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NEWS & NOTES ARCHIVES 2:
December 31, 2007 - January 1, 2003

• 12/30/07 New Album Mentions. From Billboard/Reuters: What's the biz to do when the top-selling album of 2007 was a Christmas project released in November, Josh Groban's "Noel," and the second-best was a soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical" movie sequel? Superstars underperformed, and not enough up-and-comers took their commercial fortunes to the proverbial next level. Still, there's a wealth of highly anticipated albums heading into stores later in 2008, including new sets from the likes of Madonna, U2, Metallica, Mariah Carey and Shania Twain.
From Celebrity Mania (Italian music forum): Universal - Shania Twain: 13 Maggio 2008

• 12/28/07 Happy Anniversary Shania & Mutt! Today December 28th, Shania and Mutt celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Shania and Mutt! I wish you many more years of love and happiness together.

• 12/26/07 New Album - May 13, 2008? From CountryOnDemand.com: A report published by UMG Spain, highlighting major releases for the 2008 season, lists superstar Shania Twain as releasing her highly-anticipated album in May. The report states, "After five years without a studio album release, the world-best seller is back with an all-new album." The album is slated for a May 13 release date. No title or further information has been given. Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, representatives at UMG Nashville were immediately unavailable for comment. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS!

• 12/22/07 A Holiday Message From Shania! Shania sent out a bulletin holiday message to all her Official Fan Club members and MySpace friends. Here is the message: Happy Holidays! To all my wonderful, loving fans... Happy Holidays and Best of luck in 2008! I truly do love you all so much!! All my love, Shania

• 12/12/07 Christmas With Shania. From CountryHound.com: BEST BETTS: The Christmas Edition... “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Shania Twain (1998) - A modern holiday tune (co-written and first recorded by Mariah Carey) that will no doubt become an enduring classic. Shania performed it on the Today Show in December 1998. Her spirited performance is, naturally, available on YouTube. You'll want to skip Katie Couric's awkward, inane intro. Watch HERE.

• 12/12/07 "YSTO" #46 Song Of The '90s. From PRNewswire.com: The fans have spoken and VH1 is celebrating the music of the 90s like it never has before. In an online poll, VH1.com users have voted Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as the greatest song from the 90s. It was the decade that brought you Madonna's "Vogue," Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" and Hanson's "MMMBop," and once again VH1 taps its collective memories and revisits it all. VH1's "100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s" premieres Monday-Friday, December 17 - 21 at 10:00pm ET/PT each night. With more than 600,000 votes cast, the countdown list was determined by an online poll at VH1.com where viewers had the opportunity to pick their favorite songs of the '90s from all genres -- rock, pop, rap or R&B. Shania's "You're Still The One" was voted in at #46. Click HERE for the complete list of VH1's "100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s".

• 12/7/07 New Album Tidbit. From TradingMarkets.com: ...The little-heard-from Shania Twain is planning a return to the front line next year and is working on a new recording.

• 12/6/07 Shania Influenced Miley Cyrus. From CMT.com: One of the finest PR persons ever in Music Town was Sandy Neese, who retired from Mercury Records some years back. It was Sandy and her capable assistant, Kevin Lane, who helped in the push to make Shania Twain a superstar and to turn the wonderful O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack into a multi-platinum CD. Sandy put Billy Ray Cyrus on the hillbilly map, that's for sure... Who would have thought Billy Ray's kid (Miley Cyrus) would score as an actress and as a singer? Well, Billy Ray did. From the time she was really little, Billy Ray would talk about Miley's singing. I remember when he was still on Mercury, label head Luke Lewis had a party at his house, and both Billy Ray and Shania Twain attended. Miley was poised and smiling, looking starry-eyed at Shania while her dad chatted on and on to Shania about show biz and how talented Miley was. Even then, Miley had the want-to's. Most kids would've been acting their age -- racing through the house screaming like a banshee. Not Miley. She had her mind on show biz and her eyes set on Shania.

• 12/4/07 Shania In Country Weekly. Shania is in the December 17th issue of Country Weekly magazine. There's a picture of her at the Swiss Red Cross Gala back on June 9, 2007. Click HERE for a scan.

• 11/30/07 Shania: #5 Grammy Performance Of All-Time. In honor of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS is aired a special ("My Night At The Grammys") tonight featuring the Top 25 Grammy moments of all-time. Shania's 1999 dominatrix performance of "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" was voted in at #5! Who can ever forget that performance!!! Watch it HERE!

• 11/28/07 Shania Starlight Sweepstakes! Enter the "Written In The Stars" sweepstakes! From November 27, 2007 through January 10, 2008 you'll have an opportunity to instantly win daily "constellation" prizes - including Shania Starlight beauty products! Every day you play, you get another chance at winning the Grand Prize - a $1,000 American Express Gift Card! Are you ready to celebrate your inner star? Enter Now! Also, play the Shania Starlight game!

• 11/28/07 Reminder: "My Night At The Grammys" 11/30. From CBS.com: In honor of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS is airing a 2-hour special featuring the greatest Grammy moments of all-time. Tune in to see if Shania's 1999 performance of "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" made the Top 25! "My Night At The Grammys" airs Friday, November 30 at 8:00pm ET.

• 11/26/07 Wary Shania Plots A Comeback. From Detroit Free Press: After five years of soul-searching, Canadian country-pop star Shania Twain -- believe it or not the top-selling female artist of all time -- is working on a new album and busy selling her new perfume, Shania Starlight. In the December Redbook, she spills about:
• Why she stepped out of the spotlight: "I struggled a lot internally with my fame, and coping with it has been very difficult. My fame made me very introverted in a lot of ways, and I'm just dealing with that now. I was at the point where I would never look anyone in the eye. It was like living in prison."
• On her comeback goals: "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. What I write and sing is a big part of who I really am. I just want to write music that matters."

• 11/26/07 Shania Ready For Success This Time. Click HERE to read the article from People.com.

• 11/26/07 Shania Slowly Gears Up For A Comeback. Click HERE to read the article from All Headline News.

• 11/24/07 Red In The Face: Shania Twain. From RedbookMag.com: BEHIND THE MUSIC: I was performing on a stage that had a rotating platform, and when I stepped off of it onto solid ground, I fell right on my butt! To make matters worse, the audience got to see it happening larger than life on the Jumbotron screen! I got up, brushed myself off, and asked, "Did you all catch that?" -- then had the stage technicians replay the scene for anyone who missed it. - Shania Twain

• 11/23/07 Shania - Richest Music Artist Living In Switzerland. From EarthTimes.org: The stars of the music world also resident in Switzerland are Canadian pop singer Shania Twain (400 to 500 million francs, or 366 to 457.7 million dollars), the British pop star Phil Collins (300 to 400 million, or 274.6 to 366 million dollars) and US singer Tina Turner (200 to 300 million francs, 183 to 274.6 million dollars). Click HERE for a related article.

• 11/20/07 Redbook Online Article. RedbookMag.com has posted the magazine's December issue article about Shania along with a short Behind The Scenes tidbit from the editors. Click HERE to read the article.

• 11/17/07 Shania On Cover Of Redbook Magazine! Shania is on the cover of the December issue of Redbook magazine! New pictures and a new interview! She talks about life out of the spotlight, family, and how she deals with the pressures of fame. Shania also talks about the new album she is working on for 2008. What a nice holiday surprise considering there was no mention anywhere of Shania being on the Redbook cover.

• 11/15/07 Today In Music History. From The Truro Daily News: 1997 – Shania Twain became the first country artist to debut at No. 1 on the Canadian album chart since the introduction of the sales-based Soundscan charts in 1996.

• 11/13/07 Anne/Shania Duet Info. Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was released in Canada today (Jan. 15th in U.S.). In the little booklet that comes with the album, each song has a little blurb. Here is what the blurb says about the Anne/Shania duet: "I am so proud of Shania. Here is a woman who believed in herself, didn't let the industry dictate who she was, the music she recorded, the clothes that she wore or the country she lived in. She sings great and I love the sound of her voice." - Anne
The best selling recording of her career, "You Needed Me" was responsible for Anne's first Grammy as a pop artist in 1978 for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female. It reached #1 on Billboard's pop chart and #4 on Billboard's country chart. Written by Randy Goodrum, it is to this day Anne's favourite of the more than 300 songs that she has recorded.
When asked to sing on this project Shania replied to Anne by email. "I'm honoured that you asked me to do this. You have been admired by me and everyone I know my whole life." This was the song that Shania picked. The results are as phenomenal as the success of the two women themselves. (Shania Twain appears courtesy of Mercury Records) (Thanks Roger!)

• 11/11/07 Shania Records Her Part Of Duet In Switzerland, Picks Song. From canoe.ca: ...Duets producer Phil Ramone, at Murray's side during the listening session, told Sun Media that about 90% of the artists went to the studio in either Toronto, L.A., New York or Nashville, to record face-to-face with Murray. Others, like Twain, did her part of the duet on "You Needed Me," from New Zealand (***correction - Anne said Shania recorded her part in Switzerland). "Shania Twain was the easiest person to get to," said Murray. "Trying to put something like this together is a logistical nightmare. I got her e-mail address, (Murray's manager) Bruce Allen, I guess, got it through (Twain's husband) Mutt Lange. I e-mailed her one day and said, 'Would you be interested in being on this CD?' And she wrote back and said, 'Would I?' And that was it. I sent her all the songs and I asked her what she wanted to sing and she chose, of course, probably the best song."

• 11/11/07 Wanaka: Elusive Singer Only One Attraction. Click HERE to read the New Zealand Herald article.

• 11/10/07 BMI London Million-Air Certificate. From BMI.com: BMI saluted Europe’s premier songwriters, composers and music publishers at its 2007 London Awards, held October 16 in the Grand Ballroom of London’s Dorchester Hotel. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, along with Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations Europe & Asia, Brandon Bakshi, the awards honored the past year’s most-played songs on U.S. radio and television and also recognized Peter Gabriel (PRS) as a BMI Icon for his “influence on generations of music makers.” Prestigious "Million-Air" certificates were also presented throughout the evening in recognition of those songs that have achieved over three million U.S. radio and television performances -- or the equivalent of more than 17 years of continuous airplay. Shania received one Million-Air certificate for "Any Man Of Mine" which achieved 4 Million performances. Congratulations Shania!!! Click HERE for a complete list of BMI London Awards winners.and Million-Air list.

• 11/9/07 Shania's Duet With Anne Murray - LISTEN NOW!!!! The wait is over! You can now listen to every track from Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, including "You Needed Me", Shania's duet with Anne!!!! Shania sounds amazing!!! Go to www.annemurrayduets.com, click on music and scroll down to the 10th track. Listen now!

• 11/8/07 Listen To Shania's Duet - Monday, Nov. 12. From The Shania Forums: Just heard the duet at work today. I'm a morning show host on a country station out in Alberta. It sounds great actually. It's part of a show we've got that'll be playing on Monday night on the station at 7pm MST (9pm EST) hosted by Martina McBride and Anne Murray showcasing the songs on the album (some of them including Shania's duet). I was lucky enough to listen to it just now and Shania sounds really good and clear on this song. If you want to catch the show, listen in Monday online at www.ylcountry.com. We just started streaming live so no promises on how well it'll work but it's worth trying. It'll probably end up being between 7:25 and 7:45 MST (9:25 and 9:45pm EST) for Shania's song ("You Needed Me"). Maybe a bit less or more. It's in the third part though so my guess is closer to 7:40 or 7:45 MST (9:40 and 9:45pm EST). Just tap the listen live button in the top right corner.
*** On a side note, click HERE to watch a "Canada AM" interview with Anne Murray and producer Phil Ramone. At about the 4:15 mark, you can listen to some comments Shania made about working with Anne.

• 11/5/07 Anne Murray Duets - U.S. Release Date. From top40-charts.com: Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums in a distinguished career that spans four decades. On January 15th, Manhattan/EMI America Records will release Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, an exceptional 17-track collection of her top hits and favorites, newly recorded as duets with some of the world's top female recording artists. The album will be released in Canada on November 13th. Shania's duet with Anne is "You Needed Me."

• 11/4/07 Come On Over Turns 10! Today, November 4, marks the 10th anniversary of the best-selling country album of all time, Shania's Come On Over. The album is also the best-selling album of any genre by a solo female artist and the 6th best-selling album of all-time! COO has sold a record 38 million copies world-wide! Congratulations Shania!!!!!

• 11/3/07 Eja Takes Part in Swiss Triathlon. From Guardian Unlimited: ......"The Swiss are very respectful and keep their distance," Geiser continues. "Shania Twain lives a little further along the shore and can go shopping without being bothered. She even allowed her son to take part in a triathlon recently, though there was a bodyguard to keep an eye on him." A triathlon is an athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances. In most modern triathlons, these events are placed back-to-back in immediate sequence.

• 11/2/07 New Starlight Gift Set. Walmart has a new Shania Starlight gift set available with a new picture of Shania showing some leg on the box. You can order it online HERE. The set includes a 1.7 oz spray, a 2.0 oz Body Lotion and a 2.0 oz Shower Gel. Click HERE for Coty's Holiday Gift Guide featuring Starlight (PDF format).

• 10/30/07 Houses To Be Built Adjacent To Shania's La Tour-de-Peliz Property. Click HERE to read the article which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 10/28/07 Shania/Anne Murray Duet - Ordering Info & Track Listing. From AnneMurray.com: Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends will be sold on-line beginning November 13 at www.annemurray.com on the Music & Gift Shop or contact the Anne Murray Centre by email - amcentre@eastlink.ca to place your order in advance for shipping on the November 13, 2007 release date...with a U.S. release scheduled for January. Click HERE for the album cover. As reported a couple weeks ago, Shania's representatives have confirmed that her duet with Anne Murray is Anne's 1978 No.1 hit "You Needed Me."
Track Listing
1. Danny's Song (with Martina McBride)
2. I Just Fall In Love Again (with Dusty Springfield)
3. Another Pot O Tea (with Emmylou Harris)
4. Daydream Believer (with Nelly Furtado)
5. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye (with Jann Arden)
6. Song For The Mira (with Celtic Woman)
7. Time Don't Run Out On Me (with Carole King)
8. Cotton Jenny (with Olivia Newton-John)
9. A Love Song (with k.d. Lang)
10. You Needed Me (with Shania Twain)
11. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (with Dawn Langstroth)
12. You Won't See Me (with Shelby Lynn)
13. Could I Have This Dance (with Amy Grant)
14. A Little Good News (with Indigo Girls)
15. Snowbird (with Sarah Brightman)
16. When I Fall In Love (with Céline Deion)
17. Si Jamais Je Te Revois (with Isabelle Boulay)

• 10/23/07 Country Weekly Tidbits. From Nov. 5 issue of Country Weekly: Page 66 - "Timeline" Nov 4, 1997. Shania Twain releases her album Come On Over, which becomes the best-selling country album of all time.
Page 68 - "Retro Chart" Oct 31, 1998. 9 years ago Shania got a sweet treat on Halloween - her sixth No. 1 "Honey, I'm Home." (Thanks Chris!)

• 10/22/07 New Shania DVD. There's a new Shania DVD being released on November 13 titled "Impact! Songs That Changed The World: Shania Twain - Any Man of Mine." You can pre-order the DVD from amazon.com.

• 10/16/07 Shania On CMT. CMT (US) is premiering two new shows in which Shania is one of the artists featured. "Carrie Music Television: Girl Power" premieres Saturday, October 20 at 3:30pm ET/PT. The show is described as: "Carrie Underwood plays videos where female country artists take charge." "Greatest Moments Of The '90s" premieres Friday, November 2 at 4:00pm ET/PT. The show is described as: "CMT presents greatest moments of the country genre from the '90s with an entertaining review of the decade's highlights." Click HERE for a complete schedule for both shows.

• 10/12/07 Shania To Attend Kennedy Center Honors? According to a Cuban website article, Shania will be attending the Kennedy Center Honors again this year. The Honors Gala will be held on Sunday, December 2 and be broadcast on CBS on Wednesday, December 26 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Here is the article which I translated from Spanish to English using an online translator. Moved away of from the scenes since 2004, the Canadian singer Shania Twain continues of quiet way working and in recent days she recorded a duet with her compatriot Anne Murray. According to Anne's webpage in Internet, the subject will comprise of the disc Anne Murray: friends and legends, in which other interpreters like Nelly Furtado, Martina McBride, Carole King, Olivian Newton John and Shelby Lynn collaborate. One of the better singers of her country, Twain confirmed that her next appearance will be in December, at the Kennedy Center Honors gala, in the United States, when she'll do a tribute to Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Leon Fleisher, Martin Scorsese and Brian Wilson. Click HERE for an article from The Kennedy Center.

• 10/11/07 Shania/Anne Murray Duet - "You Needed Me." Shania's representatives have confirmed that her duet with Anne Murray is Anne's 1978 No.1 hit "You Needed Me" (Thanks Angie!). The song will be featured on Anne's new album, Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, due out November 13th in Canada with a U.S. release scheduled for January. Click HERE to listen to "You Needed Me" by Anne Murray. Click HERE for the album cover.

• 10/11/07 "CMT 30" (Canada) Transcript. Click HERE for a transcript of Shania's interview with "CMT 30" last night. Thanks to Shania fan McJessica! When asked about when new music will be coming out, Shania said: "I know, it’s like asking when a painting is going to be finished. I don’t know. It’s really hard to say. I just have to go with the flow, I’m as well sometimes quite anxious to get music out so I understand people asking well when’s new music coming out? I just don’t know for sure. We are absolutely in the works with it, and it’s just a question of when it’s finished."

• 10/9/07 Move Over, Garth. From Country Weekly: For years, Garth Brooks’ Ropin’ The Wind album held the sales mark that no one ever thought could be beaten—13 million as of 1998 (according to Garth’s website, the total now stands at over 14 million). The album featured No. 1 hits like “The River” and “What She’s Doing Now” along with one of Garth’s most popular cuts, “Rodeo.” For nearly a decade, Ropin’ The Wind stood as country’s all-time best-selling album. That is, until Shania Twain came along with her 1997 release, Come On Over. Shania’s CD, with hits like the title track and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” captivated both country and pop fans. And soon, it became time for Garth to move on over. With the official tally at well over 20 million, Come On Over is now the best-selling country album of all time. But could Garth’s next offering, The Ultimate Hits, ultimately outshine Shania? Stay tuned.

• 10/9/07 Shania In Country Weekly. In the current issue of Country Weekly (10/22), there's a feature on Page 48 titled "A Star is Born." "Ever wonder how your favorite star was discovered?" Shown are Shania, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift. Click HERE for a scan of Shania. Thanks Chris!

• 10/9/07 Fresh Menu. A Shania fan recently went to the same Fresh eatery that Shania ate at a few weeks ago while visiting Toronto: "I went to Fresh by Juice for Life on Sunday to have exactly what Shania had: Banana Nut Pancakes and the Sweet Ginger Tea, which was actually a green tea served in a tall glass with a couple slices of ginger. They put this cardboard thing around it to protect your hands from the heat." Click HERE for a scan of the brunch menu. Thanks Tara! You can visit Fresh's website at www.juiceforlife.com.

• 10/2/07 Shania Stops By Toronto Eatery And Cancer-Related Workshop. Click HERE to read a National Post article about Shania's recent visit to Toronto.

• 10/2/07 Unoffical 2008 Shania Calendar! An unofficial 2008 Shania calendar from the UK is now available at CalendarClub.co.uk. Click front cover and back cover (to see pic for each month).

• 9/28/07 Shania & Mutt Receive NSAI Triple Play Award. From Tennessean.com: Despite the rain, an estimated 2,000 people turned out for Nashville Songwriters Association International's World's Largest No. 1 Party on Tuesday. Held under a massive white tent in the Country Music Association's parking lot, the event recognized 66 songwriters who wrote the 27 songs that topped the country charts between July 2006 and June 2007, and three industry leaders the organization determined had made special contributions to country music. Triple plays recognized - During the ceremony, the CMA announced the winners of its triple play award, given to songwriters who charted three No. 1 songs in a 12-month period. Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dave Berg, Alan Jackson, Mutt Lange, Kelley Lovelace, Brad Paisley, Jeffrey Steele, Shania Twain and Rivers Rutherford all managed the feat.

• 9/25/07 Shania Interview - Video. Shania was interviewed on CBC's "The Weekend Scene" this past Saturday (9/22). She talks about balancing her family life with her career and her new fragrance, Shania Starlight. Click HERE to watch the interview which begins at the 8:40 mark.

• 9/25/07 Agreement Reached On 'Twain Track'. Click HERE to read the article from stuff.co.nz.

• 9/21/07 Shania In People Magazine. In the current issue of PEOPLE (Oct. 1), there's a picture of Shania shopping in Toronto on September 17th. Click HERE for a scan!

• 9/21/07 Shania Wants Fans To Feel Like A Woman With New Fragrance. From Yahoo!/CP: Shania Twain is hoping success will shine brightly the second time around with the launch of her newest fragrance. Shania Starlight captures the "glamorous, elegant side" of the Canadian country star, according to a release from Coty Canada, makers of the fragrance. The Timmins, Ont., native made a stop in Toronto in 2005 to promote her first fragrance, the western-inspired scent Shania by Stetson, one day before heading to Ottawa to receive the Order of Canada. Shania Starlight is available at drugstores and mass retailers.

• 9/21/07 "ET Canada" Transcript. Click HERE for a transcript of Shania's two-part interview with "ET Canada" (9/14 & 9/17). Thanks again to super Shania fan McJessica!

• 9/18/07 "Star! Daily" Transcript. Click HERE for a transcript of Shania's interview with "Star! Daily" tonight. Thanks again to Shania fan McJessica!

• 9/18/07 Shania Back On Home Turf To Promote New Scent. Click HERE to read the article!

• 9/17/07 "eTalk Daily" Transcript. Click HERE for a transcript of Shania's interview with "eTalk Daily" tonight. Thanks to Shania fan McJessica!
During part two of Shania's interview with "ET Canada" tonight, Shania said she gets botox every 4 months. Then she said she was just joking, that she's never. But she will (or might) get something done when she's 50 or 60...she doesn't know.

• 9/16/07 Shania On "Star! Daily", "eTalk Daily" & "ET Canada" - 9/17. Shania will be interviewed on Star TV's "Star! Daily" (Toronto) at 6:30pm ET and CTV's "eTalk Daily" at 7:00pm ET on Monday, 9/17. Also, the second part of Shania's "ET Canada" interview will air on Monday, 9/17 as well. You can watch part one of the interview from Friday on YouTube (poor quality). Notice how Shania rolls her eyes and her attitude when asked about a new CD. It's like she just doessn't care anymore!?!?!?

• 9/14/07 Shania Still Not Sure When New Album Will Be Released. Here's a recap of Shania's interview on tonight's "ET Canada". Posted by ShaniaKoula: "That interview was okay, she spoke about her perfume and how she's NOT sure when the new album will come out because she does not want to put pressure on herself. She also spoke about Celine Dion's new album and the controversy with the former title of it. She said she really likes the Celine Dion remake 'I Drove All Night.' I can't believe they are making it into a two parter - on Monday they will talk about Shania's trouble with fame." I don't know about you, but it sure sounds like Shania isn't INTO making music anymore. She has left her fans hanging way too long! I think retirement may not be too far away.

• 9/13/07 Shania On "ET Canada" - 9/14. On Friday's Entertainment Tonight Canada: Catching up with a Canadian Superstar - Shania Twain sits down and talks with ET.

• 9/13/07 Reminder: Shania In Toronto! Just a reminder, Shania will be in Toronto tomorrow (9/14) to promote her new fragrance, Shania Starlight. Toronto radio station, 104.5 CHUM-FM, held a contest last week enabling some lucky listeners to meet Shania and get her autograph!

• 9/13/07 Shania: Elton John's "Tiny Dancer." From EltonFan.net: During Elton John's Vevey, Switzerland concert on September 8th, he dedicated one of his songs ("Tiny Dancer") to Shania who lives in the area.

• 9/11/07 Vote For Shania - Greatest Grammy Moment. In honor of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS is airing a 2-hour special featuring the greatest Grammy moments of all-time. You decide who makes the cut by voting at MyNightAtTheGrammys.com. Go vote for Shania's 1999 performance of "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" as often as possible! Voting closes at midniight ET on Sunday, October 7. "My Night At The Grammys" airs Friday, November 30 at 8:00pm ET.

• 9/8/07 Shania Moves Back To La Tour-de-Peilz. From 24heures.ch A little more than one year after having sold its splendid castle of Sully, the couple Shania Twain/Robert “Mutt” Lange, are back in La Tour-de-Peilz. Click HERE to read the article which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 9/7/07 New Contest - Win Passes To Meet Shania In Toronto! From 104.5 CHUM-FM: Enter HERE to win a pair of Exclusive passes to meet Shania Twain, you and your guest will get her autograph and each of you will receive a bottle of her newest fragrance "Starlight". This will happen on Friday, September 14th. You must be a member of the CHUM Club to enter. If you aren't a member, click HERE to join (it only takes a minute), and then return to this page. Open to residents of Ontario only! Contest closes: Wednesday, September 12th at 10 am.

• 9/7/07 Walmart.com Starlight Perfume Sample & Video Clip! Walmart.com has a Shania Starlight page where you can request a free sample of the new fragrance and also watch a short Starlight promo video! Check it out HERE!

• 9/7/07 Stars Making Scents - People Magazine. In the September 17th issue of PEOPLE, there is a "Stars Making Scents" page featuring celebrities launching new fragrances this Fall. Click HERE for a scan!

• 9/5/07 Meet Shania In Toronto Contest. From 104.5 CHUM-FM: Every weekday morning at 6:50, join Roger, Rick & Marilyn for "Trivia". Roger and Marilyn quiz the surprisingly bright Rick Hodge on a number of topics (many of which Hodgie has no business knowing, but does!). If there's something Rick can't answer, call 416-870-1045 to win today's prize! Prize for week of September 3, 2007: A pair of exclusive passes to meet Shania Twain, you and your guest will get her autograph, have your photo with her and receive a bottle of her new fragrance “Starlight”. This will happen on Sept 14th when Shania visits Toronto.

• 9/5/07 Elton John: "Shania Convinced Me To Come To Vevey." From Le Matin Online: Translated: One thinks that nothing any more can move Elton John, and yet: “The place of the Market with Vevey (Switzerland) is one of the most beautiful places and most magic of Europe. Since I was likely to discover it in 2003, I emitted the desire to sing there. My friend Shania Twain, who does not live very far, convinced me to do it.” A thing is sure, the last places put on sale today are likely to leave well quickly.
Elton John in concert with Vevey, places Market, Saturday September 8, doors: 17. 30, concert to 20 h. Loc.: Tourist bureau Vevey-Montreux, Fnac and Ticket Corner. To counter the black market, 1000 tickets will be put on sale at the case of the evening Saturdays. Click HERE for a related article.

• 9/4/07 Meet Shania In Toronto - Update. According to a fan in Toronto, tomorrow morning radio station 104.5 CHUM-FM, will give listeners their first chance to meet Shania when she comes to town Sep. 14th. Also, another fan received the following email from CHUM: "Shania will be in Toronto on the 14th to launch her new fragrance but there are no plans for her to visit us here at CHUM. We will be giving away chances to meet her at a secret downtown location."

• 9/4/07 Shania Starlight Officially Released Today. Although in stores for the past couple months, Shania's second fragrance, Shania Starlight, officially goes on sale today throughout the U.S. and Canada! Television commercials began airing yesterday on The Learning Channel, Bravo and The Food Network. The commercial has scenes from the photoshoot in Spain with "When You Kiss Me" playing in the background.

• 9/1/07 Anne Murray's Website Confirms Duet With Shania. From AnneMurray.com: Anne’s new album, Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, is due out in November in Canada with a U.S. release scheduled for January. Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends is a collection of Anne’s most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song. The album offers a wide variety of Anne's favourite female voices including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. Lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn as well as Anne's daughter, Dawn Langstroth. Dawn and Anne’s son, Will Langstroth provided back-up vocals on some tracks. More artists to be unveiled soon.

• 8/31/07 Meet Shania In Toronto! Toronto radio station, 104.5 CHUM-FM, is having a contest where lucky listeners can meet Shania on September 14th when she comes to Toronto to promote her new fragrance, Shania Starlight. Listen to Roger, Rick & Marilyn (104.5 morning show) for info on how to win.

• 8/31/07 Shania Starlight Ad In L&S Weekly. There is a full page print ad for Shania Starlight on the back cover of the Sep. 10th issue of LIFE & STYLE WEEKLY. Click HERE for a scan. Television and other print ads will begin the first week of September.

• 8/29/07 Shania Starlight Gift Set. There is now a Shania Starlight gift set available on eBay. The set includes a 1.7 FL OZ. bottle of Starlight perfume, some kind of body mist spray, shimmer lotion and body gel. I'm not sure which retail store is selling the gift set so be on the look-out.

• 8/28/07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANIA! Today Shania celebrates her 42nd birthday! On behalf of all her fans around the world, I want to wish Shania a very Happy Birthday!!!

• 8/26/07 Shania Moves Again! From 24heures.ch Nearly one year after having sold their splendid castle of Sully for a more modest residence in Corseaux, Switzerland - Shania, Mutt and their Eja son decide to move once again. Click HERE to read the article which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 8/26/07 Shania Night Fever! - Sep. 23. From CMT Canada: Shania Night Fever - Premieres Sunday, Sept 23 at 5pm ET/ 2 PT It’s all Shania, all night long! We’ve put together a heck of a lineup with Canada’s favourite home town girl. You’ll get to see the highly anticipated CMT premiere of the movie Shania: A Life in Eight Albums based on her early struggles in life and as a singer.
Ultimate Fan Access: Shania
5pm ET/ 2 PT - CMT gave the ultimate Shania fan the chance of a lifetime – an Ultimate Fan Backstage Pass to see Shania. This one hour special chronicles the nationwide contest, the winners and the search for Shania.
Flashback: Shania
6pm ET/ 3 PT - Using interviews and footage that span her career, Shania tells us in her own words how she feels about her looks, her loves and her music. It’s a fascinating look at how Shania assesses her triumphs, the music business and her life. Rare footage, candid interviews and great music paint a story about the evolution of one of the world’s most beloved singers.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
6:30pm ET/ 3:30 PT - This documentary combines performances and interviews to provide an insightful look at this country superstar whose influence extends well beyond the music charts.
Totally Shania
7pm ET/ 8 PT - Take a peek into the life of Shania. Hear what she has to say about her journey as a singer and watch the videos that have shaped her career.
Shania: A Life in Eight Albums *CMT Premiere*
8pm ET/ 9 PT - “Shania: A Life in Eight Albums” is a personal and uplifting biography of singer Shania Twain. The two-hour movie chronicles the Timmins schoolgirl who triumphed over poverty and adversity to become one of the world’s most popular entertainers.
Check the programming schedule for encore presentations...

• 8/21/07 Celine's TWIM Album Is Now Titled Taking Chances. From PerezHilton.com: A few lucky Celine Dion fans got to attend a very special listening party for her new album Monday night in Las Vegas. The title is no longer called The Woman In Me. It's now Taking Chances. There is definitely a rock theme to the record - it's very guitar driven. However, there are your typical Celine amazing power ballads, and there's even a blues-type song. Click HERE to read the first review of the album! Click HERE for a related article from canada.com.

• 8/16/07 The Woman In Me: Celine vs. Shania. Pop singer name's latest album, The Woman In Me, is the same title that has sold 10 million copies for Shania Twain. Click HERE to read thhe article from The Vancouver Sun.

• 8/13/07 Shania Fans Staying Longer In Timmins. Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Press.

• 8/12/07 Happy Birthday Eja! Today, Shania and Mutt's son Eja turns 6 years old! On behalf of Shania's fans around the world, Happy Birthday Eja!

• 8/11/07 This Week In Music History. From Toronto Star: 1996: Country singer Shania Twain was honoured at a homecoming in Timmins, Ont. The former Timmins resident was presented with the key to the city, pressed her hands into cement and was shown a plaque renaming the city's Algonquin Blvd. to Shania Twain Way.

• 8/10/07 Touched By Shania - Video. The annual Shania Twain Fan Convention is marking its fifth year and for many fans, it's a chance to celebrate their favourite singer and her music. But for one family, the appreciation for the country superstar and her work runs much deeper than that. Click HERE to watch a video from Persona 3 News in Timmins.

• 8/10/07 Twainiacs Celebrate. Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Press.

• 8/8/07 Shania Fans Arrive For Fan Con 5. Click HERE for an article from The Timmins Times. For convention updates and pictures, visit the Shania Twain Centre forum throughout the weekend!

• 8/8/07 Inside The Shania Twain Centre. From CountryOnDemand.com: This weekend, Timmins, Ontario will host over 40 fans. They come from 5 different countries. And they are all coming to celebrate one person: Shania Twain. Country On-Demand goes "Up!" to Timmins and chats with the manager of the Centre, Tracy Hautenen. We discuss the Centre, Shania's input, how to create an exhibit, and what's next for the Shania museum. So "Come On Over" and go Inside the Shania Twain Centre. Click HERE to read the article.

• 8/3/07 Twain/Murray Duet - Confirmation! CountryOnDemand.com,, Hot 103 in Winnipeg and "ET Canada" are also reporting Shania will be recording a duet with Anne Murray!
From CountryOnDemand.com: Country superstar Shania Twain will have a new song out this year... but it won't be on a new Shania album. The songstress joins Anne Murray on Murray's upcoming album Anne Murray Duets: Legends & Friends. The album also features duets with Martina McBride, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Carole King, and Nelly Furtado. The album is currently scheduled for a Canadian release in November followed by a U.S. release in January. Songs on the album include such favorites as: "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," "Danny's Song" and "Cotton Jenny."
Click HERE to read the Hot 103 article.

• 7/31/07 Shania To Record Duet With Anne Murray. It looks like Shania will be doing a duet with Anne Murray! The following was posted on my site's message board by Larry: "I was watching the 6 o'clock news on CBC Nova Scotia 31 July, and they mentioned that Anne Murray is recording a new Duet Album. They also said that Shania Twain will be in a duet with Anne Murray. They showed a Clip of the songs being recorded, and they even showed Shania; (taped of course) But they mentioned that the album will go on sale in November 2007. Thought you like to know."
I found the following news item on AnneMurray.com: Anne was recently joined in the studio by Olivia Newton-John, as Anne began work on her forthcoming Duets album. The pair met at the Capitol Recording studio in Los Angeles to record with renowned producer Phil Ramone, whose list of credits includes collaborations with such artists as Billy Joel, Elton John, Ray Charles and Tony Bennett. Olivia was the first of a dozen artists (including k.d. lang, daughter Dawn Langstroth and Shelby Lynne) who will record with Anne over the next couple of months. This album will be the 35th release in Anne's illustrious 39 year career.

• 7/29/07 New Album In Late 2008. In the July 29th issue of Parade magazine (a Sunday newspaper supplement), there's a Q&A regarding a new album from Shania. According to Parade, the CD won't be relesed until late in 2008.
Q. Shania Twain hasn't released an all-new album since Up! in 2002. How come? - Edwin Little, Camden, S.C.
A. Because the 41-year-old songbird has been busy raising her son, Eja, 5. Shania is also working on a CD but isn't expected to release it until late in '08. Meanwhile, she and her hubby, producer "Mutt" Lange, divide their time between homes in Switzerland, Canada and New Zealand.

• 7/26/07 Fans Of Shania Twain Invited To Come On Over. Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Press.

• 7/25/07 ShaniaStarlight.com Updated! A few more cool things have been added to ShaniaStarlight.com including Info on the fragrance, Tell a friend, Where to buy, and an AWESOME behind the scenes video from Shania's Starlight shoot in Monegros, Spain last October! Go check it out!!!!!
***On a side note, ShaniaByStetson.com has a new Home page which now directs you to the original fragrance, Shania By Stetson, as well as the new one, Shania Starlight.

• 7/21/07 Shania Buys Old Farm In Sarine, Switzerland. According to lematin.ch, Shania and Mutt bought an old farm in the district of Sarine Fribourgeoise, Switzerland. The site is called Moulin-de-Prez. Click HERE to read the article which I translated from French to English using an online translator. Click HERE to read another article from 24heures.ch and see a picture of the farm.

• 7/15/07 Starlight Launched In Timmins - VIDEO! As reported on Shania Twain's official website, the world-famous singing sensation's new perfume aims to bring out a woman's more glamorous side. Persona 3 News got a chance to sniff out a preview of the perfume. Click HERE to watch the video!

• 7/13/07 CBC Video Interviews. Here are 4 excellent Shania interviews from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC-TV). If links don't work, click HERE and scroll down to the 4 videos.
Shania in Love (1996) WATCH
Country superstar Shania Twain opens up about her long distance telephone romance, whirlwind wedding, and the love of her life. (Runs 6:14)
Shania on Joni Mitchell (1996) WATCH
Shania Twain charms fans on radio call in show and gets a surprise call from superstar hockey commentator Don Cherry. (Runs 16:26)
Shania Twain Revealed (2002) WATCH
Platinum selling country singer Shania Twain talks about the price of fame, the highs and lows of being a star and her new baby boy. (Runs 7:46)
Shania Twain on Tour (2003) WATCH
Country stunner Shania Twain reveals her songwriting secrets and explains why she loves touring. (Runs 11:38)

• 7/12/07 Shania In Country Weekly. In the current issue of Country Weekly (7/30), there's a Shania "Then & Now" photo feature. It shows Shania "then" in 1995 (actually Fan Fair 1993) and "now" in 2007. Click HERE for a scan. Thanks Chris!

• 7/11/07 More Starlight Info - Purchase Online. According to Angie, the Moderator on the Official Fan Club message board: Shania Starlight was sent out to various locations across the U.S. on July 1st. - It is currently available at JCPenney, Kohl's, Ulta, and Sears. - Additional authorized retailers will carry Starlight this September when it's officially launched. - Shania will be making guest apperances on television and in print ads this Fall.
***On a side note, you can purchase Shania Starlight online in a 1.7 or 3.4 FL OZ. Eau de Toilette Spray and a 6.7 FL OZ. Shimmer Lotion at Ulta.com. I went to Kohl's today and they had both sizes of the Spray, the Shimmer Lotion, and a pile of free samples like you'll receive in the mail from ShaniaStarlight.com.

• 7/10/07 Shania Starlight Official Site Now Online. ShaniaStarlight.com is now online! Right now there's only a main page and a link to request a free sample of the new fragrance. The website will officially be launched when Shania Starlight is released in September. Go check it out!

• 7/1/07 Shania Starlight Already In Stores!!! A fan on the Shania Forums found a $34.00 1.7 FL OZ. Eau de Toilette Spray bottle of Shania's new fragrance, Shania Starlight by Stetson, at JCPenney. The fragrance was not supposed to be released until September. Strange! Click HERE for a picture. www.shaniastarlight.com is on the back of the box but the website is inactive.
Update 7/2: Apparently Coty, Inc. is test marketing Shania Starlight in select stores throughout the country. The official launch of the fragrance is still slated for September.

• 7/1/07 Country's Most Beautiful Woman - Results. Back in April, Country Weekly magazine asked its readers to vote for Country's Most Beautiful Woman. Well the Top 10 results are presented in a special photo feature in CW's July 16th issue. Carrie Underwood was voted Country music's Most Beautiful woman with Shania coming in at #4. #4 Shania Twain - Shania, 41, has spent the last couple of years largely out of the public eye - but that doesn't mean our readers have forgotten this world-class stunner, who moves up one spot from last year's list. Click HERE for a scan. The rest of the Top 10 women are: #2 Faith Hill, #3 Reba McEntire, #5 Kellie Pickler, #6 Martina McBride, #7 Sara Evans, #8 Jennifer Nettles, #9 Taylor Swift, #10 Miranda Lambert. The complete Top 20 can be found HERE.

• 7/1/07 Shania Voted Sexiest Canadian. From Edmonton Sun: According to a national beer-drinking survey on behalf of Moosehead, an eyebrow-raising 40% of Atlantic Canadians said if they had to choose between beer and sex, they would forego carnal pleasures and opt for a cold one instead... And who did Canadians vote as the sexiest Canadian female export? The results may surprise some, for more than half of Canadians chose country crooner Shania Twain over beach blond Pamela Anderson, who came in a distant second at 14%. The sultry brunette vegetarian also handily beat out younger contenders like "it" girls Elisha Cuthbert and Evangeline Lilly. Men more than women gave Anderson their support, with 16% voting for her compared to 11% of women.

• 6/24/07 Swiss Red Cross Gala Video Clip. Click HERE for a slightly longer video clip of Shania at this year's Swiss Red Cross Gala on June 9th.

• 6/21/07 "The Next Best Thing". Last night on ABC's "The Next Best Thing", Stacey Whitton, a Shania Twain and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, made it through to the semi-finals next week in Hollywood, CA. There are 30 semi-finalists. Click HERE for a video clip of Stacey performing. In each episode, a panel of popular well-known judges -- comedians Jeffrey Ross (Comedy Central Roasts, The Aristocrats), Lisa Ann Walter (The Parent Trap, Shall We Dance?) and Elon Gold (Stacked, Cheaper by the Dozen) -- will use their razor sharp wit and comedic skills as they evaluate, critique and sometimes skewer celebrity impersonators based on how much they look, sound and act like the celebrity they're impersonating. The judges will determine who will go on to compete in the next round of auditions, while America will vote for the final winning impersonator through a viewer voting system. The winner will receive a grand prize of $100,000. Click HERE to go to "The Next Best Thing" homepage. "The Next Best Thing" airs Wednesday nights at 8:00pm ET on ABC.

• 6/19/07 Campaign Song Contest Results. And the winner is... not "Rock This Country" by Shania Twain. Instead, "You And I" by Celine Dion has been voted Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign song. Click HERE to listen.

• 6/17/07 Shania Q&A - USA Today Weekend. Click HERE for a Shania Q&A scan from USA Today Weekend edition.

• 6/15/07 Shania In Country Weekly Magazine. In the July 2 issue of Country Weekly (Carrie Underwood on the cover), there's a small article about Shania's plans for a 2008 album release. They also compare the length in time between Shania's last release to some Rock 'n Roll groups. Click HERE for a scan.

• 6/12/07 Swiss Red Cross Gala Video Clip/Scans. RealPlayer video clip - Shania is at 1:20 mark (Broadband/DSL Modem/Dialup). Click HERE and HERE for newspaper scans.

• 6/10/07 Shania Attends Swiss Red Cross Gala - PICS! 24heures.ch has a brief mention of Shania attending last night's Swiss Red Cross Gala in Morges, Switzerland. Click HERE to read the article which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 6/7/07 In Nashville's 'Circle'. In an interview with The Courier-Journal, country music writer Alanna Nash talks about past and present country superstars, topics covered in the book "Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America." Nash talks about how Shania "contaminated" country music and how her view of Shania eventually changed. Click HERE to read the article (Shania is at the end).

• 6/6/07 Shania In OK! Magazine. In the June 11th issue of OK! magazine (Brad Pitt on the cover), Shania is featured in a two-page "Style Evolution" spread on pages 34-35. There are 7 full-length pictures of Shania's 1995-2007 transformation from "Risque' to Regal!" Go to the Picture Gallery, misc. page 10, for scans!

• 6/5/07 Visits To Shania Centre Decline. Click HERE to read the article from the Timmins Daily Press.

• 5/29/07 Shania Dishes On Fragrance, Recording & Touring. Click HERE to read the article from People.com.

• 5/29/07 "CMT Insider" Interview - Watch! CMT.com has posted Shania's interview from this past weekend's "CMT Insider". Part 1 - Part 2

• 5/29/07 Shania To Begin Workin On New Album. Click HERE to read the article from AllHeadlineNews.com.

• 5/29/07 Shania Set To Launch Fragrance. Click HERE to read the article from AllHeadlineNews.com.

• 5/28/07 Shania Comes Home To North America. Click HERE to read the article by CMT's Hazel Smith.

• 5/27/07 New Album Will Have A Pop Tone. 24heures.ch did a small interview with Shania at last night's French ballet charity event. During the interview Shania stated that her new album will have a Pop tone to it. Click HERE to read the entire interview which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 5/27/07 Shania To Attend Swiss Red Cross Gala. Shania will once again attend this year's Swiss Red Cross Gala. It will be held on Saturday, June 9 at the Halles CCF in Morges, Switzerland. The theme this year is country western, "Stetson, Satin, & Lace". Shania is their Honorary Patron. Click HERE to view the invitation. Click HERE to go to the Swiss Red Cross website.

• 5/26/07 Shania Attends Charity Ballet Event In Switzerland - PICS! According to a Swiss newspaper article, Shania attended a celebrity charity event tonight in at the Chillon Castle in Lake Geneva, Switzerland to raise money for a ballet company. The event was open to the public. Ticket prices were 275 Swiss Francs which is about $223 U.S. Dollars. Click HERE for the article (written in French).

• 5/26/07 Piers Morgan Flies With Shania Click HERE to read a pretty funny conversation Piers Morgan (judge from "America's Got Talent") had with Shania while flying to Las Vegas on May 12.

• 5/25/07 "CMT Insider" - New Interview! Superstar talks about new fragrance, songwriting and a campaign song. Click HERE to read the interview. Remember, you can watch the interview on "CMT Insider" tomorrow at 2:00pm ET/PT.

• 5/24/07 "Access Hollywood" - New Interview! Shania has been living in Switzerland and has returned to record her new album and release a new perfume. Click HERE to watch the interview!

• 5/24/07 Vote For Shania - Sexiest Vegetarian. Click HERE to vote for Shania as this year's "Sexiest Vegetarian.Alive." In 2001, Shania Twain was the first star named "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" by PETA.org voters. "I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now," said Shania, who hasn't eaten an animal since she married longtime vegetarian (and record producer) Mutt Lange in 1993. Her favorite food is pasta, and she says, "I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner."

• 5/24/07 "RTC" Goes To Round 2 For Campaign Song Contest. From FoxNews.com: After last week's promise — or threat — that Hillary Rodham Clinton will keep her singing to herself as long as her supporters pick a campaign song for her, Clinton's campaign says it's ready to announce the winner "in the coming days" as the votes come in. Clinton has narrowed the original list of nine songs down to four, but added five more. In the process, her video appeal asking for help received more than 600,000 views. Stealing a page from the "American Idol" playbook, and another from YouTube.com's most popular clips, Clinton turned to the popular video-sharing site to post her public appeal to choose the campaign song last week. Both videos can be found on Clinton's page on YouTube, by clicking here. In the style of self-deprecating humor used in last week's clip (which showed an off-key attempt at singing the national anthem), she pokes a little more fun at herself with some of the not-so-ready for prime time submissions, plus some critics of the contest. "Are you freaking kidding me?" shouts one skeptic into a camera. The songs that made it through round one: "Suddenly I see," by KT Tunstall; "Rock This Country!" by Shania Twain; U2's "Beautiful Day;" and "Get Ready," by The Temptations. The campaign added the five most popular write-in suggestions, too: "Are You Gonna Go My Way," Lenny Kravitz; "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," McFadden & Whitehead; "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," The Police; "You and I," Celine Dion; and "The Best," Tina Turner. Continue to vote for "Rock This Country" by clicking HERE!

• 5/22/07 "CMT Insider" - New Interview! From CMT.com: She's sold more albums than any other female artist in history, but she hasn't made a new one in four(?) years. Country diva Shania Twain joins host Katie Cook to talk about plans for her upcoming album and what she did during her recording hiatus. Cook gets all the scoop on when Twain will be recording, what the CD will sound like and when we can expect it in stores. Plus, we'll reveal the results of our "CMT Insider" poll and find out what our viewers would like to hear on the upcoming album. Twain also talks about being included on Hilary Clinton's list of possible campaign theme songs, "Rock this Country!", as well as her new perfume called Shania Starlight by Stetson. Don't miss this chance to spend time with this country superstar. "CMT Insider" premieres Saturday, May 26 at 2:00pm ET/PT. Click HERE for other air times.

• 5/22/07 Shania Sheds Some Light On New CD & Perfume. Click HERE to read a great and informative article from Star magazine. Note the last three paragraphs.

• 5/22/07 "CMT Insider" ACMA Interview. Click HERE to watch Shania's ACMA Orange Carpet interview from "CMT Insider".

• 5/22/07 ACMA Appeareance - No Music, Only Perfume. From NetMusicCountdown.com: Get a lot of questions from fans at my GACtv.com Q&A column regarding when Shania Twain plans to release new music, so does Mercury Records, and country radio. UNCONFIRMED reports say she's been recording with her band and may have new music out this year. And, folks hoped her return to the USA for ACM Awards might indicate news on the music front. Not so, says her label. "She was just there (at the ACMs) because she loves the Academy and wanted to participate. Plus, she wanted to take care of the business of releasing a new fragrance that's coming out," is the latest word.

• 5/19/07 NZ House Update. From The New Zealand Herald: Meanwhile, work continues on Canadian singer Shania Twain's massive South Island high-country retreat near Wanaka. Local real estate agents estimate the total value of her investment now stands at about $25 million - for the home and land where she and her record producer husband will only spend six months of the year.

• 5/19/07 Shania Starlight - More Info & New Pic! Click HERE for the article and picture.

• 5/18/07 Shania Starlight By Stetson - Coming In September! Click HERE to read the press release. Also, be sure to pick up the new issue of PEOPLE magazine (May 28th issue, page 140) for a sneek peek of a Shania Starlight ad featuring a new picture of Shania! Click HERE for a scan! Alternate Scan! The caption reads: Also making scents: Shania Twain, who launches her second fragrance, Shania Starlight, in September. "It's for a night on the town," says Twain.

• 5/18/07 Coty Puts Twain In Spotlight With 2nd Scent. From WWD.com: Coty Beauty is shining a spotlight on another side of country superstar Shania Twain this fall with the launch of her second perfume, Shania Starlight by Stetson.

• 5/18/07 "CMT Insider" ACMA Wrap-up. From CMT.com: Host Katie Cook gives a wrap-up of the evening's top moments, talks to the big winners, and checks out the stars and clothes on the red carpet. Don't miss this week's show, coming to you from the Las Vegas strip. Shania will most likely be on the show - possibly interviewed! "CMT Insider" premieres Saturday, May 19 at 2:00pm ET/PT. Click HERE for other air times.

• 5/18/07 Shania & Mutt Spotted At Las Vegas Show. From NormClarke.com: Illusionist Criss Angel and Cameron Diaz, arriving arm in arm at "Love" (Mirage) on Monday (5/14). After the show, they met the cast and crew backstage before heading off to Mandalay Bay to play roulette. Also at "Love" on Monday: Shania Twain, with her husband Robert "Mutt" Lang and Vince Gill, with a friend... "Love" is a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show that celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles.

• 5/18/07 Not Just Yet. From PerezHilton.com: Despite rumors that she's be releasing an album this fall, Shania Twain announced this week that a new record won't be out until next year. Sadness.

• 5/17/07 Who Wore It Best? From HollyScoop.com: Country star Shania Twain looked stunning in this Monique Lhuillier gown at the 42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. It's too bad the dress had already had it moment in the spotlight when 17-year-old "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere sported it at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards a few months back. Both women looked gorgeous in the dress, but you tell us....who wore it best? Click HERE for a side-by-side picture.

• 5/17/07 Shania Opens And Closes The Show. From NetMusicCountdown.com: Shania Twain kicked things off by introducing ACM show host, Reba McEntire. "I can't tell you how glad I am to be back at the Academy of Country Music awards.." She said and then promptly introduced host, Reba McEntire was immediately wise cracking as she listed all the male-only nominees for Entertainer of the Year. Shania then announced the final award of the night.

• 5/17/07 Greek Goddess. From DicksonHerald.com: Shania Twain looked like a Greek goddess in her white Monique Lhuillier.

• 5/16/07 Vote For "Rock This Country". From HillaryClinton.com: Hillary Clinton is getting the 2008 voting started early, posting a YouTube video on her website this afternoon in which she urges supporters to cast their vote for her official Presidential campaign theme song. Coming on the heels of her text messaging effort launched earlier this week, Hillary continues to engage with Americans and encourage them to get involved in her campaign. "I hope people from across the country will go to my website and vote for the song they feel best represents our message of change and their hopes for a better America," Hillary said. "And I promise to leave the singing to the professionals." Shania's "Rock This Country" is one of nine potential campaign songs! Click HERE to vote for "Rock This Country". It would also be a great promotional tool for Shania's new album next year.

• 5/16/07 ACMA Re-broadcast - June 6. From gactv.com: If you missed the "42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" last night on CBS, don't worry — now you can watch it on GAC! Tune in Wednesday, June 6 at 8:00pm ET for GAC's exclusive encore presentation! Other air times: Thursday, June 7 at 12:00am ET and 5:00pm ET.

• 5/16/07 GAC Q&A. From gactv.com: Q: I was wondering why we don't hear anything from Shania Twain anymore. I think that she has a beautiful voice, and I really enjoy listening to all her songs. (Beverly, Ramey, PA)
A: Beverly, Shania Twain has been out of the picture for two years now as she's reportedly been recording new music. Her first public appearance in awhile came at the recent Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Shania participated to help promote a new perfume fragrance. Check back with me soon to find out what else Shania's been up to!

• 5/16/07 Shania Plans On '08 Release For New CD. From Country Standard Time: Shania Twain said she will have an album out in 2008 and is currently songwriting. In an interview with GAC in Las Vegas at the Academy of Country Music awards in Las Vegas, Twain said, "Right now I'm in a very serious songwriting mode, so I'm focusing a lot on that, doing a lot of soul searching. That's consuming a lot of my time right now." When asked when a CD would be out, Twain said, "It will be awhile still. It won't be until next year. It won't be this year." Since it's been about five years sinc eher last release, Twain asked if she missed it. "The grass is always greener on the other side. When I'm full on with the touring, I miss the songwriting because I don't really get to do a lot of that when I'm on tour. You never win. I have to say, I'm enjoying the songwriting part of it. There's a lot of reflection involved when I'm putting songs together...but I do look forward to going back out." "We haven't even decided where we're to go record it yet...We're putting some demos together. I'm working really hard on the lyrics. I want to be as true to myself as possible, well completely true to myself with the lyrics. It takes a lot of thought."

• 5/16/07 Perez Loves Shania! From PerezHilton.com: Where have you been hiding??? Oh how we've missed her! Seemingly gone forever, Shania Twain made a rare public appearance at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards held in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. And she looked GOOD. Time to come out with a new album you Canadian diva! Click HERE for picture.

• 5/15/07 Shania Says No CD This Year. Shania was interviewed during tonight's Academy Of Country Music Awards pre-show. She said there will not be a new CD this year and that she is still writing and working on demos. Look for a new album next year.

• 5/14/07 Shania's Seat At The ACMAs! From GettyImages.com: LAS VEGAS - MAY 12: Placeholders for artists Craig Morgan, Carrie Underwood and Shania Twain, are seen in seats during a rehearsal for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will be filmed at the MGM on May 15. Click HERE for the picture.

• 5/10/07 Shania To Attend ACMAs - Update! According to Angie, the Moderator on the Official Fan Club message board, Shania will be presenting an award!

• 5/10/07 It's Official - Shania To Attend ACMAs!!! ACM Press Release from Yahoo!: Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing that country music superstars Faith Hill, Toby Kieth, Martina McBride and Big & Rich with special guest John Legend will perform, special guest Shania Twain will participate and Sara Evans, Heartland, Brad Mates of Emerson Drive, Justin McBride, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Kellie Pickler, Gabrielle Reece, Emma Roberts, Darius Rucker, Eric Szmanda, Luke Wilson and Chris Young will present as part of the sold out 42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards. The ceremony, which honors country musics top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast LIVE from MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00pm live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. For more information on the Academy Of Country Music Awards and the Academy Of Country Music, please visit www.acmcountry.com. Click HERE for a scan of the ACMA ad in next week's TV Guide.
***On a side note, don't miss GAC's exclusive live pre-show from the Orange Carpet starting at 7:00pm ET/PT. They might interview Shania. Repeats: May 15 @ 11:00pm ET, May 16 @ 3:00am ET and June 6 @ 7:00pm ET & 11:00pm ET.

• 5/9/07 COO Current SoundScan Numbers. From CountryUniverse.com: Bright as the future is for Underwood, one record that looks way out of reach for her is top-selling country album of all-time. Currently, that record is held comfortably by Shania Twain, who has the top-selling album of any genre of the SoundScan era: Come On Over. As of this week, it has scanned 15,420,945 units. SoundScan numbers are based on actual album sales whereas RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) numbers are based on shipments to retailers. Come On Over is currently certified 20x Platinum (20 million) by the RIAA.

• 5/4/07 Shania To Attend ACMAs?!?!? In the current issue of PEOPLE magazine, dated May 14th (Rachel Ray on the cover), there is a full page ad for the 42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards. The ad has a list of country artists that are scheduled to attend, and Shania's name is listed!!! There's also a small picture of Shania (Greatest Hits album cover). The ACMAs will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 15th and broadcast live on CBS at 8:00pm ET. Let's hope Shania will be there!

• 5/3/07 Shania, The Worst Canadian? A Canadian history magazine plans to highlight how a country stereotyped for its polite and somewhat boring citizenry is also home to its share of scoundrels through a survey seeking "the worst Canadian." So far, visitors to the magazine's Web site at www.thebeaver.ca have nominated pop singers like Celine Dion and Shania Twain as well as criminals and prime ministers. Click HERE to read the entire article.

• 4/27/07 No Album This Year. According to the Moderator on the Official Fan Club message board, Shania will NOT be releasing an album this year. The mod cannot name her source but states that everything the source has said in the past has been true.

• 4/26/07 Shania On FHM 100 Sexiest List 2007. From Yahoo!/FHM: Shania is once again on FHM (U.S.) magazine's "100 Sexiest Women In The World" list. This year, Shania drops to #56. She was #30 last year. The caption reads, "One of the highest-selling recording artists of all-time and the woman who brought sex appeal to country music, Shania hasn’t done much in the past few years, but she’s still as popular as ever. Jessica Alba, 25, star of the upcoming "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", has been voted the sexiest woman in the world by readers of FHM. The Sin City star, who will celebrate her 26th birthday this weekend (April 28th), tops the list. Last year's "American Idol" runner-up, Katharine McPhee, placed second in her first appearance in the 100 Sexiest poll. Scarlett Johansson, who was No. 1 in 2006, dropped to No. 3 this year. FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll is recognized as the original, and largest, reader-generated listing of the sexiest women in the world. It is voted for entirely by FHM readers worldwide, with approximately eight million. FHM's June 2007 issue goes on sale in May. The "100 Sexiest Women In The World" bonus supplement is polybagged with the issue at newsstands nationwide. Visit FHM Online for a pictorial of all 100 women on this year's list.

• 4/25/07 New Album - Oct. 2 Release? Yesterday morning, Al Winters (a Nashville reporter), was on Country 107.7 WGNA's morning show in Albany, NY. He reported that Shania's new album will be released this year on October 2. I emailed WGNA's morning show team Sean and Richie:
Yesterday morning Al Winters reported that Shania's new CD will be released Oct. 2. Mercury has not made an official announcement and I was just wondering where this date came from. Thanks.
Their reply:
Al tends to get quite a bit of "insider" info…we don't know who his sources are…sorry.

• 4/21/07 New Shania Fragrance Coming Soon! From National Post: In the next six months you'll see new scents from Usher, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani, Sarah Jessica Parker, Shania Twain, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss, David Beckham and Christina Aguilera. Click HERE for pics from Shania's photo shoot last October in Spain.

• 4/18/07 Shania YouTube Channel. YouTube has added an official Shania channel packed with her music videos! Go to www.youtube.com/shaniatwain to check out the videos and subscribe to the channel.

• 4/16/07 This Day In Music. From MonstersAndCritics.com: 1999 - Shania Twain becomes the first woman to be honored as songwriter/artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International during the 32nd Annual Songwriter Achievement Awards in Nashville.

• 4/16/07 Shania Twain And Family High On Another Mountain. From CMT Hot Dish: Shania Twain, hubby and producer Mutt Lange and their son Eja have been residing high on a hill in the Alps overlooking a lake in dreamy Switzerland where mountains touch the skies and fairy tales are written. The couple purchased 24,000-plus acres high on another hill in New Zealand where they are having a $30-million estate built. Locals say when Shania and Mutt shop at local markets for fruit and vegetables, she wears a baseball cap and is very nice. However, it's reported the couple does flit in and out of the country on their private jet.

• 4/13/07 Just Look What $25 Million Gets You. Shania Twain's house and stables are slowly taking shape in her mountain valley hideaway near Wanaka not that anybody is allowed to talk about it. The multimillion-dollar mansion has sparked a lot of gossip since the annual Motatapu Icebreaker event on March 10, when thousands of mountain bikers and runners could see work was well under way. Click HERE to read the entire article.

• 4/12/07 Shania Twain Centre Remains On Budget Despite Drop In Visitors. The number of visiting Shania fans may be down, but it's the Shania Twain Centre's economic spinoff that adds up, says Timmins' city clerk. Click HERE to read the entire article.

• 4/11/07 Shania Gets Raw/New Album In 2008. From CountryWeekly.com: According to an insider, famed vegetarian Shania Twain has recently been favoring “raw foods,” meaning uncooked, unprocessed foods that haven’t been heated above a certain temperature. The superstar was seen dining last week at the New York City raw-foods restaurant Pure Food and Wine. Shania’s 5-year-old son, Eja, reportedly is not on the diet. A gossip column recently reported that Shania insisted upon a raw foods menu backstage for her appearance at the Kennedy Center Honors gala honoring Dolly Parton. Shania is currently at work on her first album of all-new material since 2002’s Up!, set for release sometime in 2008.

• 4/10/07 Vote For Shania! From Country Weekly: Who is the most beautiful woman in country music? Last year, we asked Country Weekly readers to choose the lovely lady most deserving of the title "Country's Most Beautiful Woman"—and you picked Faith Hill. Can Faith hold on to the honor this year? Only you can decide! Take a long, loving look at the choices in the April 23 issue of Country Weekly on sale now, or come up with another gorgeous gal you'd like to write in, and then cast your vote here before April 23. The results will appear in the July 16 issue of Country Weekly. Faith Hill won last year while Shania came in at #5. Vote for Shania!!!!! Let's make her #1 this year!

• 4/8/07 Exclusive Photos: Shania's Secret $30M Kiwi Mansion. Click HERE to read the article and view the pictures from the New Zealand Herald.

• 4/6/07 STC Fan Convention 5 Registration. The Shania Twain Centre has posted the registration forms for the 5th Annual Shania Twain Fan Convention (Aug. 9-12) in Timmins, Ontario Canada.

• 4/2/07 Shania And Hubby Caught On Camera In NYC! From Canada.com: A Canadian paparazzi agency has captured Shania Twain and her reclusive husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange together – and the rare photos are expected to bring in big bucks. Click HERE to read entire article and pictures!

• 3/27/07 20 Worst Song Lyrics Ever. Spinner.com has compiled a list of the 20 worst song lyrics ever. No. 8 - "My panty line shows, Got a run in my hose, My hair went flat, Man, I hate that" -- Shania Twain's 'Honey I'm Home'. Horribly trite stuff ... but we do always enjoy the word "panty." Click HERE for the complete list.

• 3/23/07 Shania TV Movie On DVD. "Shania: A Life In Eight Album", the made for TV movie which aired in Canada in 2005, will be released on DVD on April 24th. You can order the DVD from Amazon.com for only $5.98. The DVD cover is written in French but the movie is in English and French.

• 3/19/07 An Update From Another Band Member. Here are a couple email responses from Shania's band member Hardy Hemphill which were posted by a fan on The Shania Forums. "Hello! Shania is writing and recording her new CD. She says life is good for her now. You will probably hear something from her in the next year. That is my guess. Big kiss back to you. Hardy"
... and ...
"Hi, Nice to hear from you. Yes, Shania emailed a couple months ago and told me that she and Mutt are back to work on the new CD. I don't know when it will be ready. I hope you are well. Hardy"

• 3/17/07 An Update From Shania's Band Member. From RandallWaller.com: "Mutt told me recently that he and Shania are writing for another record and so we all wait with baited breathe to see what they come up with… it’s always an exciting prospect to hear the results of their work…. I’ll NEVER forget hearing ‘Getcha Good’ for the first time at Nigel Green’s house in California… I was there with Hardy and Brent and it truly tweaked our minds… naturally we hope that this will mean another tour, but we’ll have to wait and see what direction they want to take this in."

• 3/17/07 This Day In Music. From MonstersAndCritics.com: 2000 - Shania Twain`s 'Come On Over' is certified for sales of 17 million in the U.S., making it the best-selling solo album by a female artist, according to the RIAA.

• 3/13/07 Shania Music Videos On YouTube. From Shania Twain Official Fan Club."Universal Music Group's page on YouTube has posted more Shania music videos. You can scroll through the entire Universal collection check out the newly added Shania videos at: www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=universalmusicgroup."

• 3/13/07 Shania In Woman's World Magazine. In the March 20th issue of Woman's World magazine (p. 5), there's a small picture of Shania and a mention of her Come On Over album under "What Happened This Week." The caption reads: "Shania Twain's "Come On Over" became the all time best-selling solo album by a female artist in 2000 after it sold 17 million copies. Shania was born Eilleen Regina Edwards; the name Shania is Ojibwa Indian for "I'm on my way."" Click HERE for scan.

• 3/10/07 No New Shania Music, Tour Anytime Soon. From AllAccess.com - Jimmy Carter's "Rumbles From The Row" column: "Don't hold your breath looking for Shania to hit the road and tour. No new music is set, or tour, or anything. She's a veryyyyyyyy rich mom and doesn't need the hassle of a tour or riches it would bring."

• 3/9/07 Up! Makes List Of Sexiest Album Covers. Maxim Online put together a list of the Sexiest Album Covers. Shania's Up! made the list: Shania Twain, Up! - Like such a command is even necessary. The holes in the tank top alone could cause the…um, reaction…the title demands.

• 3/7/07 Shania #21 On "Definitive 200" List. From CountryNation.com: The "Definitive 200" list of albums and soundtracks co-sponsored by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has been released. Shania Twain is the highest ranking country act on the big list, with 1997's "Come On Over" showing up at No. 21. The top 5 albums are:
1. Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967
2. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon – 1973
3. Michael Jackson – Thriller – 1982
4. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 1971
5. U2 – Joshua Tree –1987
Click HERE for the complete "Definitive 200" list. The Definitive 200 list was developed by NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers in celebration of the art form of the record album. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to recognize this varied collection of some of history's most influencial and popular albums, many of which are Hall of Fame Inductees.

• 3/7/07 "Karaoke-Dokey: Shania Twain" on CMT. CMT (U.S.) will begin airing a new series called "Karaoke-Dokey." One of the shows will feature contestants singing Shania karaoke. CMT.com describes the episode as: "CMT's "Karaoke-Dokey," hosted by Lance Smith ("Top Twenty Countdown") and Charla ("CMT Loaded") features four contestants who compete in a battle to see who does the best impersonation of country diva Shania Twain. These aspiring Shanias belt it out in front of a live audience and panel of judges including comedienne Etta May (CMT's "Comedy Stage"), Danielle Peck (Big Machine recording artist) and Hazel Smith ("Southern Fried Flicks"). In the end, only one will win the title of Karaoke-Dokey queen and earn bragging rights in honky-tonks and karaoke bars across America." "Karaoke-Dokey: Shania Twain" PREMIERES on Friday, March 16 at 9:30pm ET/PT. Click HERE for other air times.

• 3/2/07 Shania, Si! From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain is ranked as the most well liked country artist among Hispanics living in the U.S. -- with the Dixie Chicks being the most recognizable, according to a recent study by Edison Media Research. You can read the entire article at Tennessean.com.

• 3/1/07 "The Year" - New GAC Show. GAC (U.S.) is airing a new series called "The Year." According to gactv.com: "Set against a backdrop of fun facts about world events, pop culture, and entertainment news, "The Year" takes a look back at those moments that defined us then and shape us now. . .the music and memories of years past." Shania will be featured on "The Year: 1997" which premieres March 14 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Show description: "It was the year Mike Tyson bit off more than he could chew, Tiger Woods won his first Masters Tournament, "The Simpsons" became the longest-running animated series in prime time, and Kenny Chesney found a girl who had it all. Join host Mark Wills as he explores world events, pop culture and the hottest country music videos of 1997. Learn fun facts about the artists and their videos, including Shania's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!," Tim McGraw's "Everywhere," Kevin Sharp's "Nobody Knows," and Kenny Chesney's "She's Got It All." Tune in for music and memories from the past!" "The Year: 1997" repeats on the following dates: March 15 @ 1:00am ET, March 18 @ 6:00pm ET.

• 2/27/07 Sentence Cut In Shania "Sex Game" Murder. Click HERE to read the article.

• 2/11/07 "Video Joint" - New CMT Show. Tomorrow, CMT (U.S.) will begin airing a new series called "Video Joint." CMT.com describes the series as: "A block of innovative new country music video programming will change the way viewers watch country music videos. Featured blocks of videos include CMT Kicks, Video Detective, Fair Warning, Video by Design, Video by Numbers, and Class Of." Shania is scheduled to be featured (one video) on the "Video by Design", "Fair Warning", "CMT Kicks" and "Video By Numbers" episodes. Premiere dates are as follows:
"Video by Design" - Tue 2/13 at 8:30am ET
"Fair Warning" - Wed 2/14 at 8:00am ET
"CMT Kicks" - Wed 2/14 at 8:30am ET
"Video By Numbers" - Fri 2/23 at 8:30am ET Click HERE for a complete schedule of these four shows.

• 2/8/07 Shania Sighting In New Zealand. From scene.co.nz: Canadian singer Shania Twain, Wanaka's most famous part-time resident, recently enjoyed a night at Sofitel Queenstown (a stunning new five-star hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand and located in the heart of New Zealand’s premier four season lake and alpine resort). Click HERE for hotel website.

• 2/1/07 Shania Invited To "World Peace One" Event. On August 11, 2007, EarthOne Productions will deliver "World Peace One," the largest humanitarian event ever experienced. The event is currently planned to be broadcast "live" from 15 primary host cities with the support of secondary host cities spanning 24 time-and span 24 time-zones across the world. Click HERE to read more.

• 1/31/07 Country Weekly Top 50 Love Songs. In honor of Valentine's Day, the February 12th issue of Country Weekly lists the Top 50 Love Songs as voted on by the readers. Shania makes the list twice. "From This Moment On" comes in at #25 and "Forever And For Always" at #38.

• 1/25/07 Shania Original Recording Artifacts To Go On Sale On Ebay. From SANEPR.com: Shania Twain artifacts from her first major recording sessions circa 1989-90 – “EILLEEN” – THE LIMELIGHT RECORDING SESSIONS will go up for auction on eBay beginning January 28th. Eilleen Shania Twain's first major record, produced by legendary. Canadian Music Producer Harry Hinde, "Eilleen" – The Limelight Sessions, is the back-drop for this exciting sale. The sale features the following items highlighted on view at the website: www.shaniasale.com – including:
.. 2 - 24 Track Master Tapes & 2 - 32 Track Digital Master Tapes
.. 9 unpublished photographic contact sheets
.. 3 original unpublished 8x10 photographs.
.. 2 - Twelve inch vinyl original of an un-released Shania 'Eileen' Twain Dance Mix(the only ones known to exist)
.. 1 Master Recording CD of the various dance versions of “Its Alright”
– Re-Mixes.
.. 20 very rare Radio Promo CD’s – (all that remains of one limited run of 400 copies).
All items are certified genuine and accompanied by Letters of Authentication together with legal releases from Harry Hinde’s New York Law Firm. Harry Hinde is featured in the official Shania Twain Biography by Robin Eggar, published by Headline Book Publishing, London England.
Press Contact:
Tom Theofanous
416-858-1647
info@shaniasale.com

• 1/24/07 CMT.com Loaded Awards - Update. The first-ever CMT.com Loaded Awrds are now airing on CMT.com. In a one-of-a-kind celebration of Internet excellence, the CMT.com Loaded Awards award content with the most online traffic during 2006 at CMT.com and its broadband channel, CMT Loaded. Each winner receives the CMT.com Loaded Mouse Award, a unique hand-painted gold computer mouse mounted inside a genuine mason jar. Shania was nominated for No. 1 Digitally Active Female Artist (Loaded, CMT.com, Mobile, Shop) but lost to Carrie Underwood. Click HERE to go to the CMT.com Loaded Awards page.

• 1/21/07 Shania Valentine's Hallmark Card. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, Hallmark has another Shania musical card which plays "You're Still The One" when you open it. Click HERE to see the card. Look for the card at any store that sells Hallmark cards (Hallmark, Walgreens, CVS, Publix).

• 1/17/07 SoundScan Canada Stats. From newswire.ca: Nielsen SoundScan Canada, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service, have announced their 2006 Canadian year-end sales and airplay monitoring data, for the 52-week period January 2, 2006 through December 31, 2006. The top two selling artists in Canada during the SoundScan era are both native Canadians; Celine Dion (6.2 million albums sold) and Shania Twain (4.2 million albums sold). These same two artists have the biggest selling albums for Canada in the SoundScan era; Shania Twain's Come On Over album has sold 1.9 million units and Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love album has reached 1.5 million sales.
2006 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (1995 - 12/31/2006)
Title/Artist    Units Sold
1 Come On Over/Shania Twain    1,912,641
2 Let's Talk About Love/Celine Dion 1,482,452
3 Big Shiny Tunes 2/Various Artists 1,232,738
4 Romanza/Andrea Bocelli 1,109,788
5 Up!/Shania Twain    1,081,414
6 Aquarium/Aqua   1,080,619
7 Millennium/Backstreet Boys 1,071,820
8 Surfacing/Sarah McLachlan 1,066,548
9 Backstreet's Back/Backstreet Boys   1,047,896
10 1/ Beatles 1,035,111

TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (1995 - 12/31/2006)
Artist Units Sold
1 Celine Dion 6,225,022
2 Shania Twain 4,176,983
3 Backstreet Boys 4,035,368
4 U2 3,250,254
5 Sarah McLachlan 2,920,084
6 Eminem 2,850,796
7 Beatles 2,664,824
8 Andrea Bocelli 2,545,278
9 Diana Krall 2,485,971
10 Britney Spears 2,371,993

• 1/11/07 Shania Nominated For CMT.com Loaded Award. From CMT.com: The final nominees of the first-ever CMT.com Loaded Awards were announced Thursday (Jan. 11). In a one-of-a-kind celebration of Internet excellence, the CMT.com Loaded Awards will award content with the most online traffic during 2006 at CMT.com and its broadband channel, CMT Loaded. Look for special guest appearances, in-studio performances, fun awards categories and other surprises. Winners will be revealed with the exclusive online premiere of the CMT.com Loaded Awards at CMT.com on Tuesday, January 23. Each winner will be presented with the CMT.com Loaded Mouse Award, a unique hand-painted gold computer mouse mounted inside a genuine mason jar. Shania has been nominated for No. 1 Digitally Active Female Artist (Loaded, CMT.com, Mobile, Shop). She's up against Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood and Gretchen Wilson. Click HERE to go to the CMT.com Loaded Awards page.

• 1/4/07 New Shania Music A 'Mystery'. From gactv.com: Q: Will Shania Twain be performing concerts and coming out with new CDs and videos? If so, when? (Kevin, Granite Falls, WA)
A: Kevin, late last year the word was that Shania was working on new music and that it would be out soon. To date, nobody in her record company knows if she's still recording stuff or when she plans on releasing new material. So, new music from Shania is still a mystery.

• 1/4/07 COO Still SoundScan's Biggest Selling Album. From undercover.com.au: Shania Twain has maintained her status for having the number one selling album of the SoundScan era (1991-2006) for Come On Over. It wasn't a huge sales year for the album. It sold just 53,000 units according to Nielsen SoundScan. However, Metallica is closing the gap, with the black album registering sales of around 340,000 units in 2006. The only change in the Top 10 is the departure of Britney Spears and the addition of The Beatles. Britney dropped from No. 10 last year for Baby One More Time and The Beatles 1 came in at No. 9 pushing Celine Dion's Falling Into You into 10th spot.
Here are the Top 10 albums of the SoundScan era:
1. Come On Over / Shania Twain 15,408,533
2. Metallica / Metallica 14,819,905
3. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette 14,513,313
4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys 12,091,491
5. Bodyguard / Soundtrack 11,789,552
6. Supernatural / Santana 11,588,453
7. Human Clay / Creed 11,483,557
8. No Strings Attached / N Sync 11,099,051
9. Beatles 1 / Beatles 10,821,222
10.Falling Into You / Celine Dion 10,752,658

• 12/30/06 New Zealand Holiday Hideouts Of Stars. From New Zealand Herald: A Herald On Sunday investigation shows where famous faces - both homegrown and imported - could be staying these holidays. QUEENSTOWN: "A lot of people have a holiday home in Queenstown because of the skiing, particularly if they have teenage children," says celebrity real estate agent Michael Boulgaris. "It's also lovely in the summer time with the lakes and the fishing. In fact, it has all-year round four seasons of entertainment - whether it be tramping, hiking, skiing, boating, fishing." Canadian singer Shania Twain was certainly hooked on its charms. Her attempt to purchase South Island high country land (and then build a substantial house on it) caused a stir. The superstar and her reclusive producer husband Robert "Mutt" Lange were eventually given Overseas Investment Commission approval to buy two neighbouring sheep stations near Lake Wanaka, Motatapu and Mt Soho, totalling 24,731ha - for $21.5m.

