Lisa Marie News (September - October 2000) (Compiled by Haruo Hirose)

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - At least Tuesday's Paramount lot premiere of ``Lucky Numbers'' had good reason for unspooling 45 minutes late: two televisions in the lobby were tuned to the World Series and a good chunk of the audience was enthralled.
When the tubes were finally turned off (to groans in the dramatic sixth inning -- no outs, two men on base, score tied), studio chairwoman Sherry Lansing intro'd the cast and said, ``when the movie's over, we'll tell you the story of the World Series.''
Speaking of her own film's story, director Nora Ephron described ``Lucky'' as ``a dark-ish comedy with the emphasis on the ish. It's a good-natured, 18th cousin to 'Fargo.'''
As for the stars, John Travolta said the trick ''was getting the balance right between darkness and lightness.''
Lisa Kudrow said this was achieved by making a comedy that's ``dark in nature, but lightened by stupidity.''
Among those in the darkened theater and at the party on Stage 1 were co-stars Tim Roth, Michael Moore, Daryl ``Chill'' Mitchell and Michael Rapaport; plus guests including Lisa Marie Presley.

RETURN TO BARBER..

LISA-MARIE Presley's new husband looks in dire need of a haircut to sort out his ridiculous Jailhouse Mop.
Rocker turned Sixties throwback John Oszajca, 25, accompanied Elvis's daughter to a premiere for fellow Scientologist John Travolta's latest film Lucky Numbers in Los Angeles. Lisa-Marie, 32, the heir to a pounds 200million fortune, dated Oszajca for a year before marrying him in a secret ceremony in July.
Time she got the scissors out.

(from Mirror)

Lisa Marie Presley, right, arrives at the premiere of the movie "Lucky Numbers" with her boyfriend John Oszajca at Paramount Studios Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000, in Los Angeles. Photo by Jill Connelly (AP)

Lisa Marie Presley and husband, musician John Oszajca, arrive as guests at the premiere of the new comedy film " Lucky Numbers" at the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood October 24, 2000. The film opens October 27 in the United States./Fred Prouser (Reuters)

１０月２４日、 映画 「ラッキー・ ナンバーズ」の プレミアに ジョンと 現われた リサ・ マリー。

Monday October 23, 1:43 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Paramount Pictures
World Premiere of 'LUCKY NUMBERS'

WHAT: World Premiere of "LUCKY NUMBERS"
WHO: ``LUCKY NUMBERS'' cast attendees include: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Bill Pullman, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Weston and Michael Moore

Filmmaker attendees include: Nora Ephron, Adam Resnick, Andrew Lazar, Jonathan D. Krane, Sean Daniel

Others include: Kelly Preston, Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Stewart, Lisa Marie Presley, Martin Short, Laura Dern, Hugh Jackman, David Krumholtz, Scott Valentine, Gloria Stuart. ... more to follow.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 7:30pm (arrivals begin at 6:00 p.m.)
WHERE: Paramount Pictures, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California

Houston Chronicle; FRI 10/20/00
Firm sues author claiming to be daughter of Elvis
By BILL MURPHY

An Austin company that hoped to reap huge profits by publishing the autobiography of a Swedish woman who claims to be Elvis and Priscilla Presley's daughter has sued the woman because she refuses to undergo a DNA test.

In I, Lisa Marie, Lisa Johansen claims that she is the real Lisa Marie Presley and the woman the world knows as Lisa Marie Presley is an impostor.

BCJR & V, the Austin company, filed a lawsuit last week in a Houston court that alleges I, Lisa Marie would have sold as many as 10 million copies if Johansen had undergone a DNA test to prove she was the Presleys' daughter.

Five people formed BCJR & V to publish I, Lisa Marie. They paid Johansen a $200,000 advance and reached an oral contract with her that required her to provide a DNA sample, according to the lawsuit.

The sample would have been compared against DNA from one of Presley's relatives, said Peter E. Pratt Jr., a Houston lawyer representing BCJR & V. Without a DNA test to back up Johansen 's claim, Pratt said, sales of the book, published in 1998, "were really tepid. It came across as the rantings of a crazy person."

