Dolly Parton Credited For Funding Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine: “I’m Just Very Grateful That This Is Happening”

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter moving last year from its longtime New York base to L.A., Cyndi Lauper’s annual benefit for homeless LGBTQ youth has found a new home for these holidays, and it’s online, of course.

Will Thorne Staff WriterCBS had “A Holly Dolly Christmas” with Dolly Parton last night.The singer’s holiday special delivered around 6.2 million viewers and a 0.7 average rating among adults 18-49, a decent result for the network, especially considering it was up against “Sunday Night Football.” Later on, “NCIS: Los Angeles” scored a 0.4 rating and around 4.2 million viewers.A tight, yet not particularly thrilling game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos delivered a 3.8 rating

Dolly Parton has said that she hopes Beyoncé might one day cover her hit single ‘Jolene’.Speaking in a new interview, the country music legend discussed the many times the 1973 song has been covered by other artists, but added that she’s still hopeful a major artist will record their own take and enjoy a “really big hit” with it.“‘Jolene’ has been recorded more than any other song that I have ever written,” Parton told The Big Issue. “It has been recorded worldwide over 400 times in lots of

Dolly fever is set to grip the nation all over again in the coming days as the iconic country music singer makes a Late Late Show appearance for the fan-favourite country special.

Dolly Parton and Carl Dean have had their fill of each other after more than five decades of marriage, the 74-year-old singer joked during an appearance on Jessie Ware's podcast.«My husband and I have been together for 57 years and married 54,» she explained of Dean, with whom she tied the knot with in 1966.

More than 50 years later, Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean are stronger than ever — even if they’re admittedly getting on each other’s nerves. The country legend, 74, gave a rare interview about her marriage on the Table Manners podcast, telling host Jessie Ware that, “My husband and I have been together for 57 years and married for 54. I’m sick of him and I’m sure he’s sick of me.”

The divas are taking the spotlight.

Dolly Parton has revealed she “cried all night long” after turning down Elvis Presley’s request to record a cover of her song ‘I Will Always Love You’.The Country icon released the song in 1974, before it received a famous 1992 cover by Whitney Houston for romantic thriller The Bodyguard.Parton revealed that Elvis also wanted to record a version of her hit, but she turned him down over the money.Writing in The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self, she explained: “I’d been invited down to the

Sometimes a compliment can leave you very confused.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticDolly Parton’s no stranger to being the center of attention, a place she’s determinedly, deliberately put herself throughout the decades of her legendary career.

Dolly Parton spoke out after fans credited her with helping to cure the coronavirus.  In April, Parton shared that she donated $1 million to research being done at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.  According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the donation made by Parton and the work done by researchers at Vanderbilt during trial phases directly led to Moderna announcing it had produced a coronavirus vaccine that is nearly 95% effective.

Dolly Parton is the singer on everyone’s lips recently, but not only because she recently released a new album.

Early studies of the vaccine show 95% protection against the virus, and Moderna has said it could produce 1 billion doses of the drug by the end of 2021.So, how much did Dolly Parton donate to fund the vaccine research, and why did she part with such a large sum?The Jolene singer donated no less than one million US dollars to help to fund the production of the Moderna vaccine.

Dolly Parton is reacting to news that the $1 million she donated to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's coronavirus research fund back in April has helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.While appearing as a guest on Tuesday's , the 74-year-old country superstar opened up about how her dollars are making a real difference.«I'm just happy that anything I do can help somebody else,» Parton said.