Yang Lan conceived the ideaofcollaborating withCelineDionaftersheinterviewed the superstar backstageatDion's Las Vegas show at Caesars Palace hotel-casino in May, 2007.
According to a published report, Mr. Woodard was involved in an altercation in 2004 with a security guard for the singer Usher backstage at a concert at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.