With her recognizable beehive hair and dark eye makeup, the early photos of Priscilla Presley are inescapable when it comes to American history. Over the past few years, the Presley inspiration has seen a resurgence in pop culture, whether it’s Lana Del Rey emulating some of Pris’ well-known looks, Riley Keough honoring her grandfather in […]
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Jacob Elordi Ate A Truly Jaw-Dropping Amount Of Bacon Every Day To Play Elvis In ‘Priscilla’
Another year, another Elvis movie. This latest one, though, is quite a bit different than last year’s. Where Baz Luhrmann’s inexplicably Razzie-winning take took a more traditional biopic route, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla shows things from the perspective of his young bride, played by Cailee Spaeny. The King, played by Jacob Elordi, is but a supporting […]
Read MoreLana Del Rey Apparently Could’ve Had A Song On The ‘Priscilla’ Soundtrack, According To Sofia Coppola
Lana Del Rey has paid tribute to Priscilla Presley quite a bit throughout her career. So, when Sofia Coppola’s new movie, Priscilla, hit theaters recently, fans were left wondering why she hadn’t been included on the soundtrack. As it turns out, in a new interview with E! News, Coppola did consider Del Rey to make […]
Read MoreLisa Marie Presley Was So Upset About The Portrayal Of Her Father In ‘Priscilla’ That She Emailed Sofia Coppola About It
Just a few months before her death, Lisa Marie Presley had vowed to speak out about Sofia Coppola’s new movie, Priscilla, which focuses on the tumultuous and controversial courtship between Presley’s mother and the late legendary singer Elvis Presley. According to emails obtained by Variety, Lisa Marie was furious over the portrayal of her father […]
Read MoreHow A Non-Elvis Song From ‘Priscilla’ Took Over My Life
There’s one good and one very annoying thing about going to the movie theater at least once a week. Let’s start with the good. The more treks to the cinema, the higher the chance that you’re going to watch your new favorite movie of all-time (unless it’s Freelance, then you might watch your new least […]
Read MorePriscilla Confronts a Creepy Elvis
In Priscilla, Coppola leaves off-screen those tribulations of the Elvis myth—the death of his doting mother, Gladys; greedy exploitation at the hands of prescription-happy physicians and Colonel Tom Parker—that tend to excuse him as a victim, a truth that Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me” is careful not to deny. Priscilla’s Elvis is an insecure jock, […]
Read MoreCailee Spaeny On Her Wonderful Performance As ‘Priscilla’ And, Yes, She’s Seen ‘The Naked Gun’
In Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny gives a haunting performance as Priscilla Presley. In a film spanning around 15 years of Presley’s life, we first meet her when she’s 14, living in Germany where both her father and Elvis are stationed while serving in the military. Spaeney has the task of bringing Priscilla Presley’s point […]
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