dolly, an original musical. three different actors will portray parton at different stages of life.show, parton promises a strong country flavor for the music, with some nods to new york theater traditions. she said she's always wanted to do her life story as a musical, and wanted it done while she was still around to oversee it and make sure it's done properly. >> we need her vision. >> we do? yes. >> the name. it's very. simple. okay. you know, dolly. >> gets the point across. >> yeah, yeah, it says. you know. >> it's not. hello, dolly, it's dolly. >> dolly? yeah. and i looked it up. i was curious about this. they had a casting call, and there's all these fun videos on the website that you could see all these people dressed up as her who were trying out. it's so much fun. >> i have watched some of the videos of people auditioning. yeah, it's really interesting and there's some really good contenders. >> okay, okay. >> right on. represent her. >> don't mess her up. >> no. do not. this morning, we'll take a high above the clouds. our tam cam. once you get above the clouds, we have a

preview with special appearances by jimmy fallon, andy cohen, hoda kotb, jenna bush hager, al roker, dolly partonramo, mario lopez and kit hoover. plus your hosts keltie knight and justin sylvester. from universal studios in hollywood. -welcome to "e! news presents nbc's hot 10 of 2024." -for the next hour, we're taking a look back at the mt epic moments in entertainme from the last year. -let's kick off our hot 10 with this year's most talked about headlines. -from celine dion's miraculous return to the stage to simone biles shattering records at the olympics. taylor swift and travis kelsey's love story intensifying, the top stories of 2024 made major headlines. celebrity investigations and legal woes dominated the headlines in 2024, and all eyes were on sean "diddy" combs -i am announcing the unsealing of a three-count indictment charging sean combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, interstate transportation for prostitution. -combs pleaded not guilty to the charges and is currently in jail awaiting his trial on may 5th. the late matthew perry stayed in the headlines with five indi

. >>> a musical about dolly parton's life will be going to broadway, but the debut will happen this summer at belmont university. the country icon says a nashville debut is only natural since she is tennessee born and tennessee raised. the broadway premiere is slated for next year. >>> "early today" is back in a minute wh itwhat's next for inrest rates, and deepseek. mhm. why are you shimmyg? oh! unstopables has odor blocker so i'll feel fresh all day, even after a red eye. we all use unstopables. looks like he does too! smell unstopable. ( ♪♪ ) feel the power of osteo bi-flex®. taken every day, it's clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. ( ♪♪ ) mom's gonna love this! alright kids come on. it's time for bed! ( ♪♪ ) good morning, mr. snuggles. make breakfast special with the cocoa and hazelnutty goodness of nutella. ( ♪♪ ) can neuriva support your brain health? mary, janet, hey! eddie, no. frasier, frank. frank? —fred, how are you? —fred! support up to 7 brain health indicators, including memory. when you need to remember, remember neuri

so named dolly parton, named dolly parton, that is her name. she is adorable. but mrs. nixon, of course never let the dogs jump on the furniture at the white house she can't let them on a duncan sofa. i mean that would be sacrilege. but at casa pacifica, the dogs could sit on the couch. and that was a big source of entertainment. so, you know, it was a return family life and i think a to the beginning of the relationship that smitten couple from world war they come back together and it was kind of a wonderful for the story that she got that time with him and he with he thought he left left a congratulation heath on a wonderful book i know it's wonderful because ben stein texted me it's a very good book and. i wondered if but before i ask my question, there'd be another year for good housekeeping as the most admired woman that they called during construction of the library and said, we want you to know she wins year. so we're going to give her the all time most admired woman title and just not put her in the poll any more because just kept winning. so there would be many

and you're dolly parton. >> i am not one for speaking out much, but that don't mean i don't stay in touchrld ♪ ♪ girls ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are coming on the air with breaking news. >> through countless hours of breaking news... ♪ ♪ and nearly 1300 broadcasts, norah, you've treated each story with grace and compassion. >> they are alive because their parents love for them. >> yeah, exactly. >> may the memory be a blessing pit. >> amen. >> putting world events into context. >> one year ago, our world was turned upside down, but our perspective turned right-side up. the things we took for granted, we won't take for granted again. >> offering a hug. ♪ ♪ [horn honking] a little laughter. >> i'm sorry. [laughs] >> and a whole lot of smiles along the way. [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ one day ♪ ♪ you will be remembered ♪ >> norah, you did all that and more. you have so much to be proud of, and you are only getting started. so we all cannot wait to see all you accomplish as cbs news senior correspondent. we'll be watching. you know i've been watching, calling you about those suits, and i will continue to watch, and w