• 12/28/06 Happy Anniversary Shania & Mutt! Today December 28th, Shania and Mutt celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Shania and Mutt! I wish you many more years of love and happiness together.

• 12/25/06 MERRY CHRISTMAS! I want to wish Shania and her family and everyone around the world a very Merry Christmas. REMINDER: Don't miss Shania at the Kennedy Center Honors airing Dec. 26th at 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS! She performs "Coat Of Many Colors" with Alison Krauss.

• 12/16/06 Shania's Fashion Changed Country Music's Identity. From The Monitor: Is country music having an identity crisis? One look at fashion magazines is all it takes to see a physical change. Gone are the days when every male vocalist wore a Nudie suit and boots and when women wore dresses a la Loretta Lynn. Who are the trendsetters and who are the traditionalists? ...the Garth Brooks-era of country music was a turning point, both with the music and the styles artists wore. Brooks had his signature line of shirts done in bright blocks of color. With his iconic look, Brooks started a trend, a move that inspired other artists to follow his lead. Then the bomb dropped: Shania Twain took country music (and the pop charts) by storm. With her mussed hair and penchant for skin-tight fabrics, country music didn’t stand a chance. "After (Garth Brooks), Shania Twain was re-vamping what girls were wearing onstage. I think that really was, depending on how you look at it, the upswing or downfall of country music."

• 12/16/06 Shania Best-Dressed. In the Dec. 25 issue of In Touch Weekly, Shania is named "Best-Dressed Of The Week" for her pink dress she wore at the Kennedy Center Honors. The caption reads: "Paisley is the hot print for this season, and while it can be overpowering, Shania Twain's Marc Bower design is subtle and allows her to shine, explains TV style expert Katie Rice Jones". Click HERE for the scan. Shania is also in the Dec. 15 issue of CARAS magazine (Brazil). Click HERE for the scan.

• 12/8/06 No Movie. As reported last month (11/22), a couple sources mentioned Shania being in the upcoming movie "Buttermilk Sky" with Kris Kristofferson. Now according to Shania's management, the movie deal is NOT true.

• 12/8/06 Ka-Ching! In the Swiss newspaper 24 heures, there's an artiicle which lists billionaires living in Switzerland. Shana did not make the list but she is mentioned as being worth $400 to $500 million.

• 12/5/06 Shania At Kennedy Center Honors - Video Clips. As mentioned last night, "Inside Edition" briefly showed Shania strumming her guitar as she sang "Coat Of Many Colors" during Sunday night's Kennedy Center Honors. They also showed Shania on the red carpet. Click HERE to watch the clip. Shania is towards the end. Also, click HERE for a clip from "ET" Canada. Don't miss Shania at the Kennedy Center Honors airing Dec. 26th at 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS!

• 12/5/06 Picky, Picky Shania! From TheHill.com: That’s right, folks. We’ve got the riders from the Kennedy Center awards in our hot little hands, and let’s just say that country-music diva Shania Twain is picky, picky. “Rider” is the Hollywood term for those lists of demands that stars make, such as wanting a bowl of M&Ms with all the blue ones removed in their dressing rooms. All of the celebrity guests at the KenCen celebration, including Tom Hanks, Jessica Simpson, Aretha Franklin, Reba McEntire and Reese Witherspoon, got a dressing-room setup complete with tea, honey, lemon and hot water — and most didn’t ask for more than that. But some stars had more, well, specific demands. Twain asked for a veritable grocery list that included “avocado, lemons, red/green seedless grapes, dried figs, dried dates, ripe bananas, cucumbers, papaya, salt/pepper, freshly squeezed no-sugar orange juice, flat bottled water.” She also demanded a cutting board and a paring and a chef’s knife, presumably to dice up the aforementioned fruits.

• 12/4/06 More Kennedy Center Honors Info. According to tonight's "Inside Edition", Shania sang "Coat Of Many Colors" while strumming her guitar. She performed in the low-cut, revealing, pink gown that she wore on the red carpet. I'm really looking forward to this performance! Don't miss the Kennedy Center Honors airing Dec. 26th at 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS!

• 12/4/06 Shania Attends Kennedy Center Honors - PICS! Shania attended last night's 29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. According to this article, Shania did in fact perform Dolly Parton's "Coat Of Many Colors" with Alison Krauss."...Krauss then contributed harmony vocals on Shania Twain's version of "Coat of Many Colors."" The Honors Gala will air December 26th at 9:00-11:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Click HERE for pictures from Saturday night's State Department dinner and last night's Honors gala! Shania looks gorgeous!!! Mama Mia!!!
Other mentions:
"While many of the guests, including Joan Collins, put in a glamorous appearance, it was Shania Twain who stole the limelight on the red carpet in a revealing, hot pink dress." - Hello!
"Some of the best singers today, including Melissa Etheridge, Shania Twain and Norah Jones, have paid tribute to her [Dolly] through their own music." - CyberGrass.com
"Wardrobe malfunctions weren't on the mind of Jessica Simpson, stunning in basic black with flaxen tresses pulled back in a graceful chingon. Also fetching: India.Arie, stunning in silver; and Shania Twain -- radiant in white chiffon." - Washington Times (from 12/2 dinner)
"As part of the Kennedy Center tribute, which will air Dec. 26 on CBS, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Simpson, Allison Krauss, Vince Gill and Shania Twain showed up to speak of Parton." - KnoxNews.com
"Shania Twain! Zubin Mehta's young granddaughter Shenaya was excited to meet her, telling the crossover country star that they share the same name. Which prompted Twain to ask the granddaughter of the former director of the New York Philharmonic if she was named after her, a songstress whose hit list includes "Man! I Feel Like a Woman." Shenaya Chinoy said she answered, after a brief pause: No." - Washington Post
"Underwood, Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain, Vince Gill and Alison Krauss also sang Parton standards, and Witherspoon and Reba McEntire then joined them on stage to bow to Parton." - People magazine
"Shania Twain was among those in the audience when Dolly Parton's songs were being performed during Sunday night's Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C.. Shania was sitting directly in front of Reba, and both were singing along. Hmmmmm. Reba is putting together a duets album -- perhaps the two were practicing.....? - CountryNation.com
"Shania Twain, Vince Gill and Kenny Rogers were some of the others in D.C. for the doings. One of the three was wearing a hot little pink dress." - CountryNation.com

• 12/2/06 Shania To Attend Kennedy Center Honors! According to "Entertainment Tonight" Canada, Shania will attend the 29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 3rd to help honor Dolly Parton! Dolly, among with other artists, will be honored for their lifetime of contribution to the arts and American culture. The Honors Gala will be recorded for later broadcast on CBS as a two-hour prime time special. "ET" Canada will air a news feature on Monday. The U.S. version of "ET" might also cover the honors gala so be sure to catch it on Monday as well.
Update 12/3: Word is that Shania will be performing Dolly's "Coat Of Many Colors" with Alison Krauss. Stay tuned!

• 11/29/06 Shania - 4 Years Ago. In the December 4, 2006 issue of Country Weekly, there's a flashback to Shania's last main Cover Story. 4 Years Ago - Country Weekly's most recent extensive interview with superstar Shania Twain appeared in our Nov. 26, 2002, issue, as she released her latest CD, Up!. From her castle in Switzerland, Shania talked about family life with husband-producer Mutt Lange and son Eja, her upcoming global tour and several more topics of interest. On living the quiet life in Switzerland, Shania explained, "Part of the reason we came here is that the people don't care about any celebrity. I find that when I'm home, I can blend in and pretty much forget anything about fame." Shania further revealed that she was quite the vegetarian cook. "I make dinner almost every evening," she told us. The story also gave fans an aerial view of her breathtaking Swiss mansion. Click HERE for the scan.

• 11/29/06 Shania Sets The Mark. In a recent Country Weekly issue, dated November 20, 2006, there's a flashback article and photo of Shania from when she was honored for the 10 Million sales of The Woman In Me. Shania Sets the Mark - "My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can," Shania Twain said in a 1998 Country Weekly interview. "The more people who hear your music, the more satisfied you are as an artist." Given Shania's astonishing sales for her breakthrough album, The Woman In Me, she had to be the most satisfied star on the planet. In early 1997, the album became the all-time best seller by a country female star when it reached the nine million mark, surpassing Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits. It featured the smash hits "Any Man of Mine," "You Win My Love," and more, all written by Shania and her husband/producer, "Mutt" Lange. "For me, not singing my own material is just so awkward," Shania revealed. "I don't want to be seen as just a pretty face with a pretty voice, that type of thing." On Nov. 17, 1997, Shania became the first---and still to this day---country female solo artist to sell 10 million copies of an album. "What has given me such satisfaction is that this album has sold on its own," Shania once noted. "I didn't have a tour. I didn't package a marketing thing." Shania outdid herself with her follow-up, Come On Over. With the official tally now at 20 million, it's the best-selling country album of all time. Click HERE for the scan.

• 11/22/06 Shania In A New Movie? According to this Monterey Herald article, Shania is scheduled to be in the upcoming movie "Buttermilk Sky" with Kris Kristofferson. From the article: "He was scheduled next to play a rodeo clown in a film with Kris Kristofferson and Shania Twain, Jeremy Slate said." Shania is not currently on the movie's cast list but says 'other talent to be announced'. "Buttermilk Sky" is scheduled to start shooting Spring 2007. This would be Shania's second movie. She made a cameo appearance as in "I Heart Huckabees" back in 2004.
Update 11/23: The Internet Movie Database has another mention in Tim Abell's biography: Further films with Thadd Turner will see Tim star alongside Shania Twain, Michael Madsen and Kris Kristofferson in "Buttermilk Sky" (2007).

• 11/17/06 UK Best-Selling Albums - COO #12. From Yorkshire Post: The Official UK Charts Company has compiled a list of the UK's Top 100 Best-Selling Albums from the 1950s to today. Shania's Come On Over album is currently ranked #12 with 3,344,280 units sold. Click HERE for the complete list..

• 11/15/06 Shania 007. From newswire.ca: When Canadians think of the James Bond franchise, certain names come to mind: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and...Donovan Bailey? The former world sprinting champion was selected as the top Canadian choice to play the dashing 007, according to a national survey commissioned by the online gaming site PokerRoom.com. Canadians also made their choice for the best Canadian Bond "girl", traditionally the secret agent's love interest. Country music superstar Shania Twain topped the list, chosen by nearly half of Canadians surveyed (49 percent), followed by hip hop singer Nelly Furtado at 19 per cent, who recently lead the music charts with "Promiscuous Girl". Despite a series of high-profile romances, only eight per cent of Canadians thought federal MP Belinda Stronach would make the best Bond girl, just slightly more than 61-year-old Grammy award-winning songstress Anne Murray (five per cent).

• 11/15/06 Chateau Sully Featured. A French publication did a feature on spectacular homes of the stars. Shania's chateau (Castle of Sully) in La Tour-de-Peilz, which has now been sold, is one of the homes featured. Last month, Shania, Mutt and Eja moved to Corseaux, Switzerland into a reportedly smaller chateau.

• 11/9/06 Shania's Plans For Next Year? From Malta Independent: This month's issue of Saghtar is packed to the brim with interesting articles and contributions from the readers themselves. Kilin writes about Il-Wasla ta' l-UFO, an entertaining story about Kolina, a 14-year-old girl who does not believe in UFOs. Sergio Grech reminds us that the Book Fair this year is going to be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre between 15 and 19 November. Jane Cilia continues with her travels through the mysterious country of Uganda. For all music enthusiasts read about what Shania Twain, Girls Abroad and Franz Ferdinand have planned for next year. This month's poster is of the all-female English group Girls Abroad. Do not miss the November issue – out now in all newsagents. Hopefully someone in Malta can let us know what the article says. Malta's location is set in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, half way between Sicily (Italy) and North Africa.

• 10/29/06 New Shania By Stetson Products. Here are a couple new Shania by Stetson products: (1) A "Rollerball" bottle for $9.99 which can be found at CVS/Pharmacy and Walmart. (2) A mini .2 oz trial bottle for $2.98 at Walmart. This is said to be hard to find.

• 10/28/06 Shania Fashionable In Monegros. From DiarioDelAltoAragon.es: The image that appears here shows the Canadian singer Shania Twain next to the mayor of Villanueva de Sijena, Alfonso Salillas, and several neighbors of the monegrina locality that approached Thursday the past at night to attend the photographic session and recording of spot that made the international artist for a perfume mark. The sense of expectancy that woke up in Villanueva de Sijena was great. The singer signed autographs to the neighbors who patiently had waited for during hours the term of the running. The two previous days, a particular property became plate with going and coming continuous from technicians and professionals of the image (including one double of the artist) who were in charge of which everything left to the thousand wonders. It attracted to them, among other things, the sun of the Monegros that shone with own light next to the singer during the running. At night, fireworks replaced to the star king. Really, a new contribution to still put the Monegros at international level fashionable, since every year this region is place of running of films, spots and photographic sessions. Click HERE for a HQ picture of the image!

• 10/28/06 Exclusive New Picture! Here is the PICTURE of Shania on the set of her photo shoot in Spain for her new upcoming perfume. Click HERE to read the article (translated into English) that goes along with the picture.

• 10/27/06 Exclusive New Picture Coming This Weekend! According to this Spanish newspaper article (translated Here), ElTormillo.com wll be posting an exclusive picture over the weekend from Shania's photo shoot for her new perfume. Shania supposedly will have rollers in her hair. I will post the picture here so keep checking back.

• 10/27/06 Shania Finally Shoots Announcement/Pics For New Perfume. According to this Spanish newspaper article, a city was finally chosen for Shania's photo shoot/television ad to go along with an advertising campaign for her upcoming NEW perfume. Click HERE to read the entire article which I translated from Spanish to English using an online translator. The woman in the article picture is not Shania. She's a stand-in so Shania didn't have to be on the set all the time.

• 10/25/06 New Perfume & Photo Shoot. According to this Spanish newspaper article, Shania will be viisting several scenic areas in the Alto Aragon area tomorrow for a photo shoot to go along with an advertising campaign for her next Coty/Stetson perfume to be sold in the U.S. and Canada. No word yet on the name of this fragrance or when it will be on sale. Click HERE to read the entire article which I translated from Spanish to English using an online translator.
Update 10/26: Change Of Scenery. Now according to this translated article, it seems as if they are having trouble finding the right spot for the photo shoot.

• 10/20/06 Shania's Swiss Chateau Sold. 24heures.ch reports that Shania and Mutt's Swiss chateau (Castle of Sully) in La Tour-de-Peilz was sold on October 2 to a Russian couple in their 50s. Shania and Mutt are now in the process of moving into their new house in Corseaux, Switzerland. Click HERE to read the entire article which I translated from French to English using an online translator.

• 10/12/06 New Album In 2007, Maybe. From gactv.com: Q: What happened to Shania Twain? No new songs, videos or anything? (Mike, Bellaire, OH)
A: Mike, earlier this year, the word was that Shania was in the studio and might release an album this year. But according to her record company, they have no release from her on their schedule for this year. Shania is one of those artists with the power to release her music when it’s ready and not before. The hope is we’ll have new music from Shania in 2007, maybe.

• 10/9/06 "Totally Shania" - CMT Canada. CMT Canada is airing a new series titled "Totally" which focuses on different Country artists. "Totally Shania" airs Wednesday, October 18th at 6:00-7:00pm ET. "The new show "Totally" gives viewers a window into the lives of some of the music industry's most cherished performers. In their own words, artists like Shania Twain share their professional ups and downs as formal interviews, press conferences, music videos and public appearances are woven together to create a rich tapestry of the artist's career. In essence, this one-hour show enables fans to experience their favourite musicians in a whole new way."
On a side note, Shania is among the featured artists when The Biography Channel (U.S.) premieres "Mavericks: Honky Tonk Angels" on Wednesday, November 1st at 9:00pm ET. The show will more than likely air clips from Shania's "Biography" episode. About "Honky Tonk Angels": "The Biography Channel takes a look into the rebellious nature of country music's most successful female artists and shares the stories of roadblocks set by the music industry and new roads paved by these special artists. While most women in the business were quietly conforming to the standards set before them for recording rules, musical style, financial kickbacks and dress codes, these women refused to compromise."
Also, CMT (U.S.) premieres "40 Days That Shaped Country Music" on Saturday November 4th at 8:00pm ET. "This two-hour special features the most memorable days that shaped today's country music -- with big breaks, breakups, hookups and more. Tim and Faith, Naomi and Wynonna, Kenny and Dolly, plus Shania, Reba, George and Kenny are all thrown in, making "CMT 40 Days That Shaped Country Music" the perfect place to learn about the events that shaped today's country music."

• 10/6/06 IT'S OFFICIAL: No Album This Year. We can finally put the new album rumors to rest - at least for this year. Shania will not be releasing a new album in 2006. This has been confirmed in a reply email from Mercury and also by an inside source. Hopefully next year Shania fans!

• 10/5/06 Mystery Shania Photo In New Country Music Book. From CMT.com: Chet Flippo writes: "What must be described as the most gorgeous book ever printed about country music has been published by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Great Britain's DK Publishing. Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America has been out for a couple of weeks and is getting good notices..... I have never before seen the striking photo of Shania Twain in a skin-tight (and equally skin-revealing) black-and-silver Empress Ming or Catwoman outfit -- with a diamond choker and dangling cowboy-boot diamond earrings. That is some real country history."
The only "Catwoman" outfit pictures that I can think of is the GQ shoot (no earrings, no choker) and the outfit Shania wore for her "Up! Close and Personal" concert (no earrings). Or is Chet just wishing the picture he described was in the book? I'll try to find the book and find out. By the way, the book can be purchased HERE for $40.
Update 10/6: Mystery Solved. The picture from the book IS indeed this one from the Super Bowl. In that pic the earring does kind of look like a cowboy-boot.

• 10/3/06 BMI London Awards & Million-Air Certificates. From BMI.com: Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) saluted the top European songwriters, composers and publishers at its 2006 London Awards, staged Oct. 3 in the Ballroom of London's Dorchester Hotel. The black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony honored the songwriters, composers and publishers of the most performed songs on U.S. radio and television in the past year in all genres of music. Shania received a Country Award for "Party For Two".
"Million-Air" certificates were also presented throughout the evening in recognition of those songs that have achieved over three million U.S. radio and television performances -- or the equivalent of more than 17 years of continuous airplay. Shania received two Million-Air certificates. One for "You're Still The One" which achieved 6 Million performances and another certificate for "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" which has 3 Million performances. Click HERE for a complete list of BMI London Awards winners.and Million-Air list. Congratulations Shania!!!

• 10/3/06 Shania Autographed Guitar Auction. From PlaytexGlovesCares.com: Playtex Living Gloves is sponsoring an online charity auction to help fight breast cancer. From 1 pm, Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 through 5 pm, Tuesday, October 31, 2006 (Eastern Standard Time) you have the chance to bid on several items including a Shania Twain Autographed Guitar. Proceeds from final bids go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Click HERE to bid on the guitar!

• 10/2/06 Greatest Sex Symbols. From Jam!/Calgary Sun: Today the Sun begins a three-part series looking at the 50 greatest sex symbols to ever hold the popular culture sway -- from movie stars and singers to athletes and models. They are the individuals who, thanks to good genes and more than a little of that elusive ingredient we call charisma, really are too sexy for themselves -- and everyone else.
38: SHANIA TWAIN: Never has a naval meant so much. The tantalizing gravity of Twain's midriff-baring, come-hither twang almost made country music arousing. Of course, Twain is country like Jim Carrey is Canadian -- a realization that probably irks Nashville's old guard to this day. But what does she care? She's living in a Swiss castle with her husband/Svengali Mutt Lange.

• 9/28/06 Smells Pink! From TulsaWorld.com: Pink is becoming October's unofficial color. Friday starts National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the well-known logo for which is a pink ribbon. Each year, more and more companies, stores and designers offer pink ribbon-related products that not only raise awareness of cancer but raise money for the cause, too. Shania by Stetson is thinking pink with a special, limited-edition bottle. The fragrance is offered in a soft-pink curvaceous glass with a deep-pink cap, tucked inside a bright pink and gold box bearing the inspiring pink ribbon of hope. The scent's top notes include grapefruit, mandarin, nectarine, dewy greens, red berries, star fruit, red currant and pomegranate; middle notes of wild prairie rose, vivid freesia and country honeysuckle, jasmine, tagette, osmanthus and magnolia; and base notes of musk, sandalwood, patchouli and white amber. This version of Shania by Stetson (about $16) will be available in October at drugstores and mass retailers nationwide. The company is making a donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

• 9/22/06 Limited Edition Shania By Stetson. Beginning October 1st, a new limited edition pink bottle of Shania by Stetson will be on sale to help fight breast cancer. A portion of the proceeds go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The limited edition bottle can already be found at select Walgreens and Sears stores.

• 9/22/06 "40 Greatest Albums" - TWIM #8. CMT premiered a new special, "40 Greatest Albums", tonight and Shania's The Woman In Me album came in at #8. Shania was the only female artist in the Top 10! Come On Over, the best-selling Country album of all-time, did not make the list. What a joke!!! Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger was the #1 album.

• 9/19/06 The Shania Show. Click HERE for an insightful article from 1996.

• 9/16/06 CMT "40 Greatest Albums". CMT is premiering a new special, "40 Greatest Albums", on September 22 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The show celebrates country music's most important albums. Spanning five decades, from traditional to contemporary, from hardcore honky-tonk to the Nashville Sound, from outlaw country to country rock, these are country music's classic albums -- groundbreaking, influential and enduring. Shania is one of the featured artists.

• 9/2/06 Pics Of Corseaux Chateau On Swiss Site. As reported a couple weeks ago, Shania is moving from La Tour-de-Peilz (Sully), Switzerland to Corseaux, Switzerland sometime in October. Swisscastles.ch has some pictures of the Corseaux chateau. The text reads: "In the newspaper 24H of August 18 is appeared following information: (see the article). Shania Twain will not settle in the United States or in its native Canada, she will remain in Switzerland. in Corseaux precisely. She chose "a calmer house and smaller at the edge of the lake", one with the municipal authorities of Corseaux specifies. A house with the seal much more modest than "Tour-de-Peilz" Sitôt the removal operated the family will be invited by the Corsalines authorities within the framework of an official reception. Shania also has a project in New Zealand in the south of the island, to 800 km of Wellington. Shania always expressed the wish to continue to live in Switzerland, firstly for the education of her Eja son, provided education for in the area and whose principal language is French."

• 8/31/06 Twain Supports Police Dog Memorial. From CP: Crime-fighting dogs will soon be getting their due, thanks in part to country music star Shania Twain. Money is being raised to create a national monument honouring police dogs that have lost their lives in the line of duty, and Twain has kicked in $5,000. Saskatoon Const. Doug Marianchuk, who is behind the initiative to create the memorial, confirmed Twain's donation. He said the native of Timmins, Ont., was contacted about the project by an Ontario Provincial Police officer. The monument will be built at the RCMP police dog training centre in Innisfail. Marianchuk said he wants to create "something that's always there to honour the dogs in the future."

• 8/29/06 Album/Video Update. Canada's "'ETALK DAILY" did a segment on Shania turning 41 last night. Their sources say that Shania is working on a new album and will be returning to Canada next month (September) to shoot a music video. Great news!!!

• 8/28/06 Shania Shopping In Toronto - PICS! As reported a couple weeks ago, Shania was in Toronto on Monday, August 14th browsing the racks at Holt Renfrew and eating lunch at its restaurant. Click HERE for pictures!

• 8/28/06 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANIA! Today Shania celebrates her 41st birthday! On behalf of all her fans around the world, I want to wish Shania a very Happy Birthday!!! To celebrate Shania's birthday, GAC (U.S.) will be airing a 30-minute block of Shania music videos at 3:00pm ET. Canadian fans also get a treat! CMT Canada has a full night of Shania programming beginning with a Shania feature on "CMT Central" at 7:00pm ET, followed by the three encore Shania specials: "Flashback Shania", "Ultimate Fan Access Shania" and "Impact: Any Man Of Mine."

• 8/27/06 New Album Nov. 20??? Although still unofficial, several websites are listing November 20th (Europe) as the release date for Shania's new album which is supposedly titled So Happy. This would mean a November 21st release in the U.S. and Canada. Furthermore, the lead single, ''Don't Shoot The Messenger'', is to be released in the UK on November 13th (retail). It would be released to radio alot sooner than that. Radio 1, DVD Fever, New UK Single Releases, Wonny.co.uk

• 8/25/06 Fan Convention 5 Dates. The Shania Twain Centre has announced the dates for the 5th Annual Shania Twain Fan Convention. It will be held.August 9-12, 2007. More info and details of the events being planned will be announced early next year.

• 8/23/06 Unoffical 2007 Shania Calendar! An unofficial 2007 Shania calendar from the UK is now available at CalendarClub.co.uk and StarStore.com. Click front cover and back cover(to see pic for each month). No word if there will be an official 2007 calendar.

• 8/21/06 Shania Moving To Corseaux, Switzerland. As reported a few months ago, Shania put her chateau in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland up for sale. Now according to this French article, Shania is moving into a smaller chateau in Corseaux, Switzerland. The formal move is expected around October. A pic of the house and a map of where Shania is moving in relation to La Tour-de-Peilz is included with the article. I used an online translator to translate the text into English. It's still kind of rough but you can get an idea of what they're talking about.

• 8/21/06 Country Giants Radio Special - Labor Day Weekend. From Net Music Countdown: In 1993, as two members of Mercury Records experimental effort to launch three new artists at the same time titled their "Triple Play," Toby Keith and Shania Twain began their superstar recording careers at the exact same moment in time, March of 1993. The third member of the Triple Play, John Brannen, never caught on and soon faded away, while Shania and Toby rolled on separate paths to country superstardom. Their amazing stories of how they each arrived to the highest ranks of country music are chronicled, and their greatest hits are played in the two-hour COUNTRY GIANTS Labor Day Weekend special produced by United Stations Radio Networks and Country Forever Productions. The USRN website does not have a list of affiliates so be sure to check your local radio stations over Labor Day weekend.

• 8/16/06 Shania Shopping In Toronto. Canada.com reports that superstar Shania Twain was in Toronto on Monday (Aug. 14) browsing the racks at Holt Renfrew and eating lunch at its restaurant. Last night on "Entertainment Tonight" (Canada), they showed footage of Shania shopping. Click HERE for pictures!

• 8/14/06 More Fan Con 4 Articles. Fan-tastic Weekend - The Timmins Times; Shania Fans Excited For Next Event - The Daily Press

• 8/12/06 Happy Birthday Eja! Today, Shania and Mutt's son Eja turns 5 years old! On behalf of Shania's fans around the world, Happy Birthday Eja!

• 8/12/06 Fan Con 4 Articles. Shania Band Members Entertain Fans - The Daily Press; Shania's Fans Gather Again In Timmins - The Record; Shania Convention In Star's Hometown - Canadian Press

• 8/11/06 Fourth Annual Convention Underway In Timmins. Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Press.

• 8/10/06 Fan Con 4 News Story. Channel 3 News in Timmins did a news story about the Shania Twain Fan Convention which began today. Click HERE to watch.

• 8/9/06 Fans Heading To Timmins For Fan Con 4. From Timmins Times: Timmins will be a haven for Shania Twain fans this coming weekend (Aug. 10-13). The fourth annual Shania Twain Fan Convention will be taking place, and organizer Tracy Hautenan said it is truly a world-wide event. “We have people coming in not just from Timmins but from Germany, France, England and Scotland amongst other places,” she said. Hautenan was on a bus to Toronto to meet some fans and bring them back to Timmins for the event. “This gives us a great opportunity to show off Northern Ontario,” she said. This is the second year the event is featuring a bus ride that will take fans to many different parts of Twain’s upbringing. The trek will go to the Mattagami First Nation where Twain spent some of her childhood. “The fans will get to see part of Shania’s youth,” said Hautenan. Also, there will be a tour of Timmins High and Vocational School, where Twain attended during her teen years. There will also be karaoke and a video dance. Two members of Shania’s band, Allison Cornell and J.D. Blair will be on hand to meet and greet. Last but not least, the fans will be able to experience all the exhibits of the Shania Twain Centre in Timmins.“Touring the Shania Twain Centre is the most in-depth look at her career,” said Hautenan. She said many fans are coming back to Timmins for the Fan Convention and there is still room left for those interested. “Those interested can register online, by phone or at the centre itself,” she said. Hautenan said she believes that Shania should be thanked for continuously mentioning Timmins and making sure she showed she was proud of being from Northern Ontario. She also pointed out that many fans have found out about Timmins from Twain. “One fan from Finland told me he came to the Convention because he had heard Shania say that parts of his country reminded her of Timmins,” she said. She added that while she would love for Twain to come back to Timmins in some form, that this event is for her fans “If Shania came, we’d have to have a larger venue and it’d be a one-day event,” she said. “This way we can show her fans a wide variety of things.” For convention updates and pictures, visit the Shania Twain Centre forum throughout the weekend! Click HERE for a related article from The Daily Press.

• 8/5/06 Maple Leaf Hotel Demolished. The historic Maple Leaf Hotel & Bar in Timmins was torn down today. The building that gave Shania her start as a singer has been boarded up and abandoned for several years. A few months ago, the paneling, barstools, tables and chairs were collected from the Maple Leaf and are now part of an exhibit on display in the Shania Twain Centre. Visit the STC message board for some pics and a short video of the Maple Leaf Hotel demolition.
Update 8/8/06: Channel 3 News has added a news report. Click HERE to watch.

• 8/2/06 Shania Visits Timmins! From Channel 3 News: Shania was in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario today talking to the public school board about her Breakfast For Learning program. She did not talk to the local media. Shania left Timmins at 3:00pm and boarded a private plane on her way to a fishing camp. Click HERE to watch the news report from Channel 3 News and catch a couple glimpses of Shania.

• 7/28/06 New Album Q & A. From GAC: Q: Shania Twain is one of my favorite artists, and her Greatest Hits album is awesome! What's the latest on her? Is she making any new music or taking a break? (Adrienne, Mobile, AL)
A: Adrienne, good news is that Shania Twain is recording again. She did take quite a bit of time off, but she admits that since her husband, Mutt Lange, is her producer and favorite co-writer, and since they have their own state-of-the-art recording studio, they’re able work on music whenever they want to. Word is that she’s working more steadily now on a new album, with a new single out possibly this fall. No date yet on when a new album will follow.
As usual, nothing confirmed. Whenever they say "word is" that just means they (GAC) really don't know and they scooped it up from the rumors floating around.

• 7/21/06 Shania Sighting In Canada! A member of the Official Shania Twain Fan Club reports that a reliable friend of her's saw Shania at the Toronto airport yesterday (7/20). It's unknown whether Shania was arriving or departing, or whether Shania's trip might be related to an earlier Czech newspaper article reporting that Shania was scheduled to shoot a new music video in Canada this summer.

• 7/11/06 Shania On "CMT Power Picks" 7/14. Shania fans will get a chance to vote for "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" on "CMT Power Picks" Friday, 7/14 at 3:00pm ET/PT. CMT is doing a special 90s version of Fry the Format Friday Power Picks, and Shania will be matched against John Michael Montgomery. Go online at cmt.com to vote for her during the show! If Shania wins, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" will be played during the next show (Monday).

• 7/5/06 Deerhurst Resort Documentary. From The Huntsville Forester: The legendary Deerhurst Resort Vegas Show [which Shania starred in during the late 1980s] that drew thousands to the Huntsville area and the dreamer behind it all Bill Waterhouse will be highlighted in a 90-minute documentary set to be completed in the fall. ...While Ayres was responsible for hiring cast members, Shaw said that one particular person he hired was Eilleen ‘Shania’ Twain. “Although he did not need anyone in the Vegas Show at that time, he hired her to play on-site at Deerhurst anyway,” stated Shaw. “The Vegas Show ran for years and it was very successful. But with a change in ownership and the selling of Deerhurst, a new music policy was established to put on a broadway show, not a Vegas show.”
To read more about Shania's Deerhurst days, visit Deerhurst Resort's special Shania page.

• 6/29/06 No Album This Year? Mercury released their list of albums being released in the Fall quarter (which runs Oct. - Dec.) to the press today. A source at Billboard (Phyllis Stark) reports that Shania is not on it. Furthermore, Sirius radio reported that contrary to what has been floating around the last couple months, Shania Twain will NOT be releasing any new music this year. Now we have two somewhat official sources commenting on the new album. So it makes you wonder, will there really be a new album this year???

• 6/25/06 Downtown Twain. From Country Weekly (July 3): When the CMA Awards moved to New York City last year, it was as if the stars aligned, in more ways than one, for Melissa Licciardello, 11, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Living in a city that has over 8 million people but no country radio station makes her one unlikely, but lucky, fan---as she learned the day after the November 15 CMA Awards when Melissa and her parents found themselves outside Trump International Hotel & Tower and right in front of Melissa's country idol, Shania Twain. "We are really big fans of Shania's," writes father Tom. "This was the best day of my daughter's life." Shania, who had been staying at Trump International, was happy to talk to the fans from the Big Apple --- even her personal driver, Moe, got to chatting with Melissa, Tom and wife Lisa. "We had Melissa take a picture with Shania outside the hotel," Tom adds, "and Shania also signed my daughter's personal guitar. Who would have guessed --- a little girl from Brooklyn with a country superstar like Shania! We were actually in tears when we left." Click HERE for the scan.

• 6/24/06 Fresh Shania? From CountryNation.com: Word is, Shania Twain will release a new single in late summer, with a new album to follow before the end of the year. No other details at this point. Again, nothing confirmed. Just a spinoff from last month's Czech article stating Shania will be shooting a new music video this summer. On a side note, a moderator from the Official Fan Club message board spoke with MusicToday and she had this to report back about the Fan Club and new album: I just talked to MusicToday and ALL of their fan clubs will be getting new and upgraded software soon! (She said a couple of MT clubs have already gotten the makeover) She said they will have all of the features that Shania's management company will allow them to use. Hopefully, this means we'll have larger "bytes" to use when we attatch files, able to "see" who's online when we are, etc. She said it's up to Q-Prime (Shania's management), though on exactly what we will have access to. She said Q wants a new home page, too, which I've reported a month ago or so. I'm assuming this will take place in the next couple of months, whenever Shania releases a new single from her new cd, which should be out by the end of the year. She'll have new photoshoots, etc. to promote the new release. Also, the fan club kits are not done yet. Soon, hopefully! That's all for now!

• 6/24/06 Showering With Shania! From Canada.com: It's shocking what Canadian men are up to in the shower, according to a survey by the Dial soap folk. Apparently, it isn't all about becoming squeaky clean in as few minutes as possible They have fantasies that don't involve out-Michael Buble-ing Michael Buble onstage at a sold-out concert. In fact, a mere 16 per cent of Canadian men surveyed even ranked singing as their favourite shower activity. They have other forms of vocalizing on their minds, which surely need an icy cold shower. Forty per cent said they want company in the shower, if only in their imaginations. Given a choice, twenty-seven per cent fantasized about being alone in a really hot shower with Shania Twain, while 24 per cent picked Pamela Anderson as their favourite Canadian celebrity shower buddy. Ok, now I need to go take a shower!...LOL.

• 6/23/06 Shania To Get Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame! From USA Today: Rapper and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer and TV host Barbara Walters have something in common. They will join 20 other celebrities from radio, recording, theater, television and film to be honored in 2007 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recipients were announced Friday by Walk of Fame committee chairman Johnny Grant. "It's a privilege to honor these performers," he said. In a marathon meeting held June 16, the committee reviewed more than 200 nominations to select the 23 honorees. Dates for the stars' Walk of Fame ceremonies will be announced later this year. The complete list of 2007 Walk of Fame recipients, as ratified by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board of directors:
— Motion pictures: Michael Caine, Matt Damon, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Altman.
— Television: Walters, Erik Estrada, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Dick Wolff.
— Recording: Combs, Mariah Carey, The Doors, Crystal Gayle, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain.
— Live theater/performance: Sir Tim Rice, Lily Tomlin.
— Radio: Bingenheimer, Stu Nahan.
Criteria for Star on the Walk of Fame
1. Professional achievement
2. Longevity of five years in the field of entertainment
3. Contributions to the community
***The recipient must agree to attend the dedication ceremony. For more info, visit www.hollywoodchamber.net.

• 6/23/06 Shania "Sex Game" Woman Jailed. Click HERE to read the article.

• 6/8/06 Woman Guilty Of Murder In Shania "Sex Game" Trial. Click HERE to read the article.

• 6/8/06 Hats On eBay. Five autographed Stetson hats from Shania's appearance on "The Apprentice" are being auctioned off on eBay. Proceeds will go to The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation which creates a future of hope for children and families worldwide by eradicating pediatric AIDS, providing care and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS, and accelerating the discovery of new treatments for other serious and life-threatening illnesses.

• 6/5/06 Another Band Member Confirmed For Fan Convention 4. The Shania Twain Centre has announced that another member of Shania's band will attend this year's Shania Twain Fan Convention schedule permitting. Allison Cornell will be joining Randal Waller, JD Blair and Roddy Chiong. As the event gets closer there could be more guests announced. Fan Con 4 will be held.August 10-13 in Timmins, Ontario.

• 6/5/06 1995 Article. In an article titled "It's Her Party" from the March 1995 issue of Country Song Roundup, Shania talks about her new album The Woman In Me, how she likes her privacy (even back then), and much more. Click HERE to read the article.

• 5/31/06 Shania "Sex Game" Trial - Update. Click HERE to read the article.

• 5/30/06 "Simply Shania Weekend" On CMT! CMT (U.S.) will be airing several Shania shows this weekend! "Simply Shania Weekend" honors the one and only Shania Twain beginning with STACKED: SHANIA EXCLUSIVE airing on Saturday, June 3 at 3:30 PM ET/PT and on Sunday, June 4 at 9:30 PM ET/PT. INSIDER SPECIAL EDITION: SHANIA will air on Saturday, June 3 at 4:00 PM ET/PT and Monday, June 5 at 1:00 AM ET/PT. GREATEST MOMENTS: SHANIA TWAIN will air Saturday, June 3 at 5:00 PM ET/PT, Sunday, June 4 at 5:00 PM ET/PT and Monday, June 5 at 12:00 AM PT/ET. SHANIA'S TOP 20 COUNTDOWN will air Saturday, June 3 at 6:00 PM ET/PT. Lastly but certainly not least, SHANIA UP! LIVE IN CHICAGO will air on Saturday, June 3 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, Sunday, June 4 at 1:00 AM ET/PT, 3:00 PM ET/PT and 10:00 PM ET/PT.

• 5/28/06 Shania's Swiss Chateau For Sale. It looks like Shania, Mutt and Eja will be living in New Zealand year-round once their 62,000 acre merino sheep farm and house in Wanaka is completed. Shania's chateau in la Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland is up for sale! Asking price is €19,700,000 Euro or $25,210,090 U.S. Dollars. Click HERE to take a look!

• 5/25/06 Home Sweet Home. From CountryNation.com: Much to the relief of Shania Twain and husband, Robert "Mutt" Lange, construction on the couple's home and sheep ranch in Wanaka, New Zealand is getting underway at long last. It's not that living in a motel is all that bad. The tough part is sharing a room with 400 sheep. On the upside, getting to sleep is a snap.

• 5/23/06 More NZ Land Info & Videos. Click HERE for another article. Click HERE for a Video debate and close-up look at the whole issue regarding Shania's walking track and the farmer who doesn't want it on his property. Click HERE for a Video news story from last May when Shania had to adjust her house plans.

• 5/22/06 Trespass Notice Issued On NZ Land. From Otago Daily Times: Alphaburn farmer Duncan McRae yesterday issued a trespass notice against a construction company working on Shania Twain's walking track, but the Department of Conservation has advised the contractor to ignore it and return to work today. The trespass notice, which the Otago Daily Times has sighted, was issued in a standard form yesterday afternoon by Mr McRae to Recreation Construction Ltd director Clint O'Brien, of Oamaru. Earlier in the afternoon, Mr McRae gave a less detailed version of the trespass notice to DOC Wanaka area manager Paul Hellebrekers, which omitted the legal description of the land. The advice we have been given by lawyers is they DOC can't come in and take the marginal strip off us, Mr McRae said yesterday. It has nothing to do with the contractor. He is a good guy, he said. Mr McRae said the trespass notice was issued because his family disputed the existence of a marginal strip up the Alpha Burn, over which part of the Motatapu Track will pass. Click HERE for a more detailed article.

• 5/19/06 New Album In October? Another rumor has surfaced regarding the release of Shania's new album. An Australian magazine, The Music Network, lists the new album for an October release. No other information is given. This kind of coincides with a recent Czech article stating Shania will be shooting a new music video this summer. Again, these are only rumors. But like they say, rumors have to start somewhere in order to become rumors.

• 5/14/06 Shania Attends Swiss Red Cross Gala. Shania attended the Swiss Red Cross Gala last night in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the second year in a row Shania has attended the event which this year raised money for the Thai Red Cross Society's Children's Home. Click HERE to read an article about the gala.

• 5/9/06 Shania To Shoot New Music Video This Summer? According to this article in Czech Business Weekly which talks about one of Shania's hair stylists, Shania will be returning to Canada this summer to shoot a new music video!!! Could the new album and lead single be too far away thereafter??? "What do Celine Dion, Halina Pawlowská and Henry Kissinger have in common? The stylings of Alena Klenot, a native Czech image consultant with a flair for hair, and more.... And although she's returning to Canada this summer to work with Shania Twain and Canadian “Pop Idol” winners on new music videos, her plans to open two more locations are still underway."

• 5/5/06 Greatest Hits Setting The Pace. Shania's Greatest Hits album refuses to go away. Now in it's 77th week on Billboard's Country Album Chart, GH is this week's "Pace Setter" moving up 9 positions to #37!!

• 5/4/06 "Shania" Driver Ordered To Stay In Hospital. From CBC: A notorious drunk driver from Ottawa has been confined to a psychiatric hospital for at least a year. On March 27, Matt Brownlee was found not criminally responsible for his latest impaired driving charge because of a mental disorder. The Ontario Review Board, an independent tribunal made up of psychiatrists, lawyers, judges and members of the public, decided to keep Brownlee in a medium security wing of the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital. The 33-year-old has been detained at the hospital for the past few months, undergoing a series of assessments. During his trial in March, Brownlee told the psychiatrists he believed the singer Shania Twain was helping him drive last October when he was spotted driving erratically on a busy downtown street. Brownlee was banned from driving for life and sentenced to seven years in prison following a 1996 impaired driving accident in which a woman and her 12-year-old son were killed. During his most recent trial, psychiatrists testified that Brownlee suffered from a psychotic mood disorder and delusions as a result of head injuries he received in the 1996 crash. Brownlee will be kept at the hospital until an assessment next year. The board will then decide whether to keep him at the hospital, release him into the community under certain conditions or give him an absolute discharge. The Ontario Review Board annually reviews the status of every person found not criminally responsible or unfit to stand trial.

• 5/1/06 The STC Preserves Maple Leaf Memories. Fans of Shania Twain are saving the paneling, barstools, tables and chairs from the Maple Leaf Hotel and Bar in Timmins, Ontario, before the building meets up with the wrecking ball. The artifacts collected from the place that gave Shania her start as a singer will be on display in the Shania Twain Centre by the end of the month. Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Press (pic HERE). Click HERE for a video news clip from Channel 3 News in Timmins which shows a preview of the STC Maple Leaf exhibit.

• 4/29/06 Shania Ringtones. From UMG Nashville: Some Shania songs are now available as ringtones for your cell phone. Actually they are "realtones" since they contain words instead of just music. The songs include: "Forever And For Always", "Honey, I'm Home", "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing", "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", "Party For Two", "She's Not Just A Pretty Face", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "The Woman In Me", "Up!", "You Win My Love" and "You're Still The One".

• 4/25/06 Canadian Fragrance Awards. From Canadian NewsWire: Cosmetics Magazine will celebrate the very best fragrance launches in Canada in 2005, at a gala event on Thursday, April 27th, 2006, at Toronto's York Event Theatre. Shania by Stetson - Coty Inc. is nominated in the Best Full-Market Launch - Women's category. The Canadian Fragrance Awards celebrate the best fragrance launches of the year. The goal of the program is to generate excitement for fragrance in Canada and to salute excellence in the industry. Click HERE for a complete list of categories and nominees.

• 4/21/06 World's Sexiest Vegetarian - Vote For Shania! It's time to crown this year's veggie king and queen in PETA's sixth annual World's Sexiest Vegetarian poll. Click HERE to Vote for Shania!
2001: Shania Twain was the first star named "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" by PETA.org voters. "I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now," said Shania, who hasn't eaten an animal since she married longtime vegetarian (and record producer) Mutt Lange in 1993. Her favorite food is pasta, and she says, "I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner."

• 4/21/06 REMINDER: "CMT Greatest Moments: Shania Twain". "CMT Greatest Moments: Shania Twain" premieres on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00pm ET/PT. The show repeats on Sunday, April 23 at 4:00pm and 10:00pm ET/PT and several times during the next couple weeks. CMT counts down the greatest moments in the career of the legendary Shania Twain. From her hard-scrabble childhood in Timmons, Ontario, to her own castle in Switzerland, we take a tour through the career of the woman who has sold more records than any other female artist in history.

• 4/18/06 SELF Bonus Pic & Quotes. The Official Fan Club is sending this bonus picture to fans who subscribed to the magazine. Along with the picture, here are the Shania quotes that are on a postcard:
On eating healthy: "I tend to graze more when I'm too busy for a big meal. I'm not a junk food eater. The only junk food I eat is fries. Every couple of weeks, I'll have restaurant fries."
On her body after childbirth: "I liked my body when it was tiny, but my jeans fit better now that I don't have a tiner waist. With athletic thighs and a tiny waist, it's hard to fit pants."
On weight and the scale: "You need to be a healthy weight, meaning, if you're not comfortable with the way you sit and move and fit clothing then you probably need to lose weight."

• 4/18/06 Shania's Brother-In-Law Commits Suicide. From Canoe.ca: A troubled brother-in-law of Shania Twain, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violations, shot himself in the head over the weekend rather than face arrest by the Ontario Provincial Police. Jason Bernard Logan, 32, was found dead Saturday evening in White River, north of Sault Ste. Marie, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, OPP said in a press release. Neither the OPP nor the province's Special Investigations Unit would comment on the case yesterday. The SIU, which looks at all instances in which someone is injured or dies during police operations, is investigating Logan's death. Logan was wanted for violating his parole in Edmonton after he failed to report in February. Cops there said he had served 20 months in jail for possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property. It was thought Logan might head west as he has family in Surrey, B.C. Instead he was found riding in a car stopped for speeding on Wednesday near Hwy. 17, 20 km north of the Dubreuville turnoff. The OPP officer who pulled the car over was about to question Logan, a passenger in the car, about some handgun bullets on the seat when Logan bolted into the bush. A search involving a helicopter and tactical units from as far away as London failed to turn up any trace of the fugitive. Then on Saturday evening an officer patrolling in White River spotted Logan. The officer approached him but he ran off again. He was found not far away, lying between two rail cars, dead from what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot. Logan's drug sentence came after he was arrested with his brother-in-law Darryl Twain -- the famous singer's half-brother -- by Edmonton cops in 2004.

• 4/10/06 CW Most Beautiful Woman - Vote! Country Weekly is conducting a survey to see who fans think is Country's most beautiful woman and sexiest man. Click HERE to Vote for Shania!!!

• 4/6/06 Fan Convention 4 Special Guests. The Shania Twain Centre has announced that three members of Shania's band will attend this year's Shania Twain Fan Convention as long as their schedules permit. They are: Randal Waller, JD Blair and Roddy Chiong. As the event gets closer there could be more guests announced. Fan Con 4 will be held.August 10-13 in Timmins, Ontario.

• 4/4/06 No FiFi Award For "Shania". The 34th Annual FiFi Awards were held last night in New York City. The FiFi Awards are the Oscars of the fragrance industry. "Shania By Stetson" was nominated for Fragrance of the Year - Women's Popular Appeal but lost to "Spirit Antonio Banderas for Women." Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 4/4/06 Retrial For Shania "Sex Game" Case. From Mirror.co.uk: A wife who claims she accidentally shot her husband dead during a sexy dance routine will face a retrial after the jury in the murder case failed to reach a verdict. Linda West, 49, had been accused of deliberately blasting husband Gregory, 45, in the chest after a drunken row. But in the witness box, she insisted the gun, which had a faulty safety catch, had gone off accidentally as she gyrated with it to the Shania Twain song "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!". After nearly nine hours of deliberations the jury at Winchester crown court told the judge it could not reach a verdict on the count of murder and an alternative of manslaughter, both of which West had denied. The case was adjourned for a retrial on a date to be fixed. Tearful West was remanded in custody. Marine engineer Mr West, who was hit in the heart, was found by police at the couple's flat in Southampton wearing only his dressing gown last May.

• 3/29/06 "CMT Greatest Moments: Shania Twain" - April 22. From CMT.com: CMT counts down the greatest moments in the career of the legendary Shania Twain. From her hard-scrabble childhood in Timmons, Ontario, to her own castle in Switzerland, we take a tour through the career of the woman who has sold more records than any other female artist in history. "CMT Greatest Moments: Shania Twain" premieres on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00pm ET/PT. The show repeats on Sunday, April 23 at 4:00pm and 10:00pm ET/PT

• 3/29/06 Shania "Sex Game" Leaves Husband Dead. From Telegraph (UK): A woman accused of murdering her husband of two months, said yesterday that she shot him accidentally as she danced provocatively for him with his shotgun to the music of Shania Twain. Linda West, 49, was called upon to demonstrate in court how she had gyrated to the song Man! I Feel Like a Woman, using a broom handle to represent the gun. She said she had decided to arouse her husband Gregory, 45, who was wearing only a dressing gown after getting out of the bath. It was a "sexual game" that had tragic consequences, she said. Mr. West was found dead in an armchair by police after his wife made a hysterical 999 call. He had a single shotgun wound to his chest. To read the rest of the article, click HERE. Related article from Daily Star.

• 3/28/06 "Shania" Defense Wins. From Ottawa Sun: A killer drunk driver has been declared not criminally responsible for his latest spin without a licence. Matt Brownlee, 33, was absolved of criminal liability in a court hearing following testimony from Dr. Linda Grasswick, who says Brownlee suffers "erotomanic" delusions that female celebrities, such as Shania Twain, control his actions and communicate with him telepathically. The delusions became apparent to Corrections Canada doctors as early as 2003 and stem from a brain injury Brownlee received in a crash he caused in 1996 playing at a car chase with a buddy. For Ed Holmes, whose wife Linda Lebretton-Holmes, 35, and son, Brian, 12, were killed 10 years ago in that same crash by Brownlee, it's hard to take. "I don't doubt he probably did sustain a head injury when he crashed into us," said Holmes yesterday. "But, I have a little trouble that this is why he keeps doing this, because that behaviour started a whole lot earlier." Holmes said Brownlee didn't have a licence when he crashed into them on Greenbank Rd. Brownlee also had three times the legal blood alcohol limit. Despite a court imposing a lifetime driving ban on Brownlee in 1997 and a seven year jail sentence for the fatal crash, he was caught behind the wheel of his father's truck on Oct. 12, 2005. It was a police officer who noticed the black pickup turning from Elgin St. onto Somerset St. and speeding off. An agreed statement of facts in the case said Brownlee told police he'd been to the casino with his father where he had lost $1,000 and drank one beer. He told the cops he'd gone back to Stittsville with his dad and gone to Grace O'Malley's by himself. When he went home, the door was locked and Brownlee said he went to look for a house key in his father's truck. Court heard he found the keys to the truck instead and heard the voices of famous women, particularly Twain, telling him to get in and drive away. Grasswick testified Brownlee understood the act of driving was legally wrong, but was unable to appreciate it was morally wrong because of his illness. The incident came just a day after Brownlee had been released from jail on other charges. Grasswick said he'd been prescribed a small amount of anti-psychotic medication upon his release, but not enough to control the delusions. Brownlee's condition has since improved with more medication. Holmes said he wasn't sure what to do with someone like Brownlee, although he said he felt better that Brownlee will now be monitored by the Ontario Review Board which must meet within 45 days to look at how he should be treated. Until then, he is to be detained at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital.

• 3/27/06 Shania On FHM 100 Sexiest List. From FHM: Shania is once again on FHM (U.S.) magazine's "100 Sexiest Women In The World" list. This year, Shania moves up three spots to #30. The caption reads, "Country fans knock Shania for making her music too mainstream. The result, however, was the No. 29 spot on Forbe's 2005 list of most powerful celebs." In only her second year on the FHM U.S. list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World, Scarlett Johansson ranks number one. Angelina Jolie falls to number two this year. Rounding out the top ten are (3) Jessica Alba; (4) Jessica Simpson, (5) Keira Knightley; (6) Halle Berry, (7) Jenny McCarthy; (8) Maria Sharapova, (9) Carmen Electra and (10) Teri Hatcher. FHM's May 2006 issue goes on sale April 4. The 100 Sexiest Women in the World bonus supplement is polybagged with the issue at newsstands nationwide.

• 3/27/06 Shania Mentioned In Redbook. Shania is briefly mentioned in the March issue of Redbook magazine, recalling her most embarrassing moment, which nicely reflects her humble, self-deprecating personality. "I was performing on a stage that had a rotating platform, and when I stepped off of it onto solid ground, I fell right on my butt! To make matters worse, the audience got to see it happening larger than life on the Jumbotron screen! I got up, brushed myself off, and asked, 'Did you all catch that?' She then had the stage technicians replay the scene for anyone who missed it." - Shania Twain. For those who have never seen Shania in concert, she and her band are extremely active and athletic on stage, and most have had their share of what they jokingly refer to as "fabulous falls."

• 3/24/06 Shania's Car On eBay. An old car of Shania's (supossedly) is being sold on eBay. Here's what it says: '95 GEO Tracker Owned By Shania Twain/Twain Zone Inc. - This GEO Tracker belonged to Shania Twain (Eilleen R. Lange) back in 1995, when she lived in St. Regis Falls, NY. It was given to the owner and her ex-husband for personal use. The title was transferred to the current owner which is primarily the 2nd driver of this vehicle except for Shania. They knew Shania through business, the ex-husband was a recording engineer/assistant for Shania's husband Mutt Lange. Shania owned and drove this vehicle while her Come On Over CD was being produced. If you are familiar with Shania, Twain Zone Inc. was the name of her studio/residence on Blue Mountain Road in St. Regis Falls, NY before she moved to Switzerland. You can check it out HERE along with Shania's registration receipts and insurance cards.

• 3/21/06 Farmer Not Happy With New Zealand Trail Linking To Shania's Land. From Otago Daily Times: Alpha Burn Station farmer Don McRae is angry the Department of Conservation has begun work on the Fernburn track through his farm against his wishes. Doc yesterday started working on the track, which is to be part of the nationwide Te Araroa Trail and is a condition of Canadian singer Shania Twain’s 2004 purchase of the Motatapu and Mt Soho station pastoral leases. When contacted yesterday, Mr McRae said Doc workers had been at Jack Hall Creek (another name for the Fernburn) near Motatapu Rd yesterday and he was not happy. When asked if he had outstanding issues with Doc, he replied: I have. I will be stopping them as soon as I can. I am really annoyed after 10 years of tenure review. This is not on just because an overseas person does a deal with Doc. It is going straight through our deer farm, which is not on. In 2004, Twain’s agents told the Otago Daily Times their client had not felt obliged to consult locally about the track as public support came at a national level with the Te Araroa Trust and Department of Conservation. Twain’s agents said their client would not impose any track on a neighbour. They offered an alternative entry point from Motatapu Rd that was wholly on Twain’s land and crossed Kennedy Ridge above the site of the proposed house. But their preferred route and that of the Department of Conservation has always been to go up the Fernburn, which is on Alpha Burn Station. The marginal strips up the Fernburn became available for public access when the tenure review of Alpha Burn Station was completed recently and Otago Conservator Jeff O’Connell said recently Doc always intended to put in a track. However Mr McRae and Doc have disagreed over whether the marginal strips exist all the way up the creek to the boundary of Motatapu Station. Mr McRae never envisaged the Fernburn access he agreed to as part of tenure review would become part of a highprofile, national alpine trail through his farm. Doc has touted the Fernburn as capable of carrying 1000 trampers a year to Macetown by the end of its third year of operation and 2000 by 2011. The Department of Conservation confirmed last week work would commence yesterday on the new section. When linked to a section already started on Motatapu Station, the track will provide access from Motatapu Rd to the Stack Conservation Area and beyond as part of the three-day track to Arrowtown to be opened in October. Doc Wanaka area office manager Paul Hellebrekers could not be contacted yesterday but said in a media release the department was making good steady progress on the track.

• 3/17/06 Twain In His Brain. File this one under Nut Case. From Ottawa Sun: A repeat drunk driver arrested on new impaired charges suffers delusions that Shania Twain tells him what to say, court heard yesterday. Matt Brownlee, 33, who was given a seven-year jail sentence and a lifetime driving ban for a 1996 car crash that killed an Ottawa mother and her 12-year-old son, also believed the Canadian pop superstar would call the shots in court and influence the judge, Dr. Linda Grasswick testified yesterday. Grasswick, who has been assessing Brownlee's mental status at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital since December, said the symptoms were a result of a mood disorder and psychosis resulting from an organic brain injury which Brownlee suffered in the 1996 crash that killed Linda Lebreton-Holmes and her son Brian. The presence of Brownlee's delusions led Grasswick to previously conclude he be unfit for trial, but yesterday she reversed that opinion saying the delusions appeared to be "softening." She attributed his improvement to various meds. "He indicates now his instructions to his lawyer would be 50% his own decisions and 50% Shania Twain's," she said. Justice Russell Merredew declared Brownlee fit and ordered him detained in hospital. Brownlee's latest run-in with the law comes as the result of his early-morning arrest Oct. 12 after an Ottawa police officer observed a black pickup truck turning from Elgin St. onto Somerset St. at a high rate of speed. He's back in court March 27. Click HERE for related article.

• 3/16/06 "Shania By Stetson" Free Download. From ShaniaByStetson.com: Look for the code on specially marked packages when you buy Shania By Stetson to download your FREE song - an exclusive live version of "I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life)". Click HERE to view the repackaged, specially marked box.

• 3/13/06 Country's All-Time Greats - Vote! In the Feb. 13 issue of Country Weekly, readers were given a first-round ballot with up to 25 choices in each of five categories (and space for write-ins) from which to choose their all-time country greats. Now the top five vote-getters in each category have been announced and it's time to pick the winners. Shania is a finalist in two categories: Who is Country's Greatest Female Artist? and What is the Greatest Country Album of All Time? (Come On Over). Click HERE to Vote for Shania! All votes must be received before 12 a.m. ET, March 25, 2006. GAC will announce four of the winners April 21 during a special episode of "GAC Nights." The fifth winner—country's greatest song of all time—will be announced in the May 8 issue of Country Weekly, on sale April 24.

• 3/11/06 Shania Inks Zomba Publishing Deal. From BMG Music: Zomba Music Publishing – a division of BMG Music Publishing - has scored a major coup by signing an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with Shania Twain through her company Loon Echo Inc, it was announced today (3/8) by David Mantel (President, Zomba Music Publishing U.S.). The deal covers Shania's future compositions as well as her complete back catalogue with such hits as “You’re Still the One” (No. 2, Billboard Hot 100, May 1998; No. 1 Hot Country Singles & Tracks, May 1998), “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” (No. 4 Hot Country Singles & Tracks, June 1999), “From This Moment On” (No. 4, Billboard Hot 100, Dec. 1998; No. 6, Hot Country Singles & Tracks, July 1998), “That Don’t Impress Me Much” (No. 7, Billboard Hot 100, June 1999; No. 8, Hot Country Singles & Tracks, Feb. 1999) as well as the number one country hits “Any Man Of Mine” (July 1995), “(If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here” (Feb. 1996), “You Win My Love” (May 1996), “No One Needs To Know” (July 1996), “Love Gets Me Every Time” (Nov. 1997) and “Honey, I’m Home” (Oct. 1998). The catalogue was previously with Universal Music Publishing.
“Shania Twain is one of those few artists who have achieved massive worldwide success in both country and pop music, all the while maintaining her credibility, artistry and fan base in both genres," says Zomba president David Mantel. "Her catalog of number one hits speaks for itself. Zomba Music Publishing looks forward to many years of great music with Shania.” Nicholas Firth, Chairman and CEO, BMG Music Publishing Worldwide, says: "Over the last 10 years, Shania Twain has been one of the shining stars of both Pop and Country music. She is a true international superstar and we are excited to welcome her to BMG Music Publishing."
With career sales of over 70 million albums including 2002’s number one Pop and Country album Up! (Mercury/Universal) and number one Country and top 10 Pop albums 1997’s Come On Over, 1996’s The Woman In Me and her 2004 Greatest Hits set all on Mercury/Universal Records, Shania Twain has over the past 10 years been one of the biggest selling recording artists in the world. Her album Come On Over (Mercury/Universal) is the biggest-selling album by a female artist of all time - and she is the only female artist to have three albums certified Diamond by the RIAA. She is also the recipient of five Grammy awards. The majority of Twain’s recordings have been composed by her or co-written with her record producer/husband Mutt Lange, whose own extensive music publishing catalogue has been exclusively administered by Zomba Music Publishing for close to 30 years.
With Shania switching publishing companies, could a jump to a different record label be next??? Bye-bye Mercury/Universal?

• 3/11/06 "MIFLAW" Goes Gold. From CMT: The RIAA has certified Shania's 1997 hit "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" digital Gold for being downloaded 100,000 times. Earlier this year, "Forever And For Always" was certified digital Gold while "Party For Two" went digital Gold last year.

• 3/7/06 Fan Convention 4 Registration. The Shania Twain Centre has posted the registration forms for the 4th Annual Shania Twain Fan Convention (Aug. 10-13). Sign up today!

• 3/4/06 Shania Wins Canadian Radio Music Award. From CBC: The 2006 Canadian Radio Music Awards were held this afternoon in Toronto. For the third year in a row, Shania won the Chart Topper award. Congratulations Shania! She was also nominated for the Fans' Choice Award but lost to Simple Plan. Michael Buble beat out Shania for the SOCAN Songwriter Of The Year award. Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 3/3/06 Shania By Stetson Nominated For FiFi Award. From fragrance.org: The Fragrance Foundation has announced the finalists in each of 20 award categories for the 34th Annual FiFi Awards which will be held Monday, April 3rd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The FiFi Awards are the Oscars of the fragrance industry. "Shania By Stetson" has been nominated for Fragrance of the Year - Women's Popular Appeal category. Established in 1949, The Fragrance Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the image of the Fragrance Industry to the public and expand the appreciation and use of fragrance in all its forms across all distribution channels in the Americas.
Fragrance of the Year – Women's Popular Appeal
Celine Dion Belong – Coty Beauty US
Samba Rock & Roll Woman – Perfumer's Workshop International
Shania By Stetson – Coty Beauty US
Spirit Antonio Banderas for Women – Puig Fragrances & Personal Care
Stoked – Revelations Perfume & Cosmetics

• 3/1/06 Shania Part Of Dolly's TV Bio - April 28. From RockOnTV: BIOGRAPHY: DOLLY PARTON shows viewers why Parton's standing as one of the entertainment world's most beloved and durable superstars is undeniably assured. And as the celestial-voiced songstress illustrates on her new Columbia/Blue Eye album "Something Special," the thrill of making music is far from gone for the dazzling superstar. Interviewees include: Darryl Hannah, Lee Ann Womack, Lily Tomlin, Henry Winkler, Shania Twain, Tanya Tucker, Olympia Dukakis, Steve Buckingham, and Billy Ray Cyrus. "Biography: Dolly Parton" airs Friday, April 28 at 8:00-10:00pm ET/PT on A&E and repeats at midnight.

• 3/1/06 Fan Convention 4 Update. The Shania Twain Centre has posted a sneak peak of the itinerary for the 4th Annual Shania Twain Fan Convention which will be held.August 10-13, 2006. More details of the events being planned will be announced soon. Registration forms should be posted in the next few days.

• 2/28/06 Shannon Brown Mentions Shania On Album. On Shannon Brown's debut album, Corn Fed (released today), she mentions Shania in the first line of the song "High Horses." It might sound like Shannon is bashing Shania at first, but it's kind of a compliment since she compares Shania to the late Johnny Cash. She's also adding some humor to the Country vs. Pop debate. Complete lyrics can be found HERE. You can listen to the song HERE.
Everybody knows that Shania ain't country
That's what they used to say about Johnny Cash
And Garth Brooks shouldn't be smashing those guitars
But a hundred million records ain't bad
Here is an exerpt from the album's revview: "The small-town girl's catholic musical taste cultivated by karaoke playlists is proclaimed in "High Horses," in which she compares Shania Twain to Johnny Cash, promotes Sheryl Crow over Dolly Parton and — just to make sure that the country purists are completely offended - claims that Kid Rock flexes "as much Southern soul as old Hank (Williams)."" A complete review of the album can be found HERE.

• 2/27/06 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Now that the 2006 Winter Olympic Games are over, it's not too soon for people to start thinking about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Visit vancouver2010.com and email or send a question to the Organizing Committee and let them know Shania should be a part of the Games in her homeland. Whether it be performing during the opening or closing ceremony, lighting the Olympic torch, being a torch bearer, etc.. Anything to get Shania involved! Let's see Shania in Vancouver!!!

• 2/24/06 FHM 100 Sexiest Women - VOTE! It's time to vote for FHM (UK) magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006. Click HERE to vote for Shania!

• 2/17/06 Shania On SELF Magazine Cover. Shania is on the cover of the March issue of SELF magazine, on newsstands now. Inside there is one more new picture along with a two-page article about how Shania maintains her weight by eating right and exercising. She said she is "thicker" now than she's ever been. She also says she's not into junk food and has a Coke, "twice a year". Her favorite meal is tomato-mozzarela-avacado salad, a papaya, and white tea.When she eats carbs, she has them with protein. She loves horseback riding but power-walking is her favorite exercise. Walking a fast, hour long walk, three times a week, or even a 40-minute one, can trim her down. Shania says gyms are "claustrophobic" to her. Since being on "sabbatical" the past year, she admits that, "I am in the worst shape of my life." She says that she doesn't have Madonna's body, and she probably never will because she's not dedicated enough. On getting her body to look like Madonna's, Shania says, "I'd rather play with my kid than work that hard." She also mentions that even when she was her skinniest, she wasn't happy with what she saw in the mirror. (Hey Shania, there must be something wrong with your mirror!) Pick up a copy of SELF today!

• 2/17/06 "Isaac: Best Of Special". From E!: ISAAC Best of Specials : Isaac's Celebrity Field Trips. Isaac spends time out of the studio and on location with Cyndi Lauper, Amanda Bynes, Shania Twain, and Madonna. Airs Saturday, Feb. 18th at 12:00noon ET/PT on E!. It sounds like they will be showing clips of Shania's appearance on "Isaac" back in December.

• 2/11/06 Garth Ties Shania's COO. From CMT: While Garth Brooks' The Limited Series, a multi-disc compilation available only at Wal-Mart and its Sam's Club stores, is not listed as a specific title for RIAA certification, the individual discs sold within the boxed set are being certified. As a result, Brooks' 1998 album, Double Live, has been certified 20-times platinum (20 million sold) to catch up with Shania Twain's Come On Over, the best-selling country album of all time (U.S.). Keep in mind, Double Live is a 2-disc album (each disc is counted as one), been released with 7 different covers, re-released several times, and now being counted as part of this Wal-Mart only boxed set. In reality, the album has probably only sold 5-6 million original single units if you don't count it as a 2-disc album and take away all the re-releasing gimmicks. COO still remains the best-selling country album worldwide with 39 million copies sold.

• 2/8/06 Men Choose Shania For Valentine's Day. From Business Wire: While men and women alike may share a love of "love" on Valentine's Day, they understandably have some distinct differences in what constitutes music to their ears. In a national survey of country music fans conducted for television network Great American Country (GAC), women chose Tim McGraw as the artist from whom they would most like to receive a "special love song" for Valentine's Day. McGraw tallied 13.4 percent of the responses, edging out Kenny Chesney (9.3 percent) and Alan Jackson (7.7). Shania Twain was the clear choice among male respondents (11.6 percent), followed by Faith Hill (8) and Dolly Parton (6.3). GAC viewers can see their favorite love songs this weekend during "GAC Love Songs," a special Valentine's Day video dedication show with special guest Billy Currington. "GAC Love Songs" airs Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and again on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. A special Valentine's Day program airs Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. Check local listings for GAC channel information.

• 2/1/06 "Shoes" CD Single w/Pop Mix. Shania's latest single "Shoes" will be relaesed as a CD single on March 9th! The CD single [import] includes the Pop Mix (which hasn't been played here in the U.S.) and the Album Version (from the Desperate Housewives soundtrack). You can pre-order the single from Amazon.com by clicking HERE.

• 1/31/06 Most Desirable List. AskMen.com has unveiled their list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006. Shania came in at #44, down from #24 last year. Here's what they had to say about Shania: Desirability Score: 7.71
What She Is Known For: Shania’s life reads like a Hollywood movie. She rose from poverty in a dead-end northern town to become one of the world’s best-selling musicians, boasting album sales in excess of 84 million and a saddle-full of No. 1 hits like “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under,” “You’re Still the One” and “Man, I Feel Like a Woman.” Except she’s from Canada, which makes her accomplishments even more amazing. Her country/pop blend, megawatt smile and undeniable natural good looks have made her wildly famous and obscenely rich.
2005 Career Highlights: Forget the record-breaking record sales or launching of her own fragrance, the real highlight of this Canuck beauty’s year came in November when she made an appearance on NBC’s "The Apprentice." She was immortalized with a biopic on Canadian television and was awarded that country’s second-highest civilian honor when she was named an "Officer of the Order of Canada.” She also turned 40, plus had a museum opened and a street named after her in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario. What did you do?
2006 Career Forecast: Shania has recently put the finishing touches on her next studio album, and has plans to bless us with another world tour to support it. Say what you will about her music, watching a sweaty Shania Twain dance around on stage in tight outfits is worth the price of admission alone. She will also spend a considerable amount of time building another home in New Zealand after buying a 106-square-mile sheep farm. I think there’s a joke in there somewhere.

• 1/28/06 Shania Receives Two CRMA Nominations - Vote! The nominees have been announced for the 2006 Canadian Radio Music Awards. Shania is nominated for two awards: SOCAN Songwriter Of The Year for "Party For Two" and the Fans' Choice Award also for "Party For Two". Fans determine the winner of the Fans' Choice Award by VOTNG online. Click HERE for a complete list of nominees. The awards will be handed out at a gala luncheon on Saturday, March 4, 2006, 12:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Royal York Toronto, as part of Canadian Music Week celebrations.

• 1/28/06 USRN Country Giants 2006. The United Nations Radio Network (USRN) has announced the all-star line-up for Country Giants 2006, its popular series of musical tributes to today's Country music superstars. This year's line-up consists of four two-hour specials scheduled to highlight Valentine's Day weekend with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Memorial Day weekend with Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney, Fourth Of July weekend with Tim McGraw and Martina McBride, and Labor Day weekend (Sep. 2-3) with SHANIA TWAIN and Toby Keith.

• 1/25/06 Shania: Caribbean Queen. I'm assuming this is relatively new since I've never heard anything about it, but according to Fox News, Shania has a home on a Caribbean island: Another home away from Hollywood for many stars is the Caribbean island of St. Bart's. While many a star has vacationed there in the last few years, they're now investing in the area, Halperin said. "More and more are buying property. And I think that’s a trend right now," she said, adding that Shania Twain bought a place in the Caribbean and that music mogul Clive Davis brings his artists to his estate in St. Bart's every year.

• 1/21/06 "FAFA" Goes Gold. On January 3, the RIAA certified "Forever And For Always" digital Gold for being downloaded 100,000 times. Last year, "Party For Two" went digital Gold.

• 1/19/06 New Album This Year? Yet another mention of Shania releasing a new album in 2006 appears in the student newspaper of Nicholls State University: Other artists with planned releases this year include: Yellowcard (Jan. 24), Cam'ron (Feb. 14), Evanescence (March), The Flaming Lips (April 4) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (April). Pearl Jam, Janet Jackson, Tool, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, Metallica, Prince and Shania Twain all plan to release albums in 2006 but have yet to announce a release date.

• 1/18/06 Most Romantic Videos/Valentine Dedications. From CMT: With Valentine's Day right around the corner, love is in the air at "Top Twenty Countdown." Over the years, country artists have released countless romantic videos, and we want to know which are your favorites. Which videos put you in the mood for love? Or remind you of your special someone? Let us know by voting for your favorite romantic videos. Click HERE to choose up to three videos from the list, or if you don't see your favorite listed, share your choice in the box provided. Shania has two songs on the list, "Forever And For Always" and "You're Still The One." Also, if you'd like to share a Valentine message with the special someone in your life, please add it in the box. Don't forget to include your name, city and state. We just might share your choices and messages in an upcoming episode "Top Twenty Countdown."
You can also make Valentine dedications on GAC.

• 1/12/06 Self Magazine Cover/Article - Update. As reported last month, Shania will be on the cover of Self magazine's March 2006 issue. Inside there will be a new article and photo shoot. The shoot took place in November while Shania was in New York City for the Country Music Awards. The March issue will hit newsstands Febuary 21.

• 1/12/06 Canadian Stars On The Walk To Rise And Be Seen. From The Globe and Mail: Wayne Gretzky, Diana Krall, William Shatner, Gordon Lightfoot -- they and dozens more stars in Canadian sports, arts and entertainment will be involved in a huge relocation program this year. Not them physically, mind you, but their stars on Canada's Walk of Fame in downtown Toronto. Peter Soumalias, the Toronto businessman who founded the Walk in 1998, said yesterday that all 93 of the stars embedded in red-granite rectangles in the sidewalks of the city's designated entertainment district are going to be "removed from the sidewalk and put on display at eye level . . . "Reconstruction of the Walk of Fame will start in the second half of [this] year," with completion expected in the spring of 2007, he said in an interview. Also included in the action will be this year's inductees, which could number as many as 10. The stars for Jean Béliveau, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Mike Myers, Rich Little, Denys Arcand and the rest are going to be housed in heated units that likely will include multimedia or interactive components. It's all part of a larger plan to make the Walk "more original, more attractive, more Canadian, more fluid," Mr. Soumalias said. At present, all 93 stars -- each of which includes the inductee's autograph, his or her name and a stylized, star-like maple leaf centred with a symbol for his or her area of achievement (a treble clef for a musician, for example) -- are spread across a roughly three-block area, situated primarily along the north and south sidewalks of King Street West between John and Simcoe streets, home to Roy Thomson Hall and the Princess of Wales and Royal Alexandra theatres.

• 1/10/06 Shania Goes KA-CHING! From CalendarLive.com: In 1997, CalendarLive.com began compiling a list for artists' combined concert grosses (tabulated by Pollstar) and album sales (monitored by SoundScan). The Ultimate Top 10 through the years: 1 'N Sync $529.6 million, 2 Backstreet Boys $520.5 million, 3 Celine Dion $517.3 million, 4 Dave Matthews Band $408.5 million, 5 U2 $376.4 million, 6 Rolling Stones $375.4 million, 7 Britney Spears $346.7 million, 8 Eminem $333.2 million, 9 Dixie Chicks $283.6 million, 10 Shania Twain $282.8 million

• 1/8/06 Cross-Over Queen. Click HERE to read a terrific article from 1999 where Shania talks about the hypocrisy in Nashville and how Country music considers her an outsider.

• 1/8/06 Shania Wins 2 Cactus Awards. From ChartCountry.com: Shania won 2 Cactus Awards in the 4th annual Cactus Awards, held every January. The awards recognize those artists who have made significant impact on the Chart Country Top 40 (fan-voted chart) over the past twelve months. Shania won Female Artist of the Year and Canadian Artist of the Year. Congratulations Shania!

• 1/8/06 Carrie Underwood Mentions Shania On Album. Carrie Underwood has stated many times that she is a fan of Shania and her music. She even sang "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" on "American Idol." On Carrie's debut album, Some Hearts, she mentions Shania in the song "Before He Cheats." Complete lyrics can be found HERE.
Right now, she's probably up singing some
white-trash version of Shania karoke..
Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's a thinking that he's gonna lucky,
Right now, he's probably dabbing 3 dollars worth of that bathroom Polo...
And he don't know...

• 1/5/06 COO Top-Selling Album Of SoundScan Era. According to The Tennessean, Shania Twain's Come On Over continues to be the top-selling album of the SoundScan era, 1991-2006, with 15,355,018 units sold. Congratulations Shania! Nielsen SoundScan is an information system that tracks sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada. Sales data from point-of-sale cash registers is collected weekly from over 14,000 retail, mass merchant and non-traditional (on-line stores, venues, etc.) outlets. Weekly data is compiled and made available every Wednesday. Nielsen SoundScan is the sales source for the Billboard music charts.
On a side note, Shania's Greatest Hits album ranked #48 on SoundScan's 2005 year-end chart with 1,018,991 units sold.

