Judging by Priscilla Presley’s recollections, Elvis Presley was more interested in books about spirituality than any other topic. During a trying time, he looked for answers in a book by a famous occultist. Priscilla discussed what Elvis’ taste in literature said about him as a person.
Elvis Presley was interested in a certain book a few months before he died
In her 1985 book Elvis and Me, Priscilla recalled a near the end of the “All Shook Up” singer‘s life. “In April 1977, Elvis fell ill and had to cancel his tour and return home to Graceland,” Priscilla wrote. “Lisa [Marie] and I were there visiting Dodger [Elvis’ grandmother]. He called me up to his room.
“[Elvis] did not look himself; his face and body were bloated,” she continued. “He was wearing pajamas, which he seemed to prefer these days when at home. He held Cheiro’s Book of Numbers and told me there...
Elvis Presley was interested in a certain book a few months before he died
In her 1985 book Elvis and Me, Priscilla recalled a near the end of the “All Shook Up” singer‘s life. “In April 1977, Elvis fell ill and had to cancel his tour and return home to Graceland,” Priscilla wrote. “Lisa [Marie] and I were there visiting Dodger [Elvis’ grandmother]. He called me up to his room.
“[Elvis] did not look himself; his face and body were bloated,” she continued. “He was wearing pajamas, which he seemed to prefer these days when at home. He held Cheiro’s Book of Numbers and told me there...
- 2/2/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik, who is known for songs such as ‘Bol Do Na Zara’, ‘Naina’, and ‘Besabriyaan’, has kickstarted 2024 with his Kannada song ‘Ninyaarele’ from the film ‘Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe’. The singer shared that he finds comfort in singing in that language and called it his “musical happy place.”
‘Ninyaarele’ is a soulful romantic song, and has a gentle melody at its core. ‘Ninyaarele’ also marks Armaan’s reunion with actor Vinay Rajkumar, with whom he collaborated in 2015 for the film ‘Siddhartha’ and made his musical debut in the Kannada industry.
Talking about his experience of working on the song, Armaan Malik said: “I just can’t get enough of singing in Kannada – it’s like my musical happy place! Super excited that my first track this year ‘Ninyaarele’ is in Kannada. The release of this new song holds special significance for me as it marks a nostalgic reunion with actor Vinay Rajkumar.
‘Ninyaarele’ is a soulful romantic song, and has a gentle melody at its core. ‘Ninyaarele’ also marks Armaan’s reunion with actor Vinay Rajkumar, with whom he collaborated in 2015 for the film ‘Siddhartha’ and made his musical debut in the Kannada industry.
Talking about his experience of working on the song, Armaan Malik said: “I just can’t get enough of singing in Kannada – it’s like my musical happy place! Super excited that my first track this year ‘Ninyaarele’ is in Kannada. The release of this new song holds special significance for me as it marks a nostalgic reunion with actor Vinay Rajkumar.
- 1/5/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” (1982), died at her home in Mumbai Thursday after a prolonged illness. She was 91.
Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency Pti.
Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929. She began her career as a fashion illustrator for magazines before she moved to designing costumes for films. She made her debut with Raj Khosla’s “C.I.D.” (1956) and went on to design for some of the landmark films of Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959) and Abrar Alvi’s “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962).
She designed for more than 100 Indian films over a career spanning nearly 60 years. Her output in the 1960s included “Gunga Jumna,” “Waqt,” “Amrapali,” “Teesri Manzil” and “Milan.” In the 1970s she worked on “Johny Mera Naam,...
Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency Pti.
Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929. She began her career as a fashion illustrator for magazines before she moved to designing costumes for films. She made her debut with Raj Khosla’s “C.I.D.” (1956) and went on to design for some of the landmark films of Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959) and Abrar Alvi’s “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962).
She designed for more than 100 Indian films over a career spanning nearly 60 years. Her output in the 1960s included “Gunga Jumna,” “Waqt,” “Amrapali,” “Teesri Manzil” and “Milan.” In the 1970s she worked on “Johny Mera Naam,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
What better way to get your kids to focus on their homework than by invading their social media space? Laura Dern figured that out by dropping in on her 15-year-old daughter Jaya Harper's TikTok account. On Sept. 15, Harper—whose dad is Dern's ex, Ben Harper—posted a short video to the platform of her mom reading a passage from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. "Let's spend our time making a TikTok. You want to make a TikTok? I've got an idea. Let's transform TikTok since I'm homeschooling you," the Big Little Lies star, who joins countless parents teaching from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, said while staring into the camera. "Let's read our homework...
- 9/16/2020
- E! Online
Jimmy Fallon has become an expert at convincing celebrities to do weird things with him, It is unclear whether it took any persuasion to get Jared Leto to participate in the bit they performed last night — and whether Leto thought it was a bit at all. Also read: What's Next for Acting Oscar Winners Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto? Remember, during Leto's successful awards season campaign last year, the world learned that the former teen heartthrob has quite the spiritual and philosophical side to him. He grew up on a hippie commune, loves the book “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
Billy Corgan treated Chicagoans to an eight-hour electronic jam on the theme of Siddhartha on Friday. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman held the performance, based on Herman Hesse's 1922 existentialist novella about a young man's quest for self-discovery, at his café, Madame ZuZu's Tea Shop and Art Studio in Highland Park.
