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'Elvis' review: Austin Butler is a great impersonator, but Baz Luhrmann doesn't capture the complicated King

The first shot of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" isn't Austin Butler in the titular role, or blue suede shoes: It's a chintzy gift shop snowman-shaped snow globe, only seen for a moment, before Luhrmann takes us inside the glass of his tragic tale, Rosebud-style.

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Elvis review: Baz Luhrmann brings The King to life in his signature pop style, with star turns from Austin Butler and Tom Hanks

Presley’s unusual origin story and formative phase as a "carnival attraction" are centred in a tale narrated by his svengali manager, played by Tom Hanks.

ABC News

'Elvis' and Austin Butler feel the temperature rising

When “Elvis” opens in theaters Friday, it will resurrect one of the most iconic figures in American music in the biggest, most bedazzled film to ever try to capture the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Director Baz Luhrmann had to make a few moves to make sure ‘Elvis’ was in tune

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Baz Luhrmann is at a famous tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a place that has become quite familiar to him.

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Movie review: ‘Elvis’ is a wildly inventive biopic from Baz Luhrmann with one drawback (cough, Tom Hanks)

“Elvis” isn’t your ordinary biopic.

Tribune News Service

Baz Luhrmann says Tom Hanks committed to ‘Elvis’ role in 20 minutes

It didn’t take long for Tom Hanks to get all shook up about joining the new “Elvis” biopic.

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Mystery of Colonel Tom Parker - the mastermind behind Elvis Presley's success

Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

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In ‘Elvis,’ Baz Luhrmann brilliantly floods our senses with arresting sights and sounds

The director’s trademark razzle-dazzle surrounds Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler, electrifying as The King.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elvis Presley as Willy Wonka? The films the King of Rock’n’Roll almost made

West Side Story, Midnight Cowboy and The Godfather would all have been very different if Elvis had got his way – or if his manager Col Tom Parker hadn’t turned down so many roles on his behalf

The Guardian - UK

'Daddy is shining on us today': Tom Parker's widow Kelsey speaks out on Father's Day with their adorable children

Kelsey said today was hard for the family

Manchester Evening News

Austin Butler explains top advice shared by Tom Hanks that saved him from depression

The up-and-coming actor stars opposite Oscar winning legend Tom in a new glitzy biopic about Elvis Presley – and he has revealed the advice the icon shared to help pull him out of the blues

Daily Mirror

Austin Butler says he'd only ever sung to girlfriend before playing Elvis Presley

Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis - out this Friday - only sang in front of his girlfriend before the film and feared he wouldn't be able to honour the singer

Daily Mirror

Tom Hanks' wife Rita shrugs off drama after actor swore at fans for 'knocking her over'

Tom Hanks' wife Rita shrugs off drama after actor swore at fans for 'knocking her over' and she attends The Songwriters Hall of Fame rubbing shoulders with music writing legends including Smokey Robinson

Daily Mirror

Tom Hanks says movies Forrest Gump and Philadelphia 'couldn't be made now'

Tom Hanks' impressive CV includes starring in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia - but he has acknowledged that those movies are 'timely' and could not be made today in the modern world

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Tom Hanks shouts ‘back the f*** off!’ at fans after wife Rita Wilson is almost tripped over in New York

The Hollywood couple were trying to get into a car when the incident took place

Los Angeles Times

No more Mr. Nice Guy: Tom Hanks drops F-bomb on fans who nearly toppled Rita Wilson

America's favorite nice guy, Tom Hanks, lost his signature cool on Wednesday night when a group of fans swarmed him and his wife, Rita Wilson, in New York City.

The Independent UK

‘Back the f*** off!’: Tom Hanks shouts at fans after wife Rita Wilson almost knocked down outside New York restaurant

The Hollywood couple were trying to get into a car when the incident took place

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks shouts ‘back the f*** off’ as fan nearly knocks over his wife Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks has been filmed screaming “back the f*** off” at a fan who almost knocked his wife Rita Wilson over.

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Tom Hanks, 65, leaves fans concerned as he looks gaunt after shedding the pounds

Tom Hanks shocked fans when he began shaking while speaking at one of the premieres of his new movie Elvis, and his slender frame has sparked concern among his devoted fanbase

Daily Mirror

Tom Hanks says he wouldn't take Oscar-winning Philadelphia role today

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his performance on Philadelphia in 1993 but has opened up on why he wouldn't take the role if he was offered it today

Evening Standard

Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has special way to thank Ed Sheeran

Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has revealed the thoughtful way she thanked Ed Sheeran for paying for her late husband’s medical bills.

Nottingham Post

Tom Parker's widow Kelsey has 'blunt' chats with daughter every day over dad's death

The mum-of-two said the couple lived their life with 'hope' and 'positivity'

Manchester Evening News

Tom Parker’s widow thanks Ed Sheeran after 'amazing' act

Tom Parker tragically died at the age of 33

The Independent UK

Tom Parker’s two-year-old daughter ‘thinks he’s on tour’, widow Kelsey reveals

‘She does ask me every day about him,’ Kelsey Parker told Lorraine Kelly

Wales Online

Tom Parker's wife Kelsey shares heartbreaking conversation that she has with her daughter every day

The Wanted star passed away after losing his battle with cancer earlier this year

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