Cynthia Weil, Grammy winning lyricist who teamed husband Barry Mann, dead at 82
Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and dozens of other hits, has died at age 82.
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Dolly Parton on her 50th Grammy nod: 'It's always special'
FILE - Dolly Parton performs in concert on May 27, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. It's been 51 years since Dolly Parton earned her first Grammy nomination, and this year the national treasure who has won nine Grammys throughout her career is competing for her 50th honor. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ It's been 51 years since Dolly Parton earned her first Grammy nomination, and this year the national treasure who has won nine Grammys throughout her career is competing for her 50th honor. Parton's first Grammy nomination was at the 1970 show for โJust Someone I Used to Know,โ a duet with Porter Wagoner. An updated version of โJolene" won Parton and a cappella group Pentatonix a trophy.
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Dolly Parton remixes โJoleneโ to encourage others to get the COVID vaccine
Dolly Parton received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on March 2, 2021. Parton tweeted out the photo to her more than 5 million followers. Count Dolly Parton among the millions of Americans who have now received the COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, the Country music legend tweeted out a video of her getting a dose of the Moderna vaccine. [Tennessee bill aims to make โAmazing Graceโ sung by Dolly Parton an official state song]โVaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine.
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'Vaccine, vaccine': Dolly sings 'Jolene' rewrite before shot
FILE - Dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Grammy-winning singer, actor and humanitarian posted a video on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, of her singing just before getting her COVID-19 vaccine shot. Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee for coronavirus research. It goes, โVaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, Iโm begging of you please don't hesitate,'" the actor, singer and humanitarian sang in a social media post on Tuesday, just before receiving her shot. In 2020, she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for coronavirus research.
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A Dolly Parton song could become one stateโs official anthem
Join Bridget and Lindsey as they talk about Dolly Partonโs โAmazing Graceโ potentially being an official state song, the five things The Everygirl wonโt be wearing after quarantine, and Anya Taylor-Joyโs show-stopping dress from The Golden Globes.
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Fonda says Hollywood needs more diversity after Globes honor
In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Jane Fonda accepts the Cecil B. deMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)LOS ANGELES โ Just like in her career, Jane Fonda used the Golden Globesโ platform to speak on deeper issues calling for greater diversity in Hollywood while praising the โcommunity of storytellersโ as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award. While wearing an all-white suit, Fonda raised the Globesโ highest honor above her head Sunday before commending storytellers for their vital role in troubled times. She is the daughter of Oscar winner Henry Fonda, who died in 1982, and sister of Peter Fonda, who died in 2019. She launched IndieCollectโs Jane Fonda Fund for Women Directors, an organization aimed to support the restoration of films helmed by women from around the world.
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Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol
FILE - Dolly Parton performs in concert on July 31, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds in Nashville. In a statement released Thursday, Parton says that given current events, she doesn't think being put on a pedestal is appropriate at this time. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds in Nashville. Democratic Rep. John Mark Windle introduced the bill last month that aims to honor Parton โfor all that she has contributed to this state." (Sheโs) a passionate person who loves everyone, and everyone loves her.โIn her Thursday statement, Parton thanked the legislature for their consideration of the bill and said she was honored and humbled by their intentions.
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Wait, โI Will Always Love Youโ was written about what?
Arguably one of the most famous of love songs, โI Will Always Love Youโ doesnโt have the back story you might have imagined it did. What most people probably arenโt aware of, is what the song was actually written about. โThere was a lot of grief and heartache there, and he just wasnโt listening to my reasoning for my going,โ Parton told CMT in a 2011 interview. She went on to record her next album, which featured โI Will Always Love You.โ It became a multiple-time No. Itโs been one of the biggest songs ever.โAdAs much as weโd love to pick a favorite, we just canโt.
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Super Bowl in Tampa creates 'craziness' outside, inside
They arrived in Orlando on Friday and drove 90 minutes to Tampa the following day to โcheck out the sceneโ and grab dinner. โThe cardboard fans actually make it look like itโs full,โ said Tampa native and longtime Bucs season-ticket holder Matt Geer. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor issued an executive order last month requiring masks to be worn outside in the cityโs most popular entertainment and recreation areas during Super Bowl festivities and the days following the event. It was his first Super Bowl since 1969 in Miami. Goodmanโs oldest son, Lee, fell in love with the Buccaneers while playing video games and wanting nothing more than to see them in the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years.
