3 h. ago Dolly Parton celebrates 80th birthday early with new single featuring Miley Cyrus

Turning 80 is hazardous for Dolly Parton who nearly set fire to her birthday cake – the country legend is celebrating early by releasing a new charity single featuring many of her favourite singers

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3 d. ago Lovers and fighters: how Les Liaisons Dangereuses reveals the passions of Christopher Hampton

As the writer turns 80, his masterful adaptation of the French novel is being revived at the National Theatre. It highlights his lifelong interest in political power playI once dubbed Christopher Hampton, who celebrates his 80th birthday this month, “the quiet man of British theatre”. By that I meant that he was less prone to expressing his views in opinion pieces than contemporaries such as David Hare and David Edgar. The term also implied that his plays possessed a less idiosyncratic style than the work of, say, Harold Pinter or Tom Stoppard. But I suspect that Hampton’s regard for the classical virtues of objectivity, lucidity and irony means that his work will prove as durable as anyone’s.He is also, as I have seen, a man of considerable private passion. One incident in particular is branded on my memory. In November 1990 I was one of a group, including the director David Leveaux and set designer Bob Crowley, despatched by the British Council to Cairo to give a number of talks a...

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6 d. ago Dolly Parton fans concerned for her health as she skips 80th birthday celebrations

Country music legend Dolly Parton has announced she will not attend her 80th birthday celebration at Grand Ole Opry, months after postponing Las Vegas shows for medical procedures

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6 d. ago Dolly Parton says she won’t be attending annual Grand Ole Opry celebration held days before her 80th birthday

The singer’s update comes months after she opened up about her health challenges

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1 week ago The 20 bucket list holidays for 2026: From solar eclipses in Iceland to Dolly Parton's new hotel in Nashville, our expert reveals the hottest trips for the year ahead

How many holidays will you take in 2026? According to research by hospitality giant Marriott, the UK average is four.

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2 w. ago Fears for heartbroken Dolly Parton as friends left 'very worried' by behaviour

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean died at the age of 82 on March 3 of this year which the singer said left a "hole in my heart"

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4 w. ago Dolly Parton leaves fans seeing double as she shares photo with rarely seen lookalike sister

The country queen - who turns 80 next month - and her lookalike sibling, 66, were each other's mirror image in an Instagram post shared by the Backwoods Barbie singer on December 17.

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last month Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are awarding $5 million to a leader in neurodiversity education

Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have donated $5 million to David Flink, founder of the Neurodiversity Alliance

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