(1997)

(Compiled by Haruo Hirose)

Lisa Marie Presley flanked by her two children, spent part of this weekend greeting and giving presents to about 100 children at the Church of Scientology's mission in Memphis. Church officials said the party was Presley's idea, who, as the daughter of the late Elvis Presley, wanted to give something back to her father's Tennessee hometown.

MICHAEL JACKSON's reunion with his ex-wife LISA MARIE PRESLEY and her two young children had left the kids' father fearful and fuming. DANNY KEOUGH has warned his former wife Presley - the daughter of ELVIS - that she had better, 'keep my kids away from that freak Jackson...or else.' According to American tabloid THE STAR, mild-manned Keough was enraged when he saw pictures of his children BEN, five, and DANIELLE, eight, with Jackson in South Africa during a break from his world tour. A pal says, "Danny's folks are irate about Lisa Marie jetting all over the world to be with her ex and taking the kids with her. And Danny doesn't think Michael is the best role model for a boy growing up. He's a 38 year-old man who wears makeup and spends hours playing with children rather than mixing with adults." Presley is still best buddies with the King of Pop - now married DEBBIE ROWE, the mother of his son PRINCE MICHAEL, despite their divorce two years ago. And the couple have reportedly been spending many dates on his HIStory tour meeting up, including in Paris.

MICHAEL JACKSON has reportedly begged LISA MARIE PRESLEY to give marriage a second try. The king of pop whisked his ex-wife away for a hush-hush second honeymoon in exotic South Africa. And during the romantic getaway with Lisa Marie's daughter DANIELLE, Jackson popped the question to her. A source told American tabloid THE STAR, "He's really excited about the possibility of starting over with Lisa Marie. While they were in Africa they both realized how much they had missed each other." Michael's kid sister, a great friend of Lisa Marie, played matchmaker to bring the couple together. And despite Jackson being married, his wife DEBBIE ROWE was unaware of the they secret tryst at the Palace Hotel, in Johannesburg. Jackson and Lisa Marie stunned the world when they married in the Dominican Republic. But 20 months later the fairy tale union ended in divorce. Even though Jackson has fathered a baby with his new wife, Rowe, he has always remained close to ELVIS PRESLEY's little girl.

MICHAEL JACKSON's public hand-holding appearance with former love LISA MARIE PRESLEY in South Africa has reportedly sent wife DEBBIE ROWE into a fury - and could spell the end of the marriage. According to American tabloid THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, Rowe has threatened to split from the THRILLER singer and disallow him access to their child PRINCE MICHAEL JUNIOR. Reportedly she fumed at Jackson saying, "You've humiliated me for the last time. I'm through with you. I'll make sure you never see our baby again. A source close to the millionaire pair tells the tabloid, "Debbie blew her stack when Michael and Lisa Marie were seen together over the summer in Europe, and Michael swore to Debbie that it wouldn't happen again. Then he went ahead and did it all over again in South Africa - and Debbie is threatening to make him pay for it." Looks like trouble for Micheal.

Presley, Hayes Back Scientology
Sunday, October 5, 1997; 2:45 p.m. EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn.(AP) -- Celebrity devotees Lisa Marie Presley and Isaac Hayes told a crowd at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Church of Scientology's Memphis mission to ignore media criticism of the religion also followed by John Travolta and Tom Cruise.
``For me, it saved my life and my sanity many times,'' Presley said Saturday of the religion founded by the late L. Ron Hubbard in 1954.
Hayes and the daughter of Elvis Presley financed the renovation of the church building. Before he became a Scientologist, Hayes was skeptical of the group described by critics as a cult, but joined after visiting one of the church's celebrity centers in Los Angeles and asking a lot of ``hard questions.''
``The most important thing is to find out for yourself,'' Hayes said.
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press

Composer-producer David Foster, who produced Lisa Marie Presley's warbling of "Don't Cry Daddy" to duet with Elvis on the anniversary concert, says Lisa Marie came to him to do the number for two reasons: he'd done the Natalie Cole/Nat Cole "Unforgettable" and -- Foster's wife, Linda Thompson, had been with Elvis four or five years.
After Lisa Marie sang the number, Foster said, "I wanted to sign her as an artist .. she has a sexy, smoky, charismatic voice -- like Elvis. She wants to reflect about it (the contract). If she does an album -- it will be on her own merit."
Lisa Marie brought her two children with her to Foster's session in which she recorded the "Don't Cry Daddy" number. But her mother, Priscilla, did not attend.
"I never met her," adds Foster. He is now senior vice president of Warner Music Group, which he hopes to make cohesive again.

