In 1970, Elvis Presley traveled to Washington, D.C., with one goal in mind: to get a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. He was a collector of various law enforcement badges and believed that this would be the pinnacle of his collection. He also thought it would afford him new authority. When he learned that his request had been denied, he almost broke down in tears.
Elvis desperately wanted a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
When Elvis arrived in D.C., he delivered a note at the White House requesting to meet with President Richard Nixon. Soon after, he went to a meeting with the Deputy Narcotics Director John Finlator. Here, he requested a badge from the bureau.
Elvis’ letter to Richard Nixon | Thomas S. England/Getty Images
“Elvis was an avid badge collector,” Priscilla Presley wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
Elvis desperately wanted a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
When Elvis arrived in D.C., he delivered a note at the White House requesting to meet with President Richard Nixon. Soon after, he went to a meeting with the Deputy Narcotics Director John Finlator. Here, he requested a badge from the bureau.
Elvis’ letter to Richard Nixon | Thomas S. England/Getty Images
“Elvis was an avid badge collector,” Priscilla Presley wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
- 11/7/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Though Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, restricted his career growth, Priscilla Presley said the musician rarely bucked against his leadership. In 1970, though, Elvis decided he’d had enough. He instructed his father, Vernon, to fire Parker. Then, Elvis got up, walked out the door, and didn’t return for several days. Priscilla and Vernon would later find out that he left the state.
Elvis left for an impromptu trip after telling his father to fire Colonel Tom Parker
In Dec. 1970, Priscilla walked in on a heated conversation between Vernon and Elvis.
“Goddamn, Daddy, call him and tell him we’re through,” Elvis said, per Priscilla’s book Elvis and Me. “Tear up the goddamn contracts and I’ll pay him whatever percentage we owe him.”
Elvis added that he hated the work he’d been doing and was “goddamn bored” of his career. Per Smithsonian Magazine, part of...
Elvis left for an impromptu trip after telling his father to fire Colonel Tom Parker
In Dec. 1970, Priscilla walked in on a heated conversation between Vernon and Elvis.
“Goddamn, Daddy, call him and tell him we’re through,” Elvis said, per Priscilla’s book Elvis and Me. “Tear up the goddamn contracts and I’ll pay him whatever percentage we owe him.”
Elvis added that he hated the work he’d been doing and was “goddamn bored” of his career. Per Smithsonian Magazine, part of...
- 11/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The level of solidarity among striking WGA writers has been a powerful force during these first few weeks of the writers strike. Seeing it in action on picket lines is a good reminder for the industry at large that there’s a special camaraderie among those who know what it’s like to stare at a blank screen, search for inspiration and then type away at draft after draft to get the words just right.
That’s true for novelists as much as it is for screenwriters. Often those are one and the same — and because we live in an age where pre-sold IP usually makes it easier to sell a TV project, there have never been more series based on books than there are right now.
I don’t have the numbers to back me up on that, but we’re still living in peak TV times. Which means...
That’s true for novelists as much as it is for screenwriters. Often those are one and the same — and because we live in an age where pre-sold IP usually makes it easier to sell a TV project, there have never been more series based on books than there are right now.
I don’t have the numbers to back me up on that, but we’re still living in peak TV times. Which means...
- 5/22/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Network: HBO
Episodes: Five (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 1, 2023 -- May 29, 2023
Series status: Ending
Performers include: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Headey, Judy Greer, Domhnall Gleeson, Toby Huss, Ike Barinholtz, Kathleen Turner, Kim Coates, Yul Vazquez, Alexis Valdés, Nelson Ascencio, Tony Plana, Zoe Levin, Liam James, Kiernan Shipka, Tre Ryder, David Krumholtz, F. Murray Abraham, Rich Sommer, and John Carroll Lynch.
TV show description:
A satirical political drama series, the White House Plumbers TV show was created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and based on the 2007 book Integrity by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
The story revolves around the Watergate scandal as President Nixon's political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux) accidentally...
Episodes: Five (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 1, 2023 -- May 29, 2023
Series status: Ending
Performers include: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Headey, Judy Greer, Domhnall Gleeson, Toby Huss, Ike Barinholtz, Kathleen Turner, Kim Coates, Yul Vazquez, Alexis Valdés, Nelson Ascencio, Tony Plana, Zoe Levin, Liam James, Kiernan Shipka, Tre Ryder, David Krumholtz, F. Murray Abraham, Rich Sommer, and John Carroll Lynch.
