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  • How Priscilla Presley's Wedding Dress Was Remade For the New "Elvis" Movie

    9 days ago - By Pop Sugar

    Olivia DeJonge plays Priscilla Presley in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 "Elvis" film , which stars Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll. The biopic documents Elvis Presley's relationship with his former manager Colonel Tom Parker and Parker's impact on the decline of Elvis's career. Throughout, we see a glimpse into his life and, naturally, his relationship with Priscilla, whom he married on May 1, 1967, at the Aladdin hotel in Las Vegas. Luhrmann's wife, costume designer Catherine Martin , of "Moulin Rouge" and "The Great Gatsby" fame, worked with her team to re-create a version of the...
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  • Baz Luhrmann Says "Elvis" Is the Story We've Never Heard About the Rock 'n' Roll Singer

    Baz Luhrmann Says "Elvis" Is the Story We've Never Heard About the Rock 'n' Roll Singer

    10 days ago - By Pop Sugar

    Out of the dozens of real-life-inspired musician stories we've seen on the big screen, Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" is unlike any other. The director's biggest film to date - with a cast that features Austin Butler , Olivia Dejonge, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alton Mason, and Yola - is also his most ambitious, using the perspective of Elvis Presley's former manager, Colonel Tom Parker , to tell the story of the rock 'n' roll icon we have yet to hear.
    "It's not a biopic. I didn't set out to do ."
    Between the film's whimsical intro and its fast-moving plot that crams Elvis's entire career into 159...
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