Elvis Presley

Arts and Culture

Could Elvis’ Graceland hold a key to bridging America’s cultural divide?

The Conversation - June 8, 2024

Fans crowd the gates of Graceland on the 10th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on Aug. 16, 1987. Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images by Michael...

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Was there anything real about Elvis Presley?

Courier Newsroom - June 24, 2022

Pinpointing Elvis Presley’s true persona can depend on when and whom you ask. Don Cravens/Getty Images by Michael T. Bertrand, Tennessee State University In Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,”...

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Diana Ross to perform, be honored at American Music Awards

Courier Newsroom - October 18, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diana Ross will receive a lifetime achievement honor at next month’s American Music Awards and will celebrate with a performance...

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Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says

Courier Newsroom - January 25, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction...

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Timberlake sings, dances his way into Memphis Music Hall of Fame

Courier Newsroom - October 19, 2015

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Justin Timberlake sang and strutted his way through his induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, doing...

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Smithsonian explores ‘cool’ from Whitman to Jay-Z

Courier Newsroom - February 11, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flashback to a 1940s jazz club. A saxophonist performs on stage wearing his sunglasses at night. "I'm cool," he says, relaxed...

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Fans gather at Graceland for Presley's birthday

Courier Newsroom - January 8, 2014

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Television and radio personality Wink Martindale remembers the day nearly 60 years ago when Elvis Presley's first single, "That's All...

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