Quinta Brunson Transforms Into Oprah Winfrey for 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'

Glamour's star graced the nation of Germany with a red carpet that brought drama, sex appeal, and then some.At the German premiere in Berlin on Tuesday, July 26, wore a classic black dress with a twist. The has a simple silhouette: It's strapless, form-fitting, and floor-length, but with an up-to-there slit embellished with silver plates resembling tire tracks (hence the name of the dress). Run me over, Keke. Palmer added pair of black heels with silver ankle straps and sparkly diamond earrings.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has released new stills of Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. The movie, based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Sally El Hosaini’s refugee drama “The Swimmers” will open the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.The film follows the journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.In 2015, after their house was destroyed in the Syrian Civil War, the Mardini sisters decided to flee the country. They made their way to Lebanon and then Turkey, where they arranged to be smuggled into Greece by dinghy.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLast week, the French government reappointed Dominique Boutonnat for a second three-year term as president of the National Film Board (CNC), the country’s most powerful film institution, in a controversial decision that illustrates the country’s halfhearted embrace of the #MeToo movement.Boutonnat, a former producer and financier with close ties with newly reelected French president Emmanuel Macron, was indicted in February 2021 for alleged sexual assault of his 22-year-old godson the year prior. After a lengthy investigation, the prosecutor’s office has requested that the case be brought before a criminal court.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticDarren Star has, in recent years, had a Netflix success with “Emily in Paris” — a show that, depending on your vantage point, is either a death knell for TV comedy or a sunnily surface-level jaunt whose idle pleasures are just that. Star, the creator of “Sex and the City” and “Melrose Place,” has a gift for skating the viewer across smoothly luxurious settings.Which may be the problem, or one of them, with his latest series for Netflix, which he created with Jeffrey Richman.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJuly 27, WednesdayBillie Eilish, Debbie Harry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Seth MacFarlane perform during the Count Basie Orchestra tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra.Hollywood Bowl, Los AngelesNickelodeon screens “Are You Afraid of the Dark? GhostIsland” with stars Telci Huynh, Luca Padovan, Chance Hurstfield and Julian Curtis and showrunner JT Billings.The London West HollywoodPaddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint and Eve Best attend the premiere of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon.”Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los AngelesJerry Mathers, Anson Williams, Erin Murphy, Dee Wallace, Leonard Maltin and original “Our Gang” cast member Sidney Kibrick attend the VIP preview of the “Our Gang” 100th anniversary exhibit. The Hollywood Museum, Hollywood July 28, Thursday Louis Vuitton opens “220 Trunks, 200 Visionaries,” an exhibit of 200 trunks designed by Gloria Steinem, Frank Gehry, Alex Israel and more.Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills, 468 N.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Newark Museum of Art is presenting two stunning exhibits of photography featuring Billie Holiday and a selection of jazz legends. “Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection” and “Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: Photographs by Jerry Dantzic” opened last month and will run through August 22, 2022.“Jazz Greats” includes 33 photographs by 15 photographers that date from the 1920s to the 1980s, including Miles Davis, John & Alice Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Eric Dolphy (pictured, top), Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie, along with photos of amateur musicians performing in their local communities, as well as their audiences.

Blake Shelton shared some personal news with fans this week that left him feeling emotional.MORE: Miranda Lambert pens heartfelt tribute after upsetting news that will affect ex Blake SheltonThe country music singer was inundated with sweet words from his followers after he revealed the extremely touching gift he received from his good friend and NASCAR diver Jimmie Johnson. WATCH: Blake Shelton celebrates his birthday with fun videoJimmie presented Blake with a commemorative military NASCAR helmet featuring his late father, Dick Shelton, who served in the honor guard in Korea just after the Korean War.Sharing some photos of the helmet, Blake wrote: "I have been blessed in my lifetime to have received some incredible gifts and awards and things that will always mean a lot to me." READ: Gwen Stefani makes cheeky confession about her love life with Blake SheltonSEE: Gwen Stefani shows support for Blake Shelton in intimate new video shared with fansHe added: "But on a personal level this just might top them all. Thank you @jimmiejohnson.

Mama June isn't thrilled about her daughter Alana «Honey Boo Boo» Thompson's potential weight loss surgery — at least not yet. The 42-year-old reality TV personality spoke to  this week and shared her thoughts, saying she hopes Alana will at least wait until she's of legal age.«I’m supportive if this is something Alana wants to get, but I would say she needs to wait until she’s 18 years old,» June said, noting Alana didn't tell her about the procedure she might be getting.June went on to share that she plans to talk to Lauryn «Pumpkin» Shannon — who has guardianship of Alana — about her disapproval.

Nick Cannon is wasting no time on his nickname game. The 41-year-old multihyphenate took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a sweet video snuggling his newborn son, Legendary Love Cannon, and revealed a slew of pet names for the baby. «Y'all know I do the MOST with these names,» Cannon joked in the caption. «Introducing LEGENDARY LOVE CANNON!» he wrote.

Joey King felt like a “fish out of water” starring alongside Hollywood icon Brad Pitt in the upcoming film “Bullet Train”.

Mena Suvari speaks candidly about being abused and how that led to her relating to her “American Beauty” character in a new interview with the Guardian.

