. >> ladies and gentlemen, dolly parton. dolly parton: ♪ here you come again ♪ [applause] announcer: it's country music's biggest night. dolly parton: ♪ just when i am about to get myself together ♪ announcer: when country's greatest stars perform on country's biggest stage. george strait: ♪ that all my exes live in texas ♪ announcer: and now, you can have your very own front row seat. kenny rogers: ♪ you picked a fine time to leave me, lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the field ♪ announcer: for the greatest live performances ever. [applause] >> here are loretta lynn and conway twitty. >> shania twain, everybody. >> here's brooks and dunn. >> y'all say hi to mr. alan jackson. alan jackson: ♪ don't rock the jukebox i want to hear some jones ♪ announcer: it's cma awards live, the greatest moments from the cma awards. vince gill: ♪ i still believe in you ♪ announcer: every fall, country's finest get together to celebrate country music. anne: johnny cash, waylon jennings, kris kristofferson, and willie nelson. [a

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. >> i'll take and match it with the dolly parton story. when i was interviewing dolly once -- >> who has a legendary marriage. >> she has been together with him forever. i said what is the secret to your marriage? she said, i stay gone. >> on the road all the time. yeah. >> mike, you -- >> sometimes it's the little things that get in the way, the every day little things. >> the socks on the floor. >> you celebrated a big anniversary. congratulations. what's the secret, mike? >> same thing with dolly parton. never being around each other. >> this morning shift. >> working the opposite. some days i don't see my wife. i always joke with her, when i retire we're going to fight over the tv. we really are. she has the entire evening to herself without me. those are things we can handle. absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? >>> let's take a look at the exploratorium. we have those high clouds once again. imagine how hot it would be without those high clouds. near record highs again today under this day where we could have poor air quality.

. >>> country music legend dolly parton's song "i will always love you" was released 40 years ago todayey houston vce to the ball ♪ and i will always love you >> kevin chose the song. he said, whitney, this song is beautiful. dolly wrote it ♪ so good-bye >> this is the song. this will tie the whole movie together. >> whitney's version hit number one on the charts and the "the bodyguard" sound track was the most successful of all time, with 45 million copies sold. ♪ and i will always love you >> i'm very, very proud of "ly always love you." 20 years ago very emotional time. i had a number one in the '70s, early '80s and whitney had the worldwide hit on it. ♪ and i >> "e.t." was on the set for the music video, and a pregnant whitney sang sitting down to hide her baby bump. it wasn't the first movie version. dolly sang it to burt reynolds years earlier in "the best little whorehouse in texas." it reached to top of the charts again at whitney's death. >> everybody relates to that song. >> it's true. everybody can relate to that song, especially here in nashville. >>> well, coming up, countr

. >> even the fact that dolly parton knows who i am, is really amazing.o i am. he might. that's really cool. thank you for sharing that with me. >> years later, she actually got to perform with both dolly and elton. ♪ you're still the one i run to ♪ >> and anyone who would ride a real horse on stage has got to be fearless, right? ♪ you're still the one i run to ♪ >> but shania let us in on a secret. >> i've got this terrible stagefright, so, it's a leap of courage every night to get out there but once i'm there, i feel embraced by the audience. ♪ there's nowhere but up from here ♪ >> i imagine sa nigh ya is going to feel the love in las vegas. >>> meanwhile, singer adele is still on a high from her big night with the spice girls in london and that's where keltie knight is. hey, keltie. >> nancy, adele spicing up her life certainly gave us life. kind of making up for the fact that posh was a finale no-show. ♪ i'll give you everything for this i swear just promise me you'll always be there ♪ >> posh's promise to always be there, didn't happen. first, she sa

. >> we first met shaniya almost >> the fact dolly parton knows who i am is amazing. thank you for sharing that with me. yearsater got to perform with both of ♪ and anyone who would ride a real horse on stage has got to . right. ♪ >> but shaniya let a fan on a secret. i have a terrible stag fright so it is a leap of courage to get out there but once i'm there i feel embraced . ♪ >> oh, and i imagine that shaniya is definitely going to feel the love from las vegas when she begins there december 6th. >>> let's move on to our exclusive with this icon, liza minnelli opening up about say frightening injury. >> there's so many reports about your health. i want to set the record straight. how you feeling? how you doing? >> i'm feeling great or i wouldn't i fell. i a m i've broken everything else, ha! >> there's a movie being made about your amazing mother. >> oh, really? ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ >> oscar winner renee zellweger plays liza's mom in the movie out this fall and focused on liza's life before dieing of the overdose. >> have you seen any of the renee zellwege

