"I've always believed that a part of my magic, if there was any, was the fact that I look so artificial — but I am so totally real," Parton said in 2001.

If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.

Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip in search of a fourth whom they haven't seen in some time. Dreams in Nightmares is a sweetly bickersome comedy-drama about friendship and freedom.

Two weeks after being nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Wonder Man, Abdul-Mateen found out that the series had been cancelled. He says Marvel could do more to support Black-led projects.

"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice in the Apple TV series Shrinking.

Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page, Etna's voice is somber and poetic in its simplicity.

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun's satirical film about a young filmmaker who's rebooting a fictional slasher franchise.

Domingo is nominated for two Emmy Awards for two very different performances — in the Netflix comedy The Four Seasons and in HBO's Euphoria. "I can go very deep with my characters," he says.

Destin Daniel Cretton grew up in Maui, and says movies expanded his perspective: "I have always found movies to be a way of peering into other lives that I would never otherwise experience," he explains.

The 1976 film is about a '60s trio based loosely on The Supremes. It wasn't a big hit, but it has a devoted cult following, and critic Ken Tucker says it features some of Aretha Franklin's finest performances.