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WEEK IN WOMEN: Sofia Coppola Takes on Priscilla Presley’s ELVIS AND ME – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 13, 2022October 16, 2022 Brandy McDonnell biopics, Cailee Spaeny, Elvis and Me, Jacob Elordi, Priscilla Presley, sofia coppola, the week in women, twiw

Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola is adapting Priscilla Presley’s best-selling 1985 memoir Elvis and Me into a feature film titled =Priscilla. The biopic will star Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis. In the 1980s, Presley’s book quickly became an international sensation as a chronicle of her passionate marriage to The King. She was just 14 years old when she caught the eye of Elvis, who was 24 at the time, during his military service in Germany. They married in 1967, and welcomed a daughter, Lisa Marie, before splitting up in 1972.

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HOW IT ENDS – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

July 14, 2021July 18, 2021 Valerie Kalfrin Bradley Whitford, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl Wein, helen hunt, how it ends, olivia wilde, zoe lister jones

Poets have wondered whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper, in fire or in ice. The Los Angelenos in the quirky yet poignant comedy How It Ends aren’t quite as philosophical in the shadow of a meteor about to strike the Earth. Yet such circumstances call for reflection, facing fears, and resolving past regrets.