• 1/4/06 Fan Club Packages Finally Sent. From Official Fan Club: We are happy to announce that the fan club membership packages are complete and are shipping out to all members this week. We sincerely apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience while we worked out all the details. We hope you enjoy your package, which includes a fan club exclusive DVD, titled "Shania Twain Rocks Your Country", a beautiful mouse pad featuring Shania from the Stetson fragrance photo shoot, and a small sample of the new Shania by Stetson perfume. Due to the delay, we will be sending this package to all members who joined from November 1st, 2004 to December 31st, 2005 regardless of membership status. Starting with this package, both new and renewal members will be receiving the same package in an effort to provide more quality items on a timelier basis. Thanks for your support from Shania and the Shania Twain Fan Club.

• 1/4/06 Dream Date With Shania. From NASCAR: Each week during the 2005 NASCAR season, NASCAR.com Senior Writer Dave Rodman brought to light the responses of the same 10 questions he posed to several drivers. Some of the responses were, to say the least, entertaining. A look at some of the best answers of 2005:
Q 8. What would your dream date be? Where and with whom?
Kerry Earnhardt (with nary a moment of hesitation): Shania Twain, at my house. And my wife knows it, too

• 1/1/06 Billboard Favorite Album Of 2005 Poll. The current Billboard.com poll asks: "Of the 10 albums that sold the most and ranked at the top of The Billboard 200 for the 2005 chart year, which is your favorite?" Go VOTE for Shania's Greatest Hits which is currently leading with 33% of the votes.

• 12/29/05 ET Canada Interview. In an interview on "ET Canada", Shania.talked about her son Eja and keeping him away from her celebrity status: "I don't want Eja to see it, he's too young. He doesn't know who Shania is. I'm rarely caught in a situation where Eja hears the name "Shania". Eja knows me as "Maman"."
Shania was also asked if she was interested in having another child: "No, I'm happy with one. I know how to manage my time. I can handle one (laughs)."
Shania talked about her "Shania" perfume: "I want it that when you spray, I want to smell it 20 hours later. I love the smell of fresh air, roses..."
Shania also mentioned Canada: "Let's just say if you drop me off blind folded and didn't tell where, I would know I was in Canada, especially up North. I would know where I was, it's goes very deep."

• 12/28/05 Happy Anniversary Shania & Mutt! Today December 28th, Shania and Mutt celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Shania and Mutt! We wish you many more years of love and happiness together.

• 12/25/05 MERRY CHRISTMAS! I want to wish Shania and her family and everyone around the world a very Merry Christmas.

• 12/24/05 Shania In Country Weekly. The 1/2/06 issue of Country Weekly contains an excerpt from Robin Eggar's "Shania Twain: The Biography". This is the third edtion of the book which was originally released in 2001 Click HERE to order the biography.

• 12/24/05 CMT Top 20 Videos of 2005. Shania's video for "Don't!" came in at #5 on the CMT Top 20 Countdown for 2005. Congratulations Shania!

• 12/22/05 Keith Urban Credits Shania. From Net Music Countdown: Keith Urban is one of a line of singers that have had success in country music with their own unique style. His main example is Shania. "I think Shania, making the record she did (The Woman In Me) changed the acceptance of what country could be. Hers being an extreme version of that, but I mean, good Lord, country is always evolving, it's always got records being made that are extreme versions of what it could be, and then watered down versions come out that are a little closer to acceptance," Keith explains. He even looked farther back for an example. "Chet Atkins, you know, he came in and added lush strings and the music community, the purists, hated it. Now he's got a street named after him! So, it's a constant evolution and same as it ever was at the end of the day."

• 12/16/05 Shania Wins Billboard Music Award. Billboard's special year-end issue has confirmed that Shania's Greatest Hits album is the 2005 Country Album of the Year. Congratulations Shania! The winner was not announced during the Billboard Music Awards earlier this month. The top 5 country albums of 2005 are: 1 Shania Twain Greatest Hits, 2 Rascal Flatts Feels Like Today, 3 Toby Keith Greatest Hits 2, 4 Gretchen Wilson Here For The Party, 5 Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying
Other 2005 Billboard year-end charts
Shania's Greatest Hits came in at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 year-end chart. 50 Cent's The Massacre is No. 1.
Shania's Greatest Hits came in at No. 9 on the Top Selling Internet Albums year-end chart. U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is No. 1.
"Don't!" came in at No. 40 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Songs year-end chart.
On the Hot Country Songs year-end chart (top 60), there are not any Shania songs on the list.
Shania's Come On Over album came in at No. 23 on the Top Country Albums Catalogue year-end chart.
Top Billboard 200 Artists: 1 50 Cent, 11 Shania Twain
Top Billboard 200 Artists - Female: 1 Mariah Carey, 2 Kelly Clarkson, 3 Gwen Stefani, 4 Shania Twain, 5 Gretchen Wilson
Top Country Artists: 1 Toby Keith, 2 Rascal Flatts, 3 Kenny Chesney, 4 Gretchen Wilson, 5 Keith Urban, 6 Tim McGraw, 7 Shania Twain, 8 George Strait, 9 Sugarland, 10 Brad Paisley
Top Female Country Artists: 1 Gretchen Wilson, 2 Shania Twain, 3 Faith Hill, 4 Leann Rimes, 5 Martina McBride
Top Country Album Artists: 1 Toby Keith, 2 Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson, 5 Rascal Flatts

• 12/15/05 NHL Player Talks Shania. From ESPN: In a Q&A interview with Steve Sullivan, the NHL hockey star talks about meeting Shania who is also from his hometown of Timmins.
Q: Speaking of music icons, you are from the same hometown as Shania Twain. Have you ever met her?
A: Yeah, we met a few times. She threw a huge banquet concert in Timmins, Ontario, in 1999. She had a big dinner the night before the concert and I was invited to go meet her. I was star struck when I met her. We talked for awhile, and during the concert, she brought me on stage with her. She's a great girl, down to earth. Her fame hasn't changed her. She's totally down to earth.
Q: When you drive into the town line of Timmins, what does the sign say?
A: It says "Welcome to Timmins: Home of Shania Twain."
Q: What would it take for that sign to read: "Welcome to Timmins: Home of Steve Sullivan?"
A: [Laughs] That won't ever happen. We're on different scales in the celebrity world. She is the top-selling female artist ever. Timmins has produced a lot of great hockey players, like the Mahovlich brothers, who have put up a lot better numbers and won more Stanley Cups than I have, so my name won't be on that sign.

• 12/13/05 Anne Murray Defends Shania. From CP: In an article in which Anne Murray expresses how she feels hurt when people consider her a has-been and forget about all her accomplishments, Anne also takes time to defend Shania: "People take you for granted. They don't know a lot of the stuff that has gone on." And the veteran performer, who has more than 30 albums under her belt, says she sees the backlash happen with other Canadian superstars all the time. "I saw an article on Shania . . . somebody putting Shania Twain down and this was a Canadian guy," said Murray. "I thought 'What is there to dislike about Shania Twain?' She's beautiful. She sings great. She writes great songs. She's a good person. "I look at that and think 'why do people try to look so hard for something bad about somebody?"'

• 12/13/05 Watch Shania Make Grilled Cheese. Click HERE and then scroll down to No. 20 to watch Shania make a grilled cheese sandwich when she was a guest on "Martha" last month.

• 12/11/05 eBay Auction To Fight AIDS. The bidding on two Shania autographed items for a Bids 2 Beat AIDS eBay auction ended today with both items going to the same high bidder. The Shania Twain hand signed new, official Ohio State jersey went for $363.88 and the Shania Twain Hand-Signed Guitar went for $504.00. Bid 2 Beat AIDS is an eBay auction benefiting LIFEbeat, the Music Industry Fights AIDS. LIFEbeat provides HIV/AIDS information directly to hundreds of thousands of young people every year, and reaches millions more with its public service and awareness campaigns.

• 12/9/05 Shania Attends Michal Buble Concert. Shania and Mutt recently attended a Michal Buble concert in Salzburg, Austria. Being a huge fan of his music, Shania asked if she could meet Michal backstage! Click HERE for a newspaper scan. In the picture from left to right is Shania, Richard Hormann (chauffer), and Michal Buble. Here's a translated excerpt from the article: "As a private chauffer for a superstar burst event-manager Richard Hormann...there was Shania Twain. The native Canadian (40) was with her husband Mutt Lange. From their Geneva home on a private jet, they flew to the Salt Castle (arean), in order to hear the "live" version of her compatriot (fellow Canadian) for the first time. Hormann (fackelte therefore not long) and got that worldwide recogintion including entourage of a solo artist (Come On Over, Up). After the entrance, Hormann asked the quiet needy singer whether he shortly wanted to be disturbed, by Shania Twain. Michael, very flabbergasted, said "Of course! Where is she?" And so it came in the Salt Castle-Arena's backstage, that the two met generally for the first time. As a reward for his taxi services, Hormann received a special gift: Shania sang her newest song for him."

• 12/7/05 "Shoes" Remix - Listen! From JoeBermudez.com: The lead single from the Desperate Housewives soundtrack, this was a real honor to work on. Not only has the show become a cult phenomenon, but the original was produced by one of my idols, John "Mutt" Lange, who I also got to work with on this project. The song compares men to shoes and will soon be a line dancing classic. The show's producers wanted something a little more hip to air on of the episodes though so Josh and I added our magic touch. I hope you enjoy... Click HERE to listen to the remix! The remix is being played on Majic 100.3 in Ottawa, Canada. You can also click HERE to listen to a Pop version clip of "Shoes" airing on European radio stations.

• 12/6/05 Shania On "CMT Insider - Dec. 10. There's no telling if it will be a new interview or maybe just an old brief clip, but Shania will be on this week's edition of "CMT Insider" premiering December 10th at 1:30pm ET/PT. "Canadian superstar Shania Twain has found a new line of business, just in case singing doesn't work out. The star has a new perfume in stores. We'll visit with Twain to find out what makes her fragrance special."

• 12/6/05 Shania Is Rich, But... From Ottawa Sun: Shania Twain may be a chart topper in the music world, but she's failed to crack the list of 100 richest Canadians -- again. The seventh annual list compiled by Canadian Business magazine has a distinct lack of star power, with Twain, Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves and Celine Dion all failing to make the lineup. "Shania Twain has never been on the list," said Canadian Business senior associate editor Alex Mlynek. "We did look at her this year and she wasn't quite there. She's definitely close." To make this year's list, a Canadian citizen would have to have a net worth of $366 million. The list includes 40 billionaires, up from 36 in 2004.

• 12/5/05 Shania On "Isaac" - Dec. 20. Shania will be a guest on the "Isaac" show December 20th. The show airs at 7:00pm and 11:00pm ET/PT on the Style network. Check your Cable or Satellite provider.

• 12/3/05 Bo Derek Mentions Shania. From ContactMusic.com: Bo Derek has turned down several reality TV show ideas because they invade her private life. Derek admits the major turn-off about all the projects she has been offered was her fear she'd have too much of her personal life shown on TV - something she constantly tries to avoid. She explains, "Shania Twain is an acquaintance of mine; she's got a serious private life and she's the biggest thing there is." Bo worked with Shania on her "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" and "Any Man Of Mine" videos. You can read more about it HERE.

• 12/3/05 Self Magazine Cover In 2006. Shania will be on the cover of Self magazine's March 2006 issue. The photo shoot took place last month while Shania was in New York City for the Country Music Awards.

• 12/1/05 Shania's Cowboy Hat Sold for $3,000!!! The bidding ended this morning for Shania's decorated cowboy hat on eBay's "Hats Off To Fight Hunger" auction. After reaching a high bid of $13,900.00, many people retracted their bids and the hat went for $3,051.99! Combining all of the celebrities' hats together, the "Hats Off To Fight Hunger" auction has raised a total of $8,295.30. All proceeds from the auction will go to America's Second Harvest to help fight hunger across the country.

• 12/1/05 eBay Auctions To Fight AIDS. Shania has donated a couple autographed items for a Bids 2 Beat AIDS eBay auction.
1. Shania Twain hand signed new, official Ohio State jersey, size L. The jersey is white, with a large, dynamic Ohio State logo on the front. It is signed above the logo in black Sharpie. Larger play name LANGE on the back of the jersey refers to Twain's record producer husband.

2. Shania Twain Hand-Signed Guitar. Shania Twain autographed and donated this guitar to the Bid 2 Beat Aids auction. The item is signed boldly in black Sharpie. The guitar is in excellent condition.

Both auctions end on December 11th. Bid 2 Beat AIDS is an eBay auction benefiting LIFEbeat, the Music Industry Fights AIDS. LIFEbeat provides HIV/AIDS information directly to hundreds of thousands of young people every year, and reaches millions more with its public service and awareness campaigns.

• 11/30/05 Shania Started When She Was A Sapling. From GAC: Shania Twain grew up with parents who made their living by replanting trees in the Canadian forest land. Turns out they planted something else along the way--the love of making music in their daughter, Shania, when she was just a little sapling herself. “I started singing when I was three--I sang on key,” Shania proudly says. “I mean I was into harmonies by the time I was 6. I was bored with the melody, let's get on to harmonies. I mean I listened to the Mamas and the Papas and The Carpenters, which were totally inspiring as far as parts are concerned. But, my mother created my first stage when I was three--that was in restaurants. She'd get me up on the counter top to sing to the juke box.”

• 11/29/05 BMI London Awards & Million-Air Certificates. From BMI.com: Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) saluted the top European songwriters at its 2005 London Awards staged tonight at the Dorchester Hotel. The black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony honored the songwriters, composers and publishers of the most performed songs on U.S. radio and television in the past year in all genres of music. Shania received a Country Award for "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" and a Pop Award for "Forever And For Always". Click HERE for a complete list of BMI London Awards winners. Million-Air certificates were also presented throughout the evening in recognition of those songs that have had two million or more U.S. performances. Shania received two Million-Air certificates. One for "Forever And For Always" which achieved two million plays and another certificate for "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!" which had 3 million plays. "Forever And For Always" was last year's Song of the Year and is also a two-time BMI Pop Award winner (2003 and 2004) and a 2004 Country Award winner. Click HERE for a complete Million-Airs list.

• 11/29/05 Billboard Music Awards Nominaton. From Billboard: Shania is a nominee finalist for Country Album of the Year (Greatest Hits) at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards. Winners are determined by the 2005 year-end charts, which will reflect the weekly Billboard charts published from December 2004 through November 2005. The "Album" award is based solely on sales during this time period. Shania is up against Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2; Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today and Gretchen Wilson, Here For The Party. The awards show will air LIVE from Las Vegas on December 6, 8:00pm ET on FOX. Click HERE for a complete list of nominations.

• 11/29/05 Shania Calendar #1. From ACC Top 40: Shania Twain's 2006 wall calendar tops the Calendars.com best-selling country music calendars list. Tim McGraw's calendar is number-two and Alan Jackson's calendar is third. You can buy Shanias's calendar HERE.
In other Shania news, no bunnies died to make Shania's jacket. Shania wore what appeared to be a fur-lined Marc Bouwer jacket in New York during the recent week of Country Music Association activities there. However, the designer tells the New York Post that all the furs used in the coat she had on were faux.

• 11/26/05 Tour Shania's Old Home. Click HERE to take a virtual tour of Shania and Mutt's late 1990s home in Lake Placid, NY located in the Adirondacks. "This extraordinary 3,000 acre estate features its own lake with 2.3 miles of shoreline and unspoiled beauty. A 20,000 square foot studio/residence overlooks a beautiful bay with Cat Mountain as a backdrop. Native brook trout are thriving and wildlife is plentiful. Only 30 minutes to airport. This unique Adirondack Property also features a fenced in tennis court with all weather surfacing, a boathouse with 2 deep water slips with heavy duty boat hoists for on-site boat storage. a horse stables with 9 stalls, tackroom with bath, a washing stall and a loft area for hay & equipment storage. And adjacent to the stables are corrals and a horse arena for training purposes. Needless to say there are endless riding trails that extend throughout the 3,000 acres connecting with occasional meadows and watering areas. The combination studio and residence was constructed to serve as a private recording artist's studio and living quarters for family and guests. There are three multi story wings with enclosed connectors to separate the different uses of the home. The residential area has 5 bedrooms and 5 baths with living, dining, and entertaining space. The studio wing has a spectacular control room, 6 large recording booths, study areas, mechanical rooms, exersize facilites and plenty of storage. There is also a 4 stall garage. Listed at $6,250,000."

• 11/23/05 Watch Shania On "The Apprentice" & Win! From my site's Message Board: Hello, I work for a company that represents Stetson, who owns the new Shania fragrance. There is a promotion going on which we think you'll be interested in. Spread the word! On Thanksgiving night, Shania Twain will be appearing on the Apprentice on NBC. As part of the excitement, look for a special toll free number to call and find out how people can win exclusive autographed fragrances and apprentice merchandise signed by Shania! You can also visit the Shania by Stetson website (www.shaniabystetson.com) for more information and register online! Good Luck and Happy Holidays!

• 11/23/05 "Apprentice" Episode. From Starpulse: On this week's "Apprentice," Donald Trump delivers the task -- each team must create a call-in campaign to promote the "Shania by Stetson" fragrance by using the advertising technique of "wrapping." Whoever gets the most calls to its 800 number wins. Season one "Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic steps in to replace George Ross this week. One team sabotages their competition after getting wind of their plans. In one of the closest boardroom wins ever, the winning team beats out their competition by a mere five calls. The winners saddle up and share a dinner with world-famous country music star Shania Twain as the losing team heads into the boardroom to determine the final four.

• 11/22/05 Shania Adds Hat To Charity Auction. A few more hats, including one decorated by Shania, were added Monday to the "Hats Off To Fight Hunger" eBay auction. In one day, Shania's hat has already reached an unbelievable bid of over $10,000.00!!! There's no telling how high the bids will go by the time the auction ends December 1st!!! All proceeds from the auction will go to America's Second Harvest to help fight hunger across the country. Click HERE to check out all the hats.

• 11/19/05 Order Of Canada Articles. Twain Tops Success Stories In Order Of Canada Lineup (quotes from Shania); Shania Twain Among 43 Awarded Order Of Canada (quotes from Shania); The Shania Machine Is Gonna Getcha Good (interview). Click HERE for a short viideo clip which includes Shania at a news conference after yesterday's ceremony.

• 11/18/05 Shania Receives Order Of Canada. Watch HERE! Pictures HERE! From AP/ABC: Shania Twain received the Order of Canada on Friday, the country's highest honor. The citation said the Canadian-born singer's journey from poverty in a small Ontario town to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry has inspired countless other emerging musicians. "I was surprised, and I was very humbled," Twain said. "I'm not sure it's somewhere I belonged. I'm not even sure I'm quite deserving." Governor General Michaelle Jean, Canada's ceremonial head of state, pinned the Order of Canada medal on Twain's lapel during a ceremony in Ottawa. The citation commended Twain for her efforts in eliminating child hunger, including support of several food distribution agencies. "Today, she enjoys enormous success, yet she remains true to her roots," said the citation. The Order of Canada is the country's highest honor for lifetime achievement. The appointments were established in 1967 and are made on the recommendation of an advisory council, headed by the chief justice of Canada. Twain's music has become a staple on country, pop and adult contemporary stations. At least three of her albums have topped the 10 million mark, with 1999's "Come On Over" reaching 20 million.

From CTV: Country-pop star Shania Twain received the Order of Canada in Ottawa today. She accepted the honour alongside others who have made a difference to the country including former B.C. premier David Barrett and athlete Catriona Le May Doan. As the ceremony began at Rideau Hall Friday morning, Governor General Michaelle Jean described the 43 Order of Canada nominees as "trailblazers." "Through your efforts and extraordinary achievements, you have touched so many lives," Jean said. "In extending the boundaries of human understanding, you have bought something entirely original to the world ... and in so doing have lived up to the spirit of the Order of Canada. "Consider the joy and comfort you have bought to the people around you."During a stop in Toronto Thursday to promote her new fragrance, Shania by Stetson, Twain told CTV she was excited and overwhelmed by the award. "I feel really neat about it," she said. "It's nice, it's a real honour and … I'll just be in such great company." She also said it's a big leap from her humble beginnings in Timmins, Ontario where she sometimes went to bed hungry. The Grammy-winning singer also admitted that with her career and four-year-old son, she has no time to work out. She chalked up her petite frame to her genes, her long, brisk walks and a diet free of meat, poultry and fish. She also admitted to having cellulite and to loving chocolate bars.

• 11/18/05 "Canada AM" & CBC Interviews. Click HERE to watch an interview which aired on "Canada AM" this morning. Click HERE to watch a great CBC interview. Shania talks about Eja and how he considers himself Canadian.

• 11/17/05 Shania on "The Apprentice" - Nov. 24th! According to The Apprentice Blog (and confirmed by Shania on this morning's "Cityline" - summary HERE), Shania will be on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" Thursday, November 24th at 10:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Don't miss it!
Ep 10 - Shaniagans
The five remaining candidates face off in the multi-billion dollar fragrance industry. One team gets wind of the competition's plans while the other is forced to retaliate in an all-out street war. The winners saddle up with a world-famous country music star, while the losers mosey over to the boardroom where the 14th candidate is fired. 11-24-2005 10PM
Email from Stetson:
Shania by Stetson will be featured on NBC's hit show The Apprentice! Watch the candidates compete for a job as Donald Trump's apprentice by completing a task based on the bright, beautiful fragrance from Shania Twain. Watch the two hour special on Thanksgiving Night! November 24 on NBC at 9PM
***NOTE: According to NBC.com and TVGuide.com, there will be TWO "Apprentice" shows airing back-to-back. At 9:00, a "Clip Show" will air followed by "Shaniagans" with Shania at 10:00.

• 11/17/05 Shania's School Program. From CTV: Awards do not seem to motivate Twain. After all, she has won a dozen Junos and five Grammys in the course of selling 34 million CDs worldwide. Instead, her recent charitable work for Canadian children gets her most excited during interviews. Perhaps her memories of sometimes being hungry as a child prompted her to give a boost to underprivileged children. An unnamed school in Ontario receives from Twain a salary for a full-time teacher who provides needy children with good food and private tutoring. The program is customized for each school, offering lessons in life skills such as cooking, as well as academic assistance if needed. "Our pilot year was a great success, and all the kids in the school benefit, it brings them together," Twains says. "The program is growing as the school board adds two more schools. It's working, so I'm very excited and very happy about it." "The goal is to get the entire country on the program," Twain said with a laugh. It is an idea that is probably sweeter than the perfume bearing her name.

• 11/17/05 Shania Talks About Everything But Perfume. Click HERE to read the article.

• 11/17/05 New Interviews! Click HERE to watch a interview from CTV in Canada. Shania talks about her new perfume, receiving Order Of Canada tomorrow, coming back home and her charities. Click HERE to watch a interview from "eTalk Daily" in Canada.

• 11/16/05 Watch "GMA" Interview! Click HERE to watch Shania's interview this morning on "Good Morning America." At the beginning, Diane Sawyer told Shania she won "Best Dressed" (according to Joan Rivers) at last night's CMAs. Shania talked about her new perfume, the Country Music Awards and Hats For Charity. Shania also presented Television producer/booker Mark Bracco the 2005 "CMA Media Achievement Award" The CMA Media Achievement Award was established to recognize outstanding achievements in the media as they relate to Country Music.

• 11/16/05 Order Of Canada - More Info. From Ottawa Citizen: Shania is among 43 recipients who will receive the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday. Some of the others include Olympic speed-skating gold medallist Catriona Le May Doan, dancer/choreographer James Kudelka and Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club. The huge interest in the ceremony prompted Rideau Hall officials to issue a statement yesterday saying the event is closed to the public. An Order of Canada ceremony in June with Paul Anka sparked so many requests from the public to attend that Rideau Hall is enforcing its policy of limiting the event to recipients, guests and the media. Ms. Twain was nominated in June for an Order of Canada, but her name was not mentioned on the list of recipients released in September. At that time, the singer had not given an indication she was accepting the award, said a Rideau Hall spokeswoman. "We had not been able to communicate with her because of her busy schedule," spokeswoman Lucie Brosseau said yesterday. "She let us know three weeks ago that she was coming to the ceremony." Order of Canada recipients can bring up to four guests to the ceremony and it's not known whether her husband, record producer Robert (Mutt) Lange, is accompanying her, she said. The reclusive Mr. Lange rarely appears in public and is not usually photographed with his wife.

• 11/16/05 CMA Stress. From People: Twain glittered in a Mark Bouwer frock. "There's always something that goes wrong" she said of getting ready. "My shoes kept getting caught on the bottom of my dress so we had to put pins on the bottom. That was stressful."

• 11/15/05 Shania To Receive Order Of Canada. From gg.ca: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will preside at the first investiture ceremony of the Order of Canada of her mandate at Rideau Hall on Friday, November 18, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. The Governor General, who is Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order, will present 43 recipients with their insignia of membership. Eighteen Officers and 25 Members will be invested. The Order of Canada recognizes people who have made a difference to our country. From local citizens to national and international personalities, all Canadians are eligible for the Order of Canada, our country's highest honour for lifetime achievement. Three different levels of membership honour people whose accomplishments vary in degree and scope: Companion, Officer and Member. List of Officers include:
Shania Twain, O.C.
Switzerland and Timmins, Ontario
Officer of the Order of Canada
The rags-to-riches story of Canadian superstar Shania Twain has become legendary. Although impoverished materially as a child, she was instilled with a strong sense of pride by her family. Even then, music played an important role in her day-to-day life. Today, she enjoys enormous success, yet she remains true to her roots. Dedicated to eliminating child hunger, she supports a number of food distribution agencies like food banks and breakfast programs in schools. From small-town Ontario to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, her journey has inspired countless other emerging musicians.

• 11/14/05 Shania Sweepstakes - Get Scent Away. From Radio Lia: Shania Twain has come out with a new Shania by Stetson fragrance! And, to bring you back to the old west meets extreme modern luxury, Lia and Stetson are giving three lucky prize winners a trip to The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona!! All you have to do is tell us about yourself or someone you know that exemplifies the “Will of a Woman.” This contest runs for three weeks and each week, one grand prize winner and a friend will win one of these three (3) fabulous prize packages. Click HERE for more info and to enter the sweepstakes.

• 11/14/05 Shania Plays Her Favorite Songs. Click HERE and select Shania from the list. You can listen to Shania introduce and talk about some of her favorite songs.

• 11/13/05 Shania Says New Album In Late 2006! According to host Bob Kingsley on this week's edition of American Country Countdown: "I spoke with Shania last week and she told me that she will have her album out latter part of next year."

• 11/12/05 Shania/Stetson eBay Charity Auction. From Beaumont Enterprise: Shania Twain and Stetson fragrances have teamed up with some of Nashville's and Hollywood's hottest celebrities to host a charity auction that benefits America's Second Harvest. Shania Twain and Stetson Fragrances asked A-listers, such as Teri Hatcher, Alan Jackson, LeAnn Rimes, Chris Isaak, Marcia Cross, Jewel and Lee Ann Womack, to add a bit of their own personal flare to a traditional J.B. Stetson Cowboy Hat. Starting November 17, fans can bid on these one-of-a-kind celeb hats, as well as a bottle of Shania's fragrance, Shania by Stetson. All proceeds from the auction will go to America's Second Harvest to help fight hunger across the country. America's Second Harvest, a domestic hunger-relief organization founded in 1979, distributes nearly 2 billion pounds of food and grocery products each year. From Nov. 17 through Nov. 24, log onto ebay.com/shaniabystetson to place a bid.

• 11/12/05 "Martha" - More Info. Here is more info about Shania's appearance on "Martha" on November 15th: "Grammy-winner, chart-topper, and entertainer of the year Shania Twain goes on a field trip with Martha and meets Martha's prized Fresian horses. Back in the studio, Shania learns No. 20 of "30 Things Everyone Should Know" and teaches Martha how to make Poutine, Canadian comfort food. Plus, New York chef Josh DeChellis makes Turducken, an alternative to the standard Thanksgiving fare." (Check local listings for time and channel. Re-airs at 6:00pm ET/PT on TLC.)

• 11/12/05 Shania In Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide. Shania is in the December 2005 issue of Sophisticate's Hairstyle Guide magazine. Jennifer Aniston is on the cover. Shania was voted one of the favorite style icons of 2005. There's a full page picture with the caption: "Shania has a beautiful shade of brunette I really love." And the captions says... Shania Twain...What would country music be without the gorgeous Shania? Not only do we admire her voice, but her long flowing locks are always worth a second (and even third!) glance. It's no wonder Sophisticate's readers vote her a favorite."

• 11/7/05 #1 Hits Q & A. From GAC: Neil Haislop answers a Shania fan's question inquiring about #1 hits.
Q: How come Shania Twain doesn't have number one hits anymore? Her music is still great and she used to be so popular. Is it because her label does not support her or is it because she is discriminated against by country radio? (Matt, Fairfax, Vt.)
A: Matt, it's interesting to note that Shania Twain, the best-selling female country artist in history, and Garth Brooks, the best-selling male country artist in history have relatively few No. 1 hits to their credit. Garth, from '89 to now has scored only 18 No.1 country hits, and Shania only 7. So, you're right it does have a lot to do with country radio resisting music that doesn't feel as "country" as a George Strait or Alan Jackson song. But, I wouldn't worry too much about Shania or Garth, they both have garnered world-wide audiences and have not needed the blessing of copious #1 songs to be the top selling country stars ever (not counting Elvis who is the biggest seller of all time at 117 million albums).

• 11/6/05 New Album In Spring 2006?!?!?! First let me say this is only a rumor right now. Nothing from an "offficial' source has been announced. The following was posted on the Shania Forums: SHANIA TWAIN has promised her fans that her upcoming LP, due to hit the shelves in the UK early next year is going to be a real treat for her fans. She told (edited out radio station) that her next song 'Taking Me Down On A Date" is a real attitude song, and (edited out radio station) fans even got to hear a sample of the track when she phoned in. The song belts out with "Are you really up to my standards/The way you look at me is not so attractive/ And you think you've got a chance with me / But I really don't see how that can be." She later then sings "Get Back Up On Ya Feet/ I'm a lady who demands some real treats/ Be a man and don't walk in and wipe your feet/ Sorry to state the obvious, but we don't have the chemistry." The song is about a man trying to get in on Shania, clearly not interested, she lets him down, anything but gentle!

Some more info!....
SHANIA TWAIN's new single 'Taking Me Down On A Date" [see article: 04] is to be world-premiered on (edited radio station) on new years day on the (edited out) show. "I'm really excited about this song" insists Shania, who phoned into the studio for a surprise chat with (edited out) earlier today. Shania Twains new LP is expected to be released sometime this Spring and is set to be one of her best albums yet. "I'm still working on one or two songs, I've just wrote a song called "Breathe", it was more relevant to the Come On Over days, it was a big whirlwind of success back then, and I didn't have the chance to breathe and sit back, and take on board my success" Other tracks confirmed for the album are "One Of These Days", "Same Old Lines", "I Need To Let Go" and "I'm Letting You Get Me Again". UK fans will also get a bonus track titled "Shoes" which was recently released in the USA for the Desperate Housewives soundtrack.

• 11/5/05 Timmins Christmas Parade. Tracy Hautanen puts the finishing touches on the Shania Twain Centre’s float. The theme of their float is Shania’s Wish List, which consists of shoes to go along with Shania’s recently released song "Shoes." Visit the STC Message Board for more pics.

From Timmins Times: Saint Nick will be touring the streets of downtown Timmins Saturday. “Santa gave me a direct call this morning and said he’s set to arrive in Timmins just before the parade. He’s busy in the workshop, but will make time to come out to the parade,” said parade committee member Anita Damini. The annual parade is slated to get underway at 5:30 p.m. Under the direction of parade chair Brian Blahey, Santa’s elves have been working hard to get everything ready. Approaching parade day, Damini said 50 floats are registered, and she expects at least a couple of last minute entries.“This is not one of our biggest parades, it’s a nice size though,” said Damini. “We have a lot of first time groups, which is different.” Youth are also playing a big part in the parade this year, and not just as spectators. Damini said hockey teams, elementary and high schools, day cares and various clubs account for quite a few of the floats. For those making their way down to the parade route, the committee is asking people to help support the South Porcupine Food Bank. Leading the way, the food bank will be collecting donations to help stock their shelves for the holiday season. “We hope everybody that comes out to see the parade will help out the food bank,” said Damini. “We want to be part of making Christmas a good time for everybody in the community.” Canada Post will also be collecting letters to Santa along the parade route. And Damini assures that the workers make sure Santa replies to all of his letters. This year, Hydro One and the One Tonne Challenge have also teamed up help people save energy and money. On parade day, the first 750 people bringing two strings of incandescent Christmas lights to the Timmins Economic Development Office between 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., will receive one string of LED lights.

• 11/5/05 Cosmetic Magazine Interview. Click HERE to read what Shania has to say about her new fragrance and also find out what her fans have taught her.

• 11/5/05 Shania Talks About Eja. From Good Housekeeping (Sep. '05): "Since she had her son, four years ago, the sexy singer sometimes skips the lipstick: "The baby likes to feed me, touch me, kiss me, and I don't like leaving a mark on him." But she confesses to being "very big on fragrance" and has just created her own: Shania, with notes of jasmine, mandarin, and sandalwood. Her trick for making a scent long lasting: "I spritz it on the cuffs of my coat or pants.""

• 11/2/05 Actress Hopes The Real Shania Likes Her. Click HERE to read the article.

• 11/1/05 "The E! True Hollywood Story" - Nov. 20. Shania will be featured as part of a new "E! True Hollywood Story: Country Divas" airing on Sunday, November 20th at 8:00pm ET! Repeats at 11:00pm. Here's a description of the episode: "Shania, Faith and the Dixie Chicks are mega stars of country music, but getting to the top in Nashville wasn't easy. And boy, do they have some stories to tell."

• 11/1/05 Shania To Perform On "Martha"? According to this article, Shania will give a performance when she is a guest on the "Martha" show November 15th! (Check local listings for time and channel. Re-airs at 6:00pm ET/PT on TLC.)

• 11/1/05 Shania Movie Video Clip/Canadian TV Guide Article. Click HERE to watch a preview of "Shania: A Life In Eight Albums." Yikes! These actors are pretty bad!...LOL. The movie was shot in Sudbury, not Shania's hometown of Timmins. Timmins shots are relegated to still images of local bar signs, some of which Shania never even played in. The movie airs Nov. 7 on CBC.

Here is an excerpt from the Canadian TV Guide (Nov. 5-11) article that explains the meaning of the movie's title "A Life In Eight Albums."
"Robin Eggar's extensive research was extremely valuable," says producer Phyllis Platt, adding that they also read other source material to shape the film into a life story that wasn't simply "and then she did this, and then she did this, and then she did this." The movie's format - a breakdown of Twain's life into small independent stories - helps prevent this monotony. Opening with a young Twain nervously performing for locals in a rundown pub, Shania: A Life in Eight Albums is not your standard biopic. "We tried to approach the film in a way that was "a life in eight albums"," explains Platt, adding that they "divided moments in her life into acts or stories that were in themselves interesting and unique." "This meant casting three young actors to play the Timmins, Ont. native - a hard, long process, according to Platt. But open-call auditions and a terrific casting agent resulted in finding three stars: 13-year old Reva Timbers plays the young Twain; 15-year old Shanae Grimes takes over as Twain in her teenage years; and 21-year old Meredith Henderson steps in as Twain on the brink of stardom."

And here's an excerpt focusing on Sharon Twain's "pushiness" to showcase her young daughter's musical talents. I've always heard Shania talk about her mom in a positive, loving way. So this so-called "love-hate" relationship that will be portrayed in the movie makes me wonder how true this biopic is.
"In addition to her musical journey, the film follows Twain's quest for happiness pre-"Shania". And the most significant factor is her love-hate relationship with her mother. A pushy stage mom, Sharon Twain (Megan Follows) focused her strength on flaunting her daughter's talent - even at the cost of her family's well-being (in one scene, Sharon buys a microphone for Eileen [Eilleen] when there is no food for the family to eat)." "I think anyone who's been a mother knows the feeling of wanting the very best for your child," adds Platt. "Eileen's mother recognized early on that she had extraordinary talent and wanted to make sure that she didn't ignore it.""

• 10/31/05 2005 Billboard Music Awards. From FOX: Shania is in the running to be a finalist in two categories at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards. She's a finalist for Country Artist of the Year and Country Album of the Year. The "Artist" award is based upon sales and airplay whereas the "Album" award is based solely on sales. Shania's Greatest Hits is eligble this year. The finalists will be announced the week of November 28. The awards show will air LIVE from Las Vegas on December 6, 8:00pm ET on FOX.

• 10/31/05 Canadian TV Guide Cover. Shania is on the cover of this week's Canadian TV Guide (Nov. 5-11). Click HERE to view the cover. TVGuide.ca posts: "CANADA'S COUNTRY CINDERELLA - Whose bed have her boots been under? The real story of Canada’s country sweetheart, Shania Twain, comes to the small screen this week in "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums." The made-for-TV movie chronicles the life of young Eilleen Twain – her boyfriends, her family life and even her former bands – before she … To read the rest of this story, pick up this week's issue of TV Guide."

• 10/28/05 The "Shania" Costume. Planning to be your favorite Country artist for Halloween? CountryNation listed some of the cooler costumes and here's what they said about "The Shania Twain." One of the cooler outfits, but has its drawbacks. It will get you invited to all the Nashville Halloween parties, but they won't give you any candy.

• 10/28/05 Greatest Hits #1 For UMG Nashville. Shania Twain's Greatest Hits album is Universal Music Group Nashville's top-selling CD for 2005! UMG Nashville is Mercury Record's parent company.
UMG Nashville Top 5 - National
1. Greatest Hits, Shania Twain
2. Greatest Hits 2, Toby Keith
3. Feels Like Today, Rascal Flatts
4. 50 Number Ones (2 CD), George Strait
5. Honkytonk University, Toby Keith
*** Come On Over [International version], The Woman In Me and UP! are UMG Nashville top 5 sellers in most major U.S. cities.

• 10/28/05 Real Estate Song Parody A Hit. From prweb.com: Sandy Geroux, a new millenium speaker, trainer, coach, and award-winning top producing REALTOR®, has recorded a song parody she performs during convention and conference programs for REALTOR® associations. The song parody, based on Shania Twain’s hit song “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” has been a hit with REALTOR® groups, happy to add a little fun and entertainment to their breakout and keynote programs. "I got the idea for the parody one day while driving in the car,” says Geroux. “I’m also a singer, and I’d recently been mulling over how to get music back into my professional life when Shania Twain’s song began to play on the radio. Suddenly, the words to the parody, called “Man! I Feel Like A REALTOR®!”, literally exploded into my mind. I had to pull over to the side of the road so I could write them down before I forgot them! At that moment I knew I just had to perform this song during my programs.” The words to the parody came very naturally to Geroux, who is herself a former top-producing REALTOR®, and therefore knows the challenges and rewards of being in the real estate profession. The song parody has become so popular that a Chapter of the Women’s Council of REALTORS® located near Sandy’s home has approach Sandy about allowing them to use it as a fundraiser for their Chapter. Sandy readily agreed, and an agreement was struck in which 25% of all sales of the CD will be donated to the Osceola County Chapter of the Women’s Council of REALTORS®. In fact, the idea has caught on so well that Sandy Geroux has now written custom song parodies for several industries, including health underwriters (“Man! I Feel Underwritten!”), insurance agents and brokers (“Man! I Feel Like A Broker!”) and legal professionals (“Man! I Feel Super Legal!”). This song, and others under consideration, are prime candidates for customization to almost any industry, adding an element of fun and entertainment to her high-content presentations. Visit www.sandygeroux.com to learn more about Sandy's company and order her “Man! I Feel Like A REALTOR®!” CD. Click HERE to download a sample of the song.

• 10/27/05 Greatest Hits Passes 1 Million In 2005! Shania's Greatest Hits album which was released in November 2004 has now sold 3,244,095 copies! The album has spawned off two top 20 Adult Contemporary singles and one top 10 Country single. Greatest Hits has now become Shania's 5th consecutive album to be certified for sales over 2 million and has become the 4th consecutive album to sell over 3 million copies. This week, the Hits passed the one million mark on the year, now selling 1,006,195 copies in 2005. Congratulations Shania! Here are some Greatest Hits stats:
- Greatest Hits sales in 2004: 2,237,900
- Greatest Hits sales in 2005: 1,006,195
- Greatest Hits average per week: 66,206 copies/week
- Greatest Hits worldwide sales estimate: over 5,100,000
- Estimated sales by the end of the year: 3,350,000

• 10/23/05 New Album Q & A. From GAC: Neil Haislop answers a Shania fan's question inquiring about a new album.
Q: I am a huge Shania fan. Will she be making another album in the next year or so? Her fragrance line, by the way, is awesome! I get lots of compliments when I wear it. (Pat, Hastings, MO)
A: Pat, it's nice to know you smell as sexy as Shania. All we can tell you about Shania's future music is that they've been busy in the studio and that she is working on a new CD. When that new CD might come out has not been announced to anybody yet, including her record company.

• 10/21/05 Upcoming Shania TV Appearances. From Shania Twain Centre: Here is a list of Shania's TV appearances during the month of November.
November 15th: "Martha Stewart Show" (Check local listings for time and channel. Re-airs at 6:00pm ET/PT on TLC.)
CMA Awards - presenting Entertainer of the Year Award with Billy Joel (8:00pm ET/PT on CBS)
November 16th: "Good Morning America" - discussing her new perfume among other topics (7:00am ET/PT on ABC)
November 17th: Shania will spend the morning at CHUM Television (Canada) appearing Live on "CityLine"
(The broadcast schedule is as follows: 10am ET on Citytv Toronto, 11am PT on Citytv Vancouver, 9am MT/CT on Citytv Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg and in addition, "Star! Daily" will air a special interview and re-cap of Shania's visit to CHUM, Thursday, November 17th at 6:30pm ET on Star!)

• 10/20/05 99 Most Desirable Women - Vote! It's that time of year again when AskMen.com's loyal readers cast their votes for another celebrity list. So click HERE and vote for Shania as one of the Top 99 Desirable Women for 2006! Remember, a 10 is the highest possible rating. Shania was #24 this year and #8 in 2004.

• 10/19/05 Shania Receives Two BMI Country Awards. From BMI: The 53rd Annual BMI Country Awards were held last night in Nashville. The black-tie ceremony hostd by BMI President and CEO Del Bryant and Paul Corbin, vice president of Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, presented Certificates of Achievement to the writers and publishers of the 50 most performed country songs in the BMI repertoire. Shania had two songs on the most-performed list: "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" and "Party For Two" (featuring Billy Currington). Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of 2005 BMI Country Awards winners, click HERE.

• 10/17/05 Shania To Present At CMAs - More Info. Last month it was announced that Shania will be a presenter at this year's Country Music Awards. According to a CMA press release released today, Shania will be presenting with Billy Joel: "Country takes on a "New York state of mind" with Billy Joel joining Shania Twain to present the Entertainer of the Year Award." Shania is nominated for one award: Musical Event of the Year ("Party For Two" with Billy Currington). This is Billy's first CMA noiminaton and Shania's first since 1999. The awards show will be hosted for the second year by Brooks & Dunn and broadcast LIVE from New York City's Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, November 15 (8:00-11:00pm ET) on the CBS Television Network. NOTE: The Entertainer of the Year award is usually presented during the last 15 minutes of the show.

• 10/15/05 "Shania: The Biography" - New Edition. "Shania Twain: The Biography" by Robin Eggar is now available for the first time in North America. It was released on October 11th. This third edition is an updated version of the original that was published in 2001 in the UK. New content includes Shania's visit to the Shania Centre and the Greatest Hits era. Click HERE to order the book online!

• 10/13/05 Shania Videos Now Available On iTunes. From USA Today: Several Shania music videos (including "I Ain't No Quitter", "Don't!" and "Party For Two") are now available on iTunes. Videos are $1.99 each. After you purchase and download the videos using the latest version of Apple's free iTunes software (iTunes 6.0), you can watch them on your Windows or Macintosh computer or on the new video iPods. You can burn the videos to a CD or DVD, but only as a data disk backup. The files are copy-protected and can't be viewed on a DVD player for TV playback.

• 10/12/05 No "Shoes" Video. As I've suspected from the very beginning, there will be no video for Shania's single "Shoes." There is no explanation, only a short statement from a 'reliable' source. Maybe there'll be an 'official' announcement as to what exactly happened with the project. Ok, now we can get on with our lives! Whew!...LOL.

• 10/12/05 Just Your Average Housewife. From CountryNow.com: With all of the new artists that have emerged onto the country scene over the past couple of years, it might be easy to overlook Shania Twain, even though she's hardly a grizzled veteran. Shania, who turned 40 in August, might be keeping the home fires burnin' more often than she did several years ago, but she still knows how to deliver when it comes to some of the kickingest country around. Witness "Shoes," the first single taken from the Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives album. It's a bouncy, sprightly number that compares men to all kinds of footwear, and it's the kind of song you could picture Shania -- and only Shania -- delivering with that kind of fun, sassy attitude. It might not signal a return to complete chart dominance, but it does signal that there's still an awful lot of gas left in that tank of hers, so come get your fill!

• 10/6/05 "Shania" TV Movie To Air November 7. According to The Globe and Mail, CBC in Canada has ended its lockout and will air the Shania TV biopic "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums" on Monday, November 7th. Hopefully it will air in the U.S. at a later date. The movie will take the audience from a gangly eight-year-old with a powerful voice who was singing in northern Ontario's bars for tips to the determined teenager dragging a Sudbury band into the limelight. The show will then bring audiences to Nashville and an industry that wanted her voice, but not her music, and to her first encounter with renowned music producer Mutt Lange. Three different people will play Shania at different ages. One will play Shania from ages 8 to 11 and a second from 13 to 16. Shania’s principle role, between the ages 17 and 27, will be played by Meredith Henderson, a Gemini-winning actress. The film's screenplay was written by Shelley Eriksen with research by Robin Eggar, author of "Shania Twain: The Biography." It covers the period from 1973 to 1993.

• 10/5/05 Sweet Shania! From Wilson County News: Singer Shania Twain is the essence of country (and we're not talking honky-tonk here) -she's beautiful, spirited and independent. And all of those traits are present in her new fragrance, "Shania" by Stetson. First sniff reveals notes of wild rose, but upon wear, it starts out strongly as fruit: berries, red currant, grapefruit and other more muted scents. After a while the more flowery scents of rose, jasmine, freesia and honeysuckle appear. The scent conjures images of rolling hills of flowers and one of those days where you really hate to do anything but enjoy the weather. OK, maybe we're being a bit romantic, but who can blame us! This scent is alluring in a lovely way. (But the scent is quite strong - a light mist will do.) Get Shania eau de toilette spray (.375 ounces for $11.50; 1 ounce, $18.50, 1.7 ounce, $26.00) and body lotion (6.7 ounces, $8.50) at drugstores and mass retailers like Target and Walmart.

• 10/3/05 Shania Voted Best-Looking In Jeans. From CNW/Canada: A new national opinion poll sponsored by Diet Pepsi revealed today that almost 40 percent of respondents believe that Shania Twain is the celebrity who looks the best in a pair of jeans. James Dean was the male celebrity who received the most support (21 percent) from those surveyed.

• 10/2/05 New Tour In 2006!?!?!? According to Billboard, Shania could be touring again in 2006!!! Let's hope it's true! Here is the last paragraph of the article: "As strong as recent years have been for country music touring, next year could be even better, with the potential return to the road of formidable co-headlining bill Tim McGraw/Faith Hill as Soul 2 Soul, and new tours for Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks."

• 9/30/05 "Shoes" Review. From Billboard: While the CD Music From and Inspired By Desperate Housewives is at times gratifying (LeAnn Rimes' "We're Running Out of Time") and amusing (Martina McBride's "Harper Valley PTA"), more often it sounds like reheated rejects from the contributors' albums. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Shania Twain's "Shoes," over which one could lay most any of her clever-word-play hits from earlier in the decade. The song is so generic, in fact, that it is tough to decide which track it most mimics. Even so, country radio is indulging the release, which is somewhat of a mystery given the new generation of female artists reinvigorating the scene. Twain certainly remains a major talent with plenty left to say, but these "Shoes" have no soul.

• 9/30/05 "Shania" Gift Set. Soon, Sears will be selling a "Shania" fragrance gift set! "Beauty. Spirit. Independence. Shania Twain's irresistible persona is captured in the bright, sweet fragrance Shania by Stetson. Wild prairie rose, freesia and country honeysuckle smell light and uninhibited. A great value, this special gift set includes 1 fl oz. eau de toilette spray, 5 fl oz. body lotion and 5 fl oz. shower gel."

• 9/27/05 Vote For Shania! From Country Weekly: Voting has begun for Country Weekly's 2005 Readers' Choice Awards. Click HERE to go vote for Shania! If Shania is not listed in a category, click "Other" and type in Shania Twain. The winners will be announced in Country Weekly's Jan. 2 issue on sale Dec. 15.

• 9/26/05 Shania To Present At CMAs. Last week it was announced that Shania will appear at this year's Country Music Awards in New York on Nov. 15. According to a press release released today, we now know Shania will be a presenter: "Twain, who was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1999, was Brooks & Dunn's special guest in 2004 and she is back in 2005 to present. Her current Mercury Nashville album, Shania Twain Greatest Hits, has been certified 3X Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. She is the only artist in history to have three consecutive Diamond (10X Platinum) certified albums: The Woman In Me (12X Platinum), Come On Over (20X Platinum) and Up! (11X Platinum)."

• 9/26/05 No "Shoes." Shania's video for "Shoes" did not premiere last night during the season premiere of "Desperate Housewives" as some sources were reporting was a possibility. As soon as an announcement is made regarding the video premiere date, I will post it here.

• 9/26/05 What's In A Name? From USA Today: The celebrity influence on baby names has been with us since the Bible, but now you can track it online: The Social Security Administration website (ssa.gov) has a searchable database that shows the rankings of popular names by year, going back as far as 1880. The data show that names of celebrities, or the characters they play, soar in popularity as celebrities' careers take off. The link between career success and name popularity also is strong with such names as Mariah (Carey), Shania (Twain) and Norah (Jones). Same with Denzel (Washington), Keanu (Reeves) and Kobe (Bryant).
I did a popularity search for the female name Shania over the past 10 years. Note the rankings in 1996 and 1999 when The Woman In Me and Come On Over were dominating the album charts. These were also huge years for Shania awards-wise. Just for the record, Eja (name of Shania's son) is not in the top 1000 names for any year.
Popularity of the female name Shania
Year of birth Rank
   2004   384
2003 329
2002   471
2001   383
2000   291
1999   189
1998 287
1997 330
1996 171
1995   444

• 9/23/05 "Shoes" On iTunes. Shania's new single "Shoes" as well as the entire Desperate Housewives soundtrack are now available on iTunes.

• 9/20/05 Shania To Appear On CMAs & "Cityline." According to Shania's Official Website, Shania is scheduled to appear on the Country Music Awards show in New York City on November 15th. The awards air at 8:00pm ET on CBS. Also, for those of you in Canada, Shania will be in Toronto on November 17th to promote her new fragrance and is scheduled to be a guest on the morning talk show "Cityline." The show airs on CityTV or A-Channel depending on the city you live in. Check local listings for time. Hopefully Shania will have some fragrance promotional appearances here in the U.S. too. Stay tuned.

• 9/20/05 Shania & Mutt In Hot Water? From NashvilleKat.com: "Music From & Inspired by Desperate Housewives," is out today & I found out to sing "Shoes" on it, Shania & Mutt were paid over a million dollars but they re-wrote the tune without permission & are now asking for half the publishing on it! The show's creator, Mark Cherry was shocked at the re-write & asked it to be re-cut cuz he liked the original but because of show deadlines, there wasn't time. If you look up greedy in the dictionary, you'll see Shania's picture! P.S. Until solid info is provided from a reliable source, this news should be considered questionable. 9/22 Update: Kat removed the item from her website. She says too many people were complaining but still insists the story is true.

• 9/20/05 Prayers For Victims Of Katrina. From Shania's Official Website: Shania would like to extend her thoughts and prayers to all of the family and friends out there who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. If you would like to help in the relief efforts, please contact the American Red Cross or Second Harvest.

• 9/18/05 Desperate Housewives Soundtrack Commercial. Click HERE to watch the commercial for the Desperate Housewives album which will be released Tuesday, September 20th. The commercial features Shania's single "Shoes."

• 9/15/05 "Shoes" Video Preview On CMT Insider? On this week's "CMT Insider," they will be spotlighting the Desperate Housewives CD which comes out September 20th. Could this mean Shania's "Shoes" video might be previewed??? The show airs Saturday, Sep. 17 at 1:30pm ET and repeats Sunday the 18th at 2am, 11am & 11pm and Monday the 19th at 11:30am. At last report, discussions were ongoing for ABC and CMT to debut the video for "Shoes" on September 25th. The same day of the season premiere of "Desperate Housewives."

• 9/12/05 Shania Wins CCMA Award! The 2005 Canadian Country Music Awards were held tonight in Calgary. Shania won the Top-Selling Album award for her Greatest Hits CD. Congratulations Shania! Shania was not in attendance. For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

• 9/11/05 Fan Convention 4 Dates. The Shania Twain Centre has announced the dates for the 4th Annual Shania Twain Fan Convention. It will be held.August 10-13, 2006. More info and details of the events being planned will be announced early next year.

• 9/7/05 Shania Receives 1 CMA Nomination. The final nominees for the 39th Annual CMA Awards were announced this morning. Shania received one nomination: Musical Event of the Year ("Party For Two" with Billy Currington). This is Billy's first CMA noiminaton and Shania's first since 1999. Click HERE for a complete list of nominees. For the first time in the history of the CMA Awards, the announcement of the final nominees was made in New York City, which is hosting the CMA Awards for the first time in 2005. CMA chose to move the Awards for this year from its traditional home in Nashville, Tenn., as a platform to reach a broader consumer base, placing Country Music in the heart of the media and marketing capital of the world. The awards show will be hosted for the second year by Brooks & Dunn and broadcast LIVE from New York City's Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, November 15 (8:00-11:00pm ET) on the CBS Television Network.

• 9/4/05 "Shoes" Debuts At No. 57. Shania's new single, "Shoes", debuted this week at No. 57 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. Remember to keep requesting the song to help it climb the chart to No. 1.

• 9/3/05 "Shoes" Video To Debut Sep. 25th? From Billboard: Country artist Shania Twain heads an all-female lineup joining the vixens of Wisteria Lane. Her new song, "Shoes," is the debut single from a September 20 Hollywood Records soundtrack featuring music inspired by the hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives." "It's upbeat, playful and from a female point of view," compilation supervisor Mitchell Leib says. Produced by Twain's husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, "Shoes" will be released to country radio stations on September 6. A forthcoming pop remix will target adult contemporary (AC) and modern AC stations. The project features several covers, including the Indigo Girls' take on "Mrs. Robinson," Joss Stone doing "Treat Me Right" and Anna Nalick on "Band of Gold." There are no plans for any of the songs to be featured in the series. "Housewives" starts its second season September 25. Discussions are ongoing for ABC and CMT to debut the video for "Shoes" the same day. On a side note, you can listen to a sample of each track on the Desperate Housewives CD HERE.

• 9/2/05 Shania By Stetson - NEW Pics & Video! Check out the redesigned ShaniaByStetson.com! Watch a behind the scenes photoshoot video and download some beautiful wallpapers and a screensaver for your computer!

• 9/2/05 Shania By Stetson - Sears Free DVD Offer! Shania's new perfume, Shania by Stetson, should be on most lower-end retail store shelves by next week (Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Sears, etc). If you buy the 1.7oz perfume at Sears, you'll receive a FREE Bonus DVD! .It has 6 videos on it: "The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)", "You've Got A Way", "Love Gets Me Every Time", "I Ain't No Quitter", "Up!", and "Forever And For Always". The DVD also has the making of Shania by Stetson photoshoot! So be sure to check your local Sears stores!

• 8/31/05 CBC Lockout Delays Shania TV Movie. An ongoing labor dispute at CBC Television in Canada has more than likely delayed the airing of an unauthorized Shania TV movie, originally scheduled for October 2. The Globe and Mail reports: "But as TV Guide's editor Jamie Hubbard noted, even if the lockout were to end tomorrow, the assumption is that "Trudeau II" and the Shania Twain film likely won't run until later in the fall." Stay tuned for further details.

• 8/28/05 HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY SHANIA! Today Shania celebrates THE BIG 4-0!!! On behalf of all her fans around the world, I want to wish Shania a very Happy Birthday!!! Lets celebrate all day with Shania's music and her new single "Shoes"!!! Is Shania really 40??? Man! She's still one hot mama!!!

• 8/25/05 "Shoes" To Hit Radio Sep. 12th! According to AllAcces.com, Shania's new single, "Shoes," from the upcoming Desperate Housewives CD, hits Country radio September 12th! However, several people have been posting that they have already heard the song on some stations. So start requesting "Shoes" at your local radio station today!

• 8/24/05 Shania's New "Shoes." From Business Wire: Hollywood Records is set to release a CD of music inspired by the series with a line-up of sensational female singers. The "Desperate Housewives" CD arrives in stores September 20, featuring the premiere single/video "Shoes" by superstar Shania Twain. Produced by Mutt Lange and performed by Shania, "Shoes" is a droll look at love, comparing men to footwear (some fit, some don't).

• 8/23/05 Timmins Hosts Close To 100 Twain Fans. From Timmins Times: Close to 100 fanatics flocked to Timmins once again for the Annual Worldwide Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention, which took place last week. This year, to bring fans together in a different way, those who were interested were picked up by bus in Toronto to make the eight-hour trip to Timmins together. Along the way, they stopped for a tour of the Deerhurst Resort, where a young Eilleen Twain honed her skills in a three-year stint in the resort’s Vegas-style show. Denmark fan Keld Bach Christensen said the resort was beautiful, and he was very pleased with his first trip to Canada “It’s wonderful to visit small cities,” he said. “Timmins is very cozy with nice people and a lot of nature, and it reminds me a bit of my own home-town. Christensen has been a fan of Shania’s for more than 10 years, and said he was looking forward to hearing stories and visiting the centre, which met his expectations. His favorite part, he said, was seeing the costumes, awards and prizes that Shania has collected over the years. His vacation didn’t stop in Timmins however, he was taking the opportunity while in Canada, to visit another great wonder - Niagara Falls. Another fan who traveled from afar was Marika Latvala, from Finland. Latvala, who is the administrator of shaniaforums.com, said it was both an amazing and strange experience to meet all the friends she had made online. Latvala was also looking forward to visiting the centre, and said there are very interesting things there that you don’t see anywhere else. She planned on walking through once more before departing for home. But the highlight of her trip she said, was her visit to the Timmins Fire Hall, where she met some of Timmins’ finest gentlemen. Some younger fans also made the trip to Timmins for the convention. Among them was Michel Laurence from Welland. Ten-year-old Laurence was in Timmins courtesy of the Make-a-Wish Foundation with his family. His mother explained that because he is epileptic, he is unable to attend any of the Shania’s concerts, although he can sing along word for word to all her songs. His favorite part of the trip, he said, was seeing her outfits. He even had the opportunity to try on one her stylish cowboy hats during the Behind the Scenes Tour. Among the activities planned for the crew were various tours around the City of Timmins, including a tour of Timmins High and Vocational School, a choice between the Gold Mine Tour, Cedar Meadows or Millson Forestry, and a plethora of other activities. While customer service manager Tracy Hautanen was able to offer the fans a little something extra last year when the performer’s tour bus was delivered to Timmins, she felt a little empty handed this year. But, not to leave the fans high and dry, Hautanen was able to work her magic and live up to the fans’ expectations. This year, Twain’s fans were surprised with a sneak sniff of Shania by Stetson, set only to be released in September, along with the outfit worn in the perfume ads. All the fans, not excluding the men, got to sport the new scent, leaving one fan singing: “Man, I smell like a woman.”

• 8/22/05 Revised DH Tracklist. From Billboard.com: The new Shania Twain single "Shoes" will lead the album Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives, due Sept. 20 via Hollywood. Its accompanying video will feature Twain alongside "Desperate Housewives" cast members Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross. The album features a host of previously unreleased covers, including the Indigo Girls' version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," Liz Phair's take on the Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper," Gloria Estefan's recasting of the Candi Staton-popularized "Young Hearts Run Free" and Martina McBride's cover of the Tom T. Hall-penned country favorite "Harper Valley P.T.A." In addition, there are newly recorded tracks from Anna Nalick, Leann Rimes, Macy Gray, Joss Stone and k.d. lang, plus a new original from SheDaisy ("God Bless the American Housewife") and interspersed dialog from the "Housewives" stars. The new season the show premieres Sept. 25 on ABC. Here is the track list for Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives.
"Dialog / Mary Alice"
"God Bless the American Housewife," SheDaisy
"Dialog / Edie"
"Shoes," Shania Twain
"Band of Gold," Anna Nalick
"Dialog / Lynette"
"Mother's Little Helper," Liz Phair
"Mrs. Robinson," Indigo Girls
"Harper Valley P.T.A.," Martina McBride
"Dialog / Bree"
"Running Out of Time," Leann Rimes
"Treat Me Right (I'm Yours for Life)," Joss Stone
"One's on the Way," Sara Evans
"Dialog / Gabrielle"
"Boom Boom," Macy Gray
"Young Hearts Run Free," Gloria Estefan
"Dialog / Susan"
"Damsel in Distress," Idina Menzel
"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife," k.d. lang
"Dialog / Mary Alice"
"Theme," Danny Elfman

If you notice, this tracklist is different from the one originally posted from amazon.com. "Shoes" is not Track 1 plus there are tracks from Leann Rimes and SheDaisy. The tracks from Jewel and Paulina Rubio are gone. In the article, it says "Shoes" leads the album but after seeing this tracklist, they must mean "Shoes" will be the headliner single from the album. Not Track 1.

• 8/19/05 Perfume Ad In Us Weekly. In the current issue (Aug. 29) of Us Weekly, there is an ad for Shania by Stetson. Click HERE! The caption reads: "Shania Twain (in a J.B. Stetson hat, Pepe blouse and Calypso skirt) posed recently for ads for her fruity fragrance, Shania by Stetson, out Sept 1. "'There were horses that Shania spent time with," the scent's rep tells Us of the Todos Santos, Mexico shoot. "She loves horses!"

• 8/19/05 Twain Fans Tour Timmins. From Timmins Daily Press: A group of about 50 people toured through Timmins on Thursday trying to touch a little of what makes Shania Twain so special. The visitors attending the Shania Twain Fan convention, which opened Thursday night at the Shania Twain Centre, toured the city viewing sights sometimes only loosely connected to Twain, all in the name of understanding where the artist came from and who she is. Fans from the United States, England, Finland, Holland and across Canada sought a personal connection to their musical idol. For Richard Wildbur, it was just as much about seeing the town Shania grew up in as it was seeing a country he’s never seen before. “For the past six months I’ve been planning this,” he said. “I’m a big fan of her music and I figured it would be a nice way to visit Canada as well.” For Earl Garman, from Maryland, it was about reliving the last convention. Garman said he’s been to two conventions, but has visited the city itself four times. “I was here last year and it was then I decided to come here this time,” he said. “I liked the convention. And I really like Timmins.” Tour guide Tom Waller said many of the visitors, especially those from Europe, could have easily put their money towards a Shania concert. But, he added, most of the people at the convention have been to more Twain performances than they can count. The convention is something more personal. “They wanted to see the sites of the town,” he said. “They wanted to see where she came from and who she was before. “They want to get closer to the home town of Shania Twain. They see something very special in Shania and they want to know what made her so special.” Part of what made her so special, Waller added, was Timmins. For convention updates and pictures visit the Shania Twain Centre forum! Related article: A Shania Pilgrimage

• 8/17/05 Fans Heading To Timmins For FanCon 3. From Timmins Daily Press: About 86 Shania Twain fans will make their way from Toronto to Timmins, adding tourism dollars to a city that’s already had a tourist-heavy summer. For most of those fans, Toronto-to-Timmins won’t be the total distance of their trip. Many of them hail from the United States, Eastern and Western Canada and various countries around the world. “We’ll have people from all over the place,” said Kara Henderson, customer service representative at the Shania Twain Centre. “There will be people from overseas making their way here.” When they arrive on Thursday, they will begin their convention with the annual meet and greet. “It gives people who’ve been to the convention a chance to reconnect with friends they’ve made,” Henderson said. “It also lets new people meet everyone before things get started.” The rest of the weekend continues with a bus tour of the city, an auction featuring merchandise signed by Shania Twain and a Shania Twain trivia contest, which features multiple prizes for the winners. The money raised by the auction will likely go to a charity, but no information about the money’s distribution was available. There is no set hotel for the convention, Henderson added. “They choose what hotel they want to stay in,” she said. Fans had to preregister for the weekend event and, although they will be in and out of the centre during the weekend, the grounds are still open to the general public. After a “meet-and-greet social” on Thursday night, convention participants will take a tour of the centre Friday before heading out on one of three different tours: the Gold Mine, Cedar Meadows or Millson Forestry. On Saturday, the group will head to Cochrane where it will visit the Polar Bear Habitat, have a lunch buffet with a guest speaker and visit the Native Art Gallery. Friday night will feature a banquet and video dance with a special musical performance. There will be a farewell lunch on Sunday. For convention updates and pictures visit the Shania Twain Centre forum!

• 8/17/05 Shania Bio On XM Radio. From XM Satellite Radio: XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 4.4 million subscribers, will debut a new six-part series spotlighting country music star Shania Twain beginning Monday, August 22 at 9 a.m. ET on Highway 16 (XM Channel 16). Featuring exclusive interviews and hosted by the artist, "Shania Twain: Forever and For Always" chronicles Shania's life and music from her early days in Nashville to international star. "I am very excited that my music and career will be showcased on XM," said Shania Twain. "Through the years I have always tried to find new ways to present my music and my story to my fans. I'm excited to explore this long- form interview concept and bring something unique and different to the table with this six-part series on XM." "It's nice to look back, even [for me], at the whole thing," continued Shania. "It's a great reflection." Starting August 22, a new, hour-long episode in the series will debut each Monday at 9 a.m. ET with encore broadcasts airing throughout the week. Scheduled episodes include:
Episode One "The Early Days in Nashville," Shania recalls her move from Ontario to Nashville and the fear and frustrations of recording her first album. Premieres August 22, 9 am ET, with encores airing August 23, 6 pm ET; August 25, 9 pm ET; and August 27, 9 am ET.
Episode Two "Worlds Collide," Shania talks about her unlikely professional and personal collaboration with her acclaimed producer husband Mutt Lange. Premieres August 29, 9 am ET, with encores airing August 30, 6 pm ET; September 1, 9 pm ET; and September 3, 9 am ET.
Episode Three "International Superstar," Shania's success in the U.S. extends internationally creating fans all over the world. Premieres September 5, 9 am ET with encores airing September 6, 6 pm ET; September 8, 9 pm ET; and September 10, 9 am ET.
Episode Four "Off the Record," Shania talks about life outside of stardom as a wife, a mother and an advocate. Premieres September 12, 9 am ET with encores airing September 13, 6 pm ET; September 15, 9 pm ET; and September 17, 9 am ET.
Episode Five "Songwriter Extraordinaire," Shania discusses her love of songwriting and offers insight into the creative process behind many of her hit songs. Premieres September 19, 9 am ET with encores airing September 20, 6 pm ET; September 22, 9 pm ET; and September 24, 9 am ET.
Episode Six "The Industry Speaks Out," From the President of her record label to her fellow artists, the music industry weighs in on Shania's contributions to the format. Premieres September 26, 9 am ET with encores airing September 27, 6 pm ET; September 29, 9 pm ET; and October 1, 9 am ET.

• 8/16/05 Perfume Mentioned In Elle. In the current issue of Elle magazine (J Lo is on the cover), there is a short article describing Shania's new perfume which hits stores September 1st. The article mentions the following:
The inspiration of the perfume bottle: Twain sent Stetson's marketing team a Polaroid of a vase she has at home. She "thought it was a great shape for a perfume bottle" and suggested the final design's "clear glass with a frosted top."
Ingredients of the perfume: Sweet fruit notes such as raspberry mingle with rose, freesia, and honeysuckle. A Prairie Rose (said to be the "heart" of the fragrance) Shania considers prairie rose, at the heart of the fragrance, versatile and a "favorite flower because it can create different moods." Green plant leaves with dew on them, Shania said "I love being outdoors," the singer says. An added note of dew on green plant leaves reflects that passion. Star fruit, pomegranate, and patchouli help round out the eau de toilette's aroma.
Inspiration: Part of Twain's inspiration was the "strength, power, and will of a woman," she says. "It's the same person conveyed in my song 'The Woman In Me."

• 8/16/05 New Release Date For Desperate Housewives. The Desperate Housewives soundtrack (featuring "Shoes" by Shania) release date has been pushed back a week to September 20th.You can pre-order the CD from Amazon.com. On a side note, NashvilleKat HAS CONFIRMED Shania did in fact record Brittany Roe's "Shoes" written by Tammy Hyler, Joie Scott and Kim Tribble. The single and video are expected to be released by the second season premiere of 'Housewives' on September 25.

• 8/15/05 More "Shoes" Info. On Brittany Roe's debut album, Is It Hot In Here? (released May 2004), she recorded a song titled "Shoes." According to All Music Guide, the song was written by songwriters Tammy Hyler, Joie Scott and Kim Tribble. The same writers AllAboutCountry.com is reporting wrote Shania's new single "Shoes." You can listen to a sample of Brittany's version HERE. Her album is available on Amazon.com.

• 8/12/05 Shania To Shoot "Shoes" Video! From NashvilleKat.com: The Desperate Housewives soundtrack is out Sept 13th & the 1st single is from Shania singing a song, "Shoes." It's not a cover of Patsy Cline as we thought, but written by my good friend Tammy Hyler, Collin Ray's old girlfriend.. Mutt & Shania say it's an out of the box hit & she will soon head to NY to shoot a video with the entire cast of the show & just in time for the season opener of "Desperate Housewives." According to AllAboutCountry.com, Twain is recording a new song, "Shoes," written by Nashville songwriters Joie Scott, Tammy Hyler and Kim Tribble.

• 8/12/05 Happy Birthday Eja! Today, Shania and Mutt's son Eja turns 4 years old! On behalf of Shania's fans around the world, Happy Birthday Eja!

• 8/8/05 It's Official! - New Single "Shoes." It's official!!! Shania is releasing a new single titled "Shoes." It will be on the Desperate Housewives [Soundtrack] which is scheduled to be released on September 13th! It looks as if this single could be a remake of the original "Shoes" recorded by Patsy Cline in 1960. Click HERE to hear a sample (Disc 2, Track 21). You can pre-order the Desperate Housewives CD from Amazon.com: The track listing is as follows:
1. Shania Twain "Shoes"
2. KD Lang "Dream of the Everyday Housewife"
3. Sara Evans "One's on the Way"
4. Jewel "TBD"
5. Macy Gray "Boom Boom"
6. Anna Nalick "Band of Gold"
7. Liz Phair "Mother's Little Helper"
8. Aretha Franklin "Always A Woman"
9. Indigo Girls "Mrs. Robinson"
10. Joss Stone "Treat Me Right"
11. Martina McBride "Harper Valley PTA"
12. Paulina Rubio "TBD"
13. Gloria Estefan "Young Hearts Run Free"
14. Idina Menzel "Damsel in Distress"
15. Danny Elfman “Desperate Housewives Theme"

• 8/8/05 Shania Bashed! From New York Times: With her new album, Faith Hill proves once and for all that she's no Shania Twain. (Although, to be fair, one sometimes suspects that Shania Twain is no Shania Twain either.) Ms. Twain became a country-pop sensation by celebrating her multiple persona disorder. She's an international celebrity (born in Canada, currently living in Switzerland) who morphs into a down-home singer whenever the mood strikes, or the market beckons. Flashing that bright but chilly smile, singing those perfectly designed hit singles, shooting those ultra-vivid music videos, she has built a career that sometimes resembles a grand conceptual game. To reflect the dissociative effects of stardom - and, of course, to sell more records - she released her most recent new album, "Up!," in three different versions: pop, country and international. By contrast, Faith Hill is warmer and fuzzier, and she has perfected her own, more earnest approach to country-pop. Instead of flaunting her contradictions, she works hard to resolve them.

• 8/7/05 New music update - "Men Are Like Shoes"? From PennyFoster.co.uk: Penny was invited to work with International Grammy Award winning recording Artist Shania Twain on her next single - She flew out to Geneva Switzerland on 1st August 05 and had a great time. (More details soon). Also, according to a post on a French message board, the title of the single is "Men Are Like Shoes." J'ai écrit à un proche (dans le monde musical) de Penny pour lui demander quelques informations sur le nouveau single et voila le titre et le style! Titre: "Men Are Like Shoes" Style: Pop/Country. The title is unconfirmed at this time. Also, it is not clear whether this is a single that will be on Shania's next album or if it is a single to coincide with the release of "Shania" by Stetson next month.

• 8/4/05 Shania Working On New Music. It looks like Shania is back in the studio recording some new music. The following was posted on a forum by Mutt Lange's ex-wife Stevie Vann Lange (a world class singer, writer and vocal coach to chart-topping artists):
Hi everyone got a call from Mutt on Friday to ask me to find two of my students to sing backing vocals for a single Shania is doing this week. I will be singing with them, one is Penny Foster and the other one is Lisa Queally, they are so excited, not only to work with one of the greatest singers around but also to be produced by Mutt Lange, does not get any better. I'm really lookiing forward to seeing them and being in the studio with Mutt again, it's been a while. Lots of love Stevie
Another mention on PennyFoster.co.uk:
Penny is invited to work with International Grammy Award winning recording Artist Shania Twain on her next single - Penny fly's out to Geneva Switzerland to begin work on 1st August 05.

• 8/3/05 Shania Receives Two CCMA Nominations. The nominees for the 2005 Canadian Country Music Awards were announced today. Shania received two nominations: Top-Selling Album (Greatest Hits) and Female Artist. Congratulations Shania! The awards show will be held September 12th at Calgary's Pengrowth Saddledome and broadcast live on CBC. Awards are voted on by members of the Canadian Country Music Association, with the exception of the top-selling album category and the fan's choice award. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE. On a side note, "Shania's Homecoming Special" (CTV) is nominated for Country Music Program or Special of the Year. Also, Shania's fiddler, Cory Churko, has been nominated for a CCMA All-Star Band Award for Best Fiddler.

• 7/25/05 BJ's Journal. Shania is on the cover of the August issue of BJ's Journal, a magazine from BJ's Wholesale Club. Inside there is an article and interview with Shania. Click HERE for the scans and article!

• 7/25/05 Shania Gives A Woof. From akc.org: In honor of AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day, a national initiative to educate dog owners about the responsibilities of dog ownership, the American Kennel Club examined some of the world's most recognizable stars to determine which celebrities appear most in tune with their canine companions. "We encourage future dog owners to consider all of the aspects required to be a conscientious dog owner," adds Peterson. "The AKC commends the following celebrities for setting a good example by choosing the breed of dog that suits their lifestyle."
Shania Twain: German Shepherd - The German Shepherd is a courageous, intelligent and steadfast breed. Known for its ability to adapt to a variety of settings, country singer Shania Twain has no difficulty acclimating Tim, a German Shepherd, to the dozens of cities she visits each year while on tour. Twain, who relies on Tim for both companionship and protection, has taken the necessary steps to ensure that her beloved dog is well cared for while on the road. Among Tim's many perks, a May 1998 article in The Toronto Sun reported that Twain's luxury tour bus was equipped with a customized doggie door. Sadly, Tim died last year during Shania's UP! tour.

• 7/24/05 "Don't!" On Movie Soundtrack. Shania's hit ballad, "Don't!" is featured in the upcoming Robert Redford and Jennifer Lopez film, "An Unfinished Life". The song will also be featured on the movie's soundtrack. In the film, Jennifer Lopez stars as an impoverished and abused mother, Jean Gilkyson, who finds that the only option left to her and her daughter is to move in with her father-in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds. The film, which also stars Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas and Camryn Mannheim, opens in selected North American theaters on September 9. Click HERE to watch the movie's trailer.

• 7/21/05 "Quitter" #1 Video! After 9 weeks on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown, Shania's current video, "I Ain't No Quitter," has reached #1! Congratulations Shania! The video debuted at #15 making it the countdown's highest debut ever!

• 7/18/05 USA Weekend 1999 Article. While surfing the web, I came across this USA Weekend article from 1999. It's pretty interesting. If you've never read the article (or even if you have), it's a GREAT read! Click HERE!

