Donny Osmond Sends Peter Frampton The Best Present Ever For His 69th Birthday

Donny Osmond Sends Peter Frampton The Best Present Ever For His 69th Birthday

Donny Osmond had a special delivery for Peter Frampton — and he sent it in a rather unusual way. In honor of the legendary singer and guitarist’s singer’s 69th birthday, the Donny and Marie star recorded an elaborate song-and-dance video to mark his milestone day. In an even more iconic twist, the video was delivered […]

Weird Al Yankovic Vows Not To Destroy The World

Weird Al Yankovic Vows Not To Destroy The World

Weird Al Yankovic has used a simple gimmick — parodies of popular songs, interspersed with polka medleys — and parlayed it into a career of astonishing success and longevity. Yankovic, who turns 60 this year, has had an active career since 1976, which has included 14 studio albums and the cult movie UHF. His most […]

Lin-Manuel Miranda Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Lin-Manuel Miranda Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

He’s won multiple awards — including three Tonys, one Emmy, three Grammys, and the Pulitzer Prize — and now he has his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lin-Manuel Miranda has surely made a big impact in the entertainment industry over the last few years — from the Broadway stage (In the […]

It’s Time To Bless The Rains Again As Weird Al Yankovic Joins Weezer To Cover ‘Africa’ In L.A. Concert

It’s Time To Bless The Rains Again As Weird Al Yankovic Joins Weezer To Cover ‘Africa’ In L.A. Concert

Weezer covering Toto’s classic hit “Africa” was a thing of beauty to many fans, particularly for 15-year-old Mary Klym, who spent months hitting Weezer up on social media on an almost daily basis, begging the band to do a cover of the song. Eventually, Weezer did do a Toto cover, but it wasn’t “Africa.” They […]

‘Hamilton’ Musical Turned Into A Polka By Weird Al Yankovic, And It’s A Big Hit

‘Hamilton’ Musical Turned Into A Polka By Weird Al Yankovic, And It’s A Big Hit

In 1976, little-known Alfred Matthew Yankovic recorded his first parody song, “Belevedere Cruisin” (about traveling with his family in their Plymouth Belvedere) in his bedroom on small tape-recorder. He sent a tape of it to Dr. Demento’s radio show, who aired it right away and launched the career of the parody maestro. This month, Weird […]

Weird Al Yankovic Thanks ‘This Is Us’ For The Shout-Out In ‘The Car’ Episode

Weird Al Yankovic Thanks ‘This Is Us’ For The Shout-Out In ‘The Car’ Episode

Spoiler alert: This article includes spoilers from the This Is Us episode “The Car.” Even Weird Al watches This Is Us. The parody singer-songwriter, best known for his spoofs of famous song like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” and Coolio’s hip-hop hit “Gangsta’s Paradise” (renamed “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” and “Amish […]

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Gets Animated For New Disney Project

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Gets Animated For New Disney Project

“Weird Al” Yankovic voices the lead role for Disney XD’s newest animated series Milo Murphy’s Law, which is set to premiere on October 3. Dan Povenmire and Jeff Marsh of Phineas and Ferb fame are the creators and executive producers of the new adventure comedy series which follows 13-year-old Milo, the fictional distant relative of […]

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic Says He No Longer Needs To Worry About Making Mistakes With His Career

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic Says He No Longer Needs To Worry About Making Mistakes With His Career

“Weird” Al Yankovic has come a long way in his career. The singer and comedian even stated in an interview that he no longer has to worry about making bad decisions. Of course, this doesn’t mean he’s going to start Twitter feuds or go on racist rants. The real surprise is that “Weird” Al is […]

Weird Al: 4 Artists Who Have Said No To A Parody — And 1 Artist Who Won’t Even Allow Him To Make Eye Contact

Weird Al: 4 Artists Who Have Said No To A Parody — And 1 Artist Who Won’t Even Allow Him To Make Eye Contact

Weird Al Yankovic has just announced the first set of dates for his Australian and New Zealand tour, following the release of his latest album, Mandatory Fun, in 2014. Weird Al is coming to Australia next year. pic.twitter.com/TbeqF0ut33 — Alex Lee (@alex_c_lee) September 27, 2015 Weird Al spoke with Australian Channel Nine’s Today show, and […]

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ Could Land Comedian His Fourth Grammy

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ Could Land Comedian His Fourth Grammy

“Weird” Al Yankovic, the beloved song parodist responsible for such seminal send-ups such as “Fat” and “Eat It,” is nominated yet again for tonight’s Grammy for Best Comedy Album for last year’s Mandatory Fun. Thanks to a recent swell in popularity due to his frequent work with Nerdist and close friend Chris Hardwick, as well […]

