In the 1970s, Dolly Parton embarked on long stretches of tours with her band. While she paid well, the work was hard and took people away from home for weeks at a time. Her band had a high turnover rate, though not because people tired of the schedule. Instead, Parton fired many of her band members in search of the perfect lineup.
Dolly Parton’s band didn’t feel safe in their jobs
As Parton worked to cross over from a strictly country audience to a mainstream one, she tried to make sure she had the perfect band to back her. This became a major point of concern for the people who joined her on tour. Her former guitarist, Don Roth, said Parton struggled to find people because of her reputation.
“First of all, everybody’s afraid they’re gonna get fired; there’s no stability,” he said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
Dolly Parton’s band didn’t feel safe in their jobs
As Parton worked to cross over from a strictly country audience to a mainstream one, she tried to make sure she had the perfect band to back her. This became a major point of concern for the people who joined her on tour. Her former guitarist, Don Roth, said Parton struggled to find people because of her reputation.
“First of all, everybody’s afraid they’re gonna get fired; there’s no stability,” he said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
- 5/5/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the 1970s, Dolly Parton picked up a reputation that wasn’t great for someone looking to hire a band. She explained that people in Nashville felt she couldn’t keep her backing musicians. Parton was looking for a specific sound and dynamic, and she fired people if they didn’t fit this vision. According to one of her former band members, some people felt extremely bitter toward her.
Some members of Dolly Parton’s band resented her
For many musicians, the chance to play in Parton’s band was significant and exciting. She paid well and was on a seemingly endless rise. Still, it was hard work that required long hours on the road. They also felt that Parton’s new management had made it difficult to work with her.
“On top of that, a good many things promised by Dolly did not happen,” her former guitarist, Don Roth...
Some members of Dolly Parton’s band resented her
For many musicians, the chance to play in Parton’s band was significant and exciting. She paid well and was on a seemingly endless rise. Still, it was hard work that required long hours on the road. They also felt that Parton’s new management had made it difficult to work with her.
“On top of that, a good many things promised by Dolly did not happen,” her former guitarist, Don Roth...
- 5/3/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton met her best friend, Judy Ogle, when they were both children. They remained friends through school and into Parton’s years of fame, at which time Ogle joined her on the road. After a while, though, this started to cause problems between them. According to some close to the singer, Parton had to make the difficult decision to let her best friend go. Here’s how this impacted their relationship.
Dolly Parton had to tell her best friend they could no longer work together
In 1977, Ogle, who had been helping Parton keep her career in order, abruptly returned home. Members of Parton’s band weren’t sure if she’d quit, or if she’d been fired.
One member of Parton’s band heard Ogle quit because she was tired of life away from home. Others wondered if Ogle’s position had become superfluous when Parton signed with new management,...
Dolly Parton had to tell her best friend they could no longer work together
In 1977, Ogle, who had been helping Parton keep her career in order, abruptly returned home. Members of Parton’s band weren’t sure if she’d quit, or if she’d been fired.
One member of Parton’s band heard Ogle quit because she was tired of life away from home. Others wondered if Ogle’s position had become superfluous when Parton signed with new management,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
While Dolly Parton has enjoyed nearly everything her career has thrown at her, she still has to deal with the less glamorous sides of celebrity. Over the years, Parton has received a series of death threats. Her method of handling these has varied, but early in her career they greatly alarmed her. She turned down an exciting opportunity because of a series of threats to her life.
Dolly Parton turned down a chance to further her career because of death threats
In 1976, Parton prepared to play a show in West Virginia when she learned that someone had made a death threat against her. To protect herself and her band, Parton decided she could not go on with the show.
“We had our stuff backstage, unpacked and ready to go,” guitarist Tom Rutledge said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “I was next door eating, and word came down that...
Dolly Parton turned down a chance to further her career because of death threats
In 1976, Parton prepared to play a show in West Virginia when she learned that someone had made a death threat against her. To protect herself and her band, Parton decided she could not go on with the show.
“We had our stuff backstage, unpacked and ready to go,” guitarist Tom Rutledge said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash. “I was next door eating, and word came down that...
- 4/25/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1983, Dolly Parton nervously prepared for a concert special in England. She was incredibly concerned ahead of the show as she wasn’t sure how the audience would react to her. Her audience’s perception of her outfit became the least of her worries, though. Just before she was meant to start the show, she heard news of a bomb threat to the theater. Here’s how Parton reacted.
Dolly Parton learned of a bomb threat shortly before a concert
Parton filmed a 1983 HBO special at the Old Dominion Theater in London. She spent time before the concert fretting about her audience. She wasn’t sure how they would react to “the big, overblown, oversequined cartoon of a woman who was about to stand before them,” (per Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business).
