July 19, 200718 yr Author From the Official Elvis site B) The Summer of Elvis Throw your blue suede shoes in your suitcase and and make your way to Memphis or get your computer all shook up for a summer that has become the largest celebration of Elvis in history. From race cars to candy bars and in a multitude of new movies, music offerings, products and promotions, fans all over the world can experience Elvis like never before in history. In July, TV Land and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii will honor Elvis during the 30th anniversary year with a life-sized bronze sculpture. This TV Land Landmark will commemorate the 1973 Aloha from Hawaii concert. The sculpture will grace The Neal S. Blaisdell Center, formerly The Honolulu International Center, site of the historic Aloha from Hawaii event. August will be Elvis Month on TV Land, which will feature numerous Elvis movies, specials and documentaries. Reese’s Peanut Butter & Banana Creme Cups featuring Elvis Presley are available through December 2007 in standard, miniatures and “The King” sizes at grocery, drug and convenience stores nationwide. With the Reese’s Elvis “Live Like the King” promotion, Elvis fans can instantly win one of more than 10,000 prizes, including a trip to Graceland in Memphis, a scarf owned by Elvis Presley, Elvis sunglasses, Elvis license plates and more. For the ultimate grand prize, the Reese’s brand has teamed up with Boyd Coddington of TLC’s “American Hot Rod” to create an authentic Elvis tribute car. The 1957 pink Cadillac has been custom built to look just like the Cadillac Elvis used to drive and upgraded to include all the features of a 2007 custom hot rod car. Three episodes of “American Hot Rod” on TLC will chronicle the transformation of the grand prize Cadillac. There will also be a special Reese’s and Elvis-branded paint scheme on the Kevin Harvick No. 29 Chevrolet on July 29, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Warner Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment are pooling their DVD sales and marketing resources to release a total of 24 Elvis films. The lead titles in the promotion are Deluxe Editions of Viva Las Vegas and Jailhouse Rock and 2 Disc Special Editions of Elvis: That’s the Way It Is and This is Elvis, making its DVD debut. Graceland Harley-Davidson, located in the Graceland Plaza area, is celebrating Elvis with the creation of “Elvis Presley 30th Anniversary Bike Signature Collection.” The Harley-Davidson motorcycles emulate the 1957 Black Harley-Davidson FLH model that Elvis owned. Each motorcycle in the collection also comes with a painting by David Uhl and a sculpture by Jeff Decker. Each is numbered from one to 30 and paired with the corresponding motorcycle. Bike number 30 will be auctioned in Memphis during Elvis Week. The first-ever Elvis Cruise takes off on August 30 – September 3. Guests will join Jerry Schilling, The Imperials, Ruby Wilson, The Jordanaires, The TCB Band, Joe Guercio and others for an Elvis experience at sea. This year's annual Elvis Week is a nine-day gathering of friends and fans from around the world celebrating Elvis’ life and career. From August 11-19, events in Memphis include The Official Elvis Week Kick-Off Event at The Memphis Redbirds and AutoZone Park, Elvis Expo 2007, The Elvis Insiders Conference, The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, Elvis Music & Movies on the front lawn of Graceland, The Candlelight Vigil, Elvis: The 30th Anniversary Concert, Elvis: Midnight in Vegas Concert, and more. A Video and PodCast describing these events can be found on ElvisWeek.com under the podcast tab. The official Elvis Week kick-off on August 11 will be with the Memphis Redbirds and AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis. Elvis music and videos, live entertainment and a huge fireworks display set to Elvis music will be featured during the evening. The 30th Anniversary Elvis Week celebration will cap a summer of events being held throughout the world, including 25 preliminary Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contests with over 1,000 contestants vying for a spot for the preliminary contests on August 12 and the finals on August 17. Both will be held at The Cannon Center in Memphis. Several other new events have been added to this year’s Elvis Week to accommodate both the Elvis fans who have been coming to Memphis for years, as well as the growing numbers of new fans who have discovered Elvis more recently. Along with the traditional Candlelight Vigil on the evening of August 15 and the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, one of the highlights of the week will be Elvis: The 30th Anniversary Concert starring the real Elvis Presley via video technology, accompanied live on stage by an orchestra and a large cast of his original concert musicians and back-up singers. The event will be staged at FedExForum in Memphis on August 16. Due to the high demand for tickets, an unprecedented midnight show, also starring the real Elvis via video and a cast of his original band mates, Elvis: Midnight In Vegas, That's the Way It Is, has been added. Other first-time events scheduled for August 13 and 14 are the Elvis Music and Movies evenings on the front lawn of Graceland. This marks the first