Among those paying tribute to Lisa Marie, who will be buried at Graceland by Elvis and her son Benjamin – who died in 2020 – was Linda Thompson. The King’s old flame lived with him at Graceland from 1972-6 after his marriage fell apart. During those years the 22-year-old Miss Tennessee model helped raise Lisa […]
Who is in the cast of Babylon? Brad Pitt stars as Jack Conrad, an established ageing silent movie leading man, struggling to adapt to the new world of sound. Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy, an aspiring actress who knows she’s a star before becoming one. Diego Calva’s Manny Torres is Babylon’s protagonist, a Mexican-American runner, […]
Lisa Marie Presley was just nine when her father died at 42 in 1977. During her first decade, she spent many happy months at Graceland, which became a holiday treat for her when Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley divorced in 1973. Just as is the case on the tours today, the mansion’s upstairs was off-limits […]
Gina Lollobrigida, once called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, co-starred opposite some of the Golden Age of Hollywood’s biggest leading men. From Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in Trapeze, to Humphrey Bogart in Beat the Devil and Yul Brynner in Solomon and Sheba, the Italian sex symbol claimed she could tell instantly that […]
The Scottish actor’s James Bond co-star was Pedro Armendáriz, who played Ali Kerim Bey, the head of MI6 Station T in Istanbul. Sadly, the Mexican actor, who has a substantial role in the movie, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Back in 1956, he had had a part in John Wayne’s Genghis Khan flop, The […]
The unbelievable stunt saw Peck swept overboard and almost crushed by hydraulics, while Niven went under too, getting his coat caught in the machinery. It was reported at the time: “Peck sustained a three-inch gash on his forehead; Quinn and Niven twisted their spines; Baker wrenched his neck and Darren was completely knocked out by […]
Elvis Presley only married once to Priscilla Presley and together they had The King’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. The celebrity couple’s child was born exactly nine months to the day after their wedding night on February 1, 1968. Her parents would later divorce in 1973 and from 1984-2006, Priscilla’s partner was screenwriter turned computer programmer Marco […]
When Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 at just 42, The King of Rock and Roll was buried by his mother Gladys at the Memphis Forest Hill Cemetery. However, following plans to steal his body, his father Vernon had both coffins exhumed and reburied in Graceland’s Meditation Garden. To this day, this peaceful private […]
Following his separation and eventual divorce from Priscilla Presley in 1972, Elvis Presley began dating 22-year-old Linda Thompson. The Miss Tennessee model moved into Graceland and lived with The King for four years. During this period the star’s only child Lisa Marie Presley would stay with her mother Priscilla in Los Angeles, but during the […]