- Tartan tribute for the King
(Edinburgh Evening News, December 22, 2007)
LISA Marie Presley has reportedly commissioned an Edinburgh kiltmaker to create an official Elvis tartan. The daughter of the King of rock and roll came to the Capital last week. The 39-year-old songwriter has been looking into ways of strengthening Elvis's Scottish heritage, after it emerged his ancestors hailed from Aberdeenshire. She visited 21st Century Kilts on the Royal mile. After speaking to designer Howie Nicholsby, Lisa Marie learned she could claim the maiden name of Elvis's mother, Gladys Smith, for her tartan.
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- "Bloated" Lisa Marie Gets Dissed by London Tabloid
(Memphis Flyer, December 8, 2007)
The London Daily Mail online posted a story today critiquing Lisa Marie Presley's appearance and compared her father Elvis' "bloated period." From the Daily Mail: Only last summer Miss Presley - who includes Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage among her four former husbands - appeared trim and fit.
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- Looking just like Dad (or why Elvis's girl must return to slender)
By TAHIRA YAQOOB
(Daily Mail, December 4, 2007))
It is one inheritance for which Lisa Marie Presley might not thank her illustrious father. At a New York charity event it appeared that the Elvis genes were beginning to kick in, with the once-svelte 39-year-old showing that she had piled on the pounds in recent months. Only last summer Miss Presley - who includes Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage among her four former husbands - appeared trim and fit. ...
- Oprah goes to New York for special sit-down with David
(freep.com, September 10, 2007)
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" (4 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7). The Big O kicks off her 22nd season with a special twist. The show heads to New York City to welcome late night chucklehead David Letterman for his first appearance on the daytime diva's conversational carnival. Lisa Marie Presley also joins Oprah for a special performance. Hey, Elvis, you got your TiVo programmed up there in Rock 'N' Roll Heaven?Oh that Bob! ...
- LISA MARIE UPSET ABOUT ELVIS VIAGRA THEME
(contactmusic.com, August 25, 2007)
LISA MARIE PRESLEY is fuming after learning her late father's VIVA LAS VEGAS hit is providing the theme to a new TV campaign for sex drug Viagra. Elvis croons the classic as part of the quirky Viva Viagra TV ad - suggesting even The King understood how frustrating erectile dysfunction can be. But the rocker's daughter is far from amused by the new ads for drug giants Pfizer. She says, "I find it revolting. Some songs we have no control over and I know we didn't license that one."
- Lisa Marie Presley, Dad duet on 'In the Ghetto'
(northjersey.com, August 19, 2007)
A new video of Lisa Marie Presley singing "In the Ghetto," accompanied by her late father, Elvis Presley, was posted Friday on the AOL Internet site Spinner.com, a company spokesman said.
To mark the 30th anniversary of her father's death, Lisa Marie Presley's voice was added to the original version of her father's hit song from 1969. The video duet also features images of her late father.
Spinner.com posted the video along with the transcript of an interview with Lisa Marie Presley, AOL spokesman Kurt Patat said. In the interview, Lisa Marie Presley said the project was emotionally stirring. "We had two hours to lay down my vocals," she says. "So the next morning, I heard the rough ... and ... I've never cried when I've done anything ... ever ... but I just lost it when I heard it."
Lisa Marie Presley also talks in the interview about how she was offended to see her father's song "Viva Las Vegas" used in a Viagra commercial. "I find that revolting," she said. "Some songs we have no control over. I know we didn't license that one."
Proceeds from the new song and video will be used to help build temporary housing for the homeless in New Orleans, she said. The project is to be similar to Presley Place, a 12-unit apartment building for the homeless built in Memphis by Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. in 2001. At the time, Elvis Presley Enterprises was owned by Lisa Marie Presley. She sold 85 percent of the company two years ago to CKX Inc., which now controls the worldwide business in marketing Elvis' name and image.
Elvis Presley died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on Aug. 16, 1977, and thousands of fans were in town last week for the 30th anniversary of his death.
Lisa Marie Presley, 39, attended a concert Thursday in Memphis that featured her father performing on video, with live support from his former backup singers and band members. Her most recent album of her own music was "Now What" in 2005, but she said in the interview that she hopes to put out a new album soon. "I'm definitely going to do it," she said. "I just have to figure out the right way. I'm on a clean slate right now -- I just got off my label (Capitol Records). So I'm figuring out my next route."
