Brooks & Dunn could not be
at the actual awards banquet in November when the Elvis Award was presented.
They received their award on the set of CMT's Most Wanted Live program last
Saturday. We'll post awards show airdate information when we have it. In the
meantime, check out the American Veteran Awards web site.
Source: EPE
On January 20, 2003 A&E Biography will broadcast the documentary "Elvis And June".
Source: Elvis News
Terra Lycos, the largest global Internet network, today announced The Lycos 50's eagerly anticipated annual list of top 50 search terms for the year 2002. The Lycos 50 is a weekly list of the most popular people, places and things users are searching for online. The Lycos 50 2002 year-end list is based on user searches from Dec. 1, 2001 through November 25, 2002. Elvis ended up at the # 91 spot on the top 100 and didn't make it to the top 100 the year before. Based on growing search queries, The Lycos 50 predicts these are the ones to watch in 2003 ... Top 10 Men: 1- Eminem, 2- Nelly, 3- Osama Bin Laden, 4- Tupac Shakur, 5- Ja Rule, 6- Orlando Bloom, 7- Elvis Presley, 8- Josh Hartnett, 9- Vin Diesel, 10- Michael Jackson.
Source: Yahoo News
The two-hour Paul McCartney special on ABC Wednesday, Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S., averaged a modest 8.13 million viewers (#60) with a 3.1/ 9 among adults 18-49 (#52) -- NBC had better results with special Elvis Lives on Thursday at #36 in viewers (10.72 million) and #38 among adults 18-49 (4.0/12).
Source: Yahoo News
Brown Trout Publishers are publishing two new Elvis calendars for 2003. Those are in a series titled " Faces Calendars ". The first one is in a square format ( ISBN 0-7631-5750-3 ) while the second one is narrower and higher in format ( ISBN 0-7631-5751-1 ).
Source : Christophe Jouanne/ Elvis En Bourgogne
From Hal Leonard this book will be published on December 23rd. It will contain 40 Elvis songs in text and notes.
Source : Elvis News
This special package was available only through the EPE " Elvis Collectors Club ". Only 10 were produced and it was available on November 15th. According to my source it would be sold out. The price asked for this special package was $300.00. It contains several items such as : 2 different T-shirts, a bumper sticker, a fridge magnet, Follow That Dream Sheriff badge pin from the Fan Club Presidents Luncheon in January 2002, a mouse pad, Fan Club Presidents Holiday CD 2001 ( On A Snowy Christmas Night ) and several other items. The set is pictured above (the t-shirts and below). The item on top isn't included in the set ( Elvis At The Movies Cookie Jar ).
Source: Barry McClean
These two DVDs titled " The Back Story Vol.1 & Vol. 2 " will be released by New Media. According to our source this product would be out now. These DVDs have a Dolby 2.0 sound, 4:3 ( aspects ratio 1:33:1 ). No details are known on their contents as-of-writing.We will give you more informations when we have it.
Sources: Elvis News / Elvis World Japan / e-mail
We mentioned last week that " Loving You " was available through the NBC Shop with a special package deal containing the " 30 #1 Hits "CD. This newly remastered version from Lion Gates Entertainment will be released in stores on February 25, 2003 ( Region 1, USA & Canada )..
Here's the latest magazine from the Dutch Elvis fanclub " It's Elvis Time ". You can visit " It's Elvis Time " website if interested to subscribe and/or obtain other informations.
Source : Peter Haan / It's Elvis Time
Here's the front cover
of the forthcoming book by Russ Howe & Tom Salva, text by Jim Donohue and
published by J.A.T. Publishing. It'll be one of the finest photo journals ever put together
featuring many OUTSTANDING rare images of Elvis on stage in Nassau Coliseum in
the Summer of 1973.
Source : J.A.T. Publishing
Source : NBC Shop
On January 7, 2003 Paramount Home Video will release four
new titles on DVD: " Girls! Girls! Girls! ", " Fun in Acapulco ", " Paradise, Hawaiian Style " and " Easy Come Easy Go ". Only on region 1 (US/Canada) at
this moment. You can already pre-order them on Amazon .
Source: Amazon.com
Here's the latest update on the roster of celebrities involved in the NBC TV special on November 28. Interviews with Bono, Britney Spears, Serena Williams, Justin Timberlake, Naomi Campbell, Macy Gray, Carson Daly, Kevin Bacon, Sheryl Crow, Steven Tyler and many more. Musical performances by: Dave Matthews, No Doubt, Norah Jones, Lee Ann Rimes and Chris Isaak. More news to come. TV ads to start airing soon. The Elvis special caps a very heavily promoted, widely watched night on NBC. Elvis Lives is preceded by a Faith Hill concert special.
The USA air date for
Elvis Lives is now confirmed for Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28,
10:00 PM EST/9:00 PM CST. Word still to come on air dates for other
countries.
Source: EPE
A few days ago we
mentioned that a new photo book from " Always Elvis " in Austria would be
published. This book will contain more than 100 rare and unpublished pictures
from the September 1970 tour. Above you have the front and back cover of " Elvis
By Dagmar " and it certainly looks promising.
