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Lisa Marie Presley has been announced as one of the presenters for this year's Billboard Award show. The show airs live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on SUNDAY, MAY 20 (8:00–11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.  Other presenters include Wiz Khalifa, Luke Bryan, Robin Thicke, Brandy, Monica and Miley Cyrus. They join previously announced presenters Taio Cruz, Gavin DeGraw, Gladys Knight, Julianne Hough, Natasha Bedingfield and Jeremy Sisto , along with musical acts Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, LMFAO and The Wanted . In addition , Stevie Wonder will be honored with the Icon Award at the 2012 Billboard Award show. Source: BackinMemphis

A teenage girl has been arrested on charges of starting a fire in a Germantown hotel room Sunday. Now, investigators are pursuing a connection between that girl and last week's blaze that destroyed the former Cordova home of the late Isaac Hayes. Sunday's incident took place in a room inside the Homewood Suites at 7855 Wolf River Boulevard. Germantown police were called Sunday morning after the fire was reported. The 15-year-old girl was arrested and taken to Juvenile Court, according to Germantown police. Officials with the various departments involved in the case were being extremely tight-lipped Monday night, however, and would not specify the connection between the two events. Hayes' former home at 9280 Riveredge in south Cordova caught fire last Wednesday. The 7,205-square-foot house was owned by Kenneth and Doris Peters. Fire investigators have responded to several calls at both the Riveredge home as well as another house owned by the Peterses a...

Mother Dolores Hart – a former actress who became a Benedictine nun, and was recently profiled in the Academy Award-nominated HBO documentary “God is the Bigger Elvis” – will receive the 2012 Christopher Life Achievement Award during its 63rd annual Christopher Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 24th. As part of the annual Christopher Awards which recognize books, films and TV/Cable programs that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit,” the organization also presents special Awards to worthy individuals and achievements, one of which is the Life Achievement Award. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Dolores Hart enjoyed a successful acting career that led her to co-star in movies with Robert Wagner, Anthony Quinn, and Elvis Presley. She became the first actress to kiss Elvis in a movie, and portrayed St. Clare in the film “Francis of Assisi.” Though she enjoyed her time and work in Hollywood, Hart felt an even stronger spiritual call from God that led her to give up the ac...

Liberace's Former Lover Details Secret Romance As Liberace's larger-than-life story is set to hit the big screen in 2013, Scott Thorson, a former lover of the flamboyant entertainer, gives insight into the fascinating world of the late performer. ET's special correspondent Christina McLarty sat down with Thorson, currently known as Jess Marlow, who became lovers with Liberace at the tender age of 16. In 1988, he wrote the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace in which he detailed his life with the famous singer. He is presently working on a follow-up. "It was strange-- it was kind of like a father/son relationship," explains Thorson. "But we had sex." The now 54-year-old reveals that Liberace insisted that Thorson undergo plastic surgery to look like him during their then-secret romance, which lasted five years. "He had a doctor fly from Beverly Hills …And he had a big portrait on the wall of himself. [Pointing to the pictu...

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The family who owns the mansion that was ravaged by fire Wednesday night lost another home to fire more than one year ago. Those fires are now part of the same investigation. It was just after 6 p.m. when Chopper 5 captured the exclusive video of the massive house fire on Riveredge Drive in unincorporated Cordova. At least 11 engine companies and more than 70 emergency workers battled the flames. Despite the efforts, the home, which was once owned by the late great soul man Isaac Hayes, was a total loss. "We got our guys up close to the seat of the fire but the fire load was just too great, a lot of hot gases up inside the house," said Brent Perkins, Memphis Fire Department. All that is left of the 7,200 square foot estate is a burned out shell. Hayes paid $1.3 million for the estate in 2002. It fell into foreclosure by the time the current owners, Kenneth and Doris Peters, bought it for about $324,000 almost exactly one year ago. The Peters are not strangers to t...

According to WMC-TV crews on the scene, there were three people at the home when the fire started. They were able to make it out and were not injured. Chopper 5 is above the fire in Cordova right now. Huge flames are visible from the air. The fire is so big Shelby County fire called both city and county resources to help contain it. The $1.4 million home was foreclosed on after Isaac Hayes' death. The Shelby County Fire Department confirms that this is the former home of Hayes. Source: WMC-TV Memphis/BackinMemphis