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Dolly Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995 to send free books to children in her home county in Tennessee, inspired by her father's illiteracy. The program has since expanded to five countries and now distributes millions of free books to children each month.
In a Verge interview feature, former Radiolab host Jad Abumrad discusses the everyday and digital tools he relies on, from a flat travel pillow to the calendar app Fantastical, which he says makes scheduling meetings enjoyable. The piece also recaps his career, including his Peabody Award-winning shows Dolly Parton's America and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, and his 2022 departure from Radiolab, the show he founded that pioneered cinematic sound design in podcasting.
Following Dolly Parton's death, announced by her nephew Bryan Seaver, her roughly $450 million estate has become the subject of family disagreement over succession. Seaver, who served for years as Parton's head of security, made the announcement in a prerecorded video.
An investigation by Nieman Lab found ChatGPT generating cartoons mimicking The New Yorker's style and forging real cartoonists' signatures onto the images. One such image, depicting Dolly Parton entering heaven with Tim Curry after their deaths, went viral bearing cartoonist Brendan Loper's pen name 'BLOPER,' though Loper said he never drew it. Loper told Nieman Lab he has found other instances of his forged signature appearing on ChatGPT-generated images since May.
September 25 has been recognized as Dolly Parton Day, with events held from California to Tennessee honoring the country music star and philanthropist, who died on August 25. Fans and organizers are gathering to celebrate her music and humanitarian work.
The Imagination Library, Dolly Parton's free monthly book program for young children, is expanding to reach 157,000 additional children. The expansion comes about a month after Parton's death, as concerns grow over declining early childhood literacy rates.
A researcher interviewed more than 80 elite performers—including coaches, athletes, executives, military leaders and authors—asking what they were willing to do that others weren't. The resulting compilation distills their responses into 11 recurring habits and mindsets tied to sustained achievement, illustrated with quotes such as Dolly Parton describing herself as 'a workhorse that looks like a show horse.'
Stella Parton, sister of the late singer Dolly Parton, publicly asked fans to stop sharing AI-generated images and fabricated tribute videos following her sister's death. She said the flood of fake content, including AI images shared even by President Trump, has made it difficult for the family to grieve and process the loss.
Stella Parton took to Instagram to condemn a wave of AI-generated content and misinformation circulating online following her sister Dolly Parton's death on 25 August at age 80. While thanking fans for genuine expressions of support, she said the volume of fabricated posts had been difficult for her family to cope with during their grief.
Following Dolly Parton's death on August 25, attention has turned to the broader economic footprint she built around Dollywood in Tennessee. Beyond the theme park's roller coasters, her ventures included workforce housing, health centers, and other investments that supported the surrounding regional economy.
A UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion dataset, highlighted by a Reddit user following Dolly Parton's death, shows Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds just 8 percent favorability among Democrats and 13 percent among Republicans. That places him near Vladimir Putin in overall unpopularity, despite Zuckerberg's recent efforts to align himself politically with Donald Trump.
After Dolly Parton's death from cancer at age 80, right-wing commentators and online conspiracy theorists began circulating unsubstantiated claims that her Covid-19 vaccination caused a 'turbo cancer.' Parton's family confirmed she died following a brief illness related to cancer, with no connection to vaccination cited. The singer had publicly supported vaccine research, donating $1 million in 2020 and receiving her shot on camera in 2021.