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A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch
It might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Amazon shows off a sexy new body for its Alexa assistant, Dan Levy apologizes for eating M&M's and Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade makes a downpour of lemons a metaphor for 2020's troubles. AdInspiration4 โ Join Us "In what is surely a first in Super Bowl history, an ad for Inspiration4, a SpaceX supported all-civilian space mission touts a chance for viewers to join the mission. Dan Levy of โSchittโs Creekโ apologizes to the M&M anthropomorphic characters that are Super Bowl mainstays and says he promises not to โeat any more of their friends." And E-Trade, famous for the talking baby ads it ran in the Super Bowl from 2008 until they โretired" in 2014, is back in the big game with an undisclosed ad.
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Dolly Parton on Super Bowl commercial and COVID-19 vaccine
The Grammy-winning legend's 1980s hit has been flipped by Squarespace โ a company that helps users build and host their own websites โ for a Super Bowl commercial debuting Tuesday. Iโm really happy. Iโm going to get mine though, but Iโm going to wait. Iโm going to get mine. Iโm going to get it.
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Jane Fonda to receive Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award
FILE - Actress Jane Fonda appears at the 71st international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 12, 2018. The Golden Globes will bestow the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Fonda during the 78th annual awards show next month. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Jane Fonda cemented herself into Hollywood allure as a chameleonlike actor and social activist, and now the Golden Globes will honor her illustrious career with its highest honor. Fonda will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 78th annual awards ceremony on Feb. 28, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. She launched IndieCollectโs Jane Fonda Fund for Women Directors, an organization aimed to support the restoration of films helmed by women from around the world.
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Lawmaker wants Dolly Parton statue at Tennessee Capitol
FILE - Dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ A statue of country music icon Dolly Parton could be added to the Capitol grounds in Nashville, Tennessee, if one state lawmaker gets his way. Democratic Rep. John Mark Windle introduced a bill Tuesday that aims to honor Parton โfor all that she has contributed to this state,โ news outlets reported. Aside from her status as a music icon, Parton is a lifelong philanthropist. โ(Sheโs) a passionate person who loves everyone, and everyone loves her.โ
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Tony Rice, master bluegrass guitarist from Danville, dies at 69
ANGERS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: Tony Rice of The Tony Rice Unit performs on stage during Day 2 of Angers Bluegrass Festival on June 7, 1987 in Angers, France. Rice died Friday at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina, according to International Bluegrass Music Association spokesperson Casey Campbell, who did not immediately provide additional details. โMany if not all of the Bluegrass guitar players of today would say that they cut their teeth on Tony Riceโs music. His last live guitar performance was in 2013, when he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. It was updated on Dec. 28, 2020 to correct that Tony Rice kept rattlesnake rattles in one of his prized guitars, not rattlesnakes.
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Dolly Parton saves life of 9-year-old costar, proving sheโs a real-life angel
This image released by CBS shows Dolly Parton in a scene from her holiday special, "A Holly Dolly Christmas," airing Sunday, Dec. 6 on CBS. (CBS via AP)When Dolly Partonโs not playing an angel in her new holiday movie, sheโs playing one in real life. Weโre not talking about how Parton literally saved lives by helping to fund vaccine research โ this time, weโre talking about how she pulled her 9-year-old costar to safety. According to an interview with Inside Edition, Parton was on the set of her new Netflix holiday movie โDolly Partonโs Christmas on the Square.โโWe were on set, and I was at the hot chocolate station, and they said โGo back to your beginning positions,โโ Talia Hill, Partonโs costar, said in an interview with Inside Edition. The movie premiered on Netflix last month.
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New Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76
FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo, actress Carol Sutton arrives at the World Premiere of "Poms" in Los Angeles. Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy Steel Magnolias and the TV series Queen Sugar, has died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, from complications from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Sutton was 76. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy โSteel Magnoliasโ and the TV series โQueen Sugar,โ has died from complications from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Sutton was 76.
