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Shania Twain is continuing her TV appearance schedule for May. Tomorrow (May 4), Shania is scheduled to be on the "Today" show. According to the Official Shania Twain Site, Shania will be on "Today" during the 8 am and 10 am (Eastern) hours. Shania Twain details family abuse and painful divorce in new memoirby Adam MarkovitzShania Twain’s personal struggles are already country music legend: Her poverty-stricken family, her struggle to support her younger relatives after the death of her parents, her recent divorce from Mutt Lange. But the 45-year-old singer’s new autobiography, From This Moment On (on sale today), is packed with intimate details that may surprise even her most dedicated fans. Here are a few of the most shocking: -- Twain says her family was physically and emotionally abused for years by Jerry Twain, her mother’s husband. (Twain is estranged from her biological father.) In one chilling passage, Twain recalls watching Jerry plunge her mother’s head into the toilet repeatedly after knocking her out cold. Years later, 11-year-old Shania (then called Eilleen) would summon the courage to fight back against her father. “I ran up behind my dad with a chair in both hands and smashed it across his back… Before I could get away, he punched me in the jaw. Adrenaline pumping, I punched him back!” -- Twain also says she was sexually abused by Jerry, who muttered obscene slurs at her while she was in bed and once fondled her when she was a teenager. She eventually convinced her mother to run away with the family to a shelter in Toronto. -- Living in poverty in rural Canada often forced the family to make do with little. Twain recalls days on end when the family had nothing to eat but “goulash”: dry bread with boiled milk and brown sugar. She also mentions wearing bread bags on her feet when her family couldn’t afford proper boots for keeping warm in the winter. -- Twain says she was devastated when her husband, Mutt Lange, left her for Marie-Anne Thiébaud in 2008. “I’ll be honest: when your husband leaves you, and falls into the arms of your close friend, your self-esteem can really suffer.” -- Twain begged Marie-Anne Thiébaud to leave Lange in an email: “I don’t want life or love anymore… Why are you torturing me? Let it go. Pleeeeeaaaaaaasssseee!!!!!” -- During the split, Twain cried constantly and took five baths a day. At one point, she helped herself recover from the pain of the split by allowing herself to call Marie-Anne Thiébaud an female anatomical epithet . “It was kind of cathartic. (Harsh, I know, but after all, it is only a word.) My emotions were so balled up inside me that it felt good to release.” -- Now 45 and remarried to Marie-Anne’s ex-husband, Frédéric Thiébaud, Twain deals with constant anxiety about her appearance and the effects of age. “I’m pretty insecure about my changing body… I’m letting ‘the girls’ hang loose under my sweat clothes around the house and when someone comes to the door, I cross my arms under them for support.” Source: EW.com Shania Twain: My Divorce Was the Wake-Up Call I NeededBy Hilary Shenfeld Tuesday May 03, 2011 01:00 PM EDT Shania Twain Barry Talesnick/Globe Shania Twain says the breakup of her marriage in 2008 left her devastated – then, finally, empowered. "I didn't want to live," she tells Oprah Winfrey of being told that then-husband Robert "Mutt" Lange was having an affair with her assistant and close friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud, in an interview airing Tuesday. Now, the singer says the dissolution of that 14-year marriage was "a very positive thing." Adds Twain: "I needed the wake-up." RELATED: Shania Twain Is Not Struggling with InfertilityThough she doesn't know the details of the alleged affair to this day – the couple has never admitted infidelity – the country superstar, 45, tells Winfrey she tried to get answers and even wanted her husband back. At one point, she recalls writing to Marie-Anne and asking, "Why are you torturing me? Let it go, please," she said. "Find love somewhere else from someone else." "I know it was pathetic," Twain says of the letter. "But we all have pathetic moments. No one is above this type of low." Finding Her Voice AgainWhile trying to heal from the divorce, Twain turned to the one person who truly could understand what she was going through: Marie-Anne's estranged husband, Frédéric. The two eventually fell in love, and married in January in Puerto Rico. Happily married, Twain is now making an effort to reclaim her voice after a five year absence from the stage. She recently went to a doctor in Nashville to check her vocal cords and discovered that she suffers from a condition called dysphonia, which she describes as the muscles in her throat squeezing her voice box. She attributes the condition to years of fear – from witnessing domestic violence as a child, her parents' deaths, the uncertainty that followed and battling longtime stage-fright. Still, Twain, who is releasing a new memoir, From This Moment On, and has a new show on Winfrey's network, OWN, debuting Sunday, says she plans to embrace music. "I've trapped my own voice, and now I've got to unwipe all that," Twain says. "I really can't imagine not singing again." FIRST LOOK: Shania Twain's Wedding PhotoSource: People.com
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2011 22:48:28 GMT -5
Shania Twain Opens Up to OprahPosted May 3rd 2011 3:30PM by Beville Darden"I didn't want to kill myself but I didn't want to live," a somber Shania Twain said in an interview that aired today (May 3) on ' The Oprah Winfrey Show.' "Our lives were intertwined in every respect and I really was completely shocked." The country music superstar was, of course, talking about her mindset in the aftermath of finding out her husband of 14 years, Robert "Mutt" Lange, was having an inappropriate relationship with one of her closest friends, Marie-Anne Thiébaud, who was also a secretary at the couple's Switzerland chateau. (Both Mutt and Marie-Anne continue to deny the claims.) Shania revealed to Oprah that she took what she calls a "pathetic" measure to repair her marriage, writing a letter to Marie-Anne and asking, "Why are you torturing me? Let it go, please. Find love somewhere else from someone else." When the letter went unanswered, Shania wouldn't give up. "By not understanding and not knowing