Kendrick Lamar has responded to that viral video of a security guard weeping at one of his concerts.

penned in 2014.“I woke up with tears streaming down my face #bruh,” he continued.The statement is eerily similar to what occurred to the younger version of Steven Yeun’s character in a scene from “Nope.”Other users started to reply to Peele’s ancient tweet, noting the social media post may have been when he began thinking up the alien thriller.“Turn this dream into a movie

Megan Thee Stallion and Sean Paul have been sued over an alleged copyright infringement on their song ‘Go Crazy’.According to Rolling Stone, Detroit artists Duawn “Go Hard Major” Payne and Harrell “H Matic” James claim that the song from Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 album ‘Good News’ infringes on their 2012 song ‘Krazy’.In legal documents seen by Pitchfork, the lawsuit claims that the title, chorus, wording, timing, melodic sequence, harmonic sequence, tonal sequence, use of reverb, and use of cadence in the Megan and Big Sean song are “nearly identical” to their song.The lawsuit adds: “An average lay observer would recognise the Infringing Work as having been appropriated from the Copyrighted Work because of the striking similarity between the two compositions and the way in which they are performed…Indeed, the Infringing Work is so strikingly similar to the Copyrighted Work as to preclude the possibility of independent creation.”Payne and James also claim that Big Sean frequented venues where the song was performed.The lawsuit also alleges that Big Sean and Megan Thee Stallion were sent a cease and desist letter that “in good faith, sought to amicably resolve the issue.”It went on: “Since being placed on notice of their infringing conduct, Defendants have continued their willful and reckless disregard of the exclusive copyrights belonging to Plaintiffs, forcing Plaintiffs to initiate this lawsuit.”NME has reached out to representatives of Megan Thee Stallion and Sean Paul for comment.Earlier this month, Megan Thee Stallion confirmed that she will play London’s Brixton Academy ahead of her headline slot at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival – get tickets here.Megan is set to perform at the 4,921-capacity venue on

CAT Deeley has wowed fans with a series of gorgeous bikini snaps while relaxing by the pool. The stunning blonde star took to social media to share the floral bikini pictures, while donning a pair of sunglasses.

Tough act to follow! Tom Sandoval said he makes “bigger” music than his Vanderpump Rules costars — literally.

Brushing off the drama. Candace Cameron Bure received plenty of support from her famous pals after JoJo Siwa called out the actress for allegedly being rude.

Her biggest battle. Shania Twain opened up about the problems she faced after being diagnosed with Lyme disease at the height of her fame.

Trying to move on. Jana Kramer didn’t hold back about the challenges of dating — with the biggest problem coming from trying to be “unavailable” to others.

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Palace insiders are hitting back at the claims that Camilla Parker Bowles was the senior member of the royal family who made the racist comments about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s unborn child!

David Beckham was reportedly left “outraged” after Meghan Markle accused his wife Victoria Beckham of “indiscretion”, a royal author has claimed. In his new explosive book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors, Tom Bower claims that Prince Harry and Meghan would spend every night “scouring the internet” to read reports and negative social media comments. He claims they “irrationally grouped the two together” and “fed each other’s frenzy about the media”.Tom says that Meghan, 40, began to fear that friends were leaking stories to the press.

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The infamous row between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton during a bridesmaid dress fitting has once again hit the headlines. Previously, it was reported that Kate was left “sobbing” during the tense argument ahead of the Duchess of Sussex’s wedding day in May 2018.

The “Weird Al” Yankovic biopic is bringing in big star power to play some big stars.

Roku today unveiled a still announcing the casting of Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) as media mogul Oprah Winfrey in its buzzy musical biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Brunson joins an ensemble led by Daniel Radcliffe, which also includes Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Julianne Nicholson and Toby Huss, as previously announced.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuinta Brunson channels her inner talk-show host to portray Oprah Winfrey in Roku’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” starring Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, as the frizzy-haired musical parodist.The movie is billed as “the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time.” “Weird,” which has a runtime of 108 minutes, is slated to premiere on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel this fall.Brunson is the latest cast member announced for “Weird,” which in addition to Radcliffe stars Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna; Rainn Wilson as radio broadcaster Dr. Demento; and Julianne Nicholson and Toby Huss as Yankovic’s parents, Mary and Nick.Brunson recently made Primetime Emmy Awards history with three nominations — for comedy series, lead actress in a comedy and writing for a comedy series — for ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” which she created, executive produces and stars in.

Days after ABC’s  earned seven Emmy nominations, the network and creator Quinta Brunson have both been hit with a lawsuit for copyright infringement. On Tuesday, performer Christine Davis filed a suit against Brunson and ABC that claims the hit comedy is a «knock-off» of her show called Davis claims she wrote her script in 2018 and that her show was registered with the copyright office in early 2020, a year before 's 2021 debut.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorColman Domingo says his younger brother gave him the best compliment about his new autobiographical animated short, “New Moon.”“He was overcome,” Domingo tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “He said, ‘More than anything, you brought the feeling of mom back.’”“New Moon” tells the story of a little boy who is shown how to dream by his hardworking single mom. It is based on Domingo’s play “A Boy and His Soul.”Domingo is the voice of the narrator as well as the mother.