Dolly Parton is desperately attempting to sound upbeat.

However, insiders revealed the country legend is struggling deeply after her husband Carl Dean’s death.

According to RadarOnline.com, following Dean’s passing in March this year, Parton has been throwing herself into work, which is beginning to take a toll on her health.

“Dolly simply will not stop, and she’s hardly taken a breath since Carl passed away,” confided an insider.

“Only a few days after he died, she made an appearance at Dollywood to celebrate the park’s 40th anniversary, and she’s been going like that ever since.”

The source went on to share that Parton’s nonstop work ethic may be her way of coping. 

“She hasn’t broken a single commitment — at least not until she got sick,” they added.

Her friends are reportedly worried that the 79-year-old singer’s grief is catching up to her. 

“She’s trying to stay strong, but everyone can see she’s exhausted. Working nonstop isn’t healing her pain — it’s masking it,” the insider explained before moving to a new topic.

Now, it is revealed a Star Wars movie titled The Hunt for Ben Solo was pitched to the Disney execs, but it did not get the green light.

Steven Soderbergh, who serves as a director on the never-made movie, now writes about the project on the social media platform BlueSky.

“For the record, I did not enjoy lying about the existence of ‘THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO’, but it really did need to remain a secret…until now!” he pens.

The filmmaker continues, “Also, in the aftermath of the ‘HFBS’ situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a finished movie script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected. She said no, this was a first.”

He also, in a previous interview with AP, said, “I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I’m just sorry the fans won’t get to see it.”

Steven’s post comes after Adam Driver, who was set to star in the movie, earlier revealed the existence of such a project.

“We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that,” he told the news agency, adding that “the sequel idea was really cool. It is no more, so I can finally talk about it.”

June Lockhart, the actor best known for her role as the matriarch in the TV series “Lassie,” has died, her family spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. She was 100 years old.

Lockhart died of natural causes at home in Santa Monica, California, with her daughter, June Elizabeth, and granddaughter, Christianna, by her side, her spokesperson said Saturday in a statement. 

Her family said in the statement, “We will miss this truly remarkable woman, mom and grandmama.”

Born in New York on June 25, 1925, Lockhart was the daughter of Oscar-winning actor Gene Lockhart and actor Kathleen Lockhart. She made her professional debut at age 8, playing Mimsey in a Metropolitan Opera production of Peter Ibbetson. She later made her screen debut in MGM’s version of “A Christmas Carol”, playing the daughter of her real-life parents in the movie. 

Lockhart then went on to play the ingénue in the Broadway comedy “For Love or Money” with John Loder, winning the Tony in the category of Best Newcomer in 1947. She was the first recipient of the award, which is now no longer a category. Her award was later donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 2008.

The actor became a household name to American audiences when she starred as Ruth Martin, the mother in “Lassie,” the hit TV show featuring a beloved long-haired collie that aired from 1954 to 1974.

Lockhart would again capture TV audiences in her role as Maureen Robinson, the matriarch in “Lost in Space,” a show about a family struggling to survive in a space colony. It ran from 1965 through 1968.

Lockhart became a NASA spokesperson, attending many NASA launches and landings throughout the decades. Her daughter said her mother “cherished playing her role” in ‘Lost in Space’ and she was delighted to know that she “inspired many future astronauts.”