Celine Dion's storybook rise from humble Quebec roots to the biggest stages in the world is well-known.
But a CBC-TV movie about her early career traces something she initially kept hidden from the public out of fear of a backlash - her May-December romance with manager Rene Angelil, who met the vocal powerhouse when she was just 13 and he was 39.
Their love affair didn't begin until Dion reached adulthood, but the pair kept it private for years, only to be largely embraced when they finally announced their fairy-tale courtship.
"Age ain't nuthin' but a number, baby," says actress Christine Ghawi, who portrays the pop superstar in the made-for-TV movie, "Celine."
"Hopefully we've managed to kind of clear (any controversy) in the minds of the audience because it's really just about love. There's no perversion to it or anything like that, it's truly just love and magic and the achievement of your potential as a human being."
The rags-to-riches tale follows Dion's musical journey from the age of 10 to 24, starting with her earliest performances at her parents' working class pub in Quebec and ending just before she moved to Las Vegas to begin a four-and-a-half-year residency with a lavish song-and-dance extravaganza at Caesars Palace.
Read more at: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081002/entertainment/tv_celine_movie
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