TV show description:
A satirical political drama series, the White House Plumbers TV show was created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and based on the 2007 book Integrity by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
The story revolves around the Watergate scandal as President Nixon's political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux) accidentally...
- 5/8/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The infamous Watergate scandal has been covered in popular culture quite a few times, but HBO’s take on the whole matter makes the latest installment even more entertaining. Starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy, respectively, White House Plumbers showcases the break-in attempts that happened at Democratic National Committee H.Q. at the Watergate office. The episode opens with the title card showing that all the characters have the names of the people they’re based on and follows the dramatization of the second break-in attempt of the four total attempts that were made. Before we get into the story, let’s get to know our two protagonists, Howard and Gordon.
Spoilers Ahead
Howard Hunt: A Liberal-Hating PR Nightmare
Hunt would’ve been canceled if he had a social media account in 2023, that’s for certain. Given his extremely conservative views about liberalism and...
Spoilers Ahead
Howard Hunt: A Liberal-Hating PR Nightmare
Hunt would’ve been canceled if he had a social media account in 2023, that’s for certain. Given his extremely conservative views about liberalism and...
- 5/2/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
As a piece of history, the Watergate scandal is a daunting narrative smorgasbord.
There were too many characters in this madcap dramedy and they almost all beggar belief — one outlandish caricature after another — except that they’re all real. It’s a problem that Hollywood has solved by telling the Watergate story over and over again, with the spotlight on a different principal within the burgeoning fiasco each time. Maybe there are commonalities between Watergate recountings — the security guard removing the tape from an illicitly opened door has become the Murder of Bruce Wayne’s Parents of 20th century American history — but with an ever-changing prism, it should be possible to never come away with a repeated perspective.
Maybe you have All the President’s Men on one, very serious, end of the spectrum and Dick on another, very silly, end of the spectrum and every other variation looking for tonal traction in between.
There were too many characters in this madcap dramedy and they almost all beggar belief — one outlandish caricature after another — except that they’re all real. It’s a problem that Hollywood has solved by telling the Watergate story over and over again, with the spotlight on a different principal within the burgeoning fiasco each time. Maybe there are commonalities between Watergate recountings — the security guard removing the tape from an illicitly opened door has become the Murder of Bruce Wayne’s Parents of 20th century American history — but with an ever-changing prism, it should be possible to never come away with a repeated perspective.
Maybe you have All the President’s Men on one, very serious, end of the spectrum and Dick on another, very silly, end of the spectrum and every other variation looking for tonal traction in between.
- 4/28/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first footage from Watergate series White House Plumbers includes Woody Harrelson saying, “We’ll be laughed at as third-rate burglars forever. People need to understand why we did what we did.”
Based on the teaser trailer first released of the anticipated HBO limited series from Veep showrunner David Mandel, White House Plumbers will do just that when it tells the story of E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), the pair who planned the Watergate burglary that eventually brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency.
The five-episode series will debut on May 1.
Per the logline, it will tell the true story of how Nixon’s political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect, and their families along with it. Chronicling actions on the ground, this satirical drama begins in 1971 when the White House hires Hunt and Liddy, former CIA and FBI,...
Based on the teaser trailer first released of the anticipated HBO limited series from Veep showrunner David Mandel, White House Plumbers will do just that when it tells the story of E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), the pair who planned the Watergate burglary that eventually brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency.
The five-episode series will debut on May 1.
Per the logline, it will tell the true story of how Nixon’s political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect, and their families along with it. Chronicling actions on the ground, this satirical drama begins in 1971 when the White House hires Hunt and Liddy, former CIA and FBI,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The story of Watergate is one that truly feels stranger than fiction. It contains every element that a good, fictional espionage story has, and yet, it was actually something that a standing U.S. president and his cronies concocted. It was a truly baffling time in this country's history, which is probably why we are still making movies and television shows about it to this day.
