Dolly Parton’s sister Stella was on “CBS Mornings” yesterday. She confirmed to Gayle King that Dolly kept her cancer battle hidden because she didn’t want fans or a lot of the family to be worried. “Dolly could not bear negative things . . . Some of us knew, the ones that were closer . . . She did not want to see people sad.” In other Dolly news, the owner of her former home in Solvang, California says they’ve been receiving a “tsunami of calls” from interested buyers.
Ernest gave an update for fans since dropping out of Ella Langley’s tour last month. He says he was lost, and still might be, but he’s working on his relationship with God. “I just know that I have a beautiful life, family and friends that deserve me at my best . . . But I just wanted to let y’all know I’m taking this time to dig and discover. I love y’all and I love country music. I’ll be back to both soon!”
Darius Rucker released a new song called “I Believe”. It’s an uplifting song, just in time for tomorrow’s 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “The way the world is, where we are right now . . . I believe in us. That’s why I wanted to put this song out. It’s my love letter to America, and you can listen to it now.”
More than 30 properties in the vicinity of the Nicolas Cage sinkhole have now been evacuated.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.
Nov. 24 – Wilkes-Barre, Pa. @ Mohegan Arena
Dec. 9 – Allentown, Pa. @ PPL Center
Dec. 18 – Hershey, Pa. @ Giant Center
Dec. 20 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
Dec. 26 – Newark, N.J. @Prudential Center
Hallmark kicks off their Countdown to Christmas with the premiere of “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story” on October 17th. It’s the 3rd movie made in partnership with the NFL. The 2 other movies were focused on the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills. “A Bears Love Story” is about a Chicago firefighter who gets the local news to do a story about his grandmother who will attend her 500th Bears game. Of course, the love interest is the reporter assigned to the story. There will be appearances from Bears coach Ben Johnson and players Cole Kmet and Colston Loveland, former Bears stars Mike Singletary, Charles “Peanut” Tillman, and Dan Hampton, and Connie wife of the late Walter Payton.
Close to 1.5 million fans entered the presale ticket queue yesterday for Miley Cyrus’ two shows at the Hollywood Bowl, setting a new record.
A doctoral student at the University of California, Riverside named four species of plant-feeding insects from Australia after Taylor Swift. The genus of the insects is called Swiftiephylus and it contains four species: Swiftiephylus taylorae, Swiftiephylus amator, Swiftiephylus intrepidus, and Swiftiephylus poetorum. The student hopes that naming the bugs after Taylor will help bring attention to the importance of insect conservation. She also named the bugs after Taylor because of their appearance. “Taylor Swift’s iconic look is her blonde hair and red lips. These insects are pale yellow with accents of red throughout. In the paper, I refer to them as blonde.”
TV Tonight: “Supergirl” and the “NFL Melbourne Game”
Ashley Monroe is 40.
Ryan Phillippe is 52.
Guy Ritchie is 58.
Randy Johnson is 63. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, known as “The Big Unit.”
Colin Firth is 66
Joe Perry is 76. Aerosmith guitarist.
Bill O’Reilly is 77.
Jose Feliciano is 81.
Danny Hutton is 84. Three Dog Night singer
