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Grab Yr Loudest Party Shirt ’Cos Weird Al Yankovic Is Bringing His Chaotic Vanity Tour To Aus

Can't wait to hear Albuquerque in its glorious entirety.

Pedestrian.tv

‘He was a bit of an outcast’: how Weird Al become an unlikely superstar

The musician’s life has been given the biopic treatment in a new film starring Daniel Radcliffe, the latest surprising turn in a surprising career

The Guardian - US

Just torrent it: Weird Al Yankovic suggests Aussie fans pirate his new biopic

Weird Al Yankovic has suggested Australian fans torrent his new biopic, with the new film not yet viewable down under.

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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review – bizarre, one-joke biopic

Daniel Radcliffe dons a wig and does his best in this mildly amusing glorification of the 80s ‘musical sensation’

The Guardian - UK

"Weird" gets the joke about rock biopics

The king of Top 40 parodies gives us a highly falsified, frequently hilarious "history" of his life and career

Salon

Weird Al Yankovic’s 20 all-time greatest parody songs, ranked

The greatest Weird Al parodies of all time.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic biopic takes some hilarious turns — for a while

Phony life events, starry cameos and occasional comic gems aren’t enough to sustain a whole movie.

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I quit Netflix, bought an aerial and went back to free TV. Was it worth the savings?

After years paying for streaming services, Drew Millard spent a week with the alternatives – including Bill O’Reilly and a big dose of Frasier

The Guardian - US

LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg and MC Hammer lead tributes to rapper Coolio after death aged 59

The rapper, best known for his hit song Gangsta’s Paradise, died at age 59

Manchester Evening News

Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise in numbers, from sales to streams and one famous parody

Revisiting one of the most enduring songs of the Nineties

Evening Standard

Rapper Coolio of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ fame dies at 59

US artist Coolio’s career album sales totalled 4.8 million and he was nominated six times for a Grammy award.

Al Jazeera

Coolio ‘the reason Dangerous Minds saw so much success’, says Michelle Pfeiffer

The musician died aged 59 on Wednesday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Michelle Pfeiffer remembers Coolio as ‘nothing but gracious’ following his death

The musician died aged 59 on Wednesday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Stars pay tribute after death of rapper Coolio, aged 59

"He touched the world with the gift of his talent and will be missed profoundly"

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Evening Standard

Gangsta’s Paradise rapper and former Big Brother star Coolio dead at 59

The American, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died on Wednesday, his manager confirmed

The Independent UK

US rapper Coolio will be ‘missed profoundly’ following death aged 59

The US rapper, responsible for 1990s hit song Gangsta’s Paradise, died on Wednesday afternoon.

Los Angeles Times

Inside the 'Weird' (Al Yankovic) world premiere: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood and Hawaiian shirts

So. Many. Hawaiian. Shirts. You wouldn't think it would be possible for there to be that many Hawaiian shirts somewhere in Toronto in September, but the world premiere of "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" on the first night of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival was no ordinary night.

Los Angeles Times

‘Knives Out’ sequel, Spielberg’s latest and 19 more major premieres at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival

After two years of severely scaled-back, pandemic-era editions, the Toronto International Film Festival looks to make a full-throttle return this year. The festival — long known as a key platform for awards season titles as well as a launch pad for celeb-friendly commercial films in addition to more esoteric arthouse…

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The New Daily

Expelliarmus, Harry Potter! Daniel Radcliffe is all grown up in Weird Al Yankovic biopic

Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter star of the world's biggest children's franchise, breaks new ground as he plays Weird Al Yankovic in parody biopic

The Guardian - UK

Metal, cosmic barbarians and a judge called Dick Boner: the glorious grotesquery of Gwar

Weathering tragedy and censorship, the US shock-metal monsters are still going strong nearly 40 years on. But are the giant penises still part of the act?

Pedestrian.tv

Parody Icon Weird Al Yankovic Was Chuffed To Be Namechecked In Stranger Things 4

Eat it, just eat it.

Benzinga

BAM! Does Roku Have A New Recipe For Success? Why Emeril, Martha And Other Celebrities Are Stirring Things Up

Streaming platform company Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) has transitioned from being just a hardware supplier to creating its own streaming channel and attempting to crack the highly competiti

Evening Standard

Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird Al Yankovic movie announces release date

The Harry Potter actor will be taking on the role of comedy singer Yankovic

Daily Mirror

Daniel Radcliffe goes shirtless in first trailer of Weird Al Yankovic biopic

The Harry Potter star plays the titular character, who has had parody hits such as Eat It, Fat, Smells Like Nirvana and White & Nerdy, in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

The Independent UK

Daniel Radcliffe gets mixed reactions after first Weird Al’ Yankovic trailer

‘Weird Al is 6 feet tall. Does Daniel do the entire film standing on a box?’ one fan tweeted

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