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Sasha Urban editorElvis has entered the building. The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic starring Austin Butler (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was released Thursday, and the resemblance is uncanny. The trailer also confirmed that the previously untitled Warner Bros.

Chris Willman Music WriterYola first came into the consciousness of most music fans when she was nominated for a best new artist Grammy last year, among four attention-getting nods she picked up. Come 2022, she’s destined to capture the attention of movie fans when she appears in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Grammy-winning recording artist Gary Clark Jr. is set to play American blues singer-songwriter Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup and four-time Grammy nominee Yola will play musical icon, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in the Baz Luhrmann-directed Warner Bros Elvis biopic, which is currently shooting in Australia.

Chris Willman Music WriterBrandi Carlile, Cyndi Lauper, Cynthia Erivo, Yola and Laurie Anderson will be among the stars paying tribute to honorees like John Prine, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Philip Glass, Chicago and Philip Glass in “Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends,” set to air Oct.

Little Richard kept audiences bopping more than 60 years to his rump shaking rock ‘n’ roll of pounding piano, uptempo rhythms, and howling vocals.

Little Richard, known for his classic songs “Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly,” has died at the age of 87, Rolling Stone reports.

Iggy Pop, Public Enemy and the late Sister Rosetta Tharpe never won Grammy Awards in competition, but all three have been selected by the Recording Academy to receive lifetime achievement awards. They will be honored alongside four artists who have managed to win Grammys: Chicago, Roberta Flack, John Prine and the late Isaac Hayes.

Today (December 19), the Recording Academy has announced that Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, Chicago, John Prine, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe will receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards. The presentation ceremony will take place April 18, 2020, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.