yes, dolly parton to. i actually got to interview her.d at the number of stars, singers, you name, famous people that have been on the show. stuart: next time put your mic on -- [laughter] and we'll hear what you've got to say. [laughter] it's been 15 years, ash. we should have figured it out. ashley: oh, this is called a mic. okay. let me try that. testing, testing. stuart: there you go. all right -- [laughter] i'm going to check the markets, that's what we're hear for. -- here for. politics and money, that's what we do. we're in rally mode. up 380 on the dow, 2700 on the nasdaq. >>> now this. in july, frequent guest lou basenese told us about the crypto mining company core scientific. the chief executive at core scientific, adam sullivan, joins us now. adam, your company pivoted away from bitcoin mining to high performance computing. and i know that your stock has done extremely well. i want the talk to you about trump and a.i. what is the president-elect going to do for a.i.? >> yeah. well, first of all, congratulations on 15 years. ap

. >> and you're dolly parton. >> i'm not one for speaking out much, but that don't mean i don't stay>> you must speak out for your rights. ♪ who run the world, girls, girls, girls ♪ >> we are coming on the air with breaking news. >> through countless hours of breaking news -- ♪ long live you all crash through ♪ >> and nearly 1300 broadcasts, norah, you've treated each story with grace and compassion. >> they are alive because of their parents' love for them. >> yeah. exactly. >> may their memory be a blessing. >> amen. >> long-lived putting world events into context. >> one year ago, our world was turned upside down. but our perspective turned right side up. the things we took for granted we won't take for granted again. >> offering a hug. a little laughter -- >> sorry! >> and a whole lot of smiles along the way. [ laughter ] ♪ one day ♪ ♪ you will be remembered ♪ >> whoo, norah, you did all that and more. you have so much to be proud of, and you're only getting started. so we all cannot wait to see all you accomplish as cbs news senior correspondent. we'll be watching. you know i've

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i remember dolly parton was playing. they paid her over 300,000 a week. and everybody was astounded. sometimes the salaries were so huge you wonder how they were going to make their money and they just couldn't continue to do it if a want ad won't get you a job, will a star get you an audience? >> it always has in las vegas, a town that always has considered itself recession proof. always, apparently stops now. >> now that neon oasis is suffering what one casino operator calls the first real slump this town has ever had and the time i performed in the early days, it was just single performers at every hotel, and then they decided to put in the big production shows because they didn't cost quite as much money. >> when the lights go on on las vegas marquees, it's not the big names that are packing them in, it's siegfried and roy. casinos can't afford star salaries. they've simply priced themselves out of the market. >> siegfried and roy originally were a featured act in the folies bergere shows, and they were bringing a new type of attraction to las vegas,

and now his last song is part of dolly parton's thing. >> oh, wow. >> we have an all star band and thewe're going to have a lot of fun with. i just said, i saw i was with ec this morning and we decided that everybody's going to tell a story that fans or people in the audience would never hear before. a couple involve jose and ec once, his opponents, once as guys. stu's got a lot of material and stu, but it's going to be entertaining, more fun. >> it sounds like it. and i know you were just telling us you're going to be obviously doing a tribute to rickey henderson here during during this saturday's event, you were planning on having rickey there. and of course, we lost him unexpectedly last month. what? what when you heard that news, where did your where did your thoughts go? what did what did you think about the player and the man? >> not possible. we had just seen him recently and without exception, everybody you know, we did it at the coliseum when reggie had a softball thing and he looked good. he looked like he could still play and still called me at night and said, would you pass

this is belonging to dolly parton.vie nicks signed a top hat and signed guitars like artists including billie eilish, dave grohl. and you can even get a jacket worn by lionel richie, as well as signed lyric book by paul mccartney. and the auction will take place 11 a.m. on february 2nd. this is in santa monica. that's the same day as the grammy awards ceremony in southern california. there's been talk of delaying some of those awards. yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens. everybody's trying to find a way to help. yeah, a lot of help. all right. well, back here at home, weather wise, our conditions are. you're going to need that lionel richie jacket. you don't want on top of it. yeah, it's going to be a cold start. and we are going to see more cold mornings, but mild afternoons. let's take a live look outside in dublin as we're getting this thursday started. bright orange sunrise this morning looks beautiful, but don't let it be a distraction. it is a cold morning as our temperatures are down to now. 35 in ple

