New book by Vito Luprano: "It's All Coming Back To Me..." (2026)

[tshlw]

13 hours ago, Davey84 said:

https://www.claudedeschenes.ca/it-s-all-commin-back-to-me?fbclid=IwY2xjawQBPExleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3RGVUbkNUWmxRbFhKT2d2c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmBKWTor_dXQJIhwpbkiqRDIXCdM_oAmc66FywBFLiSBi66kH4mjtEGrzisD_aem_i1l8hwXk6mCkR1lnvITqiA

I came across this interesting review by Claude Deschênes. He seems to be more on Vito's side, also because of his experiences/doubts about René. I don't think we'll every truly know who was responsible for what, or who suggested which song to Céline, etc. Frankly I never heard René taking credits for songs like MHWGO, TPOL or IACBTMN.... And if Vito was the one that suggested them..? Well it was his job, how much credits do you want? I can believe that René also had a cold business side to him. But unfortunately, you can't make it big in this world when you don't have that capacity. I do believe Vito to some extend, but it's always easier to claim things when the other party can't respond anymore. 

Here is the English translation:

I never heard Rene either take credit for these songs. And the whole episode about All By Myself is not a secret it is in her book MSMD.

And agree was not Vito doing his job. That is what paid for. I have read and listened to a few articles about the book and Vito's stories sound like stories we heard from others. So it comes down to who you believe or is it just exaggeration on Vito's part. In one interview tells same story told at Rene's celebration of life about playing golf in hotel room, almost verbatim. 

Was Vito in the hotel room for MHWGO? And weird not once in any story about when she recorded it was it mentioned it was day after Princess Di died.

Also said Rene was always with Celine and he was always there. When we know there were times during 90s where she was out on tour and Rene was in Montreal or other places doing business. So he was not always there.

Also when she recorded with David Foster and David left her while he went to test his new tennis court seemed like Rene not even there. So she was there without Rene.

Also Rene did not fire him Sony did. At that point under no obligation to continue working with him. 

 

[Nmj]

9 hours ago, CelinesDIVO5 said:

I’m sorry lol. Saying that the Celinenununu “almost ruined her reputation” is so dramatic. It’s been said multiple times on this forum, and it’s laughable. It was barely a blip in her career. Only this forum even remembers it. This was not some worldwide scandal that she had to come back from. It was one commercial that barely aired anywhere. People really need to move on. 

It may not have hurt her career, but it definitely didn’t help it either… I like the intent behind the idea, the execution was bad… it’s one thing to say let’s break the norms, but it’s another to make it dark and eerie the way it was presented.

I remember in one the pressers for it when Celine said that Rene wasn’t thrilled when the twins Nelson and Eddy wanted the Minnie house at at Disney instead of Mickey Mouse and she had to basically correct his idea of that and she blamed his generation of thoughts behind his opinion on that, so I do think for better or worse  it probably as a project and partnership that would’ve never happened had Rene still been alive and serving as her manager. 
 

I liked the intent, I didn’t like the execution or the way nor the way it was brought to life. The commercial was weird too. But like you said, it takes nothing away from her career or accomplishments…. It’s simply a footnote her career, even her fragrance line will have a bigger impact on her legacy than this. 

[CelinesDIVO5]

1 hour ago, Nmj said:

It may not have hurt her career, but it definitely didn’t help it either… I like the intent behind the idea, the execution was bad… it’s one thing to say let’s break the norms, but it’s another to make it dark and eerie the way it was presented.

I remember in one the pressers for it when Celine said that Rene wasn’t thrilled when the twins Nelson and Eddy wanted the Minnie house at at Disney instead of Mickey Mouse and she had to basically correct his idea of that and she blamed his generation of thoughts behind his opinion on that, so I do think for better or worse  it probably as a project and partnership that would’ve never happened had Rene still been alive and serving as her manager. 
 

I liked the intent, I didn’t like the execution or the way nor the way it was brought to life. The commercial was weird too. But like you said, it takes nothing away from her career or accomplishments…. It’s simply a footnote her career, even her fragrance line will have a bigger impact on her legacy than this. 

I’ve never heard this bit about Mickey and Minnie.

[tshlw]

1 hour ago, CelinesDIVO5 said:

I’ve never heard this bit about Mickey and Minnie.

In an interview Dan Wooten she talked about it here is video it is about at 13:30 in.
We can't say that Rene would have said not to the doing but maybe would have said no to the creepy a** commercial. We can never know for sure.
 

