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Red West , friend and bodyguard of Elvis Presley who became a successful film and television actor after ending his association with the singer, died Tuesday night after suffering an aortic aneurysm at Baptist Hospital. He was 81, according to The Commercial Appeal BIM:   Red wrote 11 songs for Elvis including If Everyday Was Like Christmas, Holy Leaves and Christmas Trees, Seeing is Believing, If You Think I Don't Need you (from the Viva las Vegas soundtrack, also starring Ann Margret), If You Talk In Your Sleep, Separate Ways, You'll be Gone, that's Someone You Never Forget (Elvis himself gave Red the title and asked him to write the song about his mother). Red was also co-author of the infamous book, Elvis What Happened with his cousin Sonny West, and another Elvis associate Dave Hebler. The book went on to be a best seller after the death of Elvis Presley. After Red's days with Elvis, he went on to a successful career as an actor. Most recently, he had a ...

A flight of fancy Who should pay for a $15,000 flight for Lisa Marie Presley to promote her father’s legacy in Las Vegas? Not LMP, for starters. But who was responsible for this air fare was an issue tucked into the court documents in Westgate Las Vegas’ legal filing against Third-party production company Exhibit A Circle LLC.  (Joel Weinshanker.) Westgate won a nearly $2.5 million judgment from Exhibit A Circle, which had been contracted to stage and operate “The Elvis Experience” sage show and “Graceland Presents: Elvis the Exhibition.” The show closed in May 2015 after a two month run; the attraction of Presley memorabilia closed in February 2016 after running for 10 months. In April 2015, Lisa Marie and her mother, Priscilla Presley, appeared at the opening of both the public display of Elvis’ personal items and the production show at International Theater (where “The King” headlined more than 600 sold-out shows).   Westgate sent its private jet to Tennessee t...

Westgate scores 2 Million! 2 million in a legal dispute centered on its ill-fated Elvis Presley attraction and stage show. The production “The Elvis Experience” ran from April to May 2015, while the 28,000-square-foot “Graceland Presents: Elvis the Exhibition” was open from April 2015 to February 2016. The two-team parlay of Elvis attractions was never profitable (hence the untimely closings). The abrupt shuttering of the show and exhibit sparked a messy lawsuit between Westgate and third-party production company Exhibit A Circle LLC, which was contracted to stage the Elvis events. Exhibit A Circle made the decision to shut down both the exhibit and the stage show. As a result, Westgate claimed in court papers that it suffered serious financial losses as Exhibit A Circle was in breach of its 10-year operating contract with the hotel. On June 27, after a lengthy legal back-and-forth, Westgate was awarded about $2.25 million in damages by a federal arbitrator. Still to be determine...

Materials Used: General's charcoal pencils (HB, 2B), General's Carbon sketch pencil, Blick compressed charcoal sticks, white conte stick, a very small tortillion (blending stump), Q-tips, cotton balls, my trusty Tombo Mono Zero eraser, kneaded eraser, and 18x24" Canson Bristol Smooth paper. BIM: Check out the artist's youtube channel for more artwork! Pretty cool, HUH? Reminds me of Betty Harper's artwork!

To ALL my followers and those who are animal advocates, "America’s wild horses are fighting for their lives -... https://t.co/Uv5wAwxr76 — Priscilla Presley (@Cilla_Presley) July 7, 2017 Protect America's horses from mass killing  America's beloved horses are facing multiple threats of slaughter and your U.S. Representative urgently needs to hear from you. Over the past 20 years, the Bureau of Land Management’s failure to properly manage the Wild Horse and Burro Program has led the agency to focus solely on round-up and removal as a primary management strategy for wild horse and burro populations on America’s western rangelands. As a result, the agency now finds itself holding more than 45,000 wild horses and burros in holding facilities. This is the direct result of poor decisions made by government officials, and now the government wants to kill them to save money. To make matters worse, a government spending bill would allow taxpayer dollars to fund slau...

The Drum's Shazam chart is based on the number of times each ad has been Shazamed over the past week using the music identification app. Uber is the only newcomer to the chart this week with the help of the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley's 'You're The Boss' behind the brand's 'Effortless Night' campaign. The one minute short sees a couple out on a first date together being taken to different locations around town showing the accessibility of Uber. Source - The Drum