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David Bowie, explaining how they almost worked on a project together in Berlin.The director, who worked with the late musician on the soundtrack for 2001’s Moulin Rouge!, told NME about how Bowie’s classic track ‘Changes’ impacted his life.“From the moment I first heard this song, I was a huge Bowie fan,” Luhrmann said. “I eventually worked with him [on the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack] and then towards the end of his life, he became a very good friend.“He used to come round and we’d walk the dogs.

Forty-plus years into his acting career, Tom Hanks is still going strong. He’s onscreen next as Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” as Presley’s manager, and after that, he’s in Marc Forster‘s “A Man Called Otto” and Wes Anderson‘s latest, “Asteroid City.” READ MORE: Tom Hanks Teases Shelved Dean Martin Biopic Directed By Martin Scorsese But in a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, Hanks didn’t talk about his upcoming roles.

Selena Gomez teaming up with Michelle Obama to encourage voting and to fight to preserve American democracy. The ‘Come and Get it’ singer joined the former first lady in Los Angeles for the first Culture of Democracy Summit.The latina star, took the stage on Monday, June 13th at the Banc of California Stadium to emphasize the importance of registering to vote. “This work is incredibly important to me, especially when I think about the people who sacrificed so we can all exercise our right to vote.

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Wilson Chapman editorThe “A League of Their Own” Amazon series based on Penny Marshall’s popular 1992 comedy film will premiere Aug. 12.Amazon announced the news via a first look teaser, set to the classic Stevie Nicks song “Edge of Seventeen.” The teaser can be seen below.Both the show and film version of “A League of Their Own” take place in 1943, the year that the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed.

Elvis Presley died 45 years ago, longer than he was on this planet and has now finally been given the cinematic biopic treatment. There's been a couple of TV attempts over the years with the likes of Kurt Russell donning the jumpsuit, but in an age of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman storming the big screen, it was only a matter of time before The King would follow. Now if only Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie was as great as those.

WATCH BELOW: Grimes and Elon Musk go public with their romance at the Met GalaElon was caught cosying up to Natasha Bassett, an Australian actress from Sydney.The 27-year-old was seen lunching with Elon, who is 50, at the Cheval Blanc hotel in the French coastal town of St. Tropez.It’s been reported that the pair began dating back in February, but have kept a reasonably low profile since beginning their relationship.They also apparently attended several events together recently at Cannes Film Festival, where Natasha’s new film, Elvis, was premiering.So, who is Natasha? Scroll on for everything we know.Meet Natasha, Elon's Aussie love.Natasha is a US-based actress who grew up in Sydney, where she proved early on that she had plenty of acting prowess.She appeared in the Australian Theatre for Young People’s 2007 production of Romeo and Juliet, and starred in a number of local projects in the early 2010s, even working opposite Toni Collette. She moved to New York at the age of 19 to further pursue her acting career.She’s had a number of small roles in different feature films since then, but looks set to become more well-known once Baz Lurhmann’s new biopic, Elvis, premieres this year.In the film she portrays Dixie Locke, Elvis’s first girlfriend.

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diabetes that is mostly associated with old age and obesity. According to Hanks, the doctor suggested he should get down to a similar weight as he was as a teenager to rid of the disease. Hanks replied: "Well, I'm going to have Type 2 diabetes then, because there is no way I can weigh [what I weighed] in high school.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe “Elvis” team was on hand in Cannes for a little more conversation about Baz Luhrmann’s boisterous musical drama — but how Tom Hanks landed on his mysterious European-American accent as Colonel Tom Parker in the movie will remain a mystery for now.The Oscar-winning actor received the first question from journalists at the Thursday press conference, and was asked how he prepared for his role as Parker and whether he researched his Dutch background and accent.Hanks skirted any discussion of his accent work, and instead spoke at length about learning more about Elvis’ notorious manager, who “was a delightful guy” that could light up every room he came into.“Was he a cheap crook that played fast and loose? Yeah, when it comes down to that, but I worked that all out to everyone’s satisfaction,” said Hanks, “He was a man who brought joy to everything he did — along with a bit of larceny.” “Elvis” marks Luhrmann’s first feature directorial effort since 2013’s “The Great Gatsby,” which also world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Butler stars in the title role opposite Hanks as Elvis’ infamous manager.While critics have praised Butler’s tour de force performance, Hanks’ extremely thick and at times indecipherable accent for Parker, who was from the Netherlands, has been singled out as one of the movie’s weaker turns, and some have called Hanks’ prosthetic nose and padding to resemble the heavy-set Parker distracting.“I’m not interested in playing a bad guy just for the sake of, ‘Before I kill you Mr.

Tom Hanks looked as dapper as ever with Priscilla Presley on his arm at the star-studded Cannes premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated Elvis biopic. The film, which is out in June, stars Austin Butler as the king of rock ‘n’ roll, which follows Presley’s rise to fame. Tom, who plays Presley’s enigmatic manager Colonel Tom Parker, was seen on the red carpet at the 75th Cannes Film Festival with Presley’s ex-wife by his side.