Dolly Parton has passed away at age 80 — Page 2

Much will be written about Dolly Parton's hit songs, like ''Jolene'' and ''I Wil Always Love You.'' But I want to call attention to ''From Here to the Moon and Book,'' a lesser-known, but lovely and lilting tune she wrote for "Joyful Noise'' (2012), a wonderful movie written and directed by Todd Graff (who also did ''Camp'' and was a Tony nominee for ''Baby''). Dolly played G.G. Sparrow as she recalls her late husband (Kris Kristofferson), and Jeremy Jordan, in his feature film debut, portrayed Randy, her grandson.

When I did a profile of Jeremy for the N.Y. Daily News on the eve of his starring in ''Newsies,'' opening on Broadway in 2012, I got to quote Dolly, who sang Jeremy's praises: ''I love Jeremy to death. He's a joy to be around and a great singer, too. We got to do a duet ['From Here to the Moon and Back'], which was a real treat.''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDX4Mwtc2T4

You are a dark-spirited POS. Everything Dolly was not.

So of course, news and TV programs are doing polls on people's favorite Dolly song. So, I will ask, what is yours?

Mine is "Two Doors Down"

The8re phan said: "Baby, I'm Burnin'

https://youtu.be/K4veAPKVXCA?si=u9p8xr5zhI0wZ7TE"



There is a gay country bar here, that I am about to walk over to, that plays this as a line dance and it is one of my favorites to watch.

Updated On: 8/25/26 at 07:38 PM

JSquared2 said: "Somehow you always manage to find a way to make it about yourself..."

I can't imagine anything that could possibly more embody the concept of "projection."

RIP Dolly. I look forward to seeing the show you cared so much about later this year.