• 7/15/05 Shania By Stetson Sweepstakes! Shania's new fragrance, Shania by Stetson, now has an official website at www.shaniabystetson.com. U.S. residents can enter a Sweepstakes to win a Grand Prize and Daily Prizes. The Daily Prizes are awarded until Shania hits stores September 1st! Grand Prize: A Shania by Stetson Deluze Gift Set which includes 1.7 fl oz Shania by Stetson Eau de Toilette Spray, 5 oz Shimmering Lotion, & 5 oz Shower Gel. Daily Prizes: 1.0 fl oz Eau de Toilette Spray of Shania by Stetson. You can also register for a FREE sample bottle! Visit www.shaniabystetson com now!
According to basenotes, Shania's perfume has the following scent: Top Notes: Grapefruit, Mandarin, Nectarine, Red Berries, Star Fruit. Middle Notes: Prarie Rose, Jasmine, Honeysuckle. Base Notes: Sandalwood, Musk, White Amber, Patchouli.

• 7/14/05 Toby Talks Triple Play & Shania. In a recent interview with Billboard, Toby Keith talks about the 1993 Triple Play tour with Shania:
Billboard: You did that Triple Play tour in 1993 shortly after you signed to Mercury, with Shania Twain and John Brannen. What was that like?
Keith: I was kind of the black sheep of that group. They had decided that John Brannen and Shania Twain were the two that the label was gonna go with and release that year. They were gonna put both budgets into one kitty and then take three people out and shoot it all at once. Which couldn't have made Shania too happy, but Harold Shedd got it done because he had promised me. So we get out and they asked me to open, Shania (will) come on in the middle and John will close. It was, like, an 18-city tour. We started in Louisville on Thursday night, and by Saturday night they had me closing and "Should've Been a Cowboy" was an instant breakout song.

• 7/11/05 Coty Becomes World's Largest Fragrance Company. From Coty Inc.: Coty Inc. today said that it has completed its previously announced purchase of Unilever Cosmetics International (UCI), the global prestige fragrance business of Unilever. The closing of the transaction in Austria is expected shortly upon receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. Coty Chief Executive Officer Bernd Beetz said, "The purchase of these prestige fragrances strengthens Coty's leadership position in the global marketplace. It is an excellent strategic move for Coty and one that is fully in line with our strategy. Coty is now the world's largest fragrance company and we are in a strong position to achieve our long-term goal of being among the top five beauty companies in the world." Michele Scannavini, President, Lancaster Group Worldwide said "The addition of these brands is a strong complement to Lancaster Group's prestige portfolio of celebrity, designer and lifestyle fragrances. We are truly excited about this acquisition and we are looking forward to developing these brands, which give us a new platform to further build our prestige business around the world." Coty Beauty, Coty Inc.'s mass and masstige division, markets brands such as adidas, the healing garden, Rimmel, Calgon, Celine Dion, Stetson, Jovan, Aspen, Isabella Rossellini, Astor, Esprit, mary-kateandashley, Miss Sixty, Shania Twain and David and Victoria Beckham. For further information, please visit www.Coty.com.

• 7/11/05 Shania Almost Failed In Nashville. From Net Music Countdown: Shania Twain told Larry King that, after her first album yielded zero hit songs, she thought she might soon be on a plane back to Canada.
TWAIN: "There was a time when I was -- after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might have just been it. This might have been my big moment of being an international recording artist, and that's it."
Shania told King that she would've survived and could have been happy, no matter what, back in Canada.
TWAIN: "Yes, I love music. And you know, I've always been very passionate about it. I was always writing music. I was. I was very happy. And maybe that was naive, because I'm not so sure now in retrospect if I would have said wow, when I'm 50 or even 40, will I want to be doing this. But you know, I always had a backup plan too. I was always very practical and logical about things."

• 7/7/05 French Country Music Award Nomination. The nominations for the 2005 French Country Music Awards have been announced. Shania is nominated in the Best Video category for "I Ain't No Quitter". Congratulations Shania! The FCMAs will take place Saturday, September 24th. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 7/4/05 Shania In Tune With Stetson. Here's an informative ARTICLE about Shania's new fragrance, Shania by Stetson. The article is from May when Shania introduced the perfume in New York. It will be released in September.

• 6/30/05 Citizens Helping Heroes Auction. You can bid on the Colorado Avalanche jersey Shania autographed and wore on stage during her UP! tour concert in Denver! This auction benefits Citizens Citizens Helping Heroes, a non-partisan nonprofit that raises funds to support the official military relief societies of each branch of the Armed Services. Proceeds from this auction go to Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. (TAPS). The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc., is a one-of-a-kind, nonprofit Veteran Service Organization offering hope, healing, comfort and care to thousands of families facing the death of a loved one killed in military action each year. Click HERE to bid on the jersey! The auction ends July 12.

What Shania's house might look like • 6/28/05 Shania Finally Granted Permission To Build NZ House. From New Zealand Herald: Country music singer Shania Twain has finally been granted consent to build a house on her Wanaka high country property. The Motatapu Station development is subject to 17 conditions, including the immediate replacement of any dying plant or tree, a water supply for fire-fighting purposes and an agreement to plant the same grasses as that growing on surrounding land. The consent allows Ms Twain to build a one-level house, two guest cottages, a garage and ancillary structures. Twain, also known as Eileen Lange, and her husband, Robert "Mutt" Lange, had applied through their company Soho Properties. They bought 24,731ha (61,000 acres) of Crown pastoral leasehold farm land between Wanaka and Arrowtown (505 miles southwest of Wellington) for about $21.4 million NZ dollars ($15 million U.S.) last year. They want to build a diamond-shaped residential complex on top of a ridge on the southern side of a knoll in the Motatapu Valley, about 1.4km from the existing homestead. The Canadian faced staunch opposition from the Upper Clutha Environmental Society, which argued consent should be denied until Motatapu Station underwent a tenure review. Commissioner Trevor Shiels has rejected that argument, saying tenure review is a voluntary process. Other articles: AP - Stuff.co.nz

• 6/28/05 NZ House Decision To Be Released Today. From Stuff: A decision whether to approve singer Shania Twain's house site on Motatapu Station near Wanaka will be released to the media today, the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and CivicCorp said yesterday. The decision by QLDC commissioner Trevor Shiels had been released to Twain, also known as Eileen Lange, and her husband, Mutt Lange, yesterday and was also to have been sent to people who made submissions. After a hearing in May, CivicCorp consultant planner Andrew Henderson reversed his recommendation that the house site was inappropriate. His change of heart was based on further evidence produced by Twain's consultants. Mr Henderson's original recommendation created controversy in Wanaka and sparked a backlash against the Upper Clutha Environmental Society, which had opposed the location because it was an outstanding natural landscape.

• 6/27/05 Shania 2006 Calendars! An unofficial Shania 2006 calendar from the UK is available at StarStore.com and Amazon.co.uk. The official Shania 2006 calendar (cover still pending approval) is available at Calendars.com.

• 6/25/05 "I Ain't No Quitter" CD Singles. Two import CD singles of "I Ain't No Quitter" are now available on Amazon.com. The singles will be released June 28th. Order Now!
IANQ" Part 1
1. I Ain't No Quitter
2. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (w/Union Station) - from UP! Close & Personal
"IANQ" Part 2
1. I Ain't No Quitter
2. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (w/Union Station) - from UP! Close & Personal
3. I Ain't Goin' Down (w/Union Station) - from UP! Close & Personal
4. I Ain't No Quitter VIDEO

• 6/19/05 Shania Wins MuchMusic Video Award. The 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards (Canada's music video awards) were held tonight in Toronto. Shania won the MuchMoreMusic Award for her "Party For Two" video w/Mark McGrath. Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

• 6/16/05 Forbes Top 100 Celebrities - Shania #29. From Forbes: Each year, FORBES ranks the relative star power of actors, athletes, singers and talking heads -- how much they earn and how many people are paying attention. After a couple years absent from the Top 100 Celebrities list, Shania returns with an overall Power Ranking of #29 and is ranked #5 among the 10 musicians on the list. Shania is also the only Country artist on the list.
"It's hard to top album sales of 34 million (for Come On Over, released in 1997). But with her wildly successful "Up!" tour, Twain—a little bit country, a little bit pop—has proven her staying power. The crossover star was met on the road by almost a million fans, many of whom had already snapped up her most recent album."
Shania Twain
Power Rank 29
Rank
Pay $34 Million 25
Web Hits 975,000 42
Press Clips 5,766 56
TV/Radio 79 55

• 6/16/05 "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" - Vote For Shania! From NetMusicCountdown: Who are the world's sexiest vegetarians? Here's your chance to decide... People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is currently hosting its fifth annual "World's Sexiest Vegetarians" poll, and Avril Lavigne, country superstar Shania Twain, and Coldplay's Chris Martin are among this year's top contenders. Besides Avril and Shania, other nominees for the world's hottest vegetarian woman include current American Idol champ Carrie Underwood, Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders, Fiona Apple, Erykah Badu, k.d. lang, Reese Witherspoon and Alicia Silverstone. Some of the guys competing with Chris Martin for the title of sexiest vegetarian man are U2's Larry Mullen Jr., Green Day's Mike Dirnt, Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Weezer's Brian Bell, rapper Common and OutKast's Andre 3000. Voting for the World's Sexiest Vegetarians poll continues throughout June at www.peta.org/feat/sexyveg05. The winners will be announced in July. VOTE for Shania!

• 6/14/05 Shania On "Larry King Live" THIS FRIDAY, June 17th! OK, here we go again!...LOL. Larry just announced Shania's taped interview will air THIS FRIDAY, June 17th at 9:00pm ET/PT on CNN. What are we up to now? The 6th time Shania's been rescheduled?...LOL. We'll see if she's on this time! Just a reminder, A&E will be airing a NEW Shania "Biography" on Friday, June 17th at 8:00pm ET. Don't miss it either show!!!

• 6/12/05 Eilleen Twain - The Remixes. From Limelight: Before she was well known, Harry Hinde released a CD entitled The Complete Limelight Sessions. The songs on the CD, recorded in 1988, are decidedly pop music but you get to hear her strong voice and the real beginning of her song writing ability. In this CD, The Remixes (to be released this year), Harry Hinde as taken 10 of the original 17 songs and has brought in new musicians to update the sounds and music, while still retaining "Shania's" powerful vocals.

• 6/7/05 Shania Attends Swiss Red Cross Gala - PICS! Shania attended the Red Cross Gala last week in Switzerland. Shania said she picked out the dress at a boutique, and did her own hair (which took her an hour to do). Shania also mentioned that Mutt was at home watching Eja. The Red Cross Gala took place in Morges (at Lake Geneva). The Gala evening was to raise money for the Swiss Red Cross. Here are a couple scans from Schweizer Illustrierte - 1 2. Here is a translation of the article: Superstar Shania Twain-solo and unaccompanied-mingled with the guests. "I love living in Switzerland. It is so calm", said the singer. She wore clothes bought in Geneva from a small shop, not a name designer. "I don't know the brand, but I do know the name of the shop is Vogue," she said modestly.

• 6/4/05 One Less Hurdle For NZ House. From NZCity: The controversial house singer Shania Twain wants to build on her property, Motatapu Station, in Central Otago has one less obstacle to beat following a change of heart by a Queenstown planner. Two weeks ago, Andrew Henderson recommended to a hearing that the development should be declined because it would be too prominent and have environmental effects. But the planner has now produced new evidence on sight lines which has changed his recommendation. Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth says the new evidence, which he describes as marginal, should not have made any difference to the recommendation the planner submitted. Mr Haworth says there are many other reasons why the development should be turned down. Independent commissioner Trevor Shiels will make his decision in the next few weeks.

• 6/2/05 "Shania" TV Movie To Air October 2. Today CBC-TV announced its programming schedule for the 2005-2006 season. "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums" will air Sunday, October 2 on CBC (Canada). I have no idea what "A Life in Eight Years" is referring to. According to Maureen O’Donnell, a spokesperson for the film's production company, "the movie will take our audience from a gangly eight-year-old with a powerful voice who was singing in northern Ontario's bars for tips to the determined teenager dragging a Sudbury band into the limelight." The show will then bring audiences to Nashville and an industry that wanted her voice, but not her music, and to her first encounter with renowned music producer Mutt Lange. "This is a story about one girl’s triumph over really difficult odds," O’Donnell said. Three different people will play Shania at different ages. One will play Shania from ages 8 to 11 and a second from 13 to 16. Shania’s principle role, between the ages 17 and 27, will be played by Meredith Henderson, a Gemini-winning actress. The film's screenplay was written by Shelley Eriksen with research by Robin Eggar, author of "Shania Twain: The Biography." It covers the period from 1973 to 1993.

• 6/1/05 Shania: Udderly Amazing! From The Plain Dealer: Ever wonder how celebs get that beautiful skin? Other than through the creative use of airbrushing? Well, Star magazine came out with a doozy: cow udder cream. A witness to the transaction told the mag that actress Jennifer Garner bought the stuff farmers favor because she'd heard that Shania Twain slathers it all over her face and body. Confession time: When I went to Iraq for The Plain Dealer a year or so ago, I took a tube of the same stuff. It's great on hands left chapped and bleeding by arid winter cold. Plus it's unscented, so you don't smell like a flower shop, which is important when surrounded by men with firearms.

• 5/28/05 NEW Shania "Biography" - June 17th! From A&E: A&E will be airing a NEW Shania "Biography" on Friday, June 17th at 8:00pm ET. The 1-hour show repeats June 18th at 12:00am ET. Don't miss it!!! "A profile of the popular singer/songwriter who rocked the world of country music with her drop-dead looks, sultry voice and spirited lyrics, as she's bravely bridged the gap between country and pop. Exclusive interviews include Shania herself, Elton John, Dolly Parton, singer/songwriter Mark McGrath, Billy Currington and country music historian Bob Oermann."

• 5/26/05 MuchMusic Video Award Nomination. The 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards nominations (Canada's music video awards) were announced today. Shania is nominated for the MuchMoreMusic Award for her "Party For Two" video w/Mark McGrath. The awards show will air live from Toronto on June 19th at 9:00pm ET. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 5/24/05 Shania's Amended House Plans Rejected. From stuff.co.nz: Attempts by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain to win over Queenstown planners appear to have failed, despite changes to plans for her high-country home. Michael Parker, counsel for Twain, also known as Eilleen Lange, and her husband Robert "Mutt" Lange, yesterday presented a revised proposal for a home on Motatapu Station, near Wanaka, to commissioner Trevor Shiels, acting on behalf of the council. Planner Andrew Henderson, of CivicCorp, the council's contracted regulatory body, had earlier recommended the application be declined, mainly because of its potential visual effects. Parker said several changes had been made from the original application. The development, incorporating a main dwelling and two guest cottages, would be shifted 8m back from a ridgeline, some chimneys removed and additional mounding in front of the main building added. The development would be near- invisible as it could be seen only by members of the public from about 2km away from a 200m stretch of the end of Motatapu Road, a no-exit road that provides access to Motatapu Station. "Any views, if any, from the lake are at a distance of some 5km to 8km and therefore will be barely perceptible, if at all," Parker said. But Henderson and CivicCorp landscape architect Rebecca Ramsay stood firm when asked if they wished to change their recommendation at the end of the day-long hearing. Ramsay said the land, which was not classified under the council's district plan, should be classified as an outstanding natural landscape (ONL), warranting the highest level of protection. Most development within an ONL is considered inappropriate. Acting on behalf of the applicants, landscape architect Jeremy Cooke argued that although the surrounding mountains were ONL, the area in which the development was proposed was lower and a pastoral landscape. It should be classified as a lesser ranking visual amenity landscape, he said. "It is the sort of location one might expect to see a station homestead." Ramsay was unmoved. "I don't believe that the scale of this part of the site is large enough to be considered a landscape in its own right," she said. Henderson said the changes went some way to addressing issues of visibility but the extent of visibility was inconsistent with an ONL classification. Twain and Lange bought the Motatapu and Soho Stations, which stretch from Lake Wanaka to Arrowtown, for about $21.4 million last year. Another application before Shiels to proceed with a proposal for workers' accommodation on a non- notified basis on Soho Station was approved yesterday. Since buying the 25,000ha properties, Robert Lange had initiated intensive conservation work on the farms, above the requirements of the Overseas Investment Commission, Parker said. He had similar involvement on their properties in the United States and Switzerland. The couple planned to continue farming the properties. The application for Twain and Lange's house was opposed by the Upper Clutha Environmental Society, which said it was proposed on an inappropriate site and believed no decision should be made until the landowners went through the voluntary land tenure review process. Shiels reserved his decision and adjourned the hearing pending the receipt of further information on the potential visual affects. Twain and Lange were not at yesterday's hearing.

• 5/21/05 Shania On "CMT Insider" - May 28th. At the end of this week's "CMT Insider" (U.S.), they aired a preview of next week's edition. Shania will be talking about her new perfume, Shania by Stetson. The show premieres on Saturday, May 28th at 1:30pm ET and repeats throughout the week. Shania is at the same place in New York as the clip on "Entertainmernt Tonight" a couple weeks ago. Blue denim jacket, tanned, etc..

• 5/21/05 Shania On Allure 'Most Beautiful' List. From Enquirer.com: State of Beauty Study, which will be in the June 2005 issue of Allure Magazine, men pick Halle Berry when asked who the most beautiful celebrity alive is today (Shania came in at #8). Women chose Julia Roberts.

• 5/20/05 "Bollywood" Movie Directors Want Shania! From India Daily: Meet Shania Twain – the sexy bombshell can make Bollywood shock and awe! She is sexy, hot and ready to oblige. She is someone we need says some Bollywood Directors. Never before have we been so captivated by a bare midriff. In every performance or music video, this Canadian chanteuse teases us with arguably the greatest body in the music biz (Britney Spears included). The mere mention of Twain gets more than our ears to perk Up!. The woman behind the best-selling female solo album of all time, Come on Over, this country star managed to bring the sex appeal to Nashville. Shania's other efforts, The Woman In Me and Up! are further proof that she's a crossover hit machine. Bollywood is the name for India's version of Hollywood. It's the India movie industry.

• 5/19/05 Shania On "Larry King Live" Cancelled - New Date, Who Knows! From Shania's Official Fan Club: Shania's interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" WILL NOT be airing on the previously rescheduled date of Tuesday, May 24. Please stay tuned for the new show date. This is absolutely nuts!!! By the way, according to CountryStars.com, the interview has already been taped: "Shania Twain really did do a one hour interview with Larry King, and after being bumped once before it has now been rescheduled again. Mark your calendars for next Tuesday, May 24th on CNN." (Remember, this date has now been cancelled....stay tuned).

• 5/18/05 Shania RESCHEDULED Again for "Larry King Live" - Tuesday, May 24th! From Shania's Official Fan Club: Due to a scheduling conflict with Larry King, Shania's 1 hour interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" will air next Tuesday, May 24th (NOT Thursday, May 19th). UGH! This is unbelievable!!!!!

• 5/18/05 Shania Wins BMI Pop Award. Performing rights organization BMI announced its 53rd Annual BMI Pop Awards last night in Los Angeles. Shania won an award for "Forever And For Always" for being one of the Most Performed 50 Songs of the past year. Congratulations Shania! The song also won an award last year. Click HERE for a complete list of winners. BMI's Citation of Achievement performance certificates are given annually in recognition of popularity in the field of popular music, as measured by feature broadcast performances on American radio and television; this year's Pop Awards eligibility period ran October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004.

• 5/17/05 No ACM Award. The 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were held tonight in Las Vegas. Shania was up for Vocal Event Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington) but the award went to "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley (featuring Alison Krauss). Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 5/17/05 Shania's New Zealand House Plans Rejected! From NZCity: Shania Twain's Wanaka house plans have been rejected by the Queenstown's Lakes Council's regulatory contractor. Civic Corp planner Andrew Henderson says the proposed house for the American singer would not fit in with the natural landscape. He says it would break the line of an existing ridge, and intrude on a currently unaltered view. Mr Henderson says a better location could be found. The singer bought Motatapu and Soho stations - a total of nearly 25,000 hectares - for more than $21 million last year. She had planned to build a diamond-shaped house from schist stone and cedar wood. The resource consent hearing on the application is to be heard next week.

• 5/13/05 NYC Stagecoach Hit-and-Run. From New York Times: Two one-ton horses broke loose near the Meatpacking district this morning, galloping down sidewalks among startled morning commuters, after the stagecoach they were pulling tipped over and the drivers were flung from their seats. The horses were caught unharmed several blocks away, but one coach driver, Kazim Palaz, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital complaining of shoulder pain. The red stagecoach, promoting a new Shania Twain fragrance by Stetson, was heading east on 14th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues about 9:30 a.m. when it was struck from the rear by a white van, Mr. Palaz told the police. The stagecoach tipped over, letting the horses slip free of their harness and bolt east, past a Starbucks, Gristedes and Papaya King. The van sped off, too. Shania Twain perfume will not go on the market for several weeks, said the woman who answered the 800 phone number listed on the side of the stagecoach. Later, the number was disconnected. Susan Goldberg of the Tractenberg public relations company, which represents the maker of the perfume, said she did not know of any promotional event for the new fragrance that was scheduled for Union Square today - far less one involving two horses and a red stagecoach.

• 5/11/05 "Shania" Perfume Update. From Entertainment Tonight: "Man! I feel like a woman!" Singing sensation Shania Twain has a bold new passion: her very own fragrance! We're exclusively with Shania as she unveils her new scent, Shania by Stetson. "I believe strongly in the strength and ability of women," says the five-time Grammy® winner. "This fragrance is about living life and pursuing your dreams. It's about believing in yourself." The sparkling, modern new scent embodies the spirit of the chart-topping Shania while promising to "ignite a passion from within" and "inspire women everywhere to face each day with confidence, beauty and an energetic spirit." Armed with the tagline, "The Will of a Woman," the scent has an original "Western Heart Accord" of wild prairie rose, vivid freesia and country honeysuckle with a hint of vine-ripe raspberries and fresh pomegranate. The product will make its debut in stores this September, and Shania influenced every aspect of the product, from the advertising campaign, packaging and bottle, which was inspired by a vase in her home, to the actual the scent itself! "The fragrance represents the qualities that I try to embody each day: strength and confidence, independence and love of life," continues Shania. "I hope this fragrance gives a small piece of that to the women who will wear it everyday." Watch ET for more with Shania! Check local listings for time and channel.

• 5/10/05 Shania RESCHEDULED Again For "Larry King Live." From Shania's Official Fan Club: Shania's appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live," slated to air on May 23rd, will be rescheduled for sometime in June. We will let members know as soon as the new date is announced.

• 5/10/05 MAXIM Unveils "Hot 100" For 2005. From Business Wire: MAXIM Magazine, the #1 best-selling men's lifestyle magazine in the country and the world, unveils their highly anticipated 6th annual Hot 100 list. "Desperate Housewives" Eva Longoria heads up the list with the #1 spot. Shania moves up one spot this year to #39. The MAXIM Hot 100 supplement will be available with the June issue of MAXIM featuring "Las Vegas" actress Vanessa Marcil (#19) on the cover. Based on the huge success and national appeal of the Hot 100, VH1 will be airing a 1-hour special hosted by Rachel Perry (#49) on May 22 at 10:00pm ET.

• 5/9/05 Shania Denim Jacket Being Auctioned Off. From NewsWire.ca: A number of celebrity-signed, specialty Levi's(R) denim jackets are being auctioned off at www.ebay.ca/fashioncares in support of this year's Fashion Cares 2005 M-A-C VIVA GLAM Bollywood Cowboy. The auctions will also feature one-of-a-kind Fashion Cares experiences such as front row tickets to the show, early access to the Fashion Cares boutique and an opportunity to go backstage at this year's show to name a few. The 10-day auction begins on Thursday, May 12, 2005, and runs through June 6th, 2005, with new jackets and packages being added every week. All proceeds will go to support the AIDS Committee of Toronto. The first lot of several celebrity/designer jackets available for auction comes from an eclectic mix of singers - from Tommy Lee, Shania Twain and 50 Cent to Duran Duran and Ashlee Simpson - and are fashioned by some of Canada's leading designers: Designer Mark Anhang hand-beaded the Shania Twain jacket (unisex size medium) and also adorned it with crystals. Twain's autograph is in the upper left hand corner of the jacket.

• 5/4/05 "I Ain't No Quitter" Video Premeire Dates. As announced last week, CMT (U.S.) will PREMEIRE Shania's new video, "I Ain't No Quitter," during the "Top Twenty Video Countdown" on Thursday, May 5th!!! The countdown airs at 4:30pm & 8:00pm ET/PT and repeats throughout the weekend. Here are a couple more premiere dates: MuchMoreMusic presents the Canadian premiere of Shania's latest video for the new single, "I Ain't No Quitter," on Friday, May 6th at 5:00pm ET! GAC in the U.S. is also premiering the video on May 6th.

• 4/30/05 "I Ain't No Quitter" Video Preview! Shania's new video, "I Ain't No Quitter," was previewed on today's "CMT Insider." Click HERE for some video captures! Click HERE for a GREAT animation of one of the scenes (dial-up users be patient). The video premieres during CMT's "Top Twenty Video Countdown" on May 5th.

• 4/29/05 Shania's Half-Brother Beats Drug Charges. From Edmonton Sun: Things are looking "Up! Up! Up!" for the half-brother of country music superstar Shania Twain after an Edmonton judge dismissed drug charges against him yesterday. Darryl Christopher Twain, 31, had been facing cocaine trafficking charges, however, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Eric Macklin tossed the evidence after ruling two city police officers had breached his Charter rights. The judge ruled the officers, Const. Danny Hudon and Const. Clint Stallknecht, unlawfully detained Twain and his co-accused Franklin Logan, 34, failed to read them their rights and conducted an illegal search of their vehicle. Twain and Logan were pulled over on Aug. 19 by the two officers, who were looking for suspects in a July 9 shooting. After handcuffing the men, the officers searched the vehicle and found cocaine, marijuana, a knife and cash. Charges were also dismissed against Logan. Darryl Twain is the youngest of two half-brothers to Shania, who was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ont., on Aug. 28, 1965. Shania and two sisters were adopted by Jerry Twain, who mom Sharon had married after parting with her first husband. The couple added two sons to the family: Mark and Darryl. When Jerry and Sharon were killed in a 1987 car crash, Shania, then 22, took charge of the family. Darryl Twain was 13 years old at the time.

• 4/28/05 "I Ain't No Quitter" Video Premeire - May 5th! The video for Shania's new single, "I Ain't No Quitter," will PREMEIRE during CMT's "Top Twenty Video Countdown" on Thursday, May 5th!!! The countdown airs at 4:30pm & 8:00pm ET/PT and repeats throughout the weekend. Don't Miss It!!!

• 4/28/05 "IANQ" Video Tidbit. According to VideoStatic.com, the video shoot (shot in Tijuana, Mexico) for "I Ain't No Quitter" wrapped up on March 30th. Here is what the website posted:
SHOT: Shania Twain - Wayne Isham, director
Shania performs at a country bar where the dancers exhibit the unexpected influence of hip-hop styles.
artist: Shania Twain
song: "I Ain't No Quitter"
label: Mercury/Island Def Jam
director(s): Wayne Isham
production co: Merge @ Crossroads
March 30, 2005 in Island Def Jam

• 4/20/05 Shania Releases New Single Today - "IANQ." The "official" release/add date of "I Ain't No Quitter" is May 2nd but the single has already been sent to Country radio stations for airplay. AllAccess.com reports: "The determined young singer from Timmins, Ontario, Canada that fought for control of her videos, struggled to get past a weak debut album and unsuccessful debut singles, emerging with a sophomore album that ranks as one of the biggest female albums in history on her way to international superstardom, has released a new single from her Greatest Hits album. The title of which seems all too fitting, "I Ain't No Quitter." It's at radio TODAY from Shania Twain."

• 4/20/05 Shania's Come On Over. Billboard recently posted an interesting article debating if an artist should release an album at the beginning or end of the year. The article had this to say about Shania's record-setting Come On Over album: "The wild card of SoundScan's 14-year history is Shania Twain's 1997 set Come On Over, an example of patience which, more than any other album, proves the old industry maxim "It's not where you start that counts, but where you finish." Come On Over had the rare distinction of notching top 10 weeks on the Billboard 200 during the holiday selling seasons of three different years -- a claim that even Michael Jackson)'s 29-times platinum Thriller cannot make -- yet Twain's album was never the top seller of any year or any fourth quarter. The album, in fact, never spent a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, yet Come On Over has sold more than any other set in SoundScan history. Its 15.3 million copies to date exceeds sales of the runner-up, Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, by almost 1 million copies.""

• 4/15/05 Shania RESCHEDULED For "Larry King Live." According to Shania's Official Website, Shania has been rescheduled to appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Monday, May 23rd. The program airs at 9:00pm ET/PT. Shania was originally scheduled to be a guest last month but was pre-empted due to breaking news.

• 4/15/05 Shania Down In Mexico. From CMT Canada: Toby Keith belts out that 'What happens down in Mexico, stays in Mexico', but in Shania's case everything that went down in Mexico we're here to tell you. Recently Shania was in Tijuana, Mexico to shoot the upcoming video for "I Ain't No Quitter." The video was shot over two days and only one with Shania. Shania’s inspiration for the clip came from "Urban Cowboy" and the director took her idea and vamped it up for 2005. The director also mixed up the dances so it wasn't all country and two steppin'. The best part is that it all takes place in the setting of a country bar. Now as you can imagine there aren't many country bars in Mexico so the director converted a steak house restaurant into the bar you will see in the video. He even brought in the bar, the dancers and all of the neon from Los Angeles. We can't wait to see it!

• 4/12/05 "IANQ" Radio Release/Video News. According to AllAccess.com, Shania's third single off her Greatest Hits album, "I Ain't No Quitter", will be released to Country radio May 2nd. Shania shot the video last month in Mexico. The San Diego City Beat reports, "Pedal steel player Rick Schmidt of local Americana band The Shadowdogs got the opportunity of a lifetime on March 13 when he received a call from an assistant producer on a video shoot for country superstar Shania Twain. With a video being shot in an old Tijuana building for the tune "I Aint No Quitter," director Wayne Isham (Metallica, Dave Matthews) needed extra musicians for key scenes in the clip, and Schmidt fit the bill. Schmidt's son Cole was also used as an extra, but a few hours of watching Twain's dancers strut their stuff couldn't have been too shabby, either."

• 4/11/05 CMT Music Awards - Vidcaps & Video! The 2005 CMT Music Awards were held tonight. The only award Shania was up for, Collaborative Video Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington), went to Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss ("Whiskey Lullaby"). For a complete list of winners, click HERE. Shania opened the show with a pre-recorded skit with host Jeff Foxworthy mimicking her "Party For Two" video. During the skit (which was pretty funny), Shania used the "F" word and called Jeff an ---hole. It was partially bleeped out in the U.S. but Canadians heard everything loud and clear. Click HERE for some vidcaps and a video of the skit!

• 4/10/05 Shania, A Cheap Tipper??? A snippet in the New York Daily News: "Serving staff at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Nougatine cafe are complaining that singer Shania Twain tipped only $5 on a $65 lunch check." Come on Shania, that's not even 10 percent! LOL! Didn't the waiter bring you water??? LOL. In New York they expect at least 15-20 percent.

• 4/10/05 Any Man Of Hers. From Toronto Sun: Eric Lambier is an Oshawa musician who also happens to be visually impaired. But it hasn't stopped several people from recognizing his talent, including a certain Eilleen Twain, known to some people now as Shania Twain. "We actually had a band together for a little while," Lambier says from his home. "I met her in Timmins and we got together and wrote. To support the writing she and her management put the band together." Lambier, who will play at The Corral in Oshawa this Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, also toured with Twain in 1995 both in Europe and North America, appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The duo wrote approximately 40 songs together in the late '80s while working in Kirkland Lake. "She was great, she was really great," Lambier says. "You can tell with people that there's a drive. And she had the drive, getting up at seven in the morning to write songs. If you're doing that, you're doing really good for a musician.".....Lambier will continue playing and hopes to open new doors by writing and co-writing with different people. And while it might be a long-shot, he's hoping Twain records one of the songs they co-wrote on a future album. One such song appears on The Limelight Sessions, an album released in 2001 of early demo material Twain recorded. But he's not living the high life from that songwriting credit. "I got a cheque the other day for $21," he says with a laugh. "I'm not getting rich."

• 4/5/05 "Party For Two" Certified Gold. From CountryStars.com: Shania's single "Party For Two" with Billy Currington has been certified gold based on digital sales (500,000). Congratulations Shania!

• 4/3/05 Shania Shut Out At Junos. The 2005 Juno Awards were held tonight in Winnipeg. Shania did not win any of the three awards she was nominated for: Juno Fan Choice Award, Single Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Mark McGrath) and Country Recording Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington). Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 4/1/05 Shania To Attend CMT Music Awards. According to this CMT Press Release, Shania will make an appearance/present an award but not perform at the 2005 CMT Music Awards. Shania received one nomination for Collaborative Video Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington). VOTE HERE for Shania!!! Fans can vote online at CMT.com through April 8 to determine the CMT Music Awards winners. The 2005 CMT Music Awards air LIVE from Nashville on April 11 at 8:00pm ET.

• 3/29/05 Shania On "The Tony Danza Show" - Vidcaps! Shania was a guest on today's "The Tony Danza Show". She looked fantastic! Her appearance was basically to promote her Greatest Hits album. Proctor & Gamble also presented Shania with a $100,000 check for Second Harvest. The money was raised from the sales of the "Shania's Wishes For Spring" Scentstories disc. Afterwards, Shania went into the audience and played a True or False game called "That's Entertwainment". Winners received an autographed guitar and everyone got a Scentsories player and a GH CD. Click HERE for some Vidcaps!

• 3/26/05 Shania On "The Tony Danza Show" March 29th! Shania is scheduled to be a guest on "The Tony Danza Show" on Tuesday, March 29th! According to the show's website, Shania will be interviewed only - no performance. The show is syndicated so click HERE for the time and channel in your city/market.

• 3/24/05 "Shania" Perfume Coming This Fall. It's official. Shania's fragrance will be called "Shania" and is coming out in the Fall. Coty, Inc. has set up a page for "Shania" on its website. "Beauty. Spirit. Independence. The new fragrance by 5-time Grammy Award winning superstar and best-selling female country artist, Shania Twain. Shania by Stetson coming this Fall."

• 3/24/05 Shania To Attend Charity Golf Event. According to HispanicPRWire.com, Shania has committed to participate in a celebrity golf event and fundraiser. The White Witch golf course in Montego Bay, Jamaica, will host The Terrell Buckley Celebrity Golf Weekend April 15 - 17, under the auspices of NFL superstar Terrell Buckley. The star-studded event at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort and Spa will raise funds and awareness for Mustard Seed Communities, an international charity committed to combating the cyclical crisis of poverty by supporting those most effected, especially handicapped and abandoned children, and marginalized communities. E! People, BET, VIBE, ESPN, Miami Herald, CBS and Fox are some of the anticipated media to cover the event. For more info, visit tbuck.net.

• 3/23/05 Shania On FHM 100 Sexiest List. Shania is once again on FHM (U.S.) magazine's "100 Sexiest Women In The World" list. Shania comes in at #33. Last year she was #21. Actress and activist Angelina Jolie has been voted the sexiest woman in the world by readers of FHM. The rest of the top 5 are: #2 Jennifer Garner, #3 Paris Hilton, #4 Charlize Theron, #5 Halle Berry. Last year's winner, Britney Spears, didn't even make the list of 100. Click HERE for a complete list. The sexiest women in the world list is published as a supplement to FHM's May issue, on newsstands April 5.

• 3/21/05 Shania And A Snake. From eMediaWire.com: Network TV performer, profession model, and Las Vegas entertainer Maria Gara, AKA, The SnakeBabe, proves once again she is the Snake Handler to the Stars. Of recent, "Guess Jeans" spared no expense for several two-page foldout ads featured in magazines such as "In Style", "Maxim", and "Vanity Fair" showing Paris Hilton draped with one of SnakeBabe's large tamed snakes. Paris is not the only performer to hold SnakeBabe's reptiles. Past petters include other Hollywood Hotties such as Shania Twain and Carmen Electra. Right-Click HERE (and choose "save target as") to see a video of Shania with the snake at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards pre-party!

• 3/19/05 "Don't!" Hits AC Radio. According to AllAccess.com, Shania's current single, "Don't!", hits Adult Contemporary radio on March 28th.

• 3/18/05 Shania, In My Car? From CountryStars.com: That's kind of what will happen if you're the high bidder for a 2006 Lincoln Mark LT pickup truck that's being auctioned to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Tim McGraw, Shania Twain and George Strait are among the artists autographing the front seat of that special truck along with Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Joe Nichols, Jimmy Martin, members of Diamond Rio, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Del McCoury Band. The auction begins Friday (March 18) and continues through April 30, 2005, at www.countrymusichalloffame.com. The high bidder will also receive a Gibson Custom Lincoln Mark LT guitar produced exclusively for the auction. Others who have signed the seat include Hall of Fame members Bill Anderson, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee and Phil Everly.

• 3/16/05 CMT Music Awards - 1 Nomination. Final nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards have been announced, and voting is underway again. Shania received one nomination for Collaborative Video Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington). VOTE HERE for Shania!!! Fans can vote online at CMT.com through April 8 to determine the CMT Music Awards winners. The 2005 CMT Music Awards air LIVE on April 11 at 8:00pm ET. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 3/15/05 "Larry King Live" Cancels Shania. Shania was scheduled to be a guest on tonight's "Larry King Live." The show was supposed to consist of a live interview along with a call-in segment for fans to ask Shania some questions. However the show's producers decided to bump Shania and continue covering the country's hot news stories - the Atlanta courthouse murders, Michael Jackson's molestation case and Scott Peterson's murder case. At this time there is no word on when or if Shania will appear at a later date. Stay tuned.

• 3/15/05 Locals Oppose Shania's NZ House. From xtramsn.co.nz: Singer Shania Twain's house plans in Wanaka are meeting with opposition. The country music superstar has applied for consent to build a multi-million dollar house on Motatapu Station. She paid $21 million last year for the right to lease it. The Upper Clutha Environmental Society says the station is yet to go through a tenure review. That could allow public access, in which case the proposed large and sprawling house would be visible from several public places. The society also argues the site is an "outstanding natural landscape" - not a "visual amenity landscape" as described by Twain's planners.

• 3/13/05 Blender Magazine: On A Roll. While surfing Blender.com, I came across this article from 2003. It's pretty interesting and sheds some insight on Shania's personality. If you've never read the article (or even if you have), it's a GREAT read! Fun too! Don't miss the Pop Quiz at the end. Click HERE! Enjoy!

• 3/8/05 Smells Like Shania Spirit! If you love what Shania Twain sings, why wouldn’t you love what she smells? But do celebrity endorsements make a product successful? "That's the million-dollar question, isn't it?" says Holiff. "There is clearly endless anecdotal evidence that that is true. The use of celebrities in advertising has been on a steady increase since the beginning of the last century.".....Celebrities must also be trustworthy, credible and perceived to genuinely like the product they're promoting. "What people do is take the personality or the personal attributes that they respect in that person, like an entertainer or sports celebrity, and attach it to the product, that's why it works," says Andrus. As for Twain and Scentstories, Andrus says the superstar might have enough credibility with her fans to actually make the connection successful. But why would anyone care about what Shania Twain likes to smell? "The reason why I'd be interested in what Shania Twain smells, or smells that are important to her, is because it makes me feel as if I know more about Shania because she has shared that with us," says Andrus. Twain will continue on her scented path with a new fragrance line she is developing for Stetson. Click HERE to read the entire article.

• 3/7/05 Shania Wins CRMA. From cmw.net: The 8th Annual Canadian Radio Music Awards were held Saturday, March 5th in Toronto. Shania won the Chart Topper Award for the most airplay of any Canadian artist. Congratulations Shania!

• 3/4/05 Shania To Perform 2 Concerts In Uraguay And 3 In Brazil. Are you ready South America??? Shania is coming in October! According to Os Independentes, Shania has scheduled two concerts in Uruguay (Punta Del Leste at the famous Conrad Casino) and three in Brazil (2 concerts in Barretos and 1 in Recife). I will post more info as it becomes available.

• 3/3/05 Shania Receives One ACM Nomination. Nominations have been announced for the 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Shania is nominated for Vocal Event Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington). The awards ceremony will be broadcast LIVE from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 17th at 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS-TV. Click HERE for a complete list of nominations.

• 3/2/05 Shania Invited To Celebrity Golf Weekend In Jamaica. From Jamaica Observer: NFL defensive all-star Tyrell Buckley, whose professional career spans 13 years, spent yesterday at My Father's Place, a Mustard Seed Community located at Mahoe Drive in Kingston. This ahead of the exclusive celebrity golf weekend (it's opened to 100 guests) slated for April 15-17 at the Ritz Carlton Rosehall. Proceeds will benefit the children of Mustard Seed. Celebrity athletes already confirmed are Tom Brady, Dan Marino, Derrick Brooks, Sterling Sharpe, Ricky Williams, Jason Taylor and Sam Madison. Other invitees are Shania Twain, Michael Jordan, Anna Kournikova, Denzel Washington and Beyonce Knowles. E! People, BET, VIBE, ESPN, Miami Herald, CBS and Fox are but some of the anticipated media to cover the event.

• 3/1/05 Shania To Host XM Radio Series. From CountryNation.com: This summer, Shania Twain will host and narrate a six-part XM Satellite Radio series that chronicles her life and music from a young girl in Ontario to her rise to mega-stardom in the 1990's. And Shania can hardly wait. "I am very excited that my music and career will be showcased on XM this summer," she says. "I'm excited to explore this long-form interview concept." Don't be too long. The sheep miss you.

• 2/27/05 Shania On "Larry King Live" - March 15! From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain will make a guest appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Tuesday, March 15. My guess is, Shania will be there to talk about her new fragrance line for Stetson Fragrances -- and to snap Larry's suspenders until he screams, "Ohhhh, mama!!!" "Larry King Live" airs at 9:00pm ET/PT and repeats at midnight.

• 2/27/05 Shania Donates To Wildlife Auction. Shania has donated a couple items to the Wildlife Conservation Society Auction. The first item is a Philadelphia Eagles jersey signed and worn by Shania during her "UP!" Tour. The second item is a pair of sneakers worn and signed by Shania. Both auctions end on March 3rd. Happy Bidding!

• 2/23/05 Shania Now Eligible For Country Hall Of Fame. From Tennessean.com: Contemporary country artists will be considered for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, beginning this year. The Country Music Association, which inducts country stars into the hall at the rate of two a year, is raising that to three by adding a category for those artists who achieved stardom from 1975 to the present. That means artists such as Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson could become members of the exclusive club while they are still performing. It could also reduce the backlog of artists waiting to be considered for induction. This year's new members will be announced in the summer and will be inducted during the CMA Awards show, which will be held in New York on Nov. 15.

• 2/21/05 "I Heart Huckabees" On DVD. Fans wishing to see Shania in her big screen debut can rent or buy "I Heart Huckabees" on DVD February 22 (U.S. and Canada). In the movie, Shania makes a 20-second cameo appearance while slapping around Jude Law's character. There is single-disc version (in rental stores) and a two-disc special edition which has 51 minutes of deleted/extended scenes and has more scenes with Shania. DVD Talk - Reviews - I Heart Huckabee's. Click HERE to view some video caps.

• 2/18/05 SHANIA TO CREATE NEW PERFUME!!! From PRNewswire/Coty, Inc: Stetson Fragrances, the original icon of the American West, announced today an exciting exclusive agreement with country music phenomenon, Shania Twain, to develop and market a fragrance line. Shania's perfume will be called … 'Shania'. Twain is a modern day symbol of what the Stetson Fragrances embody -- independence, originality and accessibility. Born in Canada, Shania Twain rose to international success during the mid- 90's. With scores of chart-topping hits and five Grammy wins, she is the best-selling female country artist of all time. Twain is also the only artist in the history of recorded music to have three consecutive albums with record sales that top 65 million copies worldwide. "I wanted to partner with a company that would be able to express my personality through their products, Stetson is a great fit for me to accomplish this," says Shania Twain. "Like a favorite song, a scent evokes a memory, creates a mood and inspires a feeling." "Shania Twain shares the important core values of Stetson, while bringing some edge and excitement to the brand," says Marsha Brooks, Vice President, Marketing/Business Development, Coty Beauty US. "The electricity that surrounds her stirs up emotions with heartfelt messages and moves millions of people around the world. We are thrilled to begin this partnership with Shania." Coty Inc. is one of the world's largest and most successful beauty companies with sales of $1.95 billion in 2004 and operations in more than 25 countries.

• 2/18/05 Race To Cross Shania's NZ Property. From Stuff: American country music star Shania Twain will host an open home of sorts as athletes next month get the chance to dash through her South Island property. The inaugural Motatapu Icebreaker will see competitors bike or run through scenic high country between Wanaka and Arrowtown, including parts of the pop star's $21 million Motatapu and Mount Soho sheep stations. Race organiser Geoff Matthews said the March 12 race is based on an annual "locals race" previously run over the route and consists of a 51km mountain bike or a 42km off-road marathon. Matthews aims to build it into an internationally recognised event. "We've already got people from Australia and America entering this year," he said. "We're hoping to attract up to 1000 entrants this year - already over 350 have registered." As well as twisting through Twain's property, the Motatapu Icebreaker passes over Department of Conservation, council and other private land. "The race winds through some incredibly beautiful glacial valleys and will certainly be a drawcard to international competitors," Matthews said. "We're hoping it will become the largest multisport event in the area". Meanwhile, multisport champions Keith Murray and Richard Ussher have signed up for the event and will go head-to-head in the marathon. "Between the two of them, they have won pretty much every endurance and adventure sport race there is," Matthews said. Gordon McCauley, last year's Tour of Southland king of the mountains champion, has confirmed he will line up for the mountain bike race.

• 2/16/05 CMT Music Awards - Vote For Shania! First round nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards have been announced, and voting is underway. Shania is nominated in 3 categories. Female Video Of The Year ("Don't"), Collaborative Video Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington) and Hottest Video Of The Year ("When You Kiss Me" - one take). VOTE HERE for Shania!!! The first round of voting ends March 10. On March 16, the 4 finalists in each category will be announced except video of the year. Fans will be able to vote online at CMT.com through April 8 to determine the CMT Music Awards winners. The 2005 CMT Music Awards air LIVE on April 11 at 8:00pm ET.

• 2/16/05 New Zealand House Plans Conservative. From Stuff: Plans for the house Shania Twain wants to build near Wanaka show it is quite conservative, blending in with the mountain surroundings. People in the area who have met the Canadian-born country singer said the design reflected her character. Designs for the house were released yesterday by Queenstown Lakes District Council planning contractor CivicCorp, although the floor plans were withheld for security reasons, and because they were being redrafted. Twain and husband Robert "Mutt" Lange plan to build the home on the 17,088-hectare Motatapu Station, which they bought last year along with Soho Station for a total $21 million. The development is on a diamond-shaped site on a terrace 1.5km south of the existing homestead. The plans submitted with the application for resource consent show the main house is on one point of the diamond with a walkway to the garage on one wing and two guest cottages along the opposite side of the courtyard in front of the house. The main building and guest cottages will be of schist stacked stone and hardwood with a cedar tiled roof. The main building will be 8 metres tall. (Metric conversion calculator). The project is said to be about $1.5 million but building industry sources in Wanaka suggested it could be as much as three times that. Access to the property is along the Motatapu Rd and over an existing vehicle and farm track with another 250 metres of road having to be constructed to the house. The application also seeks consent for 3640 cubic metres of earthworks, most of which is for building the new section of road. Water will be supplied from a spring 800 metres from the house and will go through a filtration and sterilisation treatment process with storage for 23,000 litres. The area of alluvial flats extending from Glendhu Bay and bounded by Roys Bay and Fern Burn are zoned as visual amenity landscape. There is a gap near the site that suggests the landscape beyond this point has not been assessed under the district plan. The couple have applied for consent as a discretionary activity in the rural zone. The application says views of the house will be limited from public places because it was set against a mountain background. "Where it is visible the home will be near a terrace ridgeline but it will be seen against a much higher landscape backdrop. "It is a small feature on a broad landscape." It also says the face of the terrace landforms will remain as open pasture. The existing station homestead with its farm buildings and stock yards will remain.

• 2/14/05 STC Fan Convention 3 Registration. Registration forms are now available for the Third Annual Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention. This year's convention will run from August 18-21. Click HERE to register and for more info.

• 2/13/05 Shania Shut-Out At Grammys. The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held tonight. Several awards including the two Shania was nominated for were handed out during a pre-telecast ceremony. Best Female Country Vocal Performance went to Gretchen Wilson ("Redneck Woman") and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals went to Loretta Lynn & Jack White ("Portland Oregon"). Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 2/10/05 Shania Goes Ka-Ching! RollingStone magazine has released its annual list of music's top fifty earners for 2004: #7. Shania Twain $33.2 Million. ON THE ROAD - Man, she feels like an ATM machine! Raking in $63 million, Twain had the year's biggest county tour and the third-highest-grossing overall. ON CD - Twain sold more than 4 million discs, led by her Greatest Hits collection. Last year's rank: #8.

• 2/7/05 Shania Receives 3 Juno Nominations! The nominations for this year's Juno Awards were announced this morning in Toronto. Shania received 3 nominations: Juno Fan Choice Award (VOTE for Shania HERE), Single Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Mark McGrath) and Country Recording Of The Year ("Party For Two" w/Billy Currington). Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of nominees click HERE. Hosted by Canadian television star Brent Butt, the 2005 Juno Awards will be broadcast live from Winnipeg's MTS Centre on Sunday, April 3 at 8:00pm ET on CTV Canada.

• 2/7/05 To Go Pop Or Not To Go Pop. The Mercury News recently published an article about the cardinal sin of Country music - artists who crossover to Pop. They had this to say about Shania: The accused: Shania Twain, the monstrously popular singer who has sold . . . well, who can count that high? Trespassed into pop: Back in 1995, when she and husband John "Mutt" Lange crafted The Woman in Me, a radio-friendly, intentionally poppy, punctuation-mark filled album -- (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!, Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? -- that, by year's end, had sold 6 million copies. That was nothing compared with her next record, 1997's Come On Over, which made Twain a household name and had sold 36 million copies by the end of the century. Crawled back to her boots: Every time she puts out a new record, Twain knocks on both pop and country's doors, releasing different song mixes for the two genres (unlike her competition and contemporary Faith Hill, who, after years in country, now just focuses on pop); Twain's one smart gal. Blessed or condemned?: Some -- OK, a lot -- of traditional-country enthusiasts call her music blasphemous, and she's often snubbed by country-music award shows. But her fluff continues to dominate both the country and pop charts. Traditionalists, just try and stop her.

• 2/4/05 Order "Don't!" CD Singles! Amazon.com (U.S.) has 2 singles listed now. Both will be released on February 28th and are available to pre-order. They are not listed on Amazon.co.uk yet.
"Don't!" Part 1 (Enhanced) contains 4 tracks: ORDER HERE
1. Don't! (Greatest Hits Version)
2. I'm Gonna Getcha Good! (Audio From "Up! Close & Personal" DVD)
3. From This Moment On (Audio From "Up! Close & Personal" DVD)
4. Don't! (Video - Album Version)
"Don't!" Part 2 contains 2 tracks: ORDER HERE
1. Don't! (Greatest Hits Version)
2. Party For Two (Kenny Hayes Mix)

• 2/4/05 Hypocrisy On Radio Airwaves. From CountryNation.com: Rumor has it, a few country stations are actually playing the song "Over And Over," by rapper Nelly, featuring Tim McGraw. Would these be the same people who claim that Shania Twain isn't country enough?

• 1/31/05 Shania Likes "Tighter, And Shorter". Karen Becker, a seamstress in Grand Rapids, MI, altered Shania's clothes when her UP! tour rolled through last year. Here's an exerpt from a Mlive.com article: "For six hours one afternoon, Becker worked at $15 an hour for Shania Twain, altering clothes in her dressing room. The singing starlet's needs? Becker laughs. "Tighter, and shorter.""

• 1/28/05 Fan Convention 3 Announced. From ShaniaTwainCentre.com: Hello Shania Fans! Many of you have been waiting for the official announcement of the Third Annual Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention dates, and we thank you for your patience. This year, the convention will run from August 18-21, with lots of great activities for you to enjoy. We are also going to add an additional "twist" for fans that are interested in seeing some of Shania's other Ontario connections. We have secured a motor coach that will pick fans up in Toronto on August 17th, and drive them to Timmins, with a stop at Deerhurst resort for lunch and a tour. On August 22nd the motor coach will bring fans back to Toronto through Sudbury, with a quick look at the school Shania attended, and some other interesting stops that we are still working on. This bus tour will not be included in the registration fee for the convention, but will be an add-on that fans can choose. Of course, we will have a wonderful host on the bus that will make the trip exciting and full of interesting "Shania" facts. I will have registration rates, bus tour rates, and a tentative agenda in the next few days, but I just wanted to give everyone the dates so they can start booking time off. (Pick up and drop off for the bus tour will be at a set location near Pearson International Airport in Toronto). I'll post more details as they become available. You can also check the Shania Twain Centre website.

• 1/28/05 GH Still #1. From CountryStars.com: Even though its sales are down to just over 44,000 units this past week, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits maintains its death-grip hold at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for 11 straight weeks.

• 1/25/05 Shania, Most Desireable. Today, AskMen.com announced their list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2005. Shania came in at #24, down from #8 last year. Here's what they had to say about Shania: WHY SHE IS FAMOUS: Shania's third album, Come On Over, became the best-selling album by a female solo artist, with worldwide sales of 34 million. Her most recent studio album, UP!, went platinum 10 times over. WHY SHE IS DESIRABLE: It's more than seven years later, and we can still suffer through the song "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" just to see the video. That's some magnetism. Her stunning face aside, Shania has the best midriff in the music business -- possibly in the entertainment industry. Just the sound of her name makes us go "Up!

• 1/24/05 Shania A Superstar That Doesn't Compete. From NetMusicCountdown.com: Shania Twain says she does not look at success in music as a competition. She started out with Toby Keith, a very competitive guy, but says she's the complete opposite. "He (Toby) says, 'Don't you just want to be a winner?' And I said, 'No. I really don't care.' I make music and that's what I do. And, of course, I want it to be successful, but I'm not looking at the scale and going, 'Who's beating me or whatever.' So there's just different types...." "I, definitely, I'm in my own race. I don't have that nature. It just breeds jealously because then you're a sore loser. And how can you lose in music anyway? It's all a matter of opinion. There's no losing or winning. You put out your music and that's what your music is." "Success, to me anyway, if you can feed yourself, if you can make a living at what you do, you're successful in life. Maybe that's because I come from a poor background."

• 1/24/05 Best Hair Award. From Canada NewsWire: The winners of AG's 5th annual Best Canadian Celebrity Hair Awards were announced over the weekend. Shania won the award for Best Hair on a Musician. Click HERE for styling tips to have a hairstyle like Shania.

• 1/22/05 Shania To Perform "Don't" At The Grammys? During this weekend's "CMT Top 20 Countdown", it was mentioned that Shania will be performing her new single "Don't" at the GRAMMY Awards. There's been no "official" announcement so stay tuned! Shania is nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("She's Not Just A Pretty Face") and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals ("Coat Of Many Colors" - Shania Twain with Alison Krauss & Union Station). The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8:00-11:30pm EST.

• 1/22/05 Shania In Country Music Today Magazine. In the Jan./Feb 2005 issue of Country Music Today, there is a picture from November of Shania accepting a 45-pound Double Diamond plaque that honors her for selling more than 20 million copies of her Come On Over album. COO is the best-selling country album of all time! Also in the picture, Luke Lewis of Mercury Records and Brian Phillips of CMT. Congratulations Shania! Click on image to enlarge.

• 1/22/05 Shania Nominated For CRMA. From cmw.net: The nominees for this year's Canadian Radio Music Awards have been announced. Shania is nominated for the Fans' Choice Award (radio listeners vote online). She is up against Celine Dion, Finger Eleven, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan. Presented by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), the 8th Annual Canadian Radio Music Awards honour Canada's hottest rising radio music stars. The awards will be handed out at a gala luncheon on Saturday, March 5, 2004, 12:30pm at the Fairmont Royal York Toronto, as part of Canadian Music Week celebrations.

• 1/22/05 "Up! Close And Personal" Goes Platinum. Last month, Shania's "Up! Close And Personal" DVD was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Platinum status for videos and DVDs equals 100,000 copies sold. Congratulations Shania!

• 1/19/05 New "Wishes For Spring" Scentstories Plus Bonus DVD! From Proctor & Gamble: Today Procter & Gamble announced the launch of Shania's Wishes for Spring(TM), the newest scented disc in the line-up for Scentstories(TM) by Febreze(TM). The disc is the latest note in P&G's marketing partnership with superstar Shania Twain to promote Scentstories, a revolutionary new way to play scents like you play music. Shania's Wishes for Spring, the seventh scent disc in the collection and the first-ever celebrity scent disc, includes five scent tracks: "daffodils swaying in the breeze," "hanging sheets on the line," "breezes through the window," "mouthwatering citrus" and "picking lily of the valley." With the purchase of the special limited-edition Scentstories disc, consumers will also be able to receive a bonus Shania Twain DVD by mail while supplies last with Proof of Purchase. This DVD contains two Shania Twain videos, plus a "behind the scenes" look at Shania's photoshoot with Scentstories. In celebration of the Shania's Wishes for Spring disc launch and to support the fight against hunger, P&G will donate $100,000 to America's Second Harvest, a charity close to Shania's heart. "I'm thrilled for the launch of this special Scentstories disc that includes my favorite springtime scents all on one disc. I hope that my fans will enjoy and appreciate these fresh aromas and feel good at the same time knowing P&G, the makers of Scentstories, are supporting America's Second Harvest," said Shania. "The fight against hunger is so important and I'm thankful to P&G for supporting the cause in conjunction with the Shania's Wishes for Spring disc launch."

• 1/19/05 GH 10 For 10 at #1. From Billboard: With an 8% sales increase to 74,000 copies, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits remains at the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the 10th straight week and bolts 7 to 3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

• 1/18/05 Shania The Sheep Farmer. From NetMusicCountdown.com: Shania Twain grew up in a family that planted new trees...now she's headed into the business of making new sweaters...wool sweaters that is. Shania Twain plans to farm up to 15,000 merino sheep on her New Zealand, South Island properties and expects to turn the investment into an $800,000-a-year business within two years. The business will require six full-time employees and a further 15 staff over three years to work on development projects. These include a $1.5 million home for the couple; $250,000 to build woolsheds and sheepyards, $100,000 for shearers' quarters; fencing worth $360,000, and $80,000 on roads and an airstrip. Twain and her producer-songwriter husband, Robert Lange, paid $21.4 million for the perpetual lease of Motatapu Station and Mt Soho Station, near Wanaka, New Zealand.

• 1/13/05 Questions Over New Zealand Farm Plans. From Stuff: Pop star Shania Twain plans to farm up to 15,000 merino sheep on her South Island properties and expects to turn the investment into an $800,000-a-year business within two years. But her business plan did not impress the Overseas Investment Commission much, with officials questioning whether the two rugged high-country sheep stations will ever become viable. Twain, real name Eilleen Regina, and her producer-songwriter husband Robert Lange paid $21.4 million for the perpetual lease of Motatapu Station and Mt Soho Station, near Wanaka. Documents issued by the commission under the Official Information Act outline Twain's plans to spend a further $3.2 million developing the 24,731-hectare farms. The couple's business proposal expected that by 2007 the combined sheep station would have a gross annual income of $796,385 and a gross profit of just over $270,000. "The applicants maintain that they are investing a considerable amount of capital to turn a non-performing farm into a viable economic unit," the documents say. "The commission questions whether that is actually the case." The couple's cashflow projections indicated "a low rate of return for the farming operation, which raises questions about whether it really is a viable farming investment". The business will require six fulltime employees and a further 15 staff over three years to work on development projects. These include a $1.5 million home for the couple; $250,000 to build woolsheds and sheepyards, $100,000 for shearers' quarters; fencing worth $360,000, and $80,000 on roads and an airstrip. Twain is the biggest-selling female artist in the past 10 years, selling more than 50 million albums. The commission originally planned to reject her request to buy the land, saying it did not consider the proposal a "particularly compelling case". But the deal was later approved after the couple offered to build a public walking track through outer parts of the property.

• 1/13/05 GH Still On Top. From Billboard: Despite a 30% drop in sales, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits remains at the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the 9th straight week and makes a 12 to 7 jump on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. 69,000 copies of the disc were sold last week.

• 1/13/05 More Platinum For Shania! From IPFI.org: Shania Twain's Greatest Hits album is the first compilation from the multi-Grammy, platinum-selling artist. Comprising Twain's finest moments Greatest Hits receives its first Platinum Europe Award, gaining Twain her tenth Platinum Award overall for album sales across Europe.

• 1/13/05 Shania Donates To Tsunami Relief. From Yahoo: Thursday night, CBC will air a live telecast, "Canada For Asia", a three-hour national benefit special to support relief efforts for the South Asian tsunami victims. Singer Tom Cochrane said Shania Twain was in New Zealand and expressed her regrets but would be making a "sizeable" donation.

• 1/11/05 Hey Mark, I Have A Question. From EXTRA TV: A viewer sent in the following question for Mark McGrath. Q: Mark, how was it doing "Party For Two" with Shania? Did you know her before the video?
Mark: I didn't. I was a fan, like everybody else, and I was surprised when her husband, Mutt Lange, who's her producer (and one of the most successful producers in the business; I'm a fan of his, too), personally called and asked if I'd like to do the duet. I said, "Is everybody else busy? I mean, why are you calling me?" But of course I jumped at the chance and went over to Europe for the song, the video and a promotional tour. Now she's become a friend, which is amazing, to think you have Shania as a friend. We took private planes, went to lots of shows in Holland and Germany, she gets escorted everywhere, and the mayor shuts down the street. She's at such a superstar level, but she's the most down-home, girl-next-door-type person ever. She kind of laughs at the whole thing and doesn't expect it. It's inspirational how she handles things. She's the most normal-person mega-superstar, two things you don't usually hear in the same sentence.

• 1/9/05 Shania Wins People's Choice Award! Shania won the award for Favorite Country Female Singer at tonight's People's Choice Awards! However, she did not attend the show. Congratulations Shania! Click HERE for a complete list of winners.

• 1/7/05 Shania On Housework. From ACCTop40.com: With her Greatest Hits collection, Shania Twain has the number-one country album as the new year begins. Shania enjoys performing but she also loves chasing dust bunnies in her Swiss and New Zealand homes. She says of housework, cooking and being a mom, quote, "When you've got the type of career that I have, you look forward to doing the whole domestic thing." On whether her son, Eja (pr. Asia), is more like his mom or his dad, "Mutt" Lange, Shania says, quote, "'Mutt' and I are so much alike in so many ways that it's really hard to know if a lot of those characteristics are coming from Mutt or myself."

• 1/6/05 "Don't" Radio Release. According to allaccess.com, Shania's new single "Don't" will be released to U.S. Country radio January 17th. Start requesting the song now!

• 1/6/05 New Canadian Certifications. The CRIA recently updated the certifications for two of Shania's albums. On December 13th, Greatest Hits was certified 6x Platinum (600,000 copies sold). ***Note: 100,000=Platinum in Canada. On December 21st, UP! was certified Double Diamond (2 million copies). This is Shania's third album to be certified Double Diamond in Canada. Congratulations Shania!

• 1/6/05 South Asia Tsunami Relief. From Official Fan Club: Shania's thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been effected by the tsunami in South Asia. If you care to help, the following organizations are leading the way in terms of relief.
CARE - www.care.org - Providing temporary shelter, water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts as well as help with recovery and rebuilding efforts in all effected countries
Doctors Without Borders - www.doctorswithoutborders.org - Providing medicine and medical supplies, equipment to improve water and sanitation and staff clinics
International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent - www.ifrc.org
Oxfam America - www.oxfamamerica.org - Providing emergency food kits, blankets and temporary shelter for homeless. Will be sending portable latrines
Save The Children - www.savethechildren.org

• 1/5/05 Shania Earns $70.7 Million In 2004. From CountryStars.com: When all their sources of music related income were tallied, Kenny Chesney emerged as the 2nd highest earner overall (second only to Usher), but is the top bucks generator among country acts. According to Pollstar figures, the L.A. Times earnings of Country Stars in 2004: KENNY CHESNEY had total earnings of $96.8-million, 50.8-million from concerts and 46-million from record sales. TOBY KEITH comes in second among country stars (#4 overall), with 95.2-million total earnings, 43.7-million from concerts and 51.5-million from record sales. TIM McGRAW (7th overall) ranks 3rd country with 81.7-million total, 40.1-million from concerts and 41.6-million from record sales. SHANIA TWAIN is fourth country and ranks 10th among all artists with 70.7-million total earnings, 34.5-million from concerts and 36.2-million from record sales.

• 1/4/05 "Don't" - Behind The Scenes. The January 8th episode of "CMT Insider" goes behind the scenes of Shania's new video "Don't". Be sure to catch it at 1:30pm ET/PT. The show will re-air throughout the weekend.

• 1/3/05 2004 Was Platinum For Shania. From RIAA: Country megastar Shania Twain had another amazing year in 2004. Her 2002 studio album, UP!, was certified 11 times Platinum while her 1997 blockbuster, Come On Over, was certified 20 times Platinum, easily remaining the best selling country album of all time. Twain's Greatest Hits closed out the year certified triple Platinum.

• 12/31/04 Shania Finishes 2004 On Top. From CMT.com: With an 11 percent gain of 347,000 CDs during the last week of 2004 according to Nielsen SoundScan, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits easily finishes the year as the top-selling country CD for the week. Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2, with a sales jump of 289,000 copies, was runner-up to Twain.

• 12/28/04 Happy 11th Anniversary Shania & Mutt! Today December 28th, Shania and Mutt celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Shania and Mutt! We wish you many more years of love and happiness together. In the latest issue of Reader's Digest, Shania had this to say about their relationship: "I followed my heart and it didn't let me down! He's just a beautiful person. We have a very strong relationship. We've survived all the pressures that careers like ours can put on a marriage: moving around, separations you have to endure, the intense time together, all the change you have to flow with. And we're still very happy. I look at him with complete adoration and love. I melt. We just went to a wedding, and I looked at him and thought, Wow! I feel like we're still in the beginning."

• 12/24/04 Billboard 2004 Year-End Charts. Here's a list of where Shania ended up this year on Billboard's overall charts.
Top Albums Artists - #45
Top Albums - #79 UP!, #133 Greatest Hits
Top Country Artists - #10
Top Female Country Artists - #2
Top Country Albums Artists - #8
Top Country Albums - #13 UP! , #21 Greatest Hits
Hot Country Singles & Tracks Artists - #24
Hot Country Singles & Tracks - #58 "She's Not Just A Pretty Face"
Hot Country Singles & Tracks Producers - #17 Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Top Pop Catalog Albums - #13 Come On Over
Top Country Catalog Albums - #4 Come On Over
Hot Adult Contemporary Artists - #2
Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks - #5 "Forever And For Always", #28 "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
Top Music Videos - #16 UP! Live In Chicago

• 12/24/04 20 Greatest First Videos - Jan. 1st. From CMT.com: CMT takes you back to the superstars' "first" music videos that sent them down the path to stardom. Twenty of country music's hottest acts reveal what it was like becoming video stars in "CMT 20 Greatest First Videos" premiering Saturday, January 1st at 8:00pm ET. Hear new interviews from video favorites Shania Twain, Toby Keith, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss and more as they reveal what it was like their first time in front of the camera.

• 12/22/04 Greatest Hits Certified Triple Platinum! From CMT.com: According to figures released Tuesday (Dec. 21) by the RIAA, Shania's new Greatest Hits album has been certified Triple Platinum for 3 million copies sold in the U.S.! Congratulations Shania!

• 12/22/04 Shania's Secret For A Great Album. From CountryStars.com: Shania has had a great year, finishing up a huge two-year tour and collecting another double diamond album for UP!. She says she owes a lot of her success to trying hard to make unique music. "I'm always trying to do something unique and be an individual artist so in that sense it's probably going to end up being different from a lot of what else is out there, but that is a goal, I do that intentionally, but not intentionally to be a trend setter," she says modestly. Yeah, it does take time to put together I think a good quality record," she admts. "More time for me, I think because I write my own music, so you know, of course it's just more time consuming. And then you know, all the studio time."

• 12/22/04 Shania Calendar - #3 Best Seller. From CountryNation.com: The 2005 Shania Twain calendar is this year's Number 3 best seller at Calendars.com -- right behind "West Highland White Terriers" at Number 2 -- with the "Mom's Plan-It" calendar topping the list. Rounding out the Top 10: "Dilbert by Scott Adams" (4), "Thomas Kinkade - Painter of Light" (5) "Clay Aiken" (6), "The OC Calendar" (7), "365 Cats Page-A-Day" (8), "Michael Phelps" (9), "Boston Red Sox " (10)

• 12/19/04 Lots Of Shania In Country Weekly - Again. Shania is scattered throughout the January 3rd issue of Country Weekly (Keith Urban on cover). On Page 14 in the Scene & Heard section, there is an article about a holiday poll conducted by the GAC network. The poll asked which country star would you like to sing you a holiday song. Shania won the poll. Along with the article about the poll, there is a photo of Shania & Billy from "Good Morning America." Also on Page 14 in the Scene & Heard section, there's an article about Shania being a vegetarian. On Page 31, Shania is mentioned in an article about Emerson Drive. In the article on them, they talk about how great Shania treated them when they toured with her on her "Up!" tour. On Pages 38-40, there's a feature story "Fast Track Shania" about ALL of the stuff Shania did in November and where she's been. The section fearures 12 Shania photos! On Page 40, there are photos and talk about all of the award shows Shania has been on. There are photos of Shania from the CMA awards. There are also photos from the BMI Awards - where Shania collected Song of the Year honors for "Forever and For Always." One of the BMI photos features Shania with Loretta Lynn. Also on Page 40, there is a small article called "The Double Diva" at the bottom of the page that talks about Shania's TWO versions of "Party For Two." There are also Photos of Shania from each video - one photo of Shania with Billy Currington and another photo of Shania with Mark McGrath. On Pages 48 and 49, there is a large photo of Shania & Loretta Lynn from the BMI awards. Finally on Page 67, there is a brief mention of Shania's "Greatest Hits" cd on a list of the top Country albums of the year, in terms of chart success.

• 12/19/04 Shania Owned The Road In '04. From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain couldn't have had a better 2004 at the ticket window, reporting $62.5-million in total tour grosses and playing to close to one-million fans. Toss last year's total into the pudding, and you come up with a staggering 86-million -- hands-down the top-grossing tour in history for a female country artist. Don't be coming to Daddy with who sold the most tickets -- he's only impressed by who brings home the biggest pile of dough. On a side note, Billboard magazine's year-end issue reported that Shania set the record for the highest grossing tour for a female country artist!

• 12/18/04 Reader's Digest Article. As I mentioned last week, Shania is on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Reader's Digest. Inside there is an article entitled "Shania Twain: On Her Way." Click HERE to read this interesting article/interview!

• 12/16/04 Greatest Hits Certified Double Platinum! According to Billboard, the RIAA has certified Shania's Greatest Hits album Double Platinum indicating 2 million+ copies sold in the U.S.! The album remains at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for a second week after a 22% sales increase to 237,000 copies. GH remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart for the fifth straight week.

• 12/16/04 Shania Leads Canadian Christmas Sales. From Chart Attack: With one week of Christmas shopping to go, the winner of the holiday season CD race looks to be Shania Twain. After a strong showing from U2 a couple of weeks ago, Twain forcefully came back and holds down #1 for the second week in a row. Twain's Greatest Hits is selling like mad, actually increasing sales over last week. The country pop star sold 61,700 CDs last week, up 5,000 from the week before. This sudden surge of Shania fever has pushed her well ahead of her toughest competition, U2.

• 12/13/04 UP! - Third Highest Grossing Tour Of 2004. From Billboard: Madonna's blockbuster Re-Invention tour took all of the drama out of the top tour of the year race, ringing up a year's best $125 million in total box office gross by the time it wrapped in September. According to Billboard Boxscore, Madonna sold out 55 of 56 performances worldwide, with an average nightly take of $2.23 million. Prince's Musicology tour drew nearly 1.5 million people, more than any other artist, and grossed $90.2 million, second only to Madonna. Shania Twain was third, reporting grosses totaling $62.5 million and playing to nearly 950,000 fans (#1 overall grossing country tour). The rest of the top 10 included Simon & Garfunkel ($59 million), Metallica ($53.8 million), Bette Midler ($53.3 million), Sting ($52.4 million), Kenny Chesney ($49.3 million), David Bowie ($46 million) and Toby Keith ($44.3 million). Celine Dion would have qualified for third place with the $77 million she took in at her Las Vegas residency, but her Caesars Palace-only show does not qualify as an actual tour.

• 12/10/04 Lots Of Shania In Country Weekly. Shania is scattered throughout the December 20th issue of Country Weekly (The Year In Review). There's a picture of Shania performig on "Good Morning America" on page 1 along with a small article, they listed awards Shania received in 2004, mentioned her UP! tour making $55 million, mentioned her movie roles, there's a review for Shania's Greatest Hits album, there's an article about Come On Over being certified Double Diamond as well as some other tidbits. So go pick up a copy today!

• 12/8/04 "Don't" World Premiere Video - Dec. 30th! According to Shania's Official Fan Club, Shania's "Don't" video will WORLD PREMIERE on CMT (U.S.) during their year-end New Year's Top Twenty Special on December 30th at 6:00pm ET/PT!

• 12/7/04 Shania Receives Two Grammy Nominations. Nominations for the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy. Shania received two nominations: Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("She's Not Just A Pretty Face") and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals ("Coat Of Many Colors" - Shania Twain with Alison Krauss & Union Station). Congratulations Shania! The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8:00-11:30pm EST. Click HERE for a complete list of nominations.

• 12/7/04 Shania On Reader's Digest Cover! Shania is on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Reader's Digest. I'll post the cover soon. It's the familiar picture of Shania wearing the light blue tank top. Inside there is an article entitled "Shania Twain: On Her Way" on page 92. Shania talks about her Greatest Hits album as well as the formation of a charity to help kids in need. Shania says, "Not a day goes by that I'm not planning this charity to help underprivileged kids, hungry kids in North America. I know what happened to us and what happens to a lot of kids, and somebody needs to help them."

• 12/7/04 COO Double Diamond News. An official press release has finally been released in regards to Come On Over's Double Diamond status. According to Billboard, Shania Twain has joined an exclusive club as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November certified her 1997 album "Come On Over" 20 times platinum. The milestone reflects U.S. shipments of 20 million copies of the single-disc Mercury Nashville set, the equivalent of two of the RIAA's diamond level awards (10 million). "Come On Over" is the best-selling country album in history, according to the RIAA. Only five artists have titles that have shipped more copies to U.S. retailers: the Eagles (1976's single-disc "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975)," 28 million), Michael Jackson (1982's single-disc "Thriller," 26 million), Pink Floyd (1979's two-disc "The Wall," 23 million), Led Zeppelin (1971's single-disc "Led Zeppelin IV," 22 million) and Billy Joel (1985's two-disc "Greatest Hits, Vol. I & II," 21 million). (Ed note: For its accounting purposes, the RIAA counts each disc of a multiple-disc release as a single unit towards a title's total.)
Twain's entry into that pantheon debuted at No. 1 Billboard's Top Country Albums and No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart upon its release. Eleven of the 16 tracks reached Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "You're Still the One" (No. 1), "Love Gets Me Every Time" (No. 1), "Honey I'm Home" (No. 1), "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (No. 4), "Come on Over"(No. 6), "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" (No. 6), "From This Moment On" (No. 6), "That Don't Impress Me Much" (No. 8), "You've Got a Way" (No. 13), "I'm Holdin' on to Love (To Save My Life)" (No. 17) and "Rock This Country" (No. 30).

• 12/7/04 Christmas With Shania. From CMT Canada: Christmas is not that far away and lucky for Shania Twain she might just get some time to enjoy it. She told us that Christmas was always a fun time for her family. "We all decorated the tree. It was a really nice, family time for our family. And we would often travel to my grandparents' house when we lived out of town. And we would spend between Christmas and New Year's with them a lot of the times. And that was more of a big, you know, Aunts, Uncles, cousins and all that sort of thing on my Dad's side of the family. So, my immediate family spent most of our Christmases by ourselves and it was really quite nice."

• 12/5/04 Shania: Two Years Of Triumph. From GAC: The last time we wrote about Shania Twain she had just begun a new assault on country music hoping to take her already lofty superstar status to even greater heights with the release of a new album and the beginning of a new tour. It was just over two years ago that she released her album UP!. What's followed has been two years of undisputed triumph. Click HERE to read the rest of the article!

• 12/5/04 Shania To Co-Host Country Countdown USA. According to Country Countdown USA, Shania will co-host the countdown next weekend (Dec. 11-12) with Lon Helton. Her Greatest Hits CD has just been released, featuring her duet with Billy Currington. She talks about recording that song, and shooting the video. She also talks about a couple of recent movie roles. And she tells us what she'll be doing in 2005. If the countdown doesn't air on a radio station in your area, you can listen to the radio show online at 3Cdigital.com. Tune in on Saturday at 11am UK time, and again Sunday at 9pm (4pm US Eastern time).

