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Post by jason on Aug 16, 2022 12:42:54 GMT -5
In a lot of ways, Colonel Parker did Elvis more harm than good. He wouldn't allow him to make anything but mindless, third-rate movies and he was probably taking more than half his earnings for himself. Elvis had a lot of hangers-on that he didn't need.
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Post by pat on Aug 16, 2022 22:05:33 GMT -5
In a lot of ways, Colonel Parker did Elvis more harm than good. He wouldn't allow him to make anything but mindless, third-rate movies and he was probably taking more than half his earnings for himself. Elvis had a lot of hangers-on that he didn't need. I recall reading somewhere that at one time, Col. Parker owed $30 million in gambling debts to the Hilton in Las Vegas where Elvis performed. I doubt if he would have been allowed to run up that amount if he hadn't been on Elvis's payroll.
Priscilla said recently that Elvis was tired of the girly beach movies and wanted to do serious films, but the Colonel wouldn't allow it, which I don't understand. Elvis was a grown man and could make his own decisions, so why did he allow that old man to push him around like that?
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Post by Kate on Jan 9, 2023 10:48:18 GMT -5
Yesterday would have been Elvis's 88th birthday and there was hardly any mention of it in the news, I suppose because most of his fans are now dead, too. Even if he didn't die in 1977 like some people believe, he'd probably be dead by now.
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Post by Kate on Jan 13, 2023 3:26:06 GMT -5
Lisa Marie Presley died yesterday at the age of 54. The news reports say she had a heart attack, but unless she had some kind of congenital heart defect, 54 is very young for a woman to die of a heart attack. I can't help wondering if drugs were involved. After all, she admitted to being addicted to cocaine at one time.
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Post by pat on Jan 13, 2023 17:45:38 GMT -5
Lisa Marie Presley died yesterday at the age of 54. The news reports say she had a heart attack, but unless she had some kind of congenital heart defect, 54 is very young for a woman to die of a heart attack. I can't help wondering if drugs were involved. After all, she admitted to being addicted to cocaine at one time. |
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Post by kitty on Jan 13, 2023 18:56:32 GMT -5
Not only cocaine, she also admitted to being addicted to alcohol and opioids. But her death is more likely genetic, something she inherited from Elvis that he inherited from Gladys Presley. |
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Post by pat on Mar 11, 2023 15:56:32 GMT -5
Has anyone watched "The Seven Ages of Elvis" on PBS and noticed where they're trying to make him into something he wasn't? In the show, they say he was a great supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and that's not true. His family members and others close to him said that he thought King was a communist and Elvis hated communists.
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Post by catherine on Mar 11, 2023 23:15:25 GMT -5
Has anyone watched "The Seven Ages of Elvis" on PBS and noticed where they're trying to make him into something he wasn't? In the show, they say he was a great supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and that's not true. His family members and others close to him said that he thought King was a communist and Elvis hated communists. One woman spoke on camera and alleged that when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in Memphis, Elvis said something to her about "MLK," but King was shot in 1968 and he wasn't referred to as "MLK" until the early 1980s, so there's no way Elvis would have called him MLK. Obviously, the producers of this show decided to reinvent Elvis to conform to the Woke beliefs of today's misguided liberals. Then they claimed he sang the song "If I Can Dream" as a tribute to King, and that was a lie, too. He recorded the song months before the 1968 Comeback Special and it was substituted for "I'll Be Home for Christmas." The Colonel said the song didn't exactly fit in with the program, but Elvis said he'd like to try it. He didn't say anything about a tribute to anyone. As for the song being similar to King's "I have a dream" speech, anyone who has ever thoroughly checked King's background knows that he stole it from a speech given by the Reverend Archibald Carey at the 1952 Republican National Convention. He plagiarized the speech just like he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation at Boston University. |
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Post by kitty on Mar 13, 2023 13:45:36 GMT -5
One woman spoke on camera and alleged that when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in Memphis, Elvis said something to her about "MLK," but King was shot in 1968 and he wasn't referred to as "MLK" until the early 1980s, so there's no way Elvis would have called him MLK. Obviously, the producers of this show decided to reinvent Elvis to conform to the Woke beliefs of today's misguided liberals. Then they claimed he sang the song "If I Can Dream" as a tribute to King, and that was a lie, too. He recorded the song months before the 1968 Comeback Special and it was substituted for "I'll Be Home for Christmas." The Colonel said the song didn't exactly fit in with the program, but Elvis said he'd like to try it. He didn't say anything about a tribute to anyone. As for the song being similar to King's "I have a dream" speech, anyone who has ever thoroughly checked King's background knows that he stole it from a speech given by the Reverend Archibald Carey at the 1952 Republican National Convention. He plagiarized the speech just like he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation at Boston University. |
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Post by serena on Aug 16, 2023 8:10:35 GMT -5
Do a lot of people still go to Memphis on the day Elvis died?
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Post by Kate on Aug 16, 2023 12:47:07 GMT -5
Do a lot of people still go to Memphis on the day Elvis died? |
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Post by serena on Jan 8, 2024 12:21:27 GMT -5
I've been to Graceland a few times and I've always found it creepy. Some houses when you go inside seem happy but Graceland is sad, like the inside of a tomb.
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Post by Graveyardbride on May 21, 2024 14:20:44 GMT -5
Graceland Up for Auction, Estate Seeks Injunctive Relief
Graceland’s future is uncertain after a legal notice issued earlier this month indicated the home of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was in foreclosure and would be publicly auctioned to the highest bidder.
The notice alleges Lisa Marie Presley, who died unexpectedly in January 2023, signed a Deed of Trust in 2018 to secure a $3.8 million loan from Naussany Investments and Private Lending, using Graceland as collateral. Unfortunately, according to Naussany, at the time of her untimely death, she still owed the money.
Family members dispute the company’s claim, alleging it is fraudulent, and yesterday (May 20), Riley Keough, Lisa Marie’s daughter and sole heir to the property, secured a temporary restraining order. “Elvis Presley Enterprises can confirm that these claims are fraudulent. There is no foreclosure sale. Simply put, the counter lawsuit has been filed to stop the fraud,” a Graceland spokesperson said in an official statement.
In her 60-page Verified Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief Including a Temporary Restraining Order filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, Keough claims, among other allegations, that Naussany Investments is not a real entity.
Naussany originally filed suit in November 2023, alleging Lisa Marie had been required to repay the entire sum she borrowed by May 2022. At that time, the company offered to drop the lawsuit if the estate paid 75 percent ($2.85 million) of the loan within 45 days. Sources: Michael Dorgan, Fox News, May 21, 2024; Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, and Gold Leaf Estate Planning, LLC, November 13, 2023.
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Post by pat on May 21, 2024 15:10:21 GMT -5
If Riley Keough knew about the lawsuit in November, why did she wait until a notice of sale was filed to try to do something about it?
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Post by kitty on May 21, 2024 16:26:52 GMT -5
If Riley Keough knew about the lawsuit in November, why did she wait until a notice of sale was filed to try to do something about it? |
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