Singing sensation Celine Dion gets cheered by her adoring fans as she exits her New York City hotel on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010. Moments after she is driven away, her husband Rene arrives at the hotel.Credit: Heat / Oupa / Barcroft Media What do you think?iWontSTFU

Before there was Shania Twain, Celine Dion or Avril Lavigne, there was Anne Murray - a pop-country crossover star who paved the way for female singers to emerge out of Canada.

OTTAWA (AP) -- The toll from skating at the Winter Olympics days after her mother's death finally has worn down bronze medalist Joannie Rochette.

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, who won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics four days after her mother died of a heart attack, has withdrawn from next week's World Championships.

The toll from skating at the Winter Olympics days after her mother's death finally has worn down bronze medalist Joannie Rochette. The Canadian champion withdrew Monday from next week's World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy. "With everything that has happened over the past few weeks, I have missed a significant amount of training time," Rochette said in a statement.

Joannie Rochette is reportedly being threatened with sanctions by figure skating's governing body if she takes part in an exhibition after electing to skip next week's world championships.

Now that the Top 12 has been established,we're into the home stretch on the way to crowning your next "American Idol." Clearly there are people out there who think the wrong singers survived, but America has spoken, so it's time to look forward and move on to the big stage with the big audience and the big pressure.

Teen idol Justin Bieber will perform at the 2010 New York State Fair during one of seven major shows planned for the Grandstand. He will headline a three-hour show at...

Before there was Shania Twain, Celine Dion or Avril Lavigne, there was Anne Murray -- a pop-country international crossover star who paved the way for female singers to emerge out of Canada.

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