'Dr. Dolly' Wows, Advises Tenn. Graduates

Dolly Parton roused the crowd at the University of Tennessee’s graduation ceremonies today, during which the singer/tycoon received an honorary doctorate, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. “I am Dr. Dolly!” she said. “When people say something about ‘double-d,’ they will be thinking of something entirely different.” Parton also had some sage advice: Your parents “are as proud of you as they will probably ever be,” she told the grads. “Seems to me like a good time for you to ask them for a loan.” (More Dolly Parton stories.)