• 12/3/04 Shania Richly Blessed. Click HERE to read this great article!

• 12/3/04 CMT 20 Biggest Headlines Of 2004. From PRNewswire: CMT looks back at 2004's top country music stories and their newsmakers for a countdown to the top story of the year on CMT 20 BIGGEST HEADLINES OF 2004 premiering Saturday, Dec. 18 at 9:00- 10:00pm ET/PT. Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Reba, Toby Keith, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, Big & Rich, Jimmy Buffett, and Keith Urban among others are featured.

• 12/3/04 Shania Taking Time To Enjoy Son. From Yahoo/AP: After a decade of touring and focusing on her career, Shania Twain says she's now ready to enjoy life more and spend time with her new son — in addition to creating music. "I haven't cracked as many champagne bottles open as I probably should have over the last 10 years, just because I was always so focused on the future, what's next, all that sort of stuff," Twain told reporters at a recent news conference. Twain, 39, has received such recognition as Favorite Female Pop/Rock Artist at the 2000 American Music Awards and Country Album of the Year for "The Woman In Me" at the 1996 Billboard Music Awards. Over the past 10 years, Twain has undertaken a heavy schedule of touring, recording, writing and promotion but "never really (stopping) to enjoy the moment as it's happening. That's kind of unfortunate," she said. But that has already begun to change. For one, she has been spending more time with her son, Eja, who accompanied Twain around the world on her most recent tour. "He's just a wonderful little boy — cheerful, happy and he's got a lot of miles under his belt right now," she said.

• 12/3/04 Homecoming Special Draws #1 Rating. From CTV: Recording superstar Shania Twain was the most popular Canadian on the dial Monday night, when 1.535 million Canadians (2+) tuned in to "Shania's Homecoming" on CTV. The one-hour special, which aired head-to-head against the finale of CBC's "The Greatest Canadian", attracted 63 percent more viewers, making Twain the greater Canadian for viewers last night. "Shania's Homecoming" will be rebroadcast this Sunday, Dec. 5 at 8:00pm ET (check local listings), exclusively on CTV.

• 12/1/04 Week Three GH Album Sales. From Billboard: Thanksgiving week sales pricing by selected retailers fueled a 65% boost for Shania Twain's Greatest Hits compilation to sales of 384,000 copies and a No. 5 to No. 3 jump on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The album remains atop the Billboard Country Album Chart and overall sales have passed the one million mark. Congratulations Shania!

• 12/1/04 People's Choice Awards - Vote! Shania is nominated for Favorite Country Female Singer at The People's Choice Awards being held Sunday, January 9th. The awards will be broadcast live on CBS at 9:00pm ET. Click HERE to VOTE for Shania!

• 12/1/04 Shania Receives Double Diamond Plaque! According to a recent article in the Toledo Blade, Shania Twain accepted a 45-pound Double Diamond plaque that honors her for selling more than 20 million copies of her Come On Over record, which is the first country record to reach that level.

• 11/30/04 Billboard Music Awards. From Billboard: The nominees for the 2004 Billboard Music Awards have been announced. Shania is nominated for Female Country Artist of the Year. She is up against Sara Evans, Martina McBride and Gretchen Wilson. The awards will be handed out December 8 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena and broadcast live on FOX at 8:00pm ET. No word if Shania will be in attendance or perform.

• 11/30/04 Shania Special On 3C! From 3cDigital.com: Shania Twain visits 3C for a one-hour special on Wednesday December 1st, at 9am and 7pm (2pm U.S. Eastern Time). During the show, you'll have the chance to win a personally autographed Shania prize pack, featuring her Greatest Hits CD and a signed photo!

• 11/30/04 Febreze Radio Commercial Online. Check out Shania's Febreze ScentStories radio commercial. Click HERE and scroll down to "Click here for a special message from Shania."

• 11/27/04 Shania - The Only Global Country Artist. From Billboard: Country artists need to try harder when it comes to international markets, according to talent executive Bruce Allen. During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music Assn.'s Global Markets Forum in Nashville, Allen said few country artists have careers outside the United States because most aren't willing to work for it. In Allen's view, only one artist, Canadian Shania Twain, has a truly global career, and he says her ability to cross over to the pop mainstream was a critical element in her international success. Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes have some international presence, Allen allowed, but they are "miles behind Shania." "She was always imaged correctly," he said of Twain, noting that in publicity photos of Twain there was "not a boot, spur, fireplace or cactus." Artists have to work the market and they have to show up, and that means more than one visit," he said. "They have to be willing to get on a plane and go to Europe and do the big TV shows. In Europe, if you do the right TV and have the right image, you can get a foothold. And if you can get a foothold, you can kick the door down."

• 11/27/04 Shania's Top 20 Videos. Here's the list of videos from Shania's Top Twenty Countdown special as voted by fans at CMT.com. Check out the schedule for complete air times.
20. Love Gets Me Every Time
19. It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing
18. No One Needs To Know
17. Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
16. (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here
15. She's Not Just A Pretty Face
14. When You Kiss Me
13. Up!
12. Honey, I'm Home
11. The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)
10. From This Moment On
9. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
8. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
7. You Win My Love
6. You're Still The One
5. Forever And For Always
4. That Don't Impress Me Much
3. Any Man Of Mine
2. Party For Two
1. Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

• 11/25/04 Shania Spotted In New Zealand Supermarket. From stuff.co.nz: The town's rumour mill yesterday announced the presence of Wanaka's occasional resident, who is also the United States' top selling country music artist and was this month again voted the sexiest country music star. Twain (39) and her music producer husband, Mutt Lange, live in Switzerland and recently purchased the Motatapu Station and Mt Soho Station pastoral leases (combined area about 24,700ha) for about $21 million. Twain and Mr Lange intend to farm merino sheep, create a 12,000ha conservation estate, provide a public walking track linking Wanaka with Arrowtown and build two tramping huts. A New World Supermarket worker, who declined to be named, said people had spotted Twain in the store yesterday morning. The check-out shift had since changed and he "did not have a clue" who had served Twain, he said. Department of Conservation area manager Paul Hellebrekers visited Motatapu Station yesterday but said he had "no comment" when asked if he had seen Twain or Mr Lange. The couple indicated in their application to buy the farms that they intended to spend at least four months of the year at Motatapu to escape the pressures of their public careers. Twain had a busy schedule earlier this month and her website lists no engagements in the coming months. She released her latest album Shania Twain's Greatest Hits on November 9, shortly after visiting her home town of Timmins in Canada. She has just finished a series of media activities to promote her album and on November 18 received Germany's Bambi Award in the International Pop Artist category.

• 11/25/04 Shania Reminisces In Homecoming Special. Click HERE to read the article.

• 11/24/04 Week Two GH Album Sales. From Billboard: Shania's Greatest Hits album had second-week sales of 232,000 copies - a 55% drop in sales from its first week. The album remains atop of the Billboard Country Album Chart but slips from No. 2 to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

• 11/24/04 TV Guide - Canada. Shania is on the cover of the Nov. 27 - Dec. 3 edition of Canada's TV Guide. The article inside is about Shania's return home to Timmins a few weeks ago to officially open the Shania Twain Centre. Shania also talks about raising Eja. Click HERE to read! Click HERE to view cover.

• 11/24/04 CMT Shania Top 20 Countdown. From CMT.com: Over the Thanksgiving weekend, fans of Top Twenty Countdown will get a double dose of CMT's popular weekly show. In addition to the regular weekly episode, we'll have a special Shania Twain Countdown episode. The Canadian superstar will be on hand to answer many questions and count down the 20 most popular Twain videos, as voted by fans at CMT.com. The special premieres Friday, Nov. 26th at 10:00pm. Check out the schedule for complete air times.

• 11/24/04 Loretta Lynn On Shania. In the current issue of Country Weekly, country legend Loretta Lynn had this to say about Shania: "What I like about Shania is she writes story songs, like I do. And Dolly does. She writes from her heart. And the suits in Nashville don't know what to do about her. All I know is that she can sing with me any day of the week."

• 11/23/04 "Don't" Video Shot In Mexico. From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain reportedly headed South to shoot the video for "Don't," off her Greatest Hits album. -- South, as in the Oaxaca, Mexico area. The video was filmed at the Camino Real Oaxaca Hotel and was apparently shot on October 24th. The clip was directed by Wayne Isham, the guy behind video projects for artists such as Metallica, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin and Michael Jackson. No word yet when the video will be released.

• 11/23/04 Simply The Greatest! From CountryNow.com: There are those in Nashville who say Shania Twain's pop-infused sound is bad for country, as it continues to pull the genre further and further away from its heyday, when the likes of Loretta Lynn, George Jones and Johnny Cash ruled the roost. Others insist that Shania is as much a trailblazer as any of the above-mentioned three, that by adding "nontraditional" elements to her tunes she is advancing country toward a different -- and not inferior -- destination. On the basis of album sales, airplay data, concert receipts and television appearances, there is overwhelming evidence that the latter argument holds more water. Shania, who will turn 40 next August, is still one of country's most popular figures, and from an international point of view, she likely is the most popular. Click on link above to read more.

• 11/18/04 Shania Wins BAMBI Award - PICS! From Hubert Burda Media: Germany's BAMBI Awards were held tonight and Shania won the award for Best International Pop Artist. Congratulations Shania! The Bambi Awards are staged each year to recognize outstanding performances in the worlds of film, music, politics and sports. During the show, Shania performed her single "Party For Two" with Mark McGrath. Click HERE for pics!

• 11/18/04 Shania Online Chat. While in Europe promoting her Greatest Hits album, Shania stopped by GMTV and took part in an online chat. Click HERE to read a transcript. Here's an excerpt:
Q. What keeps you singing and songwriting? Shania: I'm constantly inspired by life around me and will allways write music. My passion for creating sounds/music is my way of expressing emotion and the lyrics are how I release stress etc. I guess you could say music is therapy for me. I'll never quit.

• 11/17/04 Official Sales Numbers. From Billboard: According to Nielsen SoundScan data issued today, here are the official album sales numbers for last week. No. 1 - Eminem's Encore (711,000 copies); No. 2 - Shania Twain's Greatest Hits (530,000); No. 3 - Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2 (435,000); No. 4 - Britney Spears' Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (255,000); No. 5 - Various artists - Now That's What I Call Music - Volume 17 (223,000).

• 11/17/04 Shania Sets Another Record! From CountryNation.com: Based on last week's sales figures, Shania Twain's "Greatest Hits," becomes the biggest country greatest hits package debut in the history of Soundscan, and the 2nd biggest greatest hits package debut in the history of Soundscan, behind only "The Beatles #1's". Toby Keith's "Greatest Hits 2," becomes the 3rd biggest country greatest hits package debut in the history of Soundscan and the 5th biggest among all genres.

• 11/17/04 Shania's Biggest Wish. From CountryWeekly.com: With a busy career and toddler son, Shania Twain reveals that what she wants most is a little alone time. "I'd like more free time," said Shania to Nashville IQ, "now that I have a child. My career is all-occupying, as all of our careers are, but now that I have a child I have so little time to do things just for myself. I'd like to spend more time riding [horses], I'd like to spend more time cooking, things that just aren't demanding, just time for myself. I think every woman gets to that point when you have a multi-dimensional life where you say, 'Okay, what is there I can do that includes nobody but myself.'"

• 11/16/04 Greatest Hits Debuts At #1 On Country Chart! According to HitsDailyDouble.com, Shania's Greatest Hits album had first week sales of 530,333 copies and debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart. The album is No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart behind Eminem's Encore which debuts at No. 1 with sales of 737,250 in only 3 days (Encore was released Friday). Sales for this week's chart were cut off on Sunday. Here is the rest of the Top 5: No. 3 - Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2 (433,449); No. 4 - Britney Spears' Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (252,381); No. 5 - Various artists - Now That's What I Call Music - Volume 17 (232,389). Shania's Greatest Hits debuted at No. 1 in Canada, No. 3 in Austria, No. 4 in Switzerland, No. 6 in the UK, France and Ireland, No. 10 in Australia and New Zealand, No. 14 in Norway and No. 28 in Holland.

• 11/13/04 Come On Over Certified Double Diamond - 20 Million! From Tennessean.com: Diamonds are a girl's best friend. In the music biz, ''diamond'' means 10 million albums sold. Shania Twain hit double diamond status (for 20 million units sold) last week on her album Come On Over, making it the best-selling country album of all time, her record label says. Congratulations Shania!!!

• 11/12/04 SHANIA ON OPRAH - NOV. 16TH!!! According to a commercial for "The Oprah Winfrey Show", Shania will be a guest on Tuesday, November 16th! The show is entitled "A Once In A Lifetime Wedding" and the commercial mentioned "with superstar surprises" and showed Shania walking in. I'll post more details as they become available. You can also check Oprah.com.

• 11/12/04 Shania Helps Break Domino Toppling World Record. Every year the Dutch try to break the domino toppling world record. The day is known as Domino Day. Today Shania was in Holland for the annual event where she performed "Party For Two" with Mark McGrath.and was given the honor of pushing the first domino which started the chain reaction. The NEW Domino Toppling World Record is 3,992,397! For more info, visit DominoDomain.com.

• 11/11/04 Toby Was First Choice For "PFT". From CountryStars.com: According to Shania her first choice for a duet partner for "Party For Two," was Toby Keith. They had started out their careers together at Mercury Records doing the Triple Play Tour with John Brannen, and Toby initially said yes. "The trouble was I hadn't completed the song yet," Shania admits. "I was on tour and it took time to finish the song. By the time it was finished, things had changed and Toby said, or somebody with Toby said they couldn't do, I think because our albums were coming out at the same time. So, I went looking for somebody else."

• 11/11/04 Songwriting: The Meat Of It All. From The Plain Dealer: ...Twain's commercial impact has been across the country and pop divide in the past 11 years. She does, however, hope that those who buy "Greatest Hits" will appreciate that she wrote or co-wrote all these songs, a feat she says is often "overridden by the image or the fame or the success." "That part of it, the songwriting, has nothing to do with the glamour or the fashion or the fans or being famous or being a star," Twain explains. "It's the meat of it all, and it gets very little attention. So for me, personally, it's a chance to go 'Wow!' and pat myself on the back and go 'Gee, you've really written a lot of stuff and accomplished a lot.' "

• 11/10/04 Shania Looks Forward To Free Time. From CMT: Several country stars came back to the CMA Awards pressroom to talk to reporters. Shania Twain, who released her Greatest Hits album Tuesday, said she's only now enjoying the fruits of her labor. "I never stopped to enjoy the moments as they were happening, which is kind of unfortunate," Twain says. "So, I haven't cracked as many champagne bottles open as I probably should have over the last 10 years just because I was always so focused on the future, what's next, and all that stuff. I think this is the first moment I can say is starting to feel good and comfortable. I can look back and say, 'Wow. All this has happened to me over the last 10 years.' It feels really good." Twain also longs for "more free time." "My career is, of course, all-occupying, as all of our careers are," she said. "But now that I have a child, I have so little time to do things just for myself. I would just like to spend more time writing, more time cooking. Things that have nothing to do with my career. Things that just aren't demanding. The parenting is demanding. The career is demanding. "Mutt" [her husband and producer R.J. "Mutt Lange] is pretty darn good, though. He's not overly demanding. So, you know, just time to myself. I think every woman gets to that point where you've got a multi-dimensional life, where you just say, 'OK, what is it I like to do that includes nobody else?' Writing happens to be one of those."

• 11/10/04 When The Songs Are Written.... From CountryStars.com: In spite of selling over 65 million albums worldwide, over 10 million in the past year, and mounting a two-year tour that grossed over 80 million dollars, Shania Twain was completely ignored by the CMA nominations this year. Many feel she should've been represented in the Entertainer and Female Vocalist categories at least. In spite of that re-buff, Shania showed up to the awards to perform her new duet with Billy Currington and to show her commitment to country music. She had announced that she would be taking some time off, and told us backstage that she didn't know how long that would be, "I've already begun writing. But, it's the writing that determines when we come back out," Shania said. "When the songs have been written, then the album will be done too." But, Shania says she's looking forward to some private time too, to be with her son Eja.

• 11/9/04 Shania At The CMAs - PICS! Shania performed her latest single "Party For Two" with Billy Currington tonight at the 38th Annual CMA Awards. Along with performing, Shania also did a bit of co-hosting and presented the Song of the Year award to Tim McGraw for "Live Like You Were Dying." In announcing the award, Shania said, "Country music always comes down to a really great song, a song that speaks to us — all of us." Click HERE for pics! Check back for more.

• 11/9/04 Shania On The Early Show. From cbsnews.com (watch interiew): When country songer and songwriter Shania Twain isn't writing songs, she's writing recipes. The artist, who will perform at the Country Music Awards Tuesday night, told "The Early Show" co-anchor Hannah Storm that she likes to keep her home life separate from her work. "They'll always be two separate things, two separate entities," said Twain, who has a home in Switzerland with her husband and 3-year-old son, Eja. "When I'm working, I'm working and when I'm not working, I'm not working. "When I'm not on the stage, I'm at kitchen in home and cooking. When I'm not writing songs, I'm writing recipes. There are two sides to my life that are both very important. I couldn't do without either. And I love the contrast that it brings to my life and the change. But I never live in both at the same time." She says Eja still doesn't seem to understand what his mommy does for a living. "He knows I go to concerts. When I come back, he'll say, 'How was your concert, Mommy?' instead of, 'How was your day?'" Twain's new CD, a compilation of hits, is being released Tuesday to coincide with the music awards, as is a new CD by country star Toby Keith. Brooks & Dunn host the Country Music Awards for the first time Tuesday night. The 38th annual rendition will be broadcast live on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville at 8 pm. ET/PT. One of music's most successful female artists ever, Twain will make a special appearance on the CMA extravaganza, performing the latest single off her new Greatest Hits CD. The CD consists of 17 classics and three band new songs. The tune she'll be performing at the CMAs is a flirty, fun duet with country newcomer Billy Currington, called "Party for Two." She admitted she'll be nervous, though she said she's not sure why she still gets the jitters this point in her career.

• 11/9/04 Shania's Greatest Hit: Her Stunning Success! Click HERE to read the article! Click HERE for newspaper scan. Pick up a copy of USA Today today!

• 11/9/04 "FAFA" Named BMI Country Song Of The Year! From BMI: Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always" won Country Song of the Year honors Monday night from the music licensing agency BMI. The song, co-written by Twain and her husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, was the most performed country song of the year, based on U.S. broadcasts. It was Twain's fourth BMI song of the year win. "Forever and For Always" was also named song of the year at the 2004 BMI London awards, and her hit "You're Still the One" received the honor at both the 1999 BMI pop and country awards. Twain, 39, also was named BMI songwriter of the year at both the 1999 and 2000 pop and country awards and now has 28 BMI awards. Eight songwriters were double winners, contributing two songs each to the most-performed list: Bob DiPiero, Scotty Emerick, Tony Martin, Wendell Mobley, Tim Nichols, Tom Shapiro, Jeffrey Steele, and Shania Twain. "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" was Shania's other song on the most-performed list. Click HERE for pics! For a complete list of 2004 BMI Country Awards winners, visit bmi.com.

• 11/8/04 Shania Looks Back On Career With Greatest Hits. Click HERE to read the article!

• 11/8/04 Win A "Party For Two" In Las Vegas! From Mercury: This ain't just any kind of party ... We're celebrating the release of Shania Twain's first-ever Greatest Hits album in stores November 9! GRAND PRIZE: A trip for two to LAS VEGAS; One First Prize: Signed guitar and autographed copy of Shania Twain's Greatest Hits CD; 10 Second Prizes: Shania Twain's complete CD and DVD catalog. Click HERE to enter contest!

• 11/8/04 Shania Takes Time To Smell The Roses. From CountryWeekly.com: Shania Twain says that her Greatest Hits album, in stores tomorrow, is a time to reflect on what she's done, before looking ahead. "When you're pursuing a successful career, it's hard work and very, very tiring," she admits. "So it's nice to come to the point of doing this greatest hits because I'm coming to the point of sitting back and reflecting on what I've done as opposed to what I still have to do. It's a nice release to say, 'Wow, look at all we've done' and it helps you pause a bit and appreciate all the work."

• 11/7/04 Reminder: Shania On QVC! Don't forget Shania will be on QVC Monday, November 8th at 7:00pm ET from the capital of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. During the live, one-hour QVC presentation, Shania will offer QVC shoppers her Greatest Hits album specially packaged with the Platinum Collection DVD. A limited quantity of the CD/DVD sets will be autographed by Shania. In addition, Shania will offer a DVD version of her popular "Up! Close & Personal" concert special, featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station. Watch a commercial HERE. The Greatest Hits CD and "Up! Close & Personal" DVD will be available in stores Tuesday, Nov. 9th!

• 11/7/04 Shania Gets Candid With CMT Insider. CMT has a great interview with Shania! Part 1 - Part 2

• 11/7/04 Shania Online Chat Transcript. If you missed Shania's live chat on MSN Friday night, you can read a transcript HERE. Shania talked about keeping her personal life private, Eja's interest in Thomas the tank engine, her dog Tim who passed away a few months ago, how she wrote "From This Moment On" at a soccer game and the last concert of her UP! tour in Sunrise, Florida.

• 11/6/04 Shania On TV Guide - PICS & Article! Shania is on the cover of the November 7-13 edition of TV Guide (U.S.). Apparently there is another cover out there with "Desperate Housewives" so be sure to look for Shania's cover. Inside there are a couple pics including a beautiful new one of Shania laying in a hammock. There's also an interesting article and interview with Shania. Click HERE to read the article!

• 11/5/04 Shania Rocks "GMA"! Shania rocked "Good Morning America" this morning as she performed live in Nashville. Shania sang 4 songs - 3 aired live this morning ("Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" and "Party For Two" w/Billy Currington) and 1 ("Forever And For Always") was taped for "GMA Weekend" which airs tomorrow morning. However, not all ABC affiliates air the weekend show.
AP article: Shania Twain Treats Fans to Block Party
From NewsChannel5.com: Broadway is back open after this morning's free Shania Twain concert. More than 3,000 people filled the area surrounding the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway to hear Twain sing. The show only lasted 20 minutes but the stage took hours to tear down. Streets in the downtown area were closed for nearly 24 hours. Fans at the show said the inconvenience was worth it. The concert was paid for by “Good Morning America.” “It does cost the city money for the man power that this put in, but its very small,” said Lee Alexander, the operations producer for “Good Morning America.” Merchants said they were thrilled with the turn-out. They said they waited on customers from across the nation who made the trip to Nashville to see Twain in concert.

• 11/5/04 Shania On "The Early Show" - Nov. 9th! From PRNewswire: CBS News anchor Hannah Storm will bring CBS "The Early Show" back to the Grand Ole Opry House for interviews with Toby Keith and Shania Twain, as well as live reports on Tuesday morning, Nov. 9. The shows airs at 7:00am ET. That night, the 38th Annual CMA Awards will air live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville from 8:00-11:00pm ET on CBS. Shania will be a guest host and perform "Party For Two" with Billy Currington. CMT will air "CMA Red Carpet 2004" beginning at 7:00pm ET.

• 11/5/04 "Any Man Of Mine" Was Risky. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine," the melodically militant, men beware attitude song, became her first #1 hit, and the springboard for the monster career that followed. But, in talking about the tunes on her upcoming Greatest Hits album (in stores 11/9): "Any Man of Mine' was a risky song to release," she says, "A lot of people were afraid of it. It was way too edgy for what was going on. Everybody was kind of leery about releasing it. And I remember when I went on the radio tour to introduce all this new music, it was so amazing getting a reaction to that song. Some people just loved it. They just fell in love with it right away. And other people it really did scare. I don't know whether they just didn't like it or whether they thought, "Whoa!'"

• 11/3/04 Chat With Shania On MSN - Nov. 5th! From MSN: Come on over on Friday, November 5 as we host a very special event with multi-Grammy platinum artist Shania Twain. We’ll be chatting live from Nashville as Shania answers fan questions about her new album “Shania Twain Greatest Hits” (featuring 21 tracks) releasing November 9 and more. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet one of country music’s biggest stars. Now does that impress you much? Chat begins on Friday, November 5 at 10pm ET/7pm PT

• 11/3/04 Shania Co-Hosts "Canada AM"! Click HERE to read an article about Shania co-hosting "Canada AM" this morning in Toronto. You can WATCH several clips HERE!

• 11/2/04 Timmins Welcomes Home Shania - PICS! Click HERE to read an article about Shania's return home to Timmins to officially open the Shania Twain Centre. CLICK HERE FOR PICTIRES! Keep checking back for more in the days to come.
More articles: Timmins welcomes Shania back home - In Twain town - Shania's changed, but so has Timmins - Twain jets into Timmins for ribbon-cutting ceremony

• 11/2/04 Shania Comes Home To Timmins! From CTV: Today is the day Timmins, Ont. has been looking forward to for more than three years. Hometown girl Shania Twain has returned to finally inaugurate the museum built in her honour. Though it's a frosty day in Timmins, with the thermometer reading just below freezing, Twain warmed up hearts with a surprise visit to her old high school, Timmins High and Vocational School. Twain's former math teacher, Gord Spylo, dropped by for the occasion and gave his former student a pop quiz, reports principal Wendy Adams. They then visited the music room where Twain used to write music. Twain said good-bye by presenting a $10,000 Band-Aid grant from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the purchase of musical instruments. The principal reciprocated by giving Twain two hockey jerseys from the school -- one for her and a "pint-sized version'' for her son Eja. Later Tuesday, city officials expect about 5,000 people to join a parking lot shindig outside the Shania Twain Centre. The museum, which acts as a home base for an annual Shania Twain Fan Convention every August, is a sprawling 1,035-square-metre facility that houses Twain's many trophies and flamboyant outfits, as well as her wedding dress. The museum has actually been open to the public since 2001, but the singing superstar wasn't able to come for the opening, blaming her pregnancy. Now that she's here, she's donating some new memorabilia for the occasion. She'll get a private tour of the Centre before cutting the official ribbon at 3:30 p.m. ET and signing autographs. The town of Timmins has gone all-out for the visit, lining its streets with flags and billboards, welcoming the star home.

• 11/1/04 Shania Fans Await Her Arrival In Timmins. From CTV: Shania Twain fans spent hours lining up in the Timmins, Ont. cold Monday, waiting to snare wristbands that will give them a chance to meet their hometown musical hero. Twain, who made her fame in Nashville and now lives in Switzerland, grew up in the northern Ontario city of 43,000. She's coming home Tuesday to officially cut the ribbon on The Shania Twain Centre, a museum dedicated to her career. The museum has actually been open to the public since 2001, but it's the superstar's first visit, and she's donating some new memorabilia for the occasion. Twain's last visit to Timmins was in 2000, when she dropped in on her high school reunion. CTV's Ben Mulroney, in Timmins to film a musical documentary on the visit, said he met one woman Monday afternoon who had waited in line for 27 hours. Another woman, Lorraina Watson, travelled all the way from the United Kingdom for a chance to meet her favorite star. She said those lining up with her during the overnight wait took turns going off for coffee to warm up. Dave Jones, who travelled from Sault Ste. Marie, said he is a huge fan. "We are here because Shania rocks," he told CTV News. "She's amazing. We followed her at a bunch of concerts last year, and buy about five copies of every album, so it only natural to come for the grand opening of the centre." Fans have also been lining up in Toronto. Twain will co-host Canada AM live from Dundas Square in the heart of the city's downtown on Wednesday morning, and will follow that with an autograph signing session.

• 11/1/04 Billy On Shania & Mutt. From CountryStars.com: Billy Currington says he'd never met Shania Twain before he got a phone call from her inviting him to sing with her on the country version of "Party for Two. But, Billy says it didn't take him long to figure out what kind of folks Shania and Mutt Lange are. "What a smart lady," he says about Shania. "She's a lady who knows exactly what she wants in her music, in her videos and, I'm sure, in her everyday life. But so smart, just talking to her you can tell." "She's just as brilliant as her husband, and her husband is just the genius we've all heard about. Working with him in the studio, even if he thinks you've gotten it on the first take, he wants all that he can get from you," Billy says of Mutt who ended up having him sing his part 6 or 7 times.
BY THE WAY SHANIA FANS...If you're worried you'll miss Shania when she takes a year or so off to write, you can sure fill up your Shania tank as she hits the media to support her Greatest Hits album. Shania will appear on Good Morning America (11/5), Good Morning America Weekend (11/6), CMA Awards (11/9), CBS Early Show (11/9), Extra (11/9), Access Hollywood (11/9), CNN (11/9), A&E Biography (December), among many other shows. Print outlets featuring Shania include TV Guide (November), Reader's Digest (January), and USA Today feature (11/9).

• 10/31/04 CTV Special To Air Nov. 29th! According to the Toronto Sun, CTV's prime-time special - an exclusive chronicle of Shania's Nov. 2nd visit to Timmins - will air Monday, Nov. 29 at 8:00pm ET. The special is entitled "Shania's Homecoming." CTV camera crews have been granted exclusive access, providing viewers with candid, behind-the-scenes footage from her trip home, including her emotional first visit to the "Shania Twain Centre." CTV cameras will also capture Twain as she greets fans, friends and family and visits other local landmarks during the memorable day. The prime-time special will also feature highlights from Twain's stint the following day as co-host of Canada AM (November 3).

• 10/31/04 Shania: "I'm Not Pregnant." From SFGate.com: Shania Twain has hit out at rumors that she is expecting her second child with her record producer husband Robert "Mutt" Lange. Recent reports claim the 39-year-old singer had made the most of her time away from the studio to become pregnant with a brother or sister for 3-year-old son Eja. But Twain insists the couple are still too busy enjoying the novelty of being parents to think about adding to their family. She says, "He's beautiful and we're having such a great time. If it happened, it would be an accident, let's put it that way. We're not planning another one. I'd always welcome another child, but we're not going to plan for it. And we're quite happy the way we are. We've got so much to look forward to, with the (Up!) tour ending, and Eja's going to be starting school in a year or so. "I look forward to all those things. I won't want him to start school earlier than he has to. I'd like to wait until he's five if I can."

• 10/29/04 The Best Of Times For Shania. Today's edition of the Toronto Sun has a terrific article and interview with Shania. Click HERE!

• 10/29/04 Shania On After MidNite. Shania will be a guest on "After MidNite with Blair Garner" on Sunday night Nov. 7/early Monday morning Nov. 8. Check aftermidnite.com for local radio stations.

• 10/29/04 Greatest Hits On GAC. From Shania's Mercury site: GAC will air a half-hour special on Shania's Greatest Hits on Friday, December 3rd. Check out gactv.com for show times.

• 10/28/04 Meet Shania In Timmins - Update. From Timmins Daily Press: Set the alarm clock early for the first day of November for a chance to meet Shania Twain in person. Shania Twain Centre customer service manager Tracy Hautanen is giving out 150 free wristbands to meet the diva herself and get her autograph. All Twain fans have to do is wait for the gates to open. "On Nov. 1 the gates at the end of the parking lot will open at 6 a.m.," Hautanen said. "The first 150 people at the door at 9 a.m. will receive a wristband which will make them eligible to get an autograph from Shania." Twain will sign autographs following the centre's ribbon cutting at the opening ceremony Nov. 2 at 3:30 p.m. Wristbands will be given out on a first come, first serve basis and Hautanen said individuals will be issued only one per person. Fans will have to play fair to qualify for a wristband, Hautanen added.

• 10/27/04 Shania On Lia Radio Show - Nov. 5th! From RadioLia.com: Something very exciting is happening on Lia's show Friday night, November 5th! Lia will be presenting "Shania Twain: Friday Night Live," a world premiere album release event as part of her regular Friday night show. This special 90-minute spotlight will air live via satellite from Emerald Studios in Nashville beginning at 9pm Central, 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain and 10pm eastern. Lia will be joined live by Shania Twain and a special guest host, who will be announced soon. Lia will relay questions to Shania from the studio audience, as well as from Lia show listeners tuning in from home. Twain will debut new music from her upcoming Greatest Hits album, including the ballad "Don't" and "I Ain't No Quitter." Event attendees and radio listeners will also hear a sampling of Twain's chart-topping hits. Following the live listening party, Lia will offer affiliates an exclusive behind-the scenes post-show celebration with the stars who attended the event. She'll round this half hour portion out with more of Twain fans' favorite tunes. Check local radio stations for station in your market/city.

• 10/26/04 Shania's Top 20 Countdown - Nov. 26th! On Friday, November 26th, Shania takes over the CMT studio with host Lance Smith for a unique episode of CMT TOP 20 COUNTDOWN featuring Shania's extensive video library. Shania, who completely immerses herself in creating her videos, gives CMT viewers her perspective on each video and talks about her personal favorites. Fans can vote for their favorite Shania videos at CMT.com, and CMT will count them down on the special SHANIA'S TOP 20 COUNTDOWN, premiering Friday, Nov. 26 at 10:00 PM-12:00 Midnight, ET/PT.

• 10/26/04 GH CD Promotions To Help Second Harvest. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain and Mercury Records have teamed up with many of the nation's top country nightclubs to help promote the release of the superstar's highly anticipated Greatest Hits CD on Nov. 9 while supporting America's Second Harvest, The Nation's Food Bank Network -- a charity wholeheartedly supported by Twain. On the date of each nightclub's Shania Twain / Greatest Hits celebration, America's Second Harvest volunteers from local food banks will be on hand to collect monetary gifts, canned goods and non-perishable items donated by club patrons. Nightclub attendees are being encouraged to donate money or food, which will be distributed throughout local communities during the holiday season.

• 10/25/04 Shania Wins French CMA. From CountryStars.com: Shania won the award for Best Live Performer at the French Country Music Association Awards. Congratulations Shania!

• 10/25/04 Shania Autograph Session. From UniversalCountry.ca: Universal Music Canada and HMV Canada are pleased to announce that on Wednesday, November 3, international recording superstar Shania Twain will greet 500 of her lucky fans at an autograph session at HMVs 333 Yonge Street location. The autograph session will start at 9:15 AM, directly following Shanias live co-hosting stint on CTVs Canada AM from Toronto Yonge-Dundas Square. A total of 500 wristbands will be made available to Shania fans at HMV 333 Yonge Street at 11:00 AM (EST) on Sunday, October 31. To guarantee an autograph, all fans must secure 1 of the 500 available wristbands; only 1 wristband will be issued to each person. Only those people present on Sunday October 31 will be given a wristband on a first come, first served basis.

• 10/23/04 CMT Shania Night - Nov. 5th! CMT is going all Shania on Nov. 5th! Leading things off are re-runs of "MWL Stacked: Shania Twain - Revisited" at 7:30pm. The show features five of the latest and greatest videos from the Canadian songstress. Next at 8:00 is "CMT Inside Fame: Shania Twain." At 9:00, CMT will air an expanded version of Shania Twain's NBC 2003 "UP! Close And Personal" concert. The special includes over a half hour of new footage, featuring the superstar as you've never seen her before. Wrapping up the night at 10:00 is an all-new special edition of "CMT Insider." Katie Cook takes viewers to Montreux, Switzerland, the picturesque village where Shania Twain has chosen to call home. Read more about the specials HERE. Here are some pics from the "CMT Insider" special.

• 10/23/04 "Shania" TV Movie Update. From wawatay.on.ca: Filming for a made-for-TV movie chronicling Shania Twain’s climb to stardom has begun in Sudbury. The two-hour film will begin by introducing viewers to the singing sensation when she was still a child living with her First Nations family in Timmins – her hometown. “Although she is from Timmins, most of the shooting we are doing will be in and around Sudbury, White Fish First Nation and (the) Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville,” said Maureen O’Donnell, a spokesperson for the film’s production company. “A number of Aboriginal people were hired to play supporting roles to Twain including (roles for) Shania’s grandfather, father and brothers.” Filming on the Barna-Alper Production began Sept. 20 and will continue until Oct. 20. It is being directed by eight-time Gemini Award winner Jerry Ciccorti. “This is the back-story of one of the most successful female artists of all time,” said O’Donnell of the film, which is scheduled to air in the spring of 2005 through CBC. “It will take our audience from a gangly eight-year-old with a powerful voice who was singing in northern Ontario’s bars for tips to the determined teenager dragging a Sudbury band into the limelight.” The show will then bring audiences to Nashville and an industry that wanted her voice, but not her music, and to her first encounter with renowned music producer Mutt Lange. “This is a story about one girl’s triumph over really difficult odds,” O’Donnell said. Three different people will play Shania at different ages. One will play Shania from ages eight to 11 and a second from 13 to 16. Shania’s principle role, between the ages 17 and 27, will be played by Meredith Henderson, a Gemini-winning actor. The film’s screenplay was written by Shelley Eriksen with research by Robin Eggar, author of Shania Twain. It covers the period from 1973 to 1993. Not only will "Shania" be broadcast on CBC in the spring of 2005, it will also be aired on W Network and CMT.

• 10/21/04 Billy Calls Shania "Queen Of Country Music." From Gainesville Times: In addition to being named one of Nashville's "25 Most Beautiful People," by a city magazine, Billy Currington has hitched his star with country superstar Shania Twain for a duet "Party for Two." "To me, Shania is the queen of country music," Currington said in a telephone interview. "To be a part of something like this, I'm very honored."

• 10/18/04 Meet Shania In Timmins! Timmins' local newspaper and TV station are currently running separate contests to win wristbands to meet Shania when she visits the Shania Twain Centre on November 2nd. The Timmins Daily Press has two pairs of wristbands to give away to winners of a trivia contest that begins today. Readers will be asked to answer five trivia questions, supplied by the staff at the Shania Twain Centre, and mail or drop off their completed ballot to The Daily Press office. Only official ballots from The Daily Press will be accepted. Visit Channel 3 News to find out about their contest. Good luck!

• 10/18/04 Greatest Canadians. The CBC-TV series, "Greatesst Canadian", ranked Shania #18 on the list of 50. She was the highest ranking entertainer. Congratulations Shania!

• 10/17/04 GAC Autographed Greatest Hits Offer. From GAC: The Only Artist In History With Three Consecutive Diamond Certified Albums! In just over 10 years, Shania Twain has risen to superstar status as a multi-Grammy award winner and over 65 million albums sold worldwide. Shania's first ever Greatest Hits album is packed with 21 tracks featuring 3 brand new songs including the first single "Party For Two" (recorded as two different duets: one with Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and the other with Country newcomer and rising star Billy Currington). Twain's recently wrapped 2003-2004 UP! Tour reached nearly $80 million overall in ticket sales for North America. The 2004 leg alone brought in over $34 million, making this leg of Twain's tour the top grossing country tour of 2004. Pre-order Shania's Greatest Hits CD from GAC today and one out of four will be autographed by Shania!!!

• 10/16/04 Greatest Hits: International Version. The track listing for the international version of Shania's Greatest Hits CD is slightly different than the North American version. The difference is that the Country version of "Party For Two" (w/Billy Currington) has been left out and replaced by "Ka-Ching". The international version can be purchased at Amazon.de (Germany).

• 10/13/04 "Party For Two" On VH1. From Shania's Official Fan Club: Shania Twain's video for "Party For Two" (featuring Mark McGrath) has been added to VH1's playlist. Spins begin next Monday 10/18.

• 10/13/04 New Studio Album In 2006? From CountryStars.com: Q: I know Shania Twain's Greatest Hits album is gonna be out pretty soon, but I wonder why she didn't record a new album instead of a greatest hits album? And, do you know anything about her next studio album? (Shovon, New York, NE)
A: Shovon, Shania Twain decided now was the time for a greatest hits album because she's just been too busy promoting her last studio album UP! It took her over 4 years to record and release that album. Then, for the last two years she's been on a world tour to promote the album that has now sold 11 million copies. With a new single from the Greatest Hits album doing the leg work for a while, Shania and her husband/producer, Mutt Lange, can get busy writing and recording more songs to add to a new album due sometime in 2006.

• 10/13/04 Shania's Return To Be Followed By CTV. From CTV: Twain is coming home and she is bringing CTV with her. As announced on etalk Daily last night, CTV has secured an exclusive broadcast engagement with international recording superstar Shania Twain timed for her return to Canada and her hometown of Timmins, Ontario next month. The multiple JUNO, Grammy, CMA and CCMA Award winner will be the focus of an upcoming CTV prime-time special that will air later this Fall (exact date TBA). In addition to the one-hour exclusive, CTV also revealed that Twain has signed on for a one-day stint as co-host of CTV's Canada AM for a live, on-location broadcast from Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square, November 3. CTV's prime-time special is an exclusive chronicle of Shania's Nov. 2nd visit to Timmins. CTV camera crews have been granted exclusive access, providing viewers with candid, behind-the-scenes footage from her trip home, including her emotional first visit to the "Shania Twain Centre." Viewers will have an intimate view of Twain's first-time reaction to the museum dedicated to her blockbuster career. With Mulroney along for every step of the way, CTV cameras will also capture Twain as she greets fans, friends and family and visits other local landmarks during the memorable day. In between stops, Mulroney will follow-up on his recent interview with Twain from Montreau, Switzerland, discussing her 10-year career on the eve of the November 9 release of her new album, Shania Twain's Greatest Hits. The prime-time special will also feature highlights from Twain's stint the following day as co-host of Canada AM (November 3).

• 10/12/04 Shania To Co-Host "Canada AM." Shania will be co-hosting "Canada AM" on Wednesday, November 3rd. The show airs 6:30-9:00am on CTV. Here are some details from co-host Jeff Hutcheson: Shania Twain will be 'co-hosting' our show, live from Dundas Square in Toronto on Wednesday Nov. 3rd, from 8 to 9. Tomorrow on the show, we are launching a contest to bring a winner to Toronto for the taping and to meet Shania. Click HERE to go to the "Canada AM" website.

• 10/12/04 "Good Morning America" & CMA Awards Update. From tennessean.com: ABC's "Good Morning America" and Shania Twain will be shutting down Lower Broadway on Nov. 5 for a live show and broadcast from Nashville, Sha-nay-nay's people confirmed yesterday. GMA has a regular concert series in New York, but the show's starting off a women-who-rock fall series right here in Music City. Why Nashville for the first show? Shania's greatest hits album is out Nov. 9, and she'll be here for the CMA Awards show that same night. The entire GMA crew is expected to be here, so we'll see Diane Sawyer, Charles Gibson, Robin Roberts and Tony Perkins. But if the election is getting particularly heated, Mr. Gibson may stay in New York. Then again, if there's any hot news breaking, GMA may cancel the whole Nashville segment all together as has happened in the past. Shania is expected to do four songs, including her current duet, "Party for Two," with Billy Currington. And yes, ladies, Billy, recently on Nashville Lifestyles' 25 most beautiful list, will be at the live broadcast. The event will be open to the public on a first-come, first-allowed-in kinda way, right there at the intersection of Fifth and Broadway. But I'll have a contest later this month for VIP access. Shania, by the way, is in good company. Others slated for the women-who-rock series include Destiny's Child and Gwen Stefani of No Doubt.
Also today, the Country Music Association has confirmed that Billy Currington will join Shania to perform their hit duet "Party For Two" at the CMA Awards on Tuesday, Nov. 9th. The show will air 8:00-11:00pm ET on the CBS Television Network live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN. Shania will be a special guest of hosts Brooks and Dunn at this year's event. Click HERE for the press release.

• 10/11/04 Febreze Scentstories. A couple months ago, Shania teamed up with Febreze to launch their new ScentStories scent player. Check out this latest promotional email that has been sent out to subscribers of their site. They are promoting Shania's upcoming Greatest Hits CD and "UP! Close And Personal" DVD as well as her latest single "Party For Two".

• 10/11/04 CMT Most Played Video. CMT's newsmagazine, "CMT Insider", reported Shania's "Party For Two" debuted as the most played video of the week on CMT (U.S.). Click vidcap for larger version. Doesn't Shania look cute as a mermaid?

• 10/8/04 UP! - Top Tour Finalist. From Billboard.com: Shania Twain's concert trek in support of her UP! album is a finalist for top tour at Billboard's first-ever Backstage Pass Awards. Other contenders for top tour are Madonna's Re-Invention and Prince's Musicology. The awards recognize the top achievements in touring, according to box-office data gathered from Billboard Boxscore reports between November 2003 and September 2004. They will be presented during the Billboard Backstage Pass touring conference, set for Nov. 8-9 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. In related news, 90 percent of the available seats were filled for the shows Shania performed between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to Billboard Boxscore.

• 10/6/04 UP! Certified 11x Platinum! From CMT.com: In other multi-platinum certifications for September 2004, Shania Twain's 2002 project, UP!, received RIAA status for shipments of 11 million copies. Congratulations Shania! Keep in mind, the 11 million copies is based on the RIAA's criteria for certification of double package recordings. Technically, around 5.5 million single units of UP! have been sold.

• 10/5/04 Shania Wins BMI Award - "FAFA" Named Song Of The Year. From BMI.com: BMI tonight saluted the top European songwriters and publishers in the pop, country, dance, Latin, college and film/TV music genres at its 2004 London Awards. The gala dinner and awards ceremony honored the most performed songs on U.S. radio and television written by members of its foreign sister societies. "Forever And For Always," written and recorded by multiple BMI Award-winning artist Shania Twain (PRS), was named Song of the Year and received the organization's highest accolade, the Robert S. Musel Award. This prestigious award is named for the late Robert Musel, BMI's long-time UK consultant. "Forever," from Shania's 10-times platinum CD UP!, is her third Song of the Year win; her mega-hit "You're Still The One" earned her the title at both the 1999 BMI Pop and Country Awards. She was also named BMI Songwriter of the Year at both the 1999 and 2000 Pop and Country Awards and now owns a total of 26 BMI Awards. Shania also picked up multiple Million-Air certifications, recognizing 5 million spins for "You're Still the One," 3 million for "From This Moment On," "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" and 2 million for "Honey, I'm Home." Fourteen of her songs have been certified in the Million-Air category, totaling more than 37 million broadcast performances.

• 10/4/04 Shania To Officially Open STC - November 2nd! At a press conference this morning, the Mayor of Timmins, Vic Power, announced that Shania will be visiting her hometown of Timmins, Ontario on November 2nd to "officially" open the Shania Twain Centre as well as meet with a limited number of fans and sign autographs! The Mayor proclaimed the day "Shania Twain Day"! While the official reason for the visit Nov. 2 is to cut the ribbon on the Centre that bears her name — the one that's been open for three years — the date also happily coincides with the release of her Greatest Hits package in stores Nov. 9. The Centre opened in July 2001, but Shania was pregnant in Switzerland at the time and unable to attend. Here is the press release: It has now been confirmed that Shania Twain will be visiting the Shania Twain Centre here in Timmins on Tuesday, November 5, 2004. From what we understand at this moment, Shania will be at the Centre probably between the hours of 11:00am and 5:00pm. Sometime in the mid-afternoon there will be a public welcoming ceremony and official opening of the Shania Twain Centre in which Shania will participate. This will be held in the parking lot area outside the Shania Twain Centre so as to accommodate as many people as possible. As you can well imagine, this event is going to take a huge amount of organization and we will be calling upon the administrative staff of the city and the manager of the Shania Twain Centre, Tracy Hautanen, over the next few weeks to put the whole operation together. The important thing is that Shania is coming home and Timmins is going to have the opportunity once more to welcome her in familiar surroundings. Hautanen said 150 lucky fans will receive wristbands to enter the centre after the ceremony to meet Twain for an autograph. "Although we'd love to have everybody meet her, it's not feasible," she said. Wristbands will be available a few days before the Nov. 2 visit. Details on how to get wristbands will be released soon. Click HERE to watch a news report from Channel 3 News in Timmins.
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• 10/4/04 Radio Music Awards Nominees. Nominees have been announced for this year's Radio Music Awards. Shania is up for Artist Of The Year/Adult Contemporary Radio. The award show will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on Monday, October 25th at 9:00pm ET on NBC. No word yet if Shania will be in attendance or perform. For more info, go to NBC's Radio Music Awards website.

• 10/2/04 Shania And Billy On German TV. Tonight, Shania and Billy Currington performed their new single "Party For Two" on the German TV show "Wetten, dass..?". This was their first performance together on TV. Being in Europe, Shania and Billy sang the pop version of the song. The Shania Twain German Fan Club has some great video captures! Be sure to keep checking the Wetten, dass..? website for an online video of the performance.

• 9/30/04 Timmins Cries Foul Over Shania TV Movie. From Toronto Star: The mayor of Shania Twain's hometown says it's a "horrible miscarriage of justice" that a film about the singing superstar won't be shot there. "A movie about Shania Twain should be shot in Timmins," said Vic Power. "To me, that's a bit like making a movie about the Maple Leafs and filming it in Montreal." A camera crew will be coming to the northern Ontario community to shoot background images of the city for the upcoming CBC-TV biopic, but no scenes will be filmed. That doesn't sit well with Power. "This is her hometown, and it certainly should be shot here," he said. Power joked about the fact that most of the scenes will be shot in Sudbury, Ont. "I suppose you can't blame Sudbury for wanting to look like Timmins," he said. Although Twain now lives with her husband and son in Switzerland, she has periodically returned to Timmins over the years. The city has made the most of its connection to the performer, building a Twain museum with hopes of luring visitors to the area. Will Saari, the city's tourism and leisure manager, said the movie will still give Timmins a boost, even though it will be shot elsewhere. "It's obvious that anytime a national movie highlights the community it's going to have a positive effect," he said. "There is going to be a promotional value and a positive spin-off from this." He cautioned that the movie is based on an unauthorized biography of Twain. "Shania is not participating in this," he said. The film "Shania" will detail the transformation of Eilleen Twain into Shania from 1973 to 1993. Ottawa-born actress Meredith Henderson, best known for starring in the youth TV series "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes," will star as the petite brunette singer.

• 9/27/04 Shania To Debut Greatest Hits Album On QVC - Nov. 8th! From Shania's Official Fan Club: Multi-platinum recording artist Shania Twain has joined forces with QVC to offer her first ever Shania Twain Greatest Hits album in an exciting, live QVC broadcast on Monday, November 8 at 7:00pm ET from the capital of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. Twain will make a special appearance during the live, one-hour QVC presentation, which is being held on the eve of country music's biggest night the annual CMA Awards. She will offer QVC shoppers her Shania Twain Greatest Hits album specially packaged with the Platinum Collection DVD. A limited quantity of the CD/DVD sets will be autographed by Twain. In addition, Twain will offer a DVD version of her popular "Up! Close & Personal" concert special, featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station, which originally aired in November 2003. We are thrilled to bring QVC¹s customers Shania¹s Greatest Hits album, said Kim Maguire, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for QVC. She has an amazingly loyal fan base that continues to grow. Shania's superstar talent shines in this new compilation, featuring unforgettable songs that have become anthems for women around the world. Says Twain, One of the things I love most about making music is the opportunity to interact and talk to my fans. Appearing on QVC will once again give me that opportunity on a grand scale reaching over 86 million homes. All items will be available through QVC at 800.345.1515 or www.QVC.com. The national release date for the Shania Twain Greatest Hits album and the "Up! Close & Personal" concert special DVD is November 9.

• 9/27/04 Favorite Shania Videos - CMT Vote! Vote for your favorite Shania Twain videos, including Shania's new video "Party For Two." Choose up to three videos each time you vote. Vote often and check out a special CMT Top Twenty Countdown episode featuring the superstar in November!

• 9/24/04 "Party For Two" Video Premiere - 9/27 On CMT! Fom CountryNation.com: The music video for Shania Twain and Billy Currington's new single, "Party For Two," will debut in Hot Shot rotation on CMT (U.S.), Monday, September 27th! The clip was shot outside in a London, England park at night -- and has Shania swinging from the chandeliers. "It's called rigging," she told the Edmonton Sun recently. It's cool. It's so fun. We smash dishes. We swing from the chandelier. It's really fun. It's a party right? You know, it's really just a fun, flirty song.

• 9/23/04 Greatest Hits Album Cover. Here's the album cover for Shania's Greatest Hits CD being released November 9th in the U.S. and Canada. Click cover for larger image.

• 9/23/04 "Party For Two" (Pop) Radio Release. According to allaccess.com, the pop version of "Party For Two" (w/Mark McGrath) will be released to Hot Modern/Adult Contemporary radio on October 25th and Top 40 Mainstream radio on November 9th.

• 9/23/04 Shania's A Class Act. From Country Weekly: When Billy Currington recently traveled to London to shoot the video for his new duet with Shania Twain, "Party For Two," his singing partner made quite a lasting impression. Billy told X Radio Networks that Shania went out of her way to make sure he was okay. "Her people that work for her, I remember on the set of the video it was around lunchtime and they walked over to me and said, 'Billy, Shania wants to know if you will come over here and eat with us?' And I'm like, 'Yea, thanks for asking, I'd love to!' And on the walk over there, they told me that Shania wanted them to really take care of me. And all these things that they were telling me about that she wanted for me, I'm thinking, 'How cool it that?' How sweet for an artist of her caliber to care like that in her busy time, all the things that she was doing on the set, that she cared about how I was and how I felt, and if I had what I needed."

• 9/20/04 Shania Plans Media Blitz For GH Release! From CountryStars.com: Shania will launch a multi-media campaign to promote her first Greatest Hits album, including an appearance on Good Morning America from Nashville on November 5th, a feature in Reader's Digest, an appearance on the CMA Awards and, coming in the next few weeks, a brand new video of "Party For Two."
OTHER SHANIA NOTE, a song called "Don't" is featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez movie "An Unfinished Life" (out 12/24), reports MJI.
SPEAKING OF SHANIA'S VIDEO...Billy Currington says he spent two days shooting the clip all over London, England. Currington says he plays the love interest, "that goes around London, picking up little notes, clues at different places. They lead me eventually to a place where where I have waiting

• 9/19/04 Shania Talks Music, "Party For Two" And Switzerland. From Edmonton Sun: Montreux, Switzerland -- Shania Twain sees no end in sight for her status as a Swiss Miss. The Canadian country-pop superstar and her mega-producer husband, "Mutt" Lange, may be in the process of buying a multi-million-dollar ranch in New Zealand, but she says she plans to raise their three-year-old son, Eja, in her adopted home of Switzerland. "It's just a property to visit. This is our home," said Twain, 39, yesterday in an exclusive Canadian print interview with the Sun in Montreux. "We're not moving. We're staying here. Eja will go to school here. I look forward to it. He speaks French fluently. It's his first language." There has been some controversy over Twain's plans to relocate a public hiking trail off her new Kiwi property but reporters were specifically told not to ask the singer about either her New Zealand land purchase or her half-brother Darryl's recent arrest for drug trafficking in Edmonton. The actual reason media from around the world had descended upon Montreux Palace - a gilded 100-year-old hotel on the banks of Lake Geneva and near Twain's chateau in the exclusive neighbourhood of Tour-de-Peilz - is this past week's release of her new single, Party for Two.
GREATEST HITS, NEW SINGLES
The first cut is one of three new singles included in a 21-song greatest hits collection, due in stores Nov. 9. The singer said the song itself, which was recorded in two versions - a country rendition with Savannah, Georgia, newcomer Billy Currington and a pop take with Sugar Ray frontman and now Extra host Mark McGrath - recalls the vibe from her last multi-platinum album, 2002's Up! "Party for Two is kind of picking up where I left off," said Twain, who has sold close to 80 million albums worldwide. "It's a pretty typical Shania-type lyric and feel. And there's not really a gap between the last CD and this CD per se. I just got off the road, so the flow just continued." Still to come is the soon-to-be released video, which she just finished editing, and sees Twain swinging from the chandeliers, even though the clip was shot outside in a London, England, park at night. "It's called rigging," she explained. "No, it's very interesting. It's cool. It's so fun. We smash dishes. We swing from the chandelier. It's really fun. It's a party right? You know, it's really just a fun, flirty song. "And so in the end, we end up at the party and it's just the two of us and we have a great time. You know it's not sexual. It's a party. It's very flirty but obviously when we get there we just have fun 'cause I'm not into that kind of sexual thing." On the subject of filming, Twain did say she enjoyed the one day of shooting her cameo in Los Angeles for the David O. Russell film, I (Heart) Huckabees, which was just shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Normally, she doesn't accept any scripts because she simply doesn't have time for them. But one of the stars, Jude Law, personally wrote to her and asked for her to appear. "Isn't that nice?" said Twain, dressed casually in a black hoodie, grey shirt and black pants with matching black boots."So, I thought that was really cute and sweet." Specifically, Twain's scene finds her beating up Law's character for lying that he knows her throughout the movie. "It was such a great experience 'cause I've never been on a set before. All I had to do was slap Jude Law around a little bit and get mad at him. It was fun. It was really fun."
NOTHING TO DO WITH TV MOVIE
As for the two-hour CBC-TV movie about her early life, set to start rolling in Sudbury, Ont., tomorrow, Twain said she has no involvement in it. "I'm not really crazy about the idea because if it's not correct (the public will) get the wrong idea of what my life is all about, so that's a little unsettling," said Twain, who was raised in Timmins, Ont. "But otherwise, I don't really give it too much thought. And who portrays you, too, I mean what if they don't portray you (right)?" On that front, Twain was more than willing to check out a photo of Meredith Henderson, best known for YTV's The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, cast to play her. "I don't know who she is. She sure looks lovely. She looks nice. I mean, I'm sure she'll do the best job that she can. She's only going to take direction from whoever's directing." Twain said she is coming to Toronto to do promotion after she performs Party for Two live for the first time at the Country Music Awards in Nashville on Nov. 9. There won't be a tour, however, to go with her Greatest Hits collection. "I just got off the road. I'm not going back out for a while. My bus is parked. It's in Timmins. It's on display. "I gave it to the (Shania Twain) museum to display until I need it again.So people can go walk on it and check it out."

• 9/18/04 "CMT Insider" Shania Interview - Sep. 25th! From CMT: Host Katie Cook is back from her visit with supertstar Shania Twain in beautiful Switzerland, and she'll give a sneak peek at what the star's been up to and get the scoop on her new duet "Party for Two" with country singer Billy Currington and Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath. The episode premieres Saturday, September 25th at 1:00pm ET/PT.

• 9/18/04 "Up! Close And Personal" DVD Release! From Shania Twain's Official Website: Also on November 9th, we will release a DVD version of her "Up! Close & Personal" TV special. The special, which was taped last November on NBC and aired Thanksgiving week, features Shania performing 12 songs (11 of her own tracks, plus a cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long") with Alison Kraus and Union Station as her band. The DVD also features bonus footage including interview, behind the scenes footage, and fan commentary. Approximately 60 minutes.
THE SONGS
01. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!
02. Ain't No Particular Way
03. From This Moment
04. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
05. I Ain't Going Down
06. Up!
07. You're Still The One
08. I'm Holding On To Love (To Save My Life)
09. She's Not Just A Pretty Face
10. Forever And For Always
11. In My Car (I'll Be The Driver)
12. You Shook Me All Night Long

• 9/18/04 New Zealand Land Sale Approved. From AP: Shania Twain will buy her own slice of alpine heaven on New Zealand's South Island -- for a price tag of $14.1 million. Twain and her husband, Robert ''Mutt'' Lange, won approval Thursday to lease 61,000 acres of rugged and scenic farmland for 33 years with automatic renewal rights, officials said. Finance Minister Michael Cullen acknowledged the terms of the lease were ''tough.'' New Zealand is tightening controls on land sales to overseas buyers amid fears that foreigners are snapping up some of the nation's prime real estate. The couple agreed to create a hiking track, with huts and other facilities, that will cross their land and is expected to form part of a nationwide trail. Mountain bikers, climbers and hunters also will have continued access to the property. They also will invest $1 million in farm development over three years, Cullen said. The 39-year-old country singer, whose greatest-hits album will be released Nov. 9, and her husband applied to purchase the Motatapu Station and Mount Soho Station leases under the names Robert and Eileen Lange. They intend to farm merino sheep on 24,700 acres of the lower-lying land and to live there ''some months'' each year. Motatapu, which totals 41,500 acres, is located near the resort town of Wanaka on South Island and backs onto Mount Soho Station, which runs to Macetown, an old gold mining settlement near the resort town of Queenstown. The area is 505 miles southwest of the capital, Wellington.

• 9/18/04 The New Tracks On GH Album. In the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, Shania mentions the three new tracks on her Greatest Hits album being released Nov. 9th. Here is an excerpt from the article: "That's why we're craving the new confections, which will also include the ballad "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter," a country foot stomper harking back to her twangier days. "These songs would've been the beginning of my next record," says Twain. "They're really strong, and I've got mixed feelings, because it would've been great to have that power behind [an all-new] album. But I need the space to write and I don't want to disappear for another two years."

• 9/18/04 Top Tour Of 2004! From Shania Twain's Official Website: Twain's recently wrapped 2003-2004 UP! Tour reached nearly $80 million overall in ticket sales for North America. The 2004 leg alone brought in over $34 million, making this leg of Twain's tour the top grossing country tour of 2004.

• 9/18/04 Billy's Adventure To Europe (Twice). From CountryStars.com: A few weeks back Billy Currington was advised that he was going to get an important phone call and they couldn't tell him who would be on the phone. "It's an important person," they assured him, "so answer the phone." "The next day the phone rang and I instantly recognized the sweet voice of Shania on the line," Currington said. Shania told him she and Mutt had found a song that they thought his voice would be perfect to sing on with her and would he be interested in coming to Switzerland to sing on it? Of course, Currington said yes and he was soon on a plane to Geneva where he was met and taken to a studio near Geneva to record, "Party For Two." "I didn't get to go to their castle, or chateau I'd heard so much about," Billy said with mock disappointment. "Mutt and Shania couldn't have been sweeter to me. We sang the song through 6 or 7 times, they said it was great...and I turned right back around and was back on a plane to the U.S. "Billy says within a few days he was back on a plane again, headed to London, this time for a two-day video shoot for "Party For Two." "We filmed 17 hours one day and 24 hours the next. And I tell you, Shania is so smart and really knows what she wants," Currington observed.

• 9/18/04 Febreze Update. From Shania Twain's Official Website: Be on the lookout as Shania's Grammy-nominated hit "Forever and For Always" will be featured in the Scentstories television ads and a brand new yet-to-be-released duet will be showcased in the Scentstories radio ads. You'll also be seeing Shania in upcoming advertisements next year -- and there's more news to come, so we'll be sure to keep you posted. To learn more about Scentstories, check it out for yourself at ScentStories.com.

• 9/18/04 CCMA Correction. A few days ago it was reported that Shania did not win any CCMA Awards on Sep. 13th. During a non-televised ceremony, Shania won the CCMA for Best TV Special or Program for her "Up! Close And Personal" special. Also, band member Cory Churko won the award for Best Fiddle Player.

• 9/15/04 "Party For Two" On iTunes. Shania's new single "Party For Two" (with Billy Currington) is now available for $0.99 on iTunes. This version contains a sexy intro by Shania, that is not currently available on the radio.

• 9/15/04 Jimmy Carter Comments On Shania. Jimmy Carter, a well known and respected TV, Radio and now a columnist recently commented on Shania and her treatment by the CMA: "The snubbing of Shania: Again no nominations and if the CMA voters don’t think she has one of the top five shows of the year then fine. It’s their view. But, what a major hypocrisy, if in the same breath you announce she is the first performer invited to perform. The Music Row bosses and voters will use Shania to get a show rating but will not show her the respect of even a nomination. In the words of the Riders in the Sky, It’s not the cowboy way!"

• 9/13/04 Jude Law Persuades Shania To Act. From CJAD: It took a letter from Jude Law to persuade Shania Twain that it was time to be in a movie. The country superstar has a small cameo in David O. Russell's "I Heart Huckabees," playing herself. "She's an amazing global icon who is right smack in the middle of what they call the golden average," said the director of his choice to cast the singer. "She tickles me." In "I Heart Huckabees," a film about a hapless environmentalist's quest to solve some existential questions, Shania Twain is tabbed to be the celebrity guest at a fundraiser to save a marsh. The night of the event she lashes out at a selfish, power-obsessed organizer, played by Jude Law. Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg and Jason Schwartzman also star in the film. "We tried to get the Dixie Chicks but we couldn't even get ahold of them to do something else. She lives in a castle in Switzerland and Jude Law wrote her a letter asking her to be in the movie - on his own, he didn't tell me till later," explained Russell, whose previous projects include Flirting With Disaster and Three Kings. "She came and she was a doll. She did whatever we wanted for a day and for a superstar who didn't know us she did the crazy stuff we asked her to do. She was a good egg," he added. "I Heart Huckabees" opens Oct. 1 in select theaters.

• 9/13/04 Zero CCMAs For Shania. The 2004 Canadian Country Music Awards were held tonight. Shania lost all three awards she was nominated for: Fans' Choice Award, SOCAN Song of the Year ("It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing") and Female Artist of the Year.

• 9/10/04 "Party For Two" Debuts At No. 39. From Billboard: Shania Twain has the third-highest debut of her career on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart , as "Party for Two" (Mercury), a duet with Billy Currington, opens at No. 39. The only Twain titles to debut higher are "Love Gets Me Every Time," which started at No. 29 the week of Oct. 4, 1997, and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" which debuted at No. 24 the week of Oct. 19, 2002. "Party for Two" is a new track from Twain's forthcoming "Greatest Hits collection. There is an alternate version of the track, recorded with Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath, the new co-host of the TV series "Extra." That means the track could soon be credited on the charts to Shania Twain with Billy Currington or Mark McGrath.

• 9/10/04 Shania Featured In Celebrity Pet Calendar. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain is no stranger to photo shoots, but she doesn't usually share the lens with another species...in this case one of her pets. Shania will appear with one of her pets in the Animal Rescue Foundation's 2005 celebrity pet calendar. Organizer Tony LaRussa (manager of the St. Louis Cardinals) also recruited Oscar winners Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman, and tennis star Venus Williams for the annual fundraiser.

• 9/8/04 Actress Picked To Play Shania. From Yahoo/CP: She's described as perfect for the role. Meredith Henderson, known to legions of young TV viewers as the title character in YTV's "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes," has been announced as the star of the new CBC-TV movie Shania, the life of singing superstar Shania Twain. "She commands the camera and, can she sing? Yes!" said director Jerry Ciccoritti, who has just returned from checking out locations for shooting in the northern Ontario communities of Sudbury, Huntsville and Timmins. The movie is scheduled to begin filming Sept. 20 but Ciccoritti wasn't sure if it would be completed in time to air during the approaching 2004-2005 network season. Henderson has made guest appearances on such shows as "Queer As Folk" and "The Eleventh Hour," but won a Gemini in her early teens when she played a descendent of Sherlock Holmes who had sleuthing abilities of her own in the Shirley Holmes series. "She's a tenacious little girl and I guess you could say I'm a little tenacious, yeah," a 13-year-old Henderson said about the series back in 1997. She began acting classes at the age of five in her native Ottawa. Her parents were both in theatre and Meredith got her first major acting break in the TV movie "Songspinner." She also appeared on YTV's "Goosebumps." At the time she revealed that in case "this acting thing" didn't work out, her fallback position was to be a veterinarian. The Shania screenplay will chronicle the story of the female superstar from 1973 to 1993, including her start with a Sudbury garage band and her fateful meeting with music producer and future husband Mutt Lange, who helped transform the gangly Eileen Twain into Shania. The screenplay is by Shelley Eriksen and will be produced by Toronto's Barna-Alper Productions. Check out Meredith's official website - Meredith Henderson.

• 9/3/04 "Party For Two" Video Premiere - Sep. 13th! The TV show "Extra" is scheduled to air the video premiere of "Party For Two" (with Mark McGrath) on Monday, September 13th! According to ContactMusic.com: "SUGAR RAY star MARK McGRATH is set to put his musical career on hold to front entertainment news show "Extra." The rocker will join regular host DAYNA DEVON on the daily show starting September 13th. McGrath says, "It's sort of a dream job." The singer will bring an exclusive with him - he'll premiere his new video with SHANIA TWAIN on the show." Click HERE to see when "Extra" is on in your area.

• 9/1/04 Shania's New Hairdo! From People magazine: Shania Twain, sporting a chic new 'do, takes a break while shooting one of her two videos for "Party for Two," the first single off her greatest hits album (due Nov. 9), Friday in London. The song was recorded twice, with one version featuring Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath and the other country's Billy Currington. Past reports have said the video has already been shot. Click picture for larger version.

• 9/1/04 "Party For Two" Hits Radio Airwaves - Lyrics! Last night, several country radio stations across the U.S., including 92.3 WIL, premiered "Party For Two", the first single (duet with Billy Currington) off Shania's Greatest Hits album due out November 9th. The song is awesome! Call your local radio stations and start requesting "Party For Two." According to gactv.com, radio stations should have it in their hands this week...with it escaping to some stations throughout the week and at all stations by Friday. Click HERE for the lyrics!

• 8/30/04 Febreze Announces Partnership With Shania. From PRNewswire: Today Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announced a marketing partnership with superstar Shania Twain to promote Scentstories(TM) by Febreze(TM), a revolutionary new way to play scents. With the touch of a play button, Scentstories enlivens your home with the multiple scent experience of a real environment (like a garden or the beach). This specially designed disc player with a variety of scent-themed discs lets you select a Scentstories disc just like you'd choose and play your favorite Shania CD. The renowned international music phenomenon's deal with Procter & Gamble (P&G) includes heavy involvement in the musically-themed marketing campaign, with Shania's Grammy-nominated hit "Forever and For Always" featured in the Scentstories television ads (breaking on August 30); a new yet-to-be-released duet to be showcased in the Scentstories radio ads; and Shania starring in the upcoming radio and print ads. "I'm pleased to be a part of the Scentstories campaign. For me, playing a Scentstories disc is like listening to one of my favorite songs -- it lets me express myself by creating a certain ambiance in my home environment," said Shania. "The Scentstories experience is genuine and convenient, and the scents are rich and authentic; they're in perfect harmony -- and with just the touch of a button, I'm there ... in a lush garden, on a cool mountain trail or by the seaside." "Partnering with a music superstar like Shania Twain is a perfect fit for Scentstories. Music lovers express themselves through a variety of musical genres, just as Scentstories allows you to express yourself through a variety of scent experiences," said John Sebastian, brand manager for Scentstories. "We're looking forward to unveiling many exciting musical components of the campaign throughout the year that will complement the unique ability Scentstories provides for consumers to play scents like they play music." Scentstories adds a new dimension to your personal space. Perfect for everyday use in the living room, bedroom or wherever you want to enjoy a wonderful scent experience, Scentstories is also a great way to set the mood for a party or make your home more festive for the holidays. Switch discs at any time (just like you switch music CDs) to create a different mood or atmosphere. Each disc is reusable for 20 plays or 50 hours. The themed discs include: "strolling through the garden(TM)," "wandering barefoot on the shore(TM)," "exploring a mountain trail(TM)," "relaxing in the hammock(TM)," and "shades of vanilla(TM)." For more information on this revolutionary twist in home fragrance and details on Shania's involvement with Scentstories, visit www.scentstories.com.

• 8/30/04 CMA Awards Shut Out Shania Again But Will Perform! The nominees for this year's Country Music Association Awards were announced this morning on CBS's "The Early Show." For the second year in a row since the release of UP! Shania was shut out, receiving 0 nominations. That's right, zero! Even though Shania's UP! album was recently certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling 10 million copies! What a joke! After perennial host Vince Gill stepped down in January, just who would host the CMA Awards became one of the most highly discussed and anticipated announcements of the past year, and the decision is now official: Multi-Platinum, multi-talented duo Brooks & Dunn will host the 2004 CMA Awards with a variety of special guests including music superstar Shania Twain. "The 38th Annual CMA Awards" will be broadcast live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tuesday, Nov. 9 (8:00-11:00pm; Live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, the same day Shania's Greatest Hits album hits stores. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 8/28/04 Secret Project Revealed - Vidcaps! As reported a couple mopnths ago, Shania spent a day in Vancouver shooting print ads for a secret new product she'll endorse this fall with much of the proceeds going to her hungry children's charity, Second Harvest. Now we have learned the product Shania will be endorsing is Scentstories by Febreze. "Imaginative and inspirational. These qualities resonate in Shania's music and influence the way she lives. By staying in tune with her surroundings, she has emerged as a true original. Shania Twain uses music as a means of personal expression. Scentstories by Febreze enables her to use scents in a similar way, creating the multiple scent experience of a real environment at home or on the road." Click HERE for details. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. "Access Hollywood" was there to tape the shooting which aired yesterday.

• 8/28/04 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANIA! Today Shania celebrates her 39th birthday! On behalf of all her fans around the world, I want to wish Shania a very Happy Birthday!!! Lets celebrate all day with Shania's music!!!

• 8/28/04 "Party For Two" - September 7th! From Mercury - Shania Twain: On September 7, 2004 music trendsetter Shania Twain will release the much-anticipated new single, "Party for Two." Recorded with country newcomer Billy Currington, the single is one of three brand new songs from Shania Twain's Greatest Hits, Twain's first ever greatest hits album set for a November 9 release. When asked if he was nervous recording with the international superstar, Currington replied, "She was so gracious and kind. It was my first trip to Europe but both she and Mutt Lange) made me feel at home. It was an experience of a lifetime - one I will never forget." Recently shot in Europe, the video for "Party for Two" stars both Twain and Currington and will begin airing in September.

• 8/26/04 GREATEST HITS TRACK LIST! From Mercury Records Nashville and Billboard: Shania Twain's Greatest Hits, the first ever greatest hits album from the multi-Grammy, platinum-selling artist will be released November 9, 2004 in North America (Nov. 8 everywhere else). The 21-track album will consist of Twain's chart-topping hits, as well as three brand new songs. Twain has celebrated 16 top ten career hits -- 10 of which have reached the top five and 8 secured the elite no. 1 spot. With her most recent album UP! earning certification of 10x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, Twain is the only artist in history to have three consecutive 10x platinum certified albums. The other two being The Woman In Me (12x platinum) and Come On Over (19x platinum). "Party for Two," the first single to be released to radio, is recorded in two versions. In one version, Twain pairs with Sugar Ray front man Mark McGrath, the other with country newcomer Billy Currington. Videos for both versions were recently filmed in Europe and are scheduled to begin airing in September. The other new cuts on "Greatest Hits" are "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter." The rest of the disc consists of tracks from Twain's 1995 breakthrough, "The Woman in Me" and follow-up albums 1997's "Come on Over" and 2002's "UP!," all released via Mercury. There are no tracks representing her 1993 self-titled debut. Among the featured songs are "Any Man of Mine," "(If You're Not In it for Love) I'm Outta Here" and "No One Needs To Know," all of which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. "I wanted to put together all of my favorite songs from over the years for a fun, high energy album. This record is exactly that, as well as a dedication to all of the passionate fans that have enjoyed and supported me throughout the years," exclaims Twain. Twain's recently wrapped 2003-2004 UP! Tour reached nearly $80 million overall in ticket sales for North America. The 2004 leg alone brought in over $34 million, making this leg of Twain's tour the top grossing country tour of 2004.

"Shania Twain's Greatest Hits" track listing (in sequence order)
1. "Forever and for Always" (from "UP!")
2. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" (from "UP!")
3. "UP!" (from "UP!")
4. "Come on Over" (from "Come on Over")
5. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (from "Come on Over")
6. "That Don't Impress Me Much" (from "Come on Over")
7. "From This Moment On" (from "Come on Over")
8. "Honey, I'm Home" (from "Come on Over")
9. "You're Still the One" (from "Come on Over")
10. "Don't Be Stupid" (from "Come on Over")
11. "Love Gets Me Every Time" (from "Come on Over")
12. "No One Needs To Know" (from "The Woman in Me")
13. "You Win My Love" (from "The Woman in Me")
14. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here" (from "The Woman in Me")
15. "The Woman in Me" (from "The Woman in Me")
16. "Any Man of Mine" (from "The Woman in Me")
17. "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" (from "The Woman in Me")
18. "Party for Two" (with Mark McGrath) NEW
19. "Don't!" NEW
20. "Party for Two" (with Billy Currington) NEW
21. "I Ain't No Quitter" NEW

Check out another related article: Shania Rocks Out And Twangs Up On Greatest Hits Disc

• 8/25/04 Shania's Brother In Even More Trouble. From Sun Media: Police aren't the only people who want to see international country music superstar Shania Twain's brother Darryl in court. His former landlord wants to sue 30-year-old Twain -- charged last week with drug trafficking -- for back rent. But first he has to find out where he's living now. "He vanished with his girlfriend at midnight a couple of months ago," claims Karel Puffer, who owns the home at 12139 64 St. which Twain gave as his address in court documents. "He paid rent when he first moved in but he never paid anything for a long time. "I would like to take him to court but he's a hard guy to find." Puffer said he was surprised to hear Twain had been arrested Thursday after police found $7,000 worth of crack cocaine in a car stopped at Jasper Avenue and 90 Street. "I thought he was fighting fires up north," said Puffer. "Even his own sister doesn't want to support him." The singer's Toronto-based publicist Tyson Parker did not return calls yesterday.