 

[emiliejolie]

Except Des fleurs sur la neige, everything Celine did aside singing was crap 😁 These commercials for Chrysler, L'oreal, milkshakes, perfume lines, clothes et bags lines and that stupid film .... She had enough money not to have to do these things, that depreciate her image. But once again, it is important to remind that only hardcore fans remember that. For the larger audience, Céline Dion is D'eux album, All by myself &Titanic song and maybe France Olympic games. So she is safe 🥳

Edited February 18, 2026 at 09:09 AM by emiliejolie

[isurrender]

Céline is not the first and won't be the last artist to do commercials. 

There are way worse partnerships than what Celine did and those who did it have been been impacted ( and I have in mind all those Holywood stars). Quite the opposite actually.  

[Dreamy]

8 hours ago, CelinesDIVO5 said:

I’ve never heard this bit about Mickey and Minnie.

Same here. 

I know the story she told about that, (the reaction of René when he arrived and saw everything the children's had chosen. How Céline imitated the René's face, which was funny).
But is the first time that I hear about Mickey and Minnie too. Which is interesting.

 

Edited February 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM by Dreamy

[CelinesDIVO5]

7 hours ago, emiliejolie said:

Except Des fleurs sur la neige, everything Celine did aside singing was crap 😁 These commercials for Chrysler, L'oreal, milkshakes, perfume lines, clothes et bags lines and that stupid film .... She had enough money not to have to do these things, that depreciate her image. But once again, it is important to remind that only hardcore fans remember that. For the larger audience, Céline Dion is D'eux album, All by myself &Titanic song and maybe France Olympic games. So she is safe 🥳

What was wrong with the L’Oreal commercials? 

The Chrysler commercials were a contractual obligation due to them being the main sponsor of “A New Day…” when it opened. That wasn’t a “money grab.”

Her perfume line was very successful with Coty, and she actually seemed passionate about it. 

“Love Again” wasn’t a blockbuster by any means, but I enjoyed it. And we got some really great new music from it. Sadly, the movie was plagued by COVID, forcing Celine to film separately from the main cast. I feel several rewrites occurred and her part was scaled down from what it was originally supposed to be. But I still watch it every now and then. 
 

My point is, none of these things depreciated her image. 

 

[comingback]

She did commercials for Chrysler in Canada/Quebec back in 80s and she even did a Coca Cola commercial in the early 90s. I like the Belong commercial.

 

[mirage]

On 2/17/2026 at 1:39 PM, Davey84 said:

https://www.claudedeschenes.ca/it-s-all-commin-back-to-me?fbclid=IwY2xjawQBPExleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3RGVUbkNUWmxRbFhKT2d2c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmBKWTor_dXQJIhwpbkiqRDIXCdM_oAmc66FywBFLiSBi66kH4mjtEGrzisD_aem_i1l8hwXk6mCkR1lnvITqiA

I came across this interesting review by Claude Deschênes. He seems to be more on Vito's side, also because of his experiences/doubts about René. I don't think we'll every truly know who was responsible for what, or who suggested which song to Céline, etc. Frankly I never heard René taking credits for songs like MHWGO, TPOL or IACBTMN.... And if Vito was the one that suggested them..? Well it was his job, how much credits do you want? I can believe that René also had a cold business side to him. But unfortunately, you can't make it big in this world when you don't have that capacity. I do believe Vito to some extend, but it's always easier to claim things when the other party can't respond anymore. 

Here is the English translation:

Interesting read. Sony Music made a fortune that's for sure! I bet Rene really had another side that we didn't see much. And you can't always make good decisions as a manager, but I believe that Rene at one point really was blinded by the succes and didn't dare to take different directions.

[ewh12]

Doing a random search on Celine and this popped up in my results. With the new forum updates, it’s easier to revisit old threads. 
 

This book has really been a decades long process then hey? 
 

 

[PuraVida]

On 2/18/2026 at 11:31 PM, ewh12 said:

Doing a random search on Celine and this popped up in my results. With the new forum updates, it’s easier to revisit old threads. 
 

This book has really been a decades long process then hey? 
 

 

So often, these kinds of things come down to money. 

[PuraVida]

 

Edited March 12, 2026 at 05:56 AM by PuraVida

[celine2199]

12 minutes ago, PuraVida said:

 

Oh,that princess Diana part is new... but he didn't really say anything interesting...