{"id":1024290,"date":"2026-08-26T01:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1024290\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:31:16","slug":"looking-back-at-dolly-partons-iconic-2023-thanksgiving-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1024290\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at Dolly Parton&#8217;s iconic 2023 Thanksgiving halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moments such as her Thanksgiving Day performance at AT&amp;T Stadium in 2023 during halftime of a game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the performance, Parton stood in front of a shimmery silver star-shaped platform with a hole in the center. It appeared the plan was for Parton to emerge through the center of the star and perform atop the platform but the dramatic moment never happened.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her curvy physique, massive blonde wigs and skin-tight outfits that served her self-deprecating wit, she was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond \u2014 the rare celebrity whose appeal transcended generations, geography and politics.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks leading up to the game, buzz about Parton&#8217;s performance continued to build. A commemorative T-shirt to mark the performance sold out in an hour last week with no promotion.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moments such as her Thanksgiving Day performance at AT&amp;T Stadium in 2023 during halftime of a game between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1024291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,10768,7371,7372,358,338977,338978,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1024290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-brief","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-texas","tag-tp-music","tag-tp-musicians","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}