3: Finland(4), Germany(3), US(3).
# 4: Sweden(2)
# 5: Norway(2) #11: Ireland(4) #38: Japan(21)

A New Day Has Come single:
R&R charts:
AC: #1 (1)
Pop/CHR: #25 (26)
Hot AC: #20 (21)
Smooth Jazz: #9 (10)
On Billboard Hot 100, it moves down 2 spot to #24.
On AC, still at #1.

- In Poland, the single is still #1, for the fourth week. That's awesome!

A New Day Has Come video:
MTVAsia: #2 (5)
Channel V: #1
Hungary's Viva+'s Top 20 Video chart: #1 - 3rd week! - to vote, click here!



Celine's #1 again!

It has just been confirmed and A New Has Come is once again the best-selling album in the UK this week -
4th consecutive week
!

The official site says that Celine will sing  A New Day Has Come at the Latin Grammy Awards, instead of a Spanish song.

If you have TVA, Celine's appearance on the Le Grand Blond Avec Un Show Sournois, will air tonight at 7:30 PM.

Celine will be at Y-100 Summer Splash, along with other artists like Vanessa Carlton, Craig Davis, Michelle Branch, the Calling, etc... Click here for more info!


Ce
line gave an interview on Capital Radio (Italy). To listen to it,
click here
!




Billboard has a poll on the lineups for VH1 Divas Las Vegas. Vote for your favorite singer - Celine!
Click here





Celine's #1 on a Hungarian TV Station, VIVA+. Let's keep here there!
Click here
! (Thanks
Hungarian Celine Site
)







You want to see Celine live??? VH1 is running a contest where you can be there for the taping of VH1 Divas Live 2002 and...:


Airfare to and from Las Vegas

Hotel accomodations
VIP seats at Divas Las Vegas
$1000 spending cash

To ENTER, click here!
For offical rules, click here!





From Rhapsodion...

Celine will perform at the Wango Tango 2002 concert, sponsored by Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. The event will be on Saturday, June 15th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California.
Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 27th.

FOR OLDER NEWS, click here!