Celine Dion 1992: 8 Days After Her Breakthrough Oscar Performance | Dini Petty

Описание: ​‪@CelineDion‬ sits down with Dini eight days after her breakthrough performance at the 64th Academy Awards. On March 30, 1992—her 24th birthday—she sang "Beauty and the Beast" with Peabo Bryson for an estimated two billion viewers, sharing the stage with Barbra Streisand, Anthony Hopkins, and Liza Minnelli.

She arrives at the studio still electric with adrenaline, confessing her backstage panic (trying to concentrate while Streisand watched from the audience), her elaborate pre-show superstitions, and the shyness hiding beneath her powerhouse performances. The gentleman in her life she mentions carefully and vaguely is her manager René Angélil. They are secretly engaged at this moment, a relationship they will not reveal publicly until November 1993.

This conversation, unseen since its original April 7, 1992 CTV airing, captures Celine at a singular moment: eight days past the Oscar stage, one year before her first Grammy, five years before "My Heart Will Go On" transforms her into the biggest star on the planet. She's 24, talented, hardworking, superstitious, and standing on the edge of immortality without quite knowing it yet.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Dini welcomes the voice The Wall Street Journal called "once in a generation," fresh from her Oscar triumph eight days earlier
3:15 Backstage at the Academy Awards, trying to focus on her song while Barbra Streisand sits in the audience (and Anthony Hopkins waits in the wings)
6:45 The elaborate pre-show ritual no one sees: touching thumbs with every musician, a dance with her conductor, and a very specific deodorant routine
9:30 Cold hands and nervous energy - why this powerhouse performer considers herself genuinely shy (despite commanding stages in front of billions)
12:15 Her father doesn't speak English, but watches every television appearance since she crossed over, learning the language one interview at a time
15:45 The Quebec separation debate through Celine's eyes - why she believes the problem is politicians, not people, and why there should be no barriers
18:30 Vocal training with Dr. Riley and Dr. Korovin in New York, steam inhalation in hotel showers, and the 10-minute warm-up that protects a $200 million voice
21:15 The Baghdad Cafe song "Calling You" - why she fell in love with the film's haunting ballad and added it to her live show (never recorded, just performed for Prince Charles and Lady Diana)
24:00 The gentleman in her life (a musician, she says carefully) - what Celine reveals and conceals about her secret engagement to manager Rene Angelil.

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