Elvis Presley was close with his father, Vernon, but he relied more on his entourage. The musician rarely went anywhere without his friends and employees. Even Priscilla Presley said she hadn’t married a man; she’d married a group of people. Vernon Presley never fully trusted these men, though. He believed that Elvis’ entourage was taking advantage of him.
Elvis’ father thought the musician’s entourage was taking advantage of him
Elvis’ entourage was made up of his friends, but he relied on them and paid them for their work. Priscilla admitted that the salary was not very high, but Elvis made up for it in other ways.
“They’d ask him if he could help them out with a down payment on a house or the first and last months’ payments on an apartment,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Elvis always came through for them,...
Elvis’ father thought the musician’s entourage was taking advantage of him
Elvis’ entourage was made up of his friends, but he relied on them and paid them for their work. Priscilla admitted that the salary was not very high, but Elvis made up for it in other ways.
“They’d ask him if he could help them out with a down payment on a house or the first and last months’ payments on an apartment,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Elvis always came through for them,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Gen Z Thursday night after a new UCLA study revealed today’s teenagers want to see less sex on screen.
The study, which was released Wednesday, found that more than half of the 1,500 adolescents and young adults surveyed want to see more platonic relationships or friendships on TV rather than romantic relationships or sex scenes. The ages of participants ranged from 10 to 24 years old.
“I’ve never felt more out of touch with a generation,” Kimmel said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “I try not to be the old guy complaining about these kids today, but sometimes I feel like I have to. Isn’t this supposed to be the live and let live generation?”
The ABC host then asked his audience to remember a time when nudity was less accessible and the only way to see steamy scenes was by stealing “Playboys from our uncles...
The study, which was released Wednesday, found that more than half of the 1,500 adolescents and young adults surveyed want to see more platonic relationships or friendships on TV rather than romantic relationships or sex scenes. The ages of participants ranged from 10 to 24 years old.
“I’ve never felt more out of touch with a generation,” Kimmel said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “I try not to be the old guy complaining about these kids today, but sometimes I feel like I have to. Isn’t this supposed to be the live and let live generation?”
The ABC host then asked his audience to remember a time when nudity was less accessible and the only way to see steamy scenes was by stealing “Playboys from our uncles...
- 10/27/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
When Lisa Marie Presley was nine, her father, Elvis Presley, died. During his lifetime, though, she spent much of her time at Graceland with Elvis and his ever-present Memphis Mafia. The Memphis Mafia was Elvis’ entourage, and they were with him at all times. She said they made her uncomfortable as a child and infuriated her as an adult. Lisa Marie shared why she found them disgusting.
Lisa Marie Presley slammed Elvis’s Memphis Mafia
While channel surfing, Lisa Marie discovered the E! True Hollywood Story: The Last Days of Elvis. She started watching and realized that many of the former members of Elvis’ Memphis Mafia were on it, talking about the end of his life.
“I couldn’t believe they were trying to take his dignity — Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Red West, all these people that were worse than him,” she told Rolling Stone in 2003, adding, “They scared the...
Lisa Marie Presley slammed Elvis’s Memphis Mafia
While channel surfing, Lisa Marie discovered the E! True Hollywood Story: The Last Days of Elvis. She started watching and realized that many of the former members of Elvis’ Memphis Mafia were on it, talking about the end of his life.
“I couldn’t believe they were trying to take his dignity — Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Red West, all these people that were worse than him,” she told Rolling Stone in 2003, adding, “They scared the...
- 10/18/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59.
Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative.
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Robison launched his music career in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming his own Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he released his solo debut, “Bandera,” named for the Texas Hill Country town where his family has had a ranch for generations.
When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was devoted to rawer country. His 2001 album “Step Right Up” produced his only Top 40 country song, “I Want You Bad.”
In 2018, Robison announced...
Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative.
Read More: Gary Wright, ’70s Singer-Songwriter Behind ‘Dream Weaver,’ Dead 80
Robison launched his music career in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming his own Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he released his solo debut, “Bandera,” named for the Texas Hill Country town where his family has had a ranch for generations.
When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was devoted to rawer country. His 2001 album “Step Right Up” produced his only Top 40 country song, “I Want You Bad.”
In 2018, Robison announced...
- 9/11/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59.
Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative.
Robison launched his music career in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming his own Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he released his solo debut, Bandera, named for the Texas Hill Country town where his family has had a ranch for generations.
When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was devoted to rawer country. His 2001 album Step Right Up produced his only Top 40 country song, “I Want You Bad.”
In 2018, Robison announced that he had permanently lost the ability to sing following...
Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative.
Robison launched his music career in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming his own Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he released his solo debut, Bandera, named for the Texas Hill Country town where his family has had a ranch for generations.