1997年8月21日（木） 15時36分
リサマリー・プレスリーがアルバム発売か
作曲家兼音楽プロデューサーのデビット・フォスター氏は米業界紙「バラエティー」で、リサマリー・プレスリーの歌声は父親のエルビスと同様、セクシー でカリスマ性に満ちている、と表現した。
フォスター氏は、先週のエルビス記念週間に披露されたプレスリーのオリジナル曲「ドント・クライ・ダディ」にリサマリーの歌声をかぶせたデュエット曲 をプロデュースした。
バラエティーによると、その後すっかりリサマリーの歌声を気に入ってしまったフォスター氏は、彼女にアーティスト契約の話を持ち掛け、現在検討しても らっている、という。
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(President Clinton, Linda Thompson and David Foster)

Meanwhile, Memphis is still rocking from the Elvis Presley concert during which a video was shown with Lisa Marie Presley "duetting" with Elvis on "Don't Cry Daddy" -- much as Natalie Cole has done so successfully with her daddy Nat "King" Cole on "Unforgettable."
Stig Edgren, who put together the Presleys' tape (on a rush order!), also edited the unforgettable Cole tape for Natalie in her "live" daddy duets on stage and TV. It's always a show-stopper.
While Priscilla made opening thank you remarks to the concertgoers and brought her daughter on stage, Lisa (as usual) made minimum remarks, and let the tape speak for her. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. And Priscilla ran the tape a second time for the crowd of 9,000!
All were searched for video cameras before entering the arena to prevent pirate-tapes. Will the tape of the Presleys' duet be available -- for $ale -- to the million$ of international Elvis fans?
Jack Soden, CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, answers, "There are no plans as of now."
There's the question of rights: RCA owns the master while others own the footage of Elvis singing on the video, recorded at the Las Vegas Hilton, etc. There could (should?) be enough money for all.

MEMPHIS--The torch has been passed.
Lisa Marie Presley, the 29-year-old daughter of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, made her public singing debut Saturday night at a simulated concert starring her father at the Mid-South Coliseum here.
Through video technology, Lisa Marie dueted with a Virtual Elvis on his hit ``Don't Cry Daddy.'' The video and three-hour concert was produced by Stig Edgren, who once reunited Natalie Cole with her late father Nat King Cole for a hit duet on ``Unforgettable.''
Presley has been thinking of pursuing music at least since the 1994 Elvis Tribute concert at the Pyramid here, when she spoke with noted rock 'n' roll producer Don Was about recording some tracks.
As the sole heir of the Presley empire, Lisa Marie already has the world on the string. If she chooses to make a record, she will have two worlds on a string.
Presley has inherited her father's vocal range and dramatic timbre. Her empathetic phrasing is reminiscent of rock singer Jewel, whom Presley adores. She asked that Jewel play the press party for the recently opened Elvis Presley's Memphis nightclub and restaurant in downtown Memphis.
In introducing the video, an emotional Priscilla Presley told the audience her daughter got the idea to do the video three weeks ago. ``I honestly wish he was here today to see this,'' Priscilla said.
The video paired father and daughter, each dressed in white. Breakaway edits featured Lisa Marie's baby pictures and tender home movie footage of when she was a child.
After the video was shown, Lisa Marie walked on stage in a reticent rhythm, wearing glasses and a black dress. ``It was an honor for me to do this,'' she said. Then her proud mother asked that the video be shown again.
The emotion was real. Elvis performed at the Mid-South Coliseum, adjacent to the now-withering Libertyland amusement park. And, just two weeks before his death on Aug. 16, 1977, Presley had privately rented the amusement park between midnight and dawn for a father-daughter outing.
The $500,000 concert was historic beyond Lisa Marie's new presence.
It certainly was the first time in American music history that a dead entertainer sold out a 8,500-seat arena. The King was reunited with more than 30 old bandmates and singers as well as the 55-piece Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
Producers even camped it up at the outset of the show by having five policemen on motorcycles accompany a mysterious long black limousine to the stage as ``Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey'' roared through the arena.
The Graceland staff selected their favorite Presley concert footage and edited out all sound except his isolated vocal tracks. Presley ``sang'' from a big screen, which was framed by two smaller screens that ran live shots of musicians actually taking their cues from the archival footage.
Presley fans paid between $50 and $80 to attend the concert, with proceeds going to the scholarship fund in Elvis' name at the University of Memphis. Priscilla said, ``Through a new generation of fans, his legacy will live forever. As we come to the end of the 20th century, his contributions seem more in focus than ever.''
The concert was conducted with integrity, covering more than 40 songs from all eras of Presley's career. Fans had to roll with the fantasy: at one point Presley was singing ``Burning Love'' from the 1973 ``Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii'' special. Then, after a short break he reappeared with larger sideburns and jowls, growling away on ``Polk Salad Annie,'' which was from Las Vegas circa 1975. Nice backstage catering, I guess.
But Lisa Marie stole the show. Her voice gave the King's fans another chance to dream, and that's what Elvis Week in Memphis is all about.

