I guess I sort of have to give it to Madonna. She’s 54 years old and her thighs look better than mine. These are photos of Madge at the Billboard Music Awards. This is how she walked the carpet, this is how she sat in the audience, this is how to received her awards for “Top Touring Artist” and “Top Dance Album” and this is how she posed for the press. Madonna didn’t feel like putting on a skirt, so she didn’t. She didn’t feel like changing her costume, so she didn’t. She wore the same garter belt and fishnet whatever the whole night. And it’s fine. Just give in to it. Madge thinks she’s being controversial. Let her think that.

I do want to say something about her face though – remember when her face looked painful? She had chicken cutlet cheekbone fillers inserted or she had a ribbon lift or something, and her face looked so painful for several years. But it doesn’t anymore. She’s had to let go of her oversized cheekbones, but her face looks softer. I’m sure she’s had so much work done, but it’s better work than she got a few years ago.

I’m also including photos of Celine Dion (she’s 45!) in Atelier Versace. God, doesn’t Celine look amazing? I wouldn’t be surprised if Celine gets some occasional Botox, but I appreciate that she doesn’t look waxy or frozen. This Versace is great on her too – very few women could pull off that color.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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Celine Dion is one classy, hardworking bitch. She was on The Today Show yesterday explaining what happened when she had to cancel five whole weeks of her show in Vegas, due to a virus that affected her vocal cords and singing ability. Celine was really matter-of-fact and cool about her medically-imposed hiatus, and basically said she doesn’t define herself by her voice. She said “I don’t depend on my success and my singing. Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do. But I don’t hold on to that. When you have children, you have accomplished a lot.” She went on to say that her house is full of playrooms and that the floor is sticky, and she sometimes gets Cheerios in her hair. Celine has son René-Charles, 11, and twin sons Eddy and Nelson, two and a half, with her husband of 17 years, Rene Angelil. She went through many heartbreaking miscarriages before she was able to successfully conceive her twins, and I remember well how open she and her husband were about their struggles.

In her Today Show interview, Celine was of course very gracious and well spoken about Kate Winslet’s diss of her classic hit “My Heart Will Go On.” As you might remember, Kate said that the song, the theme for her seminal film Titanic, makes her “feel like throwing up when I hear it,” and that it’s often played in her honor when she walks into restaurants and bars. It was kind of obnoxious, but that’s Kate for you. (Although I thought it was pretty funny.) When Celine was responding to the question about Kate’s diss, she swallowed a little bit and you could tell it bothered her, (that’s at around 3:45 in the video above) but she then went on to talk about how the song made her career.

The way I see it is that ‘My Heart Will Go On’ gave me the opportunity to be associated with a classic that will live forever. If I just count how many times I’ve sung it, maybe it’ll get me sick. If she feels tired just hearing it, and, like, throwing up, I’m glad she was not the one singing it.

[From MSNBC]

Then Celine went on to say that her son likes Eminem and that “who knows” if she’s going to collaborate with him someday. She’s really cool, I enjoyed watching this interview a lot. (Although I still remember how she had the “Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion” Tumblr taken down. That was not cool.)

Winslet should take a page from Celine Dion. It might be annoying to hear the same cloying song over and over again, but tell that story to your friends. Tell the press that you’re grateful that the movie/song helped make you successful. Titanic will probably remain the highest grossing film of Winslet’s career (to quote Wiki) and it’s definitely what she’s known for. It’s not like she’s doing superhero movies now. Have some tact.

These photos of Celine and Kate Winslet together are from 2007:

Story via Dramarama. Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Many celebrities get a kick out of the memes and websites that have built up around them. Keanu Reeves was so gracious, smart and funny when a reporter asked him about him the “Sad Keanu” meme, saying “That’s funny. So they like take paparazzi pictures and re-contextualize them?… It sounds like harmless, good clean fun.” Justin Bieber, although young and prone to mild douchiness and stupidity, is similarly positive about the Lesbians Who Look like Justin Bieber website, and laughed about it and called it “funny.” Even George Clooney thought the hate groups about him on Facebook were funny and poked fun at himself when a reporter showed them to him.

