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The entrance room inside the trophy building at the Graceland mansion is getting a new look. The room now features an interactive timeline celebrating 1956, the year Elvis Presley skyrocketed to superstardom. The new display will be unveiled on January 8, 2011 during the Elvis Presley Birthday Celebration!  

EPE sent out these strong warnings to fan clubs today: Questions on DVD Project: We have received a few questions regarding a new DVD project that includes footage of Elvis' 1977 concerts, including the 1977 CBS concert. In order to answer those questions and because some of the Elvis fan club presidents include merchandise on their Web sites, we wanted you to be aware of our stance on this subject. EPE owns copyright in Elvis' recorded performances, such as the footage in this DVD. EPE is also the owner of the copyrights in and to the 1977 CBS television special. Therefore this is considered infringement and EPE is in the process of taking legal action against the producers of this DVD. As always, we request that official Elvis Presley fan clubs refrain from carrying bootleg and illegal product on their Web sites, or from promoting such bootleg and illegal product. Question: Is EPE bullying the fans? What's your thoughts?

The Regional Medical Center at Memphis has a new center that will provide sleeping quarters and conference space for the surgeons who staff The Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center. Will Pierce, assistant systems adminstrator for the MED, hooks up computers inside the MED’s new Trauma Training and On-Call Facility. (Photos: Lance Murphey) The new Trauma Training and On-Call Center made its public debut Thursday afternoon as The MED invited donors, board members and staff to tour it during an open house. The Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center is the only level-one trauma center in a 150-mile radius of Memphis. “This becomes the first step in giving (the surgeons) what they’ve deserved for many years,” said MED President and CEO Dr. Reginald Coopwood. “They sleep all over the hospital, and when a helicopter comes in, they have to come running.” A former outpatient facility that was no longer being used was renovated extensively to create the new Trauma Training and On-Call Center,

Live at Mohegan Sun Arena on February 12th Elvis Presley In Concert is coming to the Arena stage at Mohegan Sun for a one-night-only special presentation on Saturday, February 12th at 8:00pm. Elvis Presley In Concert is an astounding production that reunites former Elvis band mates live on stage with a state-of-the-art video-projected Elvis. Tickets are $60.00 & $40.00 and go on sale Friday, December 17th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge by Phone number 1.800.745.3000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1.800.745.3000      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, December 18th, subject to availability. The show’s concept is to present an authentic as possible Elvis Presley concert pulled together from a collection of Elvis’ finest concert performances including E