Dollywood's Festival of Nations kicks off the park's 20th-anniversary season with a trip around the world featuring Moscow Circus.

Dolly has cameo in "Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous," a comedy film starring Sandra Bullock.

International Book Committee formed to choose age-appropriate books for Imagination Library

Dolly's song “Travelin’ Thru” receives Academy Award nomination. The Oscars, “reward the previous year’s greatest cinema achievements as determined by some of the world’s most accomplished motion picture artists and professionals."

The country’s largest Christmas pyramid featured at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas.