December 21, 2010, 12:11 pm A day after numerous news outlets reported on Shania Twain’s engagement, the singer officially announced the news with a note to fans on her website Tuesday morning. “I’m in love!” she wrote. “Frederic Nicolas Thiebaud has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend and over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship.” Details? Well, Shania didn’t really offer a lot. She shed no wedding date, didn’t mention how or when Fred popped the question and didn’t specify where she was when she wrote the note — and knowing what a world traveller she is, that’s a very legitimate question. Shania did, however, offer “seasons greetings to all” and suggested that the pain of her broken marriage forced her break down some of the walls around her. In that process, she rediscovered the value of personal connection and renewed her faith in it. Read More
September 22, 2010, 12:33 pm Shania Twain became a superstar by writing and singing her own songs. Now she’s likely to become an inspiration by writing her life story. Shania has signed a deal with Atria Books, affiliated with Simon and Schuster, to publish her autobiography in the spring. She writes about her difficult upbringing in rural Ontario, the deaths of her mother and stepfather, the obstacles she faced during her rise in country music and, according to a press release, “the recent struggles in her personal life.” That suggests that she will provide an account of her healing process after divorcing from songwriter-producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, with whom she wrote her biggest hits, including “Any Man Of Mine,” “You’re Still The One,” “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” and “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” Read More
July 8, 2010, 12:37 pm Maroon 5 may be one of pop music’s most recognizable bands, but that has not stopped them from injecting a little bit of country into their new album, Hands All Over, due out on September 21. The band cut a track for the album with Lady Antebellum and Maroon 5’s lead singer Adam Levine is [...] Read More
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