Presley

Priscilla Presley — fresh off her settlement with granddaughter Riley Keough that granted her a $1 million lump-sum payment, $100,000 annual salary, and burial rights near Elvis at Graceland in the wake of Lisa Marie Presley’s death — is gearing up for a new court showdown over a lawsuit that claims she was on the brink of “insolvency” two years ago when she partnered with a Florida woman and then allegedly walked away. The partner, memorabilia auctioneer Brigitte Kruse, is now suing Priscilla Presley for breach of…

Rapper Kanye West opens up about the struggles he has been facing when it comes to holding concerts. The rapper compared himself to Elvis Presley on social media for not being allowed to perform. He uploaded a black-and-white photo featuring a message that read, “I have not been allowed to perform in a year. Feels like the Elvis Presley movie.” He seemingly was making a reference to Presley being banned from gigs due to his provocative performances. Shortly after sharing the post, West appeared to have…

A posthumous memoir from Lisa Marie Presley will be published by Random House, it was announced Thursday. Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, will publish the memoir in collaboration with Presley’s daughter actress Riley Keough.  “This raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir will lift the veil on one of America’s most storied families, sharing intimate memories of Lisa Marie’s remarkable, tumultuous life while offering a poignant…

Every year for more than two decades, Elvis Presley tribute acts have gathered at the European Elvis Championships competing to become that year’s king of rock’n’roll.But at this year’s event in Birmingham there was one particular Elvis on everyone’s lips – hologram Elvis, set to make his debut in an “immersive concert experience” in London in November.For all the Presley mega-fans in the room, this week’s announcement had caused a loud buzz, and there was little concern that a lifesize digital recreation of the man…

Elvis Presley is set to return to the stage — as a hologram. Elvis Evolution, an “immersive concert experience” that uses AI and holographic projection, will premiere in London in November. Additional shows are planned in Las Vegas, Tokyo and Berlin. The show was created based on thousands of the musician’s personal photos and home-video footage, which were part of a deal between Authentic Brands Group, the owners of the Elvis Presley estate, and Layered Reality, a British immersive entertainment company. Layered…

While some believe that the king of rock’n’roll may celebrate his 89th birthday next week propping up the bar of the Heartbreak Hotel, the rest of us will have to make do with an Elvis Presley hologram show in 2024.Elvis Evolution, an “immersive concert experience” using AI and holographic projection, will premiere in London in November, with shows also planned in Las Vegas, Tokyo and Berlin.The technology will create a lifesize digital Elvis from thousands of his personal photos and home-video footage. The hologram will…

The realm of music royalty has a new queen, and her name is Taylor Swift. The chart-topping singer, at 34 years old, has just eclipsed a record held by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll himself, Elvis Presley, securing the title for the solo artist with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. With the release of her latest album “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” Swift notched her 68th week atop the Billboard 200, edging past Presley’s 67 weeks at No. 1 across his 10 albums from 1956 to 2002, as confirmed by…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCailee Spaeny doesn’t want to talk about “the lineage”. Since 1999, a handful of young, female actors have been turned into stars by the filmmaker Sofia Coppola – she of cinema’s pink hues, aimless heroes and fractured girlhoods. Kirsten Dunst graduated from kiddie movies with The Virgin Suicides. Scarlett Johansson became Scarlett Johansson with Lost in Translation. Elle Fanning…

‘Oh good, they didn’t send me the photograph of me and Elvis to sign.” Mimi Roman is opening mail in the kitchen of her Connecticut home on an autumn afternoon. “I get three or four fan letters a week and they all send me that picture of me and Elvis to autograph. I just hate that picture. I hate that dress I’m wearing and the bag I’m carrying. I just wish there were one other picture out there.”Although her friendship with a pre-fame Elvis is often the first line of her bio, Roman has her own place in history as one of…

Biopics don’t always succeed. Time and time again, we’ve witnessed this recurring phenomenon in Hollywood: a promising biographical film that initially garners attention as potential Oscar bait, only to fade into relative obscurity months after its debut on the big screen. Take Blonde and Bohemian Rhapsody as lackluster instances of semi-failed biopics. One of the latest additions to this extensive list of biopics is Elvis. Needless to say, the entire marketing campaign, centered around Austin Butler’s method-acting…