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Yahoo
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Priscilla and Elvis Presley Are Still the 'Most Iconic Couple' in 'Flashback' '60s Photo
Priscilla and Elvis Presley Are Still the 'Most Iconic Couple' in 'Flashback' '60s Photo originally appeared on Parade. is taking a trip down memory lane. The 80-year-old actress and former wife of took to Instagram on Friday, July 25 to give fans a blast from the past, sharing a photo from when she and the King of Rock and Roll were still together. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 The photo, taken in 1969, shows a much younger Priscilla during an outing with Elvis, who would have been around 34 years old at the time. The throwback snap appeared to be from the premiere of 's Las Vegas show at the International Hotel in August 1969. "Flashback Friday," Priscilla captioned the photo in an Instagram post on Friday, which showed her rocking dark hair and dramatic '60s era makeup. For his part, the "Suspicious Minds" singer was dressed in a dark navy suit and with a light blue shirt underneath. "you both always looked so beautiful together ♥️" one of Priscilla's Instagram followers wrote about the former lovers, who were married from 1967 to 1973. They divorced just four years prior to the legendary singer's tragic death at age 42 in 1977. "The most iconic couple to walk this earth," another user wrote in the comments on Priscilla's latest Instagram post. Someone else chimed in to say, "Will never get over how insanely gorgeous you both looked on this day!"Priscilla and Elvis Presley Are Still the 'Most Iconic Couple' in 'Flashback' '60s Photo first appeared on Parade on Jul 25, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Miami Herald
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Cozy up to Elvis' Las Vegas history in this $20,000 (per night) suite
LAS VEGAS - The "Elvis Suite" at Westgate has never been named as such. It has been known as Tuscany Sky Villa, and now Imperial Sky Villa. But it is Elvis' old Vegas home, no matter the name. The new brand is a relaunch of the 13,200-square-foot fortress that has topped the tower since it opened as International Hotel 1969. This is where Elvis lived, hung out, entertained and even fired shots into the ceiling (since repaired) in his run at International/Las Vegas Hilton from 1969-76. The dwelling is open for booking at the website, with rates around starting at around $20,000 per night (varying on demand, spiking during busier weekends, of course). The new branding is the latest offering in the ongoing Elvis 90th Birthday Celebration across the resort. The Imperial Sky Villa was originally part of the Sky Villas, overhauled for $60 million 30 years ago. The annex has mostly been used for corporate parties. The new, palatial area "now combines grand design with deep reverence for Elvis Presley," according to a release from the hotel. New, period photography is being added. "Guests are invited to walk in his footsteps, surrounded by a curated visual homage and plaques that tell the story of his unforgettable Las Vegas years - from his first performance at the International Hotel in 1969 to his legendary 'Aloha from Hawaii' press conference." Multiple bedrooms, ostentatious living and dining areas, spa-outfitted lavatories and panoramic views are among the amenities. So is the Skyroom Lounge (later known as the Crown Room), where Elvis partied with his legendary friends and visitors. Westgate is fully loaded with Elvis offerings in his 90th birthday celebration. The "1969 Live Concert: The King Returns" runs for two performances July 31, on the anniversary of Presley's opening at the International Hotel 1969. "The King Comes Home" stage show runs in residency at Westgate Cabaret, and "My Brother Elvis: An Evening with David Stanley" monthly backstage tour and on-stage chat is back June 25. You can't miss Elvis even when you enter the building, with a pop-up memorabilia display on the right, and his famous bronze statue a few paces to the left. ___________ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tucker Carlson on Trump Organization Middle East deals: ‘Seems like corruption'
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson agreed with a guest on his podcast that the timing of the Trump Organization's business ventures in the Middle East — just as the Trump administration announced new deals with those foreign governments — 'seems like corruption.' In an interview on 'The Tucker Carlson Show' podcast, the far-right host asked former U.S. Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan how he thinks the Trump administration is doing so far. Ryan, who hosts his own popular podcast, started by praising President Trump for his work rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and some of the efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — though he said he thinks it might have gone too far. But Ryan said he thinks the administration needs 'a lot of work' and that he is 'losing hope,' pointing to the appearance of impropriety stemming from the Trump Organization's dealings in the Middle East. 'F‑‑‑ it, I'm going to get blasted for this, but, you know, I mean, I see all these negotiations going on in the Middle East and then — I don't know when these buildings were approved or when these deals got done — but then I also see, like, oh, there's a brand new hotel going up in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and another one going up in Doha, I think,' Ryan said. 'And I'm like, did these just get done — also with the deals which just happened over there — or was this earlier?' he continued. Trump's family business ventures include a new deal to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar in partnership with Qatari Diar, a real estate company backed by the country's sovereign wealth fund. The Trump family company is also leasing its brand to two new real estate projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is set to build a Trump Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as well as an upcoming Trump International Hotel and luxury golf development in Oman. Meanwhile, the president just traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he announced a series of significant economic and defense deals with the countries, including lifting previous export restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip sales to the region. Trump also announced a new deal with the UAE to build the largest AI data center outside the U.S. in Abu Dhabi. 'That stuff kind of worries me,' Ryan added. 'Well, it seems like corruption, yeah,' Carlson replied. Ryan lamented that 'the U.S. has just become so tribal now,' saying it's difficult to give constructive criticism without 'getting blasted.' He said people are losing their critical thinking skills and just blindly falling in line with 'whatever that tribe says they're going to do.' 'I agree with every word,' Carlson said at the end of Ryan's remarks. The exchange was first highlighted by Mediaite. The White House has pushed back on concerns about potential conflicts of interest. Asked before he left for the Middle East if Trump might use the trip to meet with people tied to his family's business, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it was 'ridiculous' to 'suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.' 'The president is abiding by all conflict of interest laws,' she said. Administration officials have brushed off such concerns about the president's policy decisions bleeding into the business interests of his family by noting that Trump's assets are in a trust managed by his children. A voluntary ethics agreement released by The Trump Organization also bars the firm from striking deals directly with foreign governments. The Associated Press contributed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Business Times
