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This story about the costume design of “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” first appeared in the Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Roku’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is far from a true story—yet even within a zany universe in which Madonna is captured by Pablo Escobar, you still have to be true to the time period. And if your subject, one of the most beloved parodists of all time, is also a writer and producer on the project, you’ve got to nail the details.
“Al wanted it to feel really normal and natural and not too pumped up,” “Weird” costume designer Wendy Benbrook said. “He didn’t want it to be over-the-top.
The actors could do that on their own.”But on a fairly modest budget, how do you create the looks of dozens of actors, like Jack Black as Wolfman Jack, Quinta Brunson as Oprah Winfrey, Conan O’Brien as Andy Warhol and, in an inspired casting choice, Evan Rachel Wood channeling the aforementioned Madonna as Yankovic’s fictitious paramour?“I am a master of down and dirty and quick,” Benbrook said. “I’ve never had this much research in my life.
I’m really good at being over-the-top, but I’m also very good at toning it down. And I do feel like the fashion in this was very toned down.”Benbrook knows comedy, having worked as a costume designer on both “MADtv” and FXX’s “You’re the Worst.” Director Eric Appel tapped her to join “Weird” after crossing paths early on at Funny or Die.
But to make the movie work, they knew they didn’t have to be slavish to the figures of this era to pull it off.“We took some liberties, like for Oprah, I would have a collection of clothes. Oprah never wore what Quinta was wearing, but she wore that style—like, big shoulders and little cowboy boots and things.” For
.The stars are stepping out for the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 Fashion Show!
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Sarah Jessica Parker is looking back on her relationship with Robert Downey Jr. — and sadly it isn’t all rosy.
Robert Downey Jr. left Sarah Jessica Parker "angry and embarrassed" during their seven-year relationship. Downey and Parker dated after starring together in "Firstborn" in 1984.
Oscar-nominated performance in the buzzy Baz Luhrmann biopic about the rock music legend. But now it's 2023, and director Sofia Coppola very much wants us to be in a place of Priscilla Presley, actor, businesswoman, and Elvis Presley's ex-wife.
Back in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. was a couple.
Sofia Coppola is ready to tell Priscilla Presley's side of the story.A24 shared the first look at the poster for the writer-director's upcoming biopic,, on Tuesday, which depicts stars Cailee Spaeny and 's Jacob Elordi as Priscilla and Elvis Presley, respectively.The caption on the social media posts also reveals that a trailer for the film will be released on Wednesday.A post shared by A24 (@a24)The film is based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir, , which provided an intimate account of her life with the superstar performer. Coppola wrote and directed the film — her second feature focused on an embattled real-life woman best known for her very public marriage, following 2006's Elvis and Priscilla wed in 1967 and had one child, Lisa Marie Presley.
Kelly Osbourne ripped apart Prince Harry for "whining" and "complaining." Osbourne appeared on the "I've Had It" podcast, where she spoke about the Duke of Sussex's attitude toward life, calling him a "f---ing t---." "[He’s like], ‘Woe is me, I’m the only one whose had mental problems, my life was so hard,'" Osbourne ranted. "Everybody’s life was f---ing hard," she added.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. have spoken often about their past romance over the years.
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.
Scotland is facing a growing threat of water shortages which will only worsen if hot and dry weather continues, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned.
Colin Jost is clearing the air after Pete Davidson issued a statement about the retired Staten Island Ferry that they purchased together.
Ellen Pompeo thought it would be a lovely idea: introduce Grey’s Anatomy to her 12-year-old daughter, Stella, and bond by re-watching the show that launched her career. But just a few episodes into binging reality set in — she couldn’t stomach it.
Ellen Pompeo thought it would be a lovely idea: introduce to her 12-year-old daughter, Stella, and bond by re-watching the show that launched her career. But just a few episodes into binging reality set in — she couldn't stomach it.Pompeo shared that tidbit with Katherine Heigl during their one-on-one interview for 's «Actors on Actors» series.
It might sound like a backhanded compliment, but Downtown Owl feels more like a pilot than a feature film and may yet yield a series. In today’s market, that could work out just fine for directors Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe, who, after a choppy start, finesse Chuck Klosterman’s digressive 2007 novel into a thoughtful, broad-canvas ensemble piece. T Bone Burnett helps nail things down with an eclectic alt-country score and soundtrack, infused with the music and spirit of Elvis Costello, but it’s Rabe that holds it all together onscreen with a controlled yet still wildly uninhibited performance.
Vanessa Hudgens and Lily Rabe are matching in black dresses at the premiere of their new movie!
For all involved, prolific author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman’s 2008 book “Downtown Owl” sets the stage for a number of firsts. For starters, it’s Klosterman’s earliest fiction novel and is the source at the heart of Lily Rabe (“The Tender Bar”) and Hamish Linklater’s (“Midnight Mass”) joint directorial debut which just premiered at the Tribeca Festival.If only the freshness associated with all these firsts was felt in the film by Rabe and Linklater, who are both creative collaborators and real-life partners.
Pete Davidson has provided an update on the giant boat he purchased while under the influence of drugs.During an episode of Saturday Night Live in January 2022, Davidson revealed that he and fellow SNL star Colin Jost bought a ferry in Staten Island when they were stoned.On Monday (June 5), while appearing on the red carpet for the premiere of Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, Davidson admitted that he has “no idea what’s going on” with his and Jost’s unusual investment.Asked by Entertainment Tonight if he was planning a Transformers afterparty on the boat, Davidson laughingly replied: “Yeah, if it’s not sunk!”“I have no idea what’s going on with that thing,” he added. “Me and Colin were very stoned a year ago and bought a ferry. And we’re figuring it out.“Hopefully it turns into a Transformer and gets the fuck out of there so I can stop paying for it!” he laughed.For Rise Of The Beasts, Davidson lends his voice to fan-favourite Autobot Mirage.
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.
Coronation Street star Andy Whyment took to Instagram to share a snap of him making the most of the warm weather with a day of golfing. He was joined by co-star Sam Aston, who plays Corrie’s Chesney Brown, and son Tom, who is the spitting image of his dad. ‘Lovely day for a round of Golf at Worsley Park,’ The Kirk Sutherland actor wrote, tagging his two golfing companions.