Weird Al Yankovic is known for his parodies of famous songs and artists, from "Eat It" to "Like a Surgeon" and "Another One Rides the Bus." But, as the five-time Grammy winner explained on The Tonight ...

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Although he had enough talent to compete for the limelight, Weird Al Yankovic charted his own path anyway. Fans love the weird and often hilarious parodies he’s created over the years. You probably ...

Weird Al Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun hits stores today, and as always, it’s full of parody songs skewering the top hits of the day. Iggy Azalea, Pharrell and Lorde all come in for a roasting, ...

Weird Al Yankovic has made a name for himself with spot-on song parodies. 40 years into his career, a look at some of his best tunes reveals the expertise and creativity it takes to do what he does.

Terrence Smith has been writing since his early childhood, when he wrote his first fanfiction: Taz in the Temple of Cyber Power. He has grown up on Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft consoles in the ...

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Crafting song parodies isn’t easy. That’s why there is just one song parodist of note, Weird Al Yankovic, who doesn’t get enough credit. There’s no one else that has come close to what Yankovic, who ...

"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Kia Forum on Saturday for his "Bigger & Weirder" tour. (Roger Kisby / For The Times) A decade ago, "Weird Al" Yankovic launched his 12th concert tour, which covered ...

It only makes sense that Al Yankovic's biopic would be a parody of biopics. So "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is anything but the A-Z story of the song parodist who is perhaps not technically the best ...

"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" certainly earns its title, operating, appropriately, not as an actual movie biography but an outlandish parody of one, filled with comedy cameos and bizarre flights of ...

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