- Priscilla and Lisa Marie Dodge Paparazzi (and Catty Remarks)
By Michael Warner
(Memphis Flyer, July 14, 2007)
Uber video gossip site X-17 Online caught up with Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley as they were exiting Hollywood hotspot Little Door last night. They commented on the girls' plastic surgery and pointed that they "sure don't look their age." Is that a good thing? We're not sure. [Unflattering pictures and video.]
- Kerry checked on Scientology in secret
(chichester.co.uk, June 21, 2007)
BILLIONAIRE businessman Kerry Packer secretly investigated his son James' links to the Church of Scientology in the months before his death. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the late Mr Packer arranged a private meeting with a high-ranking Australian religious official in mid-2005. Scientology and the basis of the cult-like Hollywood religion dominated the discussions.
The media mogul died on Boxing Day that year, handing full control of his $7 billion empire to James. "He was worried about Scientology - I don't think he believed in it at all," a source with intimate knowledge of the meeting said. "He was wanting to know whether it was sound and what it was all about." Close friend and prominent Scientologist Tom Cruise was among hundreds of high-profile guests at James' lavish wedding to model Erica Baxter on the French Riviera yesterday. James was introduced to Scientology by Cruise during the actor's ill-fated marriage to Nicole Kidman in the late 1990s.
James is believed to have found spiritual solace in the movement after the $1 billion One.Tel collapse in 2001 and in the wake of his split from wife Jodhi Meares 13 months later. James has never spoken publicly about his association with the organisation but has regularly attended sessions at its Sydney headquarters.
Ms Baxter also has flirted with the faith, which has forged a stronghold in Hollywood, where it boasts many high-profile followers including Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Priscilla Presley, Lisa-Marie Presley and Mimi Rogers.
- The highs with mum were incredible but the lows were devastating
(chichester.co.uk, June 21, 2007)
Judy Garland was the best mother she knew how to be, says Lorna Luft, a performer who has long helped maintain her mother's legacy. Lorna is appearing at Chichester Festival Theatre in Babes In Arms, a musical closely associated with her mum, who appeared opposite Mickey Rooney in the 1939 Busby Berkeley film version of the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart classic.
... "I was 16 when she died. I was at a girlfriend's house. Her mother came in and had to tell me. She didn't want me to turn the television on. I coped with it however you do cope with losing a parent, but the thing that made it harder for me was that I had to share that grief with everyone. I can't remember the exact number, but it was hundreds of thousands of people who came back to the funeral home. There were queues. It was quite stunning. "To this day, people come up to me and say my mother was their favourite and I get quite teary. I wind up taking care of them."
That was the irony. Lorna draws the parallel with Princes William and Harry after Princess Diana was killed. There was film of them greeting the crowds and one of them finding himself telling the crowds that everything would be okay. And it was the same experience for Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley. ...
- CHESNEY/CROW CONCERT POSTPONED
(Honolulu Advertiser, May 18, 2007)
Sorry, music fans. Last week's announcement about a giant concert featuring Kenny Chesney, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Marie Presley and others at the Waikiki Shell May 24 is superseded by this announcement: The concert has been postponed.
The event was to be a benefit for Narconon, the drug-rehab program associated with the Church of Scientology; and it was to be hosted by actors (and husband and wife team) John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who are members of Scientology. No further details about a new concert date or the final lineup of performers were available.
- Lisa Marie Presley, 39, tops today's list of celebrity birthdays
(ocregister.com, February 1, 2007)
She's Elvis Presley's only child and in recent years has pursued a music career of her own. Lisa Marie Presley is 39. ...
- Horoscope
By Jeraldine Saunders
(Mercury News.com / Tribune Media Services, February 1, 2007)
BIRTHDAY GAL: Singer Lisa Marie Presley was born in Memphis, Tenn., on this day in 1968. This daughter of music's legendary Elvis Presley has emerged as a star in her own right with her hit albums ``To Whom it May Concern'' and ``Now What.'' She's also stirred up her own tabloid fodder with short-lived marriages to pop star Michael Jackson and Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage. The King's daughter is a member of the Church of Scientology and supports several of its charities.
- Lisa Marie Presley, 39, tops today's list of celebrity birthdays
(Orange County Register, February 1, 2007)
She's Elvis Presley's only child and in recent years has pursued a music career of her own. Lisa Marie Presley is 39. Also celebrating [other celebrities]: ...
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