There are 16 article(s) tagged Elvis:

• January 2025

  • Crossword: Happy birthday, Elvis

    This week’s crossword puzzle is all about Elvis. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll died in 1977 at age 42, but fans will celebrate what would have been his 90th birthday on Jan. 8.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 05, 2025

• August 2024

  • Table Talk: Eat like the King with this peanut butter and banana sammy

    The Arcade’s Fried Peanut Butter n’ Banana Sandwich isn’t just an ode to Elvis. In 2020, it was included on Food Network’s list of best sandwiches in America.

    By Jennifer Chandler August 07, 2024

• July 2024

  • Jerry Lee Lewis’ 1983 Cadillac Eldorado returns home

    The rare classic car has spent the past decade on Beale Street but will return to Mississippi as part of the “Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch Experience.” 

    By Rob Moore July 15, 2024

• January 2024

  • Fans flock to Graceland to celebrate the King’s birthday

    At the birthday celebration, Joel Weinshanker presented an acetate record of Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama,” which was the late singer’s first commercial recording. 

    By Kambui Bomani January 08, 2024

• August 2023

  • Calkins: Think Memphis is down for good? You don’t know Jack.

    You know Clarence, the angel in “It’s a Wonderful Life?” Jack Sammons is nothing like him. But in this challenging time for Memphis, Sammons shares a story about Clarence. And Memphians should take it to heart.

    By Geoff Calkins August 10, 2023

• February 2023

  • Actor Austin Butler on what ‘Elvis’ taught him about fear

    Austin Butler, whose Golden Globe from January now has to share shelf space with the BAFTA from February, looks like one of the key favorites to add an Oscar to that shelf, come March. 

    By The Associated Press February 25, 2023

• December 2022

  • Herrington shares his picks for best films, actors, actresses of 2022

    From big-screen blockbusters to cheap chillers, Oscar favorites to under-the-radar international flicks, Chris Herrington shares his top films of 2022 — just in time for your holiday weekend viewing. 

    By Chris Herrington December 23, 2022

• July 2022

  • ‘Elvis’ actress found dead in Nashville

    Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in this year’s movie about Elvis Presley, was found dead Thursday at her home in Nashville.

    By The Associated Press July 22, 2022

• June 2022

  • Co-stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, director Baz Luhrmann make Graceland debut of ‘Elvis’

    Three generations of Presley women — former wife Priscilla Presley, daughter Lisa Marie Presley & granddaughter Riley Keough — bestow their approval on the ‘Elvis' film.

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    ‘Elvis’ stars walk the red carpet

    By Chris Herrington June 13, 2022

  • ‘Elvis’ stars walk the red carpet

    A bevy of celebrities showed up Saturday night for the premiere of the director Baz Luhrmann’s movie “Elvis” at the Guest House at Graceland. They included Priscilla Presley; actor Austin Butler, who portrays the King of Rock and Roll, and Tom Hanks, who plays Colonel Tom Parker. The movie opens at local theaters June 24.

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    Co-stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, director Baz Luhrmann make Graceland debut of ‘Elvis’

     

    By Patrick Lantrip June 13, 2022

• March 2022

  • Herrington: Memphis needs more ‘Elvis fans’ like Tommy Kha

    The controversy over Tommy Kha’s photography was about art at the airport. But it was also about the living legacy of old, dead Elvis in the city that made him. 

    By Chris Herrington March 25, 2022

• August 2021

  • See it now: Elvis fans’ burning love shines on at candlelight vigil

    Photographer Brad Vest captured the scene at Graceland during the candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on Aug. 16, 1977.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 16, 2021

• May 2020

  • ‘What is this new world going to be like for my children and grandchildren?’

    “At some point this pandemic will have run its course and we’ll get back to normal. ... Now, the question is when?’’

    By Marc Perrusquia May 22, 2020

• March 2019

  • Elvis, Cash & doomed ‘Auto Row’ buildings: History may be honored

    Elvis bought Cadillacs at one building. Johnny Cash recruited his back-up band at the other. Both seem destined for demolition, but plans are being made to memorialize their ties to Memphis music history.

    By Tom Bailey March 22, 2019

• December 2018

  • Graceland releases Elvis birthday celebration schedule

    Graceland has released the schedule of events celebrating what would have been Elvis Presley’s 84th birthday next week.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 26, 2018

• September 2018

  • Memphasis: All Funked Up

    (This was my first column some 400-plus columns ago. I was looking for a word that most aptly describes Memphis. Just one word …)

    By Dan Conaway September 21, 2018