When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was devoted to rawer country. His 2001 album Step Right Up produced his only Top 40 country song, “I Want You Bad.”
In 2018, Robison announced that he had permanently lost the ability to sing following...
- 9/11/2023
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Top Chef” World All-Stars Dale MacKay and May Phattanant Thongthong didn’t communicate too well when they had to team up for the “Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites” Elimination Challenge. That ended up dooming them both as this was a double elimination. They seemed frustrated with each other during the challenge and later on in “Last Chance Kitchen,” so who really was at fault for their ouster? Scroll down for our complete poll results.
We asked readers, and a leading 42.07% of them said MacKay was more at fault for getting them sent home. He was the one who pressured Thongthong into a very literal, straightforward preparation for their Scotch egg. It wasn’t until they were about to serve the judges that MacKay noticed that the other chefs had done fine-dining deconstructions of their dishes.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who was eliminated in season 20 of Bravo cooking competition?
Ultimately, it...
We asked readers, and a leading 42.07% of them said MacKay was more at fault for getting them sent home. He was the one who pressured Thongthong into a very literal, straightforward preparation for their Scotch egg. It wasn’t until they were about to serve the judges that MacKay noticed that the other chefs had done fine-dining deconstructions of their dishes.
See‘Top Chef’ spoilers: Who was eliminated in season 20 of Bravo cooking competition?
Ultimately, it...
- 3/30/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Aidy Bryant spent a decade of her life as one of the more recognizable players on “Saturday Night Live.” But on a recent afternoon, as she’s being photographed in Bryant Park (get it?), she manages to stump a stranger. This curious woman cranes her neck at Bryant, who is minding her own business, posing near the New York Public Library in a flowy black dress and silver pumps.
“What are you in?” the woman asks, spotting a familiar face.
Bryant, 35, is too polite to brush her away. She stops mid-pose to drop the name of her most famous job. “I love saying my credits,” Bryant says when the woman is out of earshot.
On “SNL,” Bryant became a household name by impersonating everyone from Adele to Rebel Wilson — and she had a special talent for playing polarizing political conservatives including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Meghan McCain and (most hilarious of all) Ted Cruz.
“What are you in?” the woman asks, spotting a familiar face.
Bryant, 35, is too polite to brush her away. She stops mid-pose to drop the name of her most famous job. “I love saying my credits,” Bryant says when the woman is out of earshot.
On “SNL,” Bryant became a household name by impersonating everyone from Adele to Rebel Wilson — and she had a special talent for playing polarizing political conservatives including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Meghan McCain and (most hilarious of all) Ted Cruz.
- 6/21/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” bid farewell to regulars Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney this past weekend in a shocking group exit. But fear not, this is hardly the last you’ll see of them.
Where you can watch these funny people next? Here’s what they have lined up right now, and a few things you might want to catch up on.
Kate McKinnon in “Joe and Carole” (NBCUniversal)
Kate McKinnon
The versatile impressionist’s “Tiger King”-inspired limited series “Joe and Carole,” in which she played Carole Baskin, debuted on Peacock in March. She’s currently filming Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie and voices Lulu, a hairless guinea pig, in “DC’s League of Super-Pets,” which hits theaters July 29.
Pete Davidson (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Pete Davidson
His A24 horror film “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” opens on August 5 and and he’s filming the retirement home thriller...
Where you can watch these funny people next? Here’s what they have lined up right now, and a few things you might want to catch up on.
Kate McKinnon in “Joe and Carole” (NBCUniversal)
Kate McKinnon
The versatile impressionist’s “Tiger King”-inspired limited series “Joe and Carole,” in which she played Carole Baskin, debuted on Peacock in March. She’s currently filming Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie and voices Lulu, a hairless guinea pig, in “DC’s League of Super-Pets,” which hits theaters July 29.
Pete Davidson (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Pete Davidson
His A24 horror film “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” opens on August 5 and and he’s filming the retirement home thriller...
- 5/24/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney will join fellow cast member Pete Davidson in exiting Saturday Night Live after this weekend’s Season 47 finale, Rolling Stone has learned.
Representatives for SNL did not respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
McKinnon joined the cast in 2012 and became a repertory player the next year. Although the breakout star’s departure from SNL was the subject of rumors recent years, she remained a part of the cast. However, she appeared on the show less frequently and took a hiatus to star in Joe vs.
Representatives for SNL did not respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
McKinnon joined the cast in 2012 and became a repertory player the next year. Although the breakout star’s departure from SNL was the subject of rumors recent years, she remained a part of the cast. However, she appeared on the show less frequently and took a hiatus to star in Joe vs.
