– Dion and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman recorded a TV commercial on behalf of the Red Cross's 30 Days Of Giving campaign to help out flood victims -- The Red Cross hopes to raise $300,000 with the advertisements. (September 8, 2003)
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– Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#35)
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– Is among the artists who have contributed tracks to Peace Songs, due April 15 -- Proceeds from the collection will benefit War Child Canada. (April 1, 2003)
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– Dion is having no expense spared for her upcoming Las Vegas shows as her custom-built dressing room is the size of a house ? She?s set to change her outfits in the most luxurious of surroundings in the new $95 million venue built for her show. (March 20, 2003)
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– American police have dropped a rape charge against Celine Dion's husband Rene Angelil by Yun Kyeong Sung Kwon -- police have rules there was a lack of evidence and Kwon has now been charged with trying to extort $13.5 million from the couple. (January 28, 2003)
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– Dion plans to raise $100 million Canadian (almost $65 million U.S.) for Ste-Justine's Hospital, one of the Canada's largest pediatric facilities ? when visiting 16 sick children in the Montreal hospital, in a ward not far from where her niece Karine died about a decade ago, the singer broke down in tears and vowed to support a campaign to help raise the millions for Ste-Justine's, which is in need of research funding, equipment, beds, and an enlarged cancer facility. (December 24, 2002)
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– Dion traded her glittery costumes for a navy blue apron to dish up breakfast to two dozen elementary school students at a McDonald's restaurant to promote World Children's Day, a nationwide effort to raise $40 million for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. (November 22, 2002)
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– Dion?s husband, Rene Angelil sent a notice of claim to a popular Montreal-based radio station, demanding it stop playing a parody of Dion's song I'm Alive, in which the singer is called, among other things, annoying. (September 2002)
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– In 1998 she was honored by two governments in two days: on April 30 her home province awarded her the Ordre national du Qu?bec, and on May 1 she became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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– She is the youngest of 14 brothers and sisters.
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– Renewed wedding vows with husband Rene Angelil at the Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. (5 January 2000)
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– Because of her sharp-looking smile, Celine was known as Vampire Queen in high school.
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– She and her siblings sit on the board of Fondation Achille-Tanguay, an organization/clearinghouse founded by her mother which helps poor Qu?bec families toward self-sufficiency.
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– Appeared at the benefit concert A Tribute To Heroes singing the song God Bless America in dedication the the familes, friends, victims, & heroes of the World Trade Center tragedy. (September 2001)
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– First met her future husband Ren? Ang?lil when she was 12 and he was 38.
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– Is three months younger than her step-son, Patrick Ang?lil.
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– Has her own magazine, Celine Dion Magazine.
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– Endorses a line of eyewear sold in Canada and Europe.
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– Her son's baptism on 25 July 2001 was broadcast live throughout Canada.
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– Awarded the rights to the Internet domain name www.celinedion.com by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization from cybersquatter Jeff Burgar. Burgar had also registered www.juliebrown.com and www.brucespringsteen.com, which were transferred to Brown and Springsteen, respectively, that day. (February 23, 2001)
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– Has over 500 pairs of shoes.
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– Nominated for Best Movie Song at MTV Movie Awards for TITANIC (1998) - for My Heart Will Go On.
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