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Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year
(AP Photo)LOS ANGELES โ Yes, 2020 may seem like a complete fail with all the constant bad news and tragic moments. Itโs been filled with gloom and doom, but some celebrities and those inspired by them have tried to brighten a bleak year. He reassigned his 10 seamstresses in New York to produce thousands daily for health care workers on the frontlines. The singer and husband Emilio Estefan's restaurant Estefan Kitchen served up homemade meals for health care workers in Miami. The challenge coordinated offers by celebrities and athletes to raise funds to feed those in need during the pandemic.
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Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year
(NBC/Apple/HBO Max/Netflix/Disney + via AP)LOS ANGELES โ Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last centuryโs animated charmers. HOLIDAY HARMONYโ โMy Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood,โ now streaming on HBO Max. โ โMariah Careyโs Magical Christmas Special,โ Dec. 4, Apple TV+. Music, dancing, animation and surprise guest stars help create what the streaming service promises to be a heartwarming journey with the pop star. Dolly Parton sings hymns, holiday pop classics and tunes from her new album, and shares personal and faith-based Christmas memories.
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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with virus rules
People look from the windows of 30 Rockefeller Center as more than 50,000 lights on the 75-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree are illuminated at the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK โ Rockin' around the Christmas tree looks different for visitors at Rockefeller Center this year, starting with Wednesday's tree lighting ceremony. In the days following the lighting until the early part of January, those wishing to take a look at the tree will have to follow a host of rules. At that point, they will be directed to specific pods, each of which can hold four people, to look at the tree. Workers at Rockefeller Center first put up a tree in 1931.
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Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments
BOSTON โ Dolly Parton is being celebrated in song โ a rewritten version of her own โJoleneโ โ for her contribution to an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Northeastern University associate English professor Ryan Cordell posted a video on Twitter of himself performing a tweaked version of Parton's signature song, renamed โVaccine," that has drawn tens of thousands of views. The lyrics, โVaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine / Iโm begging of you, please go in my arm / Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine / Please just keep me safe from COVID harm," were written by linguist and author Gretchen McCulloch, who posted them online and invited people to record them. โSo I went and grabbed my guitar.โPartonโs $1 million gift to Nashvilleโs Vanderbilt University Medical Center helped researchers develop Modernaโs experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced this week. The positive reaction to his video from doctors, nurses and other medical professionals is particularly gratifying, he said.
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Cardi B, Dolly Parton, Dua Lipa to be honored by Billboard
NEW YORK โ Cardi B has only released one major single this year โ the hit โWAP" โ but it's enough for Billboard to name her Woman of the Year. Billboard announced the honor Wednesday and the Grammy-winning rapper will be celebrated at the music brand's 15th Annual Women in Music Event, which will stream live on Dec. 10 at billboardwomeninmusic.com at 8 p.m. EDT. Jennifer Lopez will receive the Icon Award at the event and Dolly Parton will earn the Powerhouse Award. Other honorees include pop star Dua Lipa (Powerhouse Award), R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle (Rising Star Award) and singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez (Impact Award). Outside of โWAP" โ which co-stars Megan Thee Stallion and spent four weeks at No.
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Dolly Parton is saving the world by helping fund Modernaโs coronavirus vaccine
Is there anything Dolly Parton canโt do? One of the benefactors of that vaccine research is Parton herself, according to the preliminary report posted by The New England Journal of Medicine. On April 1, she announced on Instagram that she would be making a $1 million donation to support the research of her longtime friend, Dr. Naji Abumrad, at Vanderbilt University to help fund the universityโs coronavirus research. An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 โ Preliminary ReportAs you can see, โthe Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)โ is among the supporters. If indeed Modernaโs vaccine is distributed, we certainly have one legendary entertainer to thank.
