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Trivia
Birth name: Celine Marie Claudette Dion
Date of birth: 30 March 1968
Place of birth: Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Spouse: René Angelil (17 December 1994 - present) 1 child
In 1998 she was honored by two governments
in two days: on April 30 her home province awarded her the Ordre
national du Québec, and on May 1 she became an Officer of the Order of
Canada.
Her husband is her manager.
Youngest of 14 brothers and sisters.
Renewed wedding vows with husband René
Angelil at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. [5 January 2000]
Mother, with René Angelil, of a son, René
Charles Angelil (b. 25 January 2001).
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 which helps poor Québec families toward self-sufficiency.
Appeared at the benefit concert "A
Tribute To Heroes" singing the song "God Bless America"
in dedication to the families, friends, victims, & heroes of the
World Trade Center tragedy. [September 2001]
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 Angélil.
She has her own magazine, Celine Dion
Magazine.
She endorses a line of eyewear sold in
Canada and Europe.
Her son's baptism on 25 July 2001 was
broadcast live throughout Canada.
February 23, 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.
Celine's eighth English-language album
"A New Day Has Come" is released. [26 March 2002]
She has homes in Florida and Montreal,
Canada
She loves to play golf
She has over 500 pairs of shoes
Building a home in Las Vegas, Nevada where
in March of 2003, she will begin giving 200 performances a year for 3
years in a special theater built for her by Caesars Palace; she will be
paid $100 millon 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.
She received a star on the Canadian Walk of
Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 25, 2003).
"Because You Loved Me" was
nominated for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop
Vocal Performance.
Her albums have sold over 150 million copies
worldwide
Has her own brand of perfume called "Celine
Dion: Parfum"
Her lucky charm is a 1968 Canadian nickel
Dion and Madonna share the same
French-Canadian heritage through a common ancestor: Zacharie Cloutier.
She won the Eurovision Song Contest in
Dublin, Ireland, in 1988 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.
Born on the same day as former "Baywatch"
(1989) star Donna D'Errico.
Was in talks to star alongside Julia
Roberts and Richard
Gere in Runaway Bride (1999).
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