the details your imagination is left to run wild," she explains. "I never got the details. I phoned Marie-Anne and did everything I could to get the details out of her and she changed her number and that was it." But in a twist of fate that plays out like a movie, Shania found love with the other jilted party in the affair -- Marie-Anne's ex-husband, Frédéric Thiébaud. It was he, the handsome Swiss Nestle executive, who helped the singer get back on her feet and see the split as "a very positive thing." "Frédéric Nicolas Thiébaud has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend," Shania writes in a letter to fans on her website, "and over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship." Shania and Frédéric were married in a beach-side, sunset ceremony in Rincon, Puerto Rico on New Year's Day 2011. Now that her personal life is back on track, fans are chomping at the bit for new Shania Twain music. The Canadian songbird retreated from the spotlight long before her personal turmoil began, moving to Europe to raise her son, Eja, and concentrate on being a wife and mom. She hasn't released new music since 2002's 'Up!' and hasn't performed publicly in five years. "I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back up on that stage," she admitted back in March at the Juno Awards. "I'm preparing for it. I'm already in the studio working. You're going to hear new music soon ... When that will become an album? It's all happening as we speak." That album has also been a long time coming due to a medical condition Shania recently discovered, dysphonia, which she explains causes the muscles in her throat to squeeze her voice box. She blames the condition on traumatic events in her life, including the death of her parents in a car accident when she was a teenager and witnessing domestic violence as a child. But this is a hurdle Shania fully plans to jump. "I've trapped my own voice, and now I've got to unwipe all that," she insists. "I really can't imagine not singing again." In the meantime, Shania is keeping busy with a whirlwind media tour supporting her new book, ' From This Moment On,' and new show, 'Why Not? With Shania Twain,' to air on Oprah's OWN Network. "I actually created the concept myself," she says of the TV series. "It's not a reality show, it's a documentary type thing about an isolated experience in my life documented in real time. I actually went to Oprah, to be honest, and asked, 'What do you think of this idea that I have?' She loved it and that was the end." 'Why Not' premieres May 8 at 11:00 PM ET on OWN. The Boot
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Post by reidster on May 5, 2011 8:09:21 GMT -5
"From This Moment On", Shania's Autobiography is: #1 on Bestsellers list on Amazon Canada #14 on Bestsellers list on Amazon USA #1 Books>Entertainement>Music (Amazon USA) #2 Books> Biographies> Women (Amazon USA) #2 Books>Biographies> Regional Canada (Amazon USA) Clip of Shania's Appearance on Today:
Also, Shania will be appearing on CANADA AM on Monday May 9th, 2011, presumably in the 8:30 half hour.
EDIT: Also, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits Compilation CD is at: #43 on iTunes Album Chart (USA) #17 on iTunes Album Chart (Canada) #1 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Canada) #4 on iTunes Country Album Chart (USA) #7 on iTunes Country Album Chart (UK) #3 on iTunes Country Album Chart (France) #8 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Germany) #2 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Austria) #5 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Belgium) #7 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Denmark) #5 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Finland) #1 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Greece) #7 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Ireland) #3 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Italy) #6 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Japan) #5 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Switzerland) #2 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Spain) #1 on iTunes Country Album Chart (Portugal) #8 on iTunes Country Album Chart (New Zeland) etc
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Post by reidster on May 6, 2011 9:49:22 GMT -5
Shania Twain will also be appearing on The Marilyn Denis Show on Monday, May 9th 2011. The show airs at 10am ET on CTV in Canada.
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Post by Eqbk on May 6, 2011 10:14:23 GMT -5
After reading those articles posted and watching that video from the Today show, my respect and admiration for Shania just skyrocketed. I not only love her as an artist but as a person as well. I'm glad she's been turning things around and I can't wait for new music.
I seriously can't believe those two backstabbers had the nerve to want her to just get over it and were annoyed at her grieving. Seriously!?
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Post by LoveKiller on May 6, 2011 20:17:05 GMT -5
Believe it or not I just discovered the blue disc of Up! It's incredible and I love the Indian and Caribbean influences I've never heard the blue disc. Where'd you hear/find it? It was only released outside of the US. If you have iTunes and you change your country to Germany for example you can hear it. Here's a sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CxWOClbpcg
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Post by someguy on May 6, 2011 20:18:32 GMT -5
After reading those articles posted and watching that video from the Today show, my respect and admiration for Shania just skyrocketed. I not only love her as an artist but as a person as well. I'm glad she's been turning things around and I can't wait for new music. I seriously can't believe those two backstabbers had the nerve to want her to just get over it and were annoyed at her grieving. Seriously!? I agree with this completely. I've always been a big fan of Shania's music, but my respect for her as a person has skyrocketed with the way she has handled herself throughout this ordeal. I'm not that far into her book yet, but it's a really interesting read so far. I'm still not convinced that we'll ever get a new album, but that's ok. She's definitely created a legacy for herself with a rather small body of work (much like Carole King did).
