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Pink suits and manbags: Elvis rips up stereotypes in Baz Luhrmann biopic

Upcoming film explores how Memphis upbringing shaped king of rock’n’roll’s music and style

The Guardian - UK

‘Did you know that?’ Austin Butler surprised to learn Elvis had a twin after taking on Baz Lurhmann film

The actor said he had learned ‘a whole bunch of things’ about the King of Rock n Roll, and promised that audiences would too.

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: Elvis film sparks debate on ‘king of appropriation’

Baz Luhrmann set out to tell Presley story straight / Joanna Lumley’s seat at the royal table / Open Air Theatre’s stage fight / Malala’s brother ‘numb’ to notoriety

Evening Standard

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Salon

Strictly Come Dancing stars Maisie Smith and Kevin Clifton coming to Liverpool with new show

The ballroom show kicks off later this year

Liverpool Echo

June movie guide: Dinosaurs, Minions, Buzz Lightyear … and it’s now or never – Elvis!

Check the guide for the highly anticipated films released right on time for the mid-year school holiday break, as well as a few for the parents

The New Daily

Cannes 2022 week two roundup: a bloated Elvis and a brush with greatness

Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic was an extravagant bust, but Ruben Östland and Kelly Reichardt offered satirical entertainment and quiet wonder

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Aguilera, Hanks, De Niro and More Light up Cannes amfAR Gala

Robert De Niro was the honored guest at the 28th annual amfAR Gala Cannes, where one lucky guest won an auction to have lunch with the actor and a piece of his family history. One of the most anticipated events of the Cannes Film Festival, over 800 guests attended Thursday's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Q&A: Baz Luhrmann on his tragic, razzle-dazzle 'Elvis'

Baz Luhrmann was first in Cannes exactly 30 years ago with his debut “Strictly Ballroom,” which he recalls barely making a sound at the festival

The Independent UK

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis receives 12-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, defying the odds of being filmed at the height of the pandemic, premiered to a 12-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.

The New Daily

Who is Austin Butler, the new Elvis star who just got a 12-minute standing ovation at Cannes?

From Nickelodeon to the King of Rock, we break down his life

Evening Standard

Review: Baz Luhrmann's unruly 'Elvis' shakes up the Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France — Elvis Presley famously never got the overseas touring career he deserved. He played only three venues outside the U.S., all of them in Canada in 1957, well before reaching peak superstardom. Instead of going international, he remained a fixture of the International Hotel in Las Vegas from…

Los Angeles Times

Elvis review – Baz Luhrmann’s squeaky-clean King is shaking no one up

Incurious yet frantic, Luhrmann’s spangly epic is off-key – and Austin Butler flounders in those blue suede shoes

The Guardian - UK

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie review: Viva Austin Butler, this snake-hipped singer has a hit on his hands

This is the Australian director’s most substantial work since Romeo + Juliet

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The Independent UK

Riley Keough says she didn’t want to star in Elvis biopic about her grandfather: ‘There’s a lot of family trauma’

Actor was not asked by Luhrmann to appear in the film but would have denied if she had been

The Independent UK

Riley Keough left in tears after Austin Butler’s performance of grandfather Elvis Presley in new biopic

Actor said watching the film ‘was a very emotional experience’

The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2022: 10 movies to watch out for in this year’s festival

Austin Butler shakes his stuff as Elvis, Cronenberg gets creepy, Claire Denis takes on colonial agony and Hirokazu Kore-eda unwraps his first Korean-language film

The Guardian - UK

Political, provocative and preposterous: why Cannes is a ‘cathedral of cinema’

The French cultural institution, which turns 75 this year, has always been a battle between radicalism and elitism – but that’s what makes it so essential

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The Guardian - UK

Baz Luhrmann, flamboyant director of Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet, turns focus to Elvis

Australian director’s biopic about the singing legend to be unveiled at Cannes film festival next week

The New Daily

Thirty years after Cannes premiere of Strictly Ballroom, the fully restored Aussie classic returns

Aomtfter a rapturous reception in Cannes, the surprise hit suddenly "signalled the beginning of a new era in Australian cinema".

AAP

Strictly Ballroom to screen at Cannes

The restored Australian hit movie Strictly Ballroom will screen at Cannes as part of a selection of classic films.

Daily Mirror

Elvis Presley's wife Priscilla shook up by talent of movie star Austin Butler

The world has not been short of Elvis Presley impersonators since his tragic death at just 42 in 1977. But there has never been one quite like Austin Butler, 30

Asharq Al-Awsat

Summer Movie Preview: Breakout Stars to Watch

Some are newcomers. Some are former child stars reintroducing themselves in adult roles. And one is a comedian making a leap to big screen. These are just a few of the actors poised to make a splash this summer at the movies: Austin Butler in “Elvis” How familiar you are…

The Independent UK

Summer Movie Preview: Breakout stars to watch

There are more than a few A-list stars coming to the multiplex, and your televisions, this summer

Evening Standard

Who’s who in the new Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley biopic?

The all-star cast features big names from Tom Hanks to Kodi Smit-McPhee

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