DOLLY PARTON ACCEPTS THE JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD FROM THE ACADEMY

Dolly Parton Accepts The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award From The Academy

Dolly Parton was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for “outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes” on Sunday night by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and while she wasn’t on hand to accept the honor in person, she did appear via video. Looking healthy as ever, Dolly’s video was shown as her “9 To 5” co-star Lily Tomlin presented the award.

“Well hi, everybody! I wanna thank my good buddy Lily Tomlin for presenting me with this award. Hi Lily, I love you,” Parton began. “I also want to thank the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this great honor…this award tonight… It’s an honor just to be considered … I don’t take this kind of thing lightly.” She added, “It makes me want to dream up new ways to help lift people up. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to be here for? So from my heart to yours, I truly thank you.”

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