She’s done with Vegas, but Celine Dion is about to begin her world tour in South Africa later this week.

The Canadian chanteuse held a press conference on Tuesday, and it’s pure comedy.

Click here to watch Celine talk about exchanging energy and “thumbing.”

HIGHlarious!

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She kills it.

THIS is mayjah!

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CLICK HERE for something fun if you’re a fan of Miz Dion.

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She makes THE BEST faces!!!

And she’s done!

An emotional Celine Dion said goodbye to Las Vegas on Saturday night.

The singer ended the nearly five year run of her A New Day show to many tears and rose petals.

But don’t be too sad. Celine made a shizload of money and she’s going on a world tour in ‘08 in support of her new album.

As for Vegas, the Coloseum built for Celine will now be home to Bette Midler beginning in February.

We’re there!

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Celine Dion has cancelled a concert planned for next year in Halifax, Canada, because she was upset with what the local media and residents were saying about her.

What??? Really?????

The singer’s manager and husband, Rene Angelil explains:

“I’m gonna tell you something and I hope everyone is listening. Don’t try to find any reasons for cancelling the concert. There’s only one reason and you know what it is,” he said.

“I’m not saying that all people in Halifax are negative, but … this is a question of feeling. We’re humans. If you would go to a city and you read day after day … ‘This is not the place for you, you shouldn’t have come, I expected someone else,’ I don’t know how you would feel about going there.”

Angélil singled out an article by Halifax Daily News columnist David Rodenhiser, who called the Dion concert a “letdown” and said he’d rather see a rock band perform.

Many of the comments posted on the newspaper’s website in response to the column were negative toward Dion.

Angélil, who said he monitors worldwide media response to Dion on a daily basis, said he’s astonished at the response from the Halifax media.

“We get negative reactions all the time when they review her records or shows. I mean, this is part of the game. But we never got negative reactions before an event. Wait until she performs and then you can say whatever you want about Celine.”

Sorry, Halifax.

Maybe next time!

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Amazing! AMAZING!

There is no other word to describe this!

Alicia Keys‘ new album, As I Am, has done EVEN BETTER than expected.

The Soundscan numbers are in and Alicia sold an astonishing 742,426 copies in the U.S. since its release last week. That’s massive!

It’s also THREE times as many copies as the #2 disc sold. And coming in second - somewhat of a surprise - is Josh Groban. His Christmas album Noel sold a very healthy 223,306 copies. And it’s already been out a few weeks!

Groban’s appearance on Oprah yesterday will likely ensure him equally big numbers next week and throughout the holiday season.

Celine Dion’s first album of new material, Taking Chances, came in 3rd, selling 214,381 copies.

And, poor Britney Spears, isn’t even in the top 10 anymore. She’s not even in the top 20!

Britney came in at an incredibly disappointing #23, selling 51,520 copies.

CLICK HERE to check out this week’s entire Top 10.

P.S. The Alicia album really is amazing.

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1 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 742,426
2 GROBAN*JOSH NOEL 223,306
3 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 214,381
4 VARIOUS NOW 26 208,043
5 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 203,591
6 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 197,491
7 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 136,368
8 JAY-Z AMERICAN GANGSTER 130,577 424,959
9 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 113,234
10 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 109,601

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The numbers are in!

Both Celine Dion and Alicia Keys released new albums this week. And while they didn’t come into it with any of the Kanye/50 hype, both are expected to sell very well.

Only one will take the #1 spot, though.

No One is expected to sell about 550,000 copies, music biz peeps tell PerezHilton.com.

Meanwhile, Dion’s Taking Chances, her first English-language album in four years, should sell about 250,000.

Congrats to both women.

See, people still buy CDs!

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As if Celine Dion dancing like an idiot weren’t enticing enough….

She also sings Who Let The Dogs Out?!

Classic!

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She’s got a new album to promote!

Celine Dion accepts her Legend award, presented by Prince Albert of Monaco, at the 2007 World Music Awards at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club in Monaco on Sunday.

The Canadian chanteuse’s new record comes out later this month.

The big winner of the night, though, was our dear dear friend Mika

He took home awards for best-selling new artist, best-selling male entertainer, best-selling pop/rock artist and best-selling British artist.

Struck down by laryngitis, he was unable to sing his runaway breakthrough hit Grace Kelly, which makes reference to Prince Albert’s mother, the legendary and dearly departed Hollywood actress who became princess of Monaco upon her marriage in 1956.

Rihanna was named entertainer of the year, as well as best-selling pop female artist.

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Click here to watch the premiere of Celine Dion’s video for her new single, Taking Chances.

Moody. And glam. And of course a little bit cheesy and over-the-top.

We love it!

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