Elvis Devotees Attend Vigil
By Woody Baird , Associated Press Writer
Sunday, August 17, 1997; 12:20 a.m. EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Loyal fan Pat Armstrong had little use for the hordes of reporters and Elvis Presley impersonators drawn to Graceland for Saturday's 20th anniversary of the death of the King of rock 'n' roll.
``The media pick out all these idiots. They don't show the genuine Elvis fans,'' she said at Presley's grave. ``They pick them out because they've got those stupid jumpsuits and ridiculous hairdos.''
Ms. Armstrong, 54, was among a group of 950 fans who came to Memphis as members of the Elvis Presley Fan Club of Great Britain.
Through the day, a capacity crowd of 5,000 was expected to tour Graceland, Presley's home, while thousands more thronged the city and packed souvenir shops. Presley died at Graceland on Aug. 16, 1977, at 42, of heart disease made worse by prescription drug abuse.
Elvis Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and daughter Lisa Marie, his sole heir, made a surprise appearance at a concert featuring video clips of Elvis on Saturday night.
A split-screen videotape combined tape of Lisa Marie and Elvis, so it appeared that the two were performing a duet of ``Don't Cry Daddy.'' Presley recorded the Mac Davis tune in 1969.
From Friday night into early Saturday, 30,000 fans joined the annual candlelight vigil and procession past the King's grave in a small garden on the Graceland property.
A 4-foot-high mound of roses and other flowers covered the grave, along with teddy bears, small ceramic angels and other offerings. Dozens of other large flower arrangements surrounded the grave and the winding walkway leading to it.
The United Elvis Presley Society of Belgium left a 5-foot-tall arrangement of blue and yellow flowers in the shape of a guitar, while fans from Sunderland, England, sent a 3-foot by 4-foot yellow and pink affair saying ``Elvis is King.''
Other commemorations took place as far away as Israel, where hundreds of fans gathered near Jerusalem for the unveiling of a 17-foot statue of Presley outside a restaurant. Some wore spangled Elvis costumes.
``He was the greatest singer of the 20th century,'' said Yossi Rosen, who entertained the Israel crowd with some of Presley's hits.
Ms. Armstrong, of Yorkshire, England, said she became an Elvis fan as a teen-ager when his records first started arriving in Europe.
``We didn't see the face for a long, long time. Then when you saw that gorgeous face, that was a bonus,'' she said.
Another overseas Elvis devotee said he was tired of hearing reports about Presley's drug abuse.
``It's very wrong to say he was a druggie,'' said Derry Caughlan, 50, of Ireland. ``He died early because of the pressures that were put on him and the unnatural life he was leading. He wasn't getting the proper food.''
Sheryl Hooge, 41, and Libby Durst, 43, came in for the anniversary with their Elvis Krewe of Louisiana from Baton Rouge. They sported purple, green and gold Mardi Gras beads over their Elvis T-shirts.
A visit to Graceland, they said, lets them bond with other Elvis fans -- and get away from their families for awhile.
``It rejuvenates us for the rest of the year,'' Mrs. Durst said.
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press

MOV file from "In Concert '97" (ABC News)

Priscilla, Lisa Marie show up for Elvis 'concert'

