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Dolly Parton plays a singing angel in her upcoming Netflix holiday special, 'Christmas on the Square'

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Courtesy of NetflixDolly Parton is bringing her legendary vocal talents to the small screen this holiday season.

Netflix just released the trailer for its upcoming musical holiday special Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square. In the film, Dolly stars opposite Christine Baranksi in a heartwarming small-town holiday story that takes cues from seasonal classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The special follows Regina Fuller, played by Baranski, a rich woman who returns to her hometown just before Christmas to attend to her recently deceased father’s affairs. The family owned a large swath of the town, and Regina is planning to evict the townspeople in order to sell her dad’s land to a mall developer. To make matters even worse, eviction day is Christmas Eve.  Of course, Dolly appears as a singing angel to change Regina’s mind, and open her heart to the Christmas spirit.

“Find that light and it will lead you to the part of you that you lost,” Dolly’s character tells Regina. “The part of you that can be happy.”

Also starring Jenifer Lewis and Treat Williams, and directed and choreographed by Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square boasts 14 original songs from the legendary country performer.

Just in time for the holiday season, the special debuts on November 22.

By Carena Liptak
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Aubrey Plaza, Megan Thee Stallion & more join 'Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine' Netflix special

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Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — The star-studded guest list for Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine keeps growing. 

Netflix announced today that comedian Sarah Cooper’s upcoming variety show will feature appearances by Helen Mirren, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, Jane Lynch and Whoopi Goldberg, along with “Savage” superstar Megan Thee Stallion.

They join previously announced guest stars Jon Hamm, Marisa Tomei and Fred Armisen.

Other cast members include Danielle Brooks of Orange Is the New Black fame, Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness, Connie Chung and Winona Rider. 

Cooper went viral this spring with her popular parody videos impersonating President Donald Trump and other political figures.

Natasha Lyonne directs the special and also co-produces it with Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens.

Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine premieres on Netflix October 27.

By Cillea Houghton
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Lady A lands first Christian Airplay chart-topper with their Chris Tomlin duet, “Who You Are to Me”

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ABC/Image Group LACountry trio Lady A are expanding their horizons as they nab their first number-one hit on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart, dated October 24.

The band’s new hit comes courtesy of “Who You Are to Me,” their collaboration with veteran Christian artist Chris Tomlin. It’s the first single off of Chris’ Chris Tomlin & Friends album, a project that sees the singer collaborating with a number of country A-Listers.

The Lady A band mates co-wrote “Who You Are to Me,” which is their first-ever entry on the Christian Airplay chart as well as their first number-one hit. Of course, Lady A’s no strangers to hitting the top spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, where they have a total of 10 number-one hits under their belt.

Lady A is only the second act to ever top both the Country Airplay and Christian Airplay charts. They’re following in Dolly Parton’s illustrious footsteps: Dolly became the first-ever performer to hit the number-one spot on both charts only last month, when her Zach Williams duet “There Was Jesus” became a chart-topping Christian Airplay hit.

Meanwhile Lady A’s “Champagne Night” is also climbing the charts over at country radio.

By Carena Liptak
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'News of the World' trailer shows Tom Hanks on an epic adventure

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Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Tom Hanks shares the News of the World in the new trailer for his upcoming film. 

Set in the late 1800s, it stars Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran and storyteller who travels the United States sharing  tales from across the globe. 

Along his travels, he encounters a young girl abandoned in the woods named Johanna, played by 12-year-old German actress Helena Zengel, who was taken by the Kiowa tribe after the killed her immediate family. Kidd takes it upon himself to trek across the dangerous terrain to return her to her living family members.  Along their trip, the two cross paths with intense storms and shady characters, all the while forming a special bond. 

“Ladies and gentlemen, these are stories of men and women very much like you, waiting for better days to come,” Hanks says in narration as epic action shots flash across the screen. 

News of the World sees the Oscar-winning actor reuniting with writer and director Paul Greengrass, who also directed 2013’s Academy Award-nominated Captain Phillips, in which Hanks starred.

News of the World premieres in theaters on December 25.

By Cillea Houghton
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Matthew McConaughey shares that he was sexually abused in his youth

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Noam Galai/Getty Images for HISTORY(LOS ANGELES) — Matthew McConaughey is opening about his past experiences of sexual abuse. 

The Academy Award-winning actor shares in his new memoir Greenlights that he was sexually abused multiple times as a teenager. 

“I was blackmailed into having sex for the first time when I was 15. I was certain I was going to hell for the premarital sex. Today, I am merely certain that I hope that’s not the case,” McConaughey details in the book, according to Variety. 

He explains another incident that occurred when he was 18 and was molested by a man as he was “knocked unconscious in the back of a van.” 

In spite of the traumatic experiences, the actor focuses on the positive in life and does not let it hinder on his happiness. 

“I’ve never felt like a victim. I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy,” he says. 

Greenlights is available now.

By Cillea Houghton
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