'I see myself as an old ocean, making new waves." That's Dolly Parton in the current issue of Rolling Stone, talking to Rob Tannenbaum about her "500th album." (Neither Dolly nor the author knew exactly how many albums the star has recorded, so they settled on a round 500.)
I love Dolly's quote. For all the joyful artificiality of her appearance, it gives her joy, folks, and that's what matters. She is so utterly real, as pure as her famous voice. (My phone conversations with Dolly usually have left me uplifted for days!)
Tannenbaum asked Dolly if she had any words of advice for her goddaughter Miley Cyrus. Despite the family connection, this is the du jour question put to every celeb these days. Dolly said: "I understand why she had to be drastic in breaking away from the whole 'Hannah Montana' thing ... Miley is smart and talented, and I hope and pray that she makes some good and right decisions."
We all hope that. Because if Miley doesn't do right, she might end up like Beyonce, a happily married wife and mother, no scandals attached to her name, hard-working and self-made, but still, as we all know, Beyonce is said to be a bad influence on young girls, causing them to get pregnant out of wedlock.
But Miley, who really has an influence on teen girls, is A-OK, despite her shocking get-ups and vulgar twerking.
Odd? Discuss this amongst yourselves.
Last weekend, when news broke of George Clooney's engagement, I thought for a second I had a scoop. It seemed to me I had written about George and his lawyer fiancee Amal Alamuddin quite some time back. Had I been the first? Alas, no. But it was kind of close.
We did write, thanks to the sharp eyes of our guy in L.A., Hal Lifson, that George had shared a few meals with one Nicole Pearson last summer. She is a lawyer, then 30 years old. They met at a fundraiser. He sent her chocolates (Edelweiss). She is attractive, but not in Clooney's usual va-va-va-voom starlet/model mode.
It didn't amount to anything, but perhaps Nicole can take some credit for enlightening Clooney on the benefits of a relationship with a woman over 25, who has a non-showbiz job and a real head on her shoulders?
Nicole herself is amused by the idea but says: "I wish George and his lovely fiancee nothing but happiness. Amal is an accomplished professional and George certainly knows how to treat a lady!" (One assumes Amal is being treated to more than chocolates.)
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