It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.
Dolly was openly pro-LGBTQ+, pro-Black Lives Matter, pro-women’s rights, pro-literacy, pro-science and proudly Christian while remaining firmly rooted in country music and although several tried, no one could ever intimidate her into backing down or being silent. 1 of 1.
A federal judge has ruled that Texas’ ban on drag shows is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment, offering the following advice to those offended by drag:
“The solution is relatively simple ... just don’t go [to the shows].”
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“I didn’t have children because I believed that God didn’t mean for me to have kids so everybody’s kids could be mine, so I could do things like Imagination Library, because if I hadn’t had the freedom to work, I wouldn’t have done all the things I’ve done."
You know how rare it is to be universally loved? Like truly universally? Not a single person, left, right, rap to country, urban to rural, hated on Dolly. A lot of people didnt jam her music, prefer her style, or even like her movies. Everyone still loved her. Like truly loved that woman. Humanity is a whole lot darker without her in it. Fucking legend. What a ride.
Taylor Swift shared a touching tribute to the late Dolly Parton after the iconic singer-songwriter’s death on Tuesday:
“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one."
“She was truly the gift that kept on giving. Dolly gave us someone to look up to while encouraging us to be who we are as individuals. Somehow she was able to give us her lessons about the world gently and honestly, simultaneously, and oftentimes hilariously. She managed to give the world the ultimate mystery and fantasy in some corners of her life, but to give full transparency in the ways that counted. Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self worth as an artist."
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Dolly Parton was the kind of human every person who claims to be Christian should strive to be and the world is a little less beautiful without her in it.
Everything is not what it seems. 🪄
Get ready to enter the colorful yet heartbreaking world of ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ with Glenn Close, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Whitney Peak, and Joseph Zada on EW’s latest cover.
The cast takes us inside the making of Haymitch Abernathy’s origin story and the Capitol’s most twisted games ➡️ https://t.co/MFv8pZFDwM
Directors: Kristen Harding + Alison Wild
Writer: Shania Russel
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i can feel it coming, humming, in the way you move, push the reset button we’re becoming something new, say you got somebody i’ll say i got someone too, even if it’s handcuffed i’m leaving here with YOU!