Dolly Parton admits she has experienced forms of harassment in all her years in the business but says she’s “more fortunate than most women have” been.

“I’ve certainly been harassed in my life. I’ve certainly had to put up with a lot of BS. I was always strong enough to walk away from it and not to have to fall under it,” she tells “Elle” magazine. ‘I was lucky that I was in a good country town, where the men in the business have wives, and sisters, and cousins, and children.”

She adds, “It’s not like out there in the big world, like in California, where they chew you up and spit you out, or in New York, where they don’t have time, or in other big cities.” She also says that she was always strong enough, “to stand on my own or to say, ‘Go to hell,’ if that’s where you needed to go.”

As for the #MeToo movement, Dolly notes, “I think that brought so much stuff to the forefront that people had not been willing to look at, even though they knew it was happening.” Although she believes women “are in a better place now than they’ve ever been before,” she insists, “We still have a lot of the same problems. I think that we just have to keep working at it.”

Dolly was also asked which actress she’s love to see play her in a biopic of her life and she joked, “That depends on when I get it done,” although she does mention Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon.

Dolly is celebrating her 50th Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry this weekend, and the milestone will also be marked with an NBC special this fall. “Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Grand Ole Opry” is set to air November 26th from 9-11 p.m. ET. The special will feature fellow musicians Dierks Bentley, Emmylou Harris, Chris Janson, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Margo Price, Hank Williams Jr. and more.

At a concert earlier this month in San Francisco, Eric Church noticed a 10-year-old girl named Makenna Wallace holding a sign requesting he sponsor her for her school’s jog-a-thon fundraiser.

He brought the girl’s neon green sign on stage, raised it to the crowd, read it out loud, and said, “I will sponsor you for your jog-a-thon.” Then he added, “I like your shades, by the way,” acknowledging that the youngster was sporting sunglasses very similar to Church’s signature pair.

He’s now made good on that and cut a check for $10,000 to Wallace’s school, Soulsbyville Elementary School. The money will go towards building a new playground at the school, for which Wallace had already raised $735 for after running around three miles for the initiative, prior to the concert.

Brothers Osborne will be honored next month with the ASCAP Vanguard Award at the 57th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards. The award recognizes “ASCAP members whose innovative work is helping to shape the future of music.”

“John and TJ Osborne successfully honor the past and the future with their passionate country rock sound,” ASCAP Chairman of the Board and President Paul Williams shares. “Together with John’s masterful guitar picking and TJ’s pitch-perfect baritone, they offer a fresh take on the modern country duo. We are thrilled to honor them with the ASCAP Vanguard Award.”

“Huge honor, @ascap,” the duo shared on Instagram. “You’ve been there since literally before day one. Thanks for having us be a part of your family. Love y’all.”

The ASCAP Country Music Awards will take place November 11th in Nashville. Previous Vangaurd Award winners include Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, St. Vincent, Third Day, Band of Horses, Sara Bareilles and more.

Congratulations are in order for Carly Pearce and Michael Ray. The couple tied the knot Sunday at Drakewood Farm, about 15 miles north of downtown Nashville.

“Knowing without a shadow of a doubt that I didn’t settle for something less than truly the person that I think was made for me is something that I am thankful for,” Carly shares with “People,” while Michael adds, “No matter what, I have her in my corner. No matter what, she has me in her corner,” noting, “I tell her, you’re never going to face anything alone. Never will there be anything in life that you don’t look over and I’m standing beside you.”

The couple kept the wedding small, with only 100 guests witnessing the “I Dos,” which had to be moved inside a barn thanks to all-day rainstorms. Jake Owen was on hand to serenade the couple with “Made for You” for their first dance.

Dolly Parton is set to celebrate her 50th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, and in honor of the occasion she’s looking back at some of her favorite Opry memories.

They include:

Her induction in 1969, which she calls “the highlight of everything.”

Hanging out with fellow female country stars in the dressing room. “I just remember feeling like I was part of the girl club, being in there with them,” Dolly shares. “I was thinking, ‘This is history.’ And I felt like I was part of something big and special and important.”

Standing in the wings watching fellow artists, including Patsy Cline. Dolly says it was just after Patsy’s car accident and she was still a bit banged up and felt bad that her face was scarred up. She notes, “I just remember looking at her and seeing that and then her walking to the microphone and her starting to sing and then nothing else registered besides her God-given voice.”

Watching Johnny Cash from the audience. “He was young and on drugs, but he had this great charisma and sex appeal, and that was the first time I ever got stirred by a grown person … in a way that I didn’t understand,” she says. “I was just a young girl. It affected me and the way he moved and all that.” She says she told both Johnny and June about it, and they used to joke about it.

Being on stage with Porter Wagoner. “I wouldn’t have been a member of the Opry that early if it hadn’t been for Porter and being part of the show and him pulling strings,” she says. “It was special times.”

Dolly’s sold out show Saturday features an all-star guest list, including Lady Antebellum, Jeannie Seely, Toby Keith, Margo Price, Hank Williams, Jr., Candi Carpenter, and more.