Dolly Parton is donating one million US dollars to paediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville.

Run, Rose, Run was released in March this year and co-written by singer-songwriter Parton, 76, and author James Patterson, 75.

Dolly Parton is still on the list of this year’s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame despite the country music star asking to be removed because she has not “earned that right”.

Dolly Parton will be reunited with her 9 to 5 co-stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin with a guest appearance on Netflix comedy Grace And Frankie. Country music star Parton, 75, will have an undisclosed role in the seventh and final season of the show.

The country music star says she already loved him and was “so excited” when she heard the news.

Dolly Parton has said she feels she was given more credit than she deserved for helping fund the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.

The book has been billed as an “extraordinary collaboration between two legendary storytellers”.

Dolly Parton has recreated a Playboy photoshoot from 1978 to surprise her husband for his 79th birthday.

Dolly Parton shared her touching eulogy for Bill Owens, the uncle who was instrumental in her career. The country music superstar, 75, revealed on social media Owens had died at the age of 85. No cause of death was given.

Dolly Parton has been inoculated by the Covid-19 vaccine she helped to fund. The beloved country music star, 75, broke into song while getting the jab and adapted one of her best-known ballads.

Dolly Parton is the latest celebrity to announce she has been vaccinated against Covid-19. The singer got the Moderna jab, which she partly funded, and shared the moment on social media.

Dolly Parton has asked that plans to erect a statue of her in Nashville, Tennessee, be put on hold.

Dolly Parton has revealed she “cried all night long” after turning down Elvis Presley’s request to record a version of her song 'I Will Always Love You'.

Dolly Parton has said hearing Whitney Houston’s cover of her song I Will Always Love You was a “thrill”. The singer, 74, told the BBC’s The Graham Norton Show her rendition of the song was done “so beautifully”.