Name: Céline Dion
Date of Birth: 1998: Honored by two governments in two days: on April 30 her home province of Qu?bec awarded her the Ordre National du Qu?bec, and on 1 May, she became an Officer of the Order of Canada. Her husband is her manager. Born to Adh?mar Dion and his wife Th?r?se Tanguay, she is the youngest of 14 children. Renewed wedding vows with husband René Angelil at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV. (5 January 2000). 25 January 2001: Son Ren?-Charles Angelil born. Father is husband René Angelil. ... Because of her "sharp-looking" smile, Celine was known as "Vampire Queen" in high school. She and her siblings sit on the board of Fondation Achille-Tanguay, an organization/clearinghouse founded by her mother in 1998 which helps poor Qu?bec families toward self-sufficiency. Name has been changed to "Fondation maman Dion" in 2006. She first met her future husband René Angelil when she was 12 and he was 38. She is three months younger than her step-son, Patrick Ang?lil. She has her own magazine, Celine Dion Magazine. She endorses a line of eyewear sold in Canada and Europe. 23 February 2001: Awarded the rights to the Internet domain name www.celinedion.com by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization from "cybersquatter" Jeff Burgar. Burgar had also registered www.juliebrown.com and www.brucespringsteen.com, which were transferred to Julie Brown and Bruce Springsteen, respectively, that day. She has homes in Las Vegas and in Laval & Terrebonne, (located in the Province of Quebec), Canada. She loves to play golf. She has over 500 pairs of shoes. Building a home in Las Vegas, NV, where in March of 2003, she will begin giving 200 performances a year for three years in a special theater built for her by Caesars Palace; she will be paid $100 million for this deal. Her husband René Angelil is of Syrian descent, just as her paternal grandmother was. Husband mortgaged his house to fund Celine's first album when she was an unknown 12-year-old. 25 June 2003: She received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. Has won five Grammy Awards since 1992 including "Album of The Year" in 1996 for "Falling Into You" and "Record Of The Year" for "My Heart Will Go On". 2006: Estimated to have sold 220 million albums during her career to date. Has her own brand of perfume called "Celine Dion: Parfum". Her lucky charm is a 1968 Canadian nickel because she found one in Japan before she went on stage to sing at the Yamaha song contest, which she won. She and Madonna share the same French-Canadian heritage through a common ancestor, Zacharie Cloutier. 1988: She won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, for Switzerland, with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" ("Don't Leave Without Me"). The TV broadcast of the contest was watched by 600 million viewers throughout Europe and the Middle East. Was in talks to star alongside Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Runaway Bride (1999). Her niece Karine died of Cystic Fibrosis in her arms. She owns the golf club Le Mirage in Terrebonne near Montreal. She sings frequently in English and in French, but she has also sang in Spanish, German and Japanese. November 30th 2003: She performed the same night her father died and dedicated the show to him. Has a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for selling the most French-language album of all time for "D'eux" ("The French Album"), with over 6.4 million copies sold. The album also went to #1 in England. Many consider her 1987 "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) appearance, when Jay Leno filled in for Johnny Carson and her black-and-white video remix of Michael Jackson's "Bad" her best early English-speaking performances. Although considering herself not a political person, she tearfully criticized U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the Iraq War and his slow response in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina when she appeared on "Larry King Live" (1985). Has promoted the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation since 1982, whose National Celebrity Patron she became in 1993. In tradition with memorial-based videos as Natalie Cole with her father and Aaliyah with Marvin Gaye, released on Elvis Presley's 72nd birthday a digital duet of herself with him from one of his 1970s TV performances. Her favorite songs are "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "The Show Must Go On" by Queen, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John, "Me And Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin, "Why?" by Annie Lennox, "It Was A Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra, "Home" by Michael Bublé, "Purple Rain" by Prince, "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder and "Riders On The Storm" by The Doors. (Source: BBC Radio 2 "Tracks of My Years"). Celine played her last show at the Caesar's Palace on December 15, 2007, she received 11 standing ovations. The first was before she even finished her first song. In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings at $45 million for the year. Her sister Linda lives with her, her husband René Angelil and son Ren?-Charles. (2007). Recorded a duet with Barbra Streisand titled "Tell Him". At age 16, C?line sang "Une colombe" (a well known French song) for Pope John Paul II at the Montreal Olympic Stadium in front of 65,000 people. Her mother, Th?r?se Tanguay Dion (better known as "maman Dion" in Qu?bec), is famous for her culinary talents. Started a restaurant chain in Qu?bec called "Nickels" (1990), later on introduced in Ontario. Her son Rene-Charles was born January 25, 2001 at 1 am. Spectacular vocal range spanning five octaves. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. On 18th August, she announced that she is pregnant with her second child using a frozen embryo that she and her husband Ren? Ang?lil kept for this purpose in a New York fertility Clinic nine years ago. The baby is a 'technical' twin of Ren?-Charles their first child together. The baby is due to be born in May 2010. Sister of: Denise, Cl?ment, Claudette, Liette, Michel, Louise, Jacques, Daniel, Ghislaine, Linda, Manon, Paul and Pauline. Read more Céline Dion movies (actor)User Comments |
