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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The King
has been gone for 25 years, but Elvis
Presley’s phenomenal marketing power has
everyone all shook up at the world’s largest
furniture trade show.
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co., based in
Galax, Va., plans to introduce two new lines
of Elvis Presley bedroom pieces at the
International Home Furnishings Market,
which gets under way on Thursday.
Company officials insist no green shag or
red velvet will be used in the new
“Graceland” and “Elvis Presley’s
Hollywood” bedroom lines.
Still, they did try to have some fun with
furniture that ranges from refined to down
right ostentatious.
Two of the signature pieces are the
“Love Me Tender” bed and the “Burning
Love” heart-shaped mirror, said Doug
Bassett, the company’s vice president of
sales and marketing.
A sleek bed with padded headboard and
Benjamin Bratt
marries Pinero
co-star
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin
Bratt has married his Pinero co-
star Talisa Soto.
The ceremony took place
Saturday in San Francisco, where
Bratt was raised and owns a
home, publicist Ina Treciokas said
Tuesday.
Bratt, 38, and Soto, 35, were
wed “at an intimate family gather
ing, a day that perfectly celebrated
their love and happiness,"
Treciokas said in a statement. She
offered no details.
They co-starred in the 2001
film about hard-living Puerto
Rican poet-playwright Miguel
Pinero, who died of cirrhosis at
41 in 1988.
It is the first marriage for Bratt,
who dated Julia Roberts for near
ly four years until their breakup
last year.
He co-starred on the NBC legal
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with silver doorknobs in the shape of an
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platinum-record mirror and more initial
shaped drawer knobs.
There is also a more traditional style
armoire — except for the frosted glass
insert inscribed with Elvis' signature and
musical notes.
The idea for an Elvis furniture line took
seed when Bassett went to visit one of the
company’s plants in Tupelo, Miss., which
is famous for being Presley’s birthplace.
Bassett’s Bight was delayed in Memphis.
Tenn., and he could not find a rental car or
a hotel room.
“I realized it was Elvis Week and there
were thousands of fans in town to go to
Graceland,” he said.
When he finally got home to Galax, he
shared his story with some of his colleagues.
That is when the light bulb went on.
The company put in a call to Elvis
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Kelsey Grammer
lends voice to rat
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelsey
Grammer is taking a second job in
television — as an animated rat.
The “Frasier” star’s production
company is making a new car
toon, “Gary the Rat,” that will
debut on TNN next year. Grammer
will provide the voice of the lead
character.
Gary is described as a New
York attorney so evil that one
day he wakes up and he is no
longer human.
“He becomes the most sought-
after lawyer once it is discovered
he is actually a rat,” Grammer said
Tuesday.
The cable network is hoping to
launch a prime-time night of car
toons next year. It has acquired
the rights to “The Ren & Stimpy
Show” and hopes to persuade its
creator to make more episodes.
Also in production is
“Stripperella,” a cartoon from
“Spider-Man” creator Stan Lee
that features Pamela Anderson
as a stripper who moonlights as
a superhero.
TNN is the former Nashville
Network that, since its purchase
by Viacom, has repositioned itself
as a network for young men.
Sharon Stone to
judge at Cannes
Film Festival
PARIS (AP) — Sharon Stone and
Michelle Yeoh will take part in the
nine-member jury awarding the
Palme d’Or at Cannes next month.
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quirky director of Blue Velvet, The
Straight Story and Mulholland
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