Steve Nedved

Credit: Fran StrineEven though the devastating East Tennessee wildfires didn’t do any damage to Dolly Parton’s theme park itself, the staff of Dollywood will take the next two days to help the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg communities recover.  More than a dozen rustic homes managed by Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins were either damaged or destroyed. Monday …

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ABC/Image Group LAHigh Valley is set to make their TV debut in the U.S. January 10 on the Today show. Canadian brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel will perform their breakthrough hit, “Make You Mine,” which is currently on the verge of breaking into the top 20. You can catch their visit with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb during the Today show’s fourth hour, which starts weekdays at …

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ABC/Image Group LAWith six more dates remaining during her Sin City residency with Brooks & Dunn this year, Reba confirms she and the men she jokingly refers to as “mischevious little boys” will be back for a dozen additional dates in 2017. “I love going to Vegas and hanging out with Ronnie and Kix, who wouldn’t? They’re so much …

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ABC/Image Group LA Maren Morris will kick off her headlining Hero Tour in the Big Apple, with a just-announced show February 2 at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.  The CMA New Artist of the Year is also adding a second date at Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom on April 4, after the April 5 show sold out in …

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ABC/Image Group LA Martina McBride will continue her Love Unleashed trek next year, adding Lauren Alaina as the opener and partnering with CMT to turn it into  2017’s Next Women of Country tour. The season-10 American Idol runner-up heads out with the four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year just as her latest single, “Road Less Traveled,” has just broken …

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ABC/Image Group LA After raging East Tennessee wildfires threatened Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park overnight and forced many to evacuate the tourist meccas of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, the entertainment icon from nearby Sevierville is reacting to the devastation. “I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken,” the …

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NBCUniversalDolly Parton will perform two songs on Tuesday night’s live edition of The Voice on NBC, as she promotes her new movie that premieres on Wednesday. She’s set to sing the popular new arrangement of her classic “Jolene,” along with a capella sensation Pentatonix and her goddaughter, Voice coach Miley Cyrus.  Dolly also will debut her new single, “Circle of Love,” along with Jennifer Nettles. …

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BMLGAs Brett Young celebrates his first number one with his debut single, “Sleep Without You,” he admits the reality of it is just starting to set in for him. “It is such a crazy idea that maybe something that I wrote or something that I put on a record would affect people at all,” the newcomer says, …

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ABC/Image Group LALate Monday night, fire crews worked to protect Dolly Parton’s East Tennessee theme park, as wildfires threatened the Dollywood property in Pigeon Forge. Director of Media Pete Owens told ABC News flames were visible on a nearby ridge, as Dollywood’s team worked with firefighters to protect the structures on the park. Earlier in the evening, the …

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ABC/Image Group LAJason Aldean is following up the 18th number one of his career with the third single from They Don’t Know, a tune titled “Any Ol’ Barstool.” “I think [it] is probably one of the best-written songs on the album,” the ACM Entertainer of the Year says. “The guy is just trying to convince her that …

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