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"Weird Al" Yankovic

Grammy-Winning Rocker Has Died at 77

ICON GONE

The “Hang on Sloopy” singer died “peacefully” on Monday.

Jasmine Venet | Published May 27, 2025

What Is a Weird Al Song Doing in Amy Adams’ Dog Mom Movie?

DARE TO BE STUPID

“Nightbitch,” in which Adams plays a mom who turns into a dog, was already strange and bizarre. Then a Weird Al Yankovic needledrop really turned up the volume on the oddity.

Barry Levitt | Published Dec 10, 2024

The Bonkers Story Behind the Wild ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Biopic

LIKE A SURGEON

How a decade-old “Funny or Die” sketch led to Daniel Radcliffe being cast as the world’s preeminent parody songwriter in the most outlandish biopic of the year. (Spoilers!)

Kevin Fallon | Published Nov 05, 2022

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Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Weird Al’ Biopic Is Not Weird Enough

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There were high hopes for this goofy-sounding biopic, which cast a sexier-than-ever Radcliffe as parody musician Weird Al Yankovic. Boy, does it fail to meet them.

Esther Zuckerman | Published Sep 09, 2022

‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ May Be 2022’s Sexiest Biopic

WHITE AND ... SEXY?

Weird Al co-wrote the Daniel Radcliffe-starring movie, which includes a buff Yankovic macking on Madonna, of all people.

Fletcher Peters | Published Aug 29, 2022

Daniel Radcliffe’s Buff Weird Al Has Us Sexually Confused

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The first footage of the Mad Libs-sounding biopic in which Radcliffe portrays the musician is suitably weird, mostly for the unexpected shot of shirtless Al looking sexy as hell.

Fletcher Peters | Published May 03, 2022

Why Millennials Can’t Stop Crying About ‘Arthur’ Ending

THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED

Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.

Kevin Fallon | Published Feb 25, 2022

Yer a Weirdo, Harry: Radcliffe to Star in Al Yankovic Biopic

LET’S GET WEIRD

Yankovic said he has “no doubt whatsoever” that future generations will remember Radcliffe for portraying him.

Jamie Ross | Published Jan 18, 2022

When an Atheist Rapper Takes on Religion

PLEASE STAND UP

Baba Brinkman is a Canadian rapper who writes complex raps about high-brow topics, and now the avowed atheist is taking on religion.

Jesse Rifkin | Published Oct 25, 2015

‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Fairy Tale

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<p>Think of it as <i>Game of Thrones</i>—if you subtract the sex and violence and add drunken revelry and singing. Inside ABC’s new medieval musical farce of a television series.</p>

Melissa Leon | Published Jan 04, 2015

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