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic Trolls The Internet With ‘The Mysterious Floating Orb’ [Video]

‘Weird’ Al Yankovic Trolls The Internet With ‘The Mysterious Floating Orb’ [Video]

The hilarious “Weird” Al Yankovic has returned with something new, and you won’t believe your eyes… at first. It seems he’s delving into magic now. Yankovic has entertained the masses for decades now, most notably with his parody music videos and references to famous movies. Born Alfred Matthew Yankovic, he got his start with an […]

Rutger Hauer Will Join Ricky Gervais, Weird Al Yankovic On ABC’s ‘Galavant’

Rutger Hauer Will Join Ricky Gervais, Weird Al Yankovic On ABC’s ‘Galavant’

Rutger Hauer has joined the cast of ABC’s Galavant. ABC’s new Fairytale comedy, Galavant is a mid-season musical from Dan Fogelman. Galavant is about a knight (Joshua Sasse) taking on the evil King Richard (Timothy Omundson) who stole the woman he loved. Rutger Hauer will play Kingsley, King Richard’s older brother, who will threaten his […]

Weird Al To Appear In Medieval Comedy On ABC

Weird Al To Appear In Medieval Comedy On ABC

Weird Al Yankovic is currently in England, shooting scenes for an upcoming “medieval fantasy musical comedy” on ABC. Weird Al posted the following late last night on Twitter, giving us this juicy tidbit: he’ll be playing a monk. I’m in England this week shooting #Galavant, ABC’s new medieval comedy musical TV series (coming in January). […]

Emmy Awards 2014: ‘Modern Family’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Sherlock’ Bag Multiple Emmys While Jim Parsons Is Best Lead Actor In A Comedy

Emmy Awards 2014: ‘Modern Family’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Sherlock’ Bag Multiple Emmys While Jim Parsons Is Best Lead Actor In A Comedy

The Emmys this year perfectly mirrored the viewers’ expectations, and it was quite a biased outcome as popular sitcoms Breaking Bad, Modern Family and Sherlock took home multiple awards. Breaking Bad may have left the silver screen sometime ago; however, that hasn’t stopped it from winning five awards. In addition to the show taking coveted […]

Watch Weird Al Nail It At The Emmys

Watch Weird Al Nail It At The Emmys

In an Emmy Awards telecast that has been described as “boring” by more than one review, including Slate‘s, the highlight of the show – and let’s face it, he’s the highlight of any show – was Weird Al. Before Weird Al took the stage, host Seth Meyers and his pal Andy Samberg bemoaned the lack […]

Don Pardo, Iconic Announcer And Voice Of ‘SNL’ Dead At 96

Don Pardo, Iconic Announcer And Voice Of ‘SNL’ Dead At 96

Don Pardo, the man who has announced nearly every episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, has died in his home in Arizona. He was 96. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Don Pardo began his famed announcing career at NBC, and he was the first person to announce on air that President John F. Kennedy had […]

Weird Al Super Bowl Petition Surpasses 84,000 Signatures, Continues to Grow

Weird Al Super Bowl Petition Surpasses 84,000 Signatures, Continues to Grow

The Inquisitr earlier today posted about a Change.org petition for a Weird Al Super Bowl performance. All that was needed was 75,000 signatures to be considered successful. Well, the petition has now officially well surpassed that mark after hitting more than 84,000 signatures. The author of the petition, who Entertainment Tonight described as having created […]

Fans Are Petitioning For Weird Al To Play The Superbowl Halftime Show

Fans Are Petitioning For Weird Al To Play The Superbowl Halftime Show

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic just might be the halftime act at 2015’s Super Bowl XLIX; that is, if a petition on Change.org gets enough traction, and the NFL takes it seriously, that is. CBS Sports is reporting that Weird Al fan Ed Ball has started a petition to replace the traditional Super Bowl halftime fare with […]

Teens React to Weird Al Yankovic’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ With Interesting, And Hilarious, Results

Teens React to Weird Al Yankovic’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ With Interesting, And Hilarious, Results

Weird Al Yankovic was a household name and just another part of growing up for the kids of the 1980’s and 90’s. His parodies of top artists from those ancient times, such as Michael Jackson and Madonna, gave Weird Al every bit as much notoriety – and an equally distinct niche – as the pop […]

Weird Al Tour? Comic Addresses Rumors

Weird Al Tour? Comic Addresses Rumors

He may have the number one album in the country right now (per Us Weekly), but does that mean Weird Al Yankovic is bringing the show on the road? The comic addressed rumors of a possible Weird Al tour during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, and said a tour was likely, though probably not […]

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