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'Elvis' review: Austin Butler is a great impersonator, but Baz Luhrmann doesn't capture the complicated King

The first shot of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" isn't Austin Butler in the titular role, or blue suede shoes: It's a chintzy gift shop snowman-shaped snow globe, only seen for a moment, before Luhrmann takes us inside the glass of his tragic tale, Rosebud-style.

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Elvis review: Baz Luhrmann brings The King to life in his signature pop style, with star turns from Austin Butler and Tom Hanks

Presley’s unusual origin story and formative phase as a "carnival attraction" are centred in a tale narrated by his svengali manager, played by Tom Hanks.

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Iconic Elvis Presley memorabilia worth £275k is going up for auction

Items on sale include a gold watch Elvis wore on stage at the very start of his career, a pair of his leather boot and a gold ring

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Director Baz Luhrmann had to make a few moves to make sure ‘Elvis’ was in tune

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Baz Luhrmann is at a famous tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a place that has become quite familiar to him.

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Movie review: ‘Elvis’ is a wildly inventive biopic from Baz Luhrmann with one drawback (cough, Tom Hanks)

“Elvis” isn’t your ordinary biopic.

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‘Elvis’ director Baz Luhrmann says film humanizes the icon, shares how Elvis Presley’s family reacted to it

Director Baz Luhrmann is ready for a little more conversation about Elvis Presley.

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Movie review: Dazzling biopic a reminder of what made 'Elvis' King of Rock 'n' Roll

Why hasn’t there been a great Elvis biopic yet? Well, Austin Butler wasn’t around to star as the King of Rock 'n' Roll. At the center of Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop epic “Elvis,” a film as opulent and outsize as the King’s talent and taste, Butler delivers a fully transformed,…

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What to stream: Get all shook up with the best Elvis Presley movies, documentaries

Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler as the iconic King of Rock 'n’ Roll hits theaters this weekend, and it’s likely that the wild portrait of Elvis Presley might spark a desire to revisit, or discover, some of his best work. There’s of course his discography, but…

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Remarkable Elvis Presley collection worth £275k up for auction

Items up for grabs include a pair of his leather boots, recording contracts, and a gold watch from The King's early days

Wales Online

Baz Luhrmann made a four-hour cut of new film Elvis... and it’s ‘wackadoo’

The longer cut explores Elvis’s addiction to barbiturates and his infamous meeting with Nixon

Evening Standard

Mystery of Colonel Tom Parker - the mastermind behind Elvis Presley's success

Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

Daily Mirror

In ‘Elvis,’ Baz Luhrmann brilliantly floods our senses with arresting sights and sounds

The director’s trademark razzle-dazzle surrounds Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler, electrifying as The King.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elvis Presley as Willy Wonka? The films the King of Rock’n’Roll almost made

West Side Story, Midnight Cowboy and The Godfather would all have been very different if Elvis had got his way – or if his manager Col Tom Parker hadn’t turned down so many roles on his behalf

The Guardian - UK

Elvis director Baz Luhrmann reveals original cut of the film was ‘four hours long’

Filmmaker decided the biopic needed a little less conversation...

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Daily Mirror

Elvis Presley's romantic liaisons - from lingerie discovery to fling with co-star

Elvis Presley married just once but throughout his short life he was linked to a number of high-profile bombshells

Daily Mirror

Austin Butler explains top advice shared by Tom Hanks that saved him from depression

The up-and-coming actor stars opposite Oscar winning legend Tom in a new glitzy biopic about Elvis Presley – and he has revealed the advice the icon shared to help pull him out of the blues

Daily Mirror

Austin Butler says he'd only ever sung to girlfriend before playing Elvis Presley

Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis - out this Friday - only sang in front of his girlfriend before the film and feared he wouldn't be able to honour the singer

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Austin Butler stayed away from friends, family for 3 years due to ‘Elvis’

He couldn’t help falling in love with this role.

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The Independent UK

Eminem raps he ‘stole Black music’ on new Elvis soundtrack song with CeeLo Green

‘I stole Black music, yeah, true, perhaps used it’, Eminem raps

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Eminem hails fellow 'King' on new song from 'Elvis' soundtrack

Eminem and Elvis Presley have been linked since Slim Shady first appeared on MTV in 1999, and now their bond is made whole on Eminem and CeeLo Green's new single "The King and I," which was released Thursday.

The Independent UK

Tom Hanks shouts ‘back the f*** off!’ at fans after wife Rita Wilson is almost tripped over in New York

The Hollywood couple were trying to get into a car when the incident took place

Los Angeles Times

No more Mr. Nice Guy: Tom Hanks drops F-bomb on fans who nearly toppled Rita Wilson

America's favorite nice guy, Tom Hanks, lost his signature cool on Wednesday night when a group of fans swarmed him and his wife, Rita Wilson, in New York City.

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks shouts ‘back the f*** off’ as fan nearly knocks over his wife Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks has been filmed screaming “back the f*** off” at a fan who almost knocked his wife Rita Wilson over.

ABC News

Elvis Presley died 45 years ago, so why do Cooly Rocks On tribute artists still recreate The King?

He dresses and sings like Elvis Presley, but this performer says he'd hate to be him. So why do artists from across around the world continue to pay tribute to The King nearly 50 years after his death?

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The stories I needed as a Chicano boy were silenced. Now I tell them

“What do you know, you stupid Mexican?”

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