We Hear You: Cancel Culture Reaches a Galaxy Far, Far Away
"What happened to our freedoms that set us apart from the very countries that we are now turning into?" San Diego resident Pam Elbers writes of Lucasfilm's sacking of Gina Carano for her social media posts. Pictured: Carano attends the premiere of Disney+'s "The Mandalorian" on Nov. 13, 2019, at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
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Dolly Parton hasn't gotten the coronavirus vaccine yet, even though she donated US$1 million for it
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A newly 75-year-old Dolly Parton is eligible to be inoculated against Covid-19 but hasn't gotten a shot yet, she told CNN, even though she donated US$1 million to vaccine development.
"I'm going to get it, though," she said Thursday. "I didn't want to jump line. I didn't donate the money so I could be protected. I did it for everybody."
In typical Parton style, she gave the seven-figure sum to help partly fund creation of the Moderna vaccine.
It was a sideline effort by the county music legend, not unlike another project Parton spoke about with CNN: reworking her famous song, "9 to 5," as "5 to 9" for website building and e-commerce platform Squarespace's Super Bowl ad.