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Shania on "In The Spotlight" CMA special - 11/5/13

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Shania on "In The Spotlight" CMA special

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Don Guevara ‏@DonGuevara1

@RobinRoberts makes a surprise cameo @ShaniaTwain show #vegas #caesars

12:25 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://twitter.com/DonGuevara1

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RyanDan @RyanDan

@ShaniaTwain brought @RobinRoberts up on stage from @GMA tonight to sing with us! What a beautiful warm person she is! #ShaniaInVegas

12:36 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

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Tommy · Guru

Chism Sorensen ‏@chismism

Loved seeing @ShaniaTwain and @RobinRoberts sharing their optimism by campfire! #StillTheOne

12:54 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://twitter.com/chismism

Tommy · Guru

Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts

Big check on bucket list...getting on stage & performing in Vegas! Bless you @ShaniaTwain. XO

1:12 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://twitter.com/RobinRoberts

Tommy · Guru

Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts

May show a clip Monday on @GMA Good Morning America. YIKES! "@jenrennay: @RobinRoberts @ShaniaTwain I want to see a video clip, Robin?!! That's so cool!”

1:43 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://twitter.com/RobinRoberts

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

I had the best time with you yesterday, @RobinRoberts. Hope you had a great night at the show! #ShaniaInVegas

11:26 AM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Tommy · Guru

During last nights show I invited Robin Roberts from Good Morning America on stage to join me around the campfire singalong. When I sang "Today Is Your Day", the optimistic spirit of the lyrics was boosted to a whole new level as Robin - such a remarkable example of courage and determination - sat beside me. It was moving to share that moment with her.

8:59 PM ET - 19 Oct 13

http://www.facebook.com/ShaniaTwain

Tommy · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts
May show a clip Monday on @GMA Good Morning America. YIKES! "@jenrennay: @RobinRoberts @ShaniaTwain I want to see a video clip, Robin?!! That's so cool!”
1:43 AM ET - 19 Oct 13
http://twitter.com/RobinRoberts

From Ryan Kowarsky (half of Shania's backup singing duo RyanDan) on Facebook:

Watch Shania Twain on Good Morning America tomorrow morning (Monday October 21) They're showing a great scene from the show!

http://www.facebook.com/ryankowarsky

***This is from the show on Friday, October 18 that "Good Morning America"'s Robin Roberts attended after she interviewed Shania for her upcoming CMA special. "GMA" airs from 7:00-9:00am ET/PT on ABC.

Tommy · Guru

Shania on "In The Spotlight" CMA special - November 5

Tommy · Guru

Star Surveillance

By Robin Leach | October 23, 2013 | 11:44 p.m.

“Good Morning America” anchor and breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts was invited onstage by Shania Twain at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace for the campfire scene during the resident headliner show “Still the One.” Shania sang several songs with her and told the audience that included Carrot Top and “Rock of Ages” at the Venetian star Mark Shunock that Robin was her “mentor in courage.” The foursome met backstage after the show.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/oct/23/star-surveillance-robin-roberts-shania-twain-l-cli/

Tommy · Guru

In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards,” a Special Edition of “20/20,” Airs Tuesday, November 5 at 10PM ET on ABC

ABC News Press Release | October 24, 2013

Exclusive Access with the Hottest Stars and Legends of Country Music Including Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, and Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, as well as the Cast of “Nashville” in Fifth Annual Primetime Special

As fans get ready to celebrate the CMA Awards, ABC brings viewers the fifth annual edition of “In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards”. Featuring the hottest stars on the country scene as well as music’s greatest country legends, the special gives viewers an all-access pass into the homes and private lives of country music’s biggest stars including: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, and the cast of “Nashville.” “In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards,” a Special Edition of “20/20,” airs on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, (10:00 – 11:00 pm ET) on the ABC Television Network. The special airs the night prior to the CMA Awards on ABC. Spotlights include:

Jason Aldean: Robin Roberts is there as country’s reigning stadium king hits one out of the park during a record breaking concert at Boston’s Fenway. Aldean opens up exclusively to Roberts about fame, family, and tabloid headlines he says helped end his marriage.
Luke Bryan: He’s arguably the hottest entertainer in country music right now with his signature hip-shake and hit album, “Crash My Party,” at the top of the charts. For the first time, Luke opens up to ABC News Correspondent Amy Robach about two very private family tragedies that nearly broke him.
Shania Twain: She is back in the spotlight and back on stage. Roberts is with her backstage and even onstage as this former reigning queen of country is overcoming her battle with stage fright and lighting up the Strip in Las Vegas with her high-octane show.
Nashville Cool: Robin Roberts goes behind the scenes on location with the entire cast of the hit ABC Television show “Nashville,” including Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton, and even shoots a very special cameo to appear on the hit series.
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers/ Favorite Country Duets: What is the best country music duet of all time? Roberts counts down the top five as determined by a panel of music experts and viewer votes. We hear from the two legends whose mega-hit “Islands in the Stream” set the standard: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

John Green is the Executive Producer and Janice Johnston is the senior producer on “In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards.”

