Stars Snub Grieving Celine Dion At Husband’s Service

Celine Dion was a tragic figure at her husband René Angélil's memorial service in Montreal on Thursday. The internationally-beloved pop star, 47, joined mourners while dressed in black and sporting the traditional widow's veil. She stood next to René's open casket alongside her stepsons, Patrick and Jean-Pierre Angélil — with the exhausted diva later escorted outside by René-Charles (pictured), her 15-year-old son with René. The ENQUIRER covered how thousands of fans gathered to give their condolences to the man who went from being Celine's manager to also becoming the love of her life — but some fans were wondering about her famous friends who never made an appearance!

Even as the heartbroken diva was far from her residency in Las Vegas, celebrities were gathering in Sin City to welcome a new pop star to the Strip! Jennifer Lopez continued to draw a star-studded crowd for her first shows at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood resort — with no one taking the time to mention poor Celine on the red carpet. But even that was a tribute to Celine's late husband. It was René who proved to the world that Las Vegas was the place to be for a true pop star. He put together the 2003 Vegas show at Caesars Palace that had Celine grossing over $400 million in four years!

René will have a Canadian state funeral held at 3 pm EST on Friday, January 22. Celine is planning to return to her own Las Vegas residency with a show on Feb. 23. Sadly, Celine is used to playing Vegas with a broken heart. She returned to the stage in September of 2015 despite knowing that Réne was in his final weeks — dying on January 14, 2016, just days before his 74th birthday. “René is with me on that stage,” she said, characterizing the first show of her 40-concert residency as “fragile.” “There will be moments,” she acknowledged, “of emptiness, laughter, awkwardness, tearing up. But that’s the point of coming back.”