So, She Wasn’t Exactly The Most Serene Dion
Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion wasn’t her usual calm self while recording the love theme for the film “Titanic.”
Director James Cameron didn’t want a pop song, but composer James Horner decided to try anyway, convinced Cameron would change his mind when he heard the results.
In addition to recording in semi-secret, after a long studio layoff, Dion added to her agitation by having two cups of coffee before singing instead of her typical water.
“I couldn’t control my voice,” she tells Entertainment Weekly. “I was shaking and sweating; I could hear my knees.”
But the emotion carried over into her performance of “My Heart Will Go On,” which has become a huge international hit. “I’m glad I felt that way, because look what happened,” Dion said.
Loose talk
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, appearing as the hairy hero of Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast” at a media charity benefit: “I am not human. Look how ugly the press has made me.”
Don’t worry, have a happy birthday
Bobby McFerrin turns 48 today.
There are some questions he simply won’t field
Songbird Mariah Carey, fresh from a Dominican Republic divorce from Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola, is hanging out at spring training with New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter - who’s none too eager to discuss their relationship. “I’m here to answer baseball questions,” Jeter told the New York Daily News.
For now, unfortunately, the hills will be quiet
Julie Andrews won’t be singing for several months following surgery to remove noncancerous nodules in her throat. “I don’t know if she’ll ever be able to do eight performances a week in a Broadway show,” said producer Tony Adams. “But certainly she’ll be able to do an occasional concert performance, and possibly four or five shows a week.”
Turns out they couldn’t stand by their stories
Two tabloids have settled an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit by country crooner Tammy Wynette, who claimed exaggerated coverage of her hospitalization for angioplasty last year hurt her career. The National Enquirer said “only a liver transplant can save her,” while The Star reported she was “rushed to the hospital” for surgery on clogged veins.
You could call it another fall of the legends
Elizabeth Taylor has returned to her Bel-Air home after being hospitalized with a lower back fracture following a fall on her 66th birthday Feb. 27. “She’s fine,” a spokeswoman said. “She’s still in a little pain. She’ll be in bed for a little while.”
The bottom line: Life’s a skit, and then you die
Correction time: In Tuesday’s column, we repeated an erroneous report that former Monty Python comedy troupe member Graham Chapman died of AIDS in 1989. He actually died of throat cancer.
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