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (CNN)-- Elvis Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and their daughter, Lisa Marie, were surprise guests at a concert Saturday that capped the 20th anniversary of the death of the king of rock 'n' roll.
The show offered a videotape of Elvis in concert, accompanied by Elvis' former backup singers and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
Earlier, more than 30,000 people flocked to Graceland for a candlelight vigil marking the 20th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, forming such long lines that officials at the mansion added two hours to the vigil to accommodate devotees still waiting to get in at dawn.
Police said 30,000 people were outside Graceland when the vigil began at dusk Friday, and many more arrived during the night. The vigil and a Saturday night concert were the last major events in a weeklong observance marking the two decades since Presley's death on August 16, 1977.
After a brief silent prayer, many in the crowd locked hands and swayed in unison as they sang "Can't Help Falling in Love." A sea of candles lit up the Memphis boulevard named after the singing legend. Elvis impersonators -- dressed in glittering jumpsuits with slick-backed hair -- wept, as did countless others.
At the end, Elvis' grave was covered four feet deep in roses, teddy bears, ceramic angels and other offerings.
Instant fan
Karen Glick came from Champaign, Illinois, to honor the singer. Glick, 51, was just a youngster when she saw Elvis Presley on television in 1956, lean and sharp, his leg shaking. She was an instant fan.
"Everybody went to school on Monday, and nobody could remember his name. But everybody could remember how he moved and jumped around, and we thought that was cool," she said.
Presley was 42 when he died at his Memphis mansion from what investigators later determined to be a drug-induced heart attack. His mother had been the same age when she died.
'He'll be in our memory until we die'
Fans began lining up hours before Friday night's procession. The vigil was the crowning event of a weeklong series of concerts, parties and memorials.
Silently they trooped past the gravesite leaving flowers, stuffed animals and other mementos -- some of them handmade. Helicopters whirred overhead.
Away from the gravesite the atmosphere was more celebratory. Fans jammed souvenir counters and took in dozens of daily concerts, shows by Elvis impersonators and even scholarly discussions about Presley's impact on American culture.
The Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates that the events surrounding the anniversary would pump $25 million into the local economy.
The mood seemed to reflect a statement made 20 years ago by then 22-year-old Phillip Foley of Memphis. Foley stood outside Graceland on the day of Elvis' death and told a television interviewer:
"Elvis stood good in America, something that has molded our lives. He'll be in our memory until we die. Whether you be black or white, redneck or freak, from Memphis or Moscow, Elvis remains the king. The vibes are too heavy -- he'sstill alive, somehow.
"People aren't here so they can say they were at Graceland the night Elvis died. They're here because it's the only way the common people can pay their respects. We all can't drive up there to the mansion in our limousines but -- but we can be here."
Presley's popularity still soars
In the years since his death, Elvis' popularity has skyrocketed, and Graceland has become a mecca for fans from around the world. More than 9 million people have visited the mansion, which is said to be the second most heavily visited home in the United States, after the White House.
Graceland was opened to tourists in 1982 and draws more than 700,000 visitors a year.
"We love him, and we're just coming to pay our respects at his grave, like you'd do for any friend or loved one," said Sandy Traylor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who waited most of the day Friday to get to the head of a long line to get inside the mansion.
Professional Presley impersonators and a number of Elvis look-alikes milled around in the crowd, posing for photographs.
David Jesse Moore, an impersonator from Oregon, sported a white jumpsuit decorated with feathers and beads -- a Native-American Elvis.
"I'm part Cherokee, like Elvis was," Moore explained.

Lisa Marie Presley, the King's girl, has moved into a Clearwater, Fla., house hard by a Scientology retreat. She bought it last fall for $1.2 mil. Sits on a bluff overlooking a harbor with a 200-foot wall winding around it.

A mansion for Lisa Marie
By THOMAS C. TOBIN
St. Petersburg Times, published July 29, 1997