–ABC–

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/in-the-spotlight-with-robin-roberts-countdown-to-the-cma-awards-a-special-edition-of-2020-airs-tuesday-november-5-at-10pm-et-on-abc/

Tommy · Guru

Five Things You Never Knew About Shania Twain

By JOHN PALACIO, BETH MULLEN and ALEXA VALIENTE | Oct. 31, 2013

After staying out of the spotlight for almost a decade, Shania Twain has dominated Las Vegas this year.

Twain has had hit after hit on both pop and country charts.

She's now brought that magic to the massive stage of the Caesars Palace Colosseum with a show that comes with seven major costume changes and a lavish hotel suite she calls home.

This extravagant lifestyle is a massive change from Twain's life before fame and her very public divorce from then-husband Mutt Lange.

While Twain connects with her audience every night she performs on stage, there are a few things she told ABC News' Robin Roberts that her fans may not know about her.

Click through to see five facts you probably didn't know about Shania Twain.

1. Her Name's Meaning

The true meaning of the name "Shania" isn't clear.

Shania is an Ojibwa Indian name. Twain took it as a stage name and as an homage to her stepfather, Jerry Twain, an Ojibwa Indian. Some say it means "On my way," but others say it has no meaning.

2. Her Fears

If it were up to her, Shania Twain would never have become a singer.

Twain's mother, Sharon Edwards, encouraged and supported Twain's singing career, despite the fact that the family struggled with poverty and hunger.

Twain told ABC News' Robin Roberts, "I wouldn't have done it by myself. I would have shied away from it. I would have shied away from my fears. I would have backed off from my fear of being the center of attention, 'cause it's really not something I'm comfortable with."

3. Her Real Father

Shania Twain never knew her biological father ... until now

Twain revealed to ABC News that she recently reached out to the father she hadn't seen since her parents divorced when she was 2 years old.

According to Twain, "That is just somebody that I've just [had] reintroduced back into in my life, and so it's really interesting now. I wanted my son to know his grandfather."

When asked whether he was surprised that she'd reached out to him, Twain said, "Yeah ... very very surprised. He's a very humble man, very nice man."

4. Her First Song

Shania Twain wrote her first song when she was just 10 years old.

Twain's first song, "Mama Won't You Come Out to Play," was a 10-year-old girl's hope for her mother. "My mother was always ... very isolating of herself," Twain said.

"I don't still really understand why. She's not alive anymore for me to ask her. I wish I could, but she was always that person that was watching life happen from inside through a window."

Twain explained further, "My mother was ... sad a lot of the time and really just didn't have the courage to get out and face life, and so that's why I wrote that song ... inviting my own mother to come out and play."

5. Her New Album

The real reason Shania Twain hasn't produced another album.

It's been 11 years since Twain's last album of all original music. She spent the past decade producing a greatest hits album and raising her now 12-year-old son, Eja.

But the true reason she hasn't yet produced a new album is that she hasn't yet found a replacement for the producer of all of her hit albums, her ex-husband Mutt Lange.

"I feel a little sensitive," Twain said. "I feel a little vulnerable about it, because I've worked with Mutt for so many years."

She said it would be difficult for her to share her creative vulnerability with someone new: "It's ... a hump I have to get over."

But think positive Shania Twain fans. She did reveal to ABC News that she's currently working on songs for an upcoming album.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-knew-shania-twain/story?id=20740297

Loonie Echo · Senior Member

Wow! I am surprised that Shania reached out to her biological father. Very impressive - you can't do it after he has died -so there's no time like the present. I wish Shania could just GET OVER her issues with Mutt and work with him musically again. I know it is hard, but they made amazing music together. Maybe if Mutt promised to move FAR away from Marie Anne.

Butters · Guru

I think it will extremely hard for her to get over her "mutt issues". She is mentally damaged after their whole split. Probably will never be the same.

Izy Twain · Senior Member

I wouldn't call her mentally damage Im very proud of her she has come such a long way and she will find the right one and will be bigger then ever not giving up on my idol.