As she worried about getting heckled, she received even more troubling news. Scotland Yard received a bomb threat,...
Dolly Parton learned of a bomb threat shortly before a concert
Parton filmed a 1983 HBO special at the Old Dominion Theater in London. She spent time before the concert fretting about her audience. She wasn’t sure how they would react to “the big, overblown, oversequined cartoon of a woman who was about to stand before them,” (per Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business).
As she worried about getting heckled, she received even more troubling news. Scotland Yard received a bomb threat,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Charter exceeded Wall Street estimates in the second quarter, reporting earnings of $5.29 a share and revenue of $12.8 billion.
Analysts’ consensus expectation was for earnings of $4.79 and revenue of $12.6 billion.
Broadband gains were more modest than the boom times of 2020, when high-speed connections became crucial during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Still, residential internet customer levels increased by 365,000 in the quarter. The company, which is the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, shed 63,000 video households.
During a conference call with analysts, executives described an evolving pay-tv environment. Operators who traditionally had focused on carrying networks and often fought with programmers over fee increases have instead prioritized broadband service and, in the case of Charter and some others, wireless.
CEO Tom Rutledge was asked whether a recent distribution deal with ViacomCBS was perhaps a new model given the marked decrease in carriage drama of late. He described it as “a modern agreement...
Analysts’ consensus expectation was for earnings of $4.79 and revenue of $12.6 billion.
Broadband gains were more modest than the boom times of 2020, when high-speed connections became crucial during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Still, residential internet customer levels increased by 365,000 in the quarter. The company, which is the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, shed 63,000 video households.
During a conference call with analysts, executives described an evolving pay-tv environment. Operators who traditionally had focused on carrying networks and often fought with programmers over fee increases have instead prioritized broadband service and, in the case of Charter and some others, wireless.
CEO Tom Rutledge was asked whether a recent distribution deal with ViacomCBS was perhaps a new model given the marked decrease in carriage drama of late. He described it as “a modern agreement...
- 7/30/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Charter Communications chairman and CEO Thomas Rutledge received compensation worth $38.8 million in 2020, a big jump from $8.74 million in 2019 and $8.15 million in 2018.
An SEC filing issued on Thursday by Charter, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, indicated Rutledge’s base salary for 2020 was $2.07 million, just up from $2 million in 2019. The bulk of his overall pay hike last year follows Rutledge receiving $30 million in option awards in 2020 after not receiving any during the previous two years.
Charter president and COO John ...
An SEC filing issued on Thursday by Charter, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, indicated Rutledge’s base salary for 2020 was $2.07 million, just up from $2 million in 2019. The bulk of his overall pay hike last year follows Rutledge receiving $30 million in option awards in 2020 after not receiving any during the previous two years.
Charter president and COO John ...
- 3/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Charter Communications beat Wall Street’s estimates for earnings in the fourth quarter, but the company reported a slowdown in acquiring internet and video customers.
Net income of $6.05 per share nearly doubled the $3.28 of a year ago and far surpassed analysts’ consensus expectation for $4.83. Revenue essentially matched forecasts at $12.6 billion for the quarter, up from $11.7 billion in the same period in 2019.
The company, which is the No. 2 cable provider in the U.S., added 19,000 video customers, a reversal of the year-earlier quarter’s decline of 484,000. When TV is combined with internet, the company’s overall customer relationships grew at a slower rate than it did a year earlier, with 167,000 more customers joining the fold. That compares with 416,000 additions in the third quarter and a gain of 240,000 in the 2019 period.
In its earnings release, Charter blamed the slowdown on “lower sales activity caused by adding 1.9 million residential Internet customers in the...
Net income of $6.05 per share nearly doubled the $3.28 of a year ago and far surpassed analysts’ consensus expectation for $4.83. Revenue essentially matched forecasts at $12.6 billion for the quarter, up from $11.7 billion in the same period in 2019.
The company, which is the No. 2 cable provider in the U.S., added 19,000 video customers, a reversal of the year-earlier quarter’s decline of 484,000. When TV is combined with internet, the company’s overall customer relationships grew at a slower rate than it did a year earlier, with 167,000 more customers joining the fold. That compares with 416,000 additions in the third quarter and a gain of 240,000 in the 2019 period.
In its earnings release, Charter blamed the slowdown on “lower sales activity caused by adding 1.9 million residential Internet customers in the...
- 1/29/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, lost fewer pay TV subscribers in the fourth quarter than in the year-ago period, but its broadband user gains, a key growth engine amid the coronavirus pandemic, slowed.
Charter chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge lauded the firm’s performance for all of 2020, including overall user trends, saying: “We added nearly two million customer relationships in 2020 — 800,000 more than we added in 2019 — and demand for our connectivity products remains strong.”
