That you can indulge in any way you like, and the only way you find out what you cant do is if you do it. In the 70s, you start to sense the old days are over. You could just see that las vegas lost its mojo. Reporter Howard Hughes asked for permission to buy another gambling casino, this one in reno. Charles when Howard Hughes came in, corporate mentality took over. Elvis i like to get there and fool with an audience. If you can do that, it works. Elvis was caught in a trap, and he couldnt get out. Luck be a lady tonight Luck Be A Lady Tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with Luck Be A Lady Tonight luck be a ladyyyyy tonight [ jazz music playing ] binkley the purpose of las vegas was to forget what was happening in the rest of the country and leave it behind. People in las vegas were certainly aware of what was going on in the 60s, but no casino was going to have a bunch of hippies coming through protesting against the vietnam war. So you start to see a transition p
I made a few Million Dollars in las vegas. Mcbride las vegas always sold the illusion that you can indulge in any way you like, and the only way you find out what you cant do is if you do it. In the 70s, you start to sense the old days are over. You could just see that las vegas lost its mojo. Reporter Howard Hughes asked for permission to buy another gambling casino, this one in reno. Charles when Howard Hughes came in, corporate mentality took over. Elvis i like to get there and fool with an audience. If you can do that, it works. Elvis was caught in a trap, and he couldnt get out. Luck be a lady tonight Luck Be A Lady Tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with Luck Be A Lady Tonight luck be a ladyyyyy tonight [ jazz music playing ] binkley the purpose of las vegas was to forget what was happening in the rest of the country and leave it behind. People in las vegas were certainly aware of what was going on in the 60s, but no casino was going to have a bunch of hippies
ainsley: todd piro joins us with more on her life. todd: tributes pouring in overnight. her mother priscilla releasing this statement to people magazine, it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that lisa marie has left us. she was the most passionate, strong and loving woman i have known. we ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. thank you for the love and prayers. lisa marie died thursday after being rushed to the hospital earlier in the day. l.a. county first responders were called to the home for a woman in cardiac arrests. paramedics arrived six minutes later and performed cpr and regained life, she was later pronounced dead. touching tributes. her former husband nicolas cage putting out this statement, this is devastating news, lisa had the greatest laugh of anyone i ever met. she lit up efr room and i m heartbroken, i find solace believing she is reunited with benjamin. john tro volta says, lisa, baby girl, i m sorry, i wi
he was my destiny. it already looks very glitzy. it s a long film. is it like that all the way through? it is kind of like that all the way through. it doesn t let up. the lizardly gaze of tom hanks looking at his prey, there, almost, elvis played by newcomer, relative newcomer austin butler, who s got a difficultjob on his hand, given that everyone s impersonated elvis over the days. can he do more than an elvis impersonation? and not really. sure. not really. he doesn t really build this character. i didn t really understand what it was i was supposed to be watching. the film goes on and on to the purchase of graceland, having number one hit singles and becoming the biggest star in the world and then going to germany and meeting priscilla and then having this glitzy las vegas residency. and the movie is in hollywood. all puppeteered by colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. the film never stops for breath, as you would expect from baz luhrmann. that s what we like about h
papers with me tonight. thank you for reviewing the papers with me tonight. next it s time for the film review. but from me it s goodbye for now. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill, and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. hello, jane. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything with elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham. talk about absurd. we will start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king, elvis, and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for literally a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then, i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you gotta have faith, jane. laughs. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with