The Latest Breaking News from Baz Luhrmann

The star was found unresponsive in her bedroom by one of her children

Ms Dukureh starred as Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s high-acclaimed Elvis Presley biopic

The singer starred as Big Mama Thornton in the film about Elvis Presley.

Tributes have paid to the late Shonka Dukureh, who made her film debut in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022), with her having played blues singer Big Mama Thornton in the biopic about Elvis Presley

The 44-year-old singer, who portrayed Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s latest film, was found unresponsive in her Nashville home

Shonka Dukureh, a Nashville gospel singer, played blues singer Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann's biopic

Newcastle's Jamieson Shaw on working on Elvis.

Elvis Presley is the perfect subject matter for Australian film director Baz Luhrmann. Not just because the opulence of Presley’s showmanship and Lurhmann’s trademark visual style are perfect bedfellows, but because the “Presleyverse” itself is not about Elvis Presley. It’s about the idea of Elvis, the great myth of Elvis…

Top Gun superstar Tom Cruise turned 60 over the weekend, joining a growing list of Hollywood actors, directors and musicians to hit the milestone.

This column is not about trashing Tom Hanks in “Elvis.”

Fourth of July weekend offers movie lovers plenty of big-screen fireworks.