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Post by freeman on May 6, 2011 20:38:34 GMT -5
That Today Interview was awesome! Shania is such a breath of fresh air! She is an incredible women. I hope she can be happy with her new husband and life and I hope to hear her sing again very soon!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2011 0:02:40 GMT -5
[/url][/center][/b] Shania Twain is on the cover of the June 2011 issue of "Redbook" magazine. The following are Photos & Interview excerpts from Shania's June 2011 "Redbook" issue. How Shania Got Her Groove BackThree years ago, Shania Twain's marriage and one of her best friendships ended in a single scandalous blow when she learned that her husband of 14 years, music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, was having an affair with her close friend Marie-Anne Thiébaud. Now Shania's got a new book (her autobiography, From This Moment On), a new TV show ( Why Not? With Shania Twain for the OWN network), and a new love in her life (she's married to her friend's ex-husband, businessman Frédéric Thiébaud). No wonder she's glowing! On betrayal"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 being a private person, and whether or not she will let her 9-year-old son, Eja, read her memoir"I wanted to be honest. But now I feel like there needs to be a warning sign on the book that nobody under 16 should read it. My life is just loaded with extremes, and I think what I'll do with Eja is slowly, over time, start explaining my life to him and preparing him. I'll just judge it as the time comes. I've led such a private life that even he doesn't know what I'm about — my own child. The first time he ever saw me cry was when I found out about the affair. I'm not a crier, but I thought, Gee, that's not right. That was a wake-up call." On how she knew Fred was right for her"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." Pictured: Shania and Fred at the Juno awards in March. Get more...The country superstar revealed how she climbed out of the wreckage of her breakup, faced her paralyzing fear of singing to regain her billion-dollar voice, and learned to love again. PLUS: She gave us all the juicy details on what makes her new hubby so hot. Read the exclusive interview with Shania Twain in the June issue of REDBOOK ( on sale May 17th!) Source: Redbookmag.com
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Post by reidster on May 7, 2011 9:57:41 GMT -5
Shania will also be appearing on George Stroumboulopoulos in Canada on Monday May 9th, 2011. The show airs on CBC at 11:05 PM et.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2011 21:06:36 GMT -5
Those photos from Redbook look amazing. She's drop dead gorgeous.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 1:41:36 GMT -5
I'll be watching her show tomorrow night. I really hope the show gives us some insight as to whether she is serious about making a new album and making a comeback.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 10:45:35 GMT -5
Seems like she is serious about recording new music. tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-new-music-redbook-cover/Singer Shania Twain is making her comeback with her new series ‘Why Not? With Shania Twain,’ which premieres Sunday night,’ and now she’s telling her story in Redbook, too. After sidestepping music for a while, the singer is writing again and learning to enjoy doing what she does best: singing.
Twain, who had a rough couple of years after splitting with her husband, rock producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, opens up in this revealing cover feature about the songs on her next album, what she hopes to convey to her contingent of female fans and where she is today, which is a much better place than she was a few years ago as her marriage crumbled from the ultimate of betrayals. What’s refreshing about Twain, especially in this interview, is that she isn’t afraid to admit her insecurities, which makes her that much more “real” to the fans who adore her.
“I am stronger,” Twain proclaims. “I’m more mature, but I’m more carefree. I feel like I’m in a transitional period. I’m really trying to get comfortable in my own skin because it’s not easy to do when you’re in the spotlight all the time. I don’t want someone photographing my cellulite — I can’t take it! See, this is where the push and pull comes in. It’s a very strange paradox: I don’t really want to share all my dirt with people, yet I want to be real. I want to be successful, but I don’t really have what it takes to do it comfortably.”
Shania Twain Covers Redbook, Wants Her New Music to ‘Affect People in a Positive Way’
Twain says that the songs on her new album are more introspective, admitting, “They’re about the insecurity that the spotlight highlighted for me. I found it so hard to take the criticism — not the professional criticism, but the personal criticism. I don’t want people to care about my horrors. It frustrates me and makes me focus on the wrong things. I want to focus on my songs. So I struggle with that, and I’m just getting to the point now where I can honestly say, ‘I either get comfortable in my own skin, or I quit this industry.’”
Overall, though, Twain remains committed to a goal, and that’s being positive, especially in her songs. “I want to continue to write and record things that affect people in a positive way, and keep trying to make songs that are meaningful,” the singer says. “What I write and sing is a very big part of who I really am. I just want to write music that matters.”
Twain is also concerned about her fellow females; this is, after all, a woman who achieved her biggest success on the back of a single called ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman,’ said she hopes to translate a simple message to her female fans, saying, “I think for women’s mental health, honesty is crucial. We’re way too superficial. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves. I want to feel OK with being me.”
As for her future? Twain has interesting visions of what lies ahead, saying, “I was always very solitary growing up, and that made me creative. Then, all of a sudden, I became successful with music, which became an extremely extroverted thing. Now I’m somewhere in the middle, trying to balance my wish for solitude with the exposure fame brings. If you talk about the far future, I’ll probably be in the Canadian wilderness somewhere, living among the moose and bear [laughs].”
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 17:47:24 GMT -5
Seems like she is serious about recording new music. tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-new-music-redbook-cover/Singer Shania Twain is making her comeback with her new series ‘Why Not? With Shania Twain,’ which premieres Sunday night,’ and now she’s telling her story in Redbook, too. After sidestepping music for a while, the singer is writing again and learning to enjoy doing what she does best: singing.
