Three generations of Elvis Presley’s family unite to watch music icon’s new biopic

Eminem and CeeLo Green have teamed up on ‘The King And I’ for the Elvis film soundtrack.Released today, the track is co-produced by Dr. Dre and sees Eminem compare himself to Elvis Presley over the course of the ‘Jailhouse Rock’-sampling track, rapping: “I’m about to explain to you all the parallels between Elvis and me”.“It seems obvious: one, he’s pale as me/ Second, we both been hailed as kings/ He used to rock the Jailhouse, and I used to rock The Shelter,” he raps, before adding “I stole black music, yeah, true, perhaps used it / As a tool to combat school kids / Kids came back on some bathroom shit / Now I call a hater a bidet / ’Cause they mad that they can’t do shit”.Listen to ‘The King And I’ below.The Elvis soundtrack is set to feature “original songs and recordings” by Presley along with the film’s star, Austin Butler.

Austin Butler is showing off his best Elvis Presley moves and teaching them to Jimmy Fallon.

Austin Butler felt a heavy weight on his shoulders when it came time to step into Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes for the upcoming biopic, directed by Baz Luhrmann.«Elvis is so loved and so iconic,» the actor told ET's Nischelle Turner earlier this week. «You feel a responsibility playing any human that has actually lived, but with him, it's a weight like I never felt before.»«There's a responsibility to his family, and also putting his story into context,» he continued. «There's so many misconceptions about him, there's so many ideas about him.

Austin Butler is undoubtedly the man of the hour and talk of the town.MORE: Austin Butler is unrecognizable as Elvis PresleyThe actor has been making waves left and right, red carpet after red carpet, and his latest promotional visit was to none other than Today studios, where he chatted with the one and only Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.Opening up to the co-hosts about his journey to embody the iconic singer and his efforts to portray him as accurately as possible, he also revealed a shocking – and heartbreaking – connection the actor and the rockstar have.WATCH: The Elvis trailerJenna was the one to make the revelation, telling Austin: "One thing that you and Elvis have in common, a heartbreaking thing, is that you both lost your mothers at 23."She went on to ask him: "How did that inspire you to get into this role?" which led him to explain how hard he found it at first to become Elvis rather than just an impersonation of him.He detailed the pressure and distance he felt from the late star, saying: "It's that thing where when you first look at Elvis he feels so much larger than life, and you look at him like a god-like figure or a caricature of Elvis."A post shared by TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@hodaandjenna)The heartbreaking revelationRecalling some of the tapes he attempted to film of himself to share with his director, he admitted he wasn't satisfied, saying: "I fell into that, the first month when I was trying to work, where I'd tape myself and I watched it back and I just saw an impersonation, and I just couldn't send it to Baz."MORE: Lisa Marie Presley mourns late son BenjaminMORE: Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler's hottest style momentsHowever, everything changed when he learned about the connection they had over

A perfect part of the role. Austin Butler’s commitment to his Elvis Presley role is no joke. The Elvis star took to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on June 16, 2022, to show off his impersonation skills of The King of Rock & Roll.

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis in cinemas June 24, NME are releasing a one-off special edition print issue in honour of the return of the inimitable musician on the big screen.The film charts the life of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) through the eyes of his notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) who guides us through the star’s childhood through to the early days of his career all the way past his peerless success up to his untimely death. We meet his musical rivals and his loved ones, and revisit so many of the king’s greatest hits.Inside NME’s Elvis Film Special Edition, you’ll find everything you need to know about the year’s most star-studded film.

Tom Hanks raged at aggressive fans as he and his wife Rita Wilson were leaving a restaurant in midtown, New York City last night.The star told one fan to “back the f**k up” after the rowdy group of fans led to Rita stumbling over.  Tom and Rita were swarmed by movie lovers taking pictures of them as they made their way to a car in the US city last night.The movie star yelled at fans when they got so close to them that it caused Rita to trip.“Back the f**k up!” he yelled incredulously. “Knocking over my wife?!”“Sorry about that Tom!” a couple of the men present at the scene shouted to the movie star. “What are they doing out here?” another asked, as the star was helped into his car.Tom and Rita were enjoying dinner together last night before the altercation occurred. It comes after the Forrest Gump actor sparked health fears this week.Tom’s hands were spotted shaking while discussing his new film, Elvis.  The Hollywood star was promoting Baz Luhrmann's new biopic in Sydney this week. Addressing the audience on stage, Tom clutched a microphone with his right hand.He said: "There is no better place in the world to make a motion picture than right here on the Gold Coast.""I've shot films in Morocco and Los Angeles and New York City and Seattle and in Berlin."None of them have what the Gold Coast have, and what is that? Two words.

Austin Butler oozed rocker confidence as he arrived to a screening of director Baz Luhrmann's highly-anticipated film Elvis in New York Cityon Wednesday evening.Th 30-year-old actor, who stars asthe bonafide 'King Of Rock and Roll' in the forthcoming musical-drama, was joined by his 20-year-old model girlfriend Kaia Gerber.Luhrmann's film documents Presley's meteoric rise to superstardom in the 1950s and exploresthe music legend's complex relationship withhis manager, Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks). Leading man:Austin Butler oozed rocker confidence as he arrived to a screening of director Baz Luhrmann's highly-anticipated film Elvis in New York City on Wednesday evening.Th 30-year-old actor, who stars as the bonafide 'King Of Rock and Roll' in the forthcoming musical-drama, was joined by his 20-year-old model girlfriend Kaia GerberElvis hits theaters on Friday, June 24.Butler and Gerber - who have been dating since December 2021 - were captured arriving to the screening holding hands.The daughter of Cindy Crawford turned heads in a pleated back mini skirt and an oversized leather jacket.

