25 research outputs found
Leaving the Building:Elvis, Celebrity Biography and the Limits of Psychological Autopsy
Elvis was unhappy. He’d failed in his ambition to become a serious movie actor. His Las Vegas appearances, after just a year, were already boring him. He was isolated, not going anywhere without his bodyguards. And relations were strained with his wife. Not that I ever knew Elvis. I just knew this from reading some books. Edwin Newman in Elvis and Nixon In the mockumentary Elvis and Nixon, long-time NBC newsman Edwin Newman makes a cameo appearance billed as a “legendary TV journalist.” With ..
A musical matter of life and death: the morality of mortality and the coverage of Amy Winehouse's death in the UK press
A matter of life and death: the representation of a musician's death through the lens of the obituary
Leaving the Building: Elvis, Celebrity, Biography, and the Limits of Psychological Autopsy
Elvis was unhappy. He’d failed in his ambition to become a serious movie actor. His Las Vegas appearances, after just a year, were already boring him. He was isolated, not going anywhere without his bodyguards. And relations were strained with his wife. Not that I ever knew Elvis. I just knew this from reading some books. Edwin Newman in Elvis and Nixon In the mockumentary Elvis and Nixon, long-time NBC newsman Edwin Newman makes a cameo appearance billed as a “legendary TV journalist.” With ..