brian: brian dolly parton, there is more to be said now a thing or two because we've seen a thing or -bum-bum ♪ ainsley: music icon dolly pardopar parton one of the hardest working. celebrating dinner theater and show pirate's voyage. dolly parton joins us now. a pleasure to see you. >> always nice to see you. you have always been nice about hocking my goods and now i'm hocking my treasure chest here at pigeon forge. we are all excited about the grand opening here today. steve: i'm familiar with it. you had a successful show. had you this in south carolina. it was so successful that you decided to open up one in pigeon forge. tell me about your success in south carolina and how that led you to where you are now? >> well, actually, we have had a pirate's voyage in myrtle beach for years. and you are from south carolina, i believe so you may have been there, i don't know. ainsley: yes, ma'am. >> we have a new area here in pigeon forge called the island, paula deen and jimmy buffet have all these great things. i thought well the island, we have the pirates voyage over here next to the is

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dolly parton "nine to five." all i can think of is dabney coleman, a great movie.ittle too hokie. i'm not sure. i couldn't get to everybody and a couple skipped the event including the front-runner which got me wondering which song will joe biden use for his campaign. in the opening rally in pittsburgh he went with the boss, springsteen's "we take care of our own." as far as i know, springsteen has no objection to the veep using the song. but in philly three weeks later he switched to elton john's "philadelphia freedom." maybe being in the city of brotherly love, i don't know. and then, of course, there's a song i'd be using in iowa. i already do in my "american life and columns" book tour. i go with "stuck in the middle with you." by the way, i'm not changing my tune. i want to remind to you answer the survey questio question @smerconish.com. should democrats avoid or embrace the socialist label? >>> still to come, a new onc report said kellyanne conway should be fired for violating the hatch act. but she remains employed. >> if you're trying to silence me with th

and i love miley' w voicen she sings with that dolly parton thing.d that come about? >> it's so surreal. lady gaga and ior wked together on joann. it was so wild to write that song. we wrote it in a day and then the movie was so great. all this stuff happened pen it was cr'sy. >> where the oscar? >> it's where everyone can s it in my house. i'm kidding. it's on a shelf. >> and likile is here. who was on my show many years ago. great artist all the way around. great to have you. one of the great artists on the record. let's get to it. ♪ i weigh the water ♪ i feel it all ♪ i ask myself a milli i questions the dark ♪ ♪i lay in silence ♪ but silence talks ♪ it tells me heaven is no closer than it was ♪ ♪ my heart keepsulling in the wrong direction ♪ ♪ i'm about to cross that line ♪ looking for the wrong affection night after night ♪ ♪ trying to find a new distraction ♪ ♪ant to make it last all night ♪ ♪ everything that i've been mixing all mixed u inside ♪ ♪ want to get to know ya ♪ i'm going to call ya ♪ with late night feelings ♪ want to get to know ya

dolly parton is known for amping up the glam but apparently she doesn't just wear her makeup 9 to 5. bed. she goes to bed with it and cleanses her face in the morning, not at fight because, quote, you never know if you're going to wreck the bus, if you're going to be somewhere in a hotel and there's going to be a fire. you just never know. so keep the makeup on. you never know. >>> finally when it comes to love they say when you know you know. alex rodriguez knew 21 years ago. way back in 1998 when a-rod was just a young upcoming short stop for the seattle mariners he was asked about a dream date. take a look at what he said. >> what would be a dream date with alex rodriguez be? >> jennifer lopez. hopefully you can find me a date with her. >> all these years later, he, of course, is engaged to his dream date. a-rod posting this video on instagram writing, i just had a feeling. so no surprise, j. lo commented, omg, i love this too much. we all love this too much proving that dreams can come true. [ applause ] it was meant to be. >> yes. >> honestly meant to be all those years ago. >>>

single was so -- >> i love that i love miley's voice when she sings with that country ras-like that dolly partonh. we worked together on "joann." the movie was so great and all this stuff happened. it's crazy. >> where is the oscar? >> it's in where everyone can see it in the house. i'm kidding. it's on a shelf. it's crazy. >> good. lykke li is here who was on my show many, many years ago. great artist all the way around. great to have you. one of the many great artists on the record what is the name of this song? >> "late night feelings." it's the title track of the album. >> let's get to it here is mark ronson, everybody ♪ i weigh the water ♪ i feel it all ♪ i ask myself a million questions in the dark ♪ ♪ i lay in silence, but silence talk ♪ ♪ it tells me heaven is no closer than it was ♪ ♪ my heart keeps pulling in the wrong direction ♪ ♪ i'm about to cross the line ♪ looking for the wrong affection ♪ ♪ night after night ♪ trying to find a new distraction ♪ ♪ want to make it last all night ♪ ♪ everything that i've been mixing all mixed up inside ♪ ♪ when i wanna call you ♪ with late night fe