• Dolly Parton pulled out of this year's nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hasn't "earned that right." Already inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the music icon explained her decision in a posting on her social media pages Monday, saying she didn't want to take votes away from the other nominees. "Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out," she said. Parton was among the rock hall's 17 nominees last month alongside Beck, Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest and Dionne Warwick. "I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to conside
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Actor-playwright-educator Anna Deavere Smith, playwright Adrienne Kennedy and author-essayist Phillip Lopate are among this year's recipients of career achievement prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.