Twain, who had a rough couple of years after splitting with her husband, rock producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, opens up in this revealing cover feature about the songs on her next album, what she hopes to convey to her contingent of female fans and where she is today, which is a much better place than she was a few years ago as her marriage crumbled from the ultimate of betrayals. What’s refreshing about Twain, especially in this interview, is that she isn’t afraid to admit her insecurities, which makes her that much more “real” to the fans who adore her.
“I am stronger,” Twain proclaims. “I’m more mature, but I’m more carefree. I feel like I’m in a transitional period. I’m really trying to get comfortable in my own skin because it’s not easy to do when you’re in the spotlight all the time. I don’t want someone photographing my cellulite — I can’t take it! See, this is where the push and pull comes in. It’s a very strange paradox: I don’t really want to share all my dirt with people, yet I want to be real. I want to be successful, but I don’t really have what it takes to do it comfortably.”
Shania Twain Covers Redbook, Wants Her New Music to ‘Affect People in a Positive Way’
Twain says that the songs on her new album are more introspective, admitting, “They’re about the insecurity that the spotlight highlighted for me. I found it so hard to take the criticism — not the professional criticism, but the personal criticism. I don’t want people to care about my horrors. It frustrates me and makes me focus on the wrong things. I want to focus on my songs. So I struggle with that, and I’m just getting to the point now where I can honestly say, ‘I either get comfortable in my own skin, or I quit this industry.’”
Overall, though, Twain remains committed to a goal, and that’s being positive, especially in her songs. “I want to continue to write and record things that affect people in a positive way, and keep trying to make songs that are meaningful,” the singer says. “What I write and sing is a very big part of who I really am. I just want to write music that matters.”
Twain is also concerned about her fellow females; this is, after all, a woman who achieved her biggest success on the back of a single called ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman,’ said she hopes to translate a simple message to her female fans, saying, “I think for women’s mental health, honesty is crucial. We’re way too superficial. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves. I want to feel OK with being me.”
As for her future? Twain has interesting visions of what lies ahead, saying, “I was always very solitary growing up, and that made me creative. Then, all of a sudden, I became successful with music, which became an extremely extroverted thing. Now I’m somewhere in the middle, trying to balance my wish for solitude with the exposure fame brings. If you talk about the far future, I’ll probably be in the Canadian wilderness somewhere, living among the moose and bear [laughs].”That article is being circulated around online, including Shania Twain message boards. Unfortunately, the writer of that Taste of Country article made a critical error. Those comments Shania made about the material on her upcoming album were from a 2007 "Redbook" interview, which was done back when Shania was still married to Mutt Lange. The album comments are specifically from Page 7 of Shania's 2007 "Redbook" article. The Taste of Country article writer used the correct Cover Photo for the June 2011 "Redbook" issue, but the Shania Twain quotes in the Taste of Country article are from Shania's 2007 "Redbook" article.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 23:30:08 GMT -5
I love Shania, but I didn't find her show to be very entertaining. I mean, I know it's not really supposed to be, and some of the things that happened in her life are very sad, but I don't if this show can keep me interested. I hope it focuses more on her comeback to music, rather than her husband's affair and what not.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2011 0:15:23 GMT -5
I hope it focuses more on her comeback to music. I don't think "Why Not?" was supposed to be about her musical comeback, to be honest. It is supposed to be about Shania regaining her strength and confidence, mostly through revisiting important locations, talking with people - with some musical references here and there. I never thought music would be the primary focus of "Why Not?"
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2011 21:56:56 GMT -5
Here's Why: The Message of Shania Twain's New ShowMay 9, 2011 01:42 PM ET by Rich JuzwiakWhy Not? With Shania Twain has a dubious cause: as the country superstar stated on Sunday night's premiere episode on OWN, "My purpose for doing this is to share with people so they can learn from it." That immediately sets it apart from other reality shows that matter-of-factly follow celebrities (the implicit fact of the matter being that fame makes them fascinating). This show is different, or so we're to believe. This show is special. The irony of this needless qualification is that Shania Twain's story is, as a matter of fact, more fascinating than most. It's a story of a Canadian musician whose talent lifted her out of poverty and into the utterly Stateside genre of country music. It's a story of a girl who sometimes watched but mostly heard her stepfather beating her mother viciously, though that wasn't enough to make her write him off (her mixed feelings about her abusive stepfather are among the most nuanced and specific ever expressed on reality TV). It's a story of a wife whose first marriage ended after her music-producer husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange ran off with her best friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud, and whose second marriage was with the ex-husband of the aforementioned best friend, Frederic Thiebaud. When Twain shares the story of the couple swap, she calls it "twisted" with a devilish grin, suggesting it's as fun to tell as it is to hear. Twain's is a story of a superstar who had it all, but who lost her voice through a vague condition that seems partially physiological and partially psychological, as a result of all of the strife. Family really matters on The JuddsThe content of Twain's story is reason enough to share it — no pretensions of outreach necessary. Why Not? seems to want to gloss over its main service: getting Twain's career back off the ground after almost a decade of silence (her last album, Up!, was released in 2002). Indeed, in conjunction with last week's release of her memoir, From This Moment On, Why Not? is part of a cross-media campaign that will