Céline being cool again

[scielle]

https://www.eonline....dion-will-go-on

 

Looks like press is ramping up again.

A few more days, and she's off to Paris (presumably). The Summer of Celine is almost upon us!

Edited June 25, 2019 at 03:32 AM by scielle

[maki_Dion-er]

Does this count as being cool again?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQsM1iBbfb/

[Critiaslux]

Does this count as being cool again?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQsM1iBbfb/

 

Haha 😅

 

Indeed ! 🖒

[scielle]

So I popped by Citizen Vintage yesterday.

They're they Montreal vintage boutique behind these shirts -

 

 

In fact, they have an entire Celine collection.

It's all the same theme - some vintage, kitchy Celine pic, surrounded by a flower wreath, with some fun slogan underneath.

In addition to shirts, they also sell mugs and a whole set of greeting cards with these graphics.

You can see some of it here, though there's more at the actual shop: http://www.citizenvi...om/new-products

 

Their Plateau location is just a block north of Schwartz's, and worth the 3-minute walk if you're a Celine fanatic.

Their second location a little further north up St Laurent, in Mile End. But it seems you can buy a lot of the stuff online, too.

 

Cards (scroll down to see all 16)

http://www.citizenvi...rd-pack-english

http://www.citizenvi...-post-card-pack

http://www.citizenvi...-post-card-pack

 

 

Here are a couple

 

I didn't buy one, but the cards look to be really good quality. The shirts pretty basic - just a standard Gildan t-short or sweatshirt with a Celine print on it.

Edited June 30, 2019 at 01:39 PM by scielle

[Bruno Portugal]

Who's the first one to appear on the video?

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzT4XCtH84i/?igshid=123gemax77cqg

 

[scielle]

Who's the first one to appear on the video?

 

https://www.instagra...d=123gemax77cqg

 

 

So this was a horse race / fashion show?

Interesting. Very country club. On that note, maybe Celine can pop by Wimbledon while in London for some strawberries & cream & tennis skirts (because we know how she likes to show off dem legs!). I'm sure her Vegas neighbors / fans / former biz partners Andre & Steffi can get her the best seats in the house!

[scielle]

Lol

 

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"It’s days before her new Netflix special Glitter Room is released on Netflix and Katherine Ryan is really worried…about what Celine Dion will think.

“II’m a little critical of something in her life and I would hate to ever make Celine Dion mad,” the Irish-Canadian comedian admits to EW. “I hope people watching the special — Celine Dion included, because of course Celine Dion watches Netflix specials — understand all of the material comes from a place of reverence, admiration, and love.”[...]

10. “If you don’t love or fully appreciate Celine Dion. I don’t want to be associated with anyone who doesn’t like Celine Dion, but also, that’s a really good flavor of what I’m about. I have my sights set on becoming something of a gay icon like Celine Dion once I’m old enough and accomplished enough. I think that’s what we’re all working towards.”"

[scielle]

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If you don't know Shad, he's a Canadian rapper and Emmy & Peabody-winning broadcaster.

 

Listen to the bit at 39:30min -

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/sunday-on-checkup-what-s-your-favourite-canadian-song-1.5193046

[smw]

So I popped by Citizen Vintage yesterday.

They're they Montreal vintage boutique behind these shirts -

 

 

In fact, they have an entire Celine collection.

It's all the same theme - some vintage, kitchy Celine pic, surrounded by a flower wreath, with some fun slogan underneath.

In addition to shirts, they also sell mugs and a whole set of greeting cards with these graphics.

You can see some of it here, though there's more at the actual shop: http://www.citizenvi...om/new-products

 

Their Plateau location is just a block north of Schwartz's, and worth the 3-minute walk if you're a Celine fanatic.

Their second location a little further north up St Laurent, in Mile End. But it seems you can buy a lot of the stuff online, too.

