Dolly Parton Dies at 80 — The Music Icon Who Built a Cultural and Business Empire

  ABE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026 Dolly Parton, the country music superstar whose extraordinary journey took her from poverty in the mountains of Tennessee to global fame, Hollywood, business success and one of the world’s best-known children’s literacy programs, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died Tuesday at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center…

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Luxury Fashion Is Betting on Ballet — Here’s Why

  Luxury fashion has spent years competing for one increasingly difficult thing: attention. Brands have hired celebrities. They have paid influencers. They have staged enormous runway shows. They have flooded social media with campaigns designed to become the next viral moment. But some of the world’s biggest luxury names are now looking somewhere very different….

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