Dolly Parton Weighs In On Becoming An AI Hologram After She Dies: “I Don’t Want To Leave My Soul On Earth”

Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Ricky Gervais, and others have shared their 75th birthday wishes for Yusuf/Cat Stevens. Check them out exclusively on NME below.The legendary musician first found fame with his debut album ‘Matthew And Son’ when he was just 18 in 1967, before releasing the likes of ‘First Cut Is The Deepest’, ‘Father And Son’, ‘Morning Has Broken’, ‘Peace Train’ and ‘Wild World’.

Although not a new concept, the idea of immortalizing a human through holograms, potentially AI-created, is becoming more relevant as it gets discussed by Hollywood stars.  Both country legend Dolly Parton and actor and media personality Whoopi Goldberg have recently noted their aversion to the permanency holograms allow, with Goldberg going so far as to make legal provisions against the technology in her will Fox News Digital spoke with an expert who said that while certain steps can be taken to protect your name and likeness while alive, things become a whole different ball game after death. "Unfortunately, in the age of AI, celebrities can never fully ensure that their name and likeness won’t be used as a hologram post-mortem without their permission," Abe Lichy, partner and chair of the intellectual property practice at McLaughlin & Stern, tells Fox News Digital.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President Some celebs achieve strange immortality because they died young, beautiful and under mysterious circumstances. There have been years of conspiracy theories about Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana and Whitney Houston, for example. But Natalie Wood is a special case because officials redefined her death, three decades after the fact. Wood would be 85 this year; she was born July 20, 1938, and died Nov. 29, 1981. She and Robert Wagner — her husband from December 1957 to April 1962, then again from July 1972 until her death — were on their boat Splendour in Catalina for Thanksgiving weekend, along with guest Christopher Walken and the captain, Dennis Davern.

posted Sunday, which has received 909,000 views, Lambert, 39, was just a few bars into her song “Tin Man” when she spotted the seemingly rude concertgoers. It was then the “White Liar” singer brought the show to a screeching halt. “I’m gonna stop right here for a second, I’m sorry,” Lambert said to her pianist.

Dolly Parton is opening up about her eventual retirement.

Dolly Parton's not leaving the stage any time soon. In fact, when it comes to retirement, the 77-year-old country star would rather «drop dead» onstage instead of planning her last curtain call.The singer shared her feelings about retirement while on the show, telling host Ken Bruce that there's a responsibility that comes with realizing one's biggest dreams.«I always believe that if you've wanted your dreams to come true and you are lucky enough to have that happen, then you’ve got to be responsible because you gotta keep the dream alive,» she explained. «And every dream kind of spawns another dream.

Dolly Parton has expressed her reluctance to give up live shows — saying that she would rather “drop dead” onstage than retire.The 77-year-old country icon was speaking as part of a new interview on Wednesday (July 12), when she admitted that she has no intention of slowing down her music career anytime soon.“‘I would never retire!” the ‘Jolene’ singer stated, appearing on Ken Bruce’s Greatest Hits Radio. “I would hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song on stage someday – and hopefully one I’ve written.”“That’s how I hope to go,” she added.

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moment with Harry Styles following her run of wins at Wimbledon over the weekend at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England! On Friday, the Ukrainian athlete advanced during the Wimbledon finals, and had to change her original plans to see the pop star perform in Vienna.«Hey guys, I was supposed to go to see my fav @harrystyles concert in Vienna tomorrow...but Wimbledon changed my plans.

Steve-O found a very -y way to promote his upcoming comedy special in the U.K. — by jumping off the famed London Bridge and into the River Thames.The 49-year-old entertainer took to Instagram on Friday and posted the video which shows a countdown before jumping off the bridge and into the river.

Beyoncé helped one of her fans make more than $17,000 after her performance in London as part of her jaw-dropping Renaissance tour. The iconic singer went viral after throwing her Off-White sunglasses into the audience while singing her hit song ‘Diva.’The singer made sure that the sunglasses ended up in the hands of a specific member of the audience, Global Valentino.

according to the Independent. “I have to decide how much of that high-tech stuff I want to be involved [with] because I don’t want to leave my soul here on this earth.“I think with some of this stuff I’ll be grounded here forever… I’ll be around, we’ll find ways to keep me here.”The singer-songwriter who was promoting her forthcoming album “Rockstar” also had some fun with the question of artificial intelligence.

Dolly Parton is thinking seriously about what she’s leaving behind.

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Dolly Parton has said she wouldn’t entertain the idea of having her own AI hologram because she doesn’t want to “leave my soul on Earth”.Parton was asked during a press conference whether she’d ever consider creating a show using a hologram of herself, in the style of ABBA’s current Voyage show.“I think I’ve left a great body of work behind,” she said. “I have to decide how much of that high-tech stuff I want to be involved [with] because I don’t want to leave my soul here on this earth.“I think with some of this stuff I’ll be grounded here for ever… I’ll be around, we’ll find ways to keep me here.” [via The Independent]She also joked that “everything” about her, including “any intelligence” was artificial anyway.Parton also went into more detail about her forthcoming rock album ‘Rockstar’, which is set for release on November 17.She explained that she wanted to get Mick Jagger to appear on the album “so bad” as her husband Carl Dean “loves” him.“I wanted him to sing on ‘Satisfaction’ but he wanted something new and different, which I don’t blame him for that, so I wound up singing that with Pink and Brandi Carlile.“We kept looking for the right song and he was doing an album in LA, and he did some stuff in Nashville, and I kept missing him everywhere.

Heartstopper were seen raising their middle fingers to anti-LGBTQ+ protesters at London Pride today (July 1).The teen drama’s cast, among them Joe Locke (Charlie), Kit Connor (Nick), Will Gao (Tao) and Yasmine Finney (Elle), had their own float during the capital’s annual Pride parade, from which they hit back at a small group of religious protesters, as well as dancing along to the music  and blowing kisses to them.Check out footage of the moment below [filmed by PinkNews].Incredible: the #Heartstopper cast responded to religious protesters trying to disrupt this year's #LondonPride in the best way: by giving them the finger.

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Daily Mail.The “9 to 5” crooner revealed she wanted the Rolling Stones frontman to sing his 1965 tune “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”However, she explained that Jagger “wanted something new and different, which I don’t blame him for.”“We kept looking for the right song. He was doing an album in L.A., and I was doing stuff in Nashville, and I kept missing him, but he wanted to do it,” Parton said.The Grammy winner also described to the outlet how touring is beginning to take its toll on her.Parton added that she doesn’t “want to be far away from home” with concert touring.She admitted: “It’s always been taxing.

Dolly Parton fully embraces the rocker fantasy while attending a press conference for her upcoming album Rockstar at the Four Seasons Hotel in London, England on Thursday (June 29).