So it’s standard for celebrities to laugh off websites and memes started by fans, even when they’re not entirely positive. Not Celine Dion, though. She just had a Tumblr featuring photos where she was making bad faces shut down. Touchy much?

FURIOUS Celine Dion has allegedly SHUT DOWN a tribute Tumblr site because she didn’t like the unflattering images they featured, according to site.

The Tumblr page, Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion, removed all images and posted a notice Tuesday announcing that her lawyers sent them a notice to close immediately.

Administrators of the website say they are Celine “superfans” and cannot afford a legal battle with the wealthy singer over their fair use claims.

From RPCD:

hey y’all
céline dion found our blog, and she didn’t like it. we just got a letter from céline’s lawyers that the blog has to be shut down.
though this blog is well within the realm of ‘fair use’, i don’t have the money or time to get a lawyer to respond. the dream is over.
thanks for following and being a céline superfan
 i’ll always remember u
i’ll never let go

[From Tabloid Prodigy, RPCD, via The Frisky]

I like Celine so I’ll chalk this up to someone not really “getting” the Internet and not understanding that it’s meant in good fun. Maybe her lawyers are doing it without her knowledge. Still, it must be annoying to see a website dedicated to terrible pictures of yourself. Someone should do this to Liz Hurley, although she’d have to be able to move her face first.

Thanks to Tabloid Prodigy for these gifs of Celine pulling faces. This website was a valuable public service.

Some photos credit: WENN.com.

Celine Dion sang the tribute song, Smile, to the people we lost this year and of course they left out Corey Haim and put in a bunch of screenwriters, agents and industry people most of us have never heard of. (Props for using pictures and footage of people smiling with the nice send off of Kevin McCarthy toasting at the end.) That’s another issue, but Celine looked incredibly banging in this ethereal silver Armani Prive after having twins just four months ago. Giuliana Rancic, who has cited Rachel Zoe as her pregnant thinspiration, was practically drooling over Celine’s post baby figure during E!’s red carpet coverage. Dimwit Kelly Osbourne initially thought that it was Penelope Cruz, not Celine, who had just given birth to twins and Giuliana had to school her about it. Maybe that’s because Penelope still looks juicy and hot post-birth while Celine quickly went back to her pin thin self.

That’s not to say that Celine is anything but sublime in this dress. Celine is working those nursing boobs, and I love that gorgeous jewel nestling in her cleavage. You know that necklace is worth seven figures. This is how you do pale metallic, and while Goopy got a lot of compliments for her dress I thought it was too boxy on her figure. Celine’s somehow makes her look curvy despite how tiny she is.

I also loved Celine’s soft wavy hair, which was a very nice trend last night, and her bronzed makeup with peach cheeks and lips. She looked amazing, she wasn’t orange and, just like Marisa Tomei, she wasn’t waxy or puffy at all. Celine is everything the Oscars weren’t this year – elegant, classic and graceful.

Photo credit: WENN.com

Celine Dion has made her triumphant return to Las Vegas! These photos are from her welcoming party/ceremony at Caesars Palace, where she happily showed off her four-month-old babies, Eddy and Nelson. I love how these photos have the vibe of an official visit by a head of state. It’s like, “Queen Celine returns home to her emirate, Las Vegas.” I also love how orange Rene Angelil is – he looks like a big carrot. The babies are adorable, though. The one that Celine is holding is all “Jimminy Crickets, FLASH!!!”

Celine Dion was seen yesterday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she came to begin rehearsals for her high-profile show set to debut March 15 at The Colosseum, and she did not come alone.

Dion came with her 4-month-old twins Eddy and Nelson in tow, along with her husband and manager Rene Angelil and her 9-year-old son, Rene-Charles. The Daily Mail reports that the twins wore matching blue baby grows and white hats. The twins were cradled in their parents arms as they posed for fans and photographers at the steps of the hotel and casino.

