Dolly Parton performs 75th Anniversary Event in Great Smoky Mountains

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer, producer, entrepreneur, author and actress.Homegrown superstar Dolly Parton sang "My Mountain, My Home" as leaders rededicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on its 75th anniversary in a ceremony Wednesday."These are my mountains, my valleys. These are my rivers flowing like a song," sang Parton.2,000 people gathered at America's most-visited park."I have always been an ambassador for the Smoky Mountains because I tell everybody how beautiful these mountains are," Parton said. "And no matter where I go, if you say something about the Smoky Mountains, even if the people have not been here, they just smile.

"I am here today on behalf of President Barack Obama to celebrate Great Smoky Mountains National Park, to honor our ancestors who left us this treasure, and to rededicate an American icon for a new century," Salazar said.My left foot is in North Carolina, my right foot is in Tennessee," Perdue exclaimed. "And the beauty of this place is that when you are here there is no North Carolina or no Tennessee. There is only one gift from God."The Smokies "is a gift of the people to the government, not a gift of the government to people," Bredesen said. "We are the beneficiaries of that forethought."

Serena and Venus Williams both reach fourth round

Finished with a mostly matter-of-fact victory in the U.S. Open's third round Friday, defending champion Serena Williams switched into a yellow T-shirt with this bit of wisdom in blue script:''Can't spell dynasty without nasty.''About the only thing Williams doesn't need to sell anyone on is the quality of her tennis, particularly at Grand Slam tournaments.
By beating serve-and-volleying Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-3, 7-5, Williams improved to 28-1 over the past five majors.
No. 3 Venus Williams, the 2000-01 Open champion, got past 46th-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 7-5. Next up for the elder Williams: a fourth-round match against Kim Clijsters, who recently came out of retirement and is playing in the tournament for the first time since winning it in 2005."She was a great champion," Venus Williams said."She still is".

Mila Kunis is a dizzy girl in comedy ‘Extract’

Mila Kunis has played the dizzy girl, shallow girl and even, after she graduated from "That ’70s Show,” the girl who totes a gun. But she’s never played "the bad girl.”"You get to lose all your inhibitions and get away with things you’d never get away with in real life when you play ‘the bad girl,’” she says with a giggle.She’s talking about her role in the new Mike Judge comedy "Extract,” which opens today.employees, friend, wife and neighbor.Kunis has cachet that transcends her exotic looks. As if scoring in an Apatow hit, doing voices on TV’s "Family Guy".The movie casts Jason Bateman as the owner of the Extract company, who faces a number of problems, including employees who take advantage of him and a wife who may be unfaithful.Office Space is a classic movie with plenty of laughs. Can Extract meet our expectations? We’ll see.

Idina Menzel Welcomes a Baby Boy, Name of the boy Walker Diggs

Pass out the blue cigars - Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel welcomed their first child on Wednesday, People.com reports.
It's a boy for actors Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel.
Walker Nathaniel Diggs was born Wednesday, and "Mother, father and son are all doing well," reps said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. Walker is the couple's first child."Mother, father and son are all doing well," reps said in a statement. "We have a couple [of names] in the running," the actor explained. "But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We'll see what he looks like."
Diggs met the Tony award-winning actress, both 38, in the original 1996 Broadway production of "Rent." They wed in January 2003.