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New on DVD: Get all shook up with Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis'

A new biopic examining the life of Elvis Presley tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 13.

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Shonka Dukureh’s cause of death revealed after ‘Elvis’ actor died at age 44

Actor and singer Shonka Dukureh, who appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” died last month of natural causes, according to Tennessee’s Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office.

Los Angeles Times

Hilary Linstead dead: Legendary talent agent who launched Baz Luhrmann's career dies

Hilary Linstead, the talent agent, film producer and casting director behind discovering Baz Luhrmann has died at the age of 83

Daily Mirror

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Elvis film has doubled the amount of people learning the King’s songs on guitar

Baz Luhrmann’s biopic has caused a surge in guitarists learning songs like ‘Jailhouse Rock’

The Independent UK

The 15 greatest Australian musicals, on stage and screen – sorted

From the glittery fun of Priscilla to a whole show about the career of Paul Keating, here are the musicals that sing to audiences both in Australia and around the world

The Guardian - AU

On my radar: Gareth Pugh’s cultural highlights

The fashion designer on ballroom nights, a spin on the pottery wheel and soaking up Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic vision

The Guardian - UK

Elvis: Austin Butler says he was left ‘in tears’ following Baz Luhrmann’s method approach

Leonardo DiCaprio had warned Butler that the director would ‘push you in ways you didn’t know somebody could’

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WTF: Austin Butler ‘Went Home In Tears’ After Being ‘Heckled’ By Baz Luhrmann Studio Execs

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Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in ‘Elvis,’ is dead at 44

Singer and actor Shonka Dukureh, best known for playing Big Mama Thornton in the Baz Luhrmann film “Elvis,” is dead at 44.

Tribune News Service

Elvis star Shonka Dukureh dies, aged 44

The star was found unresponsive in her bedroom by one of her children

Manchester Evening News

Elvis actress Shonka Dukureh found dead in Nashville home, aged 44

Ms Dukureh starred as Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s high-acclaimed Elvis Presley biopic

Evening Standard

Director of Elvis biopic ‘heartbroken’ after death of actress Shonka Dukureh

The singer starred as Big Mama Thornton in the film about Elvis Presley.

The Independent UK

Elvis director Baz Luhrmann heartbroken as Big Mama Thornton actress found dead at home

Tributes have paid to the late Shonka Dukureh, who made her film debut in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022), with her having played blues singer Big Mama Thornton in the biopic about Elvis Presley

Daily Mirror

Elvis actor Shonka Dukureh dies one month after big screen debut

The 44-year-old singer, who portrayed Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s latest film, was found unresponsive in her Nashville home

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Elvis actress dead aged 44 just a month after her movie debut

Shonka Dukureh, a Nashville gospel singer, played blues singer Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann's biopic

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle producer shakes up Elvis classics for Luhrmann film

Newcastle's Jamieson Shaw on working on Elvis.

The Conversation

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singer who inspired Elvis: one of many women sidelined from musical history

Elvis Presley is the perfect subject matter for Australian film director Baz Luhrmann. Not just because the opulence of Presley’s showmanship and Lurhmann’s trademark visual style are perfect bedfellows, but because the “Presleyverse” itself is not about Elvis Presley. It’s about the idea of Elvis, the great myth of Elvis…

The New Daily

Happy 3rd of July, Tom. Top Gun superstar joins the club of celebrities turning 60 this year

Top Gun superstar Tom Cruise turned 60 over the weekend, joining a growing list of Hollywood actors, directors and musicians to hit the milestone.

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Michael Phillips: When prosthetics get in the way of performance, what do you get? Tom Hanks in ‘Elvis’

This column is not about trashing Tom Hanks in “Elvis.”

Tribune News Service

Here are the latest movies to watch over Fourth of July weekend

Fourth of July weekend offers movie lovers plenty of big-screen fireworks.

Irish Mirror

Ryan Tubridy admits to being brought to tears by heartbreaking moment in new Elvis movie

The Baz Luhrmann film, Elvis, which features Austin Butler in the title role has earned critical acclaim for its depiction of the turbulent life of the King.

Bristol Post

The rise of incredible Bristol singer who’s sensational in Baz Luhrmann's new Elvis movie

Country soul diva Yola has weathered an amazing journey from home city shows to the big screen, via the Grammys and she's played Glastonbury

Los Angeles Times

How ‘Elvis’ re-creates Elvis Presley’s haunting 1977 performance of ‘Unchained Melody’

Austin Butler threw his voice, body and soul into playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s grandiose musical drama “Elvis,” even recording his own versions of the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s hip-swiveling, live-wire early songs. But to bring the big-budget epic to its showstopping close, Luhrmann and Butler painstakingly re-created one…

Los Angeles Times

Tom Hanks strikes out in ‘Elvis.’ It’s the rare misstep that illuminates a great career

During the opening moments of “Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann’s razzle-dazzle romp through the life and music of Elvis Presley, I couldn’t stop staring at one actor in particular. I’d entered the theater knowing almost nothing about the movie or who was in it, and although I had some idea of whom…

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Australia ‘ill-prepared’ for food insecurity, millennials overtaking boomers, Baz Luhrmann’s films ranked

Tuesday: Former defence leaders warn of risks fuelled by war and the climate crisis. Plus: the best and worst of a director whose movies don’t talk – they shout

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