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March 5, 2025

Dolly Parton's Husband Carl Dean, Who Inspired 'Jolene,' Dies at 82

I just know that when I look back on my career, I'm going to look at my chat with Dolly Parton as a highlight. She's a testament to living your life walking in the path of joy and love, and her longtime marriage to Carl Dean was yet another example of how to live your life right. Which is why the news of his passing at the age of 82 is such a big story.

Think about this, there are very few pictures of Carl. He chose to support Dolly silently, letting her go out and be Dolly so that when she came home, it was just her and Carl. He gave not one interview, nor did he pose for any magazine cover. Instead, he just loved Dolly. (Like we love Dolly.)

"To have, you know, someone there in your corner and you know they love you for just who you are, not what you do, not what other people think you are," Parton told E! News in an old interview. "There's a great comfort in that, knowing that someone loves you exactly for who you are. Because he fell in love with me before I became a star."

That's it for me today. Keep scrolling for more entertainment news. I'll see you Friday!

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Vincent D'Onofrio's 'Wild' Journey to 'Daredevil: Born Again'

By H. Alan Scott

The path to get Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again made was a "wild" journey, says Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin, the supervillain at odds with Matt Murdock aka Daredevil (played by Charlie Cox), a lawyer by trade fighting for justice. "Any time you're involved with a project that people are digging, you just feel like you owe them so much and it really inspires you to do a great job and to do the best you can." After a ferocious campaign from fans, Disney+ brought the series back—initially a Netflix original from 2015 to 2018.

Playing a dark character isn't really about "a love for evil" for D'Onofrio, but "a love for interesting." As he says: "Do you remember that show Three's Company? At the end of all those shows, it was always just a big misunderstanding, and that's how I like to think about how I approach parts that are so far from me...you have to love your character, and if it's a well-written character you fall in love with it, and then I just think, this is just a big misunderstanding. I'm actually not what people think. That's the only way."

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