Dion has revealed previously that she was originally supposed to have triplets this month, but lost one of the babies early in the pregnancy. The names of the twins are significant for the singer and her husband. Eddy is named after Eddy Mornay, the producer who worked on Dion’s first five albums.

Mornay was like a father to Dion. A rep of the couple said, “Eddy is a major influence in both Celine and Rene’s lives.”

Meanwhile, Nelson Mandela was the inspiration for their other twin’s name.

“Rene said that in just the few minutes they were able to spend with him, they were impressed by the human being he is,” the rep continued. “Celine and Rene want their children to be inspired by their names, because they were so inspired by these men,” the rep added.

[From PopEater]

So Queen Celine is back in her homeland, being paid buckets of money on a daily basis to sing her heart out. And she comes back home bringing two new princes to the queendom, hallelujah! Seriously, I’m really happy for Celine, and those babies are gorgeous. Oh, and Celine’s nursing boobs look gorge too. All hail!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Unlike other celebrities, Celine Dion doesn’t have a nanny and it even sounds like she doesn’t have a maid or cook. (Although I would doubt that based solely on the size of her home, which includes a water park basically. Photos are below.) She told French Magazine Gala [via People] that she’s doing all the feeding and diaper changing for her two and a half month-old newborn boys, Nelson and Eddy. Celine relies on her sister and mom for help with the cooking and housework.

Ten weeks after delivering twin boys, Céline Dion says she’s ‘coping day by day’ with sons Nelson and Eddy.

In an interview with French magazine GALA, the singer, 42, explains that she’s thankful for the help she receives from her mother Thérèse and sister Linda, as their presence means she doesn’t have to worry about “house work, cooking or doing the shopping.”

“I didn’t have these children to not take care of them, to give myself to them 200 – 300 percent,” she explains.

“I am changing diapers and breastfeeding and that’s something where no one can take my place. It’s tiring but an intense joy.”

“I take things day by day,” Dion adds. “That’s the secret to me. In any case, breastfeeding is more difficult if you are stressed. Sometimes I find myself in comical situations I don’t know how to get myself out of. For example, when both are feeding and one has gas while the other is burping, I don’t know which position to adopt!”

After delivering the boys on Oct. 23, Dion says she experienced loss of appetite and a change in mood, which others noticed. “Some of the first days after I came home, I was a little outside myself,” the singer notes. “I had no appetite and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness, but reassured me that this was entirely normal.”

She also experience mood swings, telling the magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself. It’s for things like that after having a baby that mothers really need emotional support.”

Though she will begin lightly rehearsing later this month for her Las Vegas return in March, Dion isn’t putting too much pressure on herself.

“In reality, I’ve had almost no time getting a shower and feeding myself. My preoccupation has been eating sensibly,” she shares. “My only worry has been to be able to open and close [my tops] quickly for breastfeeding. It’s been out of the question to even wear a blouse!”

[From People]

I felt the same way when my son was born, with mood swings and extreme exhaustion. You don’t have time to eat, take a shower or even go to the bathroom sometimes. I love that Celine is caring for her twins on her own, but I’ll be honest – if I was in her position I would hire some help. You can still be there for you twins, nurse and care for them and get outside help. Maybe she only trusts her family though and wants them around at this special time. It’s probably going to be hard for her to return to Vegas in March, but unlike most working moms she’ll get to have her babies right there with her. It’s so nice to see Celine’s dreams come true after all she’s gone through the past few years.

Header image is Celine’s Christmas card, from Entertainment Tonight via HuffPo. Photos below are from WENN.com from June of last year

Celine Dion has just revealed her twin baby boys Nelson and Eddy to Hello Magazine and People Magazine this week. Celine got the full Hello cover – and only a sidebar for People, who must have worked around the clock on their Elizabeth Edwards cover story. Anyway, Celine’s fraternal boys look like… babies. They’re only like five weeks old – you can barely tell what they’re going to look like at this point. But Celine gave a great interview… and I just love her. I want the best for her. She deserves it.

