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Nevada Ballet Theatre, in Las Vegas, will honor actor Priscilla Presley as its 2011 Woman of the Year at the annual Black & White Ball on January 29, 2011, at Aria Resort & Casino inside CityCenter.  “Priscilla’s years of dedication to the art of acting, producing, and publishing among other endeavors are an inspiration to us,” says Nevada Ballet Theatre Co-Founder and Co-Chair Nancy Houssels. “We know the Las Vegas community will be equally amazed by the contributions she has made to the world of entertainment and performing arts over the course of her varied career. We look forward to honoring her later this month.” Since 1985, the Black & White Ball has allowed the Nevada Ballet Theatre to present professional company dance productions to the Las Vegas community, provide quality dance instruction within its affiliated Academy, and expose students in at-risk communities to the art form of dance through its well-known outreach program, Future Dance. Past honorees at...

Lisa Marie Presley made a rare public outing with her twin daughters Friday. Looking more and more like her father Elvis, Lisa Marie was with her husband Michael Lockwood. LMP (as fans call her) and Michael each carried one of their daughters, Harper and Finley, as they arrived in Los Angeles. Lockwood is Presley's fourth husband.  She and Michael will celebrate their fifth anniversary later this month.  Their adorable twins are two.  

Announcement comes on eve of the King of Rock-n-Roll's 76th and President Nixon's 98th Birthdays YORBA LINDA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Day Elvis Met Nixon, a first hand account of Elvis Presley's historic meeting with President Nixon, has just been published by the Richard Nixon Foundation and is now available online ( http://store.nixonfoundation.org/ ). Released on the eve of Elvis's 76th  (January 8) and President Nixon's  98th (January 9) birthdays, the book is a trove of rare photos, original documents, and anecdotes from the December 21, 1970 encounter presented in a fun and interactive way for readers of all ages. Told through the eyes of Egil "Bud" Krogh, White House aide and liaison to the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Day Elvis Met Nixon recounts the surprise of White House staffers when the King of Rock-n-Roll appeared at the front gates of the Executive Mansion to deliver a handwritten letter to the Presiden...

Shreveport rock guitar legend James Burton plans to open a state-of-the-art recording studio across from the historic Municipal Auditorium Saturday, but its target audience isn’t the superstars he made his name with, Jerry Lee Lewis or EmmyLou Harris. Instead, Burton’s targets are children he and his James Burton Foundation give guitars to, the possible guitar and music superstars of tomorrow. “I want to give something back to the community,” said Burton, a Minden native who gained fame as the bandleader and lead guitarist for Elvis Presley, Rick Nelson and John Denver. “I want them to have a place where they can sit down and record CDs, to encourage them to play and do better.” The public opening of the studio at 714 Elvis Presley Ave. is at 1 p.m., on what would have been Presley’s 76th birthday. Presley first performed professionally at the original Louisiana Hayride in the Municipal Auditorium, which now is fronted by life-sized statues of Presley and Burton.