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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Dolly Parton has urged Kelly Clarkson to "remember the very best" of her time with Brandon Blackstock
     15 August 2025
    The 79-year-old music icon has offered some advice to her friends Kelly and Reba McEntire following the death of Blackstock - who was Kelly's ex-husband and Reba's stepson - and touched on her own experiences with grief after her husband Carl Thomas Dean died earlier this year aged 82
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    Vince McMahon says Hulk Hogan "said some racist things" but "wasn't a racist"
    15 Aug: The former WWE boss - who has given his first interview since resigning from the wrestling promotion's parent company TKO amid a lawsuit accusing him of sex trafficking and sexual assault - has reflected on the late world champion's 2015 scandal when he was heard using racist language in a leaked tape... more
    Manny Jacinto has advised all couples to get therapy
    15 Aug: The Freakier Friday actor tied the knot with Grey's Anatomy actress Dianne Doan and revealed the best piece of advice he was given prior to marriage, was to go to couples therapy "before you need it"... more
    Reba McEntire has paid tribute to her former stepson Brandon Blackstock following his death
    14 Aug: Brandon, 48, passed away last week after a secret three-year battle with melanoma and Reba - who was married to Brandon's father Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015 - shared her grief in a comment on her son Shelby Blackstock's Instagram post... more
    Dame Helen Mirren says tomatoes are bisexual
    14 Aug: The 80-year-old actress made the claim to chat show host Jimmy Fallon as he prepared some fresh salsa for Mirren and her Thursday Murder Club co-star Pierce Brosnan during an interview... more
    Sean Avery and Hilary Rhoda are back together
    14 Aug: The 45-year-old former pro ice hockey player and the 38-year-old model tied the knot in October 2015 and welcomed son Nash in 2020 but Hilary filed for divorce in July 2022 and a few months later, requested a temporary restraining order against him... more
    Brandon Blackstock was reportedly in a relationship with Kelly Clarkson's former assistant at the time of his death
    14 Aug: The 48-year-old music manager - who was married to Clarkson from 2013 to 2020 - died on August 7 after a private battle with melanoma and a newly released obituary lists Brittney Marie Jones as "his beautiful and loving partner in life and business"... more
    Travis Kelce says he "made [Taylor Swift] a football fan"
    14 Aug: The 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs player has been dating pop superstar Taylor, 35, for two years and Travis revealed Taylor is now the "most engulfed fan" and even reads injury reports... more
    Lisa Moorish has called out the "twisted narrative" that has surrounded her relationship with ex-lover Liam Gallagher
    14 Aug: The 53-year-old musician had a romance with the Oasis singer in the late 1990s and they had a daughter, Molly Moorish-Gallagher, together... more
    Bethenny Frankel is "afraid" to date
    14 Aug: The Real Housewives of New York City star - who has been married twice and previously dated Tom Villante and was engaged to Paul Bernon for three years until May 2024 - can't "bring herself" to start looking for love again because the bad experiences she has had in the past has made her too "hesitant" to put herself back out there... more

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