Dolly Parton News

Richard Leupen , the managing director of booming construction business United Group , decided he'd had enough of speculation about margin lending and directors' shareholdings. So Leupen sold 2.5 million of his United shares at $10.80 apiece and ...

I'm not closing that chapter of my life by any means...When it comes to acting, it's got to feel right for me at this point in my life. "It's got to just be a really incredible director and production with an awesome studio and great cast....

Popular sportscaster George Plaster gets around — boy, does he. He's been held by Jessica Simpson, clutched to the bosom of Dolly Parton and wrapped up in an American Girl scarf...Since then a Web site popped up that features pictures of Plaster's ...

Starting in 2005, life took a hairpin turn for Patty Loveless. She lost her mother-in-law, her brother had a stroke and, when it seemed things couldn't get much worse, her mom died. She wound up taking a three-year break from music. "I was trying to ...

The Galloway town of Wigtown, where Dolly Parton launched her literacy initiative and where salmon fishing and malt whisky distilleries are only a stroll away, will host the tenth Wigtown Book Festival from 26 September until 5 October. To celebrate,...

Palin was midway through her electrifying speech to the Republican convention on Wednesday night when she abruptly wandered off script. "I love those hockey mums," she said, smiling. "You know, they say the difference between a hockey mum and a pit-...

Meat Loaf, the alter ego of the much less amusingly named Marvin Lee Aday, will never outdo his debut album, Bat Out of Hell...After almost 30 years, the record featuring the classic anthems Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, You Took the Words Right Out ...

South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier visited the Country Music Hall of Fame on Thursday afternoon as he awaited the 7:30 p.m. kickoff. Spurrier has been a big country music fan, with Kenny Chesney and Dolly Parton two of his favorite artists. Chesney,...

Dolly Parton picked up a Grammy for covering "Shine" in 2001. "To me, that was just amazing, because I grew up watching Dolly with my Pa-Pa...Lately, Roland has been working with Cook on his first big album. "We wrote a couple of tunes together," ...

Jessica Simpson was on the verge of hanging up her microphone in 2006 after she botched her performance at a Dolly Parton tribute. The star ran off stage in tears after abruptly ending Parton's song "9 To 5" with the words "so nervous" at the ...