Dolly Parton Intro for August 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in this space I referred to Dolly Parton in the present tense, because it seems impossible that Dolly would ever leave. And in many ways, she won’t. Dolly wasn’t exaggerating when she told PEOPLE in a statement last Friday that she was still working and By Lainey • Aug 27, 2026 09:24 am
Miley Cyrus A New Era for Miley Miley Cyrus is heading into her next album cycle. Fans have spotted billboards across New York City and Los Angeles courtesy of Spotify that seem to be teasing new music from an unspecified artist. The sole image is a red closeup of one eye with the statement “coming soon”. Miley By MC • Aug 26, 2026 10:56 am
Dolly Parton Intro for August 26, 2026 Dear Gossips, Dolly Parton is remarkable in all the ways, present tense because it’s not possible for a person like Dolly to retreat – she is, truly, an eternal flame. And the tributes that are being shared are a reflection of how singular she is. As many people have noted, By Lainey • Aug 26, 2026 10:21 am
What Else Dolly Parton, always Dolly Parton has passed away. Her death was confirmed by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, earlier today on her social media channels. Icon, legend, superstar – all of these words apply. But also, in spite of her fame, Dolly Parton never seemed inaccessible. It’s why even for those who don’t By Lainey • Aug 25, 2026 04:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 13, 2025 Dear Gossips, Dolly Parton covers the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine, just revealed yesterday. It’s great to see her, always, but especially now since she’s had some health issues recently, and then her sister went rogue and scared everyone into thinking it was worse than it was. Not By Lainey • Nov 13, 2025 09:00 am
Tom Cruise Intro for June 20, 2025 Dear Gossips, With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in theaters, Tom Cruise has gone to ground. Tom Cruise, despite being enormously famous, can completely disappear when he wants to. (Wither that erstwhile “romance” with Ana de Armas?) He is exhibit #1 when younger stars complain about being hounded by photographers— By Sarah • Jun 20, 2025 09:24 am
Music Dolly Parton went outside Sticking with today’s “good vibes only” theme, Dolly Parton appeared at the opening night of her touring show “Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony”, which pairs Dolly’s music with local orchestras, last night in Nashville. It’s been just under three weeks since her husband of By Sarah • Mar 21, 2025 04:04 pm
Music Start your day with Dolly Dolly Parton co-hosted the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards last night with Garth Brooks, which means we get to start our day with a little dose of Dolly. It’s a busy time for the iconic singer, as she announced a new album earlier this week, Rockstar, which By Sarah • May 12, 2023 11:35 am
Books Intro for March 8, 2022 Dear Gossips, The Academy of Country Music Awards happened last night in Las Vegas, co-hosted by the legend Dolly Parton who joked during her opening monologue that a disco ball fell on top of her. That was just the first of several outfit changes and appearances, including performances. Dolly By Lainey • Mar 08, 2022 09:05 am
Equality Issues Intro for December 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, PEOPLE Magazine has released its People of the Year covers. There are four of them, including the legend Dolly Parton. Dolly could be a person of the year every year and at 75 she’s as busy and as booked as ever – as PEOPLE says, she has her By Lainey • Dec 02, 2021 09:17 am
Music Intro for October 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, The thing that broke me this morning was what broke Stephen Colbert: Dolly Parton’s singing. It’s the first clip I watched when I got up. Here it is if you haven’t yet seen it: .@DollyParton sings “Bury Me Beneath The Willow” and I think somebody By Lainey • Oct 21, 2020 08:51 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Dolly Parton and the work of Phone Sex But not at the same time. Duana and I are indeed talking about Dolly Parton on this episode of Show Your Work and we are talking about phone sex but we are not talking about Dolly Parton doing phone sex, relax. That said, I think she’d be good at By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 03:23 pm
Music Dolly Parton knows Black Lives Matter At 74 years old, Dolly Parton is still be one of the most progressive voices in country music. Covering Billboard’s Country Power Players issue, the music icon sits down (via Skype) for a brilliant profile about her media empire and legacy, and at one point the conversation turns to By Cody • Aug 14, 2020 12:23 pm
Music Undeniable Miley Miley Cyrus makes it difficult to dislike her. It’s annoying. I’m constantly annoyed by how likeable Miley can be because she is, as the kids say, a #problematicfave. But there are certain things about Miley I can’t deny, no matter how much I want to. Last night By Kathleen • Feb 11, 2019 01:49 pm
Jennifer Aniston It is impossible to dislike Dumplin’ Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) is a Dolly Parton-loving girl who struggles with body image, an emotionally remote mother, and the recent death of the aunt who raised her. She has one friend, Ellen (Odeya Rush), with whom she shares a Dolly Parton obsession—they often have “Parton parties” and quiz By Sarah • Dec 12, 2018 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dolly & Jen on the carpet and tequila shots with Sandy Here are Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston, along with Danielle Macdonald, at the premiere of Dumplin’ last night. As we’ve seen, since they’re the marquee names, Dolly and Jen have been leading most of the promotion for Dumplin’ so far. I’m curious though, once people start seeing By Lainey • Dec 07, 2018 11:07 am
