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Elvis Presley’s car being brought back to life

London, Nov 18 (ANI): Elvis Presley’s car-8.2-litre Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado-is being restored.

The owners of the car have already painted the seats to match the white paintwork.

“Hopefully we can get back to the soft original leather beneath all the dry and crispy paint and restore the original [...]

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Elvis Presley’s hair to go under the hammer

London, November 9 (ANI): A strand of hair Elvis Presley’s hair saved by his barber will soon be up for grabs at an auction.

Homer Gill Gilleland, who trotted the globe with the King of Rock n Roll for more than 20 years, gave the precious lock to Thomas Morgan Jnr in 2002, reports the Daily [...]

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Britney prefers ‘iconic’ Beatles to Elvis Presley

Melbourne, October 29 (ANI): Britney Spears has revealed that she prefers rocking to the tunes of the Beatles rather than those of Elvis Presley.

The pop princess was asked in an interview via email who would she choose between the two music legends.

“Beatles, they are just so iconic,” the Herald Sun quoted her as saying.he singer, [...]

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Yves Saint Laurent named Top-Earning Dead Celebrity by Forbes

London, Oct 28 (ANI): Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has been named the top earning dead celebrity by Forbes magazine.

In its ninth annual list Forbes.com said the Frenchman, considered one of the greatest designers of the 20th century and who died in 2008, made 350 million dollars.

Following him were composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein [...]

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Clump of Elvis Presley’s hair fetches $18,300 at auction

London, Oct 19 (ANI): A large tuft of Elvis Presley’s hair, bought by a devoted fan for 18,300 dollars, was among 150 items that went under the hammer at Chicago’s Leslie Hindman auctioneers.

The hair is believed to have been cut from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s head when he joined the army.

According to [...]

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Michael Jackson’s burnt hair up for sale

London, Oct 14 (IANS) Hair salvaged from late pop legend Michael Jackson’s scalp after he was burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial is to be sold at an auction.

The King of Pop’s mane was famously set alight by pyrotechnics in the 1984 accident, leaving him with second degree burns but his fire-damaged locks [...]

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Elvis’s honeymoon ranch up for sale

London, Oct 13 (IANS) American Rock ‘n’ Roll star Elvis Presley’s Tennessee ranch where the singer spent his honeymoon has been put up for sale.

The music legend owned the Circle G property, near Memphis, from 1966-1971 and enjoyed a vacation there in 1968 after he married Priscilla Wagner, reports contactmusic.com.

Proposals to turn the ranch into [...]

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Elvis Presley’s hair to be auctioned

London, Oct 9 (IANS) American Rock ‘n’ Roll star Elvis Presley’s hair will be auctioned later this month.

The hair is being sold as part of a collection of Presley memorabilia that includes signed records, photos and clothing. All of them will go under the hammer Oct 18 in Chicago, Illinois, reported femalefirst.co.uk.

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Lisa Marie Presley dismisses teenage son’s album reports

London, October 08 (ANI): Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie has dismissed rumours that her teenage son is set to kick off his music career.

It was earlier reported that the King’s 17-year-old grandson Ben had signed a 3.3-million-pound record deal with Universal Music.

In fact it was speculated that he would release up [...]

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Elvis Presley’s hair up for grabs

Washington, October 08 (ANI): A clump of Elvis Presley’s hair will soon be auctioned and is expected to fetch up to 12,000 dollars.

A friend of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll had preserved the locks since 1958 after Presley enlisted in the U.S. Army, Contactmusic reports.

Apart from the hair, a collection of Elvis memorabilia [...]

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Madonna’s new album tops European Album Chart

Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Pop queen Madonna’s new album Celebration has topped European album chart.

The new album has beaten Muse’s The Resistance to reach the topspot of Billboard’s European Top 100 Albums countdown.

The third spot went to Pearl Jam’s new release, Backspacer, reports Contactmusic.

The ‘Material Girl’ tops album charts in the U.K., Germany, Italy, Ireland [...]

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Elvis Presley’s teenage grandson in $5M album deal

London, October 3 (ANI): Elvis Presley’s teenage grandson Benjamin has a reported offer of five million dollars to come out with up to five albums.

Universal was said to have laid the papers for the 17-year-old, whose legendary grandfather died 15 years before he was born.

But the teen revealed his first album, which may be released [...]

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Bono, Elvis’ ‘junk food bond’

London, Oct 2 (ANI): U2 frontman Bono believes he is similar to Elvis Presley because he shares a love for junk food with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The 49-year-old rocker confessed that he couldn’t resist the urge to break into McDonald’s and feast on double pattie, three-bun, [...]

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MJ set to become world’s top earning celebrity

London, September 7 (ANI): Michael Jackson has been predicted to become the world’s top earning celebrity next year.

The late King of Pop’s estate is expected to amass up to 150 million pounds from beyond the grave, thanks to merchandising contracts, album sales, and other royalties.

The top 1,000 licensing and merchandising experts across Europe, participating [...]

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Cybill Shepherd walked out on Elvis Presley after late-night drugs offer

London, Aug 16 (ANI): Actress Cybill Shepherd has revealed that she decide to split with Elvis Presley after she couldn’t deal with his drug problems.

Shepherd broke up with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll after he offered her prescription pills one night before they were going to bed, reports [...]

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MJ may become top-earning dead star

London, August 14 (ANI): Michael Jackson has been predicted to become the top-earning dead star and his estate is expected to amass 120 million pounds alone this year.

The late King of Pop’s earnings since his death on June 25 were apparently set to top the entire 90 million pounds earned by Jimi Hendrix since he [...]

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MJ earning hundreds of million dollars after death

New York, August 13 (ANI): Michael Jackson was said to be earning hundreds of millions after his death.

The late King of Pop, who died on June 25, has reportedly grossed 100 million dollars through a film deal and several merchandising contracts.

And the executors of his estate, lawyer John G. Branca, music executive John McClain [...]

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