LOS ANGELES, USA – I was returning to my table in the International Ballroom of The Beverly Hilton when Lisa Marie Presley and Priscilla Presley arrived from the red carpet media line of the Golden Globe Awards last January 10.

Even in a ballroom packed with A-listers, the two Presley women stopped traffic as they paused at the top of the stairs leading to what they call the pit, the level nearest the stage and where the two ladies sat in a table with Elvis star Austin Butler and director Baz Luhrmann.

When Austin won best actor – motion picture – drama for playing the rock and roll legend who died at 42, he thanked the two Presleys, who were misty-eyed.