Dolly Parton announces new music - and gets an unexpected reaction

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square was just “a perfect little storm,” executive producer, star and composer Parton said during a panel for the Warner Bros Television movie at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event.

Dolly Parton has teamed up with thriller novelist James Patterson for an epic new project.The pair have written a new novel called Run, Rose, Run, which follows a young girl with dreams of finding stadom in Nashville but "the past she has fled is reaching out to control her future—even if it means destroying everything she has worked for.""I cannot be more excited about the release of my very first novel Run, Rose, Run with the great James Patterson," said Dolly, revealing that the book will be

Dolly Parton has announced her debut novel Run, Rose, Run, which will be accompanied by a new album of the same name.The country icon co-authored the book with US fiction writer James Patterson, who described the project as “a new thriller about a young singer/songwriter [Rose] on the rise and on the run…and determined to do whatever it takes to survive!”The titular character moves to Nashville, Tennessee – Parton’s home state – “to claim her destiny”, however, “it’s also where the darkness

Run, Rose, Run,” cowritten with author James Patterson.The book marks the 75-year-old musician’s first novel — having already made her name as a 10-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, actress, television and film producer, theme park tycoon and humanitarian.Like so many of Parton’s iconic songs, the story of “Run, Rose, Run” is about breaking free of convention and trauma.

All of the work Dolly Parton has put in over the years has certainly paid off!

Forbes just released their annual list of Richest Self-Made Women, and for the first time ever, Dolly Parton was included.

Dolly Parton may not have gotten the chance to team up with Whitney Houston for what could have been a world-stopping duet of «I Will Always Love You,» but she did something just as good. During an appearance on, the country music legend revealed that she's used some of the royalties she earned from Houston's iconic cover of her song with the late singer in mind.Parton originally wrote and released the song in 1973 as a farewell to her then-partner, Porter Wagoner.

Dolly Parton has revealed how she used the royalties from Whitney Houston‘s cover of ‘I Will Always Love You’ to invest in a historically Black neighbourhood in Nashville.Parton, who is thought to have earned millions of dollars in royalties from the 1973 song, saw her fortune grow after gaining a songwriting credit for Houston’s iconic 1992 cover – which featured on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard.Speaking on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Parton explained how she used the money to

told Oprah Winfrey last year she had to pull over the car she was driving so she wouldn’t crash it.Houston’s version, which became one of the all-time biggest singles, also netted Parton, who’s a world-class songwriter in addition to being a singer, about $10 million in royalties in the 1990s and the checks keep coming.Parton had a great idea about how to spend that money: She used it to help a Black neighborhood in Nashville.“I bought my big office complex down in Nashville,” she told Andy

Whitney Houston was not the original singer and songwriter of the hit song “I Will Always Love you.” Although it was made famous by the late singer who covered the song in “The Bodyguard” in 1992, it was originally written and performed in 1973 by Dolly Parton. According to Forbes, Parton made $10 million in royalties from Houston’s cover. The singer has a very different voice and although some people love Parton’s original song, many will say that Houston is the best vocally.

Whitney Houston famously recorded Dolly Parton‘s “I Will Always Love You” for The Bodyguard, and now Dolly is revealing what she did with the royalties.

The Free Britney movement just got a major encouragement from country icon Dolly Parton, 75! The “Jolene” vocalist only had kind things to say about Britney Spears, 39, during a Thursday July 29 appearance on Watch What Happens Live. Host Andy Cohen asked the legendary singer for her thoughts on the Free Britney movement, as the “Toxic” singer continues her conservatorship battle.

Dolly Parton have finally collaborated, after decades in the industry together.The pair have reworked Reba's classic track Does He Love You, with Dolly sharing that the new version "turned out really good"."I've always wanted to sing with her, I don't know why we've never done it until now but we really sounded good together," Dolly shared on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live."I think the fans are gonna like it."SEE: Dolly Parton is almost unrecognisable in adorable childhood

Dolly Parton has sent her support to Britney Spears. The '9 to 5' hitmaker insisted she "tries not to get involved" in other people's issues but having gone through her own legal battle with singer-and-producer Porter Wagoner - who sued her for breach of contract in 1979 - she can understand the 'Toxic' singer's desire to have her conservatorship ended.

It’s finally happening! A 9 to 5 sequel may never materialize, but Dolly Parton herself has promised there will be a reunion during the final season of Grace and Frankie.

Dolly Parton is wishing all good things for Britney Spears. On Thursday's episode of , the 75-year-old country star expressed her love for Spears amid the younger singer's ongoing conservatorship battle.«Well, I try to not get involved in other people's business,» Parton said of her thoughts on the #FreeBritney movement.

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