Las Vegas weddings with Elvis may be banned

One of the most popular attractions in the city of Las Vegas, United States, weddings themed Elvis Presley may be prohibited, according to information from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Authentic Brands Groupthe licensing company that controls the name and image of the Rock kingordered city chapel operators to stop using Elvis in themed ceremonies, as the newspaper reported last Monday, 30. The company sent cease and desist letters in early May 2022 to several meetinghouses, which must comply.

With Elvis so attached to the Las Vegas wedding industry, some people claim how change can bring ruin to their respective businesses. “We are a family company and now we are with the big ones,” explained Kayla Collinswho manages one of the chapels that make marriages with Elvis next to her husband. “This is our livelihood. I don’t understand. We were just picking up our stride again after the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19then it happens.”

Lynn Marie GoyaClark County, who spearheaded a marketing campaign promoting Las Vegas as a wedding destination, spoke about the order for chapels to stop using Elvis It couldn’t have come at a worse time for the industry: “This could destroy a part of our wedding industry. A lot of people could lose their livelihoods.”

As Las Vegas Review-Journal explained, the city’s wedding industry generates $2 billion a year — and weddings with this theme represent a significant number of ceremonies, according to officials.

Elvis: Austin Butler Was Hospitalized After Filming Ended: ‘My Body Shut Down’

Austin Butler ended up in the hospital after finishing filming Elvis (2022), a biopic about the King of Rock directed by Baz Luhrmann. In an interview with QA, The actor revealed how exhausted he was after an intense routine of prep for the role.

“The next day [após finalizar o filme], I woke up at four in the morning in excruciating pain and was taken to the hospital,” he explained. “My body just started shutting down the day after I finished. Elvis.”

Butler was cast as Elvis in 2019, when he began to prepare to play the King of Rock. However, filming was interrupted in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic. Even so, the actor took advantage of the time at home to embody the character even more.

“The producers were ready to take Butler back to Los Angeles, but he decided to stay put and hide and use the break to delve even deeper into the character. […] ‘There were images of Elvis everywhere [do meu apartamento]of all times,’ revealed Butler. ‘I think the movie would have been a lot different if we’d started filming at that point, and I’m grateful I took the time to let myself marinate,'” reads the publication. QA

Elvis by Baz Luhrmann

The biopic follows the rise of Elvis Presley to fame and the singer’s complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who discovered it in 1955, and is played by Tom Hanks.

In addition, cast has names such as Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luke Bracey, Dacre Montgomery, David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Olivia DeJonge. Elvis is directed and written by Baz Luhrmann.

“I’m gonna show you what the real Elvis is like tonight.”

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