Dolly Parton
First lady Jill Biden, right, and Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center CEO Jasmin Chapman speak to recently vaccinated patients during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination site at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 22, 2021, as part of Biden administration's nationwide tour to reach Americans who haven't been vaccinated and to promote vaccine education. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Jill Biden touts vaccine in poorly inoculated Mississippi

By Leah Willingham Jun. 22, 2021 06:19 PM EDT

This image released by NBC shows host Elon Musk delivering his opening monologue on "Saturday Night Live" in New York on May 8, 2021. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)
Elon Musk shows humility and hubris as 'SNL' host

By Andrew Dalton May. 09, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

Actor Leslie Jordan poses for a portrait at Pan Pacific Park in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles on Thursday, April 8, 2021 to promote his new book "How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album

By Alicia Rancilio Apr. 22, 2021 11:40 AM EDT

Gena Johnson poses in her home studio in Nashville, Tenn. on April 8, 2021. Johnson, a recording engineer, is the first woman to ever be nominated for engineer of the year by the Academy of Country Music. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
ACM nominee engineer Gena Johnson crafts hit records

By Kristin M. Hall Apr. 13, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

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. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
'Vaccine, vaccine': Dolly sings 'Jolene' rewrite before shot

By Kristin M. Hall Mar. 02, 2021 06:11 PM EST

Aleta Bray, an RN volunteer from the Medical Reserve Corps speaks with a patient before administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Hamilton County Health Department's new COVID Vaccination POD at the CARTA Bus Terminal on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Tennessee to expand vaccine eligibility next week

By Kimberlee Kruesi Mar. 02, 2021 04:19 PM EST

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)
Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol

By Travis Loller Feb. 18, 2021 12:32 PM EST

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan arrives before the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Super Bowl in Tampa creates 'craziness' outside, inside

By Mark Long Feb. 07, 2021 06:39 PM EST

This photo provided by Tide shows a scene from Tide 2021 Super Bowl NFL football spot. (Tide via AP)
A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch

By Mae Anderson Feb. 05, 2021 09:30 AM EST

FILE - Jane Fonda, from left, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin get together Dec. 12, 1980 at a Los Angeles news conference to promote their movie "9 To 5". Parton's 1980's hit song "9 to 5" has been flipped by Squarespace, the company that helps users build and host their own websites, for a Super Bowl commercial debuting Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Oscar winner Damien Chazelle of "La La Land" fame directed the spot. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File)
Dolly Parton on Super Bowl commercial and COVID-19 vaccine

By Mesfin Fekadu Feb. 02, 2021 07:00 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 01:20 PM EST
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Jan. 18 The Johnson City Press on honoring...

FILE - Dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Parton turns 75 on Jan. 19. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Lawmaker wants Dolly Parton statue at Tennessee Capitol

Jan. 14, 2021 07:57 AM EST

CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CHARLEY, INSTEAD OF CHARLIE FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Pride died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 12, 2020 04:29 PM EST

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,” 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 Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 12, 2020 03:37 PM EST

FILE - This June 4, 2018 file photo shows DJ D-Nice, whose real name is Derrick Jones, at the 13th Annual Apollo Theater Spring Gala After Party in New York. The DJ is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. During the pandemic's early stage, he hosted Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live, where he spun popular tunes on the turntables at his home. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)
Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Dec. 11, 2020 11:53 AM EST

FILE - Cyndi Lauper, left, and Perry Farrell perform during the 9th annual "Home for the Holidays" benefit concert in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2019. Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue its organizer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic, will premiere on Friday on Lauper's TikTok channel at 8 p.m. EST, with an additional stream Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on Lauper’s YouTube and Facebook handles. This year’s concert will free to watch, with donation encouraged. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Stars join Cyndi Lauper's benefit concert for homeless youth

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 09, 2020 10:18 AM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

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. The ceremony is a mask-mandated, time-limited, socially distanced event due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with virus rules

Dec. 02, 2020 01:02 AM EST

CORRECTS TITLE NAME - This cover image released by Capitol Records Nashville shows "My Gift," a holiday album by Carrie Underwood. (Capitol Records Nashville via AP)
Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton

Associated Press Nov. 23, 2020 11:16 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, Dolly Parton performs at the 53rd annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Parton's $1 million gift to Nashville's Vanderbilt University helped researchers develop Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced this week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments

Nov. 18, 2020 11:02 AM EST