New Céline biography "For Keeps", Nov. 2005

[Ronny83]

Tuesday, November 9

Submitted by Binsk from LA

 

Celine will have a new OFFICIAL Biography coming out in 2005 by Jenna Glatzer.

 

Also, there will be a new Celine Biography on A&E in 2005.

Source: http://www.celinedion.com/rendez-vous/english/fannews.html

[Kye]

Awesome news I can't wait, i'm sure both of these will be awesome!!

[JP]

Cool, another official biography!

[Koolan]

That's great news. JennaG is a member of this forum. Jenna, let me know when you have posted more info about the bio here so I can pin the topic to this section. Thanks

[ashleylovesceline]

Tuesday, November 9

Submitted by Binsk from LA

 

Celine will have a new OFFICIAL Biography coming out in 2005 by Jenna Glatzer.

 

Also, there will be a new Celine Biography on A&E in 2005.

Source: http://www.celinedion.com/rendez-vous/english/fannews.html

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WOW!! I had been hoping she would release an up-to-date biography, but didn't know if it would happen. I can't wait!!!!!

[Celine_Dion_Miracle_04]

oh i cant wait yyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo

[Ronny83]

That's great news. JennaG is a member of this forum.     Jenna, let me know when you have posted more info about the bio here so I can pin the topic to this section.  Thanks

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Oh, welcome here JennaG.

[ploup]

Here is the link of her website:Jenna Glatzer webpage

[Linda]

Great news

[ashleylovesceline]

Here is the link of her website:Jenna Glatzer webpage 

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It says on the site that the title of the book will be "Celine Dion: Follow Your Dreams" I cannot wait!!!!!!

[Koolan]

Here is the link of her website:Jenna Glatzer webpage 

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It says on the site that the title of the book will be "Celine Dion: Follow Your Dreams" I cannot wait!!!!!!

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I really like the name of the book, suits Celine so well.

[ashleylovesceline]

Here is the link of her website:Jenna Glatzer webpage 

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It says on the site that the title of the book will be "Celine Dion: Follow Your Dreams" I cannot wait!!!!!!

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I really like the name of the book, suits Celine so well.

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Yes, I thought so too!

[*Miss K*]

yah! I can't wait to read it! Hopefully it will talk a lot about her Vegas experience!

[ploup]

Here is the link of her website:Jenna Glatzer webpage 

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It says on the site that the title of the book will be "Celine Dion: Follow Your Dreams" I cannot wait!!!!!!

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I really like the name of the book, suits Celine so well.

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Yes, I thought so too!

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Yeah me too, hope they'll keep this name

[Ronny83]

Is JennaG still member of this forum? I'm looking forward to reading her posts about this new bio.

[Bellamy]

I think she is in vegas now. don't know when she'll get back.

[DirkPitt]

wow 2 new biographies .... great news ronny, thank you !!!

[ploup]

Here are some pics of Jenna and her family with Céline when they met last week

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/bellamycn/JenCeline1.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/bellamycn/JenPaulCeline4x6.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/bellamycn/JenCelinePaul5x7.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/bellamycn/FamilyCeline1.jpg

 

 

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edit by Bellamy

 

enjoy

Edited November 15, 2004 at 07:31 PM by bellamy

[Bellamy]

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>From Celine's new biographer, Jenna Glatzer

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Ahh, Vegas.  Thank God I don't live there or I'd have gambled away all my

food money.  I loved it there!

 

My first interview was with Rene.  Because of his throat cancer battle, his

voice is almost a stage whisper, sort of like The Godfather.  He was warm

and open and nothing like the power-hungry businessman I imagined he might

be.  We spoke for more than an hour, and he was a great interviewee who kept

me laughing with stories about Celine and their son, Rene-Charles.

 

Then we (my mom, dad, brother, and I) met Celine for a few photos before the

show.  Wow!  She ran into the room apologizing for being late.  "I want to

blame it on my hair," she said, "But the truth is I'm always running late!"

I was just amazed that she was doing it at all... she had literally five

minutes before the show would start, and here she was chatting with my

parents and telling her assistant to take photos so we could all be in them.

 

She was beautiful.  Truly beautiful.  (Wait, I'll show you.  I put up a

photo here: http://www.jennaglatzer.com/about-jenna.htm .)

 

Next, we went to the show, where we sat two seats away from Tyra Banks.

Tyra kept staring at us, wondering why we were getting VIP treatment.  That

was fun.

 

The show itself was splendid, and I got a kick out of my family's reaction.

My brother kept calling out, "I love you, Celine!" and my parents were

wide-eyed and full of excited gasps of, "Have you ever seen anything like

this?"  None of us had.  There are 65 dancers and the world's largest LED

screen adding to the effect of Celine's magnificent voice, and she never

lets up: She's right in there dancing with them, getting a crazy workout and

never missing a note.  Immediately my parents began calling all their

friends to insist that they had to come see the show.

 

I interviewed her afterwards and was advised that I'd probably have to cut

her off because she could just keep talking.  They wanted me to make sure I

was respectful of her time limitations and would not let her chat until dawn

when she had another show to do the next day.  "Yeah, right," I thought,

"Like I'm going to cut off Celine!"  But I started to understand when I

realized that 25 minutes had gone by and she was still answering my first

question.  That woman can talk!