The advance "just goes to show how much they believed her. Don't call them rubes. They're real people and real victims," Pratt said. Johansen , who lives in Sweden, couldn't be reached for comment. Her spokesman, Hakan Borglund of Sweden, didn't respond to an e-mail.

Michelle Bega, Priscilla Presley's Los Angeles publicist, said: "Neither Priscilla Presley nor Lisa Marie Presley will have any comment on this. We're not going to give this any credence, really."

Pratt said the book appears to relate a preposterous tale, but "forensic" evidence backs up Johansen 's claims. After Elvis Presley died, Priscilla Presley's fears that someone may kidnap her daughter, Lisa Marie, grew so great that she took her daughter, then 9, to Sweden, where she was reared, according to the book.

"Trusted family members and friends convince (Johansen ) it is for her own safety that she must assume a new identity until she comes of an age to take her rightful place as the sole heir of a huge estate," according to a Web site that promotes Johansen 's book and views. Lisa Marie Presley later took Johansen 's rightful place, according to the book. But if Johansen is right and Lisa Marie Presley is an impostor, why is she the spitting image of her dad?

"I feel the same, and I felt the same way," Pratt said. "But then I'm directed to the forensic analysis of the skulls. That's the reason I'm sold on" Johansen 's claim. Pratt was referring to Borglund's study of Lisa Marie Presley's face and skull size and the face and skull size of Elvis and Priscilla's daughter as seen in photos at age 9. Borglund concluded that Lisa Marie Presley's head as an adult is 13 percent smaller than that of the child in the photos, according to Johansen 's Web site.

"In February 1998, (Borglund's) result was confirmed by leading facial identification specialists at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police," according to the Web site.

"Since the skull doesn't shrink as you grow older - the reports indicate a switch. The little Lisa Marie, who spent her childhood years in Graceland, had disappeared!"

Pratt said Johansen 's appearance also lends support to her claim. "She looks like Elvis Presley with her long, dark hair," Pratt said. "And she looks like Priscilla." Johansen is looking for "a simple outcome" - reconciliation with her mother - but her Web site adds that she will reward anyone who provides information helping her prove her claim with "half the Elvis Presley estate, excluding Graceland."

Pratt said: "Why won't (Johansen ) come down and give the DNA to prove her point? Maybe she's scared, maybe she's given up" trying to establish her identity.

BCJR & V is seeking $50 million in damages. Pratt said Bill Hanson, a writer, is one of the company's partners but declined to name the others. Pratt said the BCJR & V's partners remain convinced that Johansen is probably Presley's daughter, and they believe the lawsuit will be enough of a threat to convince Johansen to submit her DNA for testing.

Pratt denied that the lawsuit was a publicity stunt meant to increase book sales.

Ladies Home Journal, August, 1996 issue - Cover Story
My daughter, myself: Priscilla Presley talks about her bond with Lisa Marie and the tough times they've survived together.

ROCK BEAT (SonicNet.com, Sep. 27, 2000)

Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the late King of Rock 'n' Roll, is "two weeks away" from finishing work on her debut album, according to the LP's producer, Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette, No Doubt). "It's turned out just stunning," Ballard said. The album is due early next year. ... The Dave Matthews Band will enter the studio with Ballard in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Sept. 26) to begin recording the follow-up to 1998's 'Before These Crowded Streets.'

リサのデビューＣＤは あと２週間で 完成だそうです。

Andy: Java Records artists include Moffets, Lisa Marie Presley, Block, and the Titan A.E. Soundtrack... I know you're in the studio currently with Lisa Marie Presley, and that must be an interesting project. What kind of record is she making?

Glen Ballard: Yes. She's making a compelling record. It's been just a pure joy to collaborate with her on her first record and we've certainly taken our time to help give her the room and sanctuary to grow as a writer and artist and we felt it was important to nourish her development and stand back and marvel at how much she's accomplished.
In the broadest sense it's a pop record, but it has her roots in it and the future of what music is-- interesting hybrid that's direct, compelling and distinctive.

(Thanks to Suzana)	NOW SHOWING An inspiring and engaging documentary chronicling the three-year journey of JOHN OSZAJCA from small-town dreamer to critically acclaimed Interscope Records artist.

John Oszajca, Lisa, Danielle and Benjamin
take five at a recent LA Carnival.