Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood gave pitch-perfect performances as Weird Al Yankovic and Madonna respectively in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” It’s a parody musical biopic but here’s the surprising part – it has a lot of heart! And that’s largely due to these two actors and writer/director Eric Appel.
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Eric Appel makes his feature directorial debut with “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” based on a Funny or Die short that he directed twelve years earlier. He co-wrote the script with the man himself, Weird Al Yankovic, and he is blessed in landing Daniel Radcliffe in the title role and Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna. The actors are fantastic!
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A 57-year-old Palm Desert woman suspected of selling counterfeit Botox to undercover Los Angeles Police Department officers was arrested, police said Thursday. Josefa Acosta was arrested May 21 in Palm Desert by the LAPD’s Commercial Crimes Division, Illicit Pharmaceutical and Counterfeit Unit on suspicion of selling prescription drugs without a license, police said. Acosta allegedly […]
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UPDATE: LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Actress Tanya Roberts, whose publicist proclaimed Sunday that she had died only to retract that news one day later, died Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, TMZ reported early Tuesday. Roberts, who was 65, was taken to the hospital after collapsing on Christmas Eve after a walk with her partner, […]
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SANTA ANA (CNS) – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Monday his office will investigate counterfeit ballot collection boxes placed in at least two Orange County cities. Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley told City News Service that his staff was alerted over the weekend through social media posts about the unauthorized ballot […]
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A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster in a coffee shop in Washington, D.C., all making glowing, voice-over endorsements of the president. “I […]
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Jussie Smollett paid $3,500 to stage his attack, hoping to promote his career, Chicago police allege
(CNN) — Jussie Smollett paid two brothers $3,500 to stage an attack on him last month, taking “advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career,” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson alleged Thursday. The revelations necessary to charge Smollett came during the 47th hour of a 48-hour holding period for the brothers, […]
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Imagine paying hundreds of dollars for Coachella weekend one tickets only to find out they are fake. That’s exactly what happened to several people today in Indio. Wyatt B. and his girlfriend Shelby had been planning to attend Coachella for months, spending $1,000 dollars for two tickets from a website called findticketsfast.com. Their contact was a man named […]
