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Susan Boyle, the amazing 49-year-old Scottish singer who hogged the spotlight after participating in 'Britain's Got Talent 2009' reality show has proved for the second time that she has magic in her music. Reportedly Susan's latest album, 'The Gift' reached the top of the charts on either side of the Atlantic and made her the first solo artist ever to have reached that level, beating great legends like Madonna and Elvis Presley too, in the process. This amazing gal has the most beautiful renditions thereby making her the darling of millions of fans in the UK and the US. It was around the same time around last year when her album 'I Dreamed A Dream' had achieved the same kind of success and created quite a frenzy during the festive season. That was her first solo album. Susan Boyle is adored by all her fans to the hilt, and Simon Cowell one of the most adored judges amongst all reality show judges, calls her his Superwoman! Susan Boyle has broken rec...

Instead of an Elvis Presley-themed hotel-casino, land across the street from CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip will continue to be occupied by small retailers and restaurants. That's the bottom line in a bankruptcy reorganization plan involving more than half a billion dollars in debt. The reorganization plan received final approval this week for the company controlling the 17.72 contiguous acres of land at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue. Las Vegas Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell gave final approval to the latest revision of the plan in which the land's owner, FX Luxury Las Vegas I LLC, will see its interest in the property wiped out but will have an option to re-invest in the property by buying a 5 percent stake in the successor company. FX Luxury is controlled by American Idol TV show owner Robert F.X. Sillerman and co-investors. When their plans for an Elvis Presley-themed resort for the property fell through, FX Luxury defaulted on its mort...

The Med Foundation's Elvis Presley souvenir license plates look a lot like the real thing. While the real tags are only available to licensed Tennessee drivers, the souvenir tags satisfy global demand from Elvis fans who have requested one of their own, according to the foundation. These specialty plates are priced at $19.95 and are available at themedfoundation.org/store Since 2005, sales of the real license plates have generated more than $114,000 for the Med's Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center. Support The Med & order one today! Christmas is coming...pick one up for a friend or treat yourself!

Leila First, I want to thank Megan for asking me to be interviewed. I am honored! 1. When did you first become an Elvis fan? Tell us about that. I was seven in  1956 when I first heard Elvis. I only heard him on the radio and fell for him. I'm a fan for life. 2. What was the first record and/or song you bought or heard? I was too young to buy my own records. My dear parents bought my HEARTBREAK HOTEL. I still have my 45'S. I treasure them to this day. 3. How was it being an Elvis fan as a teen? Best times of my young life. Most all girlfriends I had loved Elvis. We shared his movies & records together. As a girl scout when we earned money for our kitty, we had a choice of naming him King Kong or Elvis. Needless to say Elvis won Big! Being a teen and being an Elvis fan was t...

On Nov. 19 I found out the amount Myrna owed Canyon Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center for November had been paid.  Diane was able to get Myrna's brother John to pay it.  I had been very upset when John took Myrna's ss payment, so I wanted to let you know about this latest development.  Prayer does work.   Carole Drexler

The building at Chaffee Crossing where Elvis Presley, then an Army inductee, received his first military haircut is being considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Designated Building 803 on old Fort Chaffee grounds, the building is among 12 sites that will be considered when the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program meets Dec. 1 in Little Rock. The building is home to the Chaffee Barbershop Museum, an attraction that commemorates not only the 1958 Presley haircut, but other historical events at the Army facility. The museum is restored to its appearance at the time of the haircut. Carolyn Joyce with the Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the museum, opened in 2008, features photographs and memorabilia highlighting Chaffee's military mission as a World War II training facility, its use as an internment camp for German prisoners of war, its mission as a settlement camp for Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s and Cu...

Jack Lord’s badge from the old Hawaii Five-O is moving to Waikiki, but most of the rock and pop culture memorabilia from Honolulu’s Hard Rock Cafe won’t make the transition to the new 13,000-square-foot restaurant and retail store that’s opening at the end of this month. Workers are putting the finishing touches on the new Hard Rock Cafe on Beach Walk Street, just off the main drag Kalakaua Avenue, as it aims to open by the end of next week. The actual grand opening will take place early next year, possibly February, and will feature a major recording act, and perhaps some local ones, too, according to General Manager Barry Cales, who recently moved over from the Maui Hard Rock Cafe in anticipation of the Waikiki store opening. The old Hard Rock Cafe restaurant, at the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Kalakaua, will serve its last burger today, although the retail side, the Rock Shop, will stay open until the new place opens. The new 250-seat restaurant has been the works for at l...