A John Wayne western from 1948 still sits at No. 5 of the greatest ever — and it's not for the shootouts
Seventy-eight years ago, a cattle-drive movie premiered, and it is still parked at [No. 5 on the American Film Institute's list](https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/) of the greatest American westerns. Ahead of it: only *The Searchers*, *High Noon*, *Shane*, and *Unforgiven*.
Dolly Parton had one reason to mail books to millions of kids — it wasn't PR, and it wasn't the money: it was her father
Dolly Parton has sold everything sellable, built a theme park, and written more hits than most labels' entire rosters. And the achievement she treasures most involves zero rhinestones.
There is no schadenfreude quite like box office schadenfreude. A studio spends the GDP of a small island nation on a movie, executives high-five over tracking numbers, and then opening weekend arrives and the phrase "soft debut" starts doing a lot of heavy lifting in the trades.
Bruno Mars just set the worst debut of his career: his duet with Karol G opened second-to-last on the chart
Bruno Mars does not do flops. The man has ten Hot 100 No. 1s, a duet with Lady Gaga that ruled for five weeks, and a general aura of being chart-proof.
She gave the same advice to everyone who asked, for 50 years: the line Dolly Parton lived by
Ask Dolly Parton for life advice — and everyone does, constantly, for decades — and you will get the same answer she's been handing out since the wigs were smaller.
