Weird Al Yankovic

WATCH: Weird Al Confuses Michael Cera And Jesse Eisenberg

Posted 05.01.2012

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Another episode of "Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic" has gone up on the Nerdist YouTube channel, and once again, Al gets some pretty odd respons...

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WATCH: 'Mad Men' Goes Bowling... Against Weird Al?!

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 04.23.2012

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Ever wanted to know who'd win in a bowling match between Don Draper and Weird Al? If so, your very specific and highly unusual fantasy is now a realit...

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WATCH: Weird Al Sexts Uma Thurman

Posted 04.17.2012

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On the second episode of "Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic," Al sits down to interview Uma Thurman and Nicolas Cage. Al covers subjects diverse i...

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WATCH: Weird Al Interviews Megan Fox... Sort Of

Posted 04.03.2012

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The newest project from "Weird Al" Yankovic, a web series entitled "Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic," debuted on the Nerdist YouTube Channel on ...

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Weird Al Yankovic Sues Sony For $5 Million

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 04.02.2012

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Weird Al Yankovic is fed up with Sony Music Entertainment. The parody singer filed a $5 million suit through his company Ear Booker Enterprises agains...

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WATCH: Weird Al Does '30 Rock' Theme Song

Posted 03.24.2012

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When Homer Simpson philosophized that "He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life," he likely had no idea how long that sentiment would ring true. I...

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WATCH: Chris Hardwick Announces New Nerdist Shows To Puppet Reporters

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 03.19.2012

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Nerdist Industries, the quickly growing online empire devoted to all things geeky with an emphasis on comedy, unveiled a roster of two dozen new shows...

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Louis C.K.: Grammy Winner!

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 02.13.2012

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Louis C.K. is officially a Grammy winner. The veteran stand-up comedian won Best Comedy Album for his album "Hilarious" at the 2012 ceremony, announce...

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Joyful Noise: A Conversation With Mervyn Warren, Plus Chatting With Mark Wayne Glasmire and Julian Velard

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.14.2012

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WATCH: Weird Al, Steven Tyler & Alice Cooper Sing Beatles

Posted 01.02.2012

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On New Year's Eve 2011, three men entered a stage. Those three men were Steven Tyler, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Alice Cooper. They sang "Come Together" ...

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More Chapters Of 'Trapped In The Closet'?

tmz.com | Posted 12.21.2011

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R. Kelly proved he had the ultimate imagination when he released the legendary hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet", the series that starts with a one n...

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WATCH: 'Weird Al's 'Alpocalypse' Tour Coming To Your TV!

Posted 10.08.2011

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Comedy Central has announced that it's teaming up with "Weird Al" Yankovic to present his first televised concert special in a decade. Filmed during t...

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WATCH: Weird Al Interviews Himself

Posted 09.26.2011

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When you've been a celebrity consistently famous for nearly three decades, like "Weird Al" Yankovic has, you're bound to have a strange encounter with...

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Weird Al Spoofs Miley Cyrus In 'Party In The CIA'

Posted 09.04.2011

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Since the early 1980s, each of "Weird Al" Yankovic's albums have served as pop music time capsules, and his newest release "Alpocalypse" is no excepti...

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Weird Al Yankovic: "Twitter and YouTube Basically Saved My Album"

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.01.2011

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This week, I spoke to "Weird Al" Yankovic, who made waves this week with his Lady Gaga spoof, "Perform This Way." The single is off of his long-delayed album, Alpocolypse.

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WATCH: Weird Al's Full 'Perform This Way' Video

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 08.20.2011

"Weird Al" Yankovic has come a long way since he became an MTV darling with "Eat It," his parody of "Beat It," in 1984. Twenty-seven years later, he's...

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WATCH: 'Perform This Way' Video Preview

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 08.17.2011

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Our colleagues at Spinner posted an exclusive preview for "Weird Al" Yankovic's newest music video, his Lady Gaga parody "Perform This Way." Even b...

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WATCH: What's Weird Al's Secret?

Posted 08.13.2011

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What makes Weird Al the success, nay... the icon he is today? It's not his musical prowess, his keen satirical voice, or his positive outlook. It'...

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WATCH: Weird Al's Unauthorized Lady Gaga Parody Hits YouTube

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 06.20.2011

UPDATE II: Dave Itzkoff has reported via Twitter that Lady Gaga has now given permission for "Perform This Way" to be included on Yankovic's album. ...

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Some Kind of Trouble and More: Conversations With James Blunt and Edie Brickell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Best known for his monster hit "You're Beautiful," international superstar James Blunt is back with a new album, Some Kind Of Trouble, which he discussed with me recently.

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Celebrities and Bottled Water: Spoiled, Misinformed, or Just Plain Weird

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Celebrities live in a different world. Perhaps the weirdest expression of this is seen in the bottled water demands in contracts that celebrities require when they appear in public.

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'The Weird Al Yankovic Story' Blows Away All Other Biopics (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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We wish this was a real movie. Odds are that it's not, considering Hollywood would never make something this awesome. Anyway, the trailer may be fake,...

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Rainn Wilson's Guide To Halloween Pranks (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rainn Wilson is a rascally man. We didn't know how much so until last night when he showed us how he uses packaged foods and drug-store staples to pra...

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HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2008, Jack Johnson toured the world with his Sleep Through The Static concerts, the best of these shows assembled for his new CD/DVD En Concert.

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Jerry Springer: A Passion for Politics Burns Brightly

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

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If I asked you to think of Jerry Springer and politics, you might recall that he was mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. But, if any of that is all you know about Springer, you're missing out.

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