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Kate Winslet and Her Kids Take a Walk on the Wild Side

sweatpantsmom — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:15:00 GMT

Kate Winslet was out with her kids Mia, 8, and Joe, 5, in New York City today. Looks like a not-so-glamorous part of the city - not a boutique or panini café in sight. I think for celebrities this is known as 'roughing it.'

Winslet recently fought back at tabloid reports that accused her of spending too much time away from her kids while filming. "Who the hell is going to go and leave their children for five months? Obviously not me. I would never leave my children for five months, no matter whether they're five, 15, or 55."

I'm with you on the five and 15 part, Kate, but I think by the time mine are 55 I might let them steal away for five months or even a year. Maybe.

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Kate Winslet is Running Late, But Still Looks Good Doing It

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:35:00 GMT

Here's Academy Award winner Kate Winslet taking daughter Mia Honey to school in New York. They appear to be in a rush, so I assume they're running late. Hey - me and Kate have something in common; I'm always late taking my kids to school, too! Although I never look nearly as pulled together as Kate. In fact, I never looked as pulled together as her kid, either.

Nice to see Kate takes better care of her coffee than some people, though.

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Kate Winslet: My Daughter Hated My Oscar Gown

Sassy Smith — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Actress Kate Winslet won an Oscar for Best Actress last Sunday and while some may have thought her choice of dress was lovely, there was one person who was "mortified" about her gray dress... her 8-year-old daughter, Mia!

Winslet called her children - Mia, and son Joe Alfie, 5 - backstage, after her win. Mia couldn't believe her mother's gray Yves St. Laurent evening gown.

Kate, told Oprah on Monday's show, "I said, 'Hi, Mia, did you jump up and down?' "[Mia] says: 'Yes, I did, Mum, I did. I need to talk to you about the dress, it was gray.' She was absolutely mortified I wore a gray dress."

The 33-year-old told Oprah she didn't want a lot of dresses being sent to her, especially in these tough economic times.

"I think in this time in the economy, it's just not nice to have people make lots of dresses and you just wear one out of a possible five. So Yves St. Laurent very kindly said, 'We'd like to make something for you,' and that was what we did."

Kate also talked about not doing any more nude scenes because of her children.

"I have done quite a lot of nudity, and I feel like my kids they're 8 and 5 now, maybe they're going to start to become aware of the amount of nudity I've done. I just sort of feel like I can't get away with it that much longer."

Another reason I love her - she's so real and seems like such a great mom! (And ya, she's a wonderful actress too!)

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Kate Winslet Says "No More Nude Scenes"

trix — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:28:00 GMT

We all know Kate Winslet looks good naked, but it looks like we're going to have to rent old movies to catch a glimpse from now on.

Kate decided that from now on she not going to do nude scenes anymore.

She said, "I was concerned about whether I was skilled enough, I think I won't do it again: a) I can't keep getting away with it, and b) I don't want to become 'that actress who always gets her kit off.'"

Ha, that's pretty funny. I love British words for stuff, they're just so fun.

So will you miss Kate's nude scenes, or were they just, meh?

Kate Winslet Takes Advice From Her Kids

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Kate Winslet Takes Advice From Her Kids

trix — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Sometimes the best advice comes from an unexpected place.

So many celebrities have life coaches and managers that tell them what actions they need to take and what image they need to portray.

Not Kate Winslet, she took the advice of her kids, Mia and Joe. She's just regular old Kate with them. Except of course when she is in character for a movie, then she stays in character, even when reading them their bedtime stories.

While filming The Reader she read bedtime stories with a German accent. Her kids didn't like it very much, they wanted her to just be herself. They said, " ‘Mum, just be plain. Don’t do any funny stuff like voices. Just be regular."

Kate knows that there will come a day when they think that her movie star status is cool, but it's just not now.

I know this picture is a little old, but it just screamed for me to post it because it's so cute. She could be any mom walking down the street with her kid.

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Johnny Depp In Bikini Bottom!

Sassy Smith — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:10:00 GMT

He probably won't be nominated for an Oscar for this role, but I'm guessing Johnny Depp's kids will think it's pretty cool that their dad will be joining the cast of Spongebob Squarepants for a special TV presentation!

The New York Daily News is reporting that heartthrob Depp, 45, will joining the cast of the Nickelodeon TV special titled Spongebob vs. The Big One.

No airdate has been announced yet, but Depp will be voicing the character of "Jack Kahuna Laguna," a surfer dude. Totally awesome!