Source : Elvis News
" The Definitive Collection " DVD set released by Passport Video in the USA this past Summer has just been released in the French part of Canada. These are available right now in all major DVD and CD stores across Quebec. It was released in the USA as an eight DVD set but available in Canada in eight separate volumes with French subtitles during the interviews, and a French track on the voice over comments. This is titled " La Rétrospective Elvis - Vol.1 to Vol.8 " and region 1, NTSC. The artworks of each DVD volume are the same as the US ones but all written in French. This is not known at this moment if those DVDs were released at the same time all over Canada in a regular English version.
" This Is Elvis " might
be released on DVD next year. It seems like David Wolper Producer has been
working together with Jerry Schilling for a couple of months now on this
release. This set should be a two DVD set which includes the standard, the 144
minutes version (Warner Brothers production) along with new unseen footage from
this film 'This Is Elvis'.
Source: Elvis News
The suit against Passport Video and parent company Passport International was jointly filed by EPE, SOFA Entertainment, Leiber & Stoller, the Steve Allen Estate and other rights holders to Presley's work and image.
"It's a very important victory for these rights holders," said plaintiffs’ attorney George Hedges, of the Los Angeles-based law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. "The defendant maintained that the use of copyrighted materials constituted fair use under the copyright laws. Our position is that their appropriation of the heart of these legendary performances constituted a classic case of copyright infringement. The plaintiffs are proceeding with our case for damages."
The Definitive Elvis features extensive use of images of Elvis Presley from television, film, live and recorded performances, as well as still images.
"A number of critics, both here and abroad, have called The Definitive Elvis the most important and comprehensive biographical documentary produced about the life of Elvis Presley,” contends the Passport statement. “Over 99 percent of The Definitive Elvis consists of original footage created and owned by Passport international. Over 230 interviews with the people in Elvis' life were conducted over a two-year period.”
The plaintiffs claimed victory nonetheless.
"We're pleased, obviously we feel vindicated," said Gary Hovey, VP of Entertainment and Music Publishing for Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. "Passport had taken the position that they could just take anyone's copyright work and use it without compensating the rights holder, which in our opinion is ridiculous. For someone to just take material is piracy."
Among the contested material used in the video set were Presley performances from the Ed Sullivan Show, owned by SOFA Entertainment. The set also includes several songs from the legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, including "Jailhouse Rock," "King Creole," "Loving You" and "Girls, Girls, Girls," all allegedly used without permission.
"We are very pleased with Judge Lew's decision. Writing songs is our livelihood," Leiber and Stoller announced jointly. "Those who choose to steal rather than license our works have once again been put on notice that such actions are not only unacceptable - they are unlawful."
Passport attorneys contend that less than 1 percent of the material on the set is someone else’s copyrighted work and that is used to illustrate the documentary.
“Passport made very limited,
transformative, and we think under the law, fair use of the less than 1 percent
that constitutes plaintiffs’ copyrighted material,” the supplier stated. “For
the Estate of Elvis Presley and the other plaintiffs to describe Passport's use
of their material as 'unlawful' or 'piracy' under these circumstances is
ludicrous and ignores the important First Amendment considerations present
here.”
Source: videostore
The Elvis Friendship Club invites you to the Elvis Presley Convention on Saturday November 2nd 2002 from 11am to 5pm, at St-Gilbert Hall located at 5415 Jean-Talon East in Montreal, near the St-Michel metro.Dealers and collectors from all over Canada will be on hand to buy, sell, and trade Elvis memorabilia of all kinds; LP’s, CD’s, DVD's, photos, tapes, and everything from Elvis dolls to Elvis stamps.
Door prizes will be handed out every hour, and for trivia
buffs, an Elvis trivia contest will challenge the Elvis fans on hand. Elvis fans
are welcome to try their luck, become the Elvis expert of the day! In the
afternoon of the event, Elvis impersonator Luc Bouffard will perform live. He
will relive the great songs of Elvis’ career, including the recent #1 hit, “A
little less conversation”.
Admission: $5.00 Adults
Age 12 and
under, free.
For more information on the 2002 Elvis
convention, you can contact the Elvis friendship club President at:
514-993-6696
Source : Patrick Hughes
One
book EVERY fan won’t want to miss ! Russ Howe and Tom Salva have been working on
their first book, which will instantly be recognized as one of the finest photo
journals ever put together featuring many OUTSTANDING rare images of Elvis on
stage in Nassau Coliseum in the Summer of 1973.
It’s
titled “ Rockin’ Nassau “ and published
by J.A.T. Productions. This will be a LIMITED edition with a special retail
price of $29.95. We will update you with further informations when we have
it.
Courtesy of J.A.T. Publishing and For Elvis CD Collectors Only website we have a copy of the book Rockin' Nassau to give away. Go to the “ Rockin’ Nassau contest " for more informations.
Source : J.A.T. Publishing
When his latest album ( 30 #1 Hits ) went to No. 1 on The Billboard 200, Elvis Presley became the artist with the longest span of chart-topping albums. "Elvis Presley" went to No. 1 the week of May 5, 1956, so the span between that album and "Elvis 30 #1 Hits" is 46 years, five months, and three weeks.
Before Presley claimed this record, it was held by the Beatles. Their span of No. 1 albums stretches from "Meet the Beatles," which reached the top the week of Feb. 15, 1964, to "1," which fell from pole position the week of Feb. 3, 2001, for a total of 36 years, 11 months, and two weeks.
Source: Michael Cavino / Billboard
