Rooney Mara and Claire Foy join their co-stars for a special event at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival over the weekend in Telluride, Co.
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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticNot very long into the pandemic, a collective tremor of dread passed through the movie industry: Was this the beginning of the end?It wasn’t the first time Hollywood had been roiled by a crisis mentality. The most obvious precursor was the rise of television in the late ’40s and ’50s, which resulted in movies turning themselves into over-the-top widescreen spectacles — a frantic race to be big, bigger, biggest.
But I think it’s fair to say that for much of 2020 and 2021, the fear about what was going to happen to movies was nothing less than existential. Would they survive? Would movie theaters, those seductive mass cocoons that ruled for a century, now dwindle and die, their marquees standing as relics of a lost civilization, like something out of a zombie film? Would audience enthusiasm for movies wither on the vine? Not because it had disappeared, but because it had evolved toward a new mode of entertainment consumption, a revolution called streaming — even if that was, in effect, just a glorified form of television, which meant that we should now probably rename ourselves the United Couch Potatoes of America.
That’s what the film world looked like not too long ago.What a difference some dinosaurs, some minions, some flying saucers, the ghost of Elvis Presley, a metaverse overseen by the Marvel icon Doctor Strange, a metaverse overseen by the born-again indie icon Michelle Yeoh, and the ultimate God-do-we-miss-the-’80s Tom Cruise nostalgic rouser can make. In case you didn’t get the memo, and in case there were any lingering doubts (during most of the pandemic, Hollywood has been defined by lingering doubts), the movies are back, baby.
Rooney Mara and Claire Foy join their co-stars for a special event at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival over the weekend in Telluride, Co.
"Elvis" actress Shonka Dukureh died of "natural causes," the Tennessee Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner confirmed with Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The cause of death was ruled as "hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease." The Metro Nashville Police Department said there were no signs of foul play. Dukureh, 44, was found dead on July 21 in a bedroom at her apartment in Nashville.The Fisk University graduate shared the apartment with her two young children, police said.
Michael Buble is currently touring the world for his Higher Tour and you can check out the set list right here!
Elvis Presley fans celebrated Elvis Week and marked the 45th anniversary of the star's death, celebrating his short 42 years on Earth. Aside from his outstanding talent and good looks, another great quality of The King's was how he so lavishly shared his wealth. Elvis would regularly give large sums of money to charity and would bless his Memphis Mafia and staff with Christmas bonuses, cars and other gifts.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Bob Dylan was announced earlier this year as having written separate appreciations of more than 60 different songs for his forthcoming book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song.” Now, the names of all 66 songs he wrote about have been revealed, thanks to the dissemination of a table-of-contents page for the highly anticipated book, which comes out in early November via Simon & Schuster. (Read the full list below.) Not surprisingly, classic songs written and/or recorded by Americans greats like Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Little Richard, Townes Van Zandt will come up for consideration. Less expectedly, Dylan will detour to analyze songs like Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” the Eagles’ “Witchy Woman,” the Fugs’ “CIA Man” and Rosemary Clooney’s “Come On-a My House.”
“Elvis” biopic officially has a HBO Max streaming date.The Austin Butler-led film will be streaming on HBO Max next Friday, Sept. 2, 70 days after the film’s opening in theaters on June 24.
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Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after suffering a fatal heart attack on the toilet upstairs at Graceland when he was just 42. More than his entire lifetime has passed since then, but his nearest and dearest haven't forgotten the star they knew so intimately. For 20 years, Elvis lived with his extended family at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
Miranda Lambert has shared the news with fans that she will join the likes of Willie Nelson in a special tribute record for Billie Joe Shaver.MORE: Miranda Lambert pleads with fans in emotional video Billie Joe died in October 2020 at age 81 and it has now emerged that New West Records will release a compilation record called Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver on 11 November which will see Miranda perform with singers including Amanda Shires and George Strait.WATCH: Miranda Lambert's rise to fame "Excited to be a part of this," Miranda commented.Billie Joe Shaver was born in 1939, in Corsicana, Texas, and over the years he wrote songs including Waylon Jennings’ landmark album Honky Tonk Heroes, You Asked Me To, recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, and Georgia on a Fast Train by Johnny Cash.MORE: Miranda Lambert looks fierce in black leather alongside husband Brendan McLoughlinREAD: Miranda Lambert reveals her mom's heartbreaking secret cancer battleMiranda's news comes after she took to Instagram to share photos of herself performing at the Windy City Smokeout in July - Chicago's country music, BBQ and beer festival.She rocked a pair of denim shorts for the show, which was teamed with a tasseled denim sleeveless jacket and cream cowboy boots.
Priscilla Presley has been an unshakeable part of the making of “Elvis.” Priscilla was the wife of Elvis Presley and is currently in charge of keeping Presley’s legacy alive. In an interview wiht the Today Show she discussed the surreal experience of watching the film and praises the work of director Baz Luhrman, who managed to leave her speechless.
the “Today” show that she found it hard to watch the unfolding of Presley’s relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.She also said seeing how the singer wanted — but ultimately failed — to take his career beyond music and into “serious” film work was a bitter pill to swallow.“He wanted to do movies, serious movies, and Colonel Parker probably should have stayed a publicist,” she told the outlet. “He didn’t take Elvis where he wanted to be, and that was hard because I lived it.“I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn’t want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things,” she continued.“So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories.”Presley has sung her praises for the film, officially giving her stamp of approval in April.In a Facebook post that month, the “Naked Gun” actress said she saw the movie with her late ex-husband’s longtime pal Jerry Schilling and was impressed by Austin Butler taking on the titular role.“The story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker’s relationship,” Presley wrote.
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 around lunchtime, having suffered a fatal heart attack on the toilet upstairs at Graceland. The 42-year-old spent his final day in the early hours of that morning being the night owl that he was. Following a dentist's appointment in Memphis, Elvis drove back to Graceland around midnight in his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III.
Elvis Presley Fans are currently celebrating Elvis Week to commemorate the anniversary of the King's death. The star, who died on August 16, 1977, was found at his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, by his fiancée Ginger Alden.
The Electric State, the new Netflix film from Joe and Anthony Russo.The ensemble cast also includes Marvel actor Chris Pratt, who worked with the directors on several Avengers films.Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who wrote several of the Avengers films, are also on board for The Electric State.
Wiz Khalifa and Logic are currently on the road for their co-headlining Vinyl Verse Tour 2022 and you can check out the set list right here!