Johnny has two children with Vanessa Paradis - Lily Rose, 9, and Jack, 6.

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Photos: The Secret To Kate Winslet Looking Good Naked

Sassy Smith — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Kate Winslet, after having two kids, admits that she has to work harder at keeping fit. She says that being nude on film gives her great incentive to get in shape, especially playing an older woman seducing a teen in her latest flick, The Reader. So, how does she get that sexy body?

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The 33-year-old actress could have had a body double in the movie, but opted not to - she wanted the nude scenes to be real.

She said, "The body on screen is all me. I'm doing alright. I've had two kids [Mia, 8, and Joe, 5]. I don't look in the mirror and go: 'I look fantastic!' I don't believe in perfection, but I do believe in saying: 'This is who I am.'"

And the secret to her sexy shape? No secret really - just common sense and hard work.

Kate avoids carbs and alcohol.

She continues, "I don't eat pasta or bread, I don't drink and I limit processed foods.

"I don't go to the gym. I go through phases where I think, 'I really should go.' But I work out on the living room carpet. It's great - no one's looking at you, no one's telling you what to do.

"I have a mat and weights and I do a stomach and burn thing."

She adds, she's not perfect - she's got her flaws like everyone else.

"I have a crumble baby belly, my boobs are the worse for wear after two kids. I'm not a supermodel. I just do whatever I can to stay healthy."

I like her - she seems so normal, well as normal as any celebrity can be!

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trix — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:32:00 GMT

Kate Winslet is defending herself against accusations that she is a "porn-star".

She appears in the new movie Revolutionary Road with Leonardo DiCaprio and has appeared nude in several of her films.

Her husband Sam Mendes was her director and she said that he doesn't get jealous.

She said: "Of course Sam doesn't get jealous. I'm not a porn star. I'm not walking out there and actually having sex with other people for my job. He doesn't get jealous at all, not in the slightest. It's really not a big deal.

"I feel that any level of nudity in films that I have been a part of has been absolutely relevant and actually enhanced the story."

Kate recently revealed she struggled with her nude scenes in new post-war drama 'The Reader'.

She said: "It really took me to the brink in many ways. To bring my character Hanna Schmitz to life was an absolutely enormous challenge and a huge responsibility as well, because it's a much-loved piece of German literature. Many people have differing opinions of Hanna Schmitz - they love her, they loathe her."

She will have to defend herself to her kids when they get older, but if she raises them with the mentality that nudity isn't bad (it's not), then they will be okay with it.
On a side note, have you seen the preview for The Reader? It looks excellent as does Revolutionary Road.

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Johnny Depp Poisoned Himself With Booze

Sassy Smith — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Johnny Depp is usually a very private person but has revealed that in order to deal with his rise to fame in the early 90s, he partied hard and drank a lot to escape from the glaring spotlight of stardom.

Depp said, "I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I felt I could only be myself when I was alone, that I turned into some kind of novelty. The only way I could get through that time was to drink."

He added, "I poisoned myself with alcohol for years but I've never been into drugs int he way it was sometimes made out."

Even now, the 45-year-old actor admits he's still insecure about his abilities on screen, regardless of having critically-acclaimed performances under his belt and three Academy Award nominations.

"I don't think of myself as being a celebrity, it's too mortifying. I have a hard time watching myself on screen and it's getting worse. I can't tell whether my work is good or not." Oh trust me Johnny, you're good. Very good.

I wonder if he'll share that not-so-flattering part of his life with his kids when they get older? He'll probably have to, considering his children could just 'google' their dad and find out all kinds of tidbits!

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Kate Winslet on Son's Name Change

Karl Erikson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:32:00 GMT

Another celebrity baby wants to have his name changed. First Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, and now Kate Winslet's son, Joe Alfie, who turns 5 next week. Kate, 33, revealed on Monday's "Tonight Show" appearance that Joe will only respond to the name "Traiver" these days. He accidentally created the name while looking for his "trainers," aka sneakers.

Kate said, "He turns to me and says, 'My name is not Joe, okay? So just don't call me that anymore. That's why I've changed it to Traiver. But you can call me Traiver, or Traive.' I said, 'Okay, that's really cool, Traiver, how do you spell that?' It was so sweet."

Guess it's a good thing he wasn't looking for dog poop instead of his trainers.

Kate also said that both kids - she also has 8-year-old daughter Mia Honey - believe strongly in Father Christmas. And she wasn't sure if the kids were watching so she was very firmly on the side of Santa. Jay Leno asked if the wrapping paper ever raised suspicion with the children and Kate said, no, "the gift wrap in the North Pole is so completely different. You can't get the same gift wrap in the North Pole that you'd get in London or New York or wherever else you might be."

