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Elaine Dundy, the author
has died at her home in Los Angeles. She was 86. Elaine Brimberg grew up in Manhattan, the daughter of a wealthy clothing
manufacturer. Dundy described her childhood home, dominated by her abusive father, as
"a prison where my father was the warden, my sisters the inmates, and my mother the
snitch" Dundy wrote the novels The Old Man and Me (1964)
The Injured Party (1974) before turning to nonfiction in
Finch, Bloody Finch a biography of Peter Finch
(1980) Elvis and
Gladys a study of Elvis’s relationship with his
mother and
Ferriday, Louisiana about the little town that produced Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Lee
Lewis.
Since Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE)
went public, there has been little action, despite a lot of talk (or rather, a lot of announcements), and the corporate culture around Graceland has become much less interactive with the press. The original deal CKX made with Lisa Marie was announced in December 2004. CKX paid $114 million for an 85% interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises. Lisa Marie, who retained the remaining 15%, was paid $50 million in cash plus $26 million in CKX common and preferred stock. CKX also paid $25 million in EPE debt. Sillerman got a 90-year lease on Graceland, rights to Elvis' name, likeness, image and trademark, publishing rights to 650 songs and royalty rights to the few songs Elvis recorded after 1973, as well as to two dozen Presley movies.
Sillerman also paid $6.5 million to Priscilla
Presley. It was reported that CKX didn't have to pay Priscilla anything, but that doing so would make her more agreeable to appearing at grand openings
etc
The new Indiana Jones movie 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull' contains an Elvis song, 'Hound Dog'. The first 3 movies were set in the 40s. Now, Indiana Jones,
played by Harrison Ford, has aged and the movie is set in the 50s. As an
aspiring star Harrison Ford says 'I was sent to the studio barber, they sent me with a picture of
Elvis and told me to come back with my hair looking like
that.
Celebrity psychic Uri Geller
has lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley's pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell the Memphis
home
Ryan Cabrera and Riley Keough break up? Ryan Cabrera and Riley Keough reportedly got into a heated argument on Friday when Riley caught her beau red-handed with his ex-girlfriend at his album release afterparty at Hollywood's Play
nightclub
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Elvis's former wife Priscilla
Presley will take part in the next USA series of Dancing with the Stars. Other celebrities
include tennis champion Monica Seles,
Steve Guttenberg and R&B singer Mario. 'Dancing with the Stars',
premieres Monday, March 17 "
Priscilla Presley and her dance partner Louis van Amstel (Pictures
of Priscilla)
Priscilla Presley has left the building. Elvis' ex-wife and her professional partner Louis van Amstel were
the fifth couple eliminated from Dancing with the Stars' sixth season during last night's live results show broadcast
Lisa Marie Presley -
has confirmed that she is pregnant to her fourth husband Michael Lockwood.
Lisa Marie has a special reason for gaining baby weight while pregnant
- she is expecting twins. The babies are due at the end of
August. At least one will be a boy as the sonogram revealed.
Lisa Marie who just turned 40, already has two teenage children, daughter
Danielle Riley
and son Benjamin, with her
ex-husband, Danny Keough.
Lisa Marie wed guitarist Michael
Lockwood, in Japan, January 2006.
(click on image for photos) Name the
Baby? - Elvis
was also a twin
Lisa Marie received an apology from Associated Newspapers, the Daily Mail's publishers, after she launched a libel claim at London's High Court.
Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley
among celebrities exposed to Cancer-Causing Asbestos. The Church of Scientology is working overtime to
cover up their blatant and irresponsible actions of exposing members, including
famous celebrities, to blue asbestos for the last 20 years. The Church owned cruise liner, The Freewinds, is currently dry-docked in Curacao for extensive repair work, which now includes their attempts to remove the dangerous chemical. It was during scheduled renovation work when local authorities
discovered the toxic asbestos, which many older ships used as a fire retardant.
ELVIS'
teenage granddaughter Riley
Keough is set to be a young bride like
her mother & grandma by sporting a new ring on her wedding finger.
Model Riley Keough is refusing to talk about the ring other than to
confirm to friends it was a gift from boyfriend Ryan Cabrera. The
daughter of Lisa
Marie Presley, who wed Riley's father Danny Keough when she was 20, has been
dating popstar Ryan
Cabrera 25, for over a year
Elvis-themed casino. The company that owns the licensing rights to the name and image of Elvis Presley
has plans to build a casino devoted to the King on the Las Vegas
Strip.
The project is to begin in 2009 and completed
by 2012. First phase will include an Elvis-inspired luxury hotel and casino and
for Elvis-themed wedding chapels.
The site is currently occupied by several retail store and the
Harley-Davidson Cafe.
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Elvis Presley memorabilia from his
18-month stint in the U.S. Army and his first appearance in a TV special will be shown publicly for the first time in two new exhibits opening this month at Graceland.
"Private Presley" will include his Army fatigues, dress uniforms, other items of clothing, his foot locker and a cedar clothes storage chest.
Elvis Presley Enterprises
Inc is preparing for a $250 million overhaul of
Graceland and the surrounding area, has bought another apartment community near Elvis Presley's former mansion in Whitehaven. EPE bought the Craft Manor apartments at 1032 Craft from Michael E. Reed for $1.575
million but remains tight-lipped about the areas development.
Bill Belew, who designed
Elvis Presley's
jumpsuits and much of his personal wardrobe from 1969 to 1977, died of cardiac arrest on January 7 after a prolonged illness.
Muslims and Jews alike visit Israel's Elvis Inn, a gas station, cafe and shrine to the King of rock 'n' roll not far from the border with the West Bank. The inn's owner, Uri Yoeli, 61, was first bitten by the Elvis bug when he was
only 16 years old.
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Robert Goulet died. He was 73.
Goulet sang at the White House and Vegas. He earned a footnote in
Elvis life. Whenever Goulet performed on TV Elvis shot out the TV screen
Elvis Presley Estate generated $49 million
this past year. CKX
Entertainment which presides over the bulk of the Elvis empire with Lisa Marie Presley
retaining a 15 percent. Revenue from Graceland were up 15 percent to $35 million. That doesn't include royalties generated from Elvis music, DVDs and licensing
the Elvis themed Cirque du Soleil. John Lennon
came in at No. 2 with earnings estimated at $44 million
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Elvis friend, Jerry Schilling received a Brass Note
Award in Beale Street. Schilling is a native of
Memphis was recognized for his contributions to Memphis music. Schilling managed The Beach Boys and
Lisa Marie He wrote: Me
and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis
Presley
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