burn Twain back into our collective consciousness if it is successful. Yes, she does some actual work to back her charitable claims on the show, at one point meeting with a group of siblings who've been orphaned, much like Twain's family was when her mother and stepfather died in 1987. But even that was manipulated before our eyes for maximum watchability: When one of the Alexander family siblings broke down, unable to answer a question about missing her parents, Twain massaged her with, "You don't have to answer the question. Why don't you just tell us what you're thinking right now?" Perhaps Twain believes in equal opportunity healing through sharing, but she sounded more like a producer than a friend at that moment. Catch up on today's newsAnd maybe that was with good reason. Ultimately, Why Not? is entertainment and it was indeed riveting. At the end of the episode, we saw Twain writing a new song and then heard her discuss the "big decision" to share with the rest of the world a new composition. Coming from someone who's been musically paralyzed, that makes sense in theory. But in practice on reality TV, clearly it was the ending with the most satisfying potential. She got to heal; we got to hear. Win/win. What did you think of Shania's show? TV Guide
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2011 22:28:57 GMT -5
In Canada "Why Not? with Shania Twain" premieres this Friday - May 13, 2011. In the following article, the writer talks about the show based on the two episodes he has seen. Snide's Remarks Column: Shania still a Northern girl at heartBy Wayne Snider, The Daily PressPosted 23 hours ago Shania Twain is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the 40th Juno Awards in Toronto March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)The rags to riches story of Timmins' own Shania Twain has been well documented. The facts surrounding the life of Northern Ontario's most famous daughter are widely known, from the tragic death of her parents to the betrayals of her husband and best friend that ended a 14-year marriage. What isn't common knowledge is the personal edge to the story, how Twain has held up emotionally through a roller-coaster of a life filled with extreme highs and lows. This is what we discover through the new docu-drama series Why Not? With Shania Twain, which premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Friday. After watching an advance DVD containing the first two episodes of the series, it is easy to see how Shania's personal journey makes compelling television. We meet the people she relies on for support — including her sister Carrie Ann, trusted friends in her bandmates, her new husband and even a grief counsellor, to name a few. We learn that the emotional turmoil in Twain's life has had a profound impact on her career. She stopped performing because her self-confidence has been shattered. The talent is still there, and always will be, but the will is gone. Why Not? is about the emotionally, often heart-wrenching road to recovery for Shania Twain. It's a ride we're invited to share — literally. Twain and her closest supporters take a cross-country journey on a tour bus. Along the way, we see Twain confront demons from the past — including a few most people didn't know about until watching the show (I won't spoil any surprises). During the road trip, Shania and her crew hook up with a number of people who have shared similar tragedies in their lives. Their open, heart-to-heart discussions are amazing to watch. It's like they are sitting at our kitchen tables in our homes discussing their problems with us. This is a large part of the magic involved in the series. First, we see a celebrity with superstar status at a very human level, facing real-life troubles to which we can all relate. Second, the person taking the journey is not egocentric in facing these troubles. You get the sense that Shania deeply cares about the other people she meets along the way, as she strives to help them and not just herself. Why Not? may be the story of music superstar Shania Twain, but it's much more than that. It's about facing life — the good and the bad — and learning to cope. It's about self-discovery, learning we're not alone with our problems, and regaining a trust in humanity. Twain's celebrity status may be the hook to get viewers at the start. But it is Shania the person that compels you to keep watching. We can all relate to the raw emotions she is experiencing, and even if you aren't a fan of the music, you can't help but become a fan of the person. We can put ourselves in her shoes and ask ourselves some deep questions. How would we cope facing the same problems? Would we keep going or give up? Would we have the strength to share our story with others in the hope it may help someone else? How long would it take us to heal? Why Not? shows that Twain is still very much a Northerner (don't worry, we've got your back because we know the term bush means forest, even if people at the Junos didn't). From facing the ups and downs of life, to showing compassion for others, she is still the pride of the North — beyond the music. It's a story worth sharing. — Wayne Snider is the city editor for The Daily Press. Contact the writer at news@thedailypress.ca. Snide's Remarks is now on Facebook. Join the Northern Crew, become a friend of Snide's Remarks on. Link to past columns, leave comments and share opinions. Timmins Press
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 19:30:57 GMT -5
Shania Twain opens up about her husband's affair
In her moving memoir, From This Moment On, Twain reveals how her husband's infidelity devastated her and how she moved on. Here is an excerpt.By Shania Twain Thu May 05 2011 Upon our return to Switzerland at the end of March 2008, I would face the most painful shock of my life since the death of my parents 20 years earlier. My husband was having an affair with Marie-Anne. Marie-Anne my confidante, the same friend who’d comforted me over the phone only weeks before, expressing how absurd it was of me to have any such suspicions of my husband. The idea that she was the mistress, after all the confiding I’d done in her, had not even entered my mind. Denial can have multiple layers, and rationalizing is common when you’re trying to absorb something you just don’t want to believe. I thought: Okay, so maybe they made a mistake. My husband and my friend will come to their senses and realize that. I was ready to forgive, forget, make things right, move on, and get on with our lives. Not like nothing had happened, but like something had happened that I thought was fixable. But this was not to be. Because despite everything, I still loved my husband. And I still loved my