And for Joe, who is a Christmas baby (with a birthday of December 22), he'll be getting a few more gifts. Kate makes sure that Joe - er, Traiver - gets a separate birthday party with separate presents each year.

Mia is Kate's daughter with ex-husband Jim Threapleton. Joe/Traiver is her son with director Sam Mendes. Kate has a couple of movies hitting the cinema in the coming weeks: "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader."

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Kate Winslet Keeps Nude Scenes Real

Sassy Smith — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Kate Winslet likes to keep things "real," especially when it comes to movie roles and particularly doing nude scenes. Said Kate, who is playing an older woman engaged in an affair with a younger man, in The Reader, "It was important to me to look real. I really don't believe in this notion that actors and actresses should look untouchably perfect."

And how is it filming love scenes with actor David Kross, who is 15 years younger than she is? "It was the same as shooting any other scene of that nature.

"A scene with that level of intimacy involving nudity, you know, it's always nerve-wracking, and you really have to rehearse those scenes so that everybody knows exactly what's going on."

She, however, did find it difficult to go through the "aging" process for the movie - she was playing a woman 35 years older than she is now. Winslet admits it "was exhausting."

She adds, "It took seven hours to put on every day and the body suit weighs about 15 pounds." Can you imagine seven hours of prep time? Yikes!

I wonder if, when her kids are grown, if they'll watch some of their mother's movies that they're obviously too young to see now? I think part of that would be cool, but also sort of weird, especially if your mom is doing nude scenes. But maybe if you're a kid who grows up with actor parents, it's no big deal?

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Karl Erikson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Here's Kate Winslet in New York City yesterday morning, all dressed warm while walking Mia and Joe to school. Believe it or not, we had to bundle up last night in Florida! Got down to 38 last night. Very freaky weather for November in FL. I wish Kate Winslet would come down and keep me warm.

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Halle Berry Wants To Be Naked Like Kate Winslet

Sassy Smith — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Halle Berry and Kate Winslet - both beautiful women, actresses,moms and both seem very comfortable with their bodies. However, Halle Berry would like to spend the day in another actress' skin - namely Kate's. Why? Because Berry loves her on-screen confidence.

Halle Berry was just named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive but yet she would like to be "free" like Kate Winslet. Berry said, "Kate Winslet is always naked, sitting on a toilet, running buck-naked. She's free. I want to be the kind of actress who can really be comfortable with my body like that."

I'm confused. Sure, Kate is gorgeous but it's not like Halle Berry is chopped liver. She seems pretty confident to me, but maybe she's shy on camera?

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Vanity Fair: Kate Winslet Bares It All

Sassy Smith — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Kate Winslet looks amazing in the December issue of Vanity Fair! The 33-year-old actress and mother of two says that sometimes she thinks she looks "a little bit wrong." Uh, well, I think she looks "a lot right!" She's often criticized by the media (especially in England) for her weight fluctuations, but Winslet refuses to lose weight to fit some sort of Hollywood ideal. I say good for her!

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Kate said of the way she looks, "I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city and I think, I should make more of an effort.... But then I think, they can't be happy in those heels."

Kate is mom to daughter Mia Honey, 8 (dad is Kate's ex-husband Jim Threapleton) and son Joe Alfie, who will turn five next month (dad is Kate's husband Sam Mendes).

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Vanessa Paradis Talks About Marrying Johnny Depp

Karl Erikson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:31:00 GMT

Women the world over are jealous of Vanessa Paradis. Such is life when you're the girlfriend of the world's sexiest man, Johnny Depp. And rumors have been circulating for years about her and Johnny getting married. Vanessa says the rumors are false.

"Each summer people say we're supposed to be getting married," Vanessa says. "But we don't talk about it that much." The couple have been together for 10 years now, and they have two children together, Jack, 6, and Lily Rose, 9. "He's got me, and he knows he's got me."

Vanessa, 35, says, "I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect...I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be. We have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without."

When asked if Vanessa has managed to tame the movie star, she says, "Tamed. What's that? Like a lion? Nooo, no, we did it to each other. Maybe I'm a good girlfriend because I'm his girlfriend. I'm not sure I'd be a good girlfriend to anyone else...same for him. It's something that's natural, obvious, and beautiful."

She totally gets how women want to mob Depp, too. "I understand. I want to mob him all the time, I do. He's a very charming person."

