The stunning actress celebrates her 73rd birthday tomorrow and remains as beautiful and vivacious as she was when she met Elvis fifty years ago. Cybill Shepherd had become an instant sensation after her breakthrough roles in 1971’s The Last Picture Show and then The Heartbreak Kid the following year. When The King heard she was […]
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Priscilla Presley has been divorced from Elvis Presley for almost 50 years, but the couple who shared the late Lisa Marie stayed close during The King’s final years. The 77-year-old has a collection of personal items owned by her late husband and Bam Margera claimed she and her son gave him one of Elvis’ rings […]
Elvis Presley was given the biopic treatment last year in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. The film told the abridged life story of the King of Rock and Roll, as well as that of his ex-wife, Priscilla Presley. Priscilla was somewhat involved in bringing the story to life, and she has since confessed she was overjoyed with […]
Just two years earlier, in 1956, Elvis had stormed the music charts and the big screen in a spectacular double-whammy. His debut single, Heartbreak Hotel, hit the top spot on the charts and was swiftly followed that year by his first movie, Love Me Tender. Three more Hollywood musicals followed, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock and […]
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, aged 42. He was found in the bathroom of his home, Graceland, by his fiancée, Ginger Alden. His cause of death was cardiac arrest, thought to be brought on by his excessive drug use in the preceding years, but his ex-wife Priscilla Presley claimed the star didn’t think […]
Lisa Marie Presley only knew her father Elvis Presley for the first nine years of her life, until his sudden death from a heart attack at 42 in 1977. Prior to the tragedy, they had many happy times together at Graceland, the gated mansion estate in Memphis, Tennessee with luxurious facilities. When The King purchased […]
On this day, February 9, in 1964, The Beatles made their first visit to the USA and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. The live showcase had the Fab Four playing a string of songs to American audiences, but just before they hit the stage, they received a telegram from the King of Rock and […]
Billy shared: “At Graceland, she had pulled a tooth and boy she was just yelling. She run in there and she was telling her Daddy, ‘Daddy, Daddy! I pulled a tooth!’ And he said, ‘Oh that’s good Lisa. Let me see, oh yeah you’ve got a little gap there but they’re gonna come back and […]
Elvis Presley worked with countless musicians and songwriters throughout his 20+ year career. He admired a fair few, as well, but not many were as prestigious as Roy Orbison. Later today, at 8:50pm on BBC Two, Roy Orbison at the BBC will hit TV screens, showing off the star’s biggest and best performances throughout the […]
He denied the accent allegations that he was putting on an Elvis style of speaking at the award show. Instead, he suggested that part of him will always be connected to the role. “I don’t think I sound like him still, but I guess I must, because I hear it a lot,” he said in […]