Thats great that Shania has reached out to her dad and great for Eja to ge to know his grandfather

Butters · Guru

It will be years. Mark my words. Years before she is even "ready" to go into a studio. She is still looking for a producer. Then she will have to be comfortable with one. Then she will have to record an album. Then it will takes months before it is ready for release. This is if she actually decides to go with a new producer and ever feels comfortable with one.

The divorce really killed her career. It paralyzed her. Such a talent is stuck performing hits from over 15 years ago. Sad.

Tommy · Guru

Here is a commercial with a brief clip of Shania.

In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards

ABC's Robin Roberts sits down with the hottest stars on the country music scene on Tuesday, 10 p.m.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/countdown-cma-awards-20779385

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It doesn't look like Shania will be at the CMA Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night. She probably headed back to the Bahamas today for a few weeks.

List of performers and presenters:

http://www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards/about/performers-presenters/

Tommy · Guru

Promo picture

Tommy · Guru

Here is a preview of tonight's "In The Spotlight" which aired this morning on "Good Morning America."

Shania Twain Gets Back 'In the Spotlight'

The country superstar opens up about her divorce and returning to the limelight.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-back-spotlight-20787615

Tommy · Guru

Shania Twain @ShaniaTwain

The interview I did w/ my new friend @RobinRoberts airs on @ABCNetwork TONIGHT at 10pm/EST! We had a great time!

12:10 PM ET - 5 Nov 13

http://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain

Tommy · Guru

GREAT INTERVIEW! Robin tweeted the following after Shania's interview aired at the top of the show.

Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts

Thanks to my new BFF @ShaniaTwain for being so gracious and open in #CountdownToCMAAwards. Going back to Vegas to see your fab show again!

10:13 PM ET - 5 Nov 13

http://twitter.com/RobinRoberts

codyandshania · Senior Member

Tommy wrote:
Here is a preview of tonight's "In The Spotlight" which aired this morning on "Good Morning America."
Shania Twain Gets Back 'In the Spotlight'
The country superstar opens up about her divorce and returning to the limelight.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-back-spotlight-20787615

She sounds so great in the live clips! She really has improved since opening night back in December! Can't wait to see the rest of the interview!

Izy Twain · Senior Member

So excited so so proud of her she has come such a long way such an inspiration

Robby · Senior Member

Tommy wrote:
Here is a preview of tonight's "In The Spotlight" which aired this morning on "Good Morning America."
Shania Twain Gets Back 'In the Spotlight'
The country superstar opens up about her divorce and returning to the limelight.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-back-spotlight-20787615

Transcript for Shania Twain Gets Back 'In the Spotlight'

The cma awards. Tomorrow night in nashville. This morning, we're counting down with shania twain.

She's back in the spotlight. And I had the pleasure. It was a pleasure to sit down with her where she opened up about everything from bouncing back after her painful divorce to turning her current gig into a real family affair.

Reporter: Watching shania twain take over a las vegas stage, you wouldn't know that the superstar has been away from the spotlight for nearly a decade. ♪ I feel like a woman ♪ ♪ Reporter: She's in the middle of a two-year run of a flashy stage show at caesar's palace. And has seemingly the whole family in on the act. Your husband is taking pictures. Your sun is pulling people out of the audience. Your sister is part of the group of packup singers.

I love my baby sister.

Reporter: Does that make the experience more pleasurable having the family involved?

A big part of why I decided to get back up on the stage again, knowing that I as going to be able to have that support around me. When I came here on this stage, you look around. I'm like -- it's so huge. What am I going to do with myself on the stage? We're going to cover the stage. Now that I'm here, there's not enough stage. This isn't anything enough for me. I'm going out there.

Reporter: Shania and her family live in the casino hotel. This is where you live.

This is where I live.

Reporter: A lavish, private, top floor suite. Because this mom of a 12-year-old has returned to performing, does not mean she's shirking her duties on the home front.

Look at my kitchen.

Reporter: The kitchen.

I cook. I love to cook. I cook all our meals here. I'll cook it in the afternoon. And I bring it downstairs in a bag. I feed everybody downstairs in the dressing room.

Reporter: That's a different kind of way of brown bagging it.

It is exactly that.

Reporter: Shania is newly remarried to a french executive. Five years ago, her first marriage ended. Her ex-husband says they simply grew apart. But she says she discovered her husband was having an affair with her best friend. How do you move on from that?

