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  • CBS lines up biographical mini series on Elvis

    CBS lines up biographical mini series on Elvis

    MUMBAI: The Viacom owned US broadcast network CBS has announced that a new mini series Elvis will start production in New Orleans in January 2005.

    The fact-based drama is about the life of pop icon Elvis Presley. With the full cooperation and participation of the Elvis Presley Estate, his electrifying yet tumultuous story — from his humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to fame — will be told. Presley’s master recordings will be heard in a biographical film for the first time.

    The series will see Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Bend It Like Beckham playing the lead role. Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Camryn Manheim The Practice stars as Gladys Presley;

    Elvis Presley’s dynamic life story begins in the state of Mississipi where he was born into poverty to Vernon and Gladys Presley. His looks, talent and moves helped to make him the universally proclaimed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll by the age of 21.

    With a sneer on his lips and a swivel in his hips, he burst on the scene with a unique style that provided a catalyst for a revolution in music and popular culture unequaled by any other performer.

    His life was shaped by the people closest to him, including his father; his over-protective mother, whom he adored, and his domineering manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker. Although Presley was a sex symbol who made legions of women swoon, his personal liaisons, including his relationships with the actress Ann-Margret and his young bride Priscilla, were troubled. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century. Presley died at the age of 42

  • Dylan McDermott, Lara Flynn Boyle to exit ‘The Practice’

    MUMBAI: This will come as a huge disappointment for fans of legal drama The Practice. Dylan Mcdermott, Lara Flynn Boyle and four cast members will leave the show.
    In India the show airs on Star World every Wednesday at 10 pm. A Reuters report indicates that the slimming of The Practice’s actor payroll comes as the Emmy-winning series faces at least a 50 per cent reduction in the license fee paid by ABC.
    The show had a difficult seventh season. The ratings took a dive after a midseason time-slot shift to Monday — and secured an eleventh-hour pickup for 2003-04 on condition that the estimated $6.5 million license fee get reduced by half.
    McDermott will guest-star in at least four episodes next season. The creator of the show David E Kelley has been quoted in the report saying, “Due to economic and creative realities, many key people will not be returning, including Dylan. It hurts, professionally and personally. This is perhaps the finest group of actors and people one could ever hope to work with; I hope for all of them to recur if possible, and if I’m lucky, I’ll get to work with them on future projects as well. I’m indebted to each and every one of them.”
    The report indicates that cast reduction was Kelley’s idea and is part of his plan to rejuvenate the veteran show, which won the outstanding drama series Emmy in 1999. Kelley is said to have noted how other long-running dramas, including NBC’s Law & Order and ER have constantly used cast changes as an effective vehicle to keep a show fresh and even bring in new viewers.
    Original Practice cast members who are still with the show include Camryn Manheim and Michael Badalucco.