For the first time in their celebrated careers, Celine Dion, above, and Quincy Jones, below, are working on a record together, a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
Celine Dion and legendary producer Quincy Jones are teaming up for the first time.
Dion and Jones got together at the Palms recording studios on Tuesday for a special record.
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They are collaborating on a song for a tribute CD to Italian composer Ennio Morricone, best known for scoring Clint Eastwood's classic spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
"It's the principal reason why we accepted, to work with Quincy," Dion's husband/manager Rene Angelil said.
Oscar-winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman have written the lyrics for the song, titled "I Knew I Loved You," which didn't have lyrics in director Sergio Leone's 1984 film "Once Upon a Time in America," starring Robert DeNiro and James Woods.
Nominated 16 times for Oscars, the Bergmans won Academy Awards in 1968, 1973 and 1984 for the songs, "The Windmills of Your Mind," "The Way We Were," and for the score for "Yentl."
Angelil said Dion's first album in four years will come out next year, when her four-year run at Caesars Palace ends. A meeting with her record company is scheduled for next week, he said.
Dion's last No. 1 hit, "My Heart Will Go On," was in 1998.
Her duet with Tony Bennett of "If I Ruled The World" comes out this week.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Janet Jackson has booked her album release party at Tao (The Venetian) on Saturday, tying in with Tao's first anniversary weekend. Her new album is titled "20 Y.O." A 500-foot red carpet will be rolled out for both nights. ...
IndyCar driver Danica Patrick will be at Fashion Show mall on Oct. 6 to model and unveil her new watches at Tissot's Fall Fashion Preview. ...
"America's Got Talent" is back for a second-second audition Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The line starts at 8 a.m. For more information, go to http://www. nbc.com/Americas_Got_Talent/apply/ on the Web. ...
I'm hearing that Siegfried & Roy's "star" will be installed at Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden, their animal sanctuary at The Mirage. ...
Casey Freelove and Corey Olson will be shifting their weekend sports talk show to weekdays starting Monday on KSFN-AM 1140 (Spike). With the 10-11 a.m. time slot, they'll be airing the earliest local sports show. For the past two years, their weekend show won consecutive Electronic Media Award awards for "Best Show, Locally Produced." ... And speaking of the EMAs, this year's event is Oct. 20 at the Golden Nugget. ...
Clint Holmes will be sharing his final week on the stage at Harrah's with many of his friends and some newcomers. The lineup leading up to his Saturday finale will include: Martin Nievera, Penn & Teller piano player Mike Jones, The Tap Girls, Fifth Avenue, the cast of Second City, The Las Vegas Tenors, George Wallace and Mosaic, the vocal group that opens for George Wallace. ...
R. David Paulison, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speaks at the EMS Expo today (Las Vegas Convention Center) on the response to Hurricane Katrina. ...
The second round of the Review-Journal's image Model Search will be in the Great Hall at the Fashion Show Mall at 6 p.m. Thursday. The public is invited.
SIGHTINGS
Actor Ryan Gosling, at Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce (Mandalay Bay) on Sunday. He was heading for Canada where he will film his latest project "Lars and the Real Girl."
THE PUNCH LINE
"I don't know what's sadder: That the King of Pop is almost 50 or that Tito had to cater the party." -- Jimmy Kimmel