 

Cards (scroll down to see all 16)

http://www.citizenvi...rd-pack-english

http://www.citizenvi...-post-card-pack

http://www.citizenvi...-post-card-pack

 

 

Here are a couple

 

I didn't buy one, but the cards look to be really good quality. The shirts pretty basic - just a standard Gildan t-short or sweatshirt with a Celine print on it.

 

Love this!!!

[scielle]

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https://ew.com/tv/20...etflix-special/

 

"It’s days before her new Netflix special Glitter Room is released on Netflix and Katherine Ryan is really worried…about what Celine Dion will think.

“II’m a little critical of something in her life and I would hate to ever make Celine Dion mad,” the Irish-Canadian comedian admits to EW. “I hope people watching the special — Celine Dion included, because of course Celine Dion watches Netflix specials — understand all of the material comes from a place of reverence, admiration, and love.”[...]

10. “If you don’t love or fully appreciate Celine Dion. I don’t want to be associated with anyone who doesn’t like Celine Dion, but also, that’s a really good flavor of what I’m about. I have my sights set on becoming something of a gay icon like Celine Dion once I’m old enough and accomplished enough. I think that’s what we’re all working towards.”"

 

Well I guess now we know what she thought Celine would find offensive... https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/02/katherine-ryan-compares-celine-dions-late-husband-r-kelly-26-year-age-gap-10104276/

[gafsa]

 

 

Well I guess now we know what she thought Celine would find offensive... https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/02/katherine-ryan-compares-celine-dions-late-husband-r-kelly-26-year-age-gap-10104276/

 

It is offensive

[québecflower]

Well I guess now we know what she thought Celine would find offensive... https://metro.co.uk/...e-gap-10104276/

it is not even fun , if you want to be offensive, be funny, the least you can do. And it is so old, find something else.

[maki_Dion-er]

 

 

Well I guess now we know what she thought Celine would find offensive... https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/02/katherine-ryan-compares-celine-dions-late-husband-r-kelly-26-year-age-gap-10104276/

 

I figured it'd be something about Rene. I don't think making jokes about the age gap is offensive but comparing Rene to R. Kelly is. That is going too far.

 

In reference to the quotes from Celine in the article, I personally don't find the age gap to be an issue when it came to her and Rene (or any age gap relationship) it's the fact he watched her grow up. I can't imagine a child I've been close to since they were a pre-teen and have watched grow up coming to me and saying they have feelings for me and just accept it or develop feelings for them? I wouldn't care if they are of age when they confess their feelings, I can't understand that. That's the part that is disturbing to me and I have a hard time wrapping my head around. I understand Celine's POV, but Rene I can't. He watched her grow up and the moment she was legal he went for it, idk. If I had been Celine's mom and Cemine told me she had strong feelings for this man I would have tried to get her away from him, find her another manager.

I'm not saying Rene was a bad man, he did a lot of good for her and loved her but it'll always be something I can't agree with. But it's no ones place to agree or disagree with cause what's done is done and once Celine was an adult (although I'd hardly consider someone of 18-20 an "adult", especially one as protected as Celine was) there was no stopping her from making her own decisions, and with her personality more so.

Edited July 2, 2019 at 08:24 PM by maki_Dion-er

[scielle]

I figured it'd be something about Rene. I don't think making jokes about the age gap is offensive but comparing Rene to R. Kelly is. That is going too far.

 

In reference to the quotes from Celine in the article, I personally don't find the age gap to be an issue when it came to her and Rene (or any age gap relationship) it's the fact he watched her grow up. I can't imagine a child I've been close to since they were a pre-teen and have watched grow up coming to me and saying they have feelings for me and just accept it or develop feelings for them? I wouldn't care if they are of age when they confess their feelings, I can't understand that. That's the part that is disturbing to me and I have a hard time wrapping my head around. I understand Celine's POV, but Rene I can't. He watched her grow up and the moment she was legal he went for it, idk. If I had been Celine's mom and Cemine told me she had strong feelings for this man I would have tried to get her away from him, find her another manager.

