Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ To Be Remade By Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston is set to remake and reimagine Dolly Parton's first movie, 9 to 5. The 1980 film tells the tale of co-workers who conspire to bring down their sexist boss in the name of equality. Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin starred in it, which earned the country icon an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.

Dolly told me in an interview a few years ago about her first movie, "I have starred in a lot of classics, and I've loved every one of them. 9 To 5, I love it because it was like a first love. It was the first movie that I ever did. I'd never even seen a movie made at that time. Everything about it just fell so perfectly in place."

Last week (5/30), during the Hollywood premiere of the 2022 documentary Still Working 9 to 5, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda shared their thoughts about the upcoming movie project. Lily told Variety, "We hope she has great success." Fonda added, "There's still the undercurrent of the same kind of negativity towards females … [they're] not easy-to-solve issues."

Parton and Anniston worked together in 2018 on the Netflix movie Dumplin', based on the young adult novel of the same name by Julie Murphy. The country icon's music is featured throughout the movie, and Jennifer and Dolly promoted the film together.

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Dolly is a superstar who often pays tribute to celebrities who pass away. She did just that when she learned her 9 To 5 costar, actor Dabney Coleman, recently died at age 92.

Parton posted a message to her almost seven million Instagram followers. She wrote, "Dabney was a great actor and became a dear friend. He taught me so much when I was doing my first movie, 9 to 5. He was funny, deep, and smart."

She added, "We remained friends through the years, and I will miss him dearly as many people will."  

Many of Parton's fans reacted to the post, including one fan who said, "I will be seeing 9-5 this summer at our local theater. I will certainly reminisce about Dabney even more then." Another fan commented, "True loss. You were lucky to have worked with him." One more fan said, "Your scenes with Dabney in 9 to 5 were some of the best—when you lassoed him, lol!"

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Coleman died last month at his home in Santa Monica. His daughter, Quincy Coleman, said in a statement that he "took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely." Many other celebrities posted about the actor, including actor Ben Stiller, who said, "He was so good at what he did it's hard to imagine movies and television of the last 40 years without him." 

The 96th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air on ABC on Sunday, March 10, live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. It will be the fourth time that Kimmel has hosted the awards show. Unfortunately, country music does not have a presence in this year's nominees. However, in years past, several country music classics have been nominated in the Best Original Song category.

While a country song has never won an Oscar for Best Original Song, our genre did have some nominees through the years, and one country icon has been nominated for Best Original Song twice in her storied career.

No country singer has even been nominated for an Academy Award for acting. Many country singers today are involved in acting, including Reba McEntire, Lainey Wilson, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, and Randy Houser, to name a few. When Billy Bob Thornton joined the cast of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's 2021 series, 1883, it was a reunion for Tim and Billy Bob. The two worked together on the 2004 movie Friday Night Lights.

Tim said of Billy Bob's appearance in 1883 as Jim Courtright, "Billy Bob was so fantastic." McGraw credits Billy Bob with giving him some of the best acting advice he's ever received. He said, "He was like the angel on my shoulder. The best advice he ever gave me is, if you think you're not doing enough, you're probably still doing too much."

Actress Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter in 1980. Also, Jessica Lange was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in 1985, although she did not win.

And let's not forget Reese Witherspoon, a Nashville native and country music lover, won an Oscar for her portrayal of June Carter Cash from the Johnny Cash bio epic I Walked The Line in 2005. Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar for portraying Johnny Cash in I Walk the Line the same year. Phoenix attended Cash's funeral in Tennessee in 2003. Cash hand-picked Phoenix for the role after seeing his performance in Gladiator in 2000.

Let's look at the Top five country songs nominated for an Academy Award over the years.

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Reba's performance of this song at the 2022 Academy Awards was a highlight of the show. However, "No Time to Die" from the James Bond movie of the same name won, and the award went to Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell. Reba also performed at the Oscars in 1991. She performed "I'm Checkin' Out" from Postcards From the Edge.

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This was Dolly's second Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category. The 2006 Oscar went to the movie Hustle & Flow's song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" by Three 6 Mafia. In 1981, Parton was nominated but did not win the award for Best Original Song for "9 to 5" from the movie of the same name.

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Trisha performed at the Oscars and was introduced by Madonna. The Oscar for Best Original Song that year went to the movie Titanic's "My Heart Will Go On," sung by Celine Dion. Yearwood sang the movie's song on the official soundtrack. However, that same year, LeAnn Rimes released her own version of "How Do I Live."

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Willie's first Oscar nomination, the Oscar for Best Original Song, went to "Fame" from the movie of the same name won. Irene Cara sang it. Nelson also acted in Honeysuckle Rose, playing a fictional country singer named Buck Bonham. Other actors in the film included Amy Irving and Dyan Cannon.

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Dolly's first performance at the Academy Awards and even though it was one of the most popular songs of all-time. Perhaps Willie and Dolly split the vote from the country music fans in the Academy. Dolly played Doralee Rhodes in her first acting movie role in 9 to 5. When she came to the set the first day, unlike the other actors in the film, she had memorized the entire script and all of the actor's parts to make sure she knew it well.