Celine Dion is getting on her architect for not knowing much about geometry. The singer hired Florida architect Randall Stofft in 2005 to build her a $3 million Jupiter Island home complete with an octagonal living room. Stofft saw it differently and Celine said he refused to build the house she wanted. According to the Palm Beach Post, the house is still unfinished up to now which is why Celine has filed suit asking for a quarter million in damages. It’s one of those cases where the customer is always right. Heck, he’s going to be paid regardless if Celine’s vision was a mess. It was her idea that she’s paying for anyway. He should have just followed orders if you ask me.
Celine Dion performed on stage at the Acer Arena this past Saturday in Sydney, Australia. The Canadian Grammy Award-winning singer opened up the show by singing ‘I Drove All Night’ and followed it up with her classic ‘The Power of Love’. I’ll give you three guesses as to what her final song was and the last two guesses don’t count. Is anyone even going to wonder why she would sing the ‘Titanic’ anthem ‘My Heart Will Go On’? No one can deny that the piece is classic and timeless – even if it can get a bit sickening if played over and over.
Britney Spears’ record label backed out of a diva battle on the charts by actually releasing her album early. But neither Celine Dion nor Alicia Keys are scared to get a little competition in.Both divas released new albums this week, and while there was no Kanye West and 50 Cent hype that went on around them, both are projected to sell very well. However, only one singer can take the top spot and it seems to be Alicia.
The R&B singer’s latest album is expected to move 550,000 copies while Celine’s ‘Taking Chances’, the Canadians’ first English-language album in 4 years, is expected to sell around 250,000. Congratulations to both for their respective success.
For the 19th time, the world’s bestselling recording artists were honored at the World Music Awards. The festivities took place in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Music fans in the US will have the opportunity to view the awards ceremony on MyNetworkTV November 22, 2007.
Mika was the big winner of the night taking home a total of 4 awards. He was cited as Best Selling British Artist, Best Selling New Artist, Best Selling Male Entertainer, and World’s Best Selling Pop Rock Male Artist. Akon took home 3 awards and Avril Lavigne received 2. Perhaps the single biggest award of the night was the announcement of Celine Dion as recipient of the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Celine Dion has released a new video. It’s for the first single off of her new album called ‘Taking Chances’. Incidentally enough, the single and the album have the same name.
The video features the French Canadian singer with a spy helmet. The video is definitely on the hi-tech side. Celine’s new album is scheduled for release on November 13.
Celine is still not done with her entertainment extravaganza of four years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas but her last show has already been scheduled for December 15. I wonder if she’s going to tour in support of her new album or would just integrate some new songs in her Las Vegas show.