I'm not saying Rene was a bad man, he did a lot of good for her and loved her but it'll always be something I can't agree with. But it's no ones place to agree or disagree with cause what's done is done and once Celine was an adult (although I'd hardly consider someone of 18-20 an "adult", especially one as protected as Celine was) there was no stopping her from making her own decisions, and with her personality more so.

 

Yeah, he watched her grow up... but not really. Don't forget there was a year or so there, in her late teens / shortly before Incognito era iirc, when they basically didn't see each other at all.

 

Manon had filed for divorce, remarried, moved to California, I believe, and presumably had taken the kids with her, so there was a lot going on in his personal life that he needed to deal with. I don't think he was even in Canada for much of that time - understand he spent a good chunk of a year in Vegas.

And then he came back and Celine was this "grown woman with legs up to here" - I don't remember whose quote that is, but it stuck with me (think it was Francine Chaloult, or someone else close to her).

And it's not like he went into it unconflicted, given what he had been confiding to Eddy Marnay around that time.

 

So no, given some of the above, it all never really made me uncomfortable. Unusual, sure, but understandable under the circumstances.

 

And certainly not from her POV - she was always surrounded by much older family (don't forget her sister was in her 20s and pregnant at the same time Therese was pregnant with Celine), so I think it all felt entirely natural for her.

 

In any case, we'll never know the full story beyond what they chose to share in the various books.

I sometimes wish she'd address it, because it makes me sad people assume the worst about him because they only know the headline numbers - that they met when she was 12 and he 38.

But then I think "Hell, no, why should she address it?! It's nobody's business!"

 

And yeah, the R Kelly comparison is not remotely funny and waaaay over the line.

Edited July 2, 2019 at 09:25 PM by scielle

[scielle]

P.S. I often wonder about those Georges-Hébert Germain books - if they were rewritten now, would she put half the stuff that's in them out there for public consumption? Or would they be presented entirely differently now?

I do think that entire thing was premature (both hers, and Rene's GHG books) - but I guess it was all in the spirit of "striking while the iron is hot".

I wish she had waited, and written / had something ghost-written now, not 20 years ago...

 

I still think the best Celine book was the Denise Bombardier one. Though perhaps not as revelatory as the others, at least it doesn't read like it was put together by her PR team!

Edited July 2, 2019 at 09:59 PM by scielle

[maki_Dion-er]

I'm used to Netflix Canada tweeting about Celine but not Netflix US.

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They're really using her Celine bit to promote this stand-up show.

 

Why not give Celine her own show/movie eh Netflix?

[DionFanAlways]

I'm used to Netflix Canada tweeting about Celine but not Netflix US.

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They're really using her Celine bit to promote this stand-up show.

 

Why not give Celine her own show/movie eh Netflix?

Is this woman well known?

Yeah I noticed that also. I guess because of the Celine content???? I mean is that her main part of the show, Celine? What's going to be sad is that the audience is surely going to laugh at the Rene comments..... they always do. Kathy Griffin would use him also and got laughs.

[scielle]

OMG... thread

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Full thing here: https://twitter.com/...476814912708608

Edited July 3, 2019 at 06:00 PM by scielle

[maki_Dion-er]

Can anyone here confirm? I don't plan on seeing Far from Home but if this is true then that's great. More exposure in popular media

 

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[DionFanAlways]

Can anyone here confirm? I don't plan on seeing Far from Home but if this is true then that's great. More exposure in popular media

 

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She's in the movie?

[jpatdeleon09]

Can anyone here confirm? I don't plan on seeing Far from Home but if this is true then that's great. More exposure in popular media

 

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He thought Céline Dion sang I will always love you lol

 

It’s Whitney Houston not Céline Dion

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6320628/crazycredits?ref_=m_tt_trv_cc

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6320628/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd

Edited July 7, 2019 at 10:37 PM by jpatdeleon09

[maki_Dion-er]

 

 

He thought Céline Dion sang I will always love you lol

 

It’s Whitney Houston not Céline Dion

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6320628/crazycredits?ref_=m_tt_trv_cc

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6320628/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd

 

Okay, thanks. That's too bad.

