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Baz Luhrmann gave out a big hunk o’ love to Elvis Presley fans today. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker released the first glimpses of Austin Butler as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the untitled film that arrives in the summer. On what he’s dubbed “Elvis Monday,” Luhrmann posted context-free footage of Butler alternatively…

Elvis is still the King. Kruse GWS Auctions, the entertainment memorabilia auction house specializing in celebrities, sold a key piece of his career at a Saturday auction for more than a million dollars. The Elvis Presley Eyelet Jumpsuit and Cape from his 1972 Madison Square Garden performances in New York has sold…

Cinedigm and Elvis Presley Enterprises said today they’re partnering to launch an exclusive ad-supported and linear streaming service, The Elvis Presley Channel with archival content, specials, and music from other influential rockers. It’s expected to launch early in 2022 in the U.S. and Canada for linear and AVOD…

Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw-country original who wrote classic songs for the likes of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings and whose “Live Forever” was performed by Robert Duvall in the 2009 Best Picture Oscar nominee Crazy Heart, died today after a stroke in Waco, TX. He was 81. A friend confirmed his death to our…

Mac Davis, a singer-songwriter who recorded 20 albums, wrote the Elvis Presley hit “In the Ghetto” and also starred with Nick Nolte in the football movie North Dallas Forty and had his own TV show, died Tuesday in Nashville. He was 78. His manager and longtime fried Jim Morey said Davis died after complications from a…

UPDATE JULY 22: Priscilla Presley has posted a tribute to her grandson, Benjamin Keough, on her Facebook wall. The note is the first since Keough’s suicide last week at age 27. Presley is 75 and was married to Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973. “These are some of the darkest days of my family’s life,’ the statement…

The iconic Elvis Presley destination known as Graceland is set to reopen its gates on May 21 after shuttering on March 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fans of the King will be able to enjoy the Memphis mansion — but with new health and safety protocols. Staff will wear face coverings and visitors will be…

Paramount Pictures has apparently decided that everything old is new again, especially in the time of coronavirus quarantines. This week, the studio launches “Paramount Presents,” a new way to market library titles that are “enduringly popular movies, as well as films that had a cultural impact upon their release.&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: We have just received word that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both have been down in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley film from Warner Bros. The two-time Oscar winner Hanks is set to play Presley’s longtime manager Colonel Tom…

A musical drama based on the life of Elvis Presley has signed Maggie Gyllenhaal to play the icon’s mother. In the movie, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann ("The Great Gatsby," "Moulin Rouge!") will explore the life and music of Presley through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager…

Joan Staley, the film, TV and stage actress whose memorable film roles included opposite Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, alongside Elvis Presley in Roustabout, and on TV in series including Perry Mason and 77 Sunset Strip, died November 24. She was 79. Her first husband, onetime TV director Chuck Staley…

Warner Bros. on late Friday pushed Denis Villeneuve’s Dune by a month from Nov. 20, 2020 to Dec. 18, 2020. The pic will receive an Imax release. The studio is still going to hold onto that Nov. 20 date for an untitled release. Meanwhile, Baz Luhrmann’s much buzzed about untitled Elvis Presley feature will open on Oct…