Grand Ole Opry apologises for “hammered” Elle King botching Dolly Parton tribute performance

A Scots pensioner hiked 500 miles to raise funds for a cancer charity after he and his wife both battled the disease.

Meghan Markle has been spotted beaming as she's broken cover for the first time since the news of King Charles' cancer diagnosis. Prince Harry raised back to the UK this week from LA to be with his father, who is receiving treatment for an unspecified treatment, to have an intimate 45-minute chat with the King at Clarence House.

, a custom Margiela dress made entirely of safety pins. Then, she won her first-ever Grammy, presented to her by fellow singing icon Mariah Carey.When it was time to perform her nominated song “Flowers,” she, unsurprisingly, brought the house down.

Is it time to officially anoint Nicole Kidman as the queen of prestige television officially? Because she’s exactly that, and kudos to her and her agents for reading the tea leaves on the shifting industry ages ago. After helping usher in the new era of prestige peak TV with “Big Little Lies,” and following that up with a lot of acclaimed TV work— “Top Of The Lake” for Jane Campion, HBO’s “The Undoing,” “Nine Perfect Strangers” for Hulu, Apple TV+’s “Roar,” “Special Ops: Lioness” for Paramount+, and currently on Prime Video, the series, “Expats” from director Lulu Wang— Kidman has yet another hot TV package in the works that sounds like it’ll be at the top of the most anticipated TV series of 2025.

Dolly Parton gave a promising update on a potential Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival.

Earlier tonight, Holly Willoughby issued an apology to the Dancing on Ice audience and those watching at home, after it was speculated that she accidentally swore while live on air. During the show - where S Club 7's Hannah Spearitt became the second celeb to leave - the 42 year old addressed the cameras to say sorry and to explain what caused the cheeky mishap.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” could be getting a reboot sometime in the future, according to the singer.“They’re still working on that,” Parton, 78, recently told Business Insider. “They’re thinking about bringing it back and revamping it.”The Grammy winner was an uncredited producer on the hit supernatural series through her production company, Sandollar Productions.The Joss Whedon-created show debuted in 1997 and ran for seven seasons on the WB/UPN.Sarah Michelle Gellar led the cast as Buffy Summers, who, well … slayed vampires and other paranormal creatures that attacked her and her friends.

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BreAnna Bell Dolly Parton has teamed up with CBS to present the “Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala” special which is slated to premiere on CBS Network and on Paramount+ on Feb. 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Singer Elle King has postponed a show set for Fort Worth, Texas, this Friday. It would have been her first show since her controversial performance at a Dolly Parton tribute at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Jan. 19.

Elle King has postponed a planned performance that was set to take place on Friday (January 26) after delivering a controversial concert earlier this month.

now-viral drunken Dolly Parton tribute at the Grand Ole Opry on Friday.“The Elle King event, originally for Fri. 1/26/24 has been rescheduled to Sat.

when she performed during the 2023 Thanksgiving Day halftime show at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.“It turned out pretty cool and my husband liked it. He said, ‘Those shorts were a little too short.’”“I said, ‘Jealous,'” Parton, 78, told People. “And I said, ‘They weren’t as short as the other girls!’”“He was just being funny,” the “9 to 5” hitmaker said.

do not appreciate Elle King right now after her drunken, profanity-filled rant in the middle of a tribute to our undisputed national treasure, People are so shocked that legendary music venue the Grand Ole Opry—where the tribute took place—had to issue an apology after musician after King slurred her way through a cover of Parton's “Marry Me,” at one point announcing to the audience, “I'm fucking hammered." per .King's ramblings also included heckling the audience: “I’m not even gonna fucking lie, you bought tickets for this shit? You ain’t getting your money back,” and, when she forgot the lyrics, replacing them with some of her own: “I don’t know the lyrics to this thing in this fucking town. Don’t tell Dolly ‘cause it’s her birthday.”Fans were, to say the least, disappointed with the performance, and many people felt it was disrespectful.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In response to one such disgruntled audience-member on X, the Grand Ole Opry , “we deeply regret and apologize for the language that was used during last night’s second Opry performance.”Among those who were none too pleased with King's drunken attempt at a Parton tribute was Parton's own sister, Stella Parton.

The Grand Ole Opry is addressing backlash over Elle King‘s recent performance.

9 to 5 to make up for this mistake. Singer Elle King found herself in some hot water for slurring her words during a performance to celebrate Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday at Nashville, Tennessee’s Grand Ole Opry on Friday. “Elle King ruined the night with her horrible, drunk, and profane performance,” one fan wrote in a scathing post on X (formerly Twitter).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Grand Ole Opry has apologized to fans after outrage over an embarrassing appearance by an apparently drunken Elle King during a Dolly Parton tribute Friday night. Describing herself as “fucking hammered,” the singer cussed during the traditionally family-friendly show, awkwardly bantered with hecklers and failed to remember the Parton song she was supposed to sing as part of the birthday salute.

Dolly Parton to give us gifts on her birthday?And if hearing the country queen rock out to “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Heart of Glass” and “Let It Be” — with help from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Debbie Harry and freaking Paul McCartney, respectively — on her “Rockstar” album released last November wasn’t enough, well, here’s more Dolly for your headbanging pleasure.“It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” Parton announced on Instagram.“I’m releasing four never released songs for my birthday, to go with the Rockstar album, and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album.“I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! LOL”And of course, the ever-gracious goddess signed it off with, “Thanks for everything, Dolly,” along with a rhinestone heart.The four previously unreleased tracks include Parton’s covers of the 1983 Eurythmics hit “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” the 1974 Billy Joel gem “The Entertainer” and the 1970 Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”There’s also “Stay Out of My Bedroom,” a new version of the song that Parton previously released for the soundtrack of her 1984 film “Rhinestone” co-starring Sylvester Stallone.And in her ever-charitable spirit, Parton has also blessed us with five tracks that were only previously available on special (read: pricey) editions of “Rockstar,” which came on the heels of her 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have been royally flushed.Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday that the two royals will not be among the Counsellors of State that can carry out engagements on the behalf of King Charles III when he is hospitalized next week for a planned procedure to treat his enlarged prostate.While the 75-year-old monarch’s condition is benign and he will still be capable of fulfilling his constitutional requirements and duties during this time, King Charles was forced to cancel all public engagements. The role of a Counsellor of State is to stand in for the monarch and that person can act on the monarch’s behalf through the Letters Patent if he is incapacitated, but because Prince Andrew, 63, and Prince Harry, 39, are not working royals, their eligibility was quietly declared null and void after Charles took the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death.

Dolly Parton has celebrated her birthday by dropping a deluxe edition of her recent rock covers album ‘Rockstar’, featuring new versions of tracks by Eurythmics and Billy Joel.Parton has taken on the former’s ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’ and the latter’s ‘The Entertainer’ for the expanded version of the album, which was originally released in November. Other bonus tracks include Parton’s versions of Pat Benatar’s ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’, Eddie Money’s ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’.The deluxe edition also features a new original song, ‘Mama Never Said’, and a live version of ‘Rockin’ It’, as well as the Sylvester Stallone-featuring ‘Stay Out of My Bedroom’ from the soundtrack of 1984 film Rhinestone.“It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” Parton wrote on X/Twitter.