NEW INTERVIEW - IN ENGLISH!!!

[thevoice]

By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press Writer

 

 

 

LAS VEGAS - Celine Dion has become a working mom.

 

 

She heads to work four to five times a week and explains to her son, Rene-Charles, why mommy has to leave. "I'll sing as fast as I can and I'll call you, OK?" she sometimes tells her 5 year old.

 

Ahead of her 500th show at Caesars Palace on Sunday, the Grammy-winning singer said she wants a break when the show wraps up around the end of 2007, to vacation in the Mediterranean Sea with friends and family, and then move into a new home being built in Florida, where her son will attend school.

 

"I look forward to go with him in the car in the morning and wish him a good day and not worry about my voice and not discipline myself so much," said Dion, 38.

 

In an interview with The Associated Press in her humidity-controlled backstage quarters, the French-Canadian diva talked about her plans for the future, her hopes for another child, but most of all her son.

 

In January, Rene-Charles turned the same age that Dion was when she began her stellar career, singing with her family as her mother played the violin and father the accordion.

 

The fair-haired boy seems to love hard rock rather than the ballads Dion is famous for, his Gamecube video game console and sports. Dion said she will not push him to become a performer.

 

"I certainly don't see him at 5 the way I was at 5 starting something professional," she said. "I so much want him to be a kid."

 

It's evident that the constant performances have strained the singer, who began a three-year, $100 million contract at Caesars in March 2003, then extended it through next year.

 

Last week, she recovered from a viral inflammation of the inner ear called "labyrinthitis" that caused her to miss six shows because of dizziness. She showed up for the interview with a towel and heat around her neck — something to soothe the strain that comes from performing on a stage that slopes toward the audience.

 

Backstage, she is surrounded by pictures, mostly of Rene-Charles, but also of a mosaic of the last photo she took with her father before he died at 80 in 2003.

 

There is a framed sheet with signatures from famous fans — including Oprah, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Beatles's original producer, Sir George Martin — and photos of her husband-manager, Rene Angelil, who mortgaged his home to finance her first album in her early teens. Now, after a brief bout with cancer several years ago, he is often seen playing in high-stakes poker tournaments around the Strip.

 

Dion said she leads a normal life. Rene-Charles stays up until she comes home and the three of them sleep in the same bed. In the morning, it's coffee and toast, and then sometimes playing in the empty lot the family purchased beside their home at Lake Las Vegas, about a half-hour drive from Caesars.

 

Dion said she wants to try to have another child, but will not be disappointed if it doesn't work out. She told a French magazine in October that a frozen embryo was awaiting her at a New York clinic, created in the in vitro process that helped her give birth to her son.

 

"Hopefully after this project, we can try to have another one. And if not, it's what God has decided," she said. "I never thought I was going to have a child. We have one. It's such a blessing."

 

She noted that the pictures in her dressing room may be a little dated. Her son's wavy, light hair — just like his mother's — is now "down to his back" she said, touching the small of her back.

 

"He's a rocker," she said, adding she's never cut his hair even once since he was born.

 

"I asked him if he wanted me to cut it a little bit, he says, 'Uh uh, no.' No he doesn't want to," Dion said. "When he's ready, he'll let me know."

 

 

 

well - nothing new , i guess she is giving alot of interviews for her 500th show...

Edited May 5, 2006 at 07:09 PM by thevoice

[Céline's Blues]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

[thevoice]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

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yeahh after all of those nice people translated the french interviews for us

[Fanny!]

Oh great, thanks!

[VinnyT.]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

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Un moment, siur, un moment... croissant...

[vivikadion]

thanks! the voice

[onlymist]

Thanks for the interview!

Great to read about Rene-Charles wanting to be a rocker!

[AdrianaCarvalho]

thank you

[SarahJB5]

thanks for the article...it was an interesting read, nothing really new, but it was good to see...thanks!

 

~Sarah~

[thevoice]

thanks for the article...it was an interesting read, nothing really new, but it was good to see...thanks!

 

~Sarah~

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yeahh pretty much the same as the scans from "people" and all the other interviews she is doing for her 500th show .

anyway - it's good to know that celine doesnt have any intentions to retire - taking a break yes but coming back as always

[Céline's Blues]

If there is one thing for sure about Céline, gogo, it's the fact that she won't ever retire. I have no idea why ever since she came back in 2002 you are suggesting so vehemently and fearing at the same time that she will quit singing altogether. It's beyond me to be honest. LOL

 

Anyway Céline has yet to deliver an English CD of her career, artistically of course.

[ashleylovesceline]

Great article, thanks! RC's gonna be a rocker!!

[mirage]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

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Un moment, siur, un moment... croissant...

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where are those pics from btw vinnyt??? tyhey look new to me

[CSCfan]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

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Un moment, siur, un moment... croissant...

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where are those pics from btw vinnyt??? tyhey look new to me

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Yeah, first time I've seen them too..

[raluca]

thanks for the interview! very nice to read it love the RC part

[Lawna]

excellent! thanks! Celine is such a great mother, so much love for her son!! Wonderful!!

[Krys]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

[Koolan]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

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Me too how long could the hair grow?

[Krys]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

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Me too how long could the hair grow?

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forever and ever? just kidding. funny why RC doesnt think its weird to have long hair for a boy...and the only explanation ----> he watches too much hard rock videos

[Salla]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

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Me too how long could the hair grow?

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forever and ever? just kidding. funny why RC doesnt think its weird to have long hair for a boy...and the only explanation ----> he watches too much hard rock videos

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And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

[Seruni]

Thank you so much!

[Krys]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

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Me too how long could the hair grow?

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forever and ever? just kidding. funny why RC doesnt think its weird to have long hair for a boy...and the only explanation ----> he watches too much hard rock videos

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And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

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oops i forgot Michel. maybe Michel talked him into leaving his hair long

[Ania4]

And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

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Celine's whole family has long hair history

Including Rene ...

[Salla]

never knew Celine never ever cut RC's hair before. now that's something new.

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Me too how long could the hair grow?

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forever and ever? just kidding. funny why RC doesnt think its weird to have long hair for a boy...and the only explanation ----> he watches too much hard rock videos

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And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

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oops i forgot Michel. maybe Michel talked him into leaving his hair long

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He probably did!

[Salla]

And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

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Celine's whole family has long hair history

Including Rene ...

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Exactly.

[Célinefull]

Can somebody translaze it in French please? I zon't understand a word. :/

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yeahh after all of those nice people translated the french interviews for us

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lol..I didn't realise French people had trouble pronouncing Ds as Zs

[Krys]

And his uncle has long gray ponytail as well!

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Celine's whole family has long hair history

Including Rene ...

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Exactly.

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[Chouchou]

Thanks for the interview

[stevethefan]

I really think at some point she should get RC's hair cut. I mean, won't he start to trip on it it if it grows down the floor?!

[felixwhoals]

Thanks for that news. I thought Rene Charles might become the next Josh Groban in the future. Looks like it's not.