Corgan announced the free event through Facebook last week. The performance, he said, "will be centered around an ambient/musical interpretation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha; built by modular synthesis, on the fly. Readings of the text to go hand...
Corgan announced the free event through Facebook last week. The performance, he said, "will be centered around an ambient/musical interpretation of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha; built by modular synthesis, on the fly. Readings of the text to go hand...
- 3/1/2014
- by Miriam Coleman
- Rollingstone.com
GQ India.s Men of the Year Awards, in association with Chivas, commemorated the most outstanding Indian achievers of 2011. In the third year of the awards, GQ honoured 15 extraordinary Indian men and 2 exceptional women, the finest talents in their areas of expertise, from sports to business, film, literature, art and fashion.Hosted by Vir Das, the evening was brimming with laughter and champagne-fuelled celebration; the audience was entertained by spectacular performances by Grammy-award nominee Melanie Fiona and popular Romanian artist group Akcent, who added to the exuberance of the evening.The star-studded ceremony saw winners including Shahrukh Khan (Cinematic Icon), Farhan Akhtar (Creative Power House), A.R. Rahman (GQ Legend), Imran Khan (Chivas Award for Outstanding Achievement), Kumar Manglam Birla (Businessman of the year), Yuvraj Singh (Sportsman of the year) and Frieda Pinto (Woman of the year) and Anushka Sharma (Excellence Award) among others. Other than the winners, gracing the red...
- 9/29/2011
- Filmicafe
Siddhartha Mallya, one of the most-talked about bachelors at the moment, appeared on Simi Garewal’s show, India’s Most Desirable on Star World. His six words of wisdom on money, women and life clearly indicates what he’s inherited from his father, industrialist Dr Vijay Mallya. 1 On homes: Siddhartha has 26 of them in different parts of the world. He says he’s seen 24, and thinks, “ I should do a tour !” 2 On being a Mallya: He’s not content being just a Mallya. “Siddhartha means more to me,” he beams. 3 On the bucks: “Spend what you have as money ...
- 6/24/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Siddhartha Mallya, one of the most-talked about bachelors at the moment, appeared on Simi Garewal’s show, India’s Most Desirable on Star World. His six words of wisdom on money, women and life clearly indicates what he’s inherited from his father, industrialist Dr Vijay Mallya. 1 On homes: Siddhartha has 26 of them in different parts of the world. He says he’s seen 24, and thinks, “ I should do a tour !” 2 On being a Mallya: He’s not content being just a Mallya. “Siddhartha means more to me,” he beams. 3 On the bucks: “Spend what you have as money ...
- 6/24/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Siddhartha Mallya, one of the most-talked about bachelors at the moment, appeared on Simi Garewal’s show, India’s Most Desirable on Star World. His six words of wisdom on money, women and life clearly indicates what he’s inherited from his father, industrialist Dr Vijay Mallya. 1 On homes: Siddhartha has 26 of them in different parts of the world. He says he’s seen 24, and thinks, “ I should do a tour !” 2 On being a Mallya: He’s not content being just a Mallya. “Siddhartha means more to me,” he beams. 3 On the bucks: “Spend what you have as money ...
- 6/24/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
New Delhi, May 31: Yesteryear actress and TV host Simi Garewal is back on the small screen with a brand new show and she will get candid with India's most desirable single celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor, Yuvraj Singh and Siddhartha Mallya.
Ready to go on air June 12 on Star World, "Simi Selects: India's Most Desirable" will give an insight about what makes these celebrities.
Ready to go on air June 12 on Star World, "Simi Selects: India's Most Desirable" will give an insight about what makes these celebrities.
- 5/31/2011
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
As the publisher's website explains, New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914-1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies. "I asked Ezra Pound for 'career advice,'" James Laughlin recalled. "He had been seeing my poems for months and had ruled them hopeless. He urged me to finish Harvard and then do 'something' useful."
Few American publishers have been more useful to the cause of poetry. Yes, Nd has published much great prose as well, both original (notably a huge number of Henry Miller essay collections), and in translation (Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, the success of which funded many other projects; Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea) or reprinted/collected (Delmore Schwartz's In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories), but poetry -- less often supported by the major presses, especially early in a poet’s career -- is where the press has made its biggest impact.
Few American publishers have been more useful to the cause of poetry. Yes, Nd has published much great prose as well, both original (notably a huge number of Henry Miller essay collections), and in translation (Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, the success of which funded many other projects; Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea) or reprinted/collected (Delmore Schwartz's In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories), but poetry -- less often supported by the major presses, especially early in a poet’s career -- is where the press has made its biggest impact.
- 5/11/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
- Quick Links > Bent Hamer > Factotum> Matt Dillon> Lili TaylorThere is a mark of pride among artists, writers in particular, who could fill multiple volumes with their employment histories. I remember reading a novel by a sci-fi/fantasy/pulp author named Steve Perry (The Man Who Never Missed -- highly recommended, think Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha in outer space with guns and kung-fu), who, in the bio at the end of one his novels listed the variety of jobs he’d held previous to becoming a professional writer. At least a dozen were listed, everything from hospital gift show cashier to martial arts instructor. C.J. Henderson, a New York based hard-boiled horror author and film critic (and an acquaintance of mine), lists nearly thirty different jobs he’s held on the bio section of his website. The thing about writing is that it usually doesn’t pay very well,
- 8/27/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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