The film received eight Emmy nominations, including for best TV movie. Were you expecting this at all?
I thought we were going to get one nomination for best TV movie, and that’s it. It’s amazing to break through in some of these other categories. I was blown away that we got the writing nomination. I never in a million years thought that was going to happen.
How Did Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Wrangle All Those Pool Party Cameos? | Tor.com
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.
If you saw Weird: The Al Yankovic Story , you know that a central scene in the parody biopic is a pool party in which Al (Daniel Radcliffe) proves himself in front of a small army of celebrities.
How the Star-Studded Pool Scene From 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' Came Together
In one of its more memorable scenes, the character of Al performs “Another One Rides the Bus” at a pool party filled with offbeat, memorable personalities like Pee-Wee Herman, Andy Warhol and Wolfman Jack.
They also talked about how quickly the scene came together, how they got permission to portray celebrity likenesses, where they got the inspiration for the pool party, and why nobody was in the pool.
The 5 Weird (in the Best Way) Wines Shop Owners Can't Stop Talking About | Portland Monthly
Over three dozen bottle shops populate Portland city limits. Their sheer scope and number allow owners to propagate their own wine philosophies, and curate to their own whims and tastes, informed by Oregon's distinct culture. No two Portland wine bottle shops are alike. (This is a good thing.)
'Prey,' 'Fire Island,' and the TV Movie's Weird, Wonderful Comeback | ...
Until last month, the last time a TV movie was nominated for a writing Emmy was in 2015, when Dee Rees's acclaimed HBO biopic, Bessie, and the wrap-up special Hello Ladies: The Movie both found their way into a field ultimately won out by the miniseries Olive Kitteridge .
Take one look at this year's Emmy nods list, though, and it's obvious that something changed. Suddenly, fully half of the nominees for writing—in a field that groups limited series and anthology series with TV movies—are, indeed, TV movies.
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