It’s the dead of August, the slowest week of the slowest month of the annual news cycle, and it’s time to serve you a light blog snack to close out the day. What’s cooking, internet?

Back in February, there were whispers that Rashida Jones was in talks to remake 9 to 5 for “the #MeToo era.” This confused me, considering that 9 to 5 is already a movie about sexual harassment and predatory office politics—politics which arguably haven’t changed since 1980. You really don’t have to bend over…

Reese Witherspoon—actress, production company head, and drinker of whiskey in a teacup—has been doing quite a lot as of late, particularly in support of the Times Up movement, both in Hollywood and outside of it. On Tuesday, Witherspoon announced the official launch of another business initiative: her video-on-demand…

Netflix is turning the oeuvre of Dolly Parton into an anthology TV series, adapting eight of her songs into “stand-alone narrative episodes.” Really it should just be seven different versions of “Jolene,” with one “I Will Always Love You” tossed in for good measure.

More money for Taylor Swift? In this economy? Undoubtedly, yes.

Deadline reported on Wednesday that 20th Century Fox has been taking steps toward developing a remake of the 1980 comedy 9 to 5, and sources say the studio has been courting Rashida Jones to co-write the script along with creator Pat Resnick.

Watching Dolly Parton talk about the lifetime of success that unexpectedly led to holding two Guinness World Record certificates at once is the most calming six minutes I’ve experienced in a long, long time.

It would have been nice if the Guardian hadn’t asked Kenny Rogers about politics (or the war on Christmas, which really puts a damper on the Christmas tunes), but you can be a real shitheel so long as you enable Dolly Parton to do this:

Here’s something fun: Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, reuniting on the Emmy’s stage, together again, 37 years after 9 to 5.

Not long after last November’s wildfires killed 14 people and destroyed “more than 2400 structures” in the Great Smokey Mountains region of Tennessee, Dolly Parton came to the rescue of her neighbors in Sevier County by launching the My People Fund. The fund quickly raised upwards of $9 million for area families whose…

Over a dozen fires have decimated nearly 15,000 acres in the area surrounding Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountain National Park, according to reports, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying parts of resort towns Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. “This is a fire for the history books,” Gatlinburg fire chief Greg Miller …

After writing a long tribute to Dolly Parton’s stop in Queens for her current Pure and Simple tour, during which I sobbed hysterically and noted nothing but her goodness and beauty, I was invited to fan tribute event Dollypalooza. While I didn’t cry, I once again found deep meaning in Dolly Parton’s work and fandom.

In today’s Tweet Beat, Yoko Ono sends some love, Jaden Smith does a thing and Dolly Parton discovers emojis.

Dolly Parton’s following includes a huge number of LGBT fans. There’s a lot of general talk of tolerance and love at a Dolly Parton concert, but has she ever actually helped a gay person?

Cool, more people weighing in on whether or not Amber Heard hit herself in the face or whatever.

Imagine if someone approached you and asked, “Wanna hear some new music from Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris?” How would you respond? With a silent shrug? A quick “No”? With a gasp, followed by, “What do I look like, some kind of dummy? Of course I wanna hear some new music from Trio!” If it’s more…

Dolly Parton—that sugary sweet, tremendously talented, and heavily tattooed angel who fell to earth (either heaven or the Smokey Mountains)—turns 70 years old today so let’s pump up our hair (because the higher the hair, the closer to God), push out our tits, break out our favorite Dolly albums, and celebrate! It’s…

Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope your day has been filled with only a minuscule amount of vomiting, screaming and other kinds of embarrassments. Use this thread to report on how well your aforementioned pranks performed, which of your relatives shamed your entirely family and other wonderful things that happened this…