Elvis Week entertainment event inside the gates where thousands of Memphians and fans from around the world will enjoy live music and movies from their blankets and lawn chairs at Graceland. NASCAR's four-time Most Popular Driver and lifelong Elvis fan, Dale Earnhardt Jr., will rev up the 30th Anniversary Elvis Week event by hosting the first night of the Elvis Music & Movies series with Viva Las Vegas on the front lawn of Graceland on Monday, Aug. 13. The second evening will feature The Imperials, former members of The Stamps Quartet and The Sweet Inspirations, all performing live in concert on the front lawn followed by the screening of Warner Bros.' new concert film release, Elvis: That's the Way It Is, Special Edition, which has also been restored and digitally remastered and features 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio. Also new this year is the Elvis Expo 2007, a giant merchandise and memorabilia showroom, August 12 - 14 at the Cook Convention Center. It will contain more than 100 booths and 35,000 square feet of all things Elvis including the latest Elvis music, movies and merchandise. Throughout the three-day event there will be performances and autograph sessions with celebrities, authors, artists and photographers. Concurrently, the popular Elvis Insiders Conference, a two-day event also featuring authors, celebrities and others involved with Elvis, will take place at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts at the Convention Center. Although the Insiders event is sold out, attendees of the Elvis Expo 2007 will be part of the entire Insiders excitement via a live broadcast of the event into the Elvis Expo 2007 Showroom. Current special guests scheduled to be part of the conference and showroom are; Priscilla Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, and many others. New merchandise will also hit store shelves during the summer of Elvis including products from Thomas Kincade, PEZ, Marie Osmond Dolls, Bradford, and the first-ever animatronic, life-size Elvis bust will be introduced by Wowee. Elvis fans who can’t make it to Memphis can still join in the fun from anywhere in the world when they visit the special Elvis Week Web site. It will include a live webcam at Meditation Garden, a virtual wall, links to partner’s online Elvis Week fun and games and, during Elvis Week, will include lots of photos and videos from Elvis Week. You can even sign up for the Elvis Video PodCast. You'll also find Elvis Week event tickets and more information on all the above events and promotions on the new Elvis Week Web site. Be sure and check back often as more details and news on the summer of Elvis becomes available.
July 25, 200717 yr Author Larry King Live From Graceland CNN covers the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death live from Graceland. Priscilla Presley will be the special guest on Larry King Live. It’ll be the 4th time that Priscilla meets Larry King on tv: 1986, February 2001 and June 2003. The show itself premiered in June 1985 with its now-famous mix of interviews and topical discussions. Telecast each weeknight at 9 p.m, the program also features phone calls, e-mails and web cam questions from viewers around the globe. For Priscilla’s interview, everybody is welcome to mail in questions. The exact date of broadcast is not known yet. Source: ElvisMatters / Updated: Jul 25, 2007
July 26, 200717 yr Author Elvis TV Schedule United Kingdom - August 2007 Many thanks to Brian Quinn for posting these on the FECC messageboard SANJEEV BHASKAR ON ELVIS 2007 Actor, writer and comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar takes the hot seat exclusively for TCM to discuss why he has always been such a huge fan of Elvis. Sun 5 Aug 14.30 TCM Thu 16 Aug 22.50 TCM JAILHOUSE ROCK Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Vaughn Taylor, Mickey Shaughnessy. The ultimate Presley big screen offering, with 'The King' rockin' both the prison and the music world in the movie that many consider to be his best. The numbers make the plot, tracing Presley's graduation from lag to music superstar, almost superfluous. 93 mins, U, B/W (1957) SUBTITLES FOR HARD OF HEARING Sun 5 Aug 15.00 TCM ERNST JORGENSEN ON ELVIS Ernst Jorgensen, one of the key experts on Elvis' recording career, talks about the music of 'The King'. Sat 11 Aug 14.30 TCM Thu 16 Aug 00.45 TCM KISSIN' COUSINS Director: Gene Nelson. Cast: Elvis Presley, Glenda Farrell, Pam Austin, Arthur O'Connell. There's double trouble for Elvis Presley, here playing a US Airforce officer who must persuade his blond, lookalike yokel cousin (also played by Presley) to allow a missile base to be built on his farm. 87 mins, U, Colour (1964) Sat 11 Aug 15.00 TCM JERRY SCHILLING ON ELVIS 07 Elvis' great friend, movie stand-in and author, Jerry Schilling, shares his personal memories of the 'The King'. Sun 12 Aug 14.25 TCM Thu 16 Aug 20.25 TCM Sat 25 Aug 14.25 TCM LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Rudy Vallee, Don Porter, Dick Sargent. Elvis Presley finds his work cut out for him as a playboy photographer who finds himself amorously ensnared by a vivid young woman who has designs on his bachelorhood. Rudy Vallee costars, and the songs include 'Wonderful World'. 