In 1967, Dolly Parton began appearing on The Porter Wagoner Show. When she met with Wagoner, she had no idea that he would offer her the life-changing role. Still, she was quick to accept it. It was a particularly good stroke of luck, as Wagoner wanted little to do with Parton before he met her.
Porter Wagoner didn’t want Dolly Parton on his show
In the latter half of the 1960s, Parton began making a name for herself in Nashville.
“Everybody you ran into was talking about Dolly Parton. Everybody,” journalist Bill Littleton recalled in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “They all had a Dolly Parton story, they all knew her, and everybody had been to lunch with her. It was like the town had adopted her, and she was the fair-haired child. Every time you’d turn around. There was no way to stop her.”
Porter Wagoner and...
Porter Wagoner didn’t want Dolly Parton on his show
In the latter half of the 1960s, Parton began making a name for herself in Nashville.
“Everybody you ran into was talking about Dolly Parton. Everybody,” journalist Bill Littleton recalled in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “They all had a Dolly Parton story, they all knew her, and everybody had been to lunch with her. It was like the town had adopted her, and she was the fair-haired child. Every time you’d turn around. There was no way to stop her.”
Porter Wagoner and...
- 5/15/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As Dolly Parton’s career advanced, she took on new management. They helped her cross over from a strictly country crowd to more mainstream fans. Undoubtedly, her new manager helped boost her career. Still, her friends and family weren’t sure what to make of the change in Parton’s life. They believed her new management team brought her away from her roots.
Dolly Parton’s loved ones believed she had changed because of her new management
In 1977, Parton traveled to Sevierville, Tennessee, for their celebration of Dolly Parton Day. She greeted the crowd and chatted happily with people from school. While she was perfectly friendly, some attendees felt Parton had changed. She had a security team with her and left quickly after the show.
“I think by far there were more comments about it this time than ever before,” her school principal, Jack McMahan, said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
Dolly Parton’s loved ones believed she had changed because of her new management
In 1977, Parton traveled to Sevierville, Tennessee, for their celebration of Dolly Parton Day. She greeted the crowd and chatted happily with people from school. While she was perfectly friendly, some attendees felt Parton had changed. She had a security team with her and left quickly after the show.
“I think by far there were more comments about it this time than ever before,” her school principal, Jack McMahan, said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
- 5/10/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton knew she wanted to be a famous singer and songwriter from a young age. It quickly became clear to those around her that she had a gift. Her Uncle Bill was also a musician, and he recognized his niece’s passion for music. So he’d take her all over to perform and audition for various singing opportunities. Once the young “Jolene” singer started to gain some traction in her early career, her peers at school started to pick on her.
Dolly Parton’s first paid gig
One of the auditions Uncle Bill brought Parton to was for The Cas Walker Show. Parton was hired when she was about 10 years old to sing on the radio and at events for grocery store mogul Cas Walker. Like Uncle Bill, Walker knew Parton was something special, even at 10 years old. It was performing for Walker that Parton got over her...
Dolly Parton’s first paid gig
One of the auditions Uncle Bill brought Parton to was for The Cas Walker Show. Parton was hired when she was about 10 years old to sing on the radio and at events for grocery store mogul Cas Walker. Like Uncle Bill, Walker knew Parton was something special, even at 10 years old. It was performing for Walker that Parton got over her...
- 7/1/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Today, Dolly Parton is one of the most successful singers in the world. But she had her fair share of struggles in her early career. As a teenager, she worked hard to get in the door of countless record labels. One finally gave her a shot. But after just one record, they decided to cut ties.
Dolly Parton signed with Tree Publishing as a songwriter
Parton’s Uncle Bill used to act as the “Jolene” singer’s manager. He and Parton knocked on doors all over Nashville. One day, the duo set their sights on Tree Publishing. Buddy Killen of Tree Publishing had off-handedly told Bill to stop by his office sometime, perhaps never thinking Bill would actually show up.
“He obviously didn’t know Uncle Bill,” Parton wrote in her 1994 memoir, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “We walked into the outer office, with our guitars in tow,...
Dolly Parton signed with Tree Publishing as a songwriter
Parton’s Uncle Bill used to act as the “Jolene” singer’s manager. He and Parton knocked on doors all over Nashville. One day, the duo set their sights on Tree Publishing. Buddy Killen of Tree Publishing had off-handedly told Bill to stop by his office sometime, perhaps never thinking Bill would actually show up.
“He obviously didn’t know Uncle Bill,” Parton wrote in her 1994 memoir, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “We walked into the outer office, with our guitars in tow,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Dolly Parton was at the beginning of her career, no one believed in her more than her Uncle Bill. He took Parton all over Nashville looking for any possible way into the music industry. He rubbed elbows in bars near all the big theaters, passed tapes to anyone who would take one. There came a time when Bill decided he and his niece needed some more money for gas and music equipment. So he stepped in front of a bus.
Uncle Bill was integral to Dolly Parton’s early career
Uncle Bill realized early on that his niece had a special passion and talent for music. He was the person who taught her how to play the guitar. He was also the person who drove her around from gig to gig and advocated for her in Nashville.
“Whatever Uncle Bill was or wasn’t, there was no doubt he believed in me,...
Uncle Bill was integral to Dolly Parton’s early career
Uncle Bill realized early on that his niece had a special passion and talent for music. He was the person who taught her how to play the guitar. He was also the person who drove her around from gig to gig and advocated for her in Nashville.
“Whatever Uncle Bill was or wasn’t, there was no doubt he believed in me,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
All the world loves Jackie Chan, whose cinematic action pictures bridge the gap between silent-era virtuosity and slick modernity. As light comedy entertainment these first two Police Story smash ‘n’ bash epics of eye-popping jeopardy are suitable as ‘family entertainment’ as well. Jackie is a marvelous hero, while Maggie Cheung is an old fashioned girl who doesn’t mind being threatened, kidnapped and occasionally having her scalp split open. You will believe that men can tumble from high roosts onto concrete, and smash through acres of glass countertops without receiving a scratch necessarily going straight to emergency surgery. Criterion has created beautiful new masters, with original soundtracks and extras to make every foolish Jackie Chan fan try some ridiculously dangerous stunt for themselves!
Police Story / Police Story 2
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The Criterion Collection 971, 972
1985 & 1988 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 100 and 122 min. / Ging chat goo si / Ging chaat goo si juk jaap /available through The Criterion...
Police Story / Police Story 2
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 971, 972
1985 & 1988 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 100 and 122 min. / Ging chat goo si / Ging chaat goo si juk jaap /available through The Criterion...
- 5/25/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
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Police Story might just be the greatest action franchise of all time. But which movies are the best in the series?
After his disappointing experience in America filming The Protector, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to make his own cop film his own way. The result - Police Story - kickstarted perhaps the greatest action franchise of all time; a series of films that still deliver thrills of a near-religious magnitude for genre fans.
Aside from the two reboots, the Police Stories revolve around Jackie's maverick Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui Chan (or Kevin Chan, in the English dubs) with frequent appearances from his lovably inept superior 'Uncle Bill' (Bill Tung) and his long-suffering girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung). The story continuity is a little ropey but instead each instalment offers a new, and usually more improbable, case for Ka-Kui to crack.
There's a blend of comedy,...
- 1/5/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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