no one has their dolly parton props. >> i had to. can i try that dolly? i want to try that dolly. >> oh. meanwhile, they're switching out. 17 time grammy winning artist sting. i wrote your name somewhere upon my heart. oh, there you go. >> so here's a new song. >> it's a romantic song, but it's noisy. >> it's called i wrote your name upon my heart. come on. >> two, three, hey. who have. i wrote your name upon my heart. so i remember when ever we. should part when i got lost inside my field i'd look into my heart and. your name. how many feathers? but die ashamed i hope you love. spell your name i carved your name. upon my soul oh, i was broken. and you cannot make me whole. when i got lost outside the frame i look into my heart i read your name. how many better. parts i al-qaim i hope you let us. in. i wrote your name upon my soul. for i was broken. but you came to make me whole. when i got lost inside last three. i'd look into my heart. then i'd find your name. come on, say. it's throwing my. i call your number upon your. >> i lie awake waiting on your c

no one has their dolly parton props. >> can i try that? want to try that dolly. >> i'll switch hats. >> meanwhile, they're switching out. 17 time grammy winning artist sting. i wrote your name somewhere upon my heart. oh, there you go. >> so here's a new song. it's a romantic song, but it's noisy. it's called i wrote your name upon my heart one, two, three. >> i wrote your name. upon my heart. so i remember. if ever we should part. when i got lost inside my face i look into my heart. >> and. >> praise your name. how many feathers but die a shade. i hope you let us. spell your name i carved your name upon my soul. for i was broken. and you cannot make me whole. when i got lost inside the frame. i look into my heart i read your name. how many petals but i shade. i hope you let us in. i wrote your name. upon my soul. for i was broken. but you came to make me whole. when i got lost inside last three. eyed look into my heart. there i find your name. come on, say. scrolling past. and ask for your number. >> upon your. i love wegovy waiting on you

. >> tell me lking about a dream of yours was to audition for the dolly parton. jolene," people are sending in their version. >> yeah. which is hard -- ♪ jolene jolene jolene ♪ >> i'm never doing that again. >> you were good for two -- >> that's exactly the amount you should be singing. >> the first jolene was okay. >> would you turn the chair? >> she said you were on key. >> she said that to me which i couldn't believe, it was like a dream. some of these cuties were there in the audience. >> you would have turned the chair for her? >> i don't know about that. >> but you're my friend. you would turn the chair for the queso at least. >> for sure the queso. >>> let's get a check of the weather. >> that had a little bit of everything. looking ahead to the weekend, heavy rain in the ohio river valley, wet weather in the northeast, new storm moves into the west. sunny skies midsection of the country. saturday much colder in the east. above average highs, midsection of the country, northern california into the northern plains. we got some snow and then sunday, sunday, s

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>> dolly parton. hands down is my favorite country artist of all time. >> yeah.your favorite show tune of all time? >> oh my god. you know, i'm a huge sound of music fan. really? >> oh, really? >> oh, interesting. >> i love it. i am 16 going. >> that's probably inappropriate when i think about it, but liesl had made it anything. sound of music i love so much. >> would you do broadway? i absolutely would be great. >> if anybody would have me, i would do it. >> yes. oh my god. yes. >> wow. well, we're very excited to hear you perform. imagine. >> i'm so excited. >> you're always such a delight. will you come back and see me on watch what happens live soon, please. >> okay. >> and what do you do? >> be on watch what happens live with. >> i would love to. i would love to be. i would love to be. but after like a huge night like this. what do you do? do you do you need to, like, go and be mellow? do you go out with friends and have a good time? my husband is here. >> i left my son at home with my parents. hi, grayson. >> i love you so much. how old is your son? >> he's

. >> 9 to 5 by dolly parton comes in at number two, and happy by pharrell williams comes in at number three. >> happy now i get that. that puts you in a good mood. >> no, i think all of this would irritate me. >> manic monday by the bangles would drive me mad. >> i think all of it would drive me mad. not one of those songs i want to listen to at 3 am. >> i want to break free by quick. these are all depressing because it will make you fed up about going to work. money for nothing. dire straits. >> i will survive. >> i will survive. >> all these songs are from the 80s, aren't they? most of them, yeah. >> well, a lot of them. >> well, a lot of them. >> from pharrell. >> from pharrell. >> shake it off, taylor swift. you like that one? >> i do, but not at 3:00 in the morning. maybe it's the time that i'm commuting. that's the problem. but i like something tranquil. >> depends how you're travelling, doesn't it? if you're on the. i think i imagine it'd be different if you're in the car compared to the train, compared to any other way. >> your travel point. it's a very good point. and if you'