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Trump Organisation eyes Trump Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, government document says
[HO CHI MINH CITY] Executives at Trump Organisation, a privately owned business of US President Donald Trump, are going to visit Ho Chi Minh City to survey potential sites for a Trump Tower project, according to a government document seen by The Business Times. The delegation led by executive vice-president Eric Trump – Trump's third eldest child – will arrive on Thursday (May 22), with plans to meet the city leadership at a dinner at a central hotel in the city. They are going to inspect sites at Thu Thiem, a peninsula that lies across the Saigon River from downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The city authority has recently earmarked vacant land parcels in this area to woo multibillion-dollar investments for the development of the country's new international financial centre. This comes amid the ongoing trade negotiations between Washington and Hanoi as the latter has sought to avoid a reciprocal tariff of 46 per cent – one of Asia's highest rates – imposed by the Trump administration and currently on hold until early July. Trump Organisation is operating or licensing its name to dozens of Trump-branded properties around the world. These projects often encompass a mix of luxury residential, commercial, and hospitality developments. The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Dubai, announced in late April under a licensing deal with UAE-based developer Dar Global, is an 80-storey skyscraper scheduled for completion in 2031. It is planned to feature luxury residences starting at US$1 million, a five-star hotel, a private members' club called the Trump, and the highest outdoor swimming pool. A NEWSLETTER FOR YOU Friday, 8.30 am Asean Business Business insights centering on South-east Asia's fast-growing economies. Sign Up Sign Up US$1.5b golf complex approved Another executive group led by Charles James Boyd Bowman, general director of the Trump Organisation's Vietnam project, is set to visit Ho Chi Minh City on Monday (May 19), the internal document says. Earlier in March, Bowman met Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who urged the Trump Organisation to consider Vietnam as a business base and broaden its investments into other localities, particularly in sectors aligned with Vietnam's priorities. Last Friday, state newspaper Tuoi Tre reported that the US$1.5 billion project co-developed by Trump Organisation and Vietnam's real estate developer Kinhbac City had received approval from the Vietnamese government. The project, spanning 990 hectares of land in Hung Yen province near Hanoi, involves developments of golf courses, hotels, resorts, and a modern residential complex. Reuters reported in March that it would break ground in May, with a second golf and hotel project expected to be announced this year. Both are planned to be operational by mid-2027. Besides Vietnam, Trump Organisation has partnered to develop golf resorts in Indonesia as its first venture into South-east Asia since 2014. South-east Asia is home to more than 1,000 operational 18-hole golf courses, with Thailand leading the pack with 306 courses, based on data compiled by consulting firm Asia Golf Journey. Among them, Vietnam and Indonesia currently have more than 80 and 180 courses, respectively.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump luxury hotel project on hold after official admits to forging documents
A $500m project to build Donald Trump's first Trump International Hotel in Europe could be in jeopardy, after a Serbian official admitted to forging a document to advance the development, according to a report. The president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who served in his first administration alongside his wife, Ivanka Trump, is seeking permission via his Miami-based property company, Affinity Partners, to build on a site in Belgrade where the remains of the old Yugoslav Ministry of Defense headquarters still stand. The compound was badly damaged in a U.S.-led Nato bombing campaign during the Kosovo War of 1999. Trump has reportedly been interested in acquiring the site since 2014, unconcerned by local unease about replacing a historical landmark associated with wartime suffering with a lavish American luxury resort. He finally secured tentative approval last year, but the project has now hit a fresh administrative obstacle, according to The New York Times. Goran Vasic, former director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, has been arrested after admitting to inventing an expert opinion in order to justify the decision to strip the site of its protected status, which shielded it from demolition. The legal protection was removed on November 14 last year, less than two weeks after Trump won the U.S. presidential election, allowing the project to move ahead. 'Vasic forged a proposal for a decision to revoke the status of cultural property,' the Office of the Prosecutor for Organized Crime said in a statement. Affinity Partners has responded with a statement of its own denying any involvement or knowledge of the affair. 'Today we learned from media reports that a former Serbian government official with no connection to our firm allegedly falsified documents related to the landmark designation of the Belgrade Square project,' it read. 'We will review this matter and determine next steps.' Even before Vasic's confession, the proposed development had attracted protests in Serbia, notably on March 24 this year when the 26th anniversary of the bombing campaign was observed. But the country's president, Aleksandar Vucic, has been receptive to the prospect of the Trump Hotel Belgrade being realized. He hosted Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. and visited Florida in April in the hope of meeting his U.S. counterpart, but he cut the trip short on health grounds without achieving his aim. The situation arises at a time when Trump is facing growing criticism about his efforts to expand his business empire while occupying the White House. His first major overseas trip to the Middle East this week has been overshadowed by ethical objections to his decision to accept a $400m Boeing jet as a gift from the Qatari royal family. Members of his family have meanwhile been busy touting for business in the same region, announcing a $5.5bn deal to build an 18-hole Trump International Golf Club in Qatar and a $2bn commitment from the United Arab Emirates towards the family's new cryptocurrency exchange. Qatari state-backed funds were also part of a $6bn funding round for Trump adviser Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, and another Qatari fund has invested in Kushner's private equity firm.