friend. I put myself in their shoes with the understanding that accidents happen, we’re all human and we all make mistakes. It was love that allowed me to take that perspective at that moment, but considering my desperation to keep everything from falling apart, it was probably also in my naïve (and shell-shocked) state of mind that I wrote the following letter to Marie-Anne, treating her as a decent friend who’d temporarily lost her way and behaved in a manner that wasn’t really her. I just wanted everyone to get on with healing, including her: Regardless of what has and hasn’t been said and done up to now, and that things have been changed forever for all of us, I do hope we all go into the future never having secrets from each other ever, ever again of any kind. That we take responsibility to make sure the ones we love can know they can trust us and never do things they cannot know about...For the first week after finding out about the affair, I was ready to die—to go to bed forever and never wake up. Or to hurt someone. I was ready to do something desperate, but in reality, there was nothing to do but to suffer through it. Fortunately, when you’re a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going. You have the routine of preparing your child for school in the morning, dragging yourself out of bed on autopilot and cheerfully keeping a brave face. And as soon as they’re off, at least in my case, I slipped back into my pajamas and spent the day in bed, crying and sleeping fitfully. I wasn’t eating at all; in fact, I went a whole week without any solid food and just drank orange juice. This can be considered healthy during a cleansing fast, for example, but I wouldn’t recommend it while trying to cope with the grief of a deep emotional crisis. I was freezing cold all the time, and my only relief came when I’d strip off my clothes and climb a steaming hot bath. Five times a day. Yet I’d be shivering most of the time, shaking uncontrollably, my teeth chattering violently. Out of the bath, I’d wear a winter coat over my pajamas, plus wool socks and a scarf. It made no difference. I couldn’t get rid of the chills, and at the same time, I was sweating profusely. It was as if my body were trying to purge itself of the emotional agony inside by forcing the pain out of my pores so that I didn’t drown in it. I hurt physically, too, aching as though someone had sandpapered all my nerve endings. But when four o’clock arrived, and it was time to kick back into Mommy the Brave for the evening, I was there for my son with a hug and a smile. Believe me, it took all the courage I could muster to get through our morning and afternoon routines like everything was “okay.” However, the way I looked at it, this sudden, major change in our lives was going to be hard enough on him; I was not about to subject him to the pain that I was feeling on top of his own. All things considered, I think I did a pretty good job of managing this “double life,” as my son didn’t seem unusually stressed. I resented Marie-Anne a great deal, knowing which end of the stick she was on. We were both new, single moms, going through our daily routines with our children, only I was drained of all my energy, as the façade I tried to keep up for my child’s sake took everything I had. She was going through her daily routine, however, while in a new and exciting romance with a man who decided to put her first, above his wife and his family. Love is energizing, and new love is especially blissful and makes you feel invincible. Boy, were she and I at opposite ends of the stick, all right. It must have felt so empowering to know that he risked it all for her. Is this the way a mistress feels? That she is more valuable and important to the man than his wife and family? Perhaps it’s the unfaithful husband convincing her that she’s important enough to stake such a claim. Or is it her own sense of self-entitlement? In any case, at the time my perception was that my husband’s mistress was the winner, the one defended by my own husband. And when he wasn’t looking, she had the confidence to parade her cockiness and fearlessness with snarly looks and hisses when by chance our paths crossed in person, as they inevitably did, since we lived in the same small village. This was extremely painful for me and left me feeling weak and defeated. She had nothing left to fear, and I’d lost. Every time she kicked me when I was down, she made sure Mutt wasn’t looking, and when I tried to explain to him what he couldn’t see, he refused to listen and didn’t want to know. I felt like I was trapped in some kind of childish game with my sadistic opponent standing just far enough away that I couldn’t reach her, all the while sticking out her tongue at me. It was degrading. I hated her because I felt she was making a fool of my husband, someone I considered to be intelligent, mature, and anything but vulnerable to the cliché of the temptress secretary, as she shamelessly “displayed” an attitude that seemed to say, “Mutt will never see my other face, and I will never show it to him, because I have his compassion, his sympathy and his credit card, and there is nothing you can do about it.” She was right, and I felt helpless for myself and for Mutt. I was disgusted that another woman’s lust for a lifestyle upgrade was worth the devastation of my family. She was pitiless, and I was a pitiful mess of “woe is me.” Although I had known Frédéric for about nine years, I had never really known him; I mean, he was my close friend’s husband. I thought he was a wonderful, considerate person, and anyone could see that he was an attentive husband and father, but we were friends by association only. It was he and Mutt who were friends, meeting over dinners to discuss politics, sports, current events, and life in general. I always believed it’s one thing to be close to your friend, but another to be closer to your friend’s husband. The men had their bond, and Marie-Anne and I had ours. That is at least what I believed, of course. Fred was always the one to take the kids on Saturday mornings for bike rides or to the carnival passing through town. He loved being with the kids, and I admired his energy and dedication to his daughter. He would take Johanna on father-daughter vacations to give Marie-Anne time to herself, and his bond with my own son from the very beginning was also very touching. The two of them were always the best of friends, and both Mutt and I were happy that Eja had another male figure in his life, as the Thiébauds were the only friends we had in the country. We all spent time together, but the kids gravitated toward Fred. He and I shared much of our family lives together, but in our appropriate places as the