CLEARWATER -- The luster of international celebrity and the intrigue that goes with it have arrived in a quiet, eclectic neighborhood north of downtown.
Lisa Marie Presley, the 29-year-old heir to the King of Rock 'n' Roll and former spouse of the King of Pop, has moved into an estate on the bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor, according to neighbors.
The property is just several blocks north of a cluster of downtown buildings that serve as a retreat and worldwide spiritual hub for the Church of Scientology. Presley has been a member of the controversial church for years.
Before the property was purchased in November for $1.2-million, the new owner installed a 150-foot dock extension and a protective wall, which winds around the property and is about 200 yards long, according to city records.
Visitors are greeted by "Keep Out" signs and a solid black gate, behind which is a team of security guards who monitor anyone they deem suspicious. A ceramic plate on the wall bears the name of the previous owner.
"We see her once in a while," said Carrie Overton, 25, who lives in a small home within sight of the estate's entrance and who has come to consider the guards as friendly acquaintances.
Overton telephoned her brother in Ohio, who she said is "a major Elvis Presley fan," when she found out about her new neighbor. She said her brief encounters with The King's daughter have been friendly.
The tabloid press discovered the spot weeks ago, photographing Presley in her bathing suit around the waterfront pool, writing that she is obsessed with Scientology and constantly surrounded by church members.
One story in the National Enquirer reported on Presley's life in Clearwater, prompting a lawsuit in which Presley says the publication libeled her and invaded her privacy. Her lawyer in the case is Daniel Petrocelli of Los Angeles, who recently won the civil verdict against O.J. Simpson.
Another recent report in Star magazine published the address of the estate, and, according to neighbors, gawkers have posed for photographs in front of the security gate and tried to steal glimpses over the 6-foot masonry wall.
On July 4, Overton said, many neighborhood residents went to the waterfront to view the city's fireworks display, only to be treated to a second display from the Presley dock.
"I wouldn't call her stuck up or anything," Overton said. "She basically keeps to herself. We've talked to her bodyguards. If somebody's doing something they shouldn't be doing, they're out right away; which is good."
Security is so tight that two of the guards refused Monday to accept a written interview request from the Times.
It was addressed to Presley. "That person doesn't live here," said one guard.
Later, as a reporter interviewed neighbors, another man took pictures from the estate's driveway. The man, who refused to give his name, also said Presley did not live at that address. He chewed a toothpick and growled: "I took your picture because we've been harassed here so much."
Another neighbor, Michael Reeves, said he has seen curiosity seekers hoist their children aloft to get a better glimpse over the gate.
Reeves also said he and his wife, Maggie, have seen Presley about five times in recent weeks -- a couple times as the gate opened but mostly jogging with body guards near the home.
"There's no doubt in my mind it's her," Reeves said. "I've seen enough pictures of her to know what she looks like."
Overton said Presley is frequently accompanied by several people as she comes and goes. She said she is close enough to hear the electronic chatter from the intercom at the gate.
"It's hard not to notice," she said.
She also said the guards have told her the neighbors were all "checked out" before Presley moved there, "which I didn't appreciate but I can understand it."
Shaded by 50-foot oak trees, the estate was renovated extensively by the previous owner in 1993 and 1994. It sits amid a neighborhood of expensive waterfront homes, middle-class bungalows and scruffy, paint-chipped apartment buildings.
The last time Presley made headlines locally was when her second child, Ben, was born in 1992 at Humana Women's Hospital in Tampa. At the time, she was married to singer Danny Keough, another longtime member of the Church of Scientology.
Less than two years later, she married pop singer Michael Jackson, a controversial and widely heralded union that ended when Presley filed for divorce last year.
Although Presley has been visiting Clearwater for years, the purchase of the estate is the first indication she may be calling the area home.
Church of Scientology spokesman Brian Anderson referred all questions about Presley to her publicist Paul Bloch. Through a spokeswoman, Bloch declined Monday to talk about the move, which has been shrouded in secrecy.
When Presley gave birth to her child in Tampa, People magazine commented: "Buckingham Palace itself couldn't have done a better job of protecting the privacy of the new mother and the lost King's grandchild."
The same could be said of her new home, which was purchased under the name of a Memphis lawyer, whose firm has worked for the Elvis Presley estate. (Lisa Marie Presley stands to inherit her father's fortune when she turns 30 in February.)
Permit documents for the dock and the new wall were signed by Fletcher Haaga, trust officer for a Memphis bank and one of the Presley estate's advisers. Haaga could not be reached for comment.
The city's bills for water, gas and garbage collection are mailed to a Los Angeles address. It's the same address as Barry Siegel, who heads a financial management company and is an agent for companies owned by Presley and her mother, Priscilla Presley.
The July 14 lawsuit against the National Enquirer confirms the move to Florida, though it doesn't mention a location. Presley, it says, "formerly resided in California" and is "currently residing in Florida."
She is part of a growing community of Scientologists in Clearwater, who numbered about 1,400, according to a 1989 study commissioned by the church. Today, church officials estimate that as many as 6,000 Scientologists live in the Clearwater area or come for church counseling that can last many weeks.
Clearwater is considered a Scientology "mecca" where members receive church counseling available nowhere else in the world. Not even Los Angeles, where the church's administrative headquarters are located and where Presley formerly lived.
Copyright 1997 St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.