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Dove Awards name for KING & COUNTRY top artist
FILE - Joel Smallbone, right, and Luke Smallbone of For King and Country appear at the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Oct. 11, 2016. The brother duo earned their first artist of the year award at the Gospel Music Associations Dove Awards, which aired on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Brother duo for KING & Country earned their first artist of the year award at the Gospel Music Associationโs Dove Awards, which aired on Friday without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Luke and Joel Smallbone, who perform as for KING & COUNTRY, also picked up an award for short form video of the year for their duet with Dolly Parton. Tasha Cobbs Leonard won gospel artist of the year and rapper Kayne West, who is on the ballot in some states as a presidential candidate, won for rap/hip hop recorded song of the year, his first Dove Award.
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Trailblazer Charley Pride to get lifetime achievement award
NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Trailblazing country music star Charley Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November. 1 hits between the 1960s and 1980s, with songs like โKiss An Angel Good Mornin'โ and โIs Anybody Goin' to San Antone.โPride, 82, will accept the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award on the CMA Awards on Nov. 11 on ABC. Pride was named CMA Entertainer of the year in 1971 and won male artist of the year in 1971 and 1972. He has three Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Other recipients of the award include Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson.
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Carrie Underwood named top artist at CMT Music Awards
In this video image provided by CMT, Carrie Underwood accepts the female of the year award for Drinking Alone during the Country Music Television awards airing on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (CMT via AP)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Carrie Underwood already had the most CMT Music Awards of any artist, but she'll need to make more room on her shelf. The superstar picked up two more trophies for video of the year and female video of the year in a remotely shot awards show. "I am so proud to be a part of this legacy of women in country music with you. Singer Granger Smith won for his on-the-nose music video called โDon't Cough On Me!"
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Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker take over as CMA Awards hosts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Country stars Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker are promising laughs and good music when they co-host this year's CMA Awards in November. McEntire, a Country Music Hall of Famer and veteran host of country music awards shows, returns after hosting last year with Carrie Underwood and Dolly Parton. Pride was the first Black country artist to co-host the awards show, in 1975 with Glen Campbell. And to be here 14 years later hosting with Reba freaking McEntire? Although the pandemic may change some behind-the-scenes production, McEntire promised she would keep up her awards show tradition of multiple outfit changes throughout the broadcast.
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Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78
FILE - Musician Mac Davis performs at the Texas Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 6, 2014. Davis, a country star and Elvis songwriter, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 after heart surgery. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits โA Little Less Conversationโ and โIn the Ghetto,โ and whose own hits include โBaby Don't Get Hooked On Me,โ has died. He was named 1974โs entertainer of the year by the Academy of Country Music and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. โA small town boy whoโd achieved the greatest kinds of fame, he remained a good guy, a family man,โ said country star Kenny Chesney.
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Mural highlights Dolly Parton's Black Lives Matter quote
A mural of Dolly Parton is seen outside The 5 Spot, a music club in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Artist Kim Radford said Dolly fans from around the world have contacted her about the mural, which contains a quote from Parton about her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Mural highlights Dolly Parton's Black Lives Matter quote
A mural of Dolly Parton is seen outside The 5 Spot, a music club in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Artist Kim Radford said Dolly fans from around the world have contacted her about the mural, which contains a quote from Parton about her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Tourists are flocking to Nashville to see a new mural of Dolly Parton that celebrates her position on Black Lives Matter. And it was just perfect.โThe mural features cascading waves of Partonโs signature high-volume blond hair surrounded by butterflies and wildflowers. Radford herself got stopped by Dolly fans in front of the mural to pose for pictures.
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Rent's due, again: Monthly anxieties deepen as aid falls off
Sakai Harrison poses for a portrait after leading his clients through a rigorous workout on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Harrison moved to New York to try to make it as a personal trainer and designer - but his gym shuttered early in the pandemic, and after weeks of struggling to both pay the rent and put food in his fridge, he knew what he had to do. He moved back to Georgia for greater stability. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
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Rent's due, again: Monthly anxieties deepen as aid falls off
In May, he left his Brooklyn apartment and its $1,595 monthly rent for Atlanta. This week, he met four of them at a park, where they did lunging squats, pull-ups, and a military-like crawl. But she counts that as luck: She didnโt have to pay rent. To their surprise, he agreed to reduce the monthly $1,500 rent for their home on Chicago's West Side. - Anita Snow, Phoenix___Tinisha Dixon scraped money together to cover her $1,115 monthly rent for April and May.