Thousands of fans turned out in frigid weather to see Shania Twain carry the Olympic torch into her hometown of Timmins, Ontario.
Shania Twain to guest-judge American Idol
"I feel proud, very proud," the Canadian-born country star was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. "It's a highlight of my life to be able to carry the flame, to light the cauldron."
The 44-year-old Twain, who was thoroughly bundled up for the 16-below-zero conditions, noted that ...
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Country superstar Shania Twain will be a guest judge on American Idol, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Twain will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi when the show begins auditions in Chicago, which begin on...
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After 14 years of marriage, country music star Shania Twain and her husband, music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, are splitting up. The pair married in 1993, six months after meeting. They have a 6-year-old son together. The couple, which owns property together in New Zealand, recently opened a hiking trail through it to the public. Twain and Lange also had a professional connection. Over the years, Lange produced three of Twain's albums: The Woman in Me in 1995, Come on Over in 1997 and Up! In 2002. — Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to see clips Shania music videos and more
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Irony alert! Last Wednesday Nashville's own Mandisa Hundley was the casualty of country-music week on Fox's American Idol (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET), as her rendition of Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" failed to make the entire judging panel (or, apparently, the voting public) effuse.
Defending the song choice — and addressing Simon's reaction to it in particular — Mandisa says, "I know that he does not care for country or for that song too much, but I absolutely love it and don't have any regrets. I think it's a great song and I think that whoever wrote it is brilliant."
If only all the debates Mandisa had to contend with during her Idol engagement were so tidy. Having prefaced her previous week's
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"Scorecards here! Get your American Idol scorecards here!" Now that all — OK, most — of the screamers and howlers have been shown the door, Season 5 of Fox's ratings-magnet reality competition is all set to really begin. As you settle in front of the tube for the first two nights, print out this page and keep it handy for the skinny on who's who among the 24 semifinalists.
The male singers scheduled to perform tonight at 8 pm are: BOBBY BENNETT (19, Denver, Colo.) has been singing since the age of 7. He dreams of becoming a performer so he can make people forget about their troubles for a little while. Before making the Final 24, Bobby worked at Target. KEVIN COVAIS (16, Levittown, N.Y.), a junior at Isla
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