"White House Plumbers" is the latest limited series to tackle the infamous Watergate scandal, but this time, the spotlight is not on former disgraced president Richard Nixon. Instead, the HBO miniseries will follow the lives and lies of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), two of the so-called "plumbers" that burglarized the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in 1972. Needless to say, the careful mission to ensure the success of Nixon's reelection campaign didn't go as planned, resulting in arguably the United States' biggest political scandal.
"White House Plumbers" is the latest limited series to tackle the infamous Watergate scandal, but this time, the spotlight is not on former disgraced president Richard Nixon. Instead, the HBO miniseries will follow the lives and lies of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), two of the so-called "plumbers" that burglarized the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in 1972. Needless to say, the careful mission to ensure the success of Nixon's reelection campaign didn't go as planned, resulting in arguably the United States' biggest political scandal.
- 12/9/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
The first teaser for “White House Plumbers,” a new HBO limited series about the Watergate Scandal, was released this Friday. In addition, HBO announced that the series will premiere March 2023.
Taking inspiration from the 2007 book “Integrity” by Richard Nixon administration lawyer Egil Krogh — who is played in the series by “Mad Men” actor Rich Sommer — and Matthew Krogh, “The White House Plumbers” recounts the Watergate break-in of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in 1972, from the perspective of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), members of the “White House Plumbers” group tasked with stopping leaks of classified information who plotted the break-in that failed and eventually led to the collapse of Nixon’s administration. The series follows Hunt and Liddy as they desperately try to minimize the fallout of the breakout, and examines how the events impacted their personal lives.
In July 2021, IndieWire published a first-look at the anticipated series,...
Taking inspiration from the 2007 book “Integrity” by Richard Nixon administration lawyer Egil Krogh — who is played in the series by “Mad Men” actor Rich Sommer — and Matthew Krogh, “The White House Plumbers” recounts the Watergate break-in of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in 1972, from the perspective of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), members of the “White House Plumbers” group tasked with stopping leaks of classified information who plotted the break-in that failed and eventually led to the collapse of Nixon’s administration. The series follows Hunt and Liddy as they desperately try to minimize the fallout of the breakout, and examines how the events impacted their personal lives.
In July 2021, IndieWire published a first-look at the anticipated series,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Chicago – Is the Iraq war merely a continuation of Vietnam? In both cases, were we led to war under false pretenses, with the assurance that we were preserving democracy? Viewers on both sides of the political spectrum will be arguing about these questions long after this documentary, and the current war itself, is over.
Without even mentioning Iraq, this film indirectly highlights several provocative and unsettling similarities between the past and current wars, proving that history tends to repeat itself more often than one would care to admit. “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” is the deservedly Oscar-nominated portrait of the outraged military analyst who leaked a top-secret Pentagon study to the press. Younger viewers less familiar with Ellsberg will be riveted by his story, while older viewers will be startled by the extent to which he evolved, and the risks he undertook,...
Chicago – Is the Iraq war merely a continuation of Vietnam? In both cases, were we led to war under false pretenses, with the assurance that we were preserving democracy? Viewers on both sides of the political spectrum will be arguing about these questions long after this documentary, and the current war itself, is over.
Without even mentioning Iraq, this film indirectly highlights several provocative and unsettling similarities between the past and current wars, proving that history tends to repeat itself more often than one would care to admit. “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” is the deservedly Oscar-nominated portrait of the outraged military analyst who leaked a top-secret Pentagon study to the press. Younger viewers less familiar with Ellsberg will be riveted by his story, while older viewers will be startled by the extent to which he evolved, and the risks he undertook,...
- 3/31/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A photo exhibition depicting Elvis Presley's meeting with former US President Richard Nixon almost 40 years ago opened to the public in California yesterday. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Birthplace is commemorating what would have been The King's 72nd birthday by allowing fans to see some of his most iconic pictures, including the moment he visited the White House. Their meeting on December 21, 1970 lasted just 30 minutes, however a photograph of the two men shaking hands remains the most requested document from the US National Archives. Bud Krogh, Nixon's former deputy counsel who set up the impromptu meeting, says, "The two of them together somehow is almost incomprehensible. The king of rock and the president of the United States shaking hands in the Oval Office doesn't compute for a lot of people." The museum's assistant director Sandy Quinn, adds, "We've known for years that that photograph is an icon image. It is The President and The King." Presley requested the meeting to discuss how he could help Nixon in the fight against drugs.
- 1/9/2007
- WENN
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