Film News Roundup: Dolly Parton Donates $1 Million for Research on Coronavirus Cure

cure, Howie Mandel and Ashlee Simpson join the voice cast of “Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk” and American Documentary launches an artists emergency fund.Dolly Parton has donated $1 million to Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital to help aid research to find a cure for the coronavirus.

Earlier this week, Dollywood and film marketing company Abramorama announced that beginning on April 2 at 7:00 pm ET, Parton will be reading a children’s book for bedtime in a series entitled “Goodnight With Dolly.” The companies also announced that the documentary “The Library That Dolly Built” will open nationally on Sept. 21 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Parton’s Imagination Library program.

Previously announced cast include Nick Cannon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Coolidge and Kenan Thompson. John D. Eraklis is directing and producing alongside Cannon’s Ncredible Entertainment and Ciaran Crampton and Chase Muratore’s Sugar Water Entertainment. Sugar Water Entertainment is providing financing in partnership with Toonz Media Group, and Michael Goldman, Jamal Trulove and Delbert Whetter are executive producing.

And I’m here listening to her song “Here I Am” 😩❤️

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