Hard to believe Depp got his start on "21 Jump Street" all those years ago. I played the giant teddy bear in a 3rd grade production of "The Nutcracker" to rave reviews and didn't get squat.

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Johnny Depp Making $64 Million For 4th Pirates Movie

Karl Erikson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:49:00 GMT

Super celebrity and father Johnny Depp is reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in another "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie and the man doesn't come cheap. Previously, Tom Hanks held the record payout for a movie - he's being paid $58 million for the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code," "Angels and Demons." But step back in awe at Johnny's sequel paycheck.

Depp is getting $64 million for a 4th "Pirates" movie. Yeah, $64 MILLION. For a movie.

A source said, "It's a lot of swag but they just can't make another without Sparrow."

Since the first three "Pirates" movies made Disney almost $3 billion, I guess $64 million is just a drop in the bucket. But I don't think the sequels were nearly as good as the original. In fact, I think they kind of blew chunks. Still, money talks and bullshit walks, as they say.

And that much money can buy a lot of bullshit.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Headed For Daddyville?

Sassy Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been dating model Bar Refaeli, wants his life to be about more than just acting and making movies. He realizes he's not lived a 'normal' life and would like to do so at some point. The 33-year-old actor wants to get married and have babies....

DiCaprio tells Parade magazine, "What I definitely feel a need for is to make my life about more than just my career. Just last night I was thinking to myself how little of my life has been lived normally and not spent on some far-off movie location. I want to get married and have children. In saying that, I realize I am contradicting everything I've said before. I absolutely believe in marriage."

He continues, "I hope I never get cynical. I think you need youthful energy, excitement, and optimism in life.

"There is a lot i want to do, and the more cynical you become, the more you sit on your butt and do nothing. The one thing that I would love is to never become cynical about the things I think are really important, like family, like the environment."

Smiling, he adds, "What I want is to be known as someone who stood for something."

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Johnny Depp Cast as The Mad Hatter (Amongst Other Roles)

Karl Erikson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:50:00 GMT

Lots of casting news regarding daddy Johnny Depp. First of all, he's been cast as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland." I think it's a prerequisite for all Tim Burton films that Johnny Depp is somewhere in there, and I think they make a great pair. Depp will be joined by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who has been cast as Alice.

Depp has also agreed to do a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. I don't know why, the last one kind of blew, but Jack Sparrow will be back. They're still trying to get Orlando Bloom from what I hear.

AND Depp will play Tonto in an upcoming Lone Ranger film.

So why haven't we heard officially about him playing The Riddler in another Batman movie? That would make my week.

Johnny Depp has been cast as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The project marks the latest collaboration between the Golden Globe-winning actor and Burton, who have previously teamed up for feature films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and 2007’s Sweeney Todd, for which Johnny earned an Oscar nomination.

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Kate Winslet Is A Mom First

trix — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Kate Winslet is just like me. She walks her kids to school and gives piggyback rides too.

I know that's where it would seem that the similarities end, because I go to my day job and she makes movies for a living.

I'm guessing, no. I think we have more in common than that.

If appearances meant anything, I would say that she looks like a good mom, she talks to her kids on the way home from school. She's probably having the same conversations as the rest of us.

Mine go something like this,

"What did you do at school today?"

I don't remember.

"You just left school, how can you not remember."

I don't know I just don't.

"Okay, well did you learn anything?"

No.

Um, okay, whatever.

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10 Things You DON'T Know About Johnny Depp

Sassy Smith — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Johnny Depp used to be a bit of a bad boy (well more like a very bad boy), some of his movies were not big hits (aka flops) and he's been known to have gotten down and dirty with a few Hollywood starlets. However, the 45-year-old actor has tamed his wild ways, settled down with the love of his life, Vanessa Paradis, made two beautiful children with Vanessa - Lily Rose, 9, and son Jack, 6 - and his career is definitely hot (so is he). Here are 10 things that you may not know about the Pirates of the Caribbean swashbuckler:

From The Post showbiz:

1. Johnny was born the youngest of four children and moved from Kentucky to Florida when he was five. He says: “Before I was 15, we moved 30 times, once just from one house to the house next door. I asked my mom why. I never did understand her explanation.”

2. Johnny was a bit of a rebel as a youngster. He took up smoking at 12, lost his virginity at 13 and was soon dabbling in drugs and booze. He was also suspended from school for mooning a teacher before dropping out at 16 to join garage band The Kids.

3. Johnny played lead slide guitar on Oasis track ‘Fade In-Out’ when the band’s own guitarist was three sheets to the wind. Legend has it he stepped in at the last minute and nailed the lead on one take.