- 5/20/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Peacock has put in development Cheeky, a comedy based on Ariella Elovic’s book Cheeky: A Head-To-Toe Memoir, from Saturday Night Live‘s Aidy Bryant, writer Sudi Green, executive producer Lorne Michaels, and Universal Television.
Written by Bryant, Green, and Elovic, the Cheeky series adaptation is a refreshingly honest, sometimes obscene collection of first-person stories about all things bodily told by comedians, celebrities, bus drivers, kids, and your grandmother’s crankiest friend. Each episode focuses on a theme and is animated in the same colorful and painterly style as the book by Elovic.
Bryant and Green executive produce with Michaels and Andrew Singer of Michael’s Broadway Video. Elovic and Alice Mathias serve as co-executive producers. Willa Slaughter serves as producer. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Bryant is a ten-year cast member on Saturday Night Live. Since...
Written by Bryant, Green, and Elovic, the Cheeky series adaptation is a refreshingly honest, sometimes obscene collection of first-person stories about all things bodily told by comedians, celebrities, bus drivers, kids, and your grandmother’s crankiest friend. Each episode focuses on a theme and is animated in the same colorful and painterly style as the book by Elovic.
Bryant and Green executive produce with Michaels and Andrew Singer of Michael’s Broadway Video. Elovic and Alice Mathias serve as co-executive producers. Willa Slaughter serves as producer. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Bryant is a ten-year cast member on Saturday Night Live. Since...
- 4/14/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
When Midland announced that they would be playing a one-off show at the Palomino in October 2019, the North Hollywood venue hadn’t been operational for nearly 25 years. Though the original structure is still standing, the former country-music hot spot on Lankershim Boulevard now serves as a rentable banquet space for birthday parties and quinceañeras.
“They essentially moved a honky-tonk into that building, which is as un-honky-tonk as you get,” says Midland guitarist-vocalist Jess Carson, joined by singer Mark Wystrach and bassist-vocalist Cameron Duddy a few months later at their label’s Nashville offices.
“They essentially moved a honky-tonk into that building, which is as un-honky-tonk as you get,” says Midland guitarist-vocalist Jess Carson, joined by singer Mark Wystrach and bassist-vocalist Cameron Duddy a few months later at their label’s Nashville offices.
- 2/7/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
'Why audiences might prefer to watch his oeuvre – a 40-year mass of frequently explicit sex films – at home rather than at the multiplex, is an enigma that may never be unravelled'
Though few of his films have secured UK cinema releases since his notorious sex-and-sandals epic Caligula sent British authorities into the mother of all censorship tizzes in 1979, self-proclaimed Italian "master of the erotic" Tinto Brass remains a popular fixture on the home entertainment scene. Why audiences might prefer to watch his oeuvre – a 40-year mass of gluteally fixated, frequently explicit sex films – at home rather than at the multiplex, is an enigma that may never be unravelled.
Two Brass films that have long been available only on ancient VHS tapes make the leap to Blu-ray this week: 1998's Frivolous Lola and 2000's Cheeky, both courtesy of Arrow Films. In the latter, Venetian model Carla (Yuliya Mayarchuk, pictured) arrives in...
Though few of his films have secured UK cinema releases since his notorious sex-and-sandals epic Caligula sent British authorities into the mother of all censorship tizzes in 1979, self-proclaimed Italian "master of the erotic" Tinto Brass remains a popular fixture on the home entertainment scene. Why audiences might prefer to watch his oeuvre – a 40-year mass of gluteally fixated, frequently explicit sex films – at home rather than at the multiplex, is an enigma that may never be unravelled.
Two Brass films that have long been available only on ancient VHS tapes make the leap to Blu-ray this week: 1998's Frivolous Lola and 2000's Cheeky, both courtesy of Arrow Films. In the latter, Venetian model Carla (Yuliya Mayarchuk, pictured) arrives in...
- 2/15/2014
- by Charlie Lyne
- The Guardian - Film News
Malcolm McDowell in Caligula Avatar’s 3D success has had some far-reaching effects. First, Warner Bros. announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and Part II and Clash of the Titans will be converted to 3D. Now comes erotic filmmaker Tinto Brass, 76, who says he’ll produce Italy’s first-ever 3D movie — which will also happen to be the world’s first-ever 3D pornographic production. Brass has been making erotic films for decades. Among his efforts are Salon Kitty (1976), Paprika, Life in a Brothel (1991), All Women Do It (1992), The Voyeur (1994), and Transgressions (2000). For his first film in 3D, he intends to "revisit an abandoned project about a Roman emperor that was ruined by Americans, and [...]...
- 1/29/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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