Fans of Tom Hanks have expressed concern after the actor was seen shaking at the latest screening of his new movie Elvis.The Forrest Gump actor made an appearance at the premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about late rock n’ roll icon Elvis Presley in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday. Elvis follows Presley (Austin Butler) as he rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The biopic was filmed on the Gold Coast where the latest premiere was held, and Hanks said ‘there [was] no better place in the world to make a motion picture’. ‘I’ve shot films in Morocco and Los Angeles and New York City and Seattle and in Berlin,’ he told the audience while holding a microphone. He added: ‘None of them have what the Gold Coast have, and what is that? Two words. None of those other cities have Dan Murphy.‘What a man, who I got to know quite well.’ Fans noticed in video footage obtained by the Mail Online that Hanks’ hands appeared to be shaking as he held the microphone and at times swapped it between hands. One tweeted: ‘Hope Tom Hanks is okay.’ Shutting down speculation, another fan wrote supportively: ‘God forbid it could just be adrenaline and nerves!’ Hanks went on to describe his months filming in Sydney as an ‘absolutely magnificent time’, despite the fact he was Down Under when he and wife Rita Wilson became the first celebrities to publicly reveal they had tested positive for Covid in March 2020. The Toy Story actor continued: ‘There is something about the people and the place of the Gold Coast that makes everyone walk around with a confident look on their face.

If you’ve been following the press for the highly anticipated Elvis biopic as much as we have, you may have noticed something. Austin Butler, who does an uncanny impression in the film itself… is still talking like Elvis Presley today!

Zack Sharf Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for best actor thanks to Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philadelphia,” in which he plays a gay man with HIV who is discriminated against at work. Cut forward almost 30 years later, and Hanks says he or any fellow straight actor would no longer be able to play the openly gay character at the heart of “Philadelphia.” Not that at Hanks sees a problem with that change in mentality in Hollywood.“Let’s address ‘could a straight man do what I did in “Philadelphia” now?’ No, and rightly so,” Hanks recently told The New York Times Magazine.

Eminem has revealed that ‘The King & I’, his new collaboration with CeeLo Green, will be released tomorrow (June 16).The track is set to feature on the soundtrack for Elvis, the upcoming Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann which arrives in cinemas later this month.Eminem shared the news on social media, posting the artwork for the single alongside information that the track will hit streaming services at noon EST on Thursday.Speaking about the collaboration, Green said (via KTLA): “Me and Eminem have been friends for years, I’ve longed for an opportunity to work with him.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticJoel Whitburn, whose books of research on the charts were a staple of the bookshelves of anyone who cared about the history or business of pop music for decades, died Tuesday at age 82.No cause of death was immediately given, although Whitburn was reported to have been in ill health for some time.The Wisconsin native’s company, Record Research, had been publishing books based on the Billboard charts going back to 1970, with a count of tomes that as of a little under a decade ago amounted to 122 books.Amid all the genre-specific books he published, Whitburn’s “flagship” book and top seller was “Top Pop Singles.” That book covered everything that was a hit from 1955 forward, with Whitburn throwing in three years worth of mid-’50s stats from a chart that predated the Hot 100’s beginning in 1958 because he “wanted to include that early rock ‘n’ roll history.” But he was never under the delusion that music started with Elvis Presley, as evidenced by his also having publishing a book titled “Pop Memories: 1890-1954.” His completism wasn’t limited to pure data: Whitburn’s home in Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Austin Butler had more than a few nerves when it came time to take on the role of Elvis Presley in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic, . The actor dealt with his nerves by becoming nearly «obsessive» in his research for the role, learning all about Elvis' life, career, family, and even his iconic voice.«I said, 'I'm just gonna drop everything and I'm gonna obsess. I'm going to allow myself to obsess,'» he recalled in a behind-the-scenes clip from the film. «And so I just started reading and watching everything I could on his life and on his friends and on his relationships and listened to only his music.»The other thing Butler had working in his favor as he tackled the daunting role was the support of Elvis' family.

All shook up! Austin Butler apparently got so into character for his role as Elvis Presley in the eponymous film, that he’s still shaking off the late rock musician’s signature speaking voice.

Graceland opened for tours, some five years after Elvis Presley's death in 1977. The King had left the Memphis mansion to his only child, nine-year-old Lisa Marie, but with the estate costing $500,000 a year to run it looked like the family might have to sell up. The executor, her mother and Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla Presley, made the radical decision of opening up the house as a tourist attraction to keep it for their daughter.

Tom Hanks only understood the magnitude of what he took on when he saw Austin Butler in full Elvis Presley garbs.

Austin Butler is speaking out in response to people who have accused him of changing his speaking voice to sound more like Elvis Presley.

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” her rare stamp of approval. Lisa Marie Presley, 54, praised the flick in an Instagram post on Saturday.

Three generations of Presley women made a rare appearance together to promote the new movie Elvis!

Priscilla Presley was joined by her daughter Lisa Marie Presley in a rare appearance at the U.S. premiere of "Elvis." Priscilla and Lisa Marie were part of a rare three generation appearance at Graceland in Memphis, as they were joined by the "Lights Out" singer's daughters; Riley Keough along with Finley Aaron Love and Harper Vivienne Anne Lockwood. The group posed for photos with the star of "Elvis," Austin Butler.