{
  "id": 4095738,
  "title": "‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Goes For A Boob Joke With Dolly Parton Tribute",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/real-time-bill-maher-goes-for-a-boob-joke-with-dolly-parton-tribute",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T03:31:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/real-time-bill-maher-boob-joke-dolly-parton-tribute-1237062527/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bill Maher paid tribute to Dolly Parton on his show \"Real Time\" following her death at age 80. In his opening monologue, he mentioned her passing alongside other significant news events, including flooding in Nepal and Donald Trump's trade war with Canada.\n\nMaher noted that despite these major stories, much of the attention focused on Parton's death, with tributes and memorials appearing worldwide, including the Santa Monica Ferris wheel, the Empire State Building, and the Sphere in Las Vegas.\n\nIn a joke, Maher referenced Parton's signature appearance, saying that the Sphere in Las Vegas added a nipple in tribute.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Bill Maher Delivers Lamest Dolly Parton Tribute Yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/bill-maher-delivers-lamest-dolly-parton-tribute-yet",
        "published": "2026-08-29T02:28:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Bill Maher Gripes Dolly Parton’s Death Dominated the Week’s News: ‘All This Is Going On’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/bill-maher-gripes-dolly-partons-death-dominated-the-weeks-news-all",
        "published": "2026-08-29T03:32:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Bill Maher Gives Unsavory Dolly Parton Tribute While Criticizing Media Coverage of Her Death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/bill-maher-gives-unsavory-dolly-parton-tribute-while-criticizing",
        "published": "2026-08-29T05:33:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}