86 mins, PG, Colour (1968) Sun 12 Aug 15.00 TCM ADRIAN WOOTTON ON ELVIS 2007 A tribute to the 'King'. Adrian Wootten, CEO of Film London and the UK Elvis fan club introduces his favourite moments from Elvis' film career. Thu 16 Aug 16.35 TCM DOUBLE TROUBLE Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Yvonne Romain, Chips Rafferty. Presley attracts the amorous attentions of a pretty young heiress (Day) while he's touring Britain. To make things even more exciting, he gets caught up in a jewel heist. This enjoyable musical romp that includes the classic 'Long Legged Girl'. 88 mins, U, Colour (1967) Thu 16 Aug 17.00 TCM GIRL HAPPY Director: Boris Sagal. Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold Stone, Gary Crosby. Romance is sure to blossom on the sunny beaches of Florida as Elvis Presley is hired to 'babysit' the beautiful, brainy daughter of a night club owner boss. A musical comedy graced by the presence of Presley's favourite costar, Shelley Fabares. 91 mins, U, Colour (1965) SUBTITLES FOR HARD OF HEARING TCM 14 Thu 16 Aug 18.45 TCM ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Director: Denis Sanders. Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, John Wilkinson. This acclaimed documentary of The King's later years is a compelling portrait of his life on and off stage. Elvis is shown strutting around Las Vegas with his entourage, relaxing backstage, trading jokes and playing before a loud, live audience. 96 mins, PG, Colour (1970) Thu 16 Aug 21.00 TCM Fri 17 Aug 15.00 TCM VIVA LAS VEGAS Director: George Sidney. Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest. Ann Margret costars with Elvis in this musical treat about an ambitious racing driver who takes a job in a casino to fund his entry to the Las Vegas Grand Prix. 82 mins, U, Colour (1964) SUBTITLES FOR HARD OF HEARING Thu 16 Aug 23.15 TCM HARUM SCARUM Director: Gene Nelson. Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara. Elvis Presley is the matinee idol who finds himself caught up in a web of international intrigue when assassins try to force him to bump off the ruler of a desert kingdom. Trouble is, Elvis has already fallen in love with the king's daughter. 82 mins, U, Colour (1965) Sat 18 Aug 15.00 TCM SPEEDWAY Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert. Nancy Sinatra is the IRS agent who brings even more trouble for stock car racer Elvis Presley when the latter discovers that his manager (Bill Bixby) has been swindling him. Elvis, needless to say, sings himself out of trouble. 91 mins, U, Colour (1968) Sun 19 Aug 15.00 TCM Mon 20 Aug 05.00 TCM STAY AWAY JOE Director: Peter Tewksbury. Cast: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado. Elvis Presley stars as Joe Lightcloud, a mixed blood Indian with rodeo skills who acts as both diplomat and lover as he fights for his tribe and romances local saloon owner Joan Blondell's daughter. 101 mins, U, Colour (1968) SUBTITLES FOR HARD OF HEARING Sat 25 Aug 15.00 TCM ELVIS ON TOUR Directors: Robert Abel, Pierre Adidge. Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Joe Esposito, Glen D. Hardin. Award winning documentary film which follows the King of rock 'n' roll on and off the stage. Includes performances of the classic 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'Love Me Tender'. 90 mins, PG, Colour (1972) SUBTITLES FOR HARD OF HEARING Sun 26 Aug 15.00 TCM Mon 27 Aug 05.00 TCM **Also coming: Elvis Week 2007 on Travel Channel. There are other programmes on BBC and ITV also. Keep a look out in the TV Magazines. Great clip to advertise all the Elvis programmes on the American TV Land site :cheer: http://www.tvland.com/specials/elvis/
July 28, 200717 yr Author Scotty Moore: Last Man Standing Among the countless Elvis friends, musicians, relatives and experts that have been announced for Elvis Week 2007, one man seemed to keep away from all the ‘hoopla and hollar’: Scotty Moore. But... Scotty, 75 already, decided to come after all. He’ll be starring two shows, not coincidentally called “Last Man Standing”, on August 15 at 2 and 5 pm at the Peabody Hotel. Tickets: 45 dollar and up. Other guest performers are Billy Swan and Bob Moore. Ticket reservations: (001)818-991-3892 Source: ElvisMatters / Updated: Jul 28, 2007 Can’t wait! I’m going to see this one :dance:
August 7, 200717 yr Author This was posted on Lisa Marie Presley's Myspace blog :D Wonder if she's got something special planned for The Concert :dance: Monday, August 06, 2007 It’s THAT time of year......... After months of deliberation, it has finally come to me what I want to do for the 30th Anniversary, Aug 16th Event. Of course it all came to me in the 11th hour and is nearly impossible to pull off (and everyone is definitely letting me know that) REGARDLESS, I am on the case myself pretty much 24/7.... It's no simple task as it involves many people and many things and all at the last minute. The opposition at almost every turn has been UN ******* BELIEVABLE but there are also some amazing people who are helping me pull this together out of good will for absolutely nothing in return. I LOVE THOSE PEOPLE MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW!!! I wanted whatever I do to mean something, this is NO easy task. Wish me luck I need it, ~LMP
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