What A Year! Shania Twain Announces Las Vegas Residency

Shania Twain may haven fallen during the CMT awards, but things are otherwise looking up for the superstar in 2011.

In addition to releasing her memoir and getting her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year, Shania just announced a two-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. 
The Still the One concert series will begin on December 1, 2012 and she will perform 60 shows per year.

Shania told the media: “This is a dream for any recording artist. This is more than an opportunity, it’s an exceptional gift.”

This is amazing news considering recent reports that Shania has been struggling with dysphonia since her divorce, a medical condition which causes the muscles in her throat to squeeze her voice box and basically disabling her from singing.

If you have an American Express card, you can get advances pre-sale tickets starting tonight! 

Shania Twain Gets Her Very Own Hollywood Star

Congratulations goes to one of my fave lady crooners, the lovely Shania Twain for receiving the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today (Thursday June 2, 2011) in front of the W Hotel and Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, CA.  She was joined by her husband, Frederic Thiebaud.

The well-deserved star comes on the heels of her recent release of the best-selling memoir From This Moment On and the premiere of a documentary series Why Not? With Shania Twain on OWN. Oh, and let’s not forget her five Grammys, eight No. 1 hits and an album, the 1997 Come on Over, which became the top-selling album of all time (20 million copies sold) by a female in any genre.

Expressing her gratitude via Twitter, Shania wrote earlier, “Thank you to all my fans and everyone who came out to the ceremony today.”


Photo Credit: Shania Twain, Twitter

Shania Twain Is Physically Losing Her Voice (Photos)

SPOTTED: Shania Twain at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles Thursday May 12, 2011 for a book signing of her From This Moment On.

Twain recently revealed that she is physically losing her voice as the result of the emotional hell she went through after her divorce. All of the feelings which she repressed actually ended up damaging her vocal chords to the point that she is now suffering from a condition called dysphonia (meaning difficulty in speaking).

She recently found out exactly what is wrong with her voice and is undergoing physical and voice therapy which she says “will take a long time…learning how to breathe again…and the singing will come.”
Here is hoping for a full recovery for Twain – that incredible voice of hers needs to be heard again by the millions of fans, including myself, who adore her.

Shania Twain: “Betrayal Is The Most Valuable Lesson Life Can Teach”

Shania Twain chatted it up in the upcoming issue of REDBOOK about her new autobiography, finding her voice again, and then finding love after losing her husband to her best friend.

Here are some excerpts from the interview:
On betrayal by her best friend and husband:
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach. Now that you are wise to the game, you have the tools to choose your friends more carefully and protect your inner circle from these predators. Wear your scars like a badge. Someone hurt you, you lived through it, and now you can talk about it without rage and revenge in your heart.”

On regaining her voice:

“When my marriage broke down, I got so physically constricted that I couldn’t get any volume out at all…I realized I couldn’t live without singing and had to do something about it. This is why I was like, ‘Just get it all out right now. Clean the pipes.’”

On her new husband – the ex-husband of the woman who stole Shania’s husband:
“I got to observe Fred going through the same thing I was, and I admired how he handled it. That is where I fell in love with him, because he was so exemplary in every way…He’s attentive, brighter than God should ever allow any one man to be, funny, romantic, and cute as heck. Most of all, he shows what he feels, and that’s a quality that could come in any shape or size and be admired—it just so happens that Fred has a very gorgeous shape. He’s too good to be true, only he’s real! Good for me, is all I can say, and I’m loving every minute of it.”

To read more of Shania’s interview in REDBOOK, go to http://www.redbookmag.com/shaniatwain

Photo credit: Ruven Afanador

Shania Twain Is Married – See Photos Of The Happy Bride & Groom

Shania Twain and Frederic Thiebaud got married in Puerto Rico today, Saturday, at a private mansion.  After the couple exchanged their vows, the entire wedding sang the song, “All You Need Is Love.”

Click here to see photos of the happy couple taken moments after the ceremony ended.

The country star’s rep told People magazine: “They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends.”

Congrats Shania and Frederic!

Shania Twain Is Engaged

So happy for my girl Shania Twain – She has found love again and is engaged to Frederic Thiebaud.

But the love she found came after a twisted tale. Thiebaud is the ex-husband of Twain’s former best friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud; the same best friend who had stolen Shania’s first husband of 14 years!

Twain and Frederic reached out to each other after the shocking double betrayal by each of their former mates and ended up falling in love.

“I’ve never seen Shania so happy,” a friend of Shania’s tells Us. “She has ended up with the love of her life.”