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Dolly Parton may be the quintessential Tennessean. Born and raised in the Smoky Mountains, she’s waxed poetic about her “Tennessee mountain home” in her recordings. She donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center that helped develop a coronavirus vaccine. The state’s equivalent of Disney World even bears her name. It’s fitting, then, that she

A New Zealand council has announced a month-long road closure in order to allow a sea lion and her pup to reach the ocean safely. John Wilson Ocean Drive in Dunedin will be closed after the New Zealand sea lions made their home at a nearby golf course and started “regularly crossing the road to

The National Museum of American History is collecting objects to help document last week’s deadly riot at the US Capitol, the museum’s director said. The museum “has an ongoing and deep commitment to document all aspects of the American political experiment: a government by the people,” Anthea M. Hartig said in a written statement. “A

If you’ve previously been tempted by the prospect of buying a crumbling house in Italy for one euro, this latest move by a town to lure newcomers might just convince you to take the plunge. The Sicilian town of Troina is joining the likes of Mussomeli and Zungoli by putting dozens of abandoned homes on

After years of heartbreak, friendship, mirror rapping and, of course, awkwardness, “Insecure” will be coming to an end after the next season. Issa Rae, the creator of the popular show, made the announcement on Wednesday on Twitter, ahead of filming for the fifth season. “Very excited to film our fifth and final season! We couldn’t

Anyone who has felt their relationship tested by quarantine (no need to raise hands, we see you) will at least partially relate to “Locked Down,” which takes the idea of a couple trapped by those circumstances, then builds an improbable heist plot around it. Thanks to Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway it’s mildly watchable, but

Before suiting up as Marvel’s Falcon again on Disney+, Anthony Mackie produces and stars in “Outside the Wire,” a futuristic action vehicle that thinks inside the box and feels as generic as its title. Netflix has found an eager audience for such adrenaline-rush movies — perhaps especially with theaters hobbled — but this is a

YouTube Originals has announced the first two episodes of Demi Lovato’s docuseries, “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” will premiere on March 23. The four-part documentary, directed bv Michael D. Ratner, will air on Lovato’s YouTube Channel, with the next two episodes released weekly on Tuesdays. “It’s been two years since I came face-to-face with

The world’s oldest known figurative artwork has been discovered in a cave in Indonesia — an endearing image of a warty pig. Archaeologists working on the site on the island of Sulawesi said the cave art was at least 45,500 years old. It is also thought to be the oldest surviving image of an animal.

We will no longer have to choose between watching either the Screen Actors Guild Awards or the Grammys. It was announced Wednesday that the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4 at 9 p.m. EST. (TNT and TBS, like CNN, are part of WarnerMedia.) The

Emma Roberts has a lot to smile about these days. The actress took to social media to share the first photo of her newborn son and revealed his name. “Thank you 2020 for getting one thing right,” she wrote. “Our bright light Rhodes Robert Hedlund.” Roberts welcomed her son with actor Garrett Hedlund last month.

The legendary Betty White turns 99 on January 17 and like many others this year she is planning a birthday in quarantine. White recently spoke with “Entertainment Tonight” about how she will spend the start of her last year as a nonagenarian. “What am I doing for my birthday?,” she said. “Running a mile each

Yes, Martha Stewart received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine near a facility named for her, but rest assured, she says she didn’t jump the line. The lifestyle mogul posted a video Monday on her verified Instagram account showing her getting vaccinated near the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown in

They’re watching you, wherever you walk. They know exactly where you pause, when you slow down and speed up, and they count you in and out of the city. What’s more, they’re tracking your phone, so they can tell exactly how many people from your country or region are in which area, at which time.

A reward is being offered for information that helps authorities find and prosecute whomever wrote “Trump” on a manatee’s back. The manatee was discovered Sunday in Florida’s Homosassa River with the President’s name in capital letters on its back, according to a news release from the Center for Biological Diversity. It’s not clear what was