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People: Parton wows crowd at Glastonbury fest

Dolly Parton performs at the Glastonbury music festival in England on Sunday. (Associated Press)
From Wire Reports

Dolly Parton has won over legions of hard rock fans at England’s Glastonbury Festival, one of the biggest events on the summer calendar.

The country legend played many of her hits to a crowd estimated at 150,000 people in her first ever performance at the often muddy festival at Worthy Farm in southwest England.

Parton told the crowd at the Sunday show that she had been waiting her entire lifetime for a chance to perform at Glastonbury. She penned and performed a special song about mud to mark the occasion, even though the day proved mostly sunny and fair.

The 68-year-old said she has no plans to stop touring, singing and writing.

“I hope to never retire and I’m up there now and I enjoy every bit of it,” she said. “I wake up every day with new dreams, so I feel like I’m just starting out.”

Zendaya drops out of Aaliyah biopic

Dust yourself off and try again Lifetime Network: Zendaya will no longer play Aaliyah in an upcoming film.

The 17-year-old Disney Channel star said Sunday that she pulled out of the project because “production-wise, (it) wasn’t all the way there.”

“Because it’s someone that I honor and I respect so much, it has to be 128 percent, especially for all her fans, including myself,” Zendaya said. “I didn’t feel like it was all the way there, so I didn’t want to do that. And when the time comes when it’s done right and it’s 100 percent, by all means, I will be the first person there ready to go.”

Lifetime announced Zendaya’s participation two weeks ago. The announcement sparked anger from Aaliyah’s family, who are not participating in the project.

The network tweeted Sunday: “We are sad Zendaya will no longer portray Aaliyah. Production is currently on hold.”

Others on social media suggested that another actress should play the late singer, who died in 2001 at age 22.

The birthday bunch

Actress Nancy Dussault is 78. Jazz musician Stanley Clarke is 63. Actor-comedian David Alan Grier is 58. Actor Vincent D’Onofrio is 55. Actor Rupert Graves is 51. Boxer Mike Tyson is 48. Actress Monica Potter is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Fantasia (“American Idol”) is 30.