The truth behind the Love Me Tender song The iconic title song Love Me Tender wasn’t originally an Elvis original! The melody is based on the Civil War-era ballad “Aura Lee,” a romantic tune popular in the 1860s. While the lyrics are credited to Vera Matson (though the actual lyricist was her husband, Ken Darby), the reworked version became an instant…
Getty Images She and Elvis Presley first met months earlier when both appeared on the Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956. It was the moment when Elvis shocked conservative America by gyrating his famous, or infamous, pelvis during his now-iconic rendition of Hound Dog. “Although I usually don’t form an opinion of a person until I have…
Elvis proposal to Debra Paget According to Daily Express, Elvis Presley believed that Debra was ”the most beautiful girl he had ever seen” and even visited her parent’s house. “From the time he first came to the house, my folks have considered Elvis a member of the Paget clan—a feeling which, I believe, he reciprocated,” Debra…
Priscilla copied Debra Paget It’s clear that Debra Paget made a lasting impression on Elvis, given everything that has come to light over the years. Looking at the photos from on and off the set, it’s clear that they had a special bond – those pictures speak for themselves! But Debra’s charisma and style didn’t…
Zippers weren’t invented yet Here are a few of the most famous bloopers from Love Me Tender that will surely make you smile: First, there’s the moment when the Reno brothers try to convince some former soldiers to hand over the money. They disarm the three men, but if you watch carefully, the camera angles flip-flop between…
Foster baby is adopted 7 years after apartment fire left him with horrific burns
Deyvion was just a baby in a bassinet when a fire ripped through the apartment where he slept.Firefighters rescued him from the blaze but he was left with horrific burns all over his face. It was a miracle that Deyvion survived but this tough little baby from Missouri went on a recovery journey at a…
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This miracle boy did all of this without loved ones by his side and it wasn’t until he was 5 years that he became the foster child of Beth Plunkett, a single mother of two. “I thought he was a beautiful little boy, and I fell in love with him very quickly,” Beth said, as…
After 2,545 days without a family to call his own, Deyvion was finally adopted by Beth. “I want him to be, most importantly, just happy,” Beth said. “And I want him to always feel loved and to just … to have goals and like, reach them and just do amazing, amazing things. And I know,…
On the day of Deyvion’s adoption Smith and his crew gave him a special jacket and hat made just for him and gave the young boy and his mom a ride in their truck to the court office to make his adoption official. Smith gave Deyvion a high five and told him how proud he…
Little-known mistakes and bloopers in Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman is one of those movies I can watch countless times — it never gets old or boring. But considering how many times I’ve seen it, it’s a bit surprising that I’ve never noticed these bloopers and mistakes that tell a different story about the film. Disney changed everything Pretty Woman became a romantic comedy that…
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