Celine Dion

'American Idol' recap, Ladies night in Hollywood

2013-02-15 06:59:00

Solo night in Hollywood for the ladies. The night started off with a big bang: Angela Miller kicked off the night delivering a powerful, passionate, three-judge-standing-ovation-deserving explosion. She took the seemingly deadly risk of singing an...

'American Idol' recap, Chicago auditions bring out the sob stories

2013-01-18 05:59:00

Not sure what's better -- the auditions or the nutty antics between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey? Regardless of which, this season has proven to be very entertaining so far. Auditions were held in the Windy City -- the same town that gave us Jennifer...

Holiday lights dance to the sound of Christmas music

2012-12-11 03:15:00

If there's a downside to the joy of operating a 55,000-bulb holiday light display that's synchronized to popular Christmas music, it's the time it took to program the 30-minute extravaganza: 12 hours of coding for every minute of show, the equivalent of...

'The Voice' recap, audience power ... finally

2012-11-13 08:20:00

After the disappointing culling last week, we're down to the final 12, and from here on out, only audience votes will help our favorites move through -- no more coaches' saves. I’m running out of things to say about these musicians, so here’s...

Two sons born without hearing get the gift of sound

2012-10-03 15:34:00

Shannon Duick brushed away tears as a technician fixed electrodes onto the head of her infant son, but as a machine sent beeps and clicks into his ears, the baby slept in her arms, unaware. He slept as the machine came up empty, as it showed his brain...

'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Gearing up for the finale

2012-09-12 09:56:00

First off, big thanks to Diane Trap for covering for me last week when I was traveling. Secondly, I HATE THE NEW FORMAT OF THE SHOW THIS YEAR. So last week, we didn't vote, but this week we do, but next week is the actual finale, even though last week...

Kelly DallaTezza, Fulbright fellow

2012-03-21 15:03:20

Kelly Dalla Tezza, a Fulbright scholar who planned a career in the U.S. Foreign Service, died Friday in an automobile accident in Morocco. She was 22 and lived in Parkville. Family members said she had a flat tire while driving on a road near Rabat and...

10 lessons from the Costa Concordia disaster

2012-01-17 12:43:00

From what I've�read so far, the capsizing�of the Costa Concordia appears to have been perfectly preventable.�The captain's foolhardy navigation, as well as his�alleged abandoning of�the ship�(per this Italian Coast Guard�transcript), may indeed prove to...

Mixing it up in Montreal

2011-10-21 16:51:00

On an afternoon in early October, I sat in a pew in an old church and took in Mass. A woman dressed all in white sang a soothing hymn, and then a priest in an intricate, green robe read from a prepared sermon; behind him, an imposing pipe organ...

Travis Wall, Carmen Electra are guest judges on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

2011-07-07 16:22:09

Travis Wall and Carmen Electra are the guest judges this evening. And they actually do a pretty good job.First up is a group dance by the guys choreographed by Justin Giles to “Prague” by Damien Rice. The routine is about......

Lady Gaga and Rob Marshall guest judge on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

2011-07-28 16:22:10

Rob Marshall and Lady Gaga are the guest judges. While the crowd gives a spirited round of applause for famed director Marshall. They go absolutely nuts for Lady Gaga.Sasha and All-Star Pasha Kovalev dance a Jonathan Roberts quickstep to "Puttin’......

'American Idol' recap: Top 13 perform

2011-03-10 16:22:13

Janell reports on last night's American Idol. I thought some of the kids did their own idols proud; others, not so much:Season 10 Top 13 recap, people! We made it to another milestone. The sands of the hourglass keep on......

Celine Dion, 1999

2013-02-22 12:15:00

Singer Celine Dion and her powerful pipes turn 44 today. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

2013-02-11 16:11:00

Celine Dion's heart goes on at Caesars

2012-12-05 00:00:00