• 8/24/04 Shania's Brother Busted For Cocaine. From Edmonton Sun: One of three men arrested in a city police drug bust is the brother of international country music superstar Shania Twain, The Sun has confirmed. Darryl Christopher Twain, 30, faces drug-trafficking charges after Edmonton cops unearthed about $7,000 worth of rock cocaine hidden in a car late last week. Twain was charged after Const. Dean Boyer and another officer stopped a Pontiac Grand Am on Thursday at 10:30 p.m. at Jasper Avenue and 90 Street that fit the description of a car that may have been involved in a July shooting, said police spokesman Andy Weiler. "It's called rock cocaine and they're spit-ball-sized," said Weiler. "There were over 170 of these spitballs throughout the car. It's significant. Officers are happy whenever they can get illicit drugs off the street. And $7,000 is a pretty good haul." Late last week, Shania Twain's Toronto-based publicist, Tyson Parker, denied any knowledge of the arrest. "It's news to me," he said. Parker did not return further phone calls. A friend of Darryl Twain said the news seemed to have filtered out quickly. "It's just allegations," said Dakota House, a former star of the CBC-TV drama North of 60. Attempts by The Sun to contact Darryl Twain were unsuccessful. Twain was granted release on $1,000 bail after appearing before Justice of the Peace Terry Romaniuk on Friday. However, he was not actually released from the Edmonton Remand Centre until yesterday. Darryl Twain is the youngest of two half-brothers to Shania, who was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ont., on Aug. 28, 1965. Shania and two sisters were adopted by Jerry Twain, whom mom Sharon had married after parting with her first husband. The couple added two sons to the family: Mark and Darryl. When Jerry and Sharon were killed in a 1987 car crash, Shania took charge of the family. Darryl Twain was 13 years old at the time. Shania last visited Edmonton on June 12 on a tour to promote her latest album, Up! The megastar now lives in Switzerland and is the best-selling female artist of all time. Twain's fans said they weren't surprised a relative of someone high-profile was facing charges. "It seems like people who become well-known either because of social or political power, like Shania Twain, tend to have people around them, especially relatives, that seem to find their way into trouble rather frequently," said David Bieganek. The 25-year-old Bieganek, a fan of Twain's music, attended a concert by the diva in 1998. "It seems to me that if you have a well-known and rich relative, if you do something stupid, it's going to be in the headlines," he added. Darryl Twain is charged with possession of a drug for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a drug and possessing the proceeds of crime. His brothers-in-law, Franklin Julian Logan, 33, and Jason Bernard Logan, 30, also face charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking. All three are to appear in Edmonton provincial court on Sept. 3. Click HERE to watch a news report from CTV.

• 8/23/04 New Zealand Land Update. From The New Zealand Herald: Canadian singer Shania Twain was not pressured into establishing a tramping track through Motatapu and Soho stations, a walkways trust says. Twain and her husband Robert "Mutt" Lange are awaiting Overseas Investment Commission approval to buy the Crown pastoral lease for Motatapu Station. Initial confusion about the route of a new track linking Wanaka and Arrowtown had worried some locals who thought it may cross land belonging to Twain's potential neighbours. But claims that the pair tried to move an existing public right of way from the properties they were buying to the neighbouring property were wrong, said Te Araroa Trust chief executive Geoff Chapple. "There was never any 'as-of-right' route through the 16,742ha Motatapu and 5726ha Soho leaseholds. They proposed there could be one," he said. "The condition was never forced on them." The trust, which began work on a national chain of walkways in the late 1990s, had proposed to Motatapu Station owners Don and Sally McKay public access across the property. The trust wrote to the commission, which requires major land purchases to overseas buyers to be in the national interest, after Twain decided to buy the property. The 48km track would run from Glendhu Bay, Lake Wanaka, in the north to Arrowtown in the south, Mr Chapple said. Twenty-seven kilometres of that route would be established by an easement across the Motatapu and Soho stations. The remaining 21km was already a legal route. The new route would protect Twain's privacy and would not hamper the couple's farming.

• 8/19/04 Public Access Part Of Shania's New Zealand Land Deal. From The New Zealand Herald: The Overseas Investment Commission will make trampers' access a condition of sale of two South Island hill country station leases to Canadian country-pop singer Shania Twain. The track easement will open up some of the island's best scenery to the public, said Geoff Chapple, of Te Araroa - the Long Pathway Trust. The new 48km tramping route would run from Glendhu Bay on Lake Wanaka to Arrowtown. Twain and her husband, Robert Lange, are seeking commission approval to buy the Crown pastoral leases for adjacent Motatapu and Soho Stations. Mr Chapple said the trust asked the commission a year ago for the public access easement. "We are maybe a little astonished that we seem to be getting our wish. "Leasehold properties sold in the past to overseas owners did not come with any access caveats attached." For years, the stations had been closed to the public except for an annual mountain-biking event through the Motatapu River Valley. Mr Chapple expected it would be a few weeks before the commission approved the easement on the titles as had been agreed between Twain's lawyers and the Otago Department of Conservation and the trust. Twain's company will pay for the track to be built as well as two huts and camping grounds. In return, Twain asked that her valley homestead get some privacy by deviating the original route by one ridge further to the east. Mr Chapple said the new route was better than one the trust had in its 2001 plan for a walkway from Cape Reinga to Bluff. However, the route was not settled. It was proposed that the track near Wanaka would use Fern Burn, a stream on a neighbouring property whose owners were resisting. Mr Chapple said an alternative beginning was available.

• 8/18/04 GREATEST HITS ALBUM - NOVEMBER 9TH! From Shania Twain Official Website: Now that the tour is over, everyone has been wondering where they are going to get more Shania over the next few months. Shania will be releasing a Greatest Hits album in November. The album will be released on November 9th in North America and November 8th everywhere else. Stay tuned to for more details!

• 8/16/04 Country Weekly Awards - VOTE! The Country Weekly Fan Favorite Awards have entered the semi-final round. Shania is nominated for Favorite Entertainer, Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Video for "Forever and For Always." VOTE for Shania by clicking HERE. The third and final ballot containing the Top 5 nominees in each category will appear in the September 28, 2004, issue of Country Weekly. Online voting for the final round will be available September 14th-28th, 2004, and winners will be announced in the December 21, 2004 issue.

• 8/16/04 Man Fined For Blasting Shania. From Evening Mail: A Shania Twain fan did not impress his neighbours too much - by blasting out her hits too loudly. John Dorkenoo, aged 47, of Gillott Road, Edgbaston, played her songs so loud they could be heard in houses on the opposite side of the road. He was ordered to pay £550 and give up his stereo by Birmingham Magistrates after being found guilty of four counts of causing a statutory nuisance. Neighbour Joseph Merritt, who lived across the road, was so fed up having to listen to hits by the country and western songstress that he complained to Birmingham City Council. Other songs heard by neighbours included I'm in the Mood for Dancing by the Nolans and Spirit in the Sky by Gareth Gates. Prosecutor Lee Bennett told the court that environmental health officers visited Mr Merritt on August 12 2003 and heard the noise from Mr Dorkenoo's flat. They then visited another neighbour who lived above Mr Dorkenoo to assess the noise. They visited two days and installed recording equipment in Mr Merritt's flat before seizing Mr Dorkenoo's stereo on August 19. Acoustics expert Andrew Jellyman told the court that music levels had been recorded at between 40 and 50 decibels - almost the equivalent of a passing train. Giving evidence, Mr Merritt told the judge the noise was "unbearable". He said: "I remember him playing That Don't Impress Me Much by Shania Twain. Even with the doors and windows shut, it was unbearable. "We could hear it in the living room which is at the back of the house. I had a broken foot so I was pretty much housebound and there was no escape. "I've been on antidepressants to try and control my emotions. I can't describe the effect it has had on me." In giving his verdict, district Judge Calloway, said: "Nuisance of this kind has a very serious adverse effect on people's lives. "This was a bad case, not least because the music from your equipment travelled out of your property, across the road and into the back room of Mr Merritt's home." The judge added that he had taken his apology into account. Speaking after the verdict, Mr Dorkenoo said: "I am mortified by my transgression of the law and I apologise to Mr Merritt. "Music is very important to me as I was a musician until I was 18 and studied music. "I am grateful that the judge showed some sympathy."

• 8/14/04 Shania Twain Movie Debut Coming. From ACC Top 40: I Heart Huckabees, the movie in which Shania Twain makes her acting debut with a cameo playing herself, will have its world premiere during the Toronto Film Festival, which runs from September 9th through the 18th. That's fitting, considering that Shania's Canadian. According to Variety, I Heart Huckabees stars Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin as detectives who are hired by an environmental activist to investigate why there are so many disturbing coincidences in his life. The cast also includes Jude Law, Naomi Watts and Mark Wahlberg. Click HERE to go to the movie's website and view the trailer. The movie opens in select U.S. theaters October 1st. Probably only in New York and L.A. and maybe one theater in other Metro areas. Expect a nationwide release at a later dater.

• 8/12/04 Happy Birthday Eja! Today, Shania's little boy Eja turns 3 years old! On behalf of Shania's fans around the world, Happy Birthday Eja!

• 8/10/04 Second Fan Covention A Success! From Timmins Daily Press: With attendance nearly doubled at 67, organizers of the second annual Worldwide Shania Twain Fan Convention are declaring the event a success. “We were three people short of doubling our numbers over last year,” said Tracy Hautanen, event organizer. “If we continue to double our numbers, we can anticipate a lot more people next year.” The event, which lasted four days, was packed with social events and sight-seeing tours relating to the country superstar and her home town. “We kept our guests extremely busy from the moment they arrived until the moment they left our city,” said Hautanen, customer service manager to the Shania Twain Centre. At Sunday’s farewell brunch, Hautanen said she inquired about return visits from all those who attended this year’s convention. “They all indicated they’d be back.” Hautanen credits Twain and her management team for the success of this year’s convention. “Shania made sure her stage from her Up! tour and her bus were here on time for exclusive tours for our guests,” she said. “We held a Much More Music Video Dance party for them and gave them the opportunity to dance on her stage. It was a rare opportunity and one I know they appreciated.” Another treat for this year’s attendees was meeting two of Twain’s band members, drummer JD Blair and fiddler/guitarist Cory Churko, Hautanen said. More countries from around the world were represented at this year’s convention, Hautanen said. “It was interesting to hear about the Up! tour from their different perspectives.” Planning has begun for next year’s convention. “We definitely will have our hands full trying to top this year’s event in time for next year,” she said. “But we’re looking forward to it.”

• 8/9/04 Shania Part Singer, Mom, Joker. From Timmins Daily Press: Working with Shania is an Up-lifting experience say band members Cory Churko and JD Blair. The two, who were in Timmins for the second annual Shania Twain Worldwide Fan Convention over the weekend, took a spare moment to tell The Daily Press about their famous employer. (By the way, Shania's tour bus was parked outside the Shania Centre. “She’s a great person to work for,” said Churko, a fiddler and guitarist. “We just show up, get on stage and play. It’s a lot of fun.” Churko, who is originally from Moose Jaw, Sask., said life on the road with Shania is “the best.” “I’ve been a member of her band since December of ‘97,” he said. “We all spend a lot of time together when we’re on the road, but she’s been devoting a lot more of her time to doing the parent thing since Eja arrived.” The child turns three soon. Churko also said Shania, whose real name is Eileen, is a bit of joker. “Close to the last show of the Up! tour, she told us we would be shooting a DVD in New Orleans and we needed all new clothes,” he said. “The wardrobe girl bought us each these tight combination wrestling/bicycling outfits,” Churko said. “The outfit I was issued was fluorescent green with white and black shot all through it. Alarm bells went off in my head when I saw it because I’ve got chicken legs. It had little shoulder straps that barely covered my nipples and the rest, except for the shorts, was bare.” The group was told they had to go to an arena for a pre-shoot meeting. When the eight-member band was led into the darkened arena all they could do was wonder what was going on. “When the lights were suddenly flipped on, we saw balloons and tables of food everywhere,” Churko said. “Musicians had been hired and Eileen was there.” A technician had posted a message to the band on the arena’s electronic message board, Churko said. “It had everybody’s name on it,” he said. “When it stopped moving, the words ‘thank you, you guys are the best! love Eileen’ flashed across the board.”

• 8/6/04 Shania Fans Flock To Timmins. From Timmins Daily Press: They travelled thousands of kilometres to be in Timmins this weekend to share their love of Shania. And to kick the Second Annual Worldwide Shania Twain Fan Convention off, the more than 60 delegates hosted a meet-and-greet at the Shania Twain Centre. “It’s quite a thrill for me to finally be here and meet other fans who I’ve been talking to on the Internet for the last year,” said Olga Pekalska, an educational assistant from Ottawa who says she’s been listening to Twain for 10 years now. “The first concert I ever attended, on Sept. 27 last year, was a Shania Twain concert. “As soon as I got home that night I got online and joined the official fan club and the North American fan club. I’ve been on the Internet ever since.” Fans came from the United States, Finland, England, Scotland and throughout Canada to attend this year’s event, said Tracy Hautenan, customer service manager at the Shania Twain Centre. “We have 17 returning delegates from last year’s 35,” she said. “We had special name tags made up for those who attended the inaugural fan convention so they could wear them and be recognized in years to come.” Richard Sessions, an import specialist from Goshen, Ind., was one of the originals. He made a special presentation to the Shania Twain Centre at the event’s official opening. “I donated the Shania Twain Fan Convention T-shirt I won in last year’s auction after it was signed by all the original delegates back to the centre,” he said. Click HERE for pics and updates from the convention!

• 8/4/04 Shania Receives 3 CCMA Nominations! The nominations were announced today for the 2004 Canadian Country Music Awards. Shania received three nominations!!! They are: Fans' Choice Award, SOCAN Song of the Year ("It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing") and Female Artist of the Year. Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of nominees, click HERE. The CCMAs will be held Monday, September 13th at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. The show will broadcast LIVE on CBC-TV in Canada and CMT in the United States. No word yet if Shania will attend the awards show.

• 7/31/04 CCMA Fans' Choice Award - Vote For Shania! The 28th annual Canadian Country Music Awards will take place September 13th in Edmonton. Shania has been nominated for the Fans' Choice Award. You can VOTE for Shania and enter the Ultimate Fan Contest by clicking HERE! Voting ends August 27th. The rest of the CCMA nominations will be announced next week.

• 7/31/04 Fans Getting Ready For Shania Convention. From Globe and Mail: Fans of Shania Twain have already started arriving in Timmins from as far away as Europe for the second annual convention celebrating the Canadian country-music superstar, set for Aug. 5-8. "We have people coming from Finland, Scotland and England to be here," said organizer Tracy Hautenan. "We have nearly doubled our numbers over last year and are still welcoming more participants." The convention will include a guided tour through the Shania Twain Centre housing her music awards, hand-written song lyrics and outfits she wore to award ceremonies and concerts. "The support we have from Shania and her management is phenomenal," Hautenan said. "She has donated nearly all her original outfits and awards to the centre. In fact, her entire wardrobe from her Up world tour has just arrived." As well, two of Twain's band members, J.D. Blair and Cory Churko, will be on hand to mingle with fans. There will also be a tour of the high school Twain attended. "While there we will host a Shania trivia contest," Hautenan said. "We will also host a video dance and auction complete with autographed Shania Twain memorabilia."

• 7/29/04 Shania: CMT Stacked. CMT is working on two new "Stacked" specials which may feature a Shania video. The first special is "Stacked: Wheels." It's no secret many country stars love driving hot, classic cars. In fact, many love it so much their favorite toys end up in their videos. Do you share the same excitement about wheels? If so, we want to know how some of the following videos have impacted your life. Did Alan Jackson inspire you to hit the road in your Mercury? Did Kathy Mattea remind you of a car from your teenage years? We want to know. Send us your e-mails, sharing how the songs chosen for "Stacked: Wheels" have affected your life, and we might share your story during the show. Shania's "That Don't Impress Me Much" is among the videos on the list so click HERE to send CMT an email!
The second special is "Stacked: Full Throttle." Country stars love their motorcycles. Many artists bring their favorite bikes on the road for a little fun on tour, and often their favorite machines end up in their videos. Do you share the same excitement about motorcycles? If so, we want to know how some of the videos have impacted your life. Choose from the list of videos below and let us know which videos have had the greatest impact on your life, then tune in to "Stacked: Full Throttle" to see if your choices made it into the top. Shania's "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" is among the videos so click HERE to send in your email!

• 7/26/04 Official 2005 Shania Calendar Now Available! You can now pre-order the "official" 2005 Shania Twain calendar. It will ship in a few weeks. Click HERE!

• 7/24/04 Shania's Tour Stage Arrives In Timmins. From True North News: Singing sensation Shania Twain has donated the stage she used during her Up! Tour to the City of Timmins. The 78x48 foot stage arrived in Timmins Thursday night all the way from Florida where Shania ended her tour. Covered in purple and white tissue confetti from the Office Depot Centre in Sunrise, it is now stored in a Timmins-owned facility. Maintenance and Parks Operations Manager Norm Beaudry says the stage, along with many other items from the tour arrived in two 45 foot closed-in trailers. Beaudry estimates the value of the stage is around a quarter of a million dollars. "It blows my mind," exclaimed Beaudry. "Shania's also sending up her stage crew to show us how to put it together and take it apart." Beaudry says the stage itself is welded aluminum. Most of the deck is plexiglass that lights up. Stools used by band members were sent, along with partially used bottles of Windex that were used to clean the stage. Other treasures Beaudry didn't want to reveal were also sent by Shania. The centre portion of the stage will be sent at another time. The centre portion of the stage belonged to another stage company, but Beaudry says Shania is having one manufactured just to send to Timmins so the stage will be complete. The stage will be on display during the Fan Club Convention which the Shania Twain Centre is hosting August 5-8.

• 7/24/04 Shania's New Horses. From Nashville Kat: Shania keeps increasing her stable & has added 3 Tennessee Walkers & a Canadian police horse but her new Arabian stallion, Shania basically saved his life. For some reason, he was going to get put down, so she adopted him.

• 7/23/04 Shania To Buy Land In New Zealand Confirmed. From New Zealand Herald: Country-pop star Shania Twain has applied to buy land in New Zealand. Finance Minister Michael Cullen was yesterday quizzed about Twain's aspirations and whether changes to the overseas investment regime would reduce or increase her chances. Dr Cullen joked that Twain's name had yet to cross his desk, but confirmed the Overseas Investment Commission had received an application. Rumours surfaced that Twain was looking to buy land after she spent the summer holidaying in Wanaka, Central Otago. The country music diva, 38, her husband "Mutt" Lange and their 2-year-old son Eja are believed to have spent some weeks in the area before returning to Europe for Twain's world tour. In January, Motatapu Station owner Don Mackay said he did not want to comment on Twain's holiday, nor an offer she was believed to have made to buy his family's high-country farm. Twain is understood to have holidayed in Central Otago previously. Dr Cullen said Twain's application would be treated like any other, but the new regime covering mainly the foreign ownership of iconic land would not apply as the application predated the changes.

• 7/22/04 Shania Racks UP! Mega Tour Bucks! From CountryStars.com: When you combine Shania Twain's tour gross totals for the entire UP! TOUR (from Sept. '03 up through July 10th, her total take may reach $75 million. And, on average, she's grossed more than $950 thousand per show (with audiences totals past 1 million so far), reports MJI. *Note: These figures do not include the European concerts.

• 7/22/04 Lighting UP! Shania! In December 2003, Lighting Dimensions magazine published a great article on the lighting of the UP! Tour. The interview with Peter Morse, who was the tour's lighting designer, was conducted during the first North American leg last fall. Here are a couple exerpts: Shania and Mutt devise the show. They can change their mind at any time and they do. Nothing is etched in stone, things can change; staging changes, ideas change, and basically the tour is a work-in-progress. I doubt that any three shows would be identical. She changes where she goes and what she does every night. On paper, she looked at it, and said ‘Here's where I'm going to work.’ But the minute the crowd came in, it was definitely a whole different attitude. She immediately began to work with the crowd, which she does brilliantly. She works with the audience considerably more than most artists I've worked with. She loves to jump down into the crowd; she loves to pull them up on stage and have impromptu moments with them. When you're dealing with a lighting design and a lighting system that necessitates programming and thinking ahead and making everything flow, you have to leave yourself a back door on all the songs on the way they connect and where they go; it's not as locked-in as one would like. Yet that's the fun and excitement of it........This is one of the tours I wish I could stay out on. I'm always glad to have other work, but it's such a wonderful atmosphere, it's such an easy working environment with Shania and Mutt. She is a workaholic. In rehearsals, she had up to three run-throughs a day. But they're genuinely good people, and they care about what they're doing. That infiltrates everything we all do. Click link above to read the entire article.

• 7/18/04 Casting Call For "Shania" Movie. From Toronto Star: Producers of the TV-movie "Shania!" are casting for the lead role of Shania Twain. They are on the lookout for a singer/actress in her late teens/early 20s, slim, between 5 feet and 5 feet 4 inches. No professional experience necessary. Audition sign-ins are July 22 between 9:30 a.m. and noon at Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. Applicants should bring a recent photo and resumé; several '70s to early '80s pop songs and accompanying sheet music. The project is skedded to shoot from mid-September to the end of October. Call 416-208-0637 for info.

• 7/17/04 Billboard Ranks UP! Tour #4. From CMT.com: Shania Twain and George Strait are listed among the 10 highest-grossing tours for the first half of 2004, according to Billboard Boxscore. David Bowie's tour topped the list by grossing $45.4 million after playing before 722,158 fans at 82 shows. Bette Midler was second with $40 million in gross ticket sales, and Simon & Garfunkel landed in third place with $36 million. Twain was in fourth place at $34 million, and George Strait was in 10th place after grossing $16 million. The numbers are based on ticket sales between Nov. 19, 2003 and May 18, 2004.

• 7/16/04 2005 Shania Twain Calendars! You can now pre-order the UK's 2005 TV Times Shania Twain "unofficial" calendar which will be released on August 5th. Click Amazon UK to pre-order the calendar! According to the current issue of Country Weekly, an "official" 2005 Shania Twain calendar will also be available later this year. Stay tuned for more info on the release date and where to pre-order the "official" calendar.

• 7/12/04 UP! Tour #6 At Mid-Year Point. According to Pollstar, Prince, Madonna and Celine Dion are the top three money earners on this year's Pollstar list of 2004's Top 100 Tours at the midway point of the year. Prince Grosses $45.7 Million, followed by Madonna at $44.9 Million and Dion at $40.8 Million. The rest of the year's Top 10 included 4. Bette Midler ($33.7m), 5. Rod Stewart ($32.7m), 6. Shania Twain ($27.6m), 7. Kenny Chesney ($27.0m), 8. Metallica ($26.1m), 9. Aerosmith ($25.2m) and 10. Alan Jackson/Martina McBride ($24.9m). Figures are for tickets sold worldwide as reported to Pollstar for shows played between 1/01/04 and 06/30/04.

• 7/11/04 Concert Stage Going To Shania Centre. Shania wrapped up her incredible 9 1/2 month UP! World Tour last night in Sunrise, FL. According to the Plam Beach Post, during the emotional farewell concert Shania said that the concert stage will be going to the Shania Twain Centre in Timmins, Ontario and be put on display. THANK YOU SHANIA FOR AN AMAZING UP! WORLD TOUR!!!!! THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES WILL LAST FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS!

• 7/9/04 Goodbye Shania, Hello McDonald's. From CountryWeekly.com: Tomorrow Emerson Drive will play their last opening slot for Shania Twain on her current tour. They'll miss touring with one of country's biggest stars - but they'll miss her food just as much. "She had her own catering traveling with the whole crew," says guitarist Danick Dupelle, "and they were from New Zealand and Australia, and the food was just unbelievable. And one day I said, 'I'm going to be careful about what I eat,' because you eat so well, it's good food, and when there's good food like that and good dessert too. And that's the problem - my diet just went down the drain."

• 7/8/04 Shania Praised By Emerson Drive. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain took fellow countrymen, Emerson Drive, on her recent world tour, and besides learning a ton about how a mega tour is put together and works, the band says they were just blown away by how nice Shania and her gang are to an opening act like them. "First of all just being around Shania Twain and her whole crew is just been fantastic," says Brad Manes. "And what's striking is just the quality of people with her and how great, down-to-earth people they are. From the musicians in her band, to the techs around the stage they make us feel a part of the show and not just the opening act. Many times the guys with would tell us, 'Hey you guys this is your show too, we're all a part of this together,' so we feel part of that big family that whole Shania Twain entourage and it's just great."

• 7/2/04 Shania Moved To Tears In New Orleans. From The Times-Picayune: ...After New Orleans, only six shows remained of an epic, 140-date tour. Twain and her close-knit band and crew will soon bid one another farewell, so her team surprised the boss with an early goodbye. As Twain perched on a stool for the ballad "Forever and For Always," their names scrolled across the video halo that encircles the arena. Then the scoreboards flashed, in big, bright letters, "Thank you Shania. We love you. Your band and crew." Caught off guard, tears streamed down her cheeks as she sang, "I'm keeping you forever and for always/We will be together all of our days." At the ballad's conclusion, Twain struggled, with limited success, to maintain her composure. She cried, apologized, and asked for a tissue. It was a remarkably genuine and vulnerable moment for a performer who relentlessly calculates her music for mass consumption, refuses to release songs that betray too much of herself, and constantly projects the image of a woman in charge.

• 7/2/04 J.D. & Cory To Attend Fan Convention. From CBC News: Devotees of Shania Twain will descend on Timmins, Ont. in August to take part in the second annual convention for fans of the top-selling country singer. The event is being hosted by the Shania Twain Centre, the museum dedicated to chronicling her small-town roots that houses clothing displays, awards, and other Twain memorabilia. This year's event, which takes place Aug. 5 to 8, features two special guests: drummer J.D. Blair and fiddler/guitarist Cory Churko. The two are members of Twain's band, and will share their experiences of life on the road with the singer. They will also hold music clinics for fans, as well as local musicians. Twain enthusiasts from as far away as Finland have already pre-registered to attend the gathering. Once in Timmins, the participants will have the chance to tour local sites connected to Twain's childhood and take part in events such as a golf tournament. Many new items will be on display at the centre, including some 100 plaques that Twain recently sent from her home in Europe. Born Eileen Edwards in Windsor, Ont., Twain now lives in Switzerland with her husband, record producer Mutt Lange, and their son Eja. Twain's latest album, UP! was released in 2002. She is known for her memorable videos, including the one for "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," which was a parody of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love video and featured Twain clad as a dominatrix while surrounded by a bevy of hunky men.

• 6/30/04 Cool Boss. From Buckeye Country 106.7: Not only is Shania Twain a great singer and entertainer, she's also a wonderful boss! The "Forever And For Always" diva surprised her tour crew with a party in New Orleans, according to CountryNation.com. She wanted to thank her employees for all their hard work on her "Up!" tour. This is not the first time that Shania has been gracious to her staff. At the beginning of the tour she threw a hockey party, held a midnight bowling event in Europe and also took them white water rafting in Oregon.

• 6/30/04 Shania Sexiest Canuck. From Calgary Sun: Opinion polls fell short of predicting how Canadians would vote on election day. But a new poll, released yesterday, may give a reliable peek at Canadians' shorts -- or lack of shorts. The poll, commissioned by Moosehead Breweries, shows 14% of Canadians are planning to wear no underwear when they celebrate the nation's birthday tomorrow. While 32% will wear boxers, 30% briefs and 14% thongs on Canada Day, 10% say they're unsure what they'll wear underneath their patriotic pride. The phone poll of 500 beer drinkers showed Canadians aren't a shy bunch with 76% saying they've gone skinny dipping. While nearly a third say they've skinny dipped with friends, other poll results suggest Canadians would like to get friendly with Shania Twain. The country crooner topped the list of sexy Canadians at 29% followed by Pamela Anderson -- who is now a U.S. citizen -- at 14% and Pierre Trudeau, who died in 2000, at 4%. Canadians may enjoy sex -- 36% said it was their favourite activity.

• 6/29/04 New Photo Shoot For "Secret" Project. From Vancouver Sun - reporter Lynne McNamara: She's cool. Don't be jealous, but I spent Wednesday with Shania Twain. On her day off before the Thursday night concert (June 17), Twain spent about nine hours shooting print ads for a secret new product she'll endorse this fall with much of the proceeds going to her hungry children's charity, Second Harvest. We were there to tape it all for "Access Hollywood." First, we met in a gorgeous mountain meadow near Mission where butterflies, buttercups, bobcat, lynx and black bears cavort under the watchful eye of Mt. Baker. Twain posed for photos in a white, off the shoulder top and pants, stopping often to sniffle into a tissue as the hay fever kicked in. Then, back in the city, folks gathered around to watch her get snapped while snuggled in a hammock at Jericho Park. At sunset, we headed over to Spanish Banks, where in a bright orange, diaphanous chiffon skirt flailing in the breeze, Twain posed for hudnreds more shots. Here are a few pics. Click thumbnails for larger version.

• 6/28/04 Shania Goes White Water Rafting. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain decided to take a break from her nearly year-long tour with a refreshing day of white water rafting. She shared the experience in a wild Oregon river with opening act, Emerson Drive, and her whole crew last week.
ALSO, IT'S OFFICIAL - Shania Twain will release her first greatest hits collection this fall. After Shania wraps her UP! World Tour in July, the superstar will head into the studio to write and record a few new tracks for the hits CD.

• 6/27/04 Tim Passes Away. Sad news. Shania's beloved German Shepherd, Tim (named after her hometown Timmins), died a few months ago. Here's a message posted by Shania's guitarist Randall Waller on his site's message board: "Tragic news ......... Tim left us a few months ago - bummer - when he was with us.... we weren't even allowed to call his name - he was a trained working dog and could only answer to the boss. RIP." Click HERE for a picture of Shania and Tim.

• 6/23/04 Shania On Linedancer Magazine Cover. Shania is on the cover of the July 2004 issue of Linedancer magazine (UK). Inside there's an article titled "Not Just A Pretty Face." Click on the links to read article. Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3

• 6/18/04 GREATEST HITS - NOVEMBER 23RD! From netmusiccountdown.com: Fans of Shania Twain will finally be able to get all of her greatest hits in one package set for release this coming November (23rd according to MuchMoreMusic). In addition to her hits, the collection will contain three new songs. This will obviously buy Shania more time to transition from world-touring mode back to studio recording artist for her next album. Twain has promised she won’t take as long this time between new studio albums.

• 6/17/04 Thank God For Shania. From CountryNation.com: In the cover story of the new CMT Country Music Today magazine, Reba McEntire says that in the old days, an artist picked 20 songs, recorded 10, and released 3 as singles. She explains that no one went deep into an album until Shania Twain released all those singles from "Come On Over." Now, Reba has big plans for "Room to Breathe". She wants to release 8 singles from the CD -- and thanks Shania for being able to do so. "Thank God for Shania. She changed that mindset. Leave it to Shania to shake things up," says Reba.

• 6/13/04 Edmonton Gets Struck By Twain. From Edmonton Sun: ...her sugar-frosted, from-the-heart brand of country-pop (or in some cases plain ol' pop-pop, 'cept maybe with a little bit of electric fiddle) crosses more musical boundaries than any other mainer-than-mainstream act out there. And because she really, really knows how to entertain. And because people really, really like her. And she really, really likes her people. Jogging onto the stage while the audience's attention was diverted by a silhouette of a fake-Shania, the hot mom from Timmins, Ont., launched straight into Man! I Feel Like A Woman, leaving the women in the sold-out crowd of 16,500 or so feeling just that much more womanly, and their men presumably wanting them that much more...Shania's love for her fans was also in full effect.

• 6/10/04 Kitsch, My Butt! From Winnipeg Sun: Country-fried kitsch, eh! Does Shania Twain really care if Mr. Blackwell placed her third on his most recent worst-dressed list? Though Twain was not available for comment, her wardrobe manager, Ariane Martin, who has been on the road with Canada's crossover country diva since last September, said the ranking was laughable. "When I saw the list I thought it was hilarious," the 21-year-old Toronto native says. "The picture that ran in the paper was of Shania in her stagewear. What she wears performing and what she wears on carpet" -- as in the red carpet -- "are two different things. Martin feels sure Twain doesn't even look at things like Blackwell's list. "If they are going to compare what she wears on stage with what another actress or singer wears on the carpet, it's like comparing apples to oranges.

• 6/10/04 Formerly Deaf Girl Hears Shania For First Time. From In-Forum.com: Morgan Leapaldt was one of 18,223 pairs of ears at the Shania Twain concert Saturday at the Fargodome. Hers undoubtedly were among the most enthusiastic. The concert was a first for the 12-year-old – whose hearing was restored two months ago by a cochlear implant. Morgan, who lost her hearing at the age of 7 months, offered a succinct review of the concert: "Good. Loud."When it first started she just started crying," Gay Leapaldt said. "I asked her what was wrong and she said, 'I'm just so happy.'" Morgan is still learning to recognize and distinguish sounds. She followed the beat, sometimes dancing along with the rhythm, but had to struggle to track the vocals. "She wouldn't sit still," her mother said. The concentration of listening carefully to sort through all that audio stimulation proved taxing, however. At the end of the concert, with a two-hour performance by the headline act, she was tired and had a headache. Half an hour after the concert ended, Morgan turned off her processor, which converts sounds to digital code that are transmitted to the cochlea, a snail-shaped organ in the inner ear. Sometimes, silence can be golden. "She had a good time," Gay said. "When we were finished she said, 'I'm ready for another concert.'"

• 6/5/04 Shania Concert Big Event For Formerly Deaf Girl. From In-Forum.com: Morgan Leapaldt's first sounds were the clinical chirp of a beeping computer and her mother's expectant voice. "Hello Morgan – can you hear me?" Those words, spoken two months ago, reintroduced 12-year-old Morgan to the world of sound, a world that had been closed to her since she was 7 months old. Morgan jumped on hearing them, startled by the intensity of what she'd been missing. Today, the girl from Leeds, N.D., eagerly anticipates another introduction to sound. She's in town to hear the Shania Twain concert at the Fargodome – an event her mother hopes won't overwhelm her daughter's developing sense of hearing. The piercing whine of a jetliner overhead startled Morgan as her family drove through the Twin Cities following the activation of her cochlear implant on March 29. Her brain still is learning to recognize and distinguish sounds. She can confuse the sound of a dog barking with a baby crying, for example, and still is learning to tell the difference between a male and a female voice. Audible distinctions like those disappeared 11 years ago, after her older brother, Derrek, came home from a fishing trip with a baby turtle. The turtle, infected with Salmonella bacteria, sent Morgan to the hospital with a 105-degree fever. She suffered dehydration – and, unknown at the time, sustained damage to the nerves in her ears.....Dancing, in fact, is what first drew Morgan to the music of Shania Twain. Although she couldn't hear the music, Morgan enjoyed watching music videos on television, and loved to dance along with Shania Twain. Gay said her daughter picked out her wardrobe for tonight's concert six months ago, including a straw cowboy hat that two of her female cousins also will don. To prepare Morgan for the concert loudspeakers, her parents have turned up the volume of their home stereo, with heavy bass. "We've told her it's going to be really, really loud," Gay said Friday afternoon. "She really wants to try it. I guess we won't know until we try it."

• 6/4/04 UP! Tour Is One Of Few Doing Well. From HitsDailyDouble.com: With the exception of sold-out tours by Madonna and Prince, along with a handful of others (includng several Shania concerts), this summer's touring season is turning out to be a disappointment, according to a survey of promoters around the country. After Madonna and Prince, the next most successful tours are Sting/Annie Lennox, Dave Matthews Band and Van Halen, the latter doing better in major markets. Double-headliner shows, such as No Doubt/Blink-182, are doing well, though Blink-182 on its own is lagging. Country artists like Alan Jackson/Martina McBride, Shania Twain and Kenny Chesney also look unaffected by the downturn.

• 6/2/04 Shania's Rock Body. From Yahoo: SELF magazine and VH1 have partnered for "Top 10 Rock Bodies" their third annual behind-the-scenes look at how the sexiest stars in the music business get toned and gorgeous. The partnership includes a special nine-page section in the June issue of SELF naming today's 10 hottest female performers and a companion television special that premieres on VH1 on Monday, June 7 at 10:00pm ET. Rock Bodies starts on page 45 in the June issue of SELF, on sale May 24 through June 21. Superstar singers work out hard in the gym to get buff, but they also use another trick of the trade: strategically displaying their best body parts to the fullest while downplaying others.
-- Britney Spears flaunts her butt (Rock Bodies butt move: leg kick-back)
-- Jewel flaunts her thighs (Rock Bodies thigh move: chair pose)
-- Ashanti and Shania Twain flaunt their abs (Rock Bodies abs move: knee plank)
-- Gwen Stefani flaunts her shoulders (Rock Bodies shoulder move: lateral raise)
-- Alicia Keys flaunts her chest (Rock Bodies chest move: jab)

• 5/27/04 IT'S OFFICIAL! Greatest Hits Album By End Of 2004! It's Official! Shania will be releasing a Greatest Hits album by the end of the year! According to Universal Music Group, major new releases for the remainder of the year include new albums from 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Nelly and U2 in addition to Greatest Hits from Jay Z, George Strait and Shania Twain.

• 5/26/04 Man, I Feel Like A Pervert. From CountryNation.com: After singing "The Woman in Me" from a seat in the lower deck at her Tuesday night concert in Omaha, Shania Twain gently chastised several people for smacking her "in places they shouldn't" on her way back to the stage. A short time later, she asked for volunteers who knew the words to sing "You're Still the One" with her on stage. The chosen volunteer was not well-versed on the lyrics. Through it all, Shania remained gracious, according to the Omaha World-Herald. She even invited one of the quick-handed perpetrators -- who admitted his action and apologized -- on stage.
Touchy Feely. Commenting on the above Shania Twain story, a visitor to this site, writes; "If I had been at the Twain concert I would also have been one of the smackers or even a patter, toucher, feeler, or may I say, a "gooser?" The public humiliation I would happily endure just as that other quick handed perp. Yes, forever call me what you will, and I, forever known by the designation, will also be satisfied knowing I have been where only a mutt had gone before." Apparently, Hillary has restored former President Clinton's email privileges.

• 5/25/04 Shania Centre Goes To Fan Fair 2004. The Shania Twain Centre will have a booth at this year's Fan Fair/CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN June 10-13. Tracy Hautanen, the Centre's manager, will be at the booth displaying some of the costumes and memorabilia that Shania donated to the Centre. She'll also be promoting this year's Second Annual Worldwide Fan Convention in Timmins, Ontario August 5-8.

• 5/25/04 MuchMusic Video Award Nomination. The 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards nominations (Canada's music video awards) were recently announced. Shania is nominated for the MuchMoreMusic Award for her "Forever And For Always" video. The awards show will air live on Much Music, June 20th at 9:00pm ET. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 5/25/04 Shania's Show Within The Show. From CountryStars.com: When you see Shania Twain live on screen or on video, it looks like she's really having a good time on stage...that's because she's enjoying the show, and the show within the show. She says "There are just so many interesting people in an audience and I love meeting them. I mean the audience is a big, big part of my show. It's not.. the stage isn't separated from the people at all, we're just all there, you know, having a great party. I'm observing the audience very closely. I mean they're entertaining me. They are my show! I'm their show and they're my show and it's really great!"
By The Way, Shania Tops Fantasy Date List - In a Yahoo survey of who are the most "datable" stars, Shania comes out on top of the list of female artists men would like to take out. (Faith came in second.) The most desirable male dates? Tim McGraw followed by Kenny Chesney.

• 5/23/04 Greatest Hits Album Coming Soon? Here's an exerpt from a reply Randall Waller (one of Shania's guitarists) posted on his official website's message board: "I think it will be quite a long time before Shania makes it back to Germany - I know they (Shania & Mutt) are going to do a greatest hits record soon, - as far as I know there are no plans to tour after that is done - but as we all know, these things can change very quickly." Keep in mind, there has not been an official announcement regarding the release of a Greatest Hits album.

• 5/23/04 2003 Shania Interview. Delilah caught up with the very busy Shania Twain a while ago and interviewed her about her latest album, "Up!" Shania is part of an elite list of performers who are also mothers; Delilah asked Shania how motherhood has affected her professional life and how her songs have changed with her new perspective as a mother. Shania hits the road this fall with a tour in support of "Up!" and is currently in the production phase of the tour. She will also be featured in a health and beauty issue of a famous women's magazine - listen to the interview for more details!

• 5/21/04 Shania's Video Editor? Herself. From CountryStars.com: From the beginning of her career Shania Twain has had creative control of her videos, a power that helped save her career early on, and helped take it through the roof later on. Shania says she still remains close to, or at the helm of her video productions. "I think the best thing about making videos is the whole creative process. I like being part of the direction of the whole video, I edit my own videos, so I enjoy all of that part the most to be honest with you. I don't necessarily enjoy being in the video so much. It's a tough thing to do, if you're just a live performer it's really tough to do the same thing over and over and over and over again. So that's probably my least favorite part, just the whole repetitive part of it."

• 5/19/04 The Shania Centre. From Globe and Mail: 'I voted right away," says Tracy Hautanen, on her way to a quick smile. "It's my job." Her job is Shania Twain. Hautanen is the manager of what is surely the most American attraction in all of Canada: the Shania Twain Centre. The centre, $5.5-million worth of curving concrete, display cases and a video theatre, sits in the southeast corner of a gold-mining town that used to bill itself as "Canada's largest municipality" (covering more than 320,000 hectares of Northern Ontario) but now thinks of itself as the hometown of the biggest-selling female solo recording artist in the world. No matter that Shania Twain was actually born Eileen Edwards in Windsor, Ont., nearly 39 years ago. She calls Timmins home, and this is where her country-singing career began. The Centre features a world map featuring her fan clubs, display cases for everything from her wedding dress to the leopard skin outfit worn in her video That Don't Impress Me Much. There is also a great deal of Canada, even though Twain has long since been a Nashville star and lives in a 46-room chateau in Switzerland. In a back room of the centre, Hautanen is preparing a brand-new exhibit to feature sports: Twain's Ottawa Senators gown worn for a concert in Ottawa, the nearly kinky Maple Leafs outfit she wore in Toronto, a football from the Grey Cup. "I'm a Canadian through and through," says a blown-up quote in one display. "And I'm very proud of that." So, too, is Tracy Hautanen, and the "vote" she was talking about was cast for Twain to be named one of the finalists for the CBC's "The Greatest Canadian" contest, which came to a close Sunday.

• 5/19/04 Arabian Music Awards Fiasco. From Tonight: The first Arabian Music Awards were held Saturday night (May 15) but the show was anything but memorable. Shania was nominated for Best International Female Artist but the award (along with others) was never handed out. Several nominees did not show up delayng the start of the ceremony after midnight and then there were technical difficulties to contend with. By 3.30am Sunday, the last 100 or so members of the original audience of 2 000 gave up and left, along with many of the performers - ending the show with a pile of awards yet to be handed out, including best artists.

• 5/17/04 Fugitive Arrested At Shania Concert! From WSAZ-TV: "I'm Gonna Getcha Good," "C'est La Vie"and "Don't Be Stupid" are all Shania Twain hits. But the titles could also have meaning for members of the Charleston Police Department's Bicycle Patrol, who captured a federal fugitive at Twain's Charleston, WV concert Thursday night (May 13). Thirty-year-old Tony Redman, a Charleston native, was wanted for a supervised release violation on a warrant issued in April. He had previously been convicted of conspiracy to distribute Xanax and was sentenced to 18 months in jail in 2001. Thursday night, United States Marshals and the Charleston Police Department received word that Redman was planning to attend the concert. He was arrested as he exited the building.

• 5/15/04 Recent Newspaper Articles. Here are a few recent newpaper articles.
Review from Thursday night's Charleston, WV concert - Superstar Twain and a super show.
Preview of last night's Fort Wayne, IN concert - Not just a pretty face.
Review of last night's Fort Wayne, IN concert - Man! Shania rocked coliseum.
Preview of Sunday's Grand Rapids, MI concert - Shania Twain returns. (Article talks about if Shania can continue her unprecedented rise to world pop domination. Is the sky the limit for Shania, or are there signs she may have peaked?)

• 5/12/04 Shania Wins 2 BMI Pop Awards! From BMI.com: BMI saluted the past year's 50 most performed songs during the 52nd Annual Pop Awards last night in Los Angeles. Shania picked up 2 awards for her songs "Forever And For Always" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!". The BMI Awards recognize BMI registered singers and songwriters. Award certificates are given annually in recognition of popularity in the field of popular music, as measured by feature broadcast performances on American radio and television. Congratulations Shania!

• 5/11/04 Shania Shines In Her Homeland! From London Free Press: Nobody rules centre ice at the John Labatt Centre like Shania Twain. Using an "in-the-round" format to get up close and personal last night, the Canadian superstar jumped, strutted and ran all over the centre-ice stage. She was surrounded by a centre single-night record crowd of 10,269 Twain superfans. Many of the lucky ones were able to reach up to the stage and have the star bend or kneel for one of the countless autographs or high-fives she handed out. "Thank you so much for that welcome. Thank you so much London, Ontario," Twain said early in the set. Gorgeous as she is, and flowing as her mane may be, Twain's true appeal shows itself in her friendly, sexy smile. It's bright. It doesn't quit. Like her, it's the real star at work. Among the many fans who held up signs, Twain seemed to get the biggest kick from a woman whose sign said yesterday was her due date. "I went to an AC/DC concert when I was about seven months pregnant," Twain smiled, wishing the mother-to-be well. "This is the baby's first Shania concert."

• 5/10/04 $1500 Launched Shania's Career. From CountryStars.com: When Shania Twain arrived in Nashville in the early 1990s, Norro Wilson and Buddy Cannon spent all of $1500 dollars on a three song demo to pitch her to record labels. That demo landed on the desk of Mercury's Harold Shedd, and the rest is the history of the biggest selling female country artist ever.

• 5/8/04 Family First! Superstar Shania Twain is burning up the concert trail around the world. But she insists there's no place like home with her husband and son. Click HERE to read the article from May 25th issue of Country Weekly.

• 5/8/04 Gordon Lightfoot Likes Shania. From Yahoo/CP: When asked to name some of his favorites among today's Canadian music talents, singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot points to Shania Twain as a really good songwriter, a talent not usually considered her main show business attribute. "If she couldn't write those songs, man, there'd be nothing happening!"

• 5/3/04 Brent Barcus Leaves Shania's Band. According to Shania's drummer, JD Blair, Brent Barcus has left the band. Brent had been a guitarist with the band for several years. JD's diary - 5/1/04: Arrrghhhh!!! I'm still not a hunnit %! Raleigh wuz still RokN tho'! Randy! Whar U @? I ain't been able 2 reach ya. Hope U & yo' krew R well. Well, besta luck 2 BB. He split az of last nite. He hadda higher kawlN, so 'nuff said `bout dat. Good luck Brent in your future endeavors.

• 5/3/04 "When You Kiss Me" Poll. From CMT.com: Superstar Shania Twain has two videos for "When You Kiss Me" exclusively on CMT, and CMT Insider wants to know which version you like better. The first version has Shania walking on the beach and the second version has a photographer following Shania around. Check out both versions HERE, vote for your favorite, then tune into CMT Insider Friday, May 7 at 7:30pm ET/PT to find out which video wins.

• 4/29/04 Shania TV Movie - Update. From Timmins Daily Press: Timmins residents will have an opportunity to appear in a made-for-TV movie. A two-hour movie chronicling the life of Shania Twain will be shot, in part, in Timmins this summer. “We were commissioned by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) to make this film,” said Laszlo Barna, the film’s executive producer at Barna-Alper Productions in Toronto. More than $3 million will be spent producing the film, which will be shot, for the most part, in Timmins and Sudbury, Barna said. A crew of about 100 people will be on hand for the duration of the filming. Casting for Twain’s character as well as her parents, siblings, boyfriends, teachers and her former agent will take place in about four or five weeks. “We will also be using a lot of people from Timmins and Sudbury for walk-ons and extras,” Barna said. Meanwhile the hunt is on for the film’s director, Barna said. “We’d likely come in late-July to scout the area and start shooting in late August. And we’ll be done, hopefully, by the time the snow flies.” Excitement is mounting at the studio about the project. “We are going to try and tell the story of this hugely talented young woman in a way that doesn’t stereotype her,” he said. “The feeling we are going leave the viewers with is the message of her life, that you can achieve anything you want to.” The story will be reminiscent of the movie Coal Miner’s Daughter, a film about country singer Loretta Lynn’s rise to stardom. “We’re looking at getting the story behind the headlines,” Barna said. Much of the material being used in Twain’s biopic comes from Robin Eggar’s biography, published in 2001. “There will be two Shania’s in this film, the younger one will be around age 10, and the other older one will be in her last year of high school,” he said. “We are going to follow the second Shania up to the moment of her success.” Barna said Eggar’s book is a good basis for the film because it contains extensive research. “Shania is a person who succeeded against all odds. She came from a relatively poor background in a small rural community.” People typically do not overcome those types of odds. “The villain in this story is poverty,” Barna said. “This is not to say she had a miserable childhood. She had an incredibly supportive family and an environment that celebrated and applauded her.” By the time she was 10, she was heavily involved in her music.

• 4/26/04 Shania Bitten By Horse. From CountryStars.com: The teeth marks that Shania Twain was showing on stage at Friday night's show in Atlanta, weren't signs of an overly passionate encounter with her husband. Seems Shania went horseback riding Thursday in Atlanta to relax before the big show, and she was bitten by a horse. By the way, I was at the concert and the bite was on Shania's upper arm.

• 4/24/04 Atlanta Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert Atlanta, GA: Twain still down-home for 'UP!' tour.

• 4/22/04 New Album - Sooner Than Later. From CMT.com: Shania Twain hopes to release a new album shortly after UP! has run its course. "I'm working on a new record right now," she told reporters Wednesday night (April 21) at the CMT 2004 Flame Worthy Video Music Awards in Nashville. "It shouldn't be too long of a time. I'm not going to leave much of a gap at all. Pretty much when I get off the road, I'm gonna get right back into the studio." Twain will conclude her tour on July 10 in Sunrise, Fla. She also told reporters that she's unlikely to film another music video until the new album is ready.

• 4/21/04 Shania Wins Flame Worthy Award - PICS! Shania won the award for Flame Worthy Female Video of the Year ("Forever And For Always") at tonight's CMT 2004 Flame Worthy Video Music Awards, country music's only fan-voted awards show. "Holy cow! Wow! I didn't expect this. This is really wonderful. What a great surprise. Thank you so much. Wow! I love you guys. Thank you." -- Shania Twain. Backstage Shania said she enjoys the behind-the-scenes, creative process of making videos, but not the repetition of being in front of the camera. "It's a tough thing to do," Twain said. "If you're a live performer it's tough to do the same thing over and over and over and over again." Shania was also presented with the Triple Diamond award during the Red Carpet pre-show. She is the only artist in history with 3 albums that have sold 10 million copies. Congratulations Shania! Click HERE for a complete list of winners. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES!

• 4/20/04 Pensacola Concert - Review. After a 2-month European tour, Shania is back iin the U.S for the second leg of her UP! World Tour. She will also be touring Canada again during this leg. Here's a review from last night's concert in Pensacola, FL: Shania's still the one.

• 4/15/04 McDonald's Famous Employee! From JSOnline: On this date in 1955, the first McDonald's franchise opened in Des Plaines, Ill., setting the stage for Happy Meals, supersizing, Mc-this, Mc-that. Perhaps its most famous former employee is non other than Shania! "Country singer Shania Twain. She was 14. In a series called "My First Job" in Reader's Digest, she told writer Daniel Levine that her manager's trust in her led her to take on new responsibilities. "I learned tons about the meaning of service there," Twain once said."

• 4/11/04 Even More Platinum For Shania! Last week it was reported that Shania's "UP! Live In Chicago" and "Platinum Collection" DVDs were certified Platinum by the RIAA. The RIAA also certified Shania's VHS video "Come On Over Video Collection" Platinum as well! Platinum status equals 100,000 copies sold for videos and DVDs. Congratulations Shania!

• 4/9/04 Shania On FHM And MAXIM "Sexiest" Lists. Shania is once again on the sexiest women lists for FHM (U.S.) and MAXIM magazines. On the "FHM 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2004" list, Shania is #21. Last year she was #16. This year Britney Spears is #1, Angelina Jolie is at #2 and Halle Berry is at #3. On the "MAXIM Hot 100" list, Shania takes a plunge from #2 last year to #40 this year. Jessica Simpson is #1, Beyonce is #2 and Christina Aguilera is #3.

• 4/5/04 Two Shania DVDs Go Platinum! From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain's DVD "UP! Live In Chicago" has been certified Platinum (DVD Platinum = 100,000 copies sold). PLUS, Shania returns to the US soon for her April 19th show in Pensacola, FL---the kick-off show on her 2004 U.S. tour. Also, CMT.com reports Shania's "Platinum Collection" DVD has also been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The DVD contains videos from Shania's Shania Twain, The Woman In Me and Come On Over albums. Congratulations Shania!

• 4/3/04 Shania Wins Juno Award! From Juno Awards: At a non-televised JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony tonight in Edmonton, Shania won the award for Country Recording Of The Year (UP!). Congratulations Shania! Shania is also nominated for the Juno Fan Choice Award which will be announced live during the televised awards show on Sunday night.

• 4/2/04 Great Review Of London Concert! Line Dancer, a UK magazine, has a great review/article of Shania's London concert (Wembley Arena) on February 16th. Click Walkin' The Line At Wembley to read.

• 4/1/04 NHL Stanley Cup Preview Special. From NHL.com: NHL Stanley Cup Preview Special, produced by NHL Productions, will air on ESPN2 Thursday, April 1 (7:30pm ET) with a bonus airdate of Sunday, April 4 on ESPN (2:30pm ET). The show also takes viewers backstage in the "All Access" segment to visit with Country singer/superstar Shania Twain, actor/comedian Denis Leary, star of the hit television sitcom "Life According to Jim" James Belushi, star of the drama "24" Kiefer Sutherland as well as a pair of world renown figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan, as they star in their own NHL promos. You'll get a behind the scenes look at the making of several NHL commercials that explain the various aspects of hockey in order to help everyone understand the game to ensure they "Get It!"

• 4/1/04 Emerson Drive & Shania Hit It Off. From Country Weekly: It was the success of Emerson Drive's self-titled debut album that secured the group the opening slot on Shania Twain's 2003 tour. After their first show in Toronto, the band was celebrating in their dressing room when there was a knock at the door. "It was Mutt Lange," Shania's husband and producer, recalls Brad. "He came into the room and all of our jaws just dropped to the floor. We're huge fans of all the music he's produced. He said, 'I want to welcome you guys on the tour. We were really pulling for you guys to be out here.' "And then he said, 'By the way, I was walking backstage when you guys were playing "Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You),"' " a tune written by Mutt and recorded by Emerson Drive (and also by Billy Ray Cyrus and Lari White). Mutt told the band he stopped in his tracks because he'd forgotten that Emerson Drive had ever cut the song. "It was very surreal with him sitting there talking to us," says Brad, "about the song he'd written that we played that he forgot about. It was an interesting moment!" From that day on the band chatted with Shania and Mutt daily, even sharing meals with the couple. "We talked about where we're from, how the group got started, and our plans - and about where Mutt's from, what he's done. And Shania - you can talk to her about anything. She's almost like your next-door neighbor. She's that nice and down-to-earth." Shania was even more pleased to learn that the guys - including bassist Patrick Bourque, drummer Mike Melancon, keyboardist Dale Wallace, guitarist Danick Dupelle and fiddler Dave Pichette - were fellow Canadians. "She didn't even realize that," says Brad, "until one of the guys spoke French to her and she was like, 'Oh my God, where are you from?' We said, 'We're all from Canada,' and she said, 'No way!'" The bond between Emerson Drive and Shania Twain continues - the band will once again open for her on her 2004 tour dates from April through July. The group's logged countless miles on the road but they wouldn't have it any other way. "We love it," confesses Brad. "We took six weeks off last year during Christmas and after the second or third week, everyone was antsy to get back out on the road again. It just goes to show you - the amount of time you spend out here really becomes a part of you."

• 3/26/04 Shania Fan Convention Info/Register. The Shania Twain Centre website has posted more details and events scheduled for the Second Annual Worldwide Fan Convention August 5-8. Registration forms can be printed out as well.

• 3/24/04 Shania Recieves 2 Flame Worthy Award Nominations. From PRNewswire: CMT viewers have selected the finalists for the CMT 2004 Flame Worthy Video Music Awards, country music's only fan-voted awards show. Today, country star Sara Evans announced the finalists for eight of the nine viewer-voted categories. Shania has been nominated for 2 awards: Flame Worthy Video of the Year and Flame Worthy Female Video of the Year. Both nominations are for Shania's hit video "Forever And For Always." Click HERE to vote for Shania!!! Shania is scheduled to present an award during the show. Voting is now open again for fans to vote online at CMT.com through Saturday, April 18 to determine the Flame Worthy winners in each category. The winners will be announced live from Nashville on Wednesday, April 21 from 8:00-10:00pm ET on CMT. The final four nominees for the Flame Worthy Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the live telecast so viewers at home can log on to CMT.com and vote for their favorite video. The winner will be announced live during the telecast. Click HERE for a complete list of nominees.

• 3/22/04 Shania Says She'll Always Be Country. From CountryStars.com: In spite some folks saying Shania might some day go completely pop, she says that'll never happen. "I mean I'll never not be country, how can you not ," Shania asks. "How can you be something and then not be it any more? I mean I just don't understand that. Country is so deep in my roots and such a huge part of my youth, my most impressionable years, that it's just not going anywhere and I think even for people who listen to me in pop and all that sort of thing, the style of the way I write, which is very conversational lyrics, very real lifestyle lyrics, comes from my country roots."

• 3/20/04 Shania Breaks Ticket Sales Record! From SMG: Shania Twain broke box office and ticket sales records when her European tour reached the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester. The one night show sold over 18,300 tickets and grossed in the region of three quarter of a million pounds. Before the performance, fellow Canadian John Suntherland (right), Managing Director of SMG Europe, made a presentation to Shania Twain to honour her achievement as the highest selling female artist across the 8 venues in the group. Promoter Stuart Galbriath of Clear Channel Entertainment looks on (left). Congratulations Shania!

• 3/19/04 More Shania Fan Convention Info. From Timmins Daily Press: The Timmins buzz has hit Shania Twain websites across the Internet as fans discuss making the trip "Up!" to the city for this summer's fan convention. About 35 fans registered for last year's convention, but Tracy Hautanen said a lot more people have been talking about coming this year. "This year we hope to have a lot more numbers," said the customer service manager at the Shania Twain Centre. The dates for the second annual convention are set for Aug. 5-8. The details of this year's convention have not yet been finalized, but don't expect to see Shania in town. "We never plan the convention with hopes of Shania attending," Hautanen said. However, this year organizers are trying to get "someone from Shania's past" to be a special guest. One of the big hits at last year's convention was the auction. "We've already started collecting articles for this year's convention and it should be amazing once again," Hautanen said. "(Shania) is very supportive when it comes to auction items for the convention." The registration forms and more details should be up on the centre's website, www.shaniatwaincentre.com, by the end of next week.

• 3/16/04 Shania's Pain Gets Impressive Fix. From Huddersfield Daily Examiner: Pain-buster Adam Wilkey is a big hit with his new number one fan - country diva Shania Twain. The multi-million record-selling star called him up recently at his Pudsey chiropractor clinic when she hurt her back on the UK leg of her sell-out world tour. With just hours to go before the petite Canadian star was due to belt out a string of her hits at the MEN Arena in Manchester in front of 20,000 adoring fans, Mr Wilkey made a mercy dash to help get her on stage out of pain He said he got a call to say she was in real need and asking him to `come on over' as soon as he could. "They were really quite insistent she needed urgent treatment," he said. After a 30-minute treatment the relieved songstress - who has sold a whopping 34 million records worldwide - was ready for the show to go on. And as a big thank you to Mr Wilkey she rewarded him with a signed photo and ringside seats for that night's performance. He said: "I'm not a huge music fan but she is a lovely person. I enjoyed the show but couldn't switch off from looking all the time to see if there was anything she was doing to make her back problems worse. "She is very petite and has a radio mike strapped to the back of her neck all the time which probably doesn't help." And he said all the bending down, leaning forward to greet fans, signing autographs, shaking hands and tugging people from the audience up on to stage could also be putting pressure on the singing star's back. Now he is sending Shania's management some words of advice to pass on to the performer. "Basically I'm advising her not to twist herself up so much on stage. She's a bit of a contortionist. She's had problems with her back before and isn't new to being treated by a chiropractor, she was very open to this kind of healing." Mr Wilkey said he took one newspaper's review of the concert as a personal compliment when it described Shania as looking relaxed.

• 3/16/04 New Show - April 4th. From CMT.com: The spectacular five-hour countdown show "CMT's 100 Greatest Music Videos," premiering on Sunday, April 4 at 12:00 Noon-5:00pm, ET/PT, showcases the best, most memorable country music videos of the last two decades. The special will also feature video clips, behind the scenes stories and humorous color commentary, and interviews with country music's biggest stars.

• 3/11/04 SHANIA'S TOUR IS #1!!! From Yahoo/AP Music: Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Click link above for list of Top 20 tours. Here are the Top 5:
1. (4) Shania Twain; $1,121,822; $67.53.
2. (2) Bette Midler; $1,079,678; $97.86.
3. (3) Rod Stewart; $1,038,036; $77.49.
4. (6) George Strait; $809,883; $57.87.
5. (7) Dave Matthews & Friends; $747,654; $50.52.

• 3/10/04 Second Annual Worldwide Shania Fan Convention!!! The Shania Twain Centre in Timmins, Canada has announced the dates for the Second Annual Worldwide Fan Convention! The event is scheduled for August 5-8, 2004. Keep checking the Centre's site for more details! Are you ready Shania fans?

• 3/10/04 Shania Recieves 1 ACM Nomination. Nominations for the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards were announced today. Shania has been nominated for Top Female Vocalist. Click HERE for a complete list of nominations. CBS will broadcast the awards live on May 26 at 8:00pm PT/ET from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Country superstar Reba McEntire will host the program for the third consecutive year.

• 3/8/04 Shania Wins 2 Canadian Radio Awards. The Canadian Radio Music Awards were handed out at a weekend ceremony in Toronto. Shania won the Songwriter award and the Chart Topper award for music from her best selling album UP!. Congratulations Shania! Click HERE to read more.

• 3/6/04 Shania Wins Echo Award! Germany's 2004 Echo Awards were held tonight and Shania won the award for Best International Female - Pop. In a recorded video message, she said "I wanna thank my fans in Germany, this is only because of you." Click HERE for a videocap of Shania with her award. Congratulations Shania! Click HERE for an article and list of other winners.

• 3/6/04 Shania On Europe's Walk Of Fame - Pics! On March 4, Shania was inducted into Europe's Walk Of Fame located in Rotterdam, Netherlands! Congratulations Shania! Click HERE for a pictures!

• 3/5/04 Shania On Germany's Walk Of Stars - Pics! On March 2, Shania was inducted into the Walk Of Stars at Olympia Park in Munich, Germany! During the ceremony she put her hand prints into the cement, following previous artists such as Bon Jovi, Carlos Santana and the Dalai Lama. Shania is the first woman to be inducted into Germany's Walk Of Stars! Congratulations Shania! Click HERE for Super Pics!

• 3/3/04 Shania On Country Weekly Cover! The March 16th issue of Country Weekly magazine celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a special 100 page commemorative issue which is on newstands now. There are five different covers featuring Shania (click cover for larger version), Garth, Tim, George and Alan. The issue also features the 10 Most Influential Stars of the Past 10 Years. Here's the article about Shania: Of all the superstars in country music, Shania Twain has come the farthest. From her impoverished beginnings in northern Ontario, Canada, she skyrocketed to international success in the mid-'90s, with scores of hits, armfuls of awards (including Entertainer of the Year honors from the CMA and ACM) and a position as the best-selling female country artist of all time. What's more, she is the only artist in the history of recorded music to have three consecutive albums - The Woman In Me, Come On Over and her latest, UP! - sell more than 10 million copies each. But even that distinction pales next to the fact that Come On Over has sold over 35 million copies worldwide - and is the best-selling female solo album, the best-selling country album and one of the five top-selling albums in history! Her beauty and sex appeal have captivated not only the world, but also Revlon cosmetics, which selected her as a national spokesperson. Shania also caught the eye of Hollywood networks, who have spotlighted her in national TV specials. Not bad for a girl who once worked swinging an ax with her stepfather on a reforestation crew in the Canadian bush! While Shania landed her record deal in large part because of her original material, her self-titled debut album in 1993 featured only one of her songs. But that changed after she met a long-distance admirer named Robert John "Mutt" Lange, a successful rock producer who loved her voice and her original songs. He soon became her biggest supporter and later her husband. Living today in Switzerland with their son, Eja, the power couple has written, produced and recorded songs that have taken Shania's career into the stratosphere. And they've done it their way, with a style that's instantly identifiable and universally appealing.

• 3/1/04 Emerson Drive Geared Up For Shania. From CMT.com: The six guys of Emerson Drive had a blast touring with fellow Canadian Shania Twain and are eager to go again. The band talked about hanging with Twain and played some songs from their new album, What If? at a recent Nashville press luncheon. They said that Twain and her husband, Mutt Lange, speak only French to their son, Eja, figuring it will be easy for him to pick up English later on. Since the band is bilingual as well, things went swimmingly backstage. And it was all very democratic. "We are integrated," explains fiddler David Pichette. "Shania comes and sits down with us. Mutt Lange is around all the time." The band will be going back on the road with Twain in April.

• 2/28/04 Eja Gets Quality Time From Mom. From CountryStars.com: When Shania is working, like she has been this year, her song Eja travels with her and she makes sure she gets quality time with him. "He's very good, I mean he's been traveling since he was born so he's been on the go from Day One and he's great with it all, really good," Shania says gratefully. "It's tiring," Twain admits. "But I make little rules, you know. I like to be home every night for bath and bed time and we spend our mornings together. Or I'll make sure there's a time in the middle of the day if I can't be there in the evenings, that I get to go visit him and we have lunch together. And you know, we always manage to, I think, spend more time together than a lot of mums get to that work 8 to 5. So I find it's pretty manageable."

• 2/28/04 Shania Recieves 2 Amadeus Award Nominations. Nominations for Austria's 2004 Amadeus Awards were announced yesterday. Shania received two nominations: Album of the Year - International (UP!) and Music DVD of the Year ("UP! Live in Chicago"). The awards will be held April 28th.

• 2/22/04 Shania Continues To Climb Up, Up, Up! CountryStars.com's Neil Haislop recently wrote an EXCELLENT article about Shania's amazing career, plans for the future and her down-to-earth nature. Click HERE to read the article.

• 2/20/04 Shania's Personal Pleasures. From CountryStars.com: Given a little time just to herself, what does Shania like to do? She says, "Well, I enjoy getting a massage, that would be luxurious. I enjoy being with horses, I'm like a kid in a candy store if I'm around horses for the day. And just doing laid back things. A day of luxury would be reading, just sitting to read, or a day in a book store, that would be really fun."

• 2/20/04 Shania Has No Complaints. From cmtcanada.com: Shania continues her Up! world tour in London and Belfast this week. Shania reports, "Things are very, very good right now. Of course we travel a lot – we'll be traveling constantly for at least the next year. Life is going good – I have no complaints. It's tiring juggling career and being a mom at the same time, but really life is great."

• 2/17/04 Shania Attends Brit Awards - PICS! The 2004 Brit Awards were held tonight in London, England. Shania was in attendance and presented the Best International Male award to Justin Timberlake. And no, Shania's right boob was not exposed!...LOL...LOL...LOL. Click HERE for pics!

• 2/17/04 Shania Down To Earth As She Can Be. From CountryStars.com: When you have enough money to live like a queen, with others doing menial tasks for you, Shania Twain says she resists giving over personal tasks to others. "I do a lot of my own shopping. Sometimes I have somebody go out and just pick out a bunch of stuff for me if I'm in a rush and I'll pick through it, but I'm pretty hands on that way. I wouldn't just let someone dress me, I like to pick things that are comfortable and that's the most important thing, whether it's in fashion or not, it has to be comfortable. So I'm very involved in all of that; after all I have to wear it, so..." Shania also doesn't feel that she has to appear looking like "Shania" the star every day. "Oh, there are a lot of days where it's very low key. Make-up for sure. You know, I don't always use a make-up artist. It's a little bit of both I think, it just depends on what it is that I'm doing."

• 2/16/04 Missing Shania Already! From ic Newcastle: Such is the popularity of US singer Shania Twain that another show has already been booked at Newcastle's MetroRadio Arena next month. And on Saturday night it was easy to see why; the lady has class. Songs such as Honey I'm Home, Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) and That Don't Impress Me Much are now part of the national subconscious. Even people who don't kn|Ê

• 2/14/04 "IOHWIB" Video Premiere. From cmtcanada.com: She's back – again – by popular demand! It's time for a brand new SHANIA TWAIN video, and we're debuting it in the Screening Room on Monday's CMT Central. It’s for the new single, “It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing” so, don’t miss it Monday at 7:00pm ET on CMT Canada.
"IOHWIB" premiered Friday on GAC in the U.S.. No word yet on when the video will premiere on CMT U.S.. It is the live version from the "UP! Live In Chicago" DVD.

• 2/11/04 Juno Nominations/Fan Choice Award - Vote! The 2004 Juno Awards will be held in Edmonton, Alberta Canada on April 4th. Starting today you can vote for Shania to receive the Juno Fan Choice Award by clicking HERE! Shania has also been nominated for Country Recording Of The Year (UP!) For a complete list of nominees click HERE.

• 2/8/04 Grammy Shutout For Shania. Well, Shania got screwed once again! Shania was nominated for three Grammy Awards tonight and did not win any. Grammy.com is already posting the winners for many of the categories since only 11 categories will be announced during tonight's show on CBS. Best Country Album goes to Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers (Various Artists) and Best Country Song goes to "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" - Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett). Best Female Country Vocal Performance just went to "Keep On The Sunny Side" (June Carter Cash).

• 2/8/04 Shania TV Movie Update. The Toronto Star gives us more insight about the upcoming Shania Canadian TV movie. What inspired Barna-Alper Productions to make the movie? "They came onto her story in an interesting way," says the lanky Robin Eggar who wrote Shania Twain, The Biography in 2001, stretching out his denim-clad legs in his publisher's downtown office last week. "They had wanted to do something about child poverty in Canada, but they insisted there had to be an uplifting message at the end." A jagged grin splits his face. "So they asked themselves, `Who do we know in this country who grew up really poor and then made it really big?' and the answer, of course, was Shania Twain." The more Eggar talked to Alper, the more he liked his ideas. "He was coming at it from a different angle, not another shoddy showbiz knock-off, but a story about the real woman." "At first," confides Eggar, "I had all those initial worries. You know, 'Are they going to take my work and fillet it and serve it up in an unrecognizable form?' But meeting Sharon Riis (movie's screenwriter) put my mind at ease. I think she's perfect for the job. She understands the bush, native life, all of that. I think they're all going to be honourable, which is all one can ask." No shooting date is set yet, and they have no idea who's going to star. At this stage, it looks like two actresses will be needed: one for the preteen Shania and one to play her until she moves from Timmins to Nashville, which is where they plan to stop.

• 2/7/04 Brazil Loves Shania! From The Western Producer: They love country music here, and they love Shania Twain. "She is very popular here, very famous, the most famous in the world," said Maria Moreira, manager of the Som Des Pistas music store in the shopping mall of this city of 200,000. Her storefront, which faces the mall's food court, holds a large screen TV that repeatedly plays Shania Twain concert videos, and the store's main wall holds a large poster for the Canadian superstar's Up album, flanked on each side by a TV showing the same Shania concert. "In country music, it's one of the best selling albums," said Nirley Mendonca, a store clerk.

• 2/4/04 Shania Blamed For Janet's Boob Exposure? Yep, believe it or not, some people are blaming Shania's outfit during last year's Super Bowl performance for Janet Jackson's halftime international exposure in Sunday's Super Bowl - singer Justin Timberlake reached over and grabbed away part of Janet's bustier, leaving only her right breast and a sun-shaped "nipple shield" showing. According to an article in the Times Record News, "But it [the NFL] saw this coming - in deed, if not in specific detail. If you saw Shania Twain in her S&M outfit in San Diego last year, you pretty much knew there weren't many boundaries left for the Super Spectacle."

• 2/3/04 Is UP! Counted As One Or Two Discs? From CountryStars.com: The status of Shania Twain's UP! sales is a bit confusing. Normally, every disc in an album release is counted. If it's one disc that sells a million, then the count certified is 1 million. If there are 5 discs in a single collection of works and the collection sells a million, then that album collection will be certified for 5 million records sold. In Shania's case, when UP!, first came out, she decided to count the two-disc set as just one unit sold, going against what the RIAA certifying company normally does. So, when 5 million, two-disc units were sold, people have referred to it as 5 times platinum. But, a month or so back, Shania and her label apparently decided they should be consistent with the normal practice of crediting all discs in a collection of songs on one album, and have now embraced the larger 10 million albums sold figure to be able to add another "Diamond" (10 million-selling) album to Shania's amazing career.

• 1/31/04 Shania Went UP! After First Two Singles Flopped. From CountryStars.com: WHAT KEPT SHANIA TWAIN IN THE GAME WHEN HER FIRST TWO SINGLES FLOPPED? New singers don't often get creative control of anything at the beginning of their careers, including Shania Twain. But, back in 1993 she did ask for and got creative control of her music videos. And, even though her first two singles, "What Made You Say That," and "Dance With The One That Brought You," each stiffed at #55, Twain says her videos were hits, got her press and kept fans interested in her long enough the breakthrough hits from her second album, The Woman In Me to finally launch her.

• 1/27/04 Next Single - "It Only Hurts..." According to Mercury Nashville, Shania's next North American single from UP! will be "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing." Release date to radio is February 9th. The video was shot while Shania was vacationing in New Zealand over the holidays.

• 1/27/04 Shania Feels At Home On The Road. From CountryStars.com: Shania doesn't tour every year, but when she does, she feels at home on the road. "To be honest with you your concert is almost your home base," she explains. "You get comfortable after a while. Once your show is up and rolling it's your comfort zone. It's the place I think that you eventually become more relaxed. Because the environment is pretty much the same every night. Your show is your show every night. And there's definitely a sense of stability there. That's the one thing that never changes."

• 1/27/04 Shania's Vacation Coming To An End. From Otago Daily Times: Shania Twain's summer (it's summer in New Zealand) holiday is drawing to a close and Wanaka residents are keeping their fingers crossed she will come back again. The country music diva (38), her husband "Mutt" Lange and their 2-year-old son Eja are believed to have been staying in Michael Hughes' home at 155 Stone St since December. They are understood to be returning to Europe early next month for Twain's world tour, "Up", which begins in France. The singer, who is also known as Eilleen Lange, has kept a low profile in the resort and residents have co-operated in a low key, friendly manner, to protect her from the media "We don't know officially if she is at our property or not," Mr Hughes said when contacted yesterday. Stone St residents approached by the Otago Daily Times over the summer have said much the same thing, with facial expressions revealing that the art of dissembling has not been mastered by Wanaka's citizens. Motatapu Station owner Don Mackay yesterday said he did not want to comment on Twain's holiday, nor on an offer she is believed to have made to purchase his family's high country farm. "They are not really contactable. They are just on holiday and having a wonderful time . . . I can't help with anything," Mr Mackay said. He said his family had received many calls from the media and they were disappointed Twain's visit to his father-in-law, Arthur Scaife, the former station owner, had been reported. Twain is understood to have had her hair done at Maxx Coiffeur, although proprietor Jan Hutcheon has declined to comment. Twain's trademark long brown locks were still in place, under a cream cap, when she visited Wanaka New World several times. Shane Blackwood (14) packs groceries at New World and was delighted when Twain recently gave him an autograph on the back of the supermarket's weekly competition entry form. "I just talked to her and said: `Could I please have your autograph?' She'd been in another time and people were saying, `That's Shania Twain'. She's just a normal person," Shane, a Mt Aspiring College year 10 pupil said yesterday.
The property at 155 Stone St is known as Villa South Pacific and, according to Friars' Guide to New Zealand Accommodation For The Discerning Traveller , is owned by Michael Hughes and Sue Barltrop. The 2004 publication gives the room rates as $1100 to $1560 (including breakfast) and the villa rate (self-catering, dinner with chef extra) at $2400 to $4000.

• 1/27/04 Shania Fans Trying To Save Maple Leaf Hotel. From Timmins Daily Press: Enthusiasm for Shania Twain seems to know no bounds. Members of her fan club (www.shaniatwain.com) are hot on the trail to save the building that helped launch her career. Boarded up and abandoned, the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins has been in receivership for over a year and fans are working desperately to salvage the building from any potential plans for demolition. The building was put up for auction in December 2002 by The Business Development Bank of Canada but garnered no bids for the minimum $50,000 required by the bank. "There are a lot of people in the fan club and with just a $1 contribution (from each) I'm sure we can work it out," said Kat Miklos, 18, of Brantford, Ont. in an e-mail to The Daily Press. Gary Kuzyk, manager of special accounts with the Business Development Bank of Canada, said it's not too late to submit a proposal to save the building. The building is boarded up and secured only because the bank has not been successful in finding a buyer and there is no scheduled date for demolition, Kuzyk said. "We would be open to any proposals — open to any reasonable offer." To read the entire article, click HERE.

