{"id":630823,"date":"2026-10-14T23:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630823\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:32:12","slug":"its-doll-coming-back-to-me-now-celine-dion-gets-her-own-barbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630823\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s doll coming back to me now: Celine Dion gets her own Barbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-827188\" class=\"body-graf\">Celine Dion is being made into a doll, one that will be sought by fans near, far, wherever they are.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-569332\" class=\"body-graf\">The maker of Barbie announced it was releasing a special edition doll of Dion, 58, as part of its Mattel Creations line. The toy is modeled after the Canadian singer\u2019s 1998 Oscars performance, where she sang \u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d from James Cameron\u2019s \u201cTitanic\u201d film.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3cc0db\" class=\"body-graf\">Dion\u2019s doll form has the same hair style, long-sleeved gown from her performance, as well as the Heart of the Ocean, the necklace that was famously featured in the movie. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-37538b\" class=\"body-graf\">The company announced the doll in an Instagram post and urged consumers not to wait. The caption noted that \u201cshe\u2019s limited and she\u2019s legendary.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-18f464\" class=\"body-graf\">The doll is the latest celebration of the 58-year-old\u2019s career after Dion revealed she\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/celine-dion-reveals-stiff-person-syndrome-emotional-video-postpones-to-rcna60723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder<\/a>. She announced in 2022 that she had stiff-person syndrome, telling fans in a video that the disease was causing painful spasms that it made it difficult for her to walk.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-40d0eb\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cUnfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal chords to sing the way I\u2019m used to,\u201d Dion said at the time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9c1015\" class=\"body-graf\">But Dion refused to allow the disease to stop her from singing. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a08bde\" class=\"body-graf\">In 2024, she performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/olympics\/fans-share-emotional-reactions-celine-dions-comeback-paris-olympics-rcna163971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<\/a> for the Summer Olympics opening ceremony with her rendition of French singer \u00c9dith Piaf\u2019s iconic \u201cHymne \u00e0 l\u2019amour.\u201d Fans around the world were moved to see the singer triumph over her medical condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/240728-celine-dion-vl-1249p-aae23c.jpg\" alt=\"Celine Dion sings on stage\" height=\"1194\" width=\"1791\"\/>Celine Dion performing at the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, two years after announcing that she has stiff-person syndrome.Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9691a6\" class=\"body-graf\">Singer Kelly Clarkson, who was serving as a co-host for NBC\u2019s broadcast, struggled to find the words that could describe the emotion of the scene.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-83cc7d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIf you know anything just about Celine right now &#8230; this is her purpose. And if you know anything about what she\u2019s going through right now and \u2014 I\u2019m so sorry, I\u2019m trying to hold it together \u2014 but that she got through that, that was incredible,\u201d Clarkson said at the time, calling her a \u201cgold winner for vocal athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-04f21c\" class=\"body-graf\">Dion returned to the stage again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/music\/celine-dion-triumphant-return-paris-rare-condition-rcna597461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last month in a series of comeback concerts<\/a>. It was the first of a 26-show residency in Paris where Dion gave fans a taste of some of her greatest hits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f0f6a1\" class=\"body-graf\">Among the songs chosen for the setlist was \u201cAll by Myself,\u201d one of the most difficult vocal performances in Dion\u2019s extensive catalogue of ballads. One American fan described the show to  NBC News as a \u201cvictory lap.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b607fb\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cI think her belief is renewed, I think her spirit is renewed,\u201d said Francesca Pezzulo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celine Dion is being made into a doll, one that will be sought by fans near, far, wherever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-630823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}