All Elvis : Flat Rock Playhouse

The 2008 season at the Flat Rock Playhouse will include everything the Playhouse audience has come to enjoy: Music, mystery, comedy, drama and more. Maintaining a long tradition of exemplary theatre, this 56th season features an amazing lineup of extraordinary selections. Tickets to all shows go on sale beginning March 26.Opening the Flat Rock Playhouse 2008 Professional Season is Dames At Sea with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise.

In Dames At Sea, New York salutes Hollywood in this affectionate spoof of the 42nd Street-style musical of the '30s. Charmingly reminiscent, Dames At Sea is a show within a show with a hardboiled leading lady, tap dancing babes, handsome sailors and a stage on the deck of a battleship. Dames At Sea is on stage April 30 through May 18.

At the half-way point of the season is All Shook Up, inspired by the music of Elvis Presley with book by Joe DiPietro. Set in Smalltown, USA, circa 1955, "a rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies" rambles into town on his motorcycle and unhinges the locals repressed behavior, bringing romance, rebellion and rock-n-roll into their lives. Showcasing 25 Elvis tunes including Heartbreak Hotel, Burning Love, Jailhouse Rock, Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog, All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of the King, guaranteeing that the entire family will be jumpin' out of their blue suede shoes. On stage July 23 through Aug. 17.

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Priscilla Presley : Wrost Celeb Plastic Surgery!!

Here's one of the world's most tragic beauty losses: Priscilla Presley's once-gorgeous face is gone. Had she just left well enough alone, she probably would have aged like a fine wine. Since she can't turn back the clock, let's just hope that after seeing the damage surgeons wrought to her mom (below) and her ex-husband (above), Lisa Marie Presley has the sense to leave her good looks alone.Priscilla Presley appears to have had quite a bit of work done lately. The changes in her face in the last 10 years have been astounding. She looked great in "The Naked Gun" movie series, but since then appears to have had too much plastic surgery.Her entire upper face appears overly Botoxed with a likely browlift. Her nose looks wider, and can be the result of scar tissue buildup from more than one rhinoplasty.

Priscilla Beaulieu alias Priscilla Presley was the 14-year-old daughter of an American air force officer when, in 1959, she first met Army sergeant Elvis Presley. It was love at first sight, but the ever-gentlemanly Elvis courted Priscilla for a respectable eight years, waiting until Priscilla Presley came of age before escorting her to the altar. Presley tried to make the marriage work, but a combination of drugs, liquor and too many female hangers-on virtually foredoomed the union. Still respectful of Priscilla Presley, Elvis saw to it that she and their daughter Lisa Marie were generously provided for in the divorce settlement.

After Elvis' death, Priscilla Presley invested very wisely and launched her own performing career, co-hosting the 1980 television "reality" show "Those Amazing Animals" and co-starring for five years (1983-88) on the nighttime TV serial "Dallas". At age 43 (but looking at least 15 years younger), Priscilla Presley made her cinematic bow as Leslie Nielsen's leading lady in the adventure spoof Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988); Priscilla Presley repeated the role, with ever-increasing comic expertise, in two Naked Gun sequels, the last released in 1994. That same year, Priscilla Presley became the world's most famous (and undoubtedly most surprised) mother-in-law when her daughter Lisa Marie wed rock-legend Michael Jackson.

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Suspicious minds... Police Hunt For Elvis Hoard’s Owner

A valuable hoard of Elvis memorabilia has been discovered by police while raiding an Edinburgh home.Lothian and Borders Police appealed to the public yesterday to help trace the owner of the items, which include signed pictures of the King and rare posters of his early gigs and were valued by some experts at more than £4000.

A gold Elvis record and framed show bills were also found, along with a copy of the lyrics to Don McLean's hit American Pie, thought to have been written by the singer himself.A police spokesman said the stash was recovered from an Edinburgh city-centre property during an unconnected raid, but would not confirm reports that this related to alleged drug dealing.

The most valuable item shown to the press by police yesterday was a bill poster advertising a concert at the Mosque venue in the American city of Petersburg, Virginia, in February 1956.Elvis appeared there with a backing band called The Blue Mooners and it is believed the poster could fetch up to £3000 at auction.

Other items include a gold-plated RCA gold disc from March 1956, which is listed as one of just 3700 ever produced, and a signed, framed photograph of Elvis in his US Army uniform shortly after being drafted.A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "The value of the items is not known, but they look genuine and if they have been stolen then we hope that the original owner will recognise them and contact us."

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