How do you keep going? Well, every step and grip up that you take in your life to move forward to move up, to grow. There's always somebody tugging at your ankle and trying to rip you down. You know, the divorce, and the betrayal and all that. Just one more thing trying to stand in my way. That was a big thing. Those things bring out a lot -- they bring out the deepest grief and the deepest feeling of disappointment, anger. You know, like death. Death does that. All these things that scare the out of you.

Reporter: These days shania seems to be putting the tragedies of the past behind her. She's working on music for an upcoming album. And truly enjoying her return to the stage. And her new legion of fans. She puts on a show there. And a big white horse. Horses come out. She comes in on a motorcycle. Wow. It is a full-on production. And she just signed up again.

She'll be there through 2014. I really cannot wait to share more of the interview. I asked her point-blank, have you forgiven your ex-husband?

Wait until you hear what you has to say about that. Thank you so much. It wasn't a simple yes.

It wasn't a simple yes or no. But her husband -- I love how she calls him fred. It's frederique, but she calls him fred.

They're so loving together. We have so many incredible country stars to share with you tonight. Jason aldean, luke bryan.

The sure to watch "20/20" "in the spotlight" tonight, countdown to the cma awards. I'm heading to nashville after the show. We're going to have luke bryan.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-back-spotlight-20787615

Tommy · Guru

Very hard to hear but will have to do until a better quality video pops up.

Tommy · Guru

I think this is Shania's bodyguard/escort.

Tommy · Guru

Video of last night's "In The Spotlight" interview.

Shania Twain Makes Her Comeback

After over 11 years without releasing an album, Shania Twain is working on new music.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-makes-comeback-20799162

Robby · Senior Member

Transcript for Shania Twain Makes Her Comeback

Hello, everybody and thanks for joining us. Whether you are a fan of country or not, this is going to be your kind of show, your all access vip pass to some of the biggest stars today, their songs, their stories and kicking off with an amazing come back story, shania twain. She's tearing off the roof in las vegas these days, not bad for the little girl whose biggest dream used to be singing back-up for stevie wonder.

Fortunately for all us shania fans, what happens in vegas doesn't say in vegas.

Reporter: Top hats, sparkle, leopard prints! Shania twain has dominated las vegas this year with her live show at caesar's palace. It's a spectacular comeback after being away from the spotlight for almost a decade. It's hard not to be impressed by shania's career. Hit after hit on both the country and pop charts.

Reporter: In fact, according to nielsen, her third album "come on over" is the best selling country music album of all time.

This is the larger than life "shania. "

These are huge.

Reporter: They didn't look so big 'cause I'm kinda tall. Her vegas stage is a high tech playing ground with multiple underground passageways, including shania's wardrobe room.

Look at how short my shorts are. Ha! I would never wear these shorts in real life. I would be way too shy.

Reporter: But on stage?

On stage, I face my fears.

Reporter: Shania has seven -- count them -- seven major changes in the show.

So the number ends -- go!

Reporter: Usually just two minutes to race to her quick change room, rip off her clothes and get in another outfit. Are you ever fearful that you might have a wardrobe malfunction?

Last night, I'm in my last number -- Reporter: Uh-huh. And like, oh, no, I think my skirt's caught up in my underwear. And -- the problem is I've got a big coat over me, so I couldn't get it, so I'm like -- I'm like, oh, trying to make sure, and that would be really embarrassing.

Reporter: Woo! And she not only performs in the hotel, during her run, she lives there. This, in essence, is your commute.

It is. It's my walk to work every day, yeah. It takes about -- well, not even quite a minute.

Shania! Reporter: She's got it! She's got it, people! This glamorous lifestyle is in stark contrast to a life marked by pain and tragedy. She grew up in a small town in ontario, canada, one of five kids who struggled with poverty, hunger and abuse. Shania wrote in her memoir that her step-father physically abused her mom and verbally abused her as a young girl.

I don't know how you get past coming to your room saying words that I can't even repeat here on the air to you. Yeah, exactly. And you refer to him and you said he's a good man.

How do you reconcile all that?

I know that that's interesting. Uh, I'm gonna talk about this for the very first time, actually.

Now, I never knew my biological father. Jerry, who raised me, he was -- he was my father. He still is my father.

He was a wonderful man in so many ways, and had a great deal of -- really of forming who i am, who I've become. But he had a problem. And that problem was, uh, you know, psychologically devastating and traumatic for me.

I'm not even trying to rationalize his behavior because I think that that would be, uh, that would just be a mistake. But I do think that you have to take the good with the bad.

Reporter: At 22 years old, a shattering setback, she lost her mother and step-father in a car accident. And then, five years ago, another heartbreak. A very public divorce. Her ex-husband says they simply "grew apart." But she says her husband cheated on her with her closest friend, leading to the break-up of her 14-year marriage. The story became one of the biggest celebrity divorce scandals of the decade. It's been five years.