Céline Dion takes PEOPLE all over her Jupiter Island, Fla., mansion for a collection of intimate photos with 6-week-old fraternal twins Eddy and Nelson in our new issue, on newsstands Friday. Lounging on the porch, in the pool, in the family bed – the twins, born Oct. 23, are getting more than comfy their new home, as Dion and husband René Angélil celebrate their expanded family after six difficult rounds of IVF.

The couple’s older son, René-Charles, 9, also seems thrilled with his new siblings, cradling them in a mound of red pillows in one photo.

In the story, Dion talks about the pregnancy, birth, life with the newborns and her plans for easing into rehearsals for her new Las Vegas show, which kicks off March 15.

“The love and what I feel inside, what we have accomplished – I don’t know how to put it into words,” Dion says. “It’s bigger than life itself.”

“They’re so cute, it’s incredible,” said Celine. “When we look at them we can’t believe it, and to have them here at home – it’s all we could wish for.”

The boys, who were born when Celine was 35 weeks pregnant, were in a neonatal intensive unit for several days, but they have all since returned to their home in Florida.

“They’re feeding every two hours now,” said Celine. “It’s going well. I don’t get a lot of sleep, yes, for sure I’m tired, but that’s what I want.”

Celine, 42, also spoke about the heartbreak of having originally being pregnant with triplets.

“For a week we thought we had triplets, but sadly on the next visit to the doctors we only heard two heartbeats,” she revealed.

“That little baby decided to leave the space for the two others and to say goodbye to us. It happened very early during the pregnancy. But still, it shocks you.”

Before this pregnancy, Celine and Rene had spent years trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son Rene-Charles. Celine endured six rounds of IVF and suffered a miscarriage.

Rene says that the twins arrival was understandably emotional. “We were crying, he said. “Even though we didn’t speak to each other, we were both thinking about the time it took [to conceive them].”

The couple also spoke about the names they have chosen for their sons, Eddy and Nelson. “The idea is to have our sons be inspired by somebody that has the same name,” said Rene, 68, who also has three grown-up children from two previous marriages.

“We met with Nelson Mandela and spent some time with him at his house when we started Celine’s world tour,” he said. “Eddy is an homage to Eddy Marnay,” he said, referring to the French songwriter who wrote Celine’s first five albums, and had also written for Edith Piaf and Nana Mouskouri.

“He was like a father to me,” said Celine. “He passed away six years ago. He was such a gentle man, everybody loved him.”

[From Hello Magazine & People]

At the end of the day, I still find Nelson and Eddy to be extremely dated and unfashionable names, but at least Celine’s kids don’t have everybody’s else’s name, you know? There are worst things than being named after Nelson Mandela, or someone your mom loved like a father. It’s all good – and I’m glad to see Celine looking so healthy too. Bless her.

Hello cover courtesy of HuffPo.

Celine Dion did not take my suggestions! Damn it. People Magazine confirms that Celine and her newborn twin boys are doing fine and they have left the hospital and everything. The boys also have names – Nelson and Eddy. Because Celine gave birth in a 1950s sitcom with a questionable premise. As it turns out, though, the names have some kind of significance to Celine, so God bless:

Meet Eddy and Nelson! It took several days, but Céline Dion and her husband René Angélil have finally named their twin sons.

The name “Eddy” comes from Eddy Marnay, who produced the singer’s first five records.

“He was like a father to her,” says Dion’s rep. “Eddy is a major influence in both Céline and René’s lives.”

Nelson is named after Nelson Mandela, whom Dion met two years ago while kicking off her world tour in South Africa. “René said that in just the few minutes they were able to spend with him, they were impressed by the human being he is,” says the rep.

“Céline and René want their children to be inspired by their names, because they were so inspired by these men,” the rep adds.

