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In 1961, Blue Hawaii was a typical example of the formulaic movie vehicle Elvis Presley was cranking out. The movie features exotic locations, good-looking young people having fun, a love story, a batch of Elvis ballads, and one or two upbeat numbers so the older characters can take cheap shots at rock 'n' roll. Presley would use one of the songs to close his concerts. Let's take a look at the story behind "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley starred in a whopping 31 films throughout his career. Here are his 8 best, ranked.

The legendary movie stars of Hollywood’s golden era (1930-60) are now so shrouded in glamorized nostalgia that it might be hard to remember they once were just actors who went to work every day …

Casablanca, released exactly 75 years ago, was a classic love story but also a movie about refugees, starring refugees, Peter Bart writes.

Shirley MacLaine, 89, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from her sister-in-law Annette Bening at the 2023 Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show.

From the column: "Hollywood has produced far more movies centering on D-day and the defeat of Adolf Hitler. This is unsurprising, as these narratives can focus on American valor."

Bogie picked fights with everybody, on the set and off, one film director remembered. He would come in hungover. He was mean to everyone.

In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately a competing project emerged (with a screenplay by Ayn Rand, no less). Yet for over seven decades, only two other major movie dramas about this epochal event emerged from a studio. Now that […]

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately a competing project emerged

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately a competing project emerged