• 1/26/04 Shania Interested In New Zealand Farm. From New Zealand Herald & Otago Daily Times: Canadian singing star Shania Twain was in Wanaka this week seeking advice on high country farming. It is reported that Twain has bought Motatapu Station in the area but is awaiting consent from the Overseas Investment Commission. Industry sources suggested the sale had gone ahead, with a $16 million price tag. Overseas Investment Commission chief executive Steve Dawe yesterday confirmed an application to buy the station had been made by an overseas buyer. A decision was about a month away. Arthur Scaife is the father of Sally Mackay, the current co-owner of the station, and a specialist in farming the area having done it for most of his life. Mr Scaife says his daughter brought Shania Twain over for a quick visit. However, he says he spoke mostly with Twain's husband.

• 1/23/04 Shania TV Movie - Update. From the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: Sharon Riis, one of Canada's busiest screenwriters, will be writing the script for a new television movie about the early years of country superstar, Shania Twain. She has already read the Twain biography twice, and is looking forward to bringing the story to life on the screen. "I know that world," says Riis. Like Twain, she grew up in 'The Bush,' living simply and experiencing the people and the lifestyle of a northern community. Add to that, she is almost the same age as Twain's mother and remembers the music and the fashions of that day. The Twain biopic, co-produced by CBC and Barna-Alper Productions, won't reach the Canadian airwaves before fall.

• 1/23/04 New Shania Merchandise! The Shania Twain Centre in Timmins, Ontario has added new Shania merchandise to its website! You can now buy new t-shirts, sweaters, mugs and more! Click HERE to check out the new stuff!

• 1/20/04 Dressing Shania! Today's Toronto Sun has a great article about Shania's wardrobing manager! "She goes shopping with Shania Twain, helps her through quick changes backstage, adds crystals to her stage wear, presses her clothes and alters baggy T-shirts so they hug the diva's tiny wisp of a waist. Ariane Martin is wardrobing manager to Canada's most celebrated female singer. It's a dream job for the 20-year-old Toronto native, who overnight went from a struggling fashion designer and part-time waitress to styling a star." Click HERE to read the very interesting article!

• 1/20/04 Shania In Sophisticates Hairstyle Guide! There's a TERRIFIC never before seen picture of Shania from Come On Over in the March 2004 issue of Sophisticates Hairstyle Guide magazine! Click HERE to view the picture. The caption below the pic reads: "Shania Twain. Exploding with fiery movement, Shania's lush locks deliver undeniable energy. Let loose by using a mixture of texturizing cream and smoothing serum before blow-drying locks with a large round brush. When dry, run styling wax throughout, focusing on ends for edge." Click HERE for a similiar pic!

• 1/18/04 New Show - "The Fabulous Life." From VH1: VH1 is premiering a new show called "The Fabulous Life: Country Superstars" on Wednesday, Jan. 21st at 1:00pm, 5:00pm and 11:00pm ET. It's a half-hour journey into the world of country superstars including an inside look at Shania's 18th century, 46-room, chateau on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Don't miss it!

• 1/16/04 Shania's Potato Roast. From CountryNow.com: She's incredibly rich, stunningly beautiful, has a dynamite singing voice and really knows her way around a kitchen. Yes, we're talking about Shania Twain, whose recipe for a delicious potato roast is included in the new cookbook "Food That Rocks: Favorite Recipes From the Hottest Kitchens in Music" due out in February. The book features musician's favorite dishes, the foods they would be, favorite restaurants and restaurant dishes, backstage food requests, music to accompany food, food for thought and recipes. Click HERE for Shania's potato roast recipe!

• 1/16/04 Shania Takes Her Time Between Albums. From CountryStars.com: One of the biggest questions Shania fans asked before she released "Up!" just over a year ago, was why does she take so long between albums? Her answer is simple, "I write everything I record and I guess that's why it takes me so long to make my records because you know, when you write it all yourself it's time consuming," Shania says. "It's just so much more rewarding that way as well. And it's just part of who I am. Even if I wasn't a singer I would still be a songwriter; they're kind of 2 separate entities really. The singer side is really the performer side but the songwriter is just a complete creative side."

• 1/16/04 NRJ Music Awards Nominations. Shania has been nominated for a NRJ Music Award in France: International Album of the Year (UP!). The others nominees are: Dido (Life For Rent), Madonna (American Life), Placebo (Sleeping With Ghosts) and Justin Timberlake (Justified). The 2004 NRJ Music Awards will air on TF1 TV in France on January 24th.

• 1/16/04 Echo Awards Nominations. Germany's 2004 Echo Awards will be held March 6th. Shania has been nominated for Best International Female - Pop. Shania is up against Christina Aguilera, Dido, Madonna and Pink. The rest of the nominations are posted on the Echo Awards website.

• 1/13/04 Shania To Perform At Flameworthy Video Music Awards. From CMT.com: Superstars Dolly Parton and Shania Twain are confirmed to heat up the CMT Flameworthy 2004 Video Music Awards. Parton will host the April 21 show, and Twain is the first performer announced for the event billed as country music's only video music awards -- and country's only fan-voted awards show. Twain's appearance comes on the heels of launching the final leg of her UP! world tour. She will be touring Europe through the end of March before kicking off her latest North American shows with an April 6 date in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Her Flameworthy appearance is scheduled between an April 19 show in Greenville, S.C., and an April 23 concert in Atlanta. The awards show will be telecast live from Nashville April 21st at 8:00pm ET on CMT.

• 1/13/04 Shania #3 On Blackwell's 2003 Worst-Dressed List. From Yahoo/AP: Mr. Blackwell, chronicler of clothing catastrophes, released his annual worst-dressed list for 2003. Shania ended up #3 on the list. Here are his remarks: "Shania Twain: What can I say? In buckled bombs and country-fried kitsch, has Calamity Twain popped a stitch!" Blackwell is referring to the black outfit Shania wore at last year's American Music Awards. Click HERE for a pic.

• 1/12/04 People's Choice Awards. Shania was up for Favorite Female Musical Performer at last night's 30th annual People's Choice Awards. Once again, Shania did not receive the recognition she deserves. Faith Hill and Beyonce tied for the award. Oh well, what do the people know anyway? For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

• 1/8/04 Shania Accounts For 71% Of Mercury's Sales. From CountryStars.com: In a year that saw almost a 10% drop (9.9) in overall country album sales last year (from 76.905 million to 69.311 million) the flagship stars at several labels played overpowering roles in keeping the ships of state afloat, notes Music Row magazine. Shania accounted for 71% of Mercury Record's top 100 country album sales in 2003. Yet she still gets no respect. Go figure!

• 1/6/04 Light UP! Shania - New Magazine Cover! Shania is on the cover and featured in the current issue of Professional Lighting & Production magazine. Professional Lighting summarizes the article: "Shania Twain hit the road last September in support of her latest album, UP!, featuring a stage designed by Mark Fisher that allowed her to get closer to her fans than ever before. Lighting Designer Peter Morse and Pyrotechnics Designer Doug Adams explain their roles in preparing the show for the road." To order the issue in the U.S. and Canada, call toll free1-877-746-4692.

• 1/4/04 Shania Gives Off "Good Vibe." In a recent interview, country music legend Ronnie Milsap, who's been blind since birth, was asked to name the three sexiest people ever. One of those people he picked was Shania. "3. Shania Twain. I'm sorry, but I have to pick her. The writing and what she brings out of herself. She was on Oprah not too long ago and she was incredible and honest. Good vibe." I'm just not sure why he apologized for picking Shania. To read the entire article, click tennessean.com.

• 1/4/04 Shania Saves Company. From Montreal Gazette: Shania Twain loves her country roots: The platinum-selling pride of Timmins, Ont., saved the bacon of a small Stanstead company by plugging its balm for cow udders, Bag Balm, as a tonic for her dry skin and hair. Sales of the cow ointment, manufactured by the Dr. A.C. Daniels Co. Ltd., skyrocketed. And just in time, said Diane Smith, whose family now runs the the company, "otherwise we'd have been finished for sure."

• 1/1/04 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2004!!! I want to wish Shania, her family and everyone around the world a Happy New Year!!! Shania recorded a Holiday/New Year's wish at the Billboard Awards and was aired on Fox News Channel last week. Here is Shania's New Year's wish: "Peace. That's never going to happen but you can never stop wishing and hoping. Yeah, world peace man!"

• 12/30/03 Shania Tops Billboard Poll! From Billboard.com: Fans voted UP! #1 in Billboard's "Favorite Album of the Year" online poll. A whopping 116,723 votes were cast to crown Twain's UP! as the favorite album of the year. The Mercury set, which also topped Billboard's year-end Top Country Albums tally and was No. 3 on The Billboard 200 wrap-up, drew 40% of the vote.

• 12/30/03 Shania - Maclean's Entertainer Of The Year. From macleans.ca: She might want to call the next album Ubiquitous! Years don't get much better than Shania Twain's 2003. She was on the cover of Rolling Stone, sang at the Super Bowl, hosted the Junos, had two major TV specials, received a slew of awards, and CBS is making a movie of her life. Up!, her comeback disc, has sold more than nine million copies. Now, she's our readers' choice for Canadian Entertainer of the Year.

• 12/28/03 Happy 10th Anniversary Shania & Mutt! Today December 28th, Shania and Mutt celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Shania and Mutt! We wish you many more years of love and happiness together.

• 12/25/03 Swiss Miss Christmas! From CMT Canada: Shania wrapped up the current leg of her tour in Vegas on the weekend, and now she's off to Switzerland to spend Christmas at her transplanted home. While Shania will break for the holidays, she's back on tour in Europe February and March. She's back in the U.S. in the Spring, kicking off a 37-city tour April 6th in Florida.

• 12/25/03 SHANIA RED - Final Week On Sale! Benefits Cosmetics has posted an interview with Shania on their website. Click HERE to read the interview. Remember, SHANIA RED LIPSTICK is only on sale thru December 31st! All net proceeds from the sale of SHANIA RED will be given to the American Heart Association. Order yours today by clicking HERE.

• 12/23/03 Shania Sets Another Record! From RIAA: Shania Twain made music history by becoming the only artist to earn three consecutive RIAA Diamond awards when her latest, "Up!," was certified Gold, Platinum and ten times Platinum. She achieved another milestone with this certification by becoming the best selling female country artist in history with certified album sales in excess of 42 million copies. Congratulations Shania!!!!!

• 12/23/03 Shania Ends 2003 On Top! From CountryStars.com: According to Billboard Shania is #1 for the year in several categories. [COUNTRY] Shania is #1 Artist Of The Year, #1 Female Artist Of The Year, #9 Artist Of The Year-Singles, #1 Artist Of The Year-Albums, #1 Album Of The Year-UP!
ALSO - Shania ranks high in other formats:
[POP] -#10 Artist Of The Year, #5 Female Artist Of The Year, #3 Top 200 Albums Artist, #3 Album Overall-UP! , #2 Female Top 200 Albums Artist, #7 Internet Album-UP!, #40 Hot 100 Singles Artist
[AC] -#8 Artist Of The Year, #10 Single Of The Year-"Forever And For Always."

• 12/23/03 Las Vegas Concert - Review. Review from Saturday night's (Dec. 20) concert in Las Vegas, NV: Twain delivers no-frills gem.

• 12/20/03 Phoenix Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Phoenix, AZ: Shania Twain reconnects with Phoenix fans.

• 12/20/03 Shania Finishes UP! On Year-End Billboard Charts! Billboard has released its year-end charts for 2003. Here's a rundown on how Shania finished the year.
Billboard 200 Albums: UP! came in at #3 behind Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (50 Cent) and Come Away With Me (Norah Jones). "One would also have to return to 1999 to find the last time Shania Twain placed an album in the top-3. Her "Come On Over" (Mercury) landed in third place that year, as "Up!" does for 2003. Twain is one of three country acts in the top-10, an improvement on the past three years."
Top Country Albums: UP! is #1 for 2003! "If there was ever any doubt about Shania Twain's career prospects after the Canadian songbird took time off to start a family, the success of her album "Up!" and current tour have put those concerns to rest. Twain finishes 2003 as the top country artist of the year and the top female country artist. She also comes in at No. 3 on the year-end Billboard 200 chart. "Up!" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in the Dec. 7, 2002, issue and remained there for six weeks. The project places Twain at No. 1 on the list of Top Country Albums titles for 2003. Twain is the only female solo artist to place among the top-10 country acts. She and Faith Hill are the only two solo female artists on the Top Country Albums list."
Hot Country Singles & Tracks: "Forever And For Always" finished the year at #14.
Adult Contemporary Singles: "Forever And For Always" finished the year at #10.

• 12/20/03 "MIFLAW" In New Chevrolet Ad. From New York Times: Beginning in January, Shania Twain can be heard in one of the upcoming ads for Chevrolet's new pickup, the Colorado, touted as "the biggest, baddest truck in its class." The spot, "My Man," features five young men riding in the truck blasting Shania's song, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" One man becomes caught up with the song - not to the appreciation of his buddies. The punch line is, "If you're ever uncomfortable in the new Chevy Colorado crew cab, it won't be because of lack of space."

• 12/19/03 San Diego Concert - Review. Review from Wednesday night's concert in San Diego, CA: Man! Shania's quite a woman.

• 12/17/03 Shania Shows Her Loving, Caring Nature In Anaheim. From CountryStars.com: Shania's high-energy, world-class, all-hit, great-sounding Up! Tour rolled into Anaheim, CA's The Pond arena last night. Twain was fighting a cold that sometimes forced her to sing in a lower register to get through some songs, but she sucked it up nicely and gave the crowd everything she had. PLUS, she also gave a little more to one special fan. Twain likes interacting with the crowd and does so several times during the show. At one point she stopped signing autographs for fans pressed up against the stage. She suddenly stepped down from the stage and said, "Please let me get by, there's somebody I have to talk to." At that, Shania headed toward a fan that seemed be a cerebral palsy victim who she'd seen struggle to stand up in front of her wheel chair just as the rest of the fans around were on their feet cheering for their favorite star. Twain approached this special fan, hugged her and spoke to her briefly, before returning to the stage." It was a very sweet, spontaneous moment.

• 12/17/03 "Forever And For Always" - One Of The Year's Best! Writers from CMT.com picked their favorite songs of 2003. Here's what they said about "Forever and For Always."
Shania Twain, "Forever and For Always" (Mercury): Without a perky "Let's go!" or even a "whoo!" Twain offered the most romantic ballad of 2003. Nice rolling rhythm underneath the melody, too.
Shania Twain, "Forever and For Always" (Mercury): At this point, even their detractors would have to admit that Twain and her producer husband know how to make great sounding records. With so many of Twain's songs designed as arena anthems, it's nice to hear something that would work in an acoustic club.

• 12/17/03 European Concert Dates Rescheduled! Due to a cold that Shania has been fighting for several weeks, some European concert dates for 2004 have been rescheduled so she'll have a longer break before the European leg begins. There are also a few new European dates. Check out the updated list HERE.

• 12/15/03 UP! Certified 10x Platinum! From Mercury Records: Conclusively proving how passionate her fans are about her music, Grammy Award-winning superstar Shania Twain's #1 debuting Mercury records release "UP!," has been certified 10x platinum (signifying 10 million shipped) by the Recording Industry Association of America (according to their criteria for certification of double package recordings). Technically, around 5 million units of UP! have been sold. Shania has stated she only wanted to seek single-disc RIAA certification for her double-CD release of UP!, even though she could claim sales for two-discs (albums) with each "unit" sold. "It's a technical thing. I technically can claim two, but it's not true. I mean it's technically true, but it wouldn't be true, so that would just be some kind of trickery and I'm not interested in that. I don't want to be accused of doing anything like that. I wouldn't even want that," Shania insists. This makes Shania Twain the only artist in history to have 3 consecutive 10 times platinum (DIAMOND) certified albums (The Woman In Me, Come On Over and UP!). The news comes on the heels of the spectacular record-breaking, sold-out opening of her international "UP!" Tour. "As a gifted and passionate recording artist and songwriter, Shania has emerged as a driving force in contemporary music," stated Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Nashville/President of Lost Highway Records. "We are all incredibly delighted with the success of 'UP!' and we're looking forward to taking the project even further."

• 12/15/03 San Jose Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in San Jose, CA: Shania Twain is not selling sex... - Shania Twain fails to make sparks fly at S.J. concert.

• 12/15/03 Movie Time! Shania Twain, who was named country artist of the year, took a brief break from music this year to film a small role in the upcoming Jude Law film "I Heart Huckabee's." However, don't expect to see much more of her on the silver screen. "It was my first time on a movie set. I enjoyed it, but would I want to put everything else aside and dedicate myself to doing something like that? I don't know," she said. "I've got so many more songs to write. I think I'd get a bigger thrill writing something for a movie, a screenplay. I'm certainly not an actress, that's for sure."

• 12/15/03 Shania's Tour Ranks #3 In 2003! From CountryStars.com: According to Pollstar, their projected figures show that the top grossing country touring act this year is the DIXIE CHICKS who took in $61.6 million. Their sparing partner this year, TOBY KEITH, had a huge year as well grossing $42 million. Rounding out the top five country touring acts are SHANIA at $35.5 million, KENNY CHESNEY at $34.4 million, and TIM McGRAW with $31.3 million. Not bad considering Shania has only been touring for three months.

• 12/15/03 Sacramento Concert - Review. Review from Saturday night's concert in Sacramento, CA: Energetic Shania Twain again wows packed Arco.

• 12/14/03 Portland Concert - Review & Pics. Twain was throttled back a bit Thursday night, fighting a cold, although she was in good form and fine voice. Once, during a chorus of "The Woman in Me" which she sang seated in the crowd with one of her guitarists, she slipped off her stool with a yelp but recovered quickly. "Too much Sudafed," she joked. But a cold didn't chill her genuine warmth toward her fans. She knelt to sign autographs and photos while she sang, slapped hands with the people thronged around the stage and took notice of the dozens of homemade signs held aloft. Click HERE to read the entire review from Thursday night's concert in Portland, OR.

• 12/14/03 Shania And The Gals Take Charge. From Alameda Times-Star: Gone is that old twang, the sad songs and the regal women -- replaced by an uptempo sound that crosses over into rock'n' roll, with electric guitars instead of steel guitars. Concerts are just as raucous and flamboyant as their rock counterparts. It all started with the titillation of an exposed belly button. In the early 1990s, Shania Twain caused a ruckus in the country music scene with her sexy tummy, even appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. While it was by no means anything close to the likes of Madonna or Christina Aguilera, it turned country music upside down. There's nothing wrong with showing some skin. It appeals to the youth market, something that reflects a very open-mindedness about performers. "Even there, when you look at what Shania Twain is showing, it's still really almost a'50ish, peek-a-boo type thing, not wild dancing gyrations you get with young pop stars," says Charles K. Wolfe, who wrote "The Women Of Country." Country music has become more like rock, in part, because of singers like Twain and McBride. "Shania is pushing the cross-over. She appeals to more people. She's more contemporary." It's still not by any means an egalitarian system. It's still a good ol' boys network. There are still people who judge a singer by (her body)." Wolfe says the women aren't leaving any time soon.

• 12/12/03 Shania Wins Radio & Record Female Country Artist! From CMT.com: Mark Wills hit a career milestone this week when his hit, "19 Something," was named Radio & Records' most-played country single of the year. The music trade publication also gave Toby Keith its "MVP award" and named him the top male airplay artist for the second consecutive year. Top female airplay honors went to Shania Twain, with Rascal Flatts edging out the competition in the group/duo category. Fueled by the success of his debut single, "Stay Gone," newcomer Jimmy Wayne was named R&R's most-played new country artist of 2003.

• 12/11/03 Shania Makes Swipe At Las Vegas! LOL! From Las Vegas Review-Journal: Shania Twain's words offended some Wednesday. Shania Twain put her boot in her mouth with an inadvertent swipe at Las Vegas during a news conference Wednesday at the Billboard Music Awards. Asked whether she has considered doing a Las Vegas headliner deal similar to those of Celine Dion or Elton John, the Canadian country star, whose hits include "That Don't Impress Me Much," ruffled some feathers with the remark, "If I ever did that, it would be because I'm old or something." Her remark drew audible gasps from the roomful of 50 to 60 media members. "What was so controversial about that?" said Twain, semishocked by the negative reaction to the inference that Vegas is a boneyard for past-their-prime entertainers.

• 12/10/03 Shania Wins Three Billboard Music Awards - PICS! Shania rocked the house tonight in Las Vegas as she performed "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" and then walked away a huge winner with three Billboard Music Awards! Shania won Country Artist Of The Year, Country Album Of The Year (UP!) and Country Albums Artist Of The Year. "It's been a terrific year for me. Fans have been so great," Twain said after performing She's Not Just a Pretty Face, surrounded by school children. "I'm always so greatful and humbled." Congratulations Shania!!! Click HERE for pics! For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

• 12/10/03 Vancouver Concert - Shania Sweet As Sugar. Here is a cute exerpt from a review of Shania's second Vancouver concert on Monday night: "At one point, Shania launched herself into the audience, (which included her brother, Mark) only to get lost when she couldn't find an aisle. "Oh, I can't get there," she said. Back on the safety of the stage, someone suggested she walk over the crowd next time. "Crowd surfing? I've never done that before. Some of you guys might grab my butt, and I wouldn't like that." To read the entire review, click Twain sweet as sugar with a whole lot of spunk.

• 12/10/03 Pollstar Ranks Shania's Tour #1! Pollstar has ranked Shania's UP! Tour #1 this week!!! Way to go Shania!!!!!! The Top 10 tours are: 1. Shania Twain 1.000; 2. Sting .914; 3. Eric Clapton .823; 4. Phil Collins .806; 5. blink-182 .803; 6. Radiohead .680; 7. David Bowie .618; 8. Linkin Park .616; 9. Enrique Iglesias .581; 10. Ozzy Osbourne .530

• 12/8/03 Shania To Perform "SJNAPF" At Billboard Awards. From the Official Shania Twain Fan Club: Shania will be performing her latest single "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada this Wednesday, December 10th. The show airs LIVE from 8:00-10:00pm ET on FOX and Shania is slated to perform just after 9:00pm. Shania is nominated for Country Album Of The Year (UP!) and Country Artist Of The Year. For more info, click Billboard Music Awards.

• 12/8/03 Vancouver Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Vancouver B.C: 17,000 watch Twain put her exclamation mark on Vancouver.

• 12/6/03 Edmonton Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Edmonton, Alberta: Up! Up and away! A glimpse of Shaniamania? - The woman in Shania comes through.

• 12/5/03 Calgary Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Calgary, Alberta: Shania fans Up! for show - Gotcha Good - Mmm, baby! Shania's UP - Twain's hit parade.

• 12/4/03 Shania Receives Three Grammy Nominations! The nominees in 105 categories were announced this morning for the 46th annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented on Feb. 8th at the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS. Shania received three nominations: Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Forever And For Always"), Best Country Song ("Forever And For Always") and Best Country Album (UP!). Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of Grammy Award nominations, click HERE.

• 12/3/03 Salt Lake City Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Salt Lake City, UT: Twain shows Utah fans why she's a superstar.

• 12/2/03 She's Got Legs! From Calgary Herald: Every woman has a figure flaw. OK, maybe two. Shania Twain has taken her least favorite feature -- her legs -- and turned them into an important part of her sexy, thigh-high boot-sporting image. "She's a stunning woman and she's got so many strong attributes," says Marlene Rostock from Smyth & Kang. "I don't think anyone would even think of her legs as anything but great. You think of her having a fantastic body -- you'd think that woman couldn't have any complex whatsoever." But in 1996, only a year after breaking into mainstream music, Twain confessed her unlikely fault to Chatelaine magazine. The comment began as a deflector from the bigger story: her bare belly. "This is the midriff year," she said. "Who knows what it will be next year? I hate my legs, so I'll never have a leg year." Since that time, Twain has been seen in some outrageous outfits that do, in fact, involve short shorts and micro-minis. Her secret is that she wears them with long, body-hugging jackets, midriff-baring tops and thigh-high boots (no leather, however; she's an animal lover). "She's got a brilliant stylist," says Heather Mitchell of Holt Renfrew. Mitchell notes that Twain often wears high heels and long, flared pants that not only lengthen the leg, but also give it some shape. "What she wears draws your eye away from her leg because she's wearing something so over-the-top," says Mitchell, recalling the Givenchy buckle dress as one of Twain's most outrageous. To read the entire article, click HERE.

• 12/2/03 Shania Up For People's Choice Award. The nominees in 14 categories were announced today for the 30th annual People's Choice Awards. Shania received one nomination for Favorite Female Musical Performer. No word on if Shania will be in attendance or perform. The awards show will broadcast LIVE from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA. on Sunday, Jan. 11th at 9:00-11:00pm ET on CBS. To read more, click HERE.

• 12/2/03 Eja Makes It Easy On Shania. From CountryStars.com: As Shania Twain's tour extends into next year one thing she's thankful for is that her baby boy, Eja, is such a trouper. "It's kinda good, it all feels very comfortable, it's not a really big problem," says Shania about traveling with her toddler. "He's still young enough that he's not in school and he just goes with the flow and we get to go visit city zoos and museums and it's interesting. And I like being on the move and he's very good about it, so we manage just fine."

• 12/2/03 Denver Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Denver, CO: Twain rocks crowd with her pop twang.

• 12/1/03 Shania Up For Two Billboard Music Awards. The finalists for the 2003 Billboard Music Awards have been announced. Shania has received two nominations: Album Of The Year (UP!) and Country Artist Of The Year. Shania will also be performing on the awards show which airs LIVE Dec. 10th at 8:00pm ET on FOX. For a complete list of nominees, click HERE.

• 12/1/03 Shania, Kicking Butt & Bucking Trends. From NetMusicCountdown.com: In a recent article in the Denver Post, Shania Twain is singled out for thriving in the shrinking country market place. While most male and particularly female country artists are finding it hard to sell big numbers these days, Twain's one year-old UP! CD package has now sold over 10 million copies. The paper cites Twain's nearly career-long cultivation of huge sales in both the country and pop market place. Quoting Country Media Group's, Rick Taylor, Twain has survived the effects of 9/11 on country sales. "Post-9/11, country music sort of turned back a bit more traditional, and traditional usually means men," he said. "In other words, traditional means less pop. ... So a lot of females are not achieving the same level of success that they did before." Twain's pop sound, however, probably helped her through the country downturn, because she took over mainstream pop in 1999 with the release of "Come on Over."

• 12/1/03 Kansas City Concert - Review. Review from Friday night's concert in Kansas City, MO: Twain serves country on the rocks.

• 11/29/03 St. Louis Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in St. Louis, MO: Shania Twain - Review.

• 11/29/03 The Girl Next Door. From Calgary Sun: Despite the level of superstardom, the people closest to Shania say she remains a nice, down-to-earth Canadian gal. "Talking to Shania is just as easy as talking to you," says Ron Sakamoto, president of Gold and Gold Productions, which has promoted all her Canadian concerts, including her stop at the Saddledome Thursday. "It's just like she's your next door neighbour." Sakamoto, a 11-time Canadian Country Music Association promoter of the year, who is based in Lethbridge, tours the country with Twain. "She's as nice today as she was the first time I met her in 1993. "Nothing has gone to her head." touring as simple as possible. "There are 120 people on the road for this tour and it's like a big family." Twain does have some real family touring with her including her sister and her two-year-old son. "She's spending time raising Eja ... she spent hours helping him learn to ride a tricycle. "She is just being real with Eja because he doesn't know his mom is a superstar. He just walks around on stage with ear protection during soundchecks," says Sakamoto. So does the toddler look like his hot mamma or his dad? "He's blond so he's pretty Mutt. He's a real good looking boy." Though Sakamoto remains professional and won't reveal any real secrets, he admits there's one thing about Twain, that may surprise fans: "She absolutely loves hockey ... oh, she skates!"

• 11/28/03 Great Articles! Here are a couple great articles. Twain thrives in shrinking market! - Shania Twain review.

• 11/28/03 Shania Keeps Giving To Centre. From TrueNorthNews.com: The Shania Twain Centre has recently received four more of Shania's dresses. "Shania is extremely supportive of the Centre, so much so, she sends us the outfits before the shows she's wearing them for are aired on television," said Tracy Hautanen, Customer Service Manager. Hautanen expects a couple of the dresses will be on display before Christmas. "And most of them will be out for the public to see when we change the exhibits in the spring, in time for the summer rush," she explained. Most of Shania's dresses and performance outfits are designed by Marc Bower such as the black leather one piece pant-suit Shania performed in during the NBC special: Up Close and Personal. It aired on November 25, 2003. If you get a chance to get up close and personal to Shania's clothing at the Centre, you get an idea of just how petite this big performer really is. The designer clothes obviously aren't marked with Shania's size, but the white, printed, beaded dress she wore for the CMA awards is a size 2. "We can't display her outfits on regular manequins," says Hautanen. "We use special molds which are currently used to display the other exhibits; it's a big process to change exhibits." Hautanen emphasizes that without contributions from Shania "we wouldn't have a centre; she's totally giving to the Centre and we couldn't ask for more from her." To read the rest of the article, click HERE.

• 11/26/03 Oklahoma City Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Oklahoma City, OK: Shania Twain impresses fans at Ford Center.

• 11/26/03 Shania On Michael Jackson. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain was asked to comment on the Michael Jackson, child-molestation arrest and expressed some things that other people are feeling. "It's serious for him and the people involved, but it's none of my business. I really feel strongly about that. And I don't feel that -- I know what's going to happen. It's going to get very sensationalized and very overblown, and that's the most unfortunate part of it. That's a crime in itself," reports MJI. MJI also reports, Twain had this impression of Jackson when she met him. "I've only met him once. I had a good impression. Don't know anything else about him personally, other than what everybody else knows in the world -- whatever's published. I don't really follow much sensational anyway...and I don't plan on following this very closely because it just takes too much of our time. We've got other things to worry about in the world."

• 11/25/03 2004 U.S. DATES ANNOUNCED!!! The second U.S. leg of Shania's UP! Tour has been announced for 2004! It will run April - June. I have an up-to-date list on the Tour page. Keep checking back as more U.S. cities/dates are added! Ticketmaster.com is already having a pre-sale for most of the concerts. If you are a member of Shania Twain Official Fan Club, you will have access to another pre-sale for all the new U.S. dates during first week of December.

• 11/24/03 Shania To Perform At Billboard Music Awards! From Billboard.com: Beyoncé, Clay Aiken, Foo Fighters, Shania Twain and Evanescence are confirmed to perform at the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, joining previously announced performers No Doubt and 2003 Billboard Century Award winner Sting. The show will take place December 10th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and air live on FOX at 8:00pm ET (tape-delayed on the West Coast). The Billboard Music Awards annually recognize the year's leading artists and songs as determined by actual performance on Billboard's weekly charts, which are based on sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. Finalists for the 2003 awards will be announced in the coming weeks.

• 11/24/03 Dallas Concert - Review. Reviews from last night's concert in Dallas, TX: Twain concert gets up-close feeling - Twain delivers charm better than tunes at AAC.

• 11/23/03 San Antonio Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in San Antonio, TX: Shania rocks the SBC Center.

• 11/23/03 UP! Nominated For NRJ Award. Shania's current album, UP!, has been nominated for Best International Album at the NRJ Music Awards in France! The awards will take place February 24, 2004. You can vote for Shania HERE!

• 11/22/03 Houston Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Houston, TX: Shania Twain brings Houston a pop show with a country twang.

• 11/21/03 "VH1 Big In 2003" - PICS! The taping of the "VH1 Big In 2003" awards was last night (Nov. 20) at the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California. To see pictures of Shania arriving and peforming "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!," click HERE! The show will air November 30th at 9:00pm ET on VH1. To read more about the show, click HERE.

• 11/21/03 Shania On Canadian TV Guide Cover! Shania is on the Nov. 22-28 issue of the Canadian TV Guide!

• 11/21/03 Shania Gives Thumbs Up To Emerson Drive. From CountryWeekly.com: Shania Twain must have approved of the opening act on her Canadian tour, fellow Canadians Emerson Drive - she's asked them to continue on with her for the tour's American leg throughout late fall and early winter 2003. "We have been having such a fantastic time on the road with Shania that when we received the news that we picked up more shows touring with her in the United States, we were thrilled!" shares lead vocalist Brad Mates. "This tour was a huge dream for us and it doesn't get better than this."

• 11/21/03 Shania Prefers No Label On Her Music. From MySA.com: Shania Twain grew up listening to a multiformat radio station. Shania Twain's diverse musical styles have made her a favorite among a wide scope of fans. "It was the one radio station we had," she said, "and I was able to hear Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin and the Bee Gees all in one hour. I honestly had no prejudice or purist attitudes about music growing up. "Divisions didn't exist for me growing up and I still feel the same way — and I feel that way about my music as well." As she puts it, "I would say that I am a country singer, but I'm not JUST a country singer." "Why do you have to come up with ANY terms?" she says. "Categories kind of bother me. The only reason for categorizing, in my opinion, is so people will know where to look for you in a record store." "It's amazing to watch the audience," she says. "It's so entertaining for me. Because you'll see a group of, like, five or six 20-year-old guys and then you'll see a group of a few 16-year-old girls and then in amongst that you'll see (a) couple in their 60s and then you'll see parents with their two kids, 8 and 10 years old. "It's so mixed, and it's the same everywhere I go. There's no one type, no one demographic that makes up the audience for me. I mean, how many social events can you do that include ages from 3 to 83? Not many." If you ask Twain to pinpoint exactly what it is about her that makes her so widely accepted, however, she's at a loss. "I have no idea," she admits. "I don't think any of these things are a science. I get that question a lot, as far as record sales and concerts: 'Why do you think it does what it does?' And I just never have an answer." So what does drive her? "I think it's just a need to carry on and be productive in life," she says. "And what I enjoy doing most is music. That really is it in a nutshell." To read the entire article, click HERE.

• 11/18/03 UP! Live In Chicago DVD Hits Stores Today! Just a reminder, Shania's new DVD, "UP! Live In Chicago," hits stores today, November 18th!!! Or you can order it online by clicking HERE.

• 11/18/03 Like Any Working Mom, Shania Gets Tired. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain says her son, Eja, is a good little boy even when he travels with his mom when she works. But on the road or at home Twain says being a working mother is just plain tiring. "It's tiring. But I make little rules, you know. I like to be home every night for bath and bed time and we spend our mornings together. Or I'll make sure there's a time in the middle of the day if I can't be there in the evenings, that I get to go visit him and we have lunch together. And you know, we always manage to, I think, spend more time together than a lot of mums get to that work 8 to 5. So I find it's pretty manageable. It isn't that different from any working mum, it's just my schedule needs to be juggled a little bit more. And so I have an advantage there, but then of course I've got the extra stuff of traveling and moving us around and packing and unpacking and all that. But I think every working mom has it hard; its tiring no matter how you look at it."

• 11/17/03 CBC To Make Shania Twain TV Movie. From CBC: The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) announced plans today to make a movie based on the life of singer Shania Twain. Called "Shania," the movie of the week will air next season. It will chronicle her rise from small-town obscurity to superstar status. It will be based on Robin Eggar's Twain biography and will be executive produced by Laszlo Barna, whose credits include DaVinci's Inquest and The David Milgaard Story ."Because of the formidable odds against her and the obstacles she had to overcome, Shania's story is an inspiration to young people everywhere, in Canada and around the world," says CBC-TV executive director of network programming Slawko Klymkiw.

• 11/16/03 "Up! Close And Personal" NBC Special Moved To Nov. 25th! From Shania's Offficial Mercury Nashville website: Shania's upcoming NBC Special, ''SHANIA UP! CLOSE AND PERSONAL'' originally set to air Wednesday, November 26th has been moved up one day to air TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th at 9:00pm ET/8:00pm CT on NBC. Don't miss it! --- NBC Media Villiage has confirmed the date change.

• 11/16/03 Shania's Tour Ranks #4! From sfgate.com: The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
TOP 5 CONCERT TOURS
1. (1) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; $4,127,877; $72.66.
2. (2) Aerosmith / KISS; $1,283,104; $69.39.
3. (3) Dave Matthews Band; $1,270,012; $44.23.
4. (4) Shania Twain; $1,076,095; $61.80.
5. (5) Ozzfest 2003; $931,087; $48.14.

• 11/12/03 "Up! Close And Personal" - PICS! NBC has posted pictures from Shania's upcoming special "Up! Close And Personal."

• 11/12/03 Shania Kicking Butt On Concert Trail! From CountryStars.com: In a breakdown of recent concert grosses Shania Twain is kicking most everybody's butt with gross figures averaging around a million dollars a show. From Music Row online here's some recent totals for Shania.
Shania Twain, James Otto
$2,441,740/40,320/100%/Palace of Auburn Hills/Detroit, Mich./10-24,25
$1,200,330/18,340/100%/Xcel Energy Center/St. Paul, Minn./10-28
$1,048,235/18,120/88%/Gund Arena/Cleveland, Ohio/10-18
$946,922/15,940/95%/Kohl Center/Madison, Wis./10-27
$776,408/14,839/81%/Bradley Center/Milwaukee, Wis./10-29
$671,750/16,406/91%/Conseco Fieldhouse/Indianapolis, Ind./10-21

• 11/11/03 Shania On Lifetime Cover! Shania graces the Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004 issue of Lifetime magazine! Click cover for larger version. The magazine should be on newsstands within the next week or two and Lifetime magazine's website will have the article posted soon.

• 11/10/03 Waste Not Want Not. From KAJA-FM and "Oprah": Country star Shania Twain insists on keeping her backstage needs to a minimum, because she hates to waste food. The "That Don't Impress Me Much" singer's poor upbringing taught her never to waste anything - because there was a time she had absolutely nothing. She explains, "In my dressing rooms I always ask for what I can eat, and what I've started doing now is saying, 'Look I only need two bananas, I only need four waters,' and I give numbers of how much I need so I don't get a dozen bananas." Twain admits her frugal ways continue when she's cooking at home: "My husband complains. He says, `Why do you make just two potatoes?' and I say, `Because there's only two of us.' He says, 'Just make four and then I have the choice of having more or I can have the rest tomorrow.' "But I remember doing everything I could just to prevent the Children's Aid from coming to take us away. Our standard of living was that low we were in 40-below winters in Ontario and you had no heat. "You were sleeping with your clothes on. I was 22 when they moved in with me, but our poorest days were with my parents when we were younger - when we had no grocery money and we were doing laundry in the bathtub and going to the dump for clothes."

• 11/10/03 Nude, Nude, Nude. From CountryNation.com: Since Terri Clark did so well in it's recent "For Bod & Country" online poll, the folks at Playboy.com have reportedly offered her a nude photo shoot -- and she's rumored to be seriously considering it. Do I care? No. In fact, I think the next CMA Awards should be nude. Well, not completely. The artists should at least have Bud Lite logos tattooed on their butts. By the way, Shania Twain placed first in the poll. Terri came in second. Here's a fun game. Try holding your breath until you see a nude Shania in Playboy.

• 11/10/03 Baby, You're A Rich Girl. From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain, who was raised in poverty, isn't known for being a big spender. According to the New York Post, she was shopping recently at the city's Bergdorf Goodman, when a $3,400 pair of earrings set with peridot, her birthstone, caught her eye. "I'd never spend that much money on myself," Shania was heard to say. Her assistant instantly tipped off her husband, Mutt Lange, who ordered her to buy the jewelry.

• 11/8/03 Shania Wins BMI Award! The annual BMI Awards were held November 4th. The songwriter awards are in recognition of the "Most Performed Songs of the Year." Shania picked up an award for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" Congratulations Shania!

• 11/8/03 "FAFA" Hits #1! After almost a year, Shania has her first #1 single from her UP! album! Yahoo/Billboard reports: Uncle Kracker Featuring Dobie Gray is dethroned after a record 23-week run at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Drift Away" (Lava). Taking over the top spot is Shania Twain, who earns her third AC No. 1 with "Forever and for Always" (Mercury). It's Twain's first turn at No. 1 since 1998, when "From This Moment On" spent a lone week heading the list. Twain is the first Canadian artist to dominate the AC chart since August 2002, when Celine Dion completed what was then a record-setting 21-week reign with "A New Day Has Come." "Forever" is the sixth AC title to advance to No. 1 in 2003. That makes this year's turnover rate only slightly faster than last year's, when Phil Collins' "Can't Stop Loving You" became the sixth No. 1 of 2002 the week of Nov. 30.

• 11/8/03 Toby Calls Shania "A Class Act." From CountryStars.com: Toby [Keith] told us that Shania Twain made a point to seek him out [at the CMA Awards] for an extended conversation. "Here she is, completely ignored by the CMA this year, and yet there she was singing on the show. Then she seeks me out to talk. We talked about a lot of things, she asked about my family, and things that are really important. She's just a class act," Toby said of the woman he feels shouldn't have been passed over by the CMA.

• 11/8/03 Memphis Concert Cancelled. From Shania's Official Fan Club: NBC has scheduled a Shania Twain special on November 26th--the same date as the Memphis, TN concert. Due to the conflict with this event, the show at the Pyramid in Memphis has been cancelled. The concert may be rescheduled at a later date.

• 11/7/03 Shania Gets "Hairy." From Tennessean.com: Shania Twain's NBC taping Monday night veered off in several strange/entertaining directions. Between songs, Shania would chat with the west Nashville audience a bit, and things got a little weird when backing vocalist/fiddler/artist extraordinaire Alison Krauss — for reasons still unclear to me —demonstrated (in her sleeveless shirt) that she had shaved her armpits. Shania, dressed in long-sleeve black leather jumpsuit, offered that she wasn't quite as careful about body hair shaving. Shania mentioned this is a habit she got into growing up in northern Canada. ''There are a lot of hairy girls in winters,'' she said, offering images one might rather not have when staring at the gorgeous goddess that is Shania Twain. ''That's the beauty of winter. You wear long sleeves and pants and you become a gorilla.'' The audience howled. Whether this fabulous repartee makes it into the final show remains to be seen. Shania's special airs at 9:00 ET, Nov. 26 on NBC.

• 11/5/03 Shania Cancels European Promo. According to the German Shania Fan Club, Shania is sick with a bad cold and has cancelled all her European promotion dates in November. The information comes from Shania's label in Germany. Shania resumes her U.S. tour on November 21st in Houson, TX. Get well Shania!

• 11/5/03 Shania - A Reluctant Superstar. From ExtraTV.com: She is the beautiful Revlon girl, who gave the face of country music a big-time makeover, as she became a multi-million dollar entertainment phenomenon of a magnitude that even blows her mind. In fact, Twain tells "Extra" in a rare and candid interview that she is indeed a reluctant superstar. She says, "If I sit around and think about it, I get overwhelmed. If it weren't for my accountant, I wouldn't even know how much money I've got in the bank." And the 37-year-old singer says it was her need for privacy that prompted her husband, producer Robert Lange, and their 2-year-old son, Eja, to flee the spotlight and live in rural Switzerland. Twain says, "People are more interested in what the cows are doing here." But now, Twain has come down from the Alps and is back in Music City making her second NBC TV special. It is an intimate acoustic concert for an audience of just 300, which she hopes will show fans that she is still just a country girl at heart. Twain says, "This is me sharing that side of me with them." And she also shared it with us as she helped out with a little "Extra" Rumor Control, starting with her favorite. Twain says, "That I have a no-sex marriage. That is not true." But what does her husband say? Twain says, "We both kind of laughed at that." And then there is the one about Twain and the family now moving even farther away to New Zealand, a rumor that started when Twain made her recent visit to the South Pacific Island. She says, "That's a very serious rumor. But we're not moving to New Zealand."

• 11/5/03 Shania Wins Playboy Poll. From CMT.com: Shania Twain is the top country artist that Playboy.com readers would like to see pose for the magazine, according to a poll that garnered 110,000 votes. Twain captured more than 28 percent of the vote. Terri Clark came in second, with 21 percent. Asked whether she'd pose nude, Clark said, "Under the right circumstances, sure, because there are a hundred ways to pose for Playboy. If I were going to do it, I'd want it to be a reflection of who I am as a woman: my attitude, my spirit, my music." Allison Moorer placed third, just ahead of Faith Hill. Six other female country stars were also nominated.

• 11/4/03 Shania On "Oprah." From CountryNation.com: The Oprah episode featuring Shania Twain and Dolly Parton, along with Alison Krauss and Melissa Etheridge, finally aired today. The segment with Shania and Dolly, being the hands-down highlight. The pair teamed on Dolly's "Coat of Many Colors" -- and even had Oprah singing along. Well, moving her lips anyway. Shania explained to Oprah that she grew up wanting to be Dolly Parton, adding, "I wish my mother could be here today." She then teared up, along with about everyone else. Me, get misty eyed. You're kidding. Something did get in my eye though. A big honkin' bug or something.
Oprah.com has a video clip of this afternoon's show.

• 11/4/03 Shania: Up! Close And Personal. From CountryStars.com: "Shania Twain: Up! Close and Personal" is the title of her NBC Special that she taped at the Citatino Support Studio in Nashville this week. The special will feature Shania in a very intimate setting, with a crowd of about 300, and with Alison Krauss and Union Station as her band and backing vocal's."

• 11/4/03 Maple Leaf Hotel To Be Demolished? From Timmins Daily Press: The Maple Leaf Hotel which Stompin' Tom Connors and Shania Twain both helped make famous is in jeopardy of being demolished. Claimpost Realty Ltd. agent Gregory Reynolds, who is trying to sell the building on behalf of the Business Development Bank of Canada, told The Daily Press Monday afternoon the living piece of Timmins history could be history by Christmas 2004 if a buyer isn’t found for the building before winter hits.

• 11/4/03 Shania Buys New Zealand Farm. From CountryWeekly.com: Shania Twain and husband Mutt Lange have their sights set on New Zealand, land of kiwis, sheep and spectacular scenery (the Lord Of The Rings movies were shot there). They've purchased a 200-acre farm/ranch near Lake Wakatipu, on New Zealand's South Island. Shania filmed the video for "Forever And For Always" in New Zealand, and says the breathtaking terrain of the area reminds her of the Canadian countryside.

• 11/3/03 Shania Makes Dolly Cry On "Oprah." From Toronto Sun: Country music stars Dolly Parton and Shania Twain appear together on "Oprah" tomorrow (4:00pm), along with Alison Krauss and Melissa Etheridge, who also sing on the new Parton tribute album, Just Because I'm A Woman. And, apparently, the waterworks fly on the show. "Shania was so sweet -- she just got everybody crying," said Parton, 57, down the line from Tennessee recently in her familiar girlish trill. "She was talking about how (she loved) that song, "Coat Of Many Colors," because when her mom and dad had died, I had been such an inspiration to her. It was the sweetest thing. She said something like, 'I wish my mother could be here today,' and when she said that everybody started crying. "We just all boo-hooed," continued Parton. "And I was fixing to go out and sing and I thought, 'Oh, you little s---! You would make me cry."

• 11/2/03 "48 Hours" Interview. Last night's "48 Hours" was themed "It's A Big Country" as they profiled Brooks and Dunn, Reba McEntire, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and Shania Twain. Shania talked about her video image: "Often sexy...playful at the same time," says Shania. "Videos are just something I step into, a role that you're playing. It's like dress-up time." But in real life, Shania says she covers her midsection. "I never walk around with my midriff open, 'cause I just couldn't be bothered with worrying if my gut was hanging over or not." Shania was also asked if she was country or pop: "I would definitely be considered a pop artist," says Shania. "My roots are country, that's for sure … As long as Dolly Parton always likes my music, then I think I'm safe." You can read more of Shania's interview HERE.

• 11/2/03 Shania's New DVD - Details. Mercury has released more info on Shania's new DVD Up! Live In Chicago being released November 18th. TRACKS: Man! I Feel Like A Woman! • Up! • Honey, I’m Home • She's Not Just A Pretty Face • Forever And For Always • Ka-Ching! • When You Kiss Me • Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) • That Don't Impress Me Much • I'm Gonna Getcha Good! • From This Moment On • No One Needs To Know • Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon) • It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing • Juanita • Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? • Any Man Of Mine • In My Car (I'll Be The Driver) • (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here! • You're Still The One • Nah! • Rock This Country!
OVERVIEW: Shania Twain Up! Live In Chicago marks Shania’s first U.S concert appearance in over 2 + years and was taped for her fourth network TV special. Up! Live In Chicago was filmed on July 27th in front of over 50,000 enthusiastic fans in Chicago's Grant Park. The dynamic performance was then edited and aired on NBC on August 19th, becoming the most watched prime time entertainment program of the summer. The Up! Live in Chicago DVD includes the entire July 27th concert including 22 live performances - 6 performances not included in the network television broadcast. Shania's show balances her classic singles with her new hits from the current album UP!, now with worldwide sales of over 8 million (over 4 million US albums scanned), mastered in 5.1 surround sound.

• 10/31/03 Country's Hot New Duo: ShaniaKrauss. From Nashville's Tennessean.com: This town is buzzin': Shania Twain is taping a primetime NBC special Monday night right here in Nash-Vegas. And she's doing it with her new best buddy, Alison Krauss, and Alison's excellent bluegrass band, Union Station. This is a particularly fascinating pairing because these two ladies have slightly different on-stage styles. Alison, in simple attire, stands with her band and sings like an angel. Shania wears sparkly stuff, leapfrogs over skipping fiddlers and shouts ''Whoo!'' a lot. Alison likes to show off her Union Station band's tight, smooth harmonies. Shania likes to show off her tight, smooth stomach. But the two apparently have been musically inseparable since they did "Forever and For Always" together on the CMT Flameworthy Awards earlier this year. Shania will do a stripped-down acoustic show in the round, a la Elvis Presley's 1968 network TV special. Alison and Union Station will back her up, and Alison also will do some duets with Shania. This is a big dang deal because NBC is airing this — Shania's second NBC special — during November sweeps. And the Peacock Network is putting it on Nov. 26 right after a highly anticipated Justin Timberlake special.

• 10/30/03 Milwaukee Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Milwauke, WI: Twain's intensity dims: Energy remains, but she seems to be downplaying her babeosity.

• 10/29/03 CMT Power List 2003. From CMT.com: "CMT News ranking (Top 10) of the most powerful movers and shakers in the world of country music looked at artists' accomplishment this year in three major areas: CD sales, box office drawing power and public awareness -- including major media exposure, crossover appeal and the intangible factor known as stardust. So, it goes beyond mere fame and wealth. Some artists can exercise their power by what they can do -- others enjoy the power of saying "no" to anything they don't want to do. Some rely almost solely on the power of their music; still others parlay a combination of music, touring, TV and movie appearances and a role as commercial spokesperson for products. International appeal is yet another factor." The top 3 artists of 2003 are: #1 Johnny Cash, #2 Shania Twain, #3 Reba McEntire.

• 10/29/03 Minneapolis Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Minneapolis, MN: 'Twain Cities' welcome Shania by filling Xcel Energy Center - Shania Twain's wild is mild.

• 10/28/03 Madison Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Madison, WI: Sweet Shania delivers plenty of sugar.

• 10/28/03 UPDATE: NBC Special To Air Nov. 26th! Here is the latest info about Shania's upcoming NBC special from rockontv.com: Shania Twain Special (title TBA) airs Wednesday, November 26 at 9:00-10:00pm ET on NBC. Shania Twain returns to NBC for her second network special, taped from Nashville, Tennessee. In a more intimate concert venue, Twain will perform unique renditions of her old and new favorites backed by multiple Grammy-winning musician Alison Krauss and Union Station for a special show that will appeal to all ages.

• 10/27/03 "SNJAPF" Video Premieres Nov. 1st! The video for Shania's new single "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" will premiere on CMT (U.S.) "Most Wanted Live" Saturday, November 1st at 6:30pm ET. Click HERE to go to the "MWL" homepage.

• 10/26/03 Official Shania 2004 Calendar! The official Shania 2004 calendar is here! As of now, it is only being sold on the tour. Amazon.com will have it soon!

• 10/25/03 Detroit Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Detroit, MI: Twain treats fans to upbeat show. Here is a great article from yesterday's Detroit Free Press: One in a million: Country singer Shania Twain crafts a clever, business-minded path to superstardom.

• 10/24/03 Shania On "48 Hours" - Nov. 1st. From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain will be among the artists featured in a "48 Hours" segment that will be taking an in-depth look at the exploding country music scene. The episode will air on Saturday November 1, on CBS at 8pm ET/PT.

• 10/24/03 Chicago Concert - Reviews & Pics. Reviews from Wednesday night's (10/22) concert in Chicago IL: Freshness and spontaneity: ne'er the Twain shall meet - Twain sticks with tried, true in a predictable performance.

• 10/24/03 Shania & Dolly Share Feelings And Music On "Oprah." From CountryStars.com: During Monday's taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Shania Twain was reportedly quite emotional when talking about the impact of Dolly Parton's music on her life, especially the songs about growing up in poverty and humble beginnings (something Shania and Dolly have in common) reports MJI. As previously announced Twain and Parton sing together on Dolly's classic "Coat of Many Colors." Shania also sings her newest single "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" on the show that will air sometime during November sweeps (Nov. 4th).

• 10/22/03 SHANIA ON "OPRAH" - AIRDATE MOVED TO NOV. 4TH. Ok, first it was Oct. 23, then Nov. 5, now according to Shania's official Mercury site, Shania's appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will air on November 4th: "Catch Shania on "Oprah" on Tuesday, November 4. She will perform her new single ''She's Not Just A Pretty Face'' as well as ''Coat Of Many Colors'' with her idol Dolly Parton. The show will also highlight Shania's upcoming World Tour as well as promote her current album UP!." "The Oprah Winfrey Show" airs at 4:00pm in most cities but check local listings. Then don't miss "Oprah: After The Show" which airs on the Oxygen channel at 7:00pm ET.

• 10/22/03 Indianapolis Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Indianapolis, IN: Shania Twain shows her music has substance.

• 10/21/03 European Concerts/New U.S. Dates Announced. Country music glamour girl Shania Twain kept a promise to her Ulster fans today - by signing a deal that will bring her to Belfast, Northern Ireland next year. The 36-year-old No 1 hoedown superstar will play the Odyssey next February 19, it was announced by Aiken Promotions. Click HERE to read more. Several other European and NEW Nov./Dec. U.S. dates have also been announced! Check my Tour page for these new dates/cities.

• 10/21/03 Twain's Tour Cures Cabin Fever. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain says she enjoyed the last 3 1/2 years off making a baby and making new music, but confesses to finally suffering some cabin fever, or in her case, Swiss chateau fever, and she's glad to be on the road again. "Well, I was looking forward to the change again. I mean I'm just always going to need change," Shania says. "I've been in this music industry since I was a very young child, always traveling, always going new places, meeting new people, so I think it's just in my blood now and I would be very bored if I wasn't doing this. So I need the change anyway. "And the 3 1/2 years of sitting to write the music, make a record, have a baby, was long enough and I really did look forward to just getting out and then sharing the music and changing the pace again. So it's again just another refreshing change for me."

• 10/19/03 Cleveland Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Cleveland, OH: Shania is hostess of big party at Gund.

• 10/18/03 SHANIA ON "OPRAH" - OCT. 23!!! From rockontv.com: Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and Melissa Ethridge rock the stage as never before on Thursday's "Oprah." Shania will perform her new single "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" -- as well as "Coat Of Many Colors" with Dolly Parton on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Thursday, October 23rd at 4:00pm!!!!! The show is syndicated so check local listings for channel.

• 10/18/03 Washington, D.C. Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Washington, D.C: Shania Twain's Fans: 'You're Still the One'.

• 10/18/03 Shania To Perform At "VH1 Big In 2003." From Yahoo: Shania Twain will be among the performers at the "VH1 Big in 2003" awards show - if you can call it an awards show. With categories including "Biggest Gay Hero," "Biggest Guilty Pleasure" and "Really Big Reality Star," the second annual event is more of an irreverent celebration of the year in pop culture - and winning for "Biggest Mistake '03" isn't exactly a coveted prize. Besides Twain, Kid Rock and Matchbox 20 are among the performers lined up for the November 30 show airing at 9:00pm ET on VH1. At last year's ceremony, actor Vin Diesel was honored in the "You Can't Spell Bald Without Bad" category. Ice Cube won in the "Shakespeare in Da Hiz-House" category, which honored rappers in movies.

• 10/18/03 Shania Says Being 30 Something Made Motherhood Easier. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain says she's had no trouble fitting motherhood into her life and career because of the age she was when she did it. I'm not really finding it all that difficult," she says. "I kinda go with the flow you know, when it comes to life and music. I think it's because for me it's all the same thing; It's not like fame and stardom and all of that stuff happened all at once and then all of a sudden I had a child. It's all happened very, very gradually over a very long period of time. I waited to have a child, I'm 37 years old so I think I'm at the point of maturity where it's all falling into a very natural place for me."

• 10/16/03 "That's Mummy's Music" - Eja. From CountryStars.com: Because Shania's son was around so much during the recording of UP!, Shania's not surprised that 2 year-old, Eja, knows her music when he hears it. "He knows my music and when he hears it on the radio he'll say 'That's mummy's music,' so he recognizes it," she brags. "And he's in the studio when we do things, you know, this is a part of his life since he was born. I was nursing him in the studio between vocal takes and stuff so this is going to be second nature for him. I don't think he's going to see it as a novelty of any kind or anything like that and you know, he socializes with regular little kids and stuff."

• 10/16/03 Shania Talks Hockey! If you were to liken Twain, who was recently interviewed by NHLPA.com, to a hockey player, a comparison she'd gladly welcome, the biggest-selling female solo artist of all time would be on par with the game's greatest names, past or present. Read the article HERE!

• 10/16/03 Connecticut Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Uncasville (Hartford), CT: Perfect Twain gives fans what they want - Shania! Mohegan Sun fans cheer country star - Shania: Slick, Sexy And Oh, So Superficial.

• 10/15/03 New York Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in New York, NY: Garden Hayride - NY Post, Shania touches the crowd - NY Dalily News, Concert Review: Shania Twain - Yahoo.

• 10/15/03 Shania's Temporarily Permanent Home. From CountryStars.com: So far in Shania Twain's career she's called Canada, Nashville, Upstate New York, Florida and Switzerland her "home." The way Shania explains it she will always call Canada home, but right now Switzerland is a kind of temporary permanent home. "Well, I mean the world's a big place and I hope to live in many different countries before the end of my life," Shania reasons. "My base of course will always be Canada, my family is still there, it's just that through the years where I'm currently traveling so much, it doesn't really matter where I live. You know, I'm never home often enough to really call anywhere home but you do have to base yourself out of somewhere so when I do decide I have to go back somewhere and unpack and repack to go off on my next trip you just have to pick somewhere to be that one place and it just happens to be Switzerland right now."

• 10/14/03 Long Island Concert - Review. Review from Oct. 12th concert in Uniondale (Long Island), NY: Shania Gets Down to (Shallow) Business.

• 10/14/03 Dolly Parton Tribute In Stores Today. Just a reminder, the all-star, all female Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman is in stores today! The collection features Parton's songs recorded by the likes of Shania Twain, Norah Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station and Sinead O'Connor. Shania along with Alison Krauss & Union Station performs the song "Coat Of Many Colors."

• 10/13/03 Philadelphia Concert - Review. Review from Oct. 10th concert in Philadelphia, PA: Candy is dandy, Twain shows, but not a whole box at a time.

• 10/13/03 Albany Concert - Review. Review from Oct. 11th concert in Albany, NY: Twain gives her fans their money's worth.

• 10/10/03 Wanna Get To Know You. New York's Newsday has an excellent article about Shania, her tour and her fans. "I got this time what I wanted the last time," said Twain, calling from a tour stop in Pittsburgh. "I wanted something much more intimate. I wanted to be able to touch the people. I wanted to be very accessible to them and have them very accessible to me. That's why we're doing it in the round. It's a unique feature - a way to have a theater setting in these large arenas." Click HERE to read the entire article!

• 10/9/03 New Jersey Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in E. Rutherford, NJ: All Things to All Fans, And Many All at Once - More motion than emotion: Energy outweighs artistry in fireworks-filled Shania Twain extravaganza.

• 10/9/03 Shania, Queen Of The Crossover. From theday.com: Shania Twain has sold over 34 million copies of her Come On Over CD alone. That's enough that each citizen of Mexico City and Shanghai could have a copy. For even more perspective, that's almost as many copies as Pink Floyd sold of Dark Side of the Moon. Throw in other multi-platinum Twain albums like UP! and The Woman In Me, or songs like “Any Man of Mine” and “(If You're Not in It For Love) I'm Outta Here,” and you're talking some sensationally large royalty checks. These are just a few ways of describing that Twain, who visits the Mohegan Sun Arena Wednesday, has become a jaw-droppingly successful crossover artist. The 38-year-old Canadian singer, with raw-navel outfits and cheerleader good looks, crept onto the Nashville scene in the early '90s, wielding a musical omelet blending a C&W rhythm section, a few overdubbed fiddles for the Wrangler jeans set, and a massive dose of gooey but irresistible pop cheese. The junket that brings Twain to the Sun Arena is her first world tour in more than three years. It is an in-the-round spectacle featuring her nine-piece band, at least four costume changes, six video screens, onstage audience participation tunes, and a two hour-plus show so packed with hits that a medley will be required to get 'em all in. Though Twain supplanted Garth Brooks as the reigning country music superstar — at least before Faith Hill and her husband, the pre-“we quit country” Dixie Chicks, and Toby Keith came along — her appeal will translate in crowd demographics Wednesday that will range from teen Britney-worshippers to Branson vacationers. Twain has become universal. Shania Twain performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.15 in the Mohegan Sun Arena.

• 10/8/03 Shania To Perform At CMA Awards! From CMA/PRNewswire: Even though Shania did not receive a single nomination, she WILL perform at this year's CMA Awards. "The stars align for "The 37th Annual CMA Awards." CMA has added to a growing list of Country Music's biggest artists scheduled to appear on the CMA Awards, with the announcement that top nominee Toby Keith; reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride; the artist with the most career CMA Award nominations George Strait, and the format's top selling female solo artist of all time Shania Twain will all perform during "Country Music's Biggest Night(TM)." Hosted by Vince Gill, "The 37th Annual CMA Awards" will be broadcast live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Nov. 5 (8:00- 11:00 PM/ET) on the CBS Television Network."

• 10/8/03 Boston Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Boston, MA: An exuberant Shania Twain gets UP! close and personal - Twain offers her signature sugary pop.

• 10/8/03 What Shania Has Learned From Mutt. From CountryStars.com: The change in Shania Twain's musical fortunes after she met and married producer Robert John (Mutt) Lang was certainly dramatic. She went from struggling artist with zero hits from her debut album to,…well Shania Twain international star. Question is what was Mutt's biggest contribution to her talent? "Well, I think the biggest thing that I've learned from him is that you can always do better. There's always a better line, there's always a better arrangement, it can always be better," says Shania. "And so I have become better, I think, in many ways - especially as a songwriter - because of him. Because I'm always going back and redoing and never considering it's never done until it's completely done and recorded and always leave room for change and improvement. So that's been the biggest thing I've learned from him.

• 10/7/03 Shania New & Never Seen Videos Premieres Oct. 20th! From CMT/PRNewswire: CMT telecasts STACKED: SHANIA NEW & NEVER SEEN featuring two exclusive premiere videos and brand new and exclusive interview footage with multi-award winning music maven Shania Twain Monday, Oct. 20 at 1:00-1:30pm and 6:30-7:00pm ET/PT (Click HERE for other air times). International superstar Shania Twain, whose current "Up!" world tour is breaking attendance records venue after venue, is spotlighted on CMT's STACKED: SHANIA NEW & NEVER SEEN. The exclusive premiere videos from the current "Up!" album include "Thank You Baby! (For Making Some Day Come So Soon)" and "When You Kiss Me." Twain, who conceptualizes and edits all her own videos, discusses the birth of the latest additions to her videography in the CMT exclusive special. "Video is a part of the music," Twain tells CMT in exclusive interview footage for STACKED: SHANIA NEW & NEVER SEEN. "It's an element that just goes along with it. It's been a creative extension of the music, and a visual ... and I enjoy videos myself, I like watching videos." After receiving the fan-voted 2003 CMT Flameworthy Concept Video of the Year award for her innovative "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" video Twain says, "I always (lead in the direction) with my videos. I think it's because I write all my songs, and I already have a visual idea way in advance." The video "Thank You Baby! (For Making Some Day Come So Soon)" was shot in a Vancouver museum and is an intriguing look at Twain as a three-dimensional exhibit surrounded by classic works of art that come to life. A complete diversion from the surreal treatment of the former video, the black and white look of "When You Kiss Me," shot in Auckland, New Zealand, captures the camera's affection for the playfully flirtatious Twain. STACKED: SHANIA NEW & NEVER SEEN also features new versions of formerly released videos "Up!," "Forever and For Always" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" Twain has garnered a plethora of awards, including five Grammys and the CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Awards. She is the biggest selling female solo artist of all time. For more information on STACKED: SHANIA NEW & NEVER SEEN, visit CMT.com. Here is the show's lineup:
"Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)", "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" -- Performance Only, "Forever And For Always" -- Performance Only, "Up!" -- Blue Version and "When You Kiss Me"

• 10/7/03 Shania Promo For 2003 NHL Season! From NHL.com: Hockey players "changing on the fly" may not be too sexy, but having the sultry singer Shania Twain explain exactly what the term means certainly is. On Oct. 8, the National Hockey League will unveil a new brand television advertising campaign that features an A-list of celebrities including Twain, and actors Jim Belushi, Denis Leary, Kiefer Sutherland and Cuba Gooding, Jr., explaining the finer points of hockey in layman's terms with the tag "Get It?" Twain, a world-renowned recording artist and Canadian-native, explains the line change -- how NHL players are required to jump on and off the ice for their respective shifts in only seconds. Her spot also includes footage from actual games that demonstrate the speed and energy of hockey. Belushi is featured in three spots, in which he provides tongue-in-cheek description of hockey vernacular, such as "Roughing" and "High-Sticking." Belushi also cautions fans to watch the players with the puck on the ice rather than the puck itself in order to keep up with and understand the flow of the game. The Twain and Belushi 0:30 spots will debut in conjunction with the start of the season Oct. 8, and will air on ESPN and ABC in the United States and CBC and TSN in Canada, as well as on regional NHL rightsholder stations across North America. Spots showcasing Sutherland, Leary and Gooding, Jr. will be rolled out during the course of the season, culminating with the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs. All of the spots were created and produced by NHL Productions. You can watch Shania's 30-second spot by clicking the HERE!

• 10/7/03 Shania Tries Not To Burp On Stage! From CountryStars.com: Sometimes people forget just how down-to-earth Shania Twain is, but she's willing to talk about pretty normal things, like trying not to burp on stage. "It happens to me on stage if I eat too close to performance, then I've always got to burp on-stage and it's so hard when you're trying to hold this looooong note and sometimes I tell you, that happens to me." Shania's even more down to earth and normal raising her toddler, Eja. "I just bought Eja a little book and it's called, THE FARTING DOG. It is so funny! This poor dog, anyway he's got terrible gas. He's got another book that says EVERYBODY FARTS. I guess kids have to come to terms with this thing that happens to them so people feel they need to write books to psychologically help them through this, (sort of thing).

• 10/5/03 Grand Rapids Concert - Review. Review from last night's concert in Grand Rapids, MI: Shania, fans trade rock for roses. Roses. More roses. Dozens of roses. Coming from all directions. And all going to one person. Shania. "I don't think I've ever gotten this many roses of all the shows I've ever done," singer Shania Twain said toward the end of her sold-out, two-hour show Saturday night at Van Andel Arena in front of 12,569 fans. Song after song, Shania accepted roses from fans of all ages. "I'm getting totally spoiled tonight," she said.

• 10/4/03 Shania Helps Raptors UP!-grade Wardrobe! From Toronto Star: Shania Twain has been honoured around the world for her extraordinary musical prowess, won Junos and Grammys and a fistful of other awards.Yesterday, she got one that sets her apart from every other entertainer in the world. She's in The Dog Pound. After unveiling the Raptors' new jersey along with forward Jerome Williams, Twain received one of the new red ones with her name on the back and a white JYD sweatband. "That makes you an honorary member of The Dog Pound," Williams said during the unveiling ceremony. The new jerseys, red with black side panels and bearing a logo that incorporates a maple leaf, will be worn about 14 times by the Raptors this season. Their only certain appearance at the Air Canada Centre will come Oct. 29 in the home opener against the New Jersey Nets.

• 10/4/03 Grand Rapids Articles. Shania rocks Grand Rapids, MI tonight! Here are a couple articles from The Grand Rapids Press previewing the concert: Shania's 'Still the One' - Prepare for some surprises, Shania-style.

• 10/3/03 Toronto Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Toronto, Ontario: Shania! She storms T.O.! - Shania sweep! Canuck diva easily wins hearts of ecstatic fans at ACC - Twain can talk, walk and rock with aplomb. "A funny moment of the night was when Twain brought up a female Shania impersonator because she was so impressed with her revealing outfit copied from the I'm Gonna Getcha Good! video. "Did I really wear that?" said Twain, checking it out. "She's not really nude under there. It sure looks pretty nude."

• 10/2/03 Fiesty Shania Is Definately UP! Today's Toronto Sun has an excellent and candid article about Shania. In the article, the best-selling female singer in history reveals her tough side defending her music and popularity. Click HERE!

• 10/1/03 Buffalo Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Buffalo, NY: Shania struts as 18,000 roar - Twain, well, meets expectations (It's obvious the journalist does not like Shania no matter what).

• 9/30/03 Pittsburgh Concert - Reviews. Reviews from last night's concert in Pittsburgh, PA: Shania Twain Gets Up! in Pittsburgh - Twain reaches out to Mellon Arena fans.

• 9/30/03 Shania On Animal Fair Cover! Shania and her pet/guard dog Tim are on the cover of the current issue of Animal Fair magazine! Click HERE to view the cover! Inside there are two more pictures (to be posted soon) along with an article where Shania talks about her pets and being an animal lover. Excerpt from article: "Shania named her German Shepard Tim after Timmins, Ontario, where she spent her childhood." "Her other children, "belong to the equestrian family, each bearing unusual names such as Tango, Shadow, Queensy, Ole' (who was rescued) and Chief. Sadly, on of Shania's much loved horses, dancer, passed away last year." "Shania shared with Animal Fair a funny experience with her dog Tim. While on tour once, Tim was hanging out on the tour bus. When Shania walked onto the tour bus she startled Tim and he jumped on the kitchen counter, turning on the faucet in the sink! Tim ended up flooding the whole bus. "It was hysterical," Twain said." The magazine is available at Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores.

• 9/30/03 Shania Sets New Records As She Begins "UP!" Tour! From Mercury Records/PRNewswire: As if becoming the biggest selling female solo artist of all time wasn't enough, superstar Shania Twain sets a new record in concert sales. The Grammy-Award winning singer dazzled the Canadians as she kicked off the first date of her worldwide, "UP!" tour, setting an all-time record at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario with an attendance of 18,573 and a record-setting gross of $1,282,984 (USD). Twain followed her opening night success with a sell-out crowd in Ottawa, Ontario, where she grossed an astonishing $1,195,587 (USD), exceeding her country cohorts, The Dixie Chicks. The "UP!" tour hasn't just been selling box-office records, but also winning over the critics in a big way. The Toronto Sun says: "Twain's performance put most politicians to shame ... The fans ate up every single Shania second of it," and the Ottawa Sun calls the show, "Pretty much flawless ... 4 out of 5." The stage offers the fans an opportunity to get up-close and personal with Shania. Set up "in-the-round," the show offers a high-energy spectacle. Shania not only performs her recent chart-topping hits "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" and "Forever and For Always" but also gives the fans a taste of her memorable classics, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" and "Still The One." Shania is scheduled to appear later this fall on "OPRAH" with her friend and idol, Dolly Parton, where she will perform her new single, "She's Not Just A Pretty Face", which was just released to radio and is already becoming an instant Shania classic.

• 9/30/03 Shania's Shows Are By Now The Stuff Of Legend! From BuffaloNews.com: Sure, it's nice to have racked up a handful of Juno awards, a mantel's worth of Grammys, a Country Music Association statue or two. But having a your own brand of lipstick? That's got to rock! Shania Twain, who recently launched the Shania Red line, sales of which will benefit the American Heart Association, has sold more records this year than Johnny Cash did in his lifetime. She's also been a bit of a litmus test for the ongoing battle between fans of "old" and "new" country. Old-schoolers claim Twain's polished twang is nothing more than pop music with a faux Southern accent - and she's not even from the South. (Twain is Canadian.) Fans of the new C&W sound could care less about Twain's credibility - they love her and gobble up her albums by the millions. Art? Commerce? Does anyone actually care? Twain's 2002 release, "Up," solidified a winning streak begun with the 1995 album "The Woman in Me." Working with husband/producer Mutt Lange (prior to going country, Lange was best-known for his work with AC/DC and Def Leppard), Twain has created an eminently hummable canon and in the process made herself a mega-star on the international level. Her live shows are by now the stuff of legend.

• 9/28/03 Ottawa Concert - Reviews. Reviews and articles from last night's concert in Ottawa, Ontario: Shania gives her fans an eye-popping thank you - City Up! for Shania. Sellout crowd delights in superstar's near-perfect performance - Twain's fans come from far and wide.

• 9/26/03 First Concert - Hamilton Reviews! Shania kicked off her 2003/2004 UP! World Tour last night in Hamilton, Ontario, playing in front of a record-setting Copps Coliseum crowd of 18,000! To read a review by Billboard, click HERE. Another review - The Twain pulls out. First stop Steeltown ... and now it's the world for Shania.

• 9/25/03 SHANIA KICKS OFF UP! TOUR TONIGHT!!!!!! From Canoe.com/Toronto Sun: Shania Twain may have not toured for 3 1/2 years, but at least she got her performing feet wet last month in Chicago when she staged a TV special in the Windy City. "Nervous isn't a good word; I was excited," Twain, 38, told The Toronto Sun during a recent interview at Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) where she launches her year-long, world tour tonight. "But people are just so into it that you feel welcome. It's as if someone's giving you a big hug. The ice is broken right off the bat, so you're not nervous." Twain, who plays two sold-out dates at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Oct. 2-3, has spent the past two weeks taking part in production rehearsals at Copps. She says butterflies in your stomach leading up to a tour launch are a good thing. "You have to get excited," she adds. "It's a good excitement. The fans are so giving that you never feel worthy when you're out there. It's a humbling experience. It's very rejuvenating. And it's just a great feeling. It's hard to explain actually, but it's so exciting." In an earlier story in The Sun, Twain explained the new live show will run at least two hours, feature about 10 songs from Up! along with her hits. Twain, who is handpicking four different costumes, and her nine-piece band perform on an "in-the-round" stage. To read the entire article, click HERE. For a listing of tour dates and cities, click HERE. ***Must-Read Article*** She's Shania! And that's all you need to know. It's the eve of her new tour, and the songstress is as angst-free as ever.

• 9/25/03 Want To Know Shania? From NetMusicCountdown.com: Shania says one way to get to know her personally is to listen to her music. "I'm writing my own music so it's coming from my heart, I mean it's coming from my own personality, my own perspective, very true to who I really am. And you know, after that you¹ve just got to hope that the fans like it," she reasons. "And what is intentional with my music though, is that I do make it for the fans. I want the fans to relate to my music, that¹s why I make it. My songs are like personal letters to the audience," she explains.

• 9/24/03 "Variety" Is The Spice That Drives Shania's Album Sales. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain's album UP!, has already passed 9 million copies sold worldwide, and she says the spice that drives fans to the stores is variety. "Just the variety," Shania affirms. "I think the fans themselves were the inspiration because you know, if you come to one of my shows you'll see the audience is so diverse. There's every age group, every type of person; old, young, small, small children, teenagers, parents, guys, girls, it's very mixed." Because of that Shania says she's totally free to put a diverse mix of tunes on her album. "In talking to the fans over the years I've learned that they all seem to like my music for different reasons. Some people love the uptempo stuff, others are more into the ballads, and I realize I have a lot of different types of audiences to make music for. And so it sort of gave me the freedom to explore my own versatility, dig back to my roots, which happens to be a bit of everything, and make an album for all the fans that I have. So it just made it very interesting and fun. And that's also the reason why there are so many songs on the CD," Twain concludes.

• 9/23/03 Vote For Shania! Shania is Up! for 3 Country Weekly Fan Favorite Awards: Favorite Female Artist,

• 9/23/03 The Making Of UP!. From CountryStars.com: It was over 3 years between Shania's Come On Over CD and her new one, UP!, so why the long delay? Shania says it comes down to a pursuit of quality. "Yeah, it does take time to put together I think a good quality record," she says. "(It takes) more time for me, I think because I write my own music, so you know, of course it's just more time consuming. And then you know, all the studio time. Mutt is just very, he's a perfectionist and very creative guy so the whole process takes quite a long time. And then we had a baby of course amongst all of that, so it ended up being about 3 1/2 years."