Dion, 42, told French magazine Gala that the couple had been “going a little bit crazy trying to decide” on names, citing her mother’s desire for French names and her eldest son, René-Charles, pushing for American monikers.

The singer, 42, gave birth to the fraternal twins on Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. On Wednesday, the newly expanded family headed home with three of Dion’s sisters and her mom to help out.

The twins’ names were first reported by Canada’s TVA.

[From People]

Okay, I guess I can’t joke about someone naming their kid after Nelson Mandela (although I’m tempted!). But the combo of Nelson and Eddy is… dated, correct? But cute, I suppose. At least she didn’t name according to what is trendy right at this very moment.

Celine Dion gave birth to her twin boys yesterday, Saturday October 23. Celine had been admitted to a Florida hospital early last week to undergo monitoring, with fears that the twins would be born premature. Although Celine claimed she hadn’t planned on getting a C-section (the date for the reported C-section would have been Friday), Celine did end up delivering her babies via C-section a day after the tabloids claimed she would. The babies were born premature, and will have to spend several days (at least) in an incubator. But everyone sounds healthy:

Céline Dion is a mom again – times two! The singer, 42, gave birth to fraternal twin boys on Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., at 11:11 a.m. and 11:12 a.m., her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

“Celine, René and their son René-Charles are thrilled,” says her rep.

One of the babies weighed in at 5 lbs., 4 oz., with the other at 5 lbs., 10 oz.

Dion’s doctor, Ronald Ackerman, said at a press conference outside the hospital Friday evening that the delivery, done via C-section, went as expected. He also revealed that the twins were both born with a good amount of hair.

The twins are healthy, says Dion’s rep, but will spend the next few days in an incubator because they were born premature.

“Celine is resting now and they plan to discuss what to name the boys when she wakes up,” the rep adds. “René-Charles has been to the hospital to visit his brothers and is just so excited they are here.”

[From People]

No names yet! Oh well. We know Celine is going to name them something fancy, like Francois Rene Hubert Vivian Charles SparkleFranco or something like that. And we know the babies will be loved! Congratulations to Celine and Rene, and to big brother Rene-Charles!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Celine Dion has been checked into a Florida hospital to prevent the early delivery of her twin boys. The statement released by the hospital makes it sound like this is just a preventive measure to ensure a healthy and successful labor, but I kind of wonder if there’s some other stuff going on. Not anything horrible, mind you, just some indications of early labor, maybe. Or maybe Celine isn’t have quite as healthy a pregnancy as she hoped. Still, it sounds like her doctors are taking good care of her and that everything is under control.

Céline Dion is preparing for the birth of her twin boys by checking into the hospital on the advice of her physicians, the singer’s rep confirms to PEOPLE.

In a statement issued Monday morning, the hospital says, “Ms. Céline Dion has been admitted to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida for observation at the recommendation of her doctors. She has been admitted to prevent the early delivery of her babies, which is the standard of care for any patient with twin pregnancy in this clinical setting.”

The statement makes clear this is a preventive measure, “done to ensure the patient can be in close contact with their doctors and clinical resources, leading up to their birth,” it says.

Last week, Dion’s husband, René Angélil, told PEOPLE that, contrary to reports, his wife had not scheduled a C-section to deliver her twins on Oct. 22 – nor had she made outrageous demands of the hospital.

“There is nothing scheduled,” he said. “We do not have a date” for the babies’ birth.

[From People]

Didn’t something similar happen when Angelina Jolie was pregnant with twins? There were concerns, so she checked into the hospital several weeks early and she got to chill out and wait. Plus, isn’t it quite normal for twins to come a little early? Like, a few weeks early. Whatever.

Anyway, I hope Celine is doing well and I hope everything goes great with the babies. I kind of love Celine, she brings more goodness to the world than most celebrities, and she’s been incredibly honest and forthright about her fertility issues, so I really hope everyone is healthy and happy. Good luck, Celine!

Header: Celine in March, credit: Fame.