Maury Povich may not be the father, but he certainly is the daddy when it comes to paternity tests.
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This story about “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” first appeared in the Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Opening night of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival culminated with one of the wackiest and, yes, weirdest screenings imaginable. Premiering at midnight, Roku’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”left a capacity TIFF audience in stitches at the almost wholly fictional saga of young Al’s rise from a kid whose passion for accordions and Hawaiian shirts shamed his parents to a global superstar who found time to romance Madonna and take down a Colombian drug cartel.The film was inspired by a Funny or Die video that director Eric Appel made in 2009, parodying rock biopics in the same way that Yankovic’s songs (“I Love Rocky Road,” “Another One Rides the Bus,” “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Amish Paradise”) gleefully distort rock hits.
Expanded from a three-minute trailer that starred Aaron Paul as the Weird one into a 108-minute romp with Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, the film has sex, violence, drugs, temper tantrums, lots of accordions and as many celebrity cameos as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” which could as well have been an alternate title. Yankovic and Appel spoke to TheWrap during a photo shoot for our Limited Series/Movies awards magazine. About 35 years ago, Al, I interviewed you to write your record company bio for the “Dare to Be Stupid” album.Weird Al Yankovic: Oh, my goodness.
Wow.I don’t remember what I wrote — but after watching the movie, I’m thinking that I just should have made s–t up.Yankovic: (Laughs) Yeah, it’s always easier to just make it up.Eric, this movie started more than a dozen years ago when you made a trailer for a non-existent movie. Was there any
.Maury Povich may not be the father, but he certainly is the daddy when it comes to paternity tests.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. have spoken often about their past romance over the years.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh married in a beautiful ceremony at St George's Chapel, Windsor on June 19, 1999 and are today celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary.The popular royal couple were originally styled as The Earl and Countess of Wessex in honour of their special day, but were made The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by King Charles earlier this year. As they mark their special day, royal expert Jennie Bond has opened up on the couple's relationship and describes why Sophie was "brave" to enter the royal family when she did.
An 'amazing' dad who had struggled to come to terms with the deaths of his own father and his best friend was found dead in his car close to where they are buried.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic I’ve always been shy when it comes to writing about Wes Anderson, because he’s a filmmaker I rarely connect with. When I watch one of his movies, I can’t help but see his talent (the visual wizardry, the debonair lapidary cleverness), but I feel like I’m experiencing something that was made on a different planet from the one I live on. I have felt that way from his very first feature, “Bottle Rocket” (1996), and I really felt it at the Toronto Film Festival in 1998 when I saw “Rushmore” — because everyone there did a backflip of ecstasy, already hailing Anderson as the filmmaker of his generation, and I didn’t get it. I mean, I kind of saw what people were talking about: that “Rushmore” was like “The Graduate” for the new millennium, that the Jason Schwartzman hero had a formidable Holden Caulfield-gone-meta-deadpan attitude that was equal parts devious and desperate, that the Bill Murray character seemed the apotheosis of Bill Murray, and other things. But the bottom line for me is that “Rushmore,” on some essential chemical cinematic level, was too flip, too ironic, too whimsical, too in love with its cheeky postmodern self, and (yes, let’s use the word! How could we not?) too twee.
on her blockbuster Eras Tour, then blame it on the Boss.According to no less than Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen is responsible for this concert season’s trend of marathon shows — stretching three hours and beyond — put on by everyone from Swift and Beyoncé to the “Born to Run” rocker himself.“I blame Bruce Springsteen,” McCartney, 80, joked about the New Jersey legend’s famously epic-length concerts, during a talk with Conan O’Brien at NYC’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Thursday night. “I told him so.
Sex and the City fans are eagerly waiting the return of And Just Like That, but Sarah Jessica Parker‘s son, James Wilkie, is not among them.
Actor in a Drama Series increased from 94 last year to 102 this year, and Emmy rules say that gender-divided categories should have parity in the number of nominees, which will keep the guest actress category at six.Overall, more than half the categories that are shrinking in size this year are specifically devoted to comedy – and others, including Character Voice-Over Performance and Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half Hour) and Animation, are dominated by comedic shows.Other categories that are slated to shrink include Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, both of which are dropping from six nomination slots to five, as well as Main Title Design, Music Supervision and Original Music and Lyrics.Only a handful of categories are in line to grow in size, including Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Scripted Variety Series (which has different qualifying requirements this year) and Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.Overall, more than half the Emmys’ 120 categories had fewer entries than they did last year, while only 30 had more entries. But in most cases, the change in the number of entries was not enough to trigger a change in the number of nominees.(Note: While the Emmy rules set the number of nominees by the number of contenders, several categories each year will end up with more or fewer nominees because of ties.)The result of this year’s submissions will make some of the comedy races even more competitive than they already were.
Trump was booked and arraigned on 37 counts related to top-secret classified documents. Trump appeared in a Miami federal court and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include conspiracy to obstruct justice and willful retention of defense records related to information on a foreign country’s nuclear capabilities, communications with a foreign leader and military attacks by a foreign country, among many others. “If this indictment has caused some kind of damage — I mean if the crimes that they’re indicting him on had caused some kind of damage or some injury, I get it,” Gutfeld reasoned, assuming to know that is and was the case.
Jon Hamm really let loose for Andy Cohen!
This dad took things way too far — just because he felt like his family wasn’t giving him enough attention??
The FBI tried to… pic.twitter.com/1EOPB7DMyt“I said mom, all you ever do is read the New York Times,” Watters said. “Imagine reading the newspaper every day, and not knowing what the news is. … She didn’t know Biden had documents scattered all over Chinatown, or in the garage with the Corvette with the door open.
Apparently, Lil Wayne’s memory is so bad that he cannot even remember some of his biggest hits!
Jennifer Aniston likes to hear a lot of things, but please don't tell her she looks good for her age.In a recent interview with, the alum shared why she isn't into that backhanded compliment. «You look great for your age. It drives me bananas, I can’t stand it,» she told the publication about the phrase.«That’s a habit of society that we have these markers like, 'Well, you’re at that stage, so for your age… I don’t even understand what it means. I’m in better shape than I was in my 20s.
Lil Wayne is opening up about dealing with memory loss.
Lil Wayne can’t remember some of his biggest hits.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 20 finale of Bravo’s “Top Chef.” Buddha Lo became the first ever “Top Chef: World All-Stars” winner Thursday, beating out his finale competition Sara Bradley and Gabri Rodriguez in the Paris-set “Top Chef” Season 20 finale. But Lo’s win was historic beyond that special 20th anniversary season achievement, as he became the first “Top Chef” contestant to ever win two seasons back to back, having claimed victory in Season 19, “Top Chef: Houston.” Adding another layer of prestige, Lo has the honor of being the final contestant to be declared winner by Padma Lakshmi before she exits the cooking competition after 19 seasons as host.
Justin Theroux has no love for his former character, Jared. In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, posed the question of «Who was the worst man on ?» via Instagram. The comments rolled in fast and furious, with several celebrities offering their opinions in the comments.
A reflective moment. Chris Hemsworth opened up about how Jeremy Renner’s nearly fatal snowplow accident impacted his mindset.