Elvis Presley began performing residencies in Las Vegas in 1969. These shows saved his sagging career and reignited his love of performing. Before long, though, they began to bore him to tears. This boredom transformed Elvis, twisting his initial excitement into something spiteful and defensive. His friend shared how unpleasant things became while Elvis and his entourage were in Las Vegas.
Elvis’ boredom caused him to lash out while in Las Vegas
By the early 1970s, Elvis had tired of his Vegas shows. He played two shows a day for weeks at a time, leaving him exhausted and irritable. He also played the same show over and over.
“Going in about the third year, there was no challenge,” Elvis’ friend Jerry Schilling said in the book The Colonel by Alanna Nash. “It was the same songs, and the same audience, and we stayed up all night, and slept all day. We...
Elvis’ boredom caused him to lash out while in Las Vegas
By the early 1970s, Elvis had tired of his Vegas shows. He played two shows a day for weeks at a time, leaving him exhausted and irritable. He also played the same show over and over.
“Going in about the third year, there was no challenge,” Elvis’ friend Jerry Schilling said in the book The Colonel by Alanna Nash. “It was the same songs, and the same audience, and we stayed up all night, and slept all day. We...
- 3/19/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
After a series of career disappointments, Elvis Presley made a massive comeback with a string of residencies in Las Vegas. Night after night, he played to adoring audiences. These shows revitalized him and made him feel excited about her career for the first time in years. When speaking to a reporter, Elvis said that he felt the concerts gave him a new life.
Elvis played a string of successful shows in Las Vegas
For years, Elvis had felt disaffected with his career. He hadn’t performed live in years and felt stuck acting in movies he hated. After a comeback special in 1968, though, his luck changed. In 1969, he played a show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas that turbocharged his career.
After proving that he could still perform like he had in the 1950s, the audience at the hotel exploded into applause. He even forgot the lyrics to four songs,...
Elvis played a string of successful shows in Las Vegas
For years, Elvis had felt disaffected with his career. He hadn’t performed live in years and felt stuck acting in movies he hated. After a comeback special in 1968, though, his luck changed. In 1969, he played a show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas that turbocharged his career.
After proving that he could still perform like he had in the 1950s, the audience at the hotel exploded into applause. He even forgot the lyrics to four songs,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This year, controversy over the repeated snubbing of African-American actors from the Oscars has once again dominated headlines.Twenty years ago, a special report in People examined diversity in the movie industry and labeled Hollywood's "continued exclusion of African-Americans" as "a national disgrace".The report was reexamined five years later in a follow up exposé, and while People uncovered encouraging signs of improvement, the African-American actors interviewed made it clear they felt the industry still had a long way to go.Now, another fifteen years later, and with calls to boycott the award show gaining traction, the original article appears...
- 1/22/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
This year, controversy over the repeated snubbing of African-American actors from the Oscars has once again dominated headlines.Twenty years ago, a special report in People examined diversity in the movie industry and labeled Hollywood's "continued exclusion of African-Americans" as "a national disgrace".The report was reexamined five years later in a follow up exposé, and while People uncovered encouraging signs of improvement, the African-American actors interviewed made it clear they felt the industry still had a long way to go.Now, another fifteen years later, and with calls to boycott the award show gaining traction, the original article appears...
- 1/22/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
Publicist Frank Lieberman, who represented such Las Vegas performers as Sammy Davis Jr. and tiger-training act Siegfried & Roy, has died at the age of 68.
Lieberman, who also represented other Vegas regulars, including Tony Orlando and Engelbert Humperdinck, was an entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Harald-Examiner in the early 1970s before turning to PR.
Lieberman is survived by his wife, Karen, and son, Adam.
A funeral will be held on Tuesday at Eden Cemetery in Mission Hills, Calif.
Lieberman, who also represented other Vegas regulars, including Tony Orlando and Engelbert Humperdinck, was an entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Harald-Examiner in the early 1970s before turning to PR.
Lieberman is survived by his wife, Karen, and son, Adam.
A funeral will be held on Tuesday at Eden Cemetery in Mission Hills, Calif.
- 1/24/2011
- The Wrap
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