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‘High School Musical’ is back

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Don’t sleep on ‘Doctor Sleep’

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A change to “Dancing With the Stars”elimination rules meant to

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It’s the kind of loss that would crip-
ple anyone, but Dion, 51, has handled
tragedy with her usual grace and re-
lentless work ethic: releasing French-
language album “Encore un soir” in
late summer 2016, playing shows in
Las Vegas and across North America
and even going viral with cheeky ap-
pearances in “Deadpool 2“ and “Car-
pool Karaoke.”
Now she’s back with “Courage,” her
first English-language album in six
years, which finds her dipping into a
variety of genres as she teams up with
a slew of hit songwriters and pro-
ducers.
Clocking in at roughly 70 minutes
on the album’s 20-song deluxe ver-
sion, “Courage” can at times feel over-
stuffed and impersonal, as she tries on
squalling EDM bangers (“Flying on My
Own”) and middle-finger-waving em-
powerment pop (the Sia-written “Ly-
ing Down”), whose generic lyrics could

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Dion shows

‘Courage’

amid her

grieving

Patrick Ryan

Columnist

USA TODAY

Celine Dion on opening night of her
Courage tour in Quebec City.
ALICE CHICHE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Celine Dion has gifted us some of
the most iconic power ballads of the
past two decades, singing about un-
stoppable love on chart-toppers “It’s
All Coming Back to Me Now,” “Because
You Loved Me” and “My Heart Will Go
On.”
But her stories of everlasting ro-
mance took on heartbreaking new
meaning in January 2016, when Dion’s
husband, René Angélil, died after a
years-long battle with throat cancer.
She was dealt another blow just two
days later with the death of her older
brother, Daniel Dion, also from cancer.

The royal couples are reunited! Prince William and

Prince Harry, and their respective wives, Duchess

Kate of Cambridge and Duchess Meghan of Sussex,

appeared together over the weekend for the first

time in months for Remembrance observations. On

Sunday, the royal family gathered for the annual

Remembrance Day Service at The Cenotaph in Lon-

don. Queen Elizabeth II, who stood next to Kate on a

balcony, was overcome with emotion and wiped

tears from her eyes during the ceremony to com-

memorate those who have lost their lives in con-

flicts. Meghan appeared on a different balcony,

channeling Princess Diana in a wide brim black hat

and black overcoat. Prince William and Prince Harry

participated by laying wreaths.

Queen

Elizabeth II

and

Duchess

Catherine

attend

Sunday’s

memorial

in London.

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WILL & KATE & HARRY & MEGHAN