Priscilla, Lisa Marie open Elvis nightclub on Beale Street
By Woody Baird, Associated Press, July 24, 1997

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) � Finally, the Elvis faithful can get all the fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches they want, in a velvet-draped forum fit for the king of rock 'n' roll.
Elvis Presley's Memphis, the first nightclub run by Presley's estate, held a pre-opening party Thursday night on Memphis' Beale Street.
Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and their daughter, Lisa Marie, were hosts as more than 400 invited guests wandered the two-story club, taking in the Elvis photos and memorabilia covering the walls. Pop star Jewell performed on the main stage, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling velvet drapes.
"It's as if Elvis was alive today � this is what he would try to do,'' said club operator Michael Graves.
Sporting a mostly '50s and '60s decor, the club offers a menu complete with some of Presley's favorite dishes, including meatloaf, skillet-fried round steak and those hard-to-find peanut butter and banana sandwiches, at $4.75 a pop.
The club opens to the public Friday. It is the first in what the Presley estate hopes will be a string of nightclub-restaurants.
"Obviously, this will always be the flagship,'' Graves said. "It's not just Elvis � it's Elvis Presley's Memphis.''
Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc., the business arm of the estate, plans to open other clubs, at a pace of one a year, in London, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New York, Berlin, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

LONDON (AP) � They split last year, but Michael Jackson and former wife Lisa Marie Presley were hand-in-hand Tuesday night returning to his hotel after his sell-out London concert.
Presley stood at the edge of the stage through the show at Wembley stadium. Afterward, the two returned to the Carlton Towers hotel and Jackson waved to fans.
Elvis' daughter divorced the King of Pop last year after a 20-month marriage.
In November, Jackson married Deborah Rowe, a nurse who worked with his plastic surgeon. She gave birth to the couple's son Prince in February.

Hollywood Headlines
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley Spotted Hand in Hand
While we still have trouble reconciling the fact that Michael Jackson has a wife, never mind an ex-wife, we would be remiss if we didn't report that the King of Pop was spotted walking hand in hand with Lisa Marie Presley on Tuesday. The two, who have not been seen together since they divorced last year after eighteen months of marriage, waved to fans as they arrived holding hands at Michael's London hotel after his sold-out concert at Wembley Stadium. Lisa Marie watched Michael's two-and-a-half-hour performance from backstage. Debbie Rowe, Jackson's current bride and the mother of his son, Prince, was seen at earlier dates on the tour. Presley's rep, Paul Bloch, tells USA Today that Presley went to London at the request of Jackson, "who she's very good friends with."

Lisa Marie Presley Sues Enquirer

Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, filed a lawsuit against the National Enquirer on Monday, claiming a report in the tabloid contained false and fabricated statements about her. The lawsuit charges defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. No dollar amount was specified. Her lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, who represented Fred Goldman in the successful civil suit against O.J. Simpson, told USA Today that his client "isn't interested in the money." Instead, "she just wants to put a stop to the stories being made up about her." The June 17 article, titled "Lisa Marie Suicide Drama," alleged that the King's daughter was "found crumpled on a bathroom floor at her home, sobbing hysterically after scrawling 'Nobody loves me--I'm ugly' all over her arms."
Presley contends the article wrongly stated she was suicidal and into self-mutilation. The tabloid quoted unnamed friends as saying Presley was "an emotional mess" and was hospitalized for five days. Her spokesman confirmed she was in the hospital, but said she was there for treatment of bronchial, stomach, and liver infections. The Enquirer has refused to retract the statements, although a recent article claims that the twenty-nine-year-old heiress has "bounced back" and is now "doing great." In a statement, Steve Coz, the tabloid's editor, said, "The Enquirer gathered its information from trusted and reliable sources and stands by its story. The Enquirer was the first publication in the world to break the story of Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson's marriage--despite public denials."

May 30, 1997
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley and the former Mrs. Michael Jackson, has been hospitalized since Sunday in Florida, says USA Today. The twenty-nine-year-old mother of two has been diagnosed with a bronchial infection and stomach and liver infections. Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, said Presley's condition is improving. "The prognosis for recovery is excellent, and she hopes to leave the hospital this week." Presley, a practicing Scientologist, had a fever for nine days before she was admitted to the hospital.