spouses of our friends. It stands to reason that we supported each other during this time of our mutual betrayal, staying in touch, mostly by phone and email every couple of days, as I’d left for Canada at this point. After all, who else could understand better what the other was going through? However, since our previous interactions had always been in the context of our two families, we almost didn’t know how to act with each other directly. We were polite, almost formal. Fred is especially gentle and traditional when it comes to social boundaries, always very friendly but appropriate. For both Mutt and me, teaching our son good manners has always been very important. Mutt reminds Eja often that “manners maketh man,” and I believe this is true. I also believe there is another layer to this philosophy that is equally important, if not more so: honesty maketh humanity. Fred is someone who possesses both manners and honesty with a natural ease. Raised in a family of doctors and lawyers on both his mother’s and his father’s side, Fred grew up in a formal, refined social environment—a privileged upbringing. Considering the comfort and stability growing up almost sheltered from social and economic struggle, Fred is still a real salt-of-the-earth kind of person. An open book, and deep in his natural being, he is a genuine and sincere human being. Together Fred and I tried to hash out what had happened to each of us. Sometimes we argued over who was to blame for this disaster. “He” must have done this. No, “she” must have done that. We didn’t want any of it to be true and simply didn’t know who was responsible. I didn’t want it to be my husband any more than he wanted it to be his wife, and neither of us wanted to believe our friend would do such a thing. There were so many angles and tangles to the long web of lies and deception, it was enough to make you dizzy. Nearly six months later, in September 2009, I returned to Switzerland from the cottage in Canada so that Eja could go back to school. Fred and I continued bonding over our lives, our children, our woes, our dreams, our recovery. It was fall and getting cooler, and we would often have evening campfires outside the front door of the annex, as the main house was still under renovation. Roasting marshmallows, playing music, dancing, and singing—we had so much fun, and Fred and I were getting very good at swing dancing. The kids would join in and sometimes stand on the side to cheer us on. One night in December they were both up on the second-floor bedroom balcony watching us with a bird’s-eye view, while Fred and I danced below beside the campfire, unaware of their gazing down on us. Fred and I must have appeared to be pretty lost in each other because at one point the kids piped up and said, “Why don’t you guys kiss?” Fred and I stopped dead, stunned, and said in unison, “What?” “Why don’t you guys just kiss?” they repeated, rolling their eyes while smiling from ear to ear. We looked at each other, quite surprised that the kids had recognized a connection between us that we’d been feeling for some time but felt uncomfortable revealing openly. We responded to the kids with an “okay,” and we kissed on the cheek. The kids said, “No, on the lips.” Fred and I couldn’t believe our own children were cheering us on to kiss, for real, so we did. Fred and I perked our kissers, pecked on the lips, and the kids smiled and giggled. We were happy. Relief came rushing through us, as the ice had been broken. Fred and I were surprised and relieved by our children’s encouragement to be ourselves in love, and from that moment on, the four of us began to form a reassembled family, building a nest, a new foundation, reconstructing our lives as a unit after the fall of the ones we’d lost. Fred and I proceeded with caution, because we were both keenly aware that our mutual grief might be the main thing binding us together. We also considered the dangers of confusing the children with a rebound romance. But it wasn’t. What attracted me to Fred was his selflessness. He was going through the same agony as I was—maybe even worse, because as a father, he would have to battle his soon-to-be ex for the right to see his own daughter. At least that was something I never had to face. Yet he was never too busy to nurse me through my emotional lows. I think it’s fair to say that he was more of a support to me than I was to him at first. While I was a self-pitying spigot of never-ending sadness in the initial period of my grief, he showed strength, kept a healthily clear, pragmatic perspective, and was infinitely patient and understanding. I admired him. He was also there for Eja, who had known Fred his whole life. In fact, not long ago, Fred showed me a picture taken of my son only hours after he was born. “I don’t recall ever seeing this photo before,” I said to Fred. “I don’t remember who took this photo.” “Me,” he responded. That warmed my heart. He really was always there, like a gift under the Christmas tree, pushed to the back where I couldn’t see it. A gift with my name on it, only hiding, as I wasn’t meant to open it till much later when it was time to take the tree down, then all of a sudden there it was, this present, for me! As if labeled “From heaven—to Eilleen,” Fred was for me; it was just a matter of time. Adapted from From This Moment On, by Shania Twain. Copyright © 2011, Shania Twain. Reprinted by permission of Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 17:38:44 GMT -5
Struggling OWN may have a hit: 'Shania'
Singer-hosted reality series average 839,000 total viewersBy Toni Fitzgerald May 11, 2011 The Oprah Winfrey Network may finally have its first hit show, and it couldn't have come at a better time. Less than a week after OWN's chief executive officer, Christina Norman, was booted, the network's new celebreality show "Why Not? With Shania Twain" debuted to near-record ratings. The show averaged 839,000 total viewers in its Sunday 11 p.m. timeslot, according to Nielsen, becoming the network's most-watched show since its heavily hyped launch weekend back in January. "Twain" also scored OWN's second-best rating among women 25-54 ever, behind only the premiere of "Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes" on Jan. 1. Perhaps most promising for parent company Discovery Communications, which has voiced frustration with OWN's struggle to earn big gains over Discovery Health, the channel it took over, "Twain" more than tripled the year-ago timeslot average. It came on the same night that the season finale of "The Judds" drew 555,000 viewers, 80 percent higher than the network's first quarter primetime average. That doesn't mean that OWN has turned itself around. But it does give acting CEO David Zaslav something to build on, and it offers a big hint as to what viewers are looking for from OWN. Essentially, they want "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Twain's show puts her very much in the Winfrey role as she reveals her own problems while also discussing similar problems with everyday people. Twain plays patient and therapist throughout the show, and she ends up dishing on a lot of the more tabloidy aspects of her own life, which sounds an awful lot like what she'd be doing on "Oprah." The good news for OWN is that in just two weeks, Winfrey will air her final syndicated show and turn much of her attention to her self-titled network. Whether that will be too late for the people who have already tuned out is the big question. Source