• 9/19/03 "UP! Live In Chicago" On DVD Nov. 18th! From mcanashville.com: Mark November 18th on your calendar! Shania is releasing a DVD of her first U.S. concert in over 2 1/2 years titled UP! LIVE IN CHICAGO featuring over 150 minutes of footage! This is the NBC concert special which aired in August. The DVD will include songs and footage which was not shown on TV!!! The 2-hour NBC special aired roughly 85 minutes of footage without commercials and cut out 5 songs for the TV show.

• 9/19/03 "SNJAPF" Hits Radio Oct. 6th! According to AllAccess.com, Shania's new U.S. and Canadian single, "She's Not Just A Pretty Face," will be released to country radio on October 6th! Start requesting the song on your local radio station!!!

• 9/16/03 Shania Receives Three AMA Nominations. The nominations for the 2003 American Music Awards were announced earlier today. Shania received three nominations: Favorite Country Female Artist, Favorite Country Album and Shania has also been nominated for the Michael Jackson International Artist of the Year Award. Vote for Shania HERE! Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of nominees, click HERE. The awards will air LIVE Sunday, November 16th at 8:00pm ET on ABC.

• 9/12/03 Second Shania NBC Special To Air November 25th! Westwood One News and this week's TVGuide Fall Preview is reporting that Shania Twain's second NBC special will air on Tuesday, November 25th. It will be taped in New York City in early November (possibly at Westbury Music Fair). Reportedly, Shania will perform in front of an intimate crowd of "500 or so people," with the aim of capturing the feel of the Elvis Presley "68 Comeback Special."

• 9/11/03 It's Official: Shania On "Oprah" This Fall! From Shania's official website: Shania will perform her new single "She's Not Just A Pretty Face" -- as well as "Coat Of Many Colors" with Dolly Parton on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this Fall. AIR DATE: To be announced. Shania's Mercury website is reporting the episode will tape on Mon, Oct. 20th.

• 9/11/03 Shania Promises Best Show Yet! From CountryStars.com: "This will be my best show yet. I'm putting a lot of time and effort into the stage design, just everything," Shania brags. "The lights, the pyro(technics), the whole production of it's going to be really exciting so.. I'm trying to come up with all kinds of new, fresh ideas that nobody's seen before and just make it as exciting as possible. Of course it's going to be high energy and very, very audience friendly. I always like to draw the audience in and make them a part of the whole show, so it's just a lot of what I'm like communication. It's just going to be great, I'm looking really, really forward to it."

• 9/11/03 Shania's Opening Act - Tour Details! From CountryStars.com: Mercury Records new artist James Otto, whose current single "Days Of Our Lives" is one of this week's R&R Top 5 Most Added singles, has just been confirmed to open for all of Shania Twain's U.S. dates this fall. Otto will be performing acoustically in-the-round before the megastar hits the stage. Shania's tour kicks off September 25th in Hamilton, Canada. Otto appears first in the U.S. Sept. 29th in Pittsburgh, PA. Meanwhile, CountryNation.com is reporting Emerson Drive will open the the first several Canadian dates of the tour -- Hamilton (September 25), Ottawa (September 27) & Toronto (October 2/3). The group's current single "Only God (Could Stop Me From Loving You)" was written by Shania's husband Robert "Mutt" Lange. Also, there is a terrific article in today's Toronto Sun newspaper about the tour. In the article, Shania goes into great detail about rehearsals, the stage design, the conert set list and her wardrobe. To read the article, click HERE.

• 9/11/03 Touring Is Like Visiting With Friends. From CountryStars.com: Shania Twain says that songwriting is her passion, but appearing before a live audience is her favorite thing, like visiting with friends. "I mean song writing is definitely where my passion is, that is something that I would do regardless, even if I hadn't made this my career. I would, I just enjoy song writing. But of course being on stage is the most rewarding because you've got... it's like being with your friends and you're all just sitting around talking about the same things and sharing the same laugh. You have so much in common because you're there for the music and you all know the music so well, so it's just a really special experience."

• 9/8/03 Shania Wins FOUR CCMAs! Shania was the big winner at tonight's Canadian Country Music Awards walking away with four awards!!! They are: Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (UP!), Top Selling Album (UP!) and CMT Video of the Year ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"). Shania wore a beautiful black, lacey gown. Here are some great PICS! "I really don't feel deserving of this," said the native of Timmins, Ont., who has now collected 23 CCMAs in her career. "I never dreamed that I'd ever be here. It seems so many great things have happened to me over the years, I just want to say thank you." Shania paid tribute to the talents of the other nominees and the humility that is quintessentially Canadian. "I somehow didn't feel any ego in that room," Twain said backstage. "I'm sure everyone wanted to win, but I didn't feel that competitive tension that you often get in these things. Perhaps the funniest moment of the night was after Shania presented a lifetime achievement award (Hall of Fame Award) to folk legend Sylvia Tyson, noting that her songwriting abilities paved the way for other Canadian women. "Thank you, Shania. I promise not to kiss you," said Tyson, referring to the open-mouthed liplock between Madonna and Britney Spears at the recent MTV awards. (Shania didn't seem to get the joke!...lol). Congratuations Shania on a terrific night! Also, congratulations to Shania's band member Cory Churko for winning Fiddler of the Year! To read more about the awards, click HERE. For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

• 9/8/03 New Single Update: "Nah!" A No-No. Apparently "Nah!" will not be Shania's next North American single. CountryStars.com states: Last week we quoted www.shania.com, a Shania-friendly, but not official, Shania site, saying her next single would be "Nah!" Turns out, according to her label, her next single is to be "SHE'S NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE." Shania's label states that her only official sites are www.shaniatwain.com and www.shania-twain.com (the label site).

• 9/7/03 Shania One Of Ten Most Desirable Women! AskMen.com has released its 2003 edition of the Top 99 Desirable Women In The World survey. Charlize Theron is at #1 on the list and Shania is the only country artist on the list at #8 (#18 last year). Here is what AskMen.com says about Shania:
WHY IS SHE FAMOUS:
The woman behind the best-selling female solo album of all time, Come On Over, this country star managed to bring the sex appeal to Nashville. Shania's other efforts, The Woman In Me and UP! are further proof that she's a crossover hit machine.
WHY SHE IS DESIRABLE:
Never before have we been so captivated by a bare midriff. In every performance or music video, this Canadian chanteuse teases us with arguably the greatest body in the music biz (Britney Spears included). The mere mention of Twain gets more than our ears to perk UP!.

• 9/7/03 Shania On "Oprah" Show? From dolly.net: Dolly Parton has just been confirmed as a special guest on the "Oprah" show, her first appearance on the show in over 10 years! A promotional appearance for the upcoming Dolly tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman, being released October 14. Dolly is expected to perform "I Will Always Love You," and will be joined by other performers who are featured on the album! An exact air date is not confirmed, but the show is expected to tape on October 22nd. Shania's Chicago concert date is October 22 and "Oprah" is taped there too! Could this be a coincidence? NAH! Stay tuned! Could be a very interesting show! You can hear a clip of "Coat Of Many Colors" which is performed by Shania along with Alison Krauss and Union Station by clicking HERE.

• 9/3/03 Get Your SHANIA RED Lipstick Today! From Mercury-Shania: Shania Twain has partnered with BeneFit Cosmetics and Glamour magazine to create the lipstick, SHANIA RED - on sale only from September 3rd - December 31st! ALL net proceeds from the sale of SHANIA RED will be given to the American Heart Association. Shania picked her favorite shade of red to be the SHANIA RED lipstick, a sweetheart sheer red color. SHANIA RED lipstick, $14, will be sold nationwide at Sephora stores and benefitcosmetics.com.
Shania Red - A special promotion from BeneFit Cosmetics & Glamour magazine.
A decidedly new kind of red... it’s a fun lovin', fun-to-wear sheer red that promises a glowing color that no other lipstick can ever hope to match. You know this color won't forsake you, won't stray, won't fade... for this is the one-and-only, ever true, ever lovin'… Shania Red lipstick. Get one or a few while supplies last! Shania Red: $14.00ea. To purchase Shania Red, click HERE!

• 9/3/03 Shania On Glamour Magazine Cover! Shania graces the cover of Glamour magazine's October issue due to hit newsstands September 9th! On Wednesday's "Today" show, a woman from the magazine was talking about the October issue. Shania, among other famous women will be supporting heart disease and will all be wearing red. The woman from the magazine mentioned that Shania is supporting the American Heart Association because her grandmother died from heart disease. To read the magazine article, click HERE.

• 9/1/03 "In My Jeep" Commercial? From starlocity.com: First it was Celine Dion who "Drove All Night" to promote U.S. car company Chrysler. Then Madonna pocketed $1 Million for a role in a BMW commercial. Now Music Insider NinetyNine tells us that Chrysler's Jeep division may well be about to chase Canadian diva Shania Twain, to help sell their wheels. It is one of Twain's catchy, up-beat tracks that has reportedly caught the attention of advertisers. Her current album UP! contains the fun and empowering tune, "In My Car, I'll Be The Driver!". Twain sings: "You can choose the channel when we're watchin' the TV. Oh, babe it's okay. And you can pick the flavor when we're orderin' ice cream - I don't mind! Yeah, that's fine, I'd do anything for you - But in my car I'll be the driver! In my car I'm in control! In my car I come alive.. and in my car I am the driver. Watch me now!" The Shania details are yet to be officially confirmed, but we think that "I'm On My Way!" (or Shania, in Ojibway Indian) would be the best slogan to accompany such a promotion - if Jeep were to give it the green light.

• 8/31/03 Tour Update. During the first leg of Shania's "UP!" tour, Shania will tour Canada and parts of the Northeast, Midwest and West coast United States. After the first of the year, she is moving on to Europe, Asia and Australia. Then Shania is coming back to the U.S. in the Spring or Summer to tour the Southeastern states and others she by-passed during the Fall. Expect new Midwest and West coast U.S. dates/cities to be announced the first week of September. I'll post any new dates on the Tour page. Stay tuned.

• 8/31/03 Shania Still On Her Way UP! From starlocity.com: To say that things are going very well for Shania Twain at the moment is an understatement. The Canadian beauty's current album, UP! is fast approaching sales of 10 million copies worldwide. In Europe, the latest track to be lifted from the album is "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)", whilst in the USA, Mercury is gearing up to release the catchy "Nah!". Twain will begin her "UP!" tour in the USA in September. 20 dates have currently been announced. In the new year, the tour will extend to South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Twain will bring husband "Mutt" Lange and their 2-year-old son Eja on the road with her.

• 8/28/03 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANIA! Today Shania celebrates her 38th birthday! On behalf of all her fans around the world, I want to wish Shania a very Happy Birthday!!! Lets celebrate all day with Shania's music as we anxiously await the start of her World UP! Tour next month!

• 8/28/03 UP! UP! UP! For Shania! Shania's UP! album continues to climb the charts worldwide! In the U.S., UP! rocketed fifteen spots from #34 to #19 on The Billboard 200 chart after her Chicago concert special on NBC! It sold 20,000 more copies than last week for a total of 47,000! On Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, UP! is the week's "Greatest Gainer" climbing from #5 to #2! In Canada, UP! climbed four spots to #4 selling 7,300 copies! Up from 4,150 copies last week. After 39 weeks on the chart, UP! has finally reached #1 in Germany! This is Shania's first #1 album in Germany and marks its 17th week on the German chart in the top 10! UP! is also doing very well in the UK. According to an article posted on sky.com, UP! has sold 675,000 copies in the UK to date! Congratulations Shania!

• 8/26/03 CMA Awards Shut Out Shania. What A Joke! The nominees for this year's Country Music Association Awards were announced this morning on CBS's "The Early Show." Shania was shut out, receiving 0 nominations. That's right, zero! Even though Shania's UP! album is the top-selling country album this year! To date it has sold 4 million copies in the U.S. and 9 million worldwide. This just proves Nashville and the CMA have never accepted Shania's music style, image, etc.. It is time for Shania to take the knife out of her back and drive it into Nashville by not attending or performing on the November 5th awards show which airs on CBS. THE CMA AWARDS ARE A JOKE!!! Once again, Nashville does not give Shania the credit she deserves.
Here is an excerpt from an article posted by Tennessean.com: "Twain's publicist, Jason W. Owen, said her Mercury label is more pleased with the success of current album UP! than concerned with awards nominations. Still, Owen was less than pleased with Tuesday morning's news. ''While we are disappointed, we are not surprised by the outcome of the nominations,'' he said. ''Shania has never been a CMA 'darling.''' To date, her only major CMA award was 1999's Entertainer of the Year. Wade Jessen, a CMA member who directs Nashville-based charts for Billboard and Airplay Monitor, said some CMA voters who work in radio might have been put off by the Hill and Twain albums' pop-ward directions. ''I think in terms of radio airplay, these records are just generally considered too pop,'' Jessen said. ''And with Shania's record, the rap from radio was, 'We waited this long for a Shania Twain record, and it sounds just like the last one.' Well, what did they want from her? A Western swing record? I don't know.''
For anyone who cares, click HERE for the list of nominees. And for anyone who wishes to write a letter to the CMA and give their support for Shania, here's the address and email:
CMA Headquarters
One Music Circle South
Nashville, TN 37203 Email: communications@cmaworld.com

• 8/25/03 Shania In A Movie! According to the message boards at IMDb, Shania has a minor role in the upcoming movie "I Heart Huckabee's" (also known as "I Love Huckabee's"). Post 1: This ensemble comedy is about a married couple (Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin) who work as "detectives", helping people solve existential issues (the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means). The central characters (Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg) are involved in a romantic triangle of sorts. The title refers to Huckabee's, the business that Jude Law's character works at. Twain's character interacts with the characters played by Watts and Law. Although Shania's role is minor, the scene is a vital part of the film. Twain filmed her role in July 2003 in Los Angeles. Post 2: From what I heard Shania plays a tenant in the same apartment complex as Jude Law and Naomi Watts characters. The movie finishes filming in September. I also heard her scene was filmed in August, not July. Should be a good movie. Great cast. Post 3: From what I understand, Shania filmed her part in July and she was only on the set for one day.

• 8/25/03 Shania: Overrated Cutie? Nah! From Sky News: Pop star Shania Twain has declared herself surprised by the amount of attention she gets from men. The Canadian born star, whose album Come On Over is the most successful record ever made by a woman, remains modest about her looks. This despite having posed for sexy photo shoots in FHM, Maxim and GQ. "I don't think I'm ugly, I just think I'm overrated on the cutie-factor," she told The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day magazine: The 37-year-old added: "I'm not going to look like Cindy Crawford, or a top model. "Those people are perfect, that's why they have that job. "But I am a musician. How can I be voted the sexiest woman, or whatever? That happens to Raquel Welch."

• 8/22/03 Shania Talks About Her Fans. From Launch.com: Shania Twain's NBC special Up! Live In Chicago brought in the highest ratings in its time period on Tuesday night (August 19). This was the superstar's fourth network special, and as usual, the numbers didn't disappoint. Twain surmises that her top-rated specials are due to her varied fan base. "Some of my fans are concert-goers, some of my fans prefer to see me on TV, some of the fans just wanna listen to the records, but there's so many different types of them that I think it spreads out to all the different formats, and it's difficult for me to break it down cause I don't really know," Twain said. "I'm guessing here when I tell you this, but when I'm at my concerts and I see the fans, that's the only thing I can draw from for an answer or some kind of conclusion." According to the superstar, defining her audience demographic is nearly impossible to do. "I don't think any of these things are a science," Twain said. "There's so many unknowns. The only thing that it boils down to for me if I'm really observing it is just the fact that the audience is so wide. I find that in the industry, they're always trying to aim for, 'What's her demographic?' These people, that's their job. They're marketing people--they gotta try and figure this out like a science, but it's just not as simple as that with me because there just is no one demographic for me. It's very diverse." Her current album UP! was released last year and has sold more than three million copies.

• 8/22/03 See Shania In Las Vegas! Mercury Records is running a contest to see Shania in Las Vegas on December 20th! Prizes include: GRAND PRIZE: The Royal Treatment in Las Vegas to include: Round-trip Airfare, Luxury Hotel Accommodations & FRONT ROW tickets to the Shania Twain UP! Concert. FIRST PRIZE: Guitar Autographed by Shania Twain. SECOND PRIZE: 20 Winners will receive autographed UP! CDs and DVDs! Click HERE to enter the contest!

• 8/22/03 Shania Confirmed For CCMAs! From CMT Canada: Not only will Shania probably pick up a truckload of hardware at this year's Canadian Country Music Awards, she'll also be presenting a very special award on the night of September 8th. The eight times nominated artist will present the Hall of Fame Award to legendary Canadian performer Sylvia Tyson. (No word yet if Shania will perform). The event will be held at Calgary's Pengrowth Saddledome and air LIVE on CBC in Canada at 8:00pm ET. CMT in the U.S. may also air the show. Shania is also making the media rounds before hitting the world tour trail this September. Watch for Shania to grace the cover of Glamour's October issue, as well as Lifetime magazine's December issue. Stay tuned to CMT to find out how you can win tickets to one of Shania's Canadian tour dates, and get closer to this superstar than anyone else in the country!

• 8/20/03 Shania On Lifetime Magazine & More. From Shania's official website: Shania graces the cover of Lifetime magazine in the December issue, which is on stands in November. Lifetime will also re-run Shania's "Lifetime Intimate Portrait" the entire month of November. What's more, Shania was recently ranked #3 in the Entertainment World Top 100 female celebrities contest. The poll had over 5,000 voters who could vote for multiple stars but only allowed to vote one time. Shania pulled in a little over 3,000 votes. Check out the rest of the winners at www.entertainmentworld.us.

• 8/19/03 Shania Revs UP! For Special & Tour. From TV Guide Online: Shania Twain capitalizes on her ongoing identity crisis in her new CD UP!, a double-disc set that features the same 19 songs done performed in both country and pop styles. However, fans shouldn't expect such double standards on tonight's NBC concert special Shania UP! Live in Chicago (8 pm ET). "I have a large band, there are nine musicians, and in a sense we sort of do a mix," Twain tells TV Guide Online. "I have three fiddle players, so even though during one song we are [performing] more on the side of the [pop] version, we'll still have the fiddles playing the part that was played on the [country] version and vice versa. "So, the live versions in a lot of cases are [unique]," continues the 37-year-old songstress. "It is kind of interesting. I sort of treat 'live' like it's own beast in a way. It's a completely separate entity." And it's one Twain will embrace in a big way again beginning Sept. 25, when the singer kicks off her first world tour in more than three years in Hamilton, Ontario. If only her 2-year-old son, Eja, was as enthused about it. "He has an affinity more for 'Hey, Diddle, Diddle,'" she admits. "I've had to sing that repeatedly at bedtime. I think he is more drawn to that right now than he is to his mommy's music."

• 8/19/03 Shania On Glamour Magazine Cover! According to CountryStars.com, Shania will grace the cover of the October issue of Glamour magazine!

• 8/19/03 Shania On "48 Hours". According to CountryStars.com, in November Shania will be part of a CBS "48 Hours" piece on country's most influential artists. It will most likely air around the time of the CMA Awards.

• 8/15/03 SHANIA UP! WORLD TOUR DATES/PRE-SALE!!! The first leg of Shania's UP! World Tour has been announced!!! Check out my Tour page for the schedule! More cities and dates will be announced soon so check back to see when Shania is coming to a city near you! Members of the official Shania Twain Fan Club will have first access to an exclusive ticket pre-sale for each and every show on this tour. Get ready, because these premium tickets will be available for purchase on a first come, first serve basis, while supplies last! The tour will be presented "in the round", with a 360° stage in the center of the arenas allowing Shania to perform to fans on all sides of each venue. "I want the show to be a huge party! The stage will be set up in a way that puts me in the middle of my fans, which is right where I want to be. You can expect a lot of surprises,” exclaims Twain.
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Mercury Records Press Release - Superstar Shania Twain Announces First Round of Tour Dates For One of the Most Highly Anticipated Tours of the Year --- Billboard - Twain to Take 'Up!' on the Road --- AP - Shania Twain Hits the Road Sept. 25 --- Reuters - Twain Starts Up! Tour in Ontario

• 8/14/03 Shania On CBS "Early Show" August 20th! Shania will perform four songs on "The Early Show" Wednesday, August 20th! The show airs from 7:00-9:00am on CBS. Shania's performance was taped on August 1st after her "Today" show performance.

• 8/11/03 Fans Vow To Return To Timmins For Future Conventions. From ShaniaTwainCentre.com: A trip to Timmins for the inaugural Shania Twain Fan Convention did impress them much. As the 35 visitors to the Shania Twain Centre return to their homes in Scotland, the United States and around Canada, most vowed to return next year with more fans. The promises and kudos to the organizers was music to the ears of Will Saari, tourism and attractions manager for the centre and convention co-ordinator Tracy Hautanen. "The size of the first convention was perfect, it was the best possible way to begin an annual event," Saari said after saying goodbye to the jubilant fans. "It gives us a chance to work out the bugs and to see which events we should keep. The size of the first group made it ideal for everyone to bond and they’ll form the nucleus of future conventions." Click HERE to read the rest of the article.

• 8/5/03 "Thank You Baby!" - New CD Single & Video! Shania's new international single, "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)", will be released on August 11th! There are two different CDs. Click HERE to pre-order CD1 and HERE for CD2. YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO BY CLICKING HERE!!! (RealOne Player needed). The video is so cool!!!

• 8/4/03 Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention. Tiimmins, Canada will be the place to be this weekend (Aug. 7-10) where Shania fans around the world will meet for the first Shania Twain Centre Worldwide Fan Convention!!! If you surf on over to the Shania Twain Centre website, they have added some new pictures from UP! and updated some of the exhibit pictures including Shania's outfit from her "You Win My Love" video on display in the lobby. Also, be sure to check out their new merchandise. They have new window stickers, postcards and 8x10 pictures! Click HERE to go to the merchandise page.

• 8/4/03 UP! To Be Released On DVD-Audio. From Yahoo/UMG: Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, today announced its first DVD-Audio titles to be released in the United States beginning on September 23, 2003. Shania's UP! album will be released on DVD-Audio at a later date. DVD-Audio is a new music format that can provide a major advance in audio performance by providing the listener with high-resolution stereo and/or multi-channel surround sound music. DVD-Audio titles may also contain extra content, such as video material, photo galleries, bios and discographies. DVD-Audio is playable in any DVD-compatible CD player as well as in DVD-Video players. However, to experience the high-resolution audio and extra content, DVD-Audio discs require playback in a DVD-Audio player. You can tell if you have such a player by looking for the DVD-Audio/Video logo on the front of the player. Many DVD-Video players being sold today are also DVD-Audio players. To learn more about DVD-Audio and UMG releases, visit www.umusic.com/dvda.

• 8/1/03 Shania Rocks "Today" Show! Shania rocked the "Today" show this morning as she performed "That Don't Impress Me Much", "Nah!" and "Forever And For Always." She sounded and looked great wearing black windbreaker type pants and a black mesh tanktop with a white bra underneath. Shania had funky red boxer or wrestling boots on. Right before she sang "Nah!", Shania commented that it will be her next single (in U.S. and Canada)! Click HERE for pics (then scroll to bottom of page)! You can watch all 3 performances and also view the 'Backstage Pass' about her Chicago concert by clicking HERE! Click the arrows to go to the other performances and 'Backstage Pass'. Click HERE to read an article called "Aboard the Shania train."

• 8/1/03 Shania Not Losing Sleep Over UP! From CountryStars.com: Once before we reported that Shania Twain is not worried that sales of UP! haven't roared into the ozone. With just under 4 million albums sold it looks anemic when compared to her duo of 10 million selling second and third albums. She told a recent hook-up with newspaper reporters that she's not worried since sales of UP! continue to out-pace her Diamond certified Come On Over and The Woman In Me at the same juncture. The Tennessean checked and found out she's right. At the 8 month mark The Woman In Me had moved 1.5 million units, while Come On Over had sold 3.9 million.

• 8/1/03 "Forever And For Always" Goes Pop. Shania's latest single "Forever And For Always" continues to climb the charts! According to Radio & Records, the hit single goes to pop/top 40 radio August 4th.

• 8/1/03 Super Audio Version Of UP! From Mercury Nashville: Shania is releasing her latest album UP! as a Super Audio CD (SACD) on Tuesday, August 12th. Super Audio Compact Discs (SACD) are a new audio disc format that look like regular CDs, but have much higher storage capacity, so they can hold super high-quality audio. SACD discs use a format called Direct Sound Digital that promises much better CD audio. To take advantage of the improved sound quality with SACDs, you will need a SACD player and a Surround Sound audio system to enjoy the multichannel audio. Many SACD players also function as conventional CD and DVD-Video players, allowing you to have one player that supports all three formats. Click HERE to order online.

• 7/30/03 Shania Not 'Just' A Country Singer. From Yahoo/AP: People can label Shania Twain a country artist. Just don't stop there, says the singer-songwriter. Although Twain says she has strong country roots, her musical influences are broad. "It just happens that because I started so young, I developed all the way through my teens with other styles as well," Twain told reporters. "So I guess what I would say is that I'm not just a country singer but that I would say that I am a country singer." Twain, who recently recorded Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" for an upcoming tribute album, also had a chance to record with the country music legend. "It's been one of the biggest thrills of my life," said Twain. Twain will have a two-hour prime-time special on NBC on Aug. 19.

• 7/27/03 A Second NBC Shania Special! From TVGuide.ca: NBC will celebrate the 10th anniversary of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" with a 90-minute primetime special on Sept. 14, and there will be two – count ’em two – Shania Twain concert specials coming up: one on Aug, 19 and another later in the fall. Last year's must have been quite successful, huh?

• 7/24/03 Man, I Throw Like A Girl! From CountryNation.com: Shania Twain, wearing a Chicago Cubs baseball cap and jersey, was guest of honor at the Cubs/Philadelphia Phillies game in Chicago on Thursday. Twain not only played catch before the game, she threw out the first pitch (which bounced once before reaching home plate) and sang "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch. The Cubs should have let her bat. They lost to the Phillies 14-6. Twain is in Chicago to play a free concert on Sunday, which will take place in the city’s historic Grant Park.

• 7/22/03 Shania Receives EIGHT CCMA Nominations! The nominations were announced today for the 2003 Canadian Country Music Awards. Shania tops the list with eight nominations!!! They are: Fans' Choice Award, Single of the Year ("Forever And For Always"), Album of the Year (UP!), SOCAN Song of the Year ("Forever And For Always"), Top Selling Album (UP!), Female Artist of the Year, and two nominations for CMT Video of the Year ("Forever And For Always" and "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"). Congratulations Shania! For a complete list of nominees, click HERE. The CCMAs will be held Monday, September 8th at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. The show will be hosted by Paul Brandt and broadcast LIVE on CBC-TV in Canada and CMT in the United States. It will air at a later date on CMT Canada. Since Shania is preparing for her upcoming fall tour, it isn't known if she will attend the awards show.

• 7/22/03 BBC2 Online Radio Concert! On July 26th, BBC2 Radio will air a Shania concert that was taped LIVE on July 10th at the Abbey Road Studios in London. To listen to the concert online, go HERE! The concert starts at 9:00pm UK time (4:00pm ET in the U.S.). After that, you'll be able to listen to the concert for one week.

• 7/19/03 REMINDER: Shania At Chicago Cubs Game. Don't forget Shania will be at the July 24th Chicago Cubs baseball game where she will throw out the first pitch! Then she will sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the 7th inning stretch! The game will be televised on Chicago's SuperStation WGN at 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT. For those of you who have DirecTV satellite, WGN is channel 307.

• 7/19/03 Shania To Perform At 2003 Billboard Awards! From Mercury Nashville: It's official, Shania has been confirmed to perform at the 2003 Billboard Awards on December 10, 2003 in Las Vegas!

• 7/16/03 Shania Loves Performing For Crowds. From Yahoo/AP: Shania Twain says performing live is the most satisfying part of being a singer. "I love being on stage. That's my favorite thing about performing: to be in concert," the singer told AP Radio. "I'm just a lot more relaxed in concert with my fans." "I like to get as close to the audience as possible — that's what makes it fun for me," she said. "Without the audience, it's like doing a video — not all that exciting." Twain also gets a rush from writing songs — whether it's for herself or another artist. "My passion is more in songwriting more than ... in being a star," she said. "I write songs for my vocal ability, and I write songs for who I am as a person. But I also write a lot of different things I wouldn't necessarily record myself."

• 7/16/03 Shania On Dolly Tribute Album. From Billboard: The career of Dolly Parton will be celebrated in grand fashion this fall with the all-star, all female tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman. Due Oct. 14 via Sugar Hill Records, the collection will feature Parton's songs recorded by the likes of Norah Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Shania Twain and Sinead O'Connor, as well as a new recording of the title track by the honoree herself. Krauss appears on two tracks, turning in a solo version of "9 to 5" and joining Union Station and Twain on a take of "Coat of Many Colors." Other Parton classics rendered are "I Will Always Love You" by Melissa Etheridge, "Jolene" by Mindy Smith and "The Seeker" by Shelby Lynne.

• 7/12/03 Are You Ready New York? Shania's Comin'! Shania will be making several appearances in New York City during the next month! First she will be on "LIVE With Regis And Kelly" on July 31st. Check your local listings for time and channel. The next day (August 1st) Shania will be part of the "Today" show's Summer Concert Series! Shania will perform LIVE outside on the Rockefeller Plaza. "Today" airs from 7:00-10:00am on NBC. Then at the end of August, Shania will perform on "The Early Show" which airs from 7:00-9:00am on CBS. According to CBS.com, Shania's performance on "The Early Show" will be taped on August 1st at 12 noon ET (after "Today" performance) and will air at a later date.

• 7/10/03 Chicago Concert To Air August 19th! According to Shania's Mercury Nashville website, Shania's free concert in Chicago on July 27th titled "Shania Twain UP! Live in Chicago" will air Tuesday, August 19th from 8:00-10:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Meanwhile, NBC5 in Chicago has announced it has 100 tickets to give away to 25 lucky winners. There's a grand prize, too, which includes 4 tickets and 2 hotel rooms at the Hyatt Regency the night of the concert. Winners will be chosen in a random drawing from NBC5.com visitors who enter the contest. Click HERE to enter!

• 7/6/03 Shania, London Concert Raises $1.6M. From Yahoo/AP Music: Shania Twain, Beyonce Knowles, Craig David and David Gray were among a host of singers who took to the stage today in London's Hyde Park for an open-air concert to raise money for disadvantaged children. More than 100,000 tickets were sold for Sunday's "Party in the Park," which is expected to raise more than $1.6 Million for the Prince's Trust, the charity headed by Prince Charles. Shania sang "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" and "Thank You Baby", her next single which should be out in August. To view Shania's backstage interview, click HERE.

• 7/2/03 Shania On Cover Of GQ Magazine - New Photoshoot! Shania is on the cover of the August 2003 issue of GQ magazine (UK edition)! Inside there is a great new photoshoot and an excellent article called "Platinum Brunette." Shania gives a very fun and candid interview. At one point, we learn that even Shania has a "bitchy" side...lol. When I get the magazine I'll post scans. To read a letter from the editor of GQ, click HERE. For those of you in the U.S. and Canada, Borders and Barnes & Noble bookstores sell the UK edition of GQ.

• 7/2/03 Shania Voted Sexiest Canadian. A Canadian beer drinkers poll??? Now there's an interesting poll for ya! A research company randomly selected 500 Canadians who defined themselves as "beer drinkers" and asked their "favorites" in different categories. Shania was voted Canada's Sexiest Celebrity! To read the rest of the poll, click HERE. In another poll, Shania is nominated for PETA's annual "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive." Click HERE to vote for Shania!

• 6/28/03 Country Women Lose Hit Magic. From Billboard/Reuters: After enjoying a high profile throughout the late '90s, female country artists have become a fading presence. Chart-topping hits have been declining for at least two years, even for the format's established female stars. During the first six months of this year, female artists accounted for only four of the 34 top 10 hits on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Of those four, only Dixie Chicks managed to top the chart. Among this week's top 20 country singles, there are only two by female artists (Shania Twain at No. 9 and Wynonna at No. 18). And it has been 15 months since a solo female topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Why, then, has it become so hard for women to have hits? Among the factors cited by country radio programmers are the fallout from the Dixie Chicks' anti-war stance and radio's well-documented objections to what some programmers perceived as the pop direction of the latest albums from superstars Faith Hill and Shania Twain. "There's no mistaking the feminine void, that's for sure," WMZQ Washington, D.C., assistant PD/music director Jon Anthony says. "It could be the whole 'crossover' thing finally catching up to some of them. Those that made a deliberate attempt to find new fans outside of country music -- Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Lee Ann Womack -- seem to be those who are suffering most. "The research has been consistent with these artists in that their gold catalog still tests very well," Anthony continues. "But the just aren't buying their new sound anymore. To read the rest of this interesting article, click HERE.

• 6/25/03 Shania On Canada's Walk Of Fame - PICS! Shania was in attendance as she was inducted into Canada's Walk Of Fame tonight in Toronto! Among 11 Canadian citizens recognized, Shania had her star inscribed on the sidewalk located in Toronto's downtown theatre district. After the unveiling of the stars, there was a black-tie gala and tribute show held at Roy Thomson Hall. CLICK HERE FOR PICS! CTV had this to say about Shania: "The last of the stars to arrive was Twain who declared she was very honoured and found it fantastic to be back in the company of her fellow Canadians. "It's really incredible when I travel around the world and people actually don't realize how many talented and famous people come out of Canada. And I'm always reminding them!" Asked why she now lives in Switzerland, she replied that it was all part of the travelling that is required of her career. "Who knows? Maybe some day I'll go full circle and end up right back in Timmins, Ont." Asked about the new Shania Twain Centre that opened in Timmins in 2001 she said she was honoured. "I thought museums were for dead people, so at first I wasn't too sure if I liked the idea. But I'm really proud of my hometown and I'm honoured that they have the centre there. As soon as I slip out of this dress, it'll go off to the Shania Twain Centre."" Click HERE to watch a video (look for and click on CFTO News: Walk of Fame 0:41) showing Shania walking the streets of Toronto. For more information, visit CanadasWalkOfFame.com. Congratulations Shania!

• 6/25/03 Get Tickets To Chicago Concert! On July 27th, Shania Twain will perform a FREE concert in Chicago's Grant Park. Shania has reserved a block of tickets exclusively for Shania Twain Fan Club members to attend the show! These general admission tickets are free and available to any and all Club members that would like to attend the show. To enter your "Shania Twain Live in Chicago" ticket request, click HERE. Remember, you must be a member of the Official Shania Twain Fan Club.

• 6/22/03 Shania Wins MuchMusic Award. The MuchMusic Awards (Canada's music video awards) were handed out in Toronto tonight. Shania picked up the MuchMoreMusic Award for her "Up!" video. Congratulations Shania! To read more and a complete list of award winners, click HERE.

• 6/20/03 Take Shania Out To The Ball Game. From Net Music Countdown: Some cities honor visiting celebrities by giving them the key to the city. But, in Chicago, in the summer, there's no higher honor than to be invited to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at the 7th inning stretch for a Chicago Cubs game. And next month when Shania is in Chicago to tape her TV special, she'll sing that venerated song after throwing out the first pitch on July 24th for a Cubs game (televised on Chicago's SuperStation WGN at 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT). Shania will tape her free concert TV special on July 27th.

• 6/18/03 Shania Balances Fame/Motherhood Just Fine. From Launch/Yahoo: Shania Twain is finding that managing life as a superstar and mother of an almost-two-year-old son is not all that tough. While she has the help of a nanny on a daily basis, Twain said the balancing act actually feels pretty normal. "I'm not really finding it all that difficult," Twain said. "I kind of go with the flow when it comes to life and music. I think it's because for me, it's all the same thing. I've been doing it from such a young age. Having a child was just something that fell in naturally." Twain credits the combination of her slow-building career, which began as a child, and her decision to postpone motherhood until later in life as the key to her personal and professional success. "It's not like fame and stardom and all of that stuff happened all at once and then all of a sudden I had a child," Twain said. "It's all happened very, very gradually over a very long period of time. For instance, I waited to have a child. I'm 37-years-old, so I think I'm at the point of maturity where it's all falling into a very natural place." Twain's son, Eja, will be two on August 12. The superstar is gearing up for a new world tour, which is scheduled to kick off this fall. Twain's current single, "Forever And For Always," continues to climb the country charts.

• 6/12/03 AOL Users: You've Got Shania! If you're an America Online subscriber, beginning today (June 12) you can customize your AOL sounds with Shania's voice! Shania is the featured AOL Celebrity Voice of the Week putting her unique spin on the standard AOL greetings of "Welcome," "You've Got Mail," "Goodbye" and "You've Got Voicemail." So go to AOL Keyword: "Celebrity Voices" to play this week's game and install the sounds! Make Shania your permanent greeter! As Shania would say, "Cool, Cool, Cool!!!" For those non-AOL users, you can listen to Shania's greetings by going to my site's Multimedia page and scrolling down to America Online Shania Greetings.

• 6/12/03 Shania On FHM 100 Sexiest Women List. The results of FHM (US) magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2003" poll are in! This year Shania is #16 on the list! Last year she was #37. Here's the caption under Shania's picture in the supplement of the July issue: Animal Lover --- When PETA isn't being an utter nuisance, the obnoxious organization finds time to vote Shania "The Sexiest Vegetarian Alive." The lack of complete proteins in her diet doesn't hurt album sales, however-last year's UP! topped 3 million sold in the US. Halle Berry was voted this year's "Sexiest Woman in the World" dethroning Anna Kournikova. For a complete list, click HERE!

• 6/12/03 Shania Feared Getting Kicked Out Of Nashville. From Net Music Countdown: Shortly after her debut album proved to be less than a hit, Shania Twain met Mutt Lange and quietly began writing songs with him. She didn¹t tell the head of her record company, Luke Lewis, until he asked her when she was going to begin her second album. "When he heard about Mutt, he said, "'You just made my day,' he was just so excited," Shania tells us. "And I was like wow, because I thought this would get me kicked out of Nashville. And I think it might have if it hadn't been for Luke who could see the potential there. So, I was very lucky to have him in my corner."

• 6/6/03 Free Shania Concert In Chicago July 27th! From Mercury Records Nashville: Mercury recording artist Shania Twain will perform a special free outdoor concert at Hutchinson Field in Chicago's Grant Park Sunday, July 27th at 7:30pm CT. The concert titled, "Shania Twain UP! Live in Chicago," will be filmed for an upcoming NBC special to air in August 2003. "I'm so looking forward to coming back to the States to play a full concert. Playing live in front of the fans is what I enjoy the most. Chicago totally rocked the last time I played there and I can't think of a better place to play my first US live concert in 2 1/2 years. We're going to have a blast Chicago!" exclaims Twain. "Shania Twain UP! Live in Chicago" marks the superstar's fourth network special and is sponsored by WUSN - US99.5 radio and the Chicago Tribune. The event is being produced by Jam Productions, Ltd. Even though the concert is free, the only way to get tickets for the show is by winning them at US99.5 Shania Twain "Hot Stop" Appearances. For more info, click HERE.

• 6/3/03 "Intimate Portrait" Premieres June 16th! Lifetime Television will premiere "Intimate Portrait: Shania Twain" on Monday, June 16th at 7:00pm ET/PT. This should be an excellent show! Here's a description of the show from the Lifetime website: Grammy Award winner Shania Twain has sold over 50 million albums, has had seven number one hit singles and her latest CD UP! debuted at #1 on the Billboard album charts. Today she is one of the world's most popular artists, but her life has not been without hardship and heartache. Twain lived in near poverty as a child and suffered the tragic death of her parents. "Intimate Portrait: Shania Twain" follows the inspiring journey of a woman who used her faith to defeat sorrow and her music to share joy. Interviews include: singers Wynonna Judd, Loretta Lynn, Robin Eggar (Author of Shania Twain, The Biography) and Fashion Designer Marc Bouwer.

• 6/1/03 New UK Article And Pics. The Telegraph, a daily UK newspaper, has posted a very interesting article and interview with Shania: Shania Twain is a phenomenon. Her album 'Come On Over' sold more copies than any other record by a female artist… ever. Now the plan for total global domination properly begins. Craig McLean asks her where it will all end - and where the real Shania begins. To read the article, click HERE! The May issue of Telegraph Magazine features Shania on the cover along with a couple great pictures inside. To view the pics, click Cover - Pic 1 - Pic 2

• 5/30/03 Update: Shania Will Not Join SARS Concert. Shania will not be performing during the SARS "Concert for Toronto" on June 21st. Scott Bourbonnais, senior vice-president of ClearChannel Entertainment, the concert's promoter, indicated yesterday that country music star Shania Twain might be added to the roster. But Tyson Parker, Ms. Twain's publicist for Canadian appearances, told the National Post she will not be performing at the event because of scheduling conflicts. He said there were no negotiations to include the singer in the lineup, and called the claim a "fictitious rumour." To read more, click HERE.

• 5/29/03 Shania May Join SARS Concert! From Yahoo/E! & Yahoo/AP: In an effort to shake, rattle and roll itself out of its economic and tourism woes suffered since the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in March, Toronto has slated a June 21st musical marathon dubbed the "Concert for Toronto," that will take place over six hours in two different venues, the Air Canada Centre and SkyDome. According to Canadian reports, Shania Twain is rumored to be considering participating in a concert billed as "the music event of a lifetime." Pop artists Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne and the Barenaked Ladies are already scheduled to perform.

• 5/29/03 Shania Can't Give It Up. From Net Music Countdown: Shania says that she doesn't know if she'll still be touring or recording in 20 years, but she says he may never be able to give music up completely. "I will always do music with the same enthusiasm because it's my passion, I love it. Whether I'll do it with an audience or not, that I don¹t know. And, whether I'll be making records 20 years from now, that I don¹t know. But music is such a part of me it would be like losing a limb if I didn't have music," she concludes.

• 5/26/03 "Willie Nelson & Friends" CD Available 6/24. Music from tonight's "Willie Nelson and Friends: Live & Kickin'" TV special will be available on CD Tuesday, June 24th! You can pre-order the CD at amazon.com by clicking HERE. On the special, Shania performed "Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain" (with Willie) as well as her song, "Forever and For Always" which she sang to Willie and received a standing ovation! Only "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain" is on the CD.

• 5/24/03 Shania Concert TV Special On NBC. From Billboard: NBC's 2003-2004 season schedule will include new concert specials from Elton John, Shania Twain, and Harry Connick Jr., Billboard reports in the May 31 issue. The telecasts are still untitled; dates and times are to be determined. Shania's concert will be taped in Chicago this summer.

• 5/23/03 Shania Sings With Stevie Wonder! Since Shania was a little girl, she always wanted to be a backup singer for Stevie Wonder when she grew up. Well last night during VH1's "Diva's Duets" concert in Las Vegas, Shania's dream came true! Shania and Stevie did a short duet of his hit song "Superstition." Shania was jammin' with a huge smile on her face! Here are a couple pics (1 2). For a recap of the spectacular show, click HERE. So far, Shania has met and/or performed with her childhood heroes: Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton and Elton John. Be sure to catch Shania performing with Willie Nelson on Memorial Day at 9:00pm ET on USA Network.

• 5/21/03 Shania Performs At ACM Awards - PICS! Shania performed her new single ''Forever and For Always.'' at tonight's Academy of Country Music Awards held at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas! She sang the song sitting on the floor indian style wearing a familiar silver top and black pants. Shania looked and sounded great! CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES!!! Shania was up for the ACM's Top Female Vocalist of the Year but Martina McBride walked away with the award. For other winners, click HERE. During a backstage press conference, Shania said her world tour will kick off during the last week of September. "It's going to be a very international tour," she said. "I plan on going all the way around the world this time, which is going to be great fun. Of course, I'll spend most of my touring in the U.S." One reporter asked Twain to reveal the most outrageous rumor she's ever heard about herself. "That I have a no-sex marriage," she laughed. "That's not true." Twain seemed somewhat testy when another reporter suggested that Up! wasn't selling well. "I think that's totally not true," she said. "I think it's selling great. It's doing fantastic. It's selling more than what my other two albums sold at the same stage. It's actually doing very, very well. I'm very happy with the whole thing. It's doing very well, actually." To read more, click HERE.

• 5/20/03 BREAKING NEWS! Shania On "VH1 Divas Duets"!!! From shania-twain.com: "Shania will be performing on "VH1's Divas Duets" at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The show will air LIVE on VH1 Thursday, May 22nd at 9:00pm ET. Shania will be performing with such stars as Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and many more. Mark it in your calendars or set your VCR, you won't want to miss this terrific performance!" Hopefully Shania will finally get to sing a duet with Stevie Wonder! She has said she always wanted to a backup singer for Stevie. A press release from VH1 says "'VH1 Divas Duets' To Feature A 'Wonder' of a Finale." Apparently Shania was added last minute because the "Divas Duets" webpage at VH1.com does not mention her as being one of the performers.

• 5/16/03 Shania On Cover Of MAXIM Magazine - New Photoshoot! Shania is on the cover of the June 2003 issue of MAXIM magazine (U.S.)! Inside there is a VERY SEXY new photoshoot!!! All I can say is WOW!!! Shania looks amazing! The issue will be on newsstands Tuesday, May 20th. Don't miss it!!! MAXIM magazine, the #1 men's magazine in the world, announced today their annual Hot 100 list. SHANIA IS #2 ON THE LIST!!! Christina Aguilera is #1. The MAXIM Hot 100 supplement (click HERE for complete list) is currently available with the June issue of MAXIM featuring Shania on the cover. An hour long Hot 100 special will air on NBC on Saturday, June 14th at 9:00pm ET. This special will feature interviews with Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Giselle Bundchen, Bernie Mac, Christina Aguilera and a special performance by Mya.

• 5/15/03 Shania On "CNN: People In The News." From Shania Twain's Official Fan Club: Shania Twain will be featured on "CNN: People In The News"!!! Premiering this Saturday, May 17th at 11:00am & 5:00pm ET. The show will re-air Sunday, May 18th at 5:00am & 7:00pm ET and Monday, May 19th at 2:00am ET.

• 5/15/03 New Shania Article/Interview. From Living Abroad Magazine: She didn't sell 34 million copies of her last album through her looks alone. PAUL STOCK finds out what Shania Twain has for us next... To read the article, click HERE.

• 5/13/03 Shania VCR Alert! Shania will be featured on a new show on VH1 titled "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era." "From Madonna to the Go-Gos and Queen Latifah and Britney Spears women have commandeered the previously testosterone ruled world of rock, pop and hip-hop like never before. Female groups, rockers, rappers and pop stars have come a long way since pioneering women like Diana Ross & The Supremes and Janis Joplin laid the groundwork and broke down barriers in the 1960's & 1970's. Their legacy is the focus of VH1's "50 Greatest Women of The Video Era," hosted by TV and screen star Julianna Margulies." The show will premiere on May 16th at 11:00am ET. Click HERE for more info.

• 5/6/03 Shania On American Airlines Magazine Cover! Shania is on the cover of the May 2003 issue of American Airlines's inflight magazine American Way! Mark Seal interviewed Shania for the magazine and she tells the reader what her weekends in Paris are like, where she likes to go to eat, where she likes to visit and much more! To read the full article titled "Shania Twain's Paris", click HERE!

• 5/6/03 Shania Centre Fan Convention - Pre-Registration. ShaniaTwainCentre.com has posted pre-registration information for the first Shania Twain Centre Worldwide Fan Convention scheduled for August 7-10, 2003 in Timmins, Ontario! The convention which will feature a memorabilia swap, trivia games, tours of the Shania Twain Centre, guided nature walk, tour of sawmill, music video social party and much more! Click HERE to pre-register and for more information.

• 5/2/03 Shania Announces Ireland Concert - July 5! Shania will be in concert July 5th at Nowland Park in Kilkenny, Ireland. Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.ie. Prices range from 59.50 to 65.00 Euros. To order tickets, click HERE!

• 4/26/03 Shania Sings On Dolly Parton Tribute. Shania Twain, Norah Jones, Melissa Etheridge, Alison Krauss and Kasey Chambers will contribute songs to Just Because I'm A Woman, Celebrating the Songs of Dolly Parton, an album honoring the country icon, due this fall. Parton will contribute the title track. Shania's song is titled "Coat of Many Colors." For a complete track listing and to read more about the tribute album, visit RollingStone.com.

• 4/22/03 WORLD PREMIERE OF "FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS" VIDEO - APR. 26TH! From Shania Twain's Official Fan Club: CMT has added Shania's video, "Forever And Forever" to hotshot rotation (their highest rotation). The video will World Premiere on CMT's "Most Wanted Live" Saturday, April 26th from 7:00-8:00pm ET/PT. "Forever And For Always" is also expected to start airing on VH1 starting Monday, April 28th.

• 4/21/03 Shania Gets Experimental With UP!. Shania Twain feels she has nothing left to prove musically, so she was able to take chances on her latest album. She said releasing UP! was much easier than releasing her second disc because the second one was the "prove you aren't a fluke" project. Twain said the three colored versions of her CD aren't a marketing gimmick. She said they were a sincere attempt to show facets of herself. "I just wanted to give more. I wanted to give more choice. I wanted to portray all the different sides of me. It's all very true to what am. I enjoyed experimenting. I'm not interested in the gimmick of the whole number game." To read the entire story, click HERE.

• 4/18/03 Shania To Perform At ACM Awards! From Shania's offcial site at Mercury Nashville: Not only is Shania up for the ACM's Top Female Vocalist of the Year award, she will also perform her new single ''Forever and For Always.'' This year's Academy of Country Music Awards are being held at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, so tune into CBS Wednesday, May 21st at 8:00pm ET to watch the show!

• 4/18/03 Shania On Cover Of MAXIM Magazine! From Shania's offcial site at Mercury Nashville: Be wtaching newsstands for Shania on the cover of MAXIM! My guess is that it will be the June issue. Stay tuned.

• 4/16/03 Shania To Perform On "Today" Show Aug. 1st. NBC has announced that Shania will be part of the "Today" show's Summer Concert Series! Shania will perform LIVE outside on the Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, August 1st. "Today" airs at 7:00-10:00am ET/PT on NBC.

• 4/15/03 Shania Announces London Concert!!! From dotmusic.com: Shania Twain will play her only European live date in London's Hyde Park this summer, dotmusic can report. At a press conference in central London yesterday, Twain announced the show, which takes place on Saturday July 12. Tickets are on sale now priced £35. Shania, who is planning to donate some of the proceeds of the date to the Prince's Trust charity, said the concert was a "one-off event" and wouldn't bear any relation to her upcoming world tour that she hinted would start in September. "It's still in the planning stages so we'll have to wait and see," she said. "It's a one-off event and it's not associated with the tour as far as production is concerned. Really it's just going to be a high-energy rock-type stage show in the park. It's going to be a lot of fun." The show will be her first in this country for over four years and will be the first time she'll have played material from her latest multi-million selling album 'Up' in a full concert environment. She also promised to be "reminiscing" with old material and suggested that the set would include an acoustic element because it "took her back to [her] roots." After the announcement, Shania took questions from the floor on a variety of subjects. She revealed that she has recently shot two new videos in New Zealand and that being a mother had given her "a new love in her life". When questioned about her thoughts on the war she declined to comment saying she didn't think it was healthy to "use celebrity as a platform to give opinions" although she did believe in discussing politics as long as it was in a debating forum not a Q&A. "I want to be a more patient, understanding and gracious person," she disclosed when asked what she'd change about herself. "Life moves too fast and I'm incredibly critical of myself. I catch myself saying 'stop and smile at someone, have a laugh, drop a pill'."

• 4/10/03 Tour Plans! Shania has revealed that her worldwide tour in support of her current multiplatinum-selling album, UP!, will kick off this fall in one of two countries--the United States or her native Canada. Twain says that at this point, she's fairly confident that she will be entertaining U.S. fans by October, with a projected tour start date the previous month. "I'll start touring at the end of September, and I'll be more than likely starting either in Canada or in the States, but I'll be in the States by October for sure this year," Twain said. "That's the plan." To read more, click HERE.

• 4/10/03 Shania Confirms Her Stand On RIAA Certification. From CountryStars.com: Monday we broke the story that Shania Twain will only seek single-disc RIAA certification for her double-CD release of UP!, even though she could claim sales for two-discs (albums) with each "unit" sold. When asked about our report Twain said, "Yes there is truth to that, because I just don't think it's justified," she confirmed. "It's a technical thing. I technically can claim two, but it's not true. I mean it's technically true, but it wouldn't be true, so that would just be some kind of trickery and I'm not interested in that. I don't want to be accused of doing anything like that. I wouldn't even want that," Shania insists, whose 3 million units sold of UP!, so far, would normally be certifiable for 6 million in sales.

• 4/7/03 Shania Wins 1 Flameworthy Video Music Award - Pics. Shania won Concept Video of the Year tonight for her uptempo song "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" at the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards. "Thank you, thank you so much. I just want thank all you fans for participating in this. These awards mean the most to me and I'm sure to all the other artists. Thank you CMT, you're the best. I love making videos. Thank you." Click HERE for pictures! Despite her win for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" Twain showed a softer side by performing a sparse acoustic number with Alison Krauss & Union Station. "There are more sides to me than just the cheeky, sassy female," Twain said after performing "Forever and For Always" with the bluegrass band. "I like writing a good old folkie love song, and that's what this is." To read more and a complete list of winners, click HERE. Related article: Toby Keith Wins Country Video of Year. Also for complete coverage, visit the Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards at CMT.com.

• 4/6/03 Shania Wins 3 JUNO Awards - PICS! Wow! What a night for Shania! Not only did she host the 2003 JUNO Awards, Shania walked away with 3 awards! - Artist of the Year, Fan Choice Award and Best Country Recording for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", her comeback single after taking a two-year break to have a child. "You are why I make music ... thank, you, fans!" Twain told the audience. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES!!! Shania got the show started singing "Up!" in a sequined Montreal Canadiens track suit. She continued the hockey theme returning from a commercial break in a white, red and black Ottawa Senators floor length gown. "So how's your hockey team doing these days?" she asked the home-town crowd which included team captain Daniel Alfredsson. Shania proved an energetic host, largely relying on her wardrobe to surprise and energize the crowd. She managed to represent most of the country's hockey teams in her flamboyant outfits. But she also let loose her sense of humor and pulled a few surprises, at one point showing up in the audience next to hip hop quartet Swollen Members. Leaning over in front of the band to face television cameras, she smiled suggestively saying she "wouldn't dare sit on a swollen member." Later in the show Shania sang her new single "Forever And For Always." Tom Cochrane helped close the show, singing "Life Is a Highway" as a duet with Shania. To read more about the awards, click HERE. To watch a video clip of Shania accepting the Fan Choice Award (she's so cute!) and a complete list of winners, click HERE. Related articles: Twain Says Duet With Krauss Was a Dream - Greased zippers and steady hands got Shania through

• 4/4/03 Shania To Set The Tone For JUNO Awards. We all know Shania is hosting this year's JUNO Awards being held Sunday night in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is also nominated in five categories and will be performing! According to John Brunton, president of Insight Production Co. Ltd. who has organized the two-hour show, fans can expect Twain's opening performance to set the tone for the show. "The audience is going to be thrilled with her enthusiasm. She's really excited to be participating in this year's show," he said, keeping tight-lipped about actual details. Some of the things planned for the show are Twain's personal ideas cultivated over numerous long phone calls from all over the world including Japan and New Zealand where she was promoting her newest album, Brunton said. "For a star of that magnitude to want to host the Junos is a sign of where the Junos are at right now," he said. To read more, click HERE. The Awards air Sunday, April 6 on CTV in Canada at 8:00pm ET. For other articles relating to the JUNO Awards, click HERE. Here's a great interview with Shania from the Juno press conference - Shania Twain says hosting Junos chance for a 'major catchup' with Canada.

• 4/1/03 Seven Shades Of Shania. As Shania Twain prepares to host the Juno Awards this Sunday, Canada's The National Post, examines the many sides of the superstar in a week-long series. Every day this week there will be a new article about Shania! Click HERE to read the articles.

• 4/1/03 Shania Comes Closest To Her 'True Expression' On UP!. From Launch/Yahoo: Shania Twain's latest effort, UP!, is the closest the superstar said she's come to sounding like her natural singing self. Twain said being in the studio has always made her a little uncomfortable because she hasn't spent much time there, having only recorded three albums. Twain likens the feeling of singing in the studio to being watched by a camera, when inevitably you kind of act a little differently. "The way I sing when I sing with my guitar, when I'm writing music--I was never really able to translate that very well onto the microphone," Twain said. "The studio was something that was fairly new to me when I made my first record, and since then I've only had two records, so I don't have a lot of studio experience, funny enough, and I've never had the opportunity to really learn how to translate my true expression vocally onto a microphone." Twain said her truest sense of herself as a vocalist comes when she is singing alone with a guitar. Twain's husband and producer, Mutt Lange, has tried to help the singer reproduce that true sound in the studio, which sometimes causes him frustration, according to Twain. "I wasn't as natural and expressive as I am just singing one-on-one or acoustically, so of course Mutt, being my co-writer and with great frustration from our last two efforts--he's always tried to bring that out in me--I think has finally managed to do that, at least so much better than ever before." Twain's new single from the multiplatinum-selling UP! album is "Forever And For Always."

• 3/27/03 Shania To Appear On "The View" April 9th! According to Shania's official website and fanclub, Shania will appear on ABC's "The View" on Wednesday, April 9th! "The View" airs in most cities at 11:00am ET/PT.

• 3/27/03 Shania To Perform On Willie Nelson Special. Shania will be part of the all-star lineup performing on a USA Network special called "Willie Nelson and Friends: Live & Kickin'" in celebration of Willie's 70th birthday. According to Shania's Mercury Nashville website, Shania will perform "Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain" as well as her song, "Forever and For Always." The 2-hour telecast will air on USA Network on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26th at 9:00pm ET. Encore presentations of the concert event will air on USA Network immediately following the premiere from 11:00pm-1:00am., as well as on Saturday, May 31 from 2:00-4:00am and Sunday, June 1 at 9:00-11:00am. "Willie Nelson and Friends: Live and Kickin'" will tape Wednesday, April 9th at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. To read more, click HERE.

• 3/27/03 UP! - 7.5 Million Copies Sold!!! Shania's Mercury Nashville website has created an e-card to recognize Shania's five nominations for the CMT Flameworthy Awards! On the e-card it states that Shania's new album UP! has now sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide! Congratulations Shania! To check out the e-card, click HERE.

• 3/21/03 "Forever And For Always" Hits Country Radio April 7th. According to information posted on allaccess.com, Shania's new U.S. single from UP! will be "Forever and For Always." It will be released to country radio on April 7th. Shania is currently in the land where they filmed the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy to film the video for "Forever And For Always." Shania is in New Zealand reports MJI, but has revealed no details if the video will include arrow-shooting elves or wayward wizards.

• 3/21/03 Shania Centre Fans Convention - Aug. 7-10! It's now official! The first Shania Centre Fans World Convention at the Shania Twain Centre in Timmins will take place August 7-10! According to the Timmins Daily Press, Shania may be attending the convention.Timmins Tourism and Attractions manager Will Saari revealed negotiations are ongoing with Twain's managers for a date to visit her hometown before her concert tour begins in the fall. We're having a tough time planning the convention until we know when she's available,” Saari said. “She has said she's coming for a visit in 2003." To read the entire article, click HERE. For a list of events that are under consideration for the Thursday to Sunday Convention, click HERE.

• 3/18/03 New Single: "Up!" Now Available! Shania's second North American single, "Up!", from her UP! album is now available as an import! You can order the single online by clicking HERE. Track Listing: 1. Up! - Pop Album Version 2. You're Still The One (Live Version) 3. I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life) Live Version

• 3/18/03 Sassy Diva - New Article. The Australian newspaper, Sun Herald, has a great article on Shania from last week when she was promoting "down under." Titled "Sassy Diva," here's part of the article: Confident and playful on video, Shania Twain is another person altogether out of the spotlight. Even though Twain is a pop and country music superstar (with exclamation marks to match!), the singer seems relatively understated in real life. In conversation, Twain expresses the same everyday outlook as many of her female fans. She is career-minded but loves being a mom and wife. She also happened to sell 34 million copies of her last album, Come On Over, which remains the highest-selling album for any female artist in the world.....Instead of retiring to a life of luxury in Switzerland, where she lives with husband Robert "Mutt" Lange (her co-writer and producer), Twain was determined to carry on from the phenomenal success of Come On Over. "It would be easier to say, 'Look, I've got enough and I don't want to put myself through this any more,"' she said, "but I love music. "The doors are still opening for me, and it would almost be irresponsible of me not to walk through those doors. You can't just take this for granted; I think that's a very spoilt way of looking at it. I certainly don't look at things that way." and on her son Eja.....Because of their own intense involvement in the industry, will Twain and Lange be tempted to push their own son towards a show biz career? "Personally, I think it's a very tough road," Twain said. "I think the chances are against anybody trying to get into the industry. "Supporting a child who doesn't have the passion on their own won't get them anywhere. I don't care how much support you put behind them, or how much money. If he's got the passion and the drive, then I will support him along the way, but I won't be the one driving it." Twain seemed slightly emotional when asked about her son's career choices - as if she was recollecting her own lifetime of hard work on stage. She paused before finishing her answer, then said: "I hope he does something else with his mind, actually, to be honest with you." Click HERE to read the entire article.

• 3/12/03 Shania In Blender Magazine! Shania appears in the April 2003 issue of Blender magazine (Eminem is on the cover). The article is entitled "Shania Unzipped", and contains some fantastic NEW pictures!!!

• 3/11/03 CMT Flameworthy Awards Final Nominations. Today the final five nominees in each category were announced for the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards, and voting is now open through midnight ET Saturday, April 5 to determine the Flameworthy winners in each category. Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Toby Keith have each received five nominations to emerge as frontrunners at the Awards. All five of Shania's nominations resulted from her video for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!": Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, Hottest Female Video of the Year, Fashion Plate Video of the Year and Cocky Video of the Year. Click HERE to vote for Shania! Shania is scheduled to perform at the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards which take place April 7th at 8:00pm ET on CMT!

• 3/6/03 Shania On Canada's Walk Of Fame! Shania Twain will be inducted into Canada's Walk Of Fame on June 25, 2003! Among 11 Canadian citizens to be recognized, Shania will have her "inscribed slab on the sidewalk, located in Toronto's downtown theatre district," and "will be feted at a black-tie gala to be held at Roy Thomson Hall on June 25." Congratulations Shania! For more information, click HERE.

• 3/4/03 ACM Awards Final Nominations. The final list of nominations for the 38th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced today. Shania is only nominated in one category: Female Vocalist of the Year. She is up against Terri Clark, Faith Hill, Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack. Toby Keith leads the pack with eight nominations. To read the press release and a complete list of nominations, click HERE. The ACM Awards air LIVE from Las Vegas May 21st from 8:00-11:00pm ET on CBS-TV. Reba McEntire will be this year's host of the Awards show. No announcements have been made as to whether Shania will appear on the show. Stay stuned.

• 2/26/03 Shania To Perform At CMT Flameworthy Awards. Shania is scheduled to perform at the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards on April 7th at 8:00pm ET! Country singer Toby Keith and former "Baywatch" TV star Pamela Anderson will co-host the awards. The final 10 nominees in each category have been announced, and first round voting is now open for the videos fans consider "flameworthy." CMT will announce the final five nominees in each category on Tuesday, March 11th. Shania has been nominated in the following categories: Flameworthy Fashion Plate Video of the Year, Flameworthy Concept Video of the Year, Flameworthy Hottest Female Video of the Year, Flameworthy Cocky Video of the Year, Flameworthy Female Video of the Year and Flameworthy Video of the Year. Click HERE to vote for Shania!

• 2/24/03 Preliminary ACM Awards Nominations. First ballot nominations for the 38th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards have been announced and Shania is nominated in 5 categories: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"), Video of the Year ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!") and Album of the Year (UP!). For a complete list of preliminary nominations, click HERE. The ACM Awards air LIVE from Las Vegas May 21st at 8:00pm on CBS-TV. No announcements have been made as to whether Shania will appear on the show. Stay stuned.

• 2/21/03 Vote For Shania! - FHM Sexiest Poll. Each Spring for the past seven years, FHM magazine has conducted its "100 Sexiest Women in the World" poll. Last year Shania was #37 on the list. To vote for Shania in this year's poll, click HERE!

• 2/12/03 SHANIA FANS WORLD CONVENTION! As part of the city of Timmins' "My Hometown Campaign," Tourism Timmins along with the Shania Twain Centre has announced the first ever convention for Shania Twain fans from around the world tentatively scheduled for August 2003! To read the entire article in the Timmins Daily Press, click HERE! The Shania Twain Centre Fan Convention Committee is looking for suggestions. Fans can let the Centre know about any ideas for events/displays that you would like to see for the convention by clicking HERE.

• 2/12/03 Shania Receives Five JUNO Nominations! The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CTV announced the nominees in 37 categories for the 32nd annual JUNO Awards at a press conference this morning in Toronto. JUNO Awards host, Shania Twain, received the second-most nominations with five! Avril Lavigne led the pack with six. Shania is nominated for: Album of the Year (UP!), Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Country Recording of the Year ("I'm Gonna Getcha Good!") and the JUNO Fan Choice Award which you can Vote for Shania by clicking HERE. To read the entire JUNO Press Release posted at Yahoo/Finance click HERE. For information on all the 2003 JUNO Award nominees, visit the JUNO Web site at: www.juno-awards.ca. The 2003 JUNO Awards will be broadcast live by CTV on Sunday, April 6 at 8:00pm ET from the Corel Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.

• 2/11/03 New Single: "Ka-Ching!" Now Available! Shania's latest European single "Ka-Ching!" is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. The single will be released February 17th. Click HERE to order from amazon.com.
Tracks include: 1. Ka-Ching! (Album Version) 2. Ka-Ching! (Sowatt Hip Hop Mix) 3. Ka-Ching! (Sowatt Extended Lounge Mix) 4. I'm Gonna Getcha Good! (Sowatt Dance Mix)

• 2/5/03 Super Bowl Boosts UP! Sales - Breaks Canadian Record! Shania scored a major U.S. sales spike thanks to her Super Bowl exposure on January 26th! Her album UP! rockets four spots back into the Top 10 on The Billboard 200 Albums Chart at No. 8. The album saw a whopping 41% (jumping 20,000 copies) sales burst to 67,000 copies following her halftime show appearance. Meanwhile UP! holds at No. 2 on the Hot Country Albums Chart for the fifth week in a row. In Canada, Twain's UP! held the No. 1 spot for the eleventh straight week breaking the record for the longest run on top in Canadian Nielsen SoundScan history. With another 15,300 copies sold last week, UP! has now racked up over 646,000 in Canadian sales since its release on November 19th.

• 1/28/03 NEW REALITY-BASED SHANIA TV SPECIAL! VH1 has greenlit an array of reality-based programs and music specials that celebrate the music, artists and trends that define our culture -- and inspire others to make their dreams a reality. One of those programs, titled "SHANIA: WHAT ITS LIKE", is all about Shania's experiences during her recent promotional tour for her new album UP!!! It premieres Wednesday, February 12th at 9:00pm ET/PT. Here is a description of the show: "Country-crossover superstar Shania Twain turns documentarian in this one-hour special that chronicles her experiences from the recent promotional tour for her latest release "Up!" -- which has now sold over 3 million copies. With the help of her friend and assistant Rhonda Spencer, Shania turns on her video cam to reveal the behind-the-scenes action during her TV, radio and print interviews, as well as how she prepares for her public appearances. Shania also shares her first meeting ever with her idol Dolly Parton, a peek at her private home in Huntsville, Ontario, and how she got mobbed in a local drugstore looking for a birthday present for her husband." This sounds like an excellent and fun show! Click HERE to read VH1's Press Release posted at Yahoo! News.

• 1/26/03 SHANIA ROCKS SUPER BOWL!!! Shania rocked Qualcomm Stadium during Super Bowl XXXVII with a stellar performance during halftime!!! She started the show off with a bang on a stage in the center of the field, launching into her 1997 hit "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!." Then Shania ran down a catwalk to another stage to sing her latest single "Up!," the title song of her current album, during which she was lifted over the crowd in a crane! A SUPER SHOW!!! Oh yeah, Shania's outfit wasn't too bad either! =0). WOW!!! Shania wore a revealing shimmering silver bustier and black miniskirt underneath a shiny black coat that went past her ankles, and thigh-high black leather boots. The coat closed in the middle, hiding her famed midriff.

• 1/23/03 SB Update - Shania Talks To The Press. Shania Twain and No Doubt held a press conference today in San Diego to preview Sunday's Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show. During the press conference, the performers did not give their predictions for Sunday's game but instead promised one spectacular halftime show. Producers also assured that Shania would not lip-synch her hits as she did last November during her performance at the Grey Cup -- Canada's version of the Super Bowl. Here are some quotes from Shania: "It's such a big event that there are no limits," Twain said Thursday. "The sky is the limit." Twain will perform two songs: "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" from her blockbuster album "Come on Over," and the title song of her latest album, "Up." "'Cause that's where the ball is going," Twain said.
"I have to say that I am going to stay neutral for Sunday's game," Twain said. "I am just so excited to be here and put on a great show for the world." Below are some Press Conference articles:
Sting, Twain, No Doubt in Halftime Show
Shania to Front 2003 Super Bowl Halftime Show
No Doubt and Shania Twain ready for a Super show

• 1/22/03 Super Bowl Update - See Shania Fly! From CountryStars.com: Last week Shania said the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show at San Diego's Qualcomm stadium would be a huge bash, and some details of how big are out: SHANIA opens and will be flown over the crowd suspended from a crane amid lots of pyrotechnics while she sings "Up" and "Man I Feel Like a Woman." NO DOUBT performs after Shania singing "I'm Just a Girl" and a secret song and secret special guest. Over 3000 people will participate on the field, most of them ordinary fans invited to just jump around and have fun. The stage will extend from the field into the crowd for the first time ever. 300 Marines will be involved in setting up the stage in five minutes, later tearing it down in five minutes all for a show that will last 11 minutes. A fireworks display is the grand finale. The Super Bowl is January 26th and will be televised by ABC starting at 6:00pm ET.

• 1/22/03 UP! Falls To #13. From RollingStone.com: Shania Twain's UP! falls six spots to No. 13 on this week's Billboard 200 Album Chart with sales being down 28% to 50,000 units sold. Meanwhile UP! holds at No. 2 on the Hot Country Albums Chart for the third week in a row. In Canada, Twain's UP! held the No. 1 spot for the ninth straight week with sales of 12,000. The album has now sold over 619,000 copies since its release.

• 1/15/03 Shania On Rolling Stone Cover! - New Pics! Shania is on the cover of the February 6, 2003 issue of Rolling Stone magazine! Inside there is an article along with a great photo shoot! You can read an excerpt from the article posted on rollingstone.com by clicking HERE. To view the pictures, click HERE and scroll down to bottom of page. The issue should be on newsstands Friday, January 17th!

• 1/15/03 UP! Moves Up To #7. From Billboard.com: Shania Twain's UP! climbs one spot to No. 7 on this week's Billboard 200 Album Chart despite being down 17% to 68,500 units sold. Meanwhile UP! holds at No. 2 on the Hot Country Albums Chart for the second week in a row. Click HERE to read more. In Canada, Twain's UP! held the No. 1 spot for the eighth straight week with sales of 10,400.

• 1/14/03 SHANIA GOES UP! AT AMAs!!! Shania Twain rocked the house as she performed a medley of "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" and "Up!" at the 30th annual American Music Awards, Monday night (1/13) in Los Angeles!!! While singing her new single "Up!", Shania climbed a huge stair-ladder all the way UP! to the auditorium balcony! What a performance!!! To view pics of Shania at the AMAs, click HERE and scroll down to bottom of page.
During the press conference after the show, Shania stated that: ""That's what makes it fun for me. Without the audience, it's just all like in my video, it's not really all that exciting," she said."...and regarding her performance at the SuperBowl: "Asked for a preview of her performance, she said, "Hopefully something exciting and dynamic. Just some fun clothes and something real again including the audience. No more stair climbing ."" Click HERE to read the entire article!

• 1/14/03 Shania To Host 2003 JUNO Awards! The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences together with CTV announced that singing sensation Shania Twain has signed on as host of the upcoming 2003 JUNO Awards telecast. The announcement was made by Shania in a pre-taped message to Canadians as part of CTV's broadcast of last night's American Music Awards. The 2003 JUNO Awards will be broadcast live on CTV Sunday, April 6th at 8:00pm. (ET) from the Corel Centre in Canada's Capital Region: Ottawa-Gatineau. "I can't wait!" said Shania of the announcement. "It's going to be a lot of fun and it will be great to come back home." Click HERE to read the entire press release posted on the Juno Awards website. Tickets for the 2003 Juno Awards go on sale through ticketmaster.ca or the Corel Centre box office on February 8th at 10:00am ET.

• 1/9/03 WORLD PREMIERE OF "UP!" VIDEO - JAN. 11TH! From CMT.com: The world premiere of Shania Twain's video -- "Up!" -- takes place Saturday (Jan. 11) on "CMT Most Wanted Live." It's the second video -- and the title track -- from Twain's latest album that recently spent six weeks at the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. In addition to the premiere of Twain's video, Montgomery Gentry will perform Saturday on "MWL," which airs at 7:00pm ET/PT on CMT (U.S.).

• 1/9/03 Shania's Appearances - Reminder! Shania will be performing Monday, January 13th at the American Music Awards airing on ABC at 8:00pm ET/PT. She will also perform her new single "Up!" on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Tuesday, January 14th. The "Tonight Show" airs on NBC at 11.35pm ET/PT.

• 1/8/03 UP! Falls To #8. From Billboard.com: With the New Year's Day holiday falling midweek and a lack of major new releases, sales were predictably down compared to the previous week. Norah Jones' Come Away With Me (Blue Note/Columbia) performed consistently enough to take advantage of larger drops of albums by other artists, most notably Shania Twain. Her UP! (Mercury Nashville) rung in 2003 with a massive 68% blow to sales of 83,000 copies, which sends UP! down 2-8 on The Billboard 200 Album Chart. Click HERE to read more. On the Hot Country Albums Chart, UP! slips to No. 2 after spending 6 straight weeks on top. The Dixie Chicks' Home takes over the No. 1 position.
In Canada, Twain's UP! held the No. 1 spot for the seventh straight week with sales of 16,000, a far cry from the 69,100 in sales from the previous week.

• 1/7/03 Magazines Galore For Shania! From CountryStars.com: After five weeks at the top of the albums charts, Shania's press profile remains high. Catch her in major publications coming up in the next three months. January, ROLLING STONE; February, Seventeen magazine. And, on the covers of Ladies Home Journal in March and Jane magazine in April.

• 1/4/03 Shania To Perform At Super Bowl XXXVII! Are you ready for some Shania??? ABC Sports has announced that Shania Twain will perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVII. The championship game will be played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California on Sunday, January 26th. 800 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl worldwide which will be televised by ABC starting at 6:00pm ET. GO FALCONS!!! Click HERE to read the Shania article posted at superbowl.com. Also, click HERE for Mercury Nashville's official press release.

• 1/4/03 Rolling Stone's Review Of UP! Rolling Stone magazine has published an excellent review of Shania's new album UP!. ****A Four Star Rating!**** Click HERE to read the review!

• 1/2/03 UP!'s #1 Streak Ends At Five. UP!'s No. 1 streak is over. After five straight weeks atop The Billboard 200 Album Chart since its November 19 release, Shania Twain's UP! slips to No. 2 with a big 42% drop in sales from the previous week to 263,400 copies. The Eminem-spiked 8 Mile soundtrack regains the No. 1 position selling 312,000 copies. Avril Lavigne's Let Go is right on Shania's heels at No. 3 selling 263,000 copies followed by the Dixie Chicks' Home at No. 4 selling 260,000 copies. Twain's five-week run tied Eminem's The Eminem Show for longest streak at #1 this year. Over a six weeks period, UP! has also become the #9 selling album of 2002 in the U.S. with 2.9 million copies sold!!! UP! remains No. 1 on the Top Country Albums Chart for the sixth straight week! In Canada, UP! holds the No. 1 spot for the sixth straight week with sales of 69,100, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. In addition, UP! has now sold over 580,000 in Canada since its release. Read more at Billboard.com and Rollingstone.com

• 1/2/03 Shania Tops Soundscan Era Album List! From Launch.com: Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, Metallica, and the Backstreet Boys have the top albums of the Soundscan era, according to the service's parent company, Nielsen. Soundscan has been tracking album sales since 1991 and Twain's 1997 release, Come On Over reigns on top, selling 14.4 million-plus copies, with Morissette's 1995 debut, Jagged Little Pill at Number Two with more than 14 million sold. To read the rest of the article, click HERE.

• 1/1/03 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003!!! I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year! As we ring in 2003, let's take a moment and look back on 2002. 2002 was a very exciting year for Shania and her fans! Shania returned to the public spotlight at the CMA Awards in November and a couple weeks later released her long-awaited new album UP! which debuted and STILL is #1 on the charts! 2003 is sure to bring us more excitement when Shania embarks on another World Tour!

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