 

Actually, it wasn't even my full first question.  I began with a quotation

of hers from years ago and was planning to ask, "Do you still feel that way

today?"  Instead, before I could, she was already off and running about why

she had said it, how she feels about show business, and how she likes

picnics.  Okay, I'm oversimplifying, but she covered a lot of ground!  They

didn't feel like soundbite answers, the canned answers publicists have

trained stars to say.  It just felt like an engaging and free-flowing

conversation.  I've heard her fans say this before, but I didn't know I

would feel it-- I immediately felt like we were friends.  So much so that

after we were finished and had already hugged and kissed goodbye, I blew her

a kiss on the way out.

 

It was instinctual, and I immediately scolded myself-- "What are you doing?

She's a world-famous singer who you met a few hours ago and you're on a

kiss-blowing basis?"

 

But wait, my social snafus got worse.  The next day, I was interviewing her

brother Michel (who was one of the coolest characters I've met in a long

time) and he made a comment about liking my shoes.  What did I say?

 

"Payless!  I got them seven years ago and have glued the heels on twice, but

they're still great, aren't they?"

 

We Sagittarians are known for our foot-in-the-mouth tendencies.  Anthony

couldn't stop laughing.  He had specifically told me to buy a nice new pair

of shoes before I went to Vegas, but I was too consumed with searching for

Kira.  I wondered if Michel was going to tell Shoe Aficionado Celine that I

was a fashion nightmare now... but if so, he didn't let on.  He just let me

hang out and disrupt his work for more than an hour, answering every

question I threw his way with a smile and a story, and let me leave him with

a CD for Celine to autograph for my brother.  (Now Paul's most prized

possession.)

 

I also spoke with Rene's son Patrick, possibly the best interviewee of the

bunch.  His observations were keen and intriguing, and he seemed genuinely

amazed that I wanted to interview him at all.  I wound up wanting to write a

whole book about him.

 

Before the trip, I had been in close contact with several fan groups to find

out what they wanted to know about Celine.  They loaded me up with questions

and I knew the answers I got were just the ones they hoped to hear.  I love

being the bearer of good news.

 

Along the way, I also got to speak with assistants, bodyguards, and dancers,

and Rene introduced me to a seemingly endless staff of stage crew, chefs,

and musicians.  What struck me the most was just how truly warm and

down-to-earth the whole lot of them were.  Most of the crew has been

together for more than a decade, and you can feel their camaraderie.  I

smirked as I thought about the instructions other celebrity writers have

told me they received-- "Don't look Actress So-and-So in the eye."  "Don't

ask her about this topic."  "You have ten minutes.  A guard will escort you

out after your time is up."  There were no such limits here.  There was

heavy security, mind you, but as long as you were inside, you were treated

like family.

 

Every interview ended with kisses on both cheeks and offers to talk again

anytime.  Celine asked me to come back to Las Vegas to meet with her again,

which is currently up in the air.  I'd like to go back once more in the

coming weeks, but I have to ensure that travel expenses will be covered for

my husband or one of my parents to come with me.  I'm just not ready to fly

and stay on the Vegas strip alone yet.  (And if you were wondering, I loaded

up on Dramamine and ginger root and wore Sea-Bands and got through that

flight while digging only minor gouges in my mom's arm, thankyouverymuch!)

 

And that next book deal: While I was there, I got a call from an agent who

got my number from an editor at Simon & Schuster who I've worked with

before.  She asked if I'd be available to work on a pretty groundbreaking

fertility book due out this fall, in collaboration with two doctors.  It was

a great surprise to hear that the editor had recommended me; I didn't know

she knew I did health writing.  When Celine's book is finished, I'm on to

the fertility book.  I can sleep when I'm dead, right?

 

Thanks to Jenna Glatzer ( http://www.absolutewrite.com ) for sending us the story

[Thomas]

Where did this information come from?

[Bellamy]

Where did this information come from? 

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from Jenna, the new Céline biography author. She went to Vegas to meet Celine.

[VinnyT.]

very nice pics!!!!I wonder if Celine has new hairdo maybe,shorter hair

[Koolan]

Thanks to Jenna for the story looking forward to hearing more

[ashleylovesceline]

Thanks to Jenna for the story  looking forward to hearing more 

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I think this biography is going to be really good! Jenna is interacting with the fans, and I don't think any other biographer for Céline has really done that!

 

I cannot wait to read this book!!

[tativale]

Can't wait to have this book!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thomas]

Did Jenna really send you these stories or did you steal them from that another source where she posts?

[Koolan]

She gave us permission to post it here.

[ThePowerofherDream]

OMG She is soo Lucky! Im glad a fan is writing a book on her. I wonder if it will contain more info on her then MSMD did. I really hope soo. I want an In depth Offical Bio on Celine. I hope this is it.

 

And what she said about Sagittarians is soo true. Take it from me I am one!

[Say What?]

oh my god! celine looks so tall on those pictures. beautiful!

[Clari]

I can't wait to get this book!!! It's probably the most anticipated book of Celine !!! I hope Jenna will come join us in this forum soon.