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 20:56:30 GMT -5
[/url][/center][/b] The following information is from the Official Shania Twain Site. Shania on PEOPLE Cover 11/05/2011 7:00am Shania will be on the cover of this week's PEOPLE magazine. This latest issue hits newsstands Friday, May 13th. Be sure to pick up your copy! Source: Official Shania Twain Site Shania Twain Recounts Run-In with the Other WomanBy Julie K.L. Dam Wednesday May 11, 2011 02:20 PM EDT Rocked by her husband's affair with her supposed best friend, Shania Twain had one chance to confront the other woman. It didn't go well. Not long after she found out about the double betrayal, the country star encountered her former friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud, near her home in Switzerland. RELATED: Shania Twain: My Divorce Was the Wake-Up Call I Needed"I had a total panic attack," Twain, 45, speaking at her new home in the Bahamas, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview. "I just told her that she was a bad person – that's all I could get out!" "When I left her, I thought [to myself], 'You're such a wimp, you coward!' " Twain recalls with a laugh. "That was my big moment, and I blew it!" All that is past history, as Twain has had her own second chance at love – with Thiébaud's ex-husband, Fred, 40. Wed on New Year's Day in Puerto Rico, the couple are relishing their newlywed life, even while Twain hits the road to promote her new memoir, From This Moment On, and a docu-series on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, Why Not? with Shania Twain. "Fred," says Twain, "has given me a second lease on love." For more on Twain's surviving the betrayal and finding love again – plus, an exclusive book excerpt – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands FridaySource: People.com
"People" confusion? As shown above, the Official Shania Twain Site shows Shania Twain as being on the cover of "People." However, as shown below, People.com has Pippa Middleton (Kate's sister) on the cover. I guess one issue might be for Canada and one may be for the U.S.. ???
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 21:09:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 21:41:01 GMT -5
Appearing on Ellen, Oprah, Today Show, (among others) and on People and Redbook? Great promo!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 23:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2011 21:02:38 GMT -5
All of the following scans are courtesy of ktsthegame at the Shania Twain Forums. Here they are :
"People" Scan # 1: Huge Shania Twain Photo
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2011 by ArastoShania Twain makes an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (May 12). Ellen talks with the country music superstar about her book From This Moment On and how she hopes it will help others. Plus, Ellen finds out if Shania will ever sing again. Shania on how she hopes her book will help others:
Shania: “I hope that other people relate to this. Even in finding my own voice because it’s blocked my voice. This lack of self-expression. I hope that through finding my own voice that it speaks for others as well.”
Ellen: “You are helping others ..I know how hard this is. I personally feel an obligation. This fame we have a platform if we can help other people…”
Shania: “Exactly.”
Ellen: “We can be an example and be a story for somebody out there to have the strength and say they did it. I can do it. So you are doing that.”
Shania: “This platform is great. It’s fantastic but it’s so much more meaningful to use it for a deeper meaning, a deeper personal meaning.”
Shania on if she will sing again:
Ellen: “I know you said, it’s affected your voice and you haven’t been able to sing since all this happened. So, it’s taking a physical as well as an emotional toll on you. Do you think you will sing again?”
Shania: “Yes, I will sing again. Absolutely.”
Ellen: “We want see you sing again. We want to hear that. You have such a beautiful voice. The more you keep talking about it the more your voice is going to open up and I can’t wait to hear you sing again. I can’t wait.”Source
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2011 23:24:51 GMT -5
"Greatest Hits" re-enters U.S. Album Charts Shania Twain's "Greatest Hits" cd, which was released on November 9, 2004, has re-entered the U.S. Billboard Album Chart at # 92. Here is an article that, despite an error in the title, mentions the correct chart information :A matter of time for Shana TwainJeffrey Remz | May 12, 2011 Shania Twain has been making the rounds in the wake of her new book, "From This Moment On," her autobiography. Twain has been absent from the public eye for a few years. That seems largely due to her split from then husband Robert "Mutt" Lange, in a messy divorce. She is now remarried to the ex-husband of the woman with whom Lange allegedly had a relationship. Twain reportedly was doing recording, but thus far no new CD has surfaced since her 2004 "Greatest Hits" CD. For someone as popular as Twain was, it seems rather amazing that she has had a total of only 5 CDs since 1993. A book and publicity will do a lot for sales though even with no new music out. Billboard reported today that "Greatest Hits" re-enters at 92 with a 339 percent gain following the release of her book (May 2) and appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (May 3), NBC's "Today" (May 4) and ABC's "Nightline" (May 5). Twain also was promoting her new OWN show "Why Not?," which premiered on Sunday, May 8. "Greatest Hits" returns Twain to the chart for the first time since May 22, 2010. Can a new CD be all that far behind? Source: Country Standard Time
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Post by Push The Button on May 13, 2011 3:36:19 GMT -5
I tell ya, she just gets better with age. So beautiful and graceful. Loved the book as well.
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