It's funny how many people I read think that Celine is the singer of this song.

[joaofilho]

I dream one day to play Celine a Marvel or Disney villain, that would be an Up in her career, imagine how many young fans she would win.

It was going to be a lot of fun watching a movie with Celine.

[Critiaslux]

I dream one day to play Celine a Marvel or Disney villain, that would be an Up in her career, imagine how many young fans she would win.

It was going to be a lot of fun watching a movie with Celine.

 

Or a Bond villain, with a scene with her singing the movie theme song 😍😍

 

That would be epic 😀

[scielle]

New from Lainey, re Paris and London - https://www.laineygossip.com/celine-dions-performance-in-london-only-s***-that-matters/56041

 

"And they say she sings music for old people?! These are not old faces. This is the youth mobilising for a legend who is now more popular than she’s ever been before – and it’s not like she hasn’t been doing this for 30 years. But even those who weren’t alive when she released her first songs know all the words. Celine has retained her audience and she continues to attract new fans who are going back to discover the music. This is the goal for all entertainers: relevance. Celine Dion is RELEVANT. What’s fascinating is that her relevance combines current culture, like a certain of-the-momentness and trendiness, while maintaining constancy. There were people, especially here in Canada, who used to laugh at Celine, because she was never “cool”. But who is cooler now than Celine?"

[Bruno Portugal]

Something I don't understand is the very low number of Celine followers on Instagram.

 

Only recently has reached 3.5 million, which for her status is a small number of people, especially when we see so many young people at her concerts and the world again speaks of Celine Dion.

 

Her team should invest more in this, publishing more photos and videos.

 

There is so much amazing material to share but it seems they opt for the most obvious and less spectacular, with exceptions like the photos of the beautiful green and yellow dresses in Hyde Park or the pool in Malaysia.

 

[felicia]

Something I don't understand is the very low number of Celine followers on Instagram.

 

Only recently has reached 3.5 million, which for her status is a small number of people, especially when we see so many young people at her concerts and the world again speaks of Celine Dion.

 

Her team should invest more in this, publishing more photos and videos.

 

There is so much amazing material to share but it seems they opt for the most obvious and less spectacular, with exceptions like the photos of the beautiful green and yellow dresses in Hyde Park or the pool in Malaysia.

 

Celine is growing really hard on IG and with Met Gala she got like 20k New followers in two days and with fashion week she also grows hard and even on normal days she grows like around 2k followers a day!! On FB she only losing likes and Twitter goes really slow.. so i don’t think it goes so bad....

[jpatdeleon09]

I think many more people will follow her if she's the one using it, posting it. It would be better. She should start learning how to tweet, and post on her own.

[scielle]

Something I don't understand is the very low number of Celine followers on Instagram.

 

Only recently has reached 3.5 million, which for her status is a small number of people, especially when we see so many young people at her concerts and the world again speaks of Celine Dion.

 

Her team should invest more in this, publishing more photos and videos.

 

There is so much amazing material to share but it seems they opt for the most obvious and less spectacular, with exceptions like the photos of the beautiful green and yellow dresses in Hyde Park or the pool in Malaysia.

 

She (well, they), are certainly getting better, but many of her posts are painfully cheesy PR. The lack of authenticity, lack of engagement with others on social media, and wooden PR videos (like those posted after the end of Vegas), aren't really helping. That's not the sort of thing that resonates on social media.

 

In contrast, Mariah knows how to play the game -

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Every now and then, they deliver something great. But generally, it's just impersonal marketing that feels more forced than it feels genuine.

I get it if Celine doesn't want to engage or opt into this - it's a commitment and it takes a willingness to share a lot of your life (and while Celine claims to be an open book, I think she actually keeps her cards very close to her chest in most regards - understandably).

But if they stay on this status quo PR path, she's never going to reach truly significant follower numbers.

[Peppercorn1991]

Remember the days where celine said she had no interest for social media?? We thought she never would!

 

Kev x