4. Johnny dated a string of beauties including Kate Moss and Winona Ryder but says he is prone to ruining his relationships with jealous rages. He tells us: “Oh boy. Oh f***. I was a professional at it. Oh, the scenarios I dreamed up. Oh f***. Oh. I mean, world-class.”

5. What first attracted Johnny to sultry singer Vanessa Paradis? The sight of her back! He spotted her in the lobby of a Parisian hotel seven years ago and recalls: “Whammo, man, across the room, amazing, incredible, awesome. The back, the back, I saw the back, and I was reduced to [mush].”

6. Johnny has such a close relationship with Tim Burton that he would have sex with an aardvark if the director demanded it.

7. Jack Sparrow’s line in Pirates of the Caribbean “...and then they made me their chief,” is lifted from comedy series The Fast Show, in which Johnny once famously appeared. “I think it’s one of the most brilliant things I’ve ever seen in any medium,” he gushes.

8. How excited was Johnny with his Oscar nominations for Finding Neverland and Pirates Of The Caribbean? Um... not very. He attended the ceremony after his Pirates nod, but moaned: “All Vanessa and I could think of was: ‘When and where can we go smoke?’ And: ‘Where can we get a drink?’ And: ‘When is it over?’ And: ‘Please, don’t let me win’.”

9. Johnny likes to avoid the press by checking into hotels using ridiculous names. He says: “I used to use the name Mr. Stench; it was funny to be in a posh hotel and hear a very proper concierge call out, ‘Mr. Stench, please’.” He has also used Emma Roid but denies reports that he stayed at any establishment under the name ‘Donkey Penis’.

10. Johnny dared What’s Eating Gilbert Grape co- star Leonardo DiCaprio to sniff a rancid pickled egg and paid him $500 when he did the deed.

I'm not sure if he'll want to share all of the juicy details of his past life with his kids as they get older but with the monster that is the internets, he might have a hard time denying such things!

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Johnny Depp Not Asked to Play Riddler...Dammit

Karl Erikson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:37:00 GMT

According to Cinematical, superstar actor and dad Johnny Depp, 45, is NOT cast as The Riddler in the next Batman movie. In fact, the film isn't yet in the casting phase. As we showed you here at Famecrawler, Johnny was recently in Pompano Beach, Florida performing with his old ban The Kids. Well, while he was there, Depp did a radio interview.

He was asked about The Riddler gig and Johnny replied, "Oh yeah, I heard about that. Not that I know of. It seems like it'd be a fun gig for a while, yeah."

Since director Christopher Nolan isn't even signed to do the movie yet, we can only HOPE that Depp gets signed to the next film. No doubt there WILL be another Batman movie. It just passed the $500 million mark, and it's only the second movie in history to do that. ("Titanic" was the other.)

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Kate Winslet Picking Up the Kids

Whit Honea — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Kate Winslet and her nanny picked up the kids, Mia and Joe, from school in NYC.

I'm digging Joe's Waldo meets my pajamas look. I think Kate has been spying on me.

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Celine Dion's Heart May Go On, But Her Show Won't

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:35:00 GMT

Get out your hankies (or do a happy dance, depending on who you are) - Celine Dion had her final show in Las Vegas last night. After five years the pop star's long-running show at Caesars Palace came to an end Saturday night. The rumor is she's being allowed to leave after finally paying off that huge debt she rang up at the Video Keno machines.

In a speech that ran before the show began, Dion said she had wanted to back out of the show while it was in its planning stages after her son Rene Charles, 7, was born. "I wanted to be more successful as a mother than as a singer...It's a pleasure to perform for you, but I'm extremely passionate to be a mother.”

After her last number, Dion was joined onstage by her husband, Rene Angelil and her son. She was then showered with five gazillion rose petals, each one representing a dollar she has made from her Las Vegas shows.

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Celine Dion Goes Techno

Sassy Smith — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:03:00 GMT

Try not to fall asleep, but Celine Dion goes Techno!

Celine's 6 year old son, Rene Charles, often asks his mother to do techno cover versions of her most famous songs. She's even done the Titanic song, My Heart Will Go On per his request.

She said, "A couple of weeks ago, he took his keyboard and goes, 'Mom, do you want to sing?' This is the last thing I want to do after every night for five years straight, but this is my son. And he starts the music from Titanic. I'm trying to follow the keyboard, a very techno version. But accompanied by my son, it was special."

A big collective "Awwww" now please.

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