and olivia lane, the nine-year- old who plays dolly in the movie, was perfect for the role. she had the daunting task of playing her idol. they might be 61 years apart but the two stars on dollywood's red carpet are those who than that. thing is knowing dolly. >> reporter: she is no stranger to the red carpet, landing several roles in tv and film, most notably playing the nine- year-old version of a living legend. >> being dolly is hard because being a character is hard but having to like be somebody else is really hard. i really wanted to get dolly perfect. >> reporter: she has been spending time with an expert. >> i don't think many people can say i know dolly parton. i think that is the biggest honor i could get. >> reporter: did you have to do anything specific to prepare for this role? >> i watched a lot of dolly movies and videos. i really wanted to capture every little deep corner of dolly because so i can play her really well. >> reporter: but aside from >> what do you think it makes them feel? >> i hope it makes them feel warm, happy, cozy, loved.>> i hope that to b

olivia lane. >> how are you? >> it is great. i'm in vegas. how could it be bad? >> you have so much energy. >> i have had four hours of sleep. >> whoo. >> this is your fourth time playing. >> country music in vegas, it is great. fans come out in droves. >> this is a great place to play. >> come line dance. come. it is going to be really, really fun. >> you have so many awards in your career. hoe does that feel? >> it actually as a new country artist, when you rising up in the ranks, it is someone like rolling stones to say you are doing good, kid. it is awesome. >> we are getting ready your song. >> yes, you are. >> [laughter.] >> you are a texas girl, right? >> i am. indeed. >> born and raised. >> you came from a musical family. >> i did, yeah. my mom when she was my age she was a country singer in texas. you can stay in texas and make a good living for yourself because texas is so big. would play music throughout the house. >> and the album was released. >> it has a brand new song, 9 songs on it. and it is basically, the summation of grinding it out on the road

>> i should tell you, country artist olivia lane performs her latest christmas single. >> she is going to do a little tree. and make plans for your weekend. we got great ideas for you. >> that's right. it's all tomorrow, and that is it for us today. >> that's it? i think we should take him out dancing with norm clarke. >> announcer: grab >> announcer: grab your coffee and get comfy 'cause "the view" is live. >>> palin roars again. could the mama grizzly have a place in trump's white house, and why she says donald's win was divine intervention. >>> plus cnn's van jones hits "hot topics" to reveal "the messy truth" about what trump's victory means for america. >>> and do not miss some of your favorite superstars who have a surprise for whoopi that may actually leave her speechless. >>> the house of "hot topics" is in session with whoopi, sunny hostin, joy behar, sara haines, and jedediah bila. now, let's get things started. [ cheers and applause ]

lane. i think we have been running together for a long time. olivia, i have been watching you, you may not know, i have been watching you since i had my first job in d.c. at a place called sasha youth work. you were at children's fund there and up in new york as state director of operations and now in this role. when i looked at the board members for dra also p, i saw names like peter edel map and joe anek and angela glover blackwell and sarah war tell and donna cooper, all of whom i have great admiration for. i couldn't be more thrilled to be here. i am going to tell you a little bit about what i hope to do today and help you appreciate we are operating in a moment of history and why this is such an important moment for justice reform and for poor people in this country. i want to explain a little bit why paying attention to breaking the cycle of incarceration through some of the things that wayne just spoke about, a broad array of education and training for people in prison and then leaving prison is essential and critical. i want to focus specifica

lane. i think we have been running together for a long time. toss wonderful to be here. olivia, i have been watching you, you may not know, i have been watching you since i had my first job in d.c. at a place called sasha youth work. you were at a children's defense fund there and up in new york as now in this role. when i looked at the board members for dra also, i saw names like peter edelman and joe anek and angela glover blackwell and sarah war tell and donna cooper, all of whom i have great admiration for. i couldn't be more thrilled to be here. i am going to tell you a little bit about what i hope to do and why this is such an important moment for justice reform and poor people in this country. i want to explain a little bit why paying attention to breaking the cycle of incarceration through some of the things that wayne just spoke about, a broad array of education and training for people in prison and then leaving prison is essential and a critical issue. i want to focus specifically on post secondary education in prison. i will describe what i believe is an opportunity

lane. but i think we've been running together for a long time and it's -- it's -- it's wonderful to be here. i've -- olivia, i have watched you. you may not know that i have been watching but i have been watching you since i was -- i had my first job in d.c. at a place called sasha bruce youth work. you were at children's defense fund there and then when you were up in new york as state directorover operations and now in this role and when i looked at the board members at -- for clasp, i saw names like peter edelm edelman and angela glover blackwell, sara cooper, all of whom i have great admiration for so i couldn't be more thrilled to be here. i'll tell you right now about what i hope to do today. one of the things i would like to do is set out the historical context for this conversation we're having right now and to help you appreciate that we are actually operating in a moment of history and why this is such an important moment for justice reform and for poor people in this country. i want to explain a little bit about why paying attention to breaking the cycle of incarceration through some of the thin