Have you forgiven him?

Uh, I don't -- I'm not -- oh, forgiving, I'm still mad. You know? I'll probably be mad forever. You know, I think I'll just always be mad about that. It's like my parents dying. I'll always be -- you know, I'm always gonna be sad about that. I'm never going to be okay with it. And I think that's okay, too, you know? I'm just never going to be okay with the fact that my parents are gone. I'm never gonna be okay, um, you know, with what my friend did to me in my marriage. Never. And I'm never gonna be, uh, okay with the way it was handled by him. So -- but it doesn't eat away at me. I'm just not hung up about it anymore.

Reporter: After the divorce, in an ironic twist, the only other person who knew exactly what she was going through became her closest confidante, the husband of the other woman, french executive frederic thiebaud. The two fell in love and married. Your wonderful husband, coming up on three years now.

Yes, yes. Reporter: What kind of man is he?

He's my best friend, you know, but he's a real sexy best friend. You know, that's so important because -- you know, you don't want to just be friends with your husband, right? No, no.

Reporter: Shania, her new husband, and her 12-year-old son now call this caesar's palace suite home. It includes their own personal guarded elevator to the top floor. I just gotta -- this is where you live.

This is where I live.

Reporter: This, wow. Despite the vegas opulence, large photos of family, family vacations and family pets, many taken by her husband, reveal where this singer's heart truly lies.

I've got a piano here, which I love. That's why I love this suite here, because of the piano. It's home, it's home. It is home. It will do. Please welcome, robin roberts!!

Reporter: And boy, is she at home on stage, even somehow convincing me into singing. For shania fans who can't make it to las vegas to see her perform live, there is a big headline for the future. After 11 years, she's finally working on an album of all new music. This time without her ex-husband, who was also her producer.

I have not chosen the producer yet. So I got to meet the right personality. They've gotta be sensitive to that, um, they've gotta be nurturing about it - - this whole demand list!

Reporter: I don't know why you can't find someone, shania. Why?

New music, a new life, a new outlook for the future.

After everything she's been through, the best thing now about being shania twain is the prerogative to have a little fun. I feel like a woman!

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-makes-comeback-20799162

Dance with the One That Brought You · Member

Tommy wrote:
I think this is Shania's bodyguard/escort.

That looks like her manager, Jason Owen.

Tommy · Guru

Tommy wrote:
Video of last night's "In The Spotlight" interview.
Shania Twain Makes Her Comeback
After over 11 years without releasing an album, Shania Twain is working on new music.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/shania-twain-makes-comeback-20799162

Here is the video on YouTube.

Shaniafan · Veteran Member

Really enjoyed this interview! Wish they would have aired the part about her reconnecting with her biological father though.

Izy Twain · Senior Member

Ya I agree that would have been neat to hear what she had to say about her biological father. She is so real and such an inspiration.

Tommy · Guru

GAC (Great American Country) is re-airing Shania's interview with Robin Roberts tonight at 8:00pm ET.

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In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, and the cast of Nashville

Featuring the hottest stars on the country scene as well as music's greatest country legends, "In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts" gives viewers an all-access pass into the homes and private lives of country music's biggest stars including: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, and the cast of "Nashville". Jason Aldean: Robin Roberts is there as country's reigning stadium king hits one out of the park during a record breaking concert at Boston's Fenway. Aldean opens up exclusively to Roberts about fame, family, and tabloid headlines he says helped end his marriage. Luke Bryan: He's arguably the hottest entertainer in country music right now with his signature hip-shake and hit album, "Crash My Party," at the top of the charts. For the first time, Luke opens up to ABC News Correspondent Amy Robach about two very private family tragedies that nearly broke him. Shania Twain: She is back in the spotlight and back on stage. Roberts is with her backstage and even onstage as this former reigning queen of country is overcoming her battle with stage fright and lighting up the Strip in Las Vegas with her high-octane show. Nashville Cool: Robin Roberts goes behind the scenes on location with the entire cast of the hit ABC Television show "Nashville," including Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton, and even shoots a very special cameo to appear on the hit series. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers/ Favorite Country Duets: What is the best country music duet of all time? Roberts counts down the top five as determined by a panel of music experts and viewer votes. We hear from the two legends whose mega-hit "Islands in the Stream" set the standard: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

http://www.gactv.com/gac/shows_gcspt/episode/0,3563,GAC_46055_91179,00.html