Charter lost 66,000 residential pay TV subscribers ...
Charter chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge lauded the firm’s performance for all of 2020, including overall user trends, saying: “We added nearly two million customer relationships in 2020 — 800,000 more than we added in 2019 — and demand for our connectivity products remains strong.”
Charter lost 66,000 residential pay TV subscribers ...
- 1/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, lost fewer pay TV subscribers in the fourth quarter than in the year-ago period, but its broadband user gains, a key growth engine amid the coronavirus pandemic, slowed.
Charter chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge lauded the firm’s performance for all of 2020, including overall user trends, saying: “We added nearly two million customer relationships in 2020 — 800,000 more than we added in 2019 — and demand for our connectivity products remains strong.”
Charter lost 66,000 residential pay TV subscribers ...
Charter chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge lauded the firm’s performance for all of 2020, including overall user trends, saying: “We added nearly two million customer relationships in 2020 — 800,000 more than we added in 2019 — and demand for our connectivity products remains strong.”
Charter lost 66,000 residential pay TV subscribers ...
- 1/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, 5:12: Pm: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected Comcast and Charter’s motion to dismiss Byron Allen’s multibillion-dollar civil rights lawsuit against them. Read the filing here and details of the case below.
Here is a statement Allen released after the ruling:
Comcast and Charter are wrong by pursuing a legal defense that the First Amendment allows them to discriminate.
We are very pleased with the ruling by the Ninth Circuit to uphold their decisions in our favor for a second time. If Comcast and Charter want to pursue the Supreme Court, we are highly confident that the Supreme Court will affirm the Ninth Circuit and support these historic legal decisions. Unfortunately, Brian Roberts of Comcast and Tom Rutledge of Spectrum/Charter have refused my offers to sit down to discuss these very serious matters. Now, we have no choice but to enter the discovery...
Here is a statement Allen released after the ruling:
Comcast and Charter are wrong by pursuing a legal defense that the First Amendment allows them to discriminate.
We are very pleased with the ruling by the Ninth Circuit to uphold their decisions in our favor for a second time. If Comcast and Charter want to pursue the Supreme Court, we are highly confident that the Supreme Court will affirm the Ninth Circuit and support these historic legal decisions. Unfortunately, Brian Roberts of Comcast and Tom Rutledge of Spectrum/Charter have refused my offers to sit down to discuss these very serious matters. Now, we have no choice but to enter the discovery...
- 2/5/2019
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Charter Communications, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator and a wild card in the media M&A derby, reported stellar second quarter numbers well ahead of Wall Street estimates.
Earnings of $273 million, or $1.15 a share, nearly doubled the figures from the year-earlier quarter, from $139 million or 52 cents. Wall Street analysts had been expecting earnings of 93 cents a share, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 6% to $10.9 billion from $10.4 billion a year ago, also ahead of estimates. Charter lost 73,000 residential video customers in the quarter, less of a drop than the 91,000 it reported in the same period in 2017.
The company’s stock surged at the opening bell on the quarterly performance, rising nearly 5% to $307.56.
During a conference call with analysts, CEO Tom Rutledge said the company remains open to merger discussions, but isn’t dead-set on combining with a content company, as the persistent rumor has been. “Our views on content haven’t changed,...
Earnings of $273 million, or $1.15 a share, nearly doubled the figures from the year-earlier quarter, from $139 million or 52 cents. Wall Street analysts had been expecting earnings of 93 cents a share, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 6% to $10.9 billion from $10.4 billion a year ago, also ahead of estimates. Charter lost 73,000 residential video customers in the quarter, less of a drop than the 91,000 it reported in the same period in 2017.
The company’s stock surged at the opening bell on the quarterly performance, rising nearly 5% to $307.56.
During a conference call with analysts, CEO Tom Rutledge said the company remains open to merger discussions, but isn’t dead-set on combining with a content company, as the persistent rumor has been. “Our views on content haven’t changed,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Rutledge has become the first contestant to be eliminated from the top 24 of the Australian version of MasterChef. The 29-year-old Sydney-based general manager, who is currently planning his wedding for September this year, said that he felt disappointed after losing an elimination challenge against 61-year-old Kumar Pereira. The pair put themselves up for the knockout contest after their team failed to win an earlier baking challenge and had to go head-to-head making the favourite dishes of three famous food faces. First, Lebanese cook Abla Amed asked the pair to make baklawa using pistachios, then celebrity chef Shaun Presland gave them a bag of tempura flour and asked them to create tempura vegetables and prawns. Finally, food critic and MasterChef judge Matt Preston gave Rutledge and Pereira a crate of limes and asked them to make a roast corn (more)...
- 5/13/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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