Austin Butler

And there was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio, and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, 'You've gotta play Elvis!'" He continued, ...

Like, I don’t know how we get rights or what we do, but you need to play him." Then in January, he was sitting at the piano—he’s a musician—and he’s playing and he’s singing and I’m like, ‘I don’t know how, but we need to figure out how you can play Elvis. He had just dyed his hair dark—he’s a natural blonde blonde—and I was looking at him and he was singing along and I was like, ‘Babe, you need to play Elvis.

Austin Butler's acceptance speech at the Golden Globes has gone viral following the death of Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley.

I can't even describe what it meant." Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever." [Listen on Global Player: Spencer & Vogue.

Twitter is finding Austin Butler's Golden Globes speech to carry a ton of extra weight after Lisa Marie Presley's death, because tears were shed as he told ...

Lisa Marie got really emotional during Austin's big win, and folks online took the moment to heart ... [pronounced dead](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-marie-presley-dead-dies-cardiac-arrest/) at the hospital. He thanked them dearly for opening themselves up to the project, adding "I love you forever." [rushed to the hospital](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-marie-presley-rushed-to-hospital-cardiac-arrest/) after suffering cardiac arrest Thursday morning. [Elvis Presley](https://www.tmz.com/people/elvis-presley/) ... [Austin Butler](https://www.tmz.com/people/austin-butler/)'s Golden Globes speech is suddenly carrying even more weight after [Lisa Marie Presley](https://www.tmz.com/people/lisa-marie-presley/)'s death ...

Two days before she died, Elvis star Austin Butler declared his "love" for Lisa Marie Presley in a speech at the Golden Globes.

She had her own music career in the 1990s and early 2000s, releasing singles including We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss,” Priscilla added. Amazing, he’s such a sweetheart.” She was taken to hospital but tragically passed away. Lisa Marie Presley was the only child of Elvis and most famously married Michael Jackson in the 1990s. Lisa Marie was seen at the Golden Globes just two days prior to her death, where she showed up in support of Baz Luhrmann’s new film about her father.

During Monday night's Golden Globes, the 31-year-old actor won Best Actor for his starring role in the Elvis biopic and thanked Lisa Marie in his speech.

Thank you for the love and prayers. 'She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever.' Terrific trio: Lisa Marie and Priscilla had accompanied Austin on much of the publicity tour for Elvis and the trio had grown close during filming of the biopic (pictured at the Golden Globes) As seen on screen: The award-winner had spent time with Elvis's daughter Lisa Marie and wife Priscilla in order to embody the King of Rock 'n' Roll in the biopic Days before: Austin Butler's emotional tribute to Lisa Marie Presley at the Golden Globes has gone viral in the wake of the singer's shock death from a cardiac arrest

Kaia Gerber skipped the Golden Globes red carpet, but she did not miss her boyfriend Austin Butler's big night.

When asked about her during an August 2022 interview with GQ, [he responded](https://www.glamour.com/story/austin-butler-thank-you-phrase), “I don’t think there’s anything I want to share about that, but thank you for providing the space.” However, the pair's public displays of affection didn't end with a little hand-holding. January 10 was a big night for the Elvis star, who took home the award for best actor in a drama motion picture.

LOS ANGELES—As awards season arrives and critics take note of the film's problematic whitewashed casting, the Golden Globe–nominated Elvis faced increased ...

Hearing classics like ‘Baby Let’s Play House,’ ‘Hound Dog,’ and ‘In The Ghetto’ coming out of a white man’s lips is nothing short of jarring.” Though his decision to take the part has been condemned in most quarters, many critics have nonetheless praised Butler for his refusal to wear blackface in his depiction of Presley. “Using a white actor to portray a world-renowned African American who single-handedly revolutionized pop music is regrettable, to say the least,” critic Ibrahim Lawrence wrote in the Los Angeles Times, suggesting that actors of color had little hope of succeeding in today’s film industry if producers couldn’t even bring themselves to give a Black man the starring role in a musical biopic about Elvis Presley. LOS ANGELES—As awards season arrives and critics take note of the film’s problematic whitewashed casting, the Golden Globe–nominated Elvis faced increased scrutiny this week for casting Austin Butler in the role of the iconic Black singer.