Al Hassan, who had a 40-year-plus career as a road manager for the likes of Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé, Tony Danza and Jim Stafford, died April 12 in Washington, his family announced. He was 87.
Hassan’s job took him across the U.S. and to Canada, Africa, Asia and Europe as he also supported Leif Garrett, Susan Anton and Nana Mouskouri, among many other entertainers.
The fifth of six children, Albert LeRoy Hassan was born on Dec. 2, 1936, and raised in the steel town of New Castle, Pennsylvania. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served for three years, then graduated from the University of Maryland with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theater.
In college, Hassan worked with football coach Tom Nugent and was involved in the effort to recruit Joe Namath, a star high school quarterback and fellow Pennsylvanian from Beaver Falls. Namath did sign with...
Hassan’s job took him across the U.S. and to Canada, Africa, Asia and Europe as he also supported Leif Garrett, Susan Anton and Nana Mouskouri, among many other entertainers.
The fifth of six children, Albert LeRoy Hassan was born on Dec. 2, 1936, and raised in the steel town of New Castle, Pennsylvania. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served for three years, then graduated from the University of Maryland with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theater.
In college, Hassan worked with football coach Tom Nugent and was involved in the effort to recruit Joe Namath, a star high school quarterback and fellow Pennsylvanian from Beaver Falls. Namath did sign with...
- 4/26/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“It’s always so rewarding when you make something and you love it,” declares Daniel Radcliffe about portraying the larger-than-life satirist Weird Al Yankovic. For our recent webchat he adds, “The whole experience of shooting this movie was so special and fun, and then to put that out into the world and for it to inspire the same feeling in the people who watch it; you can’t really ask for anything more than that as an actor or a performer. So yeah, the reactions that the film’s gotten have been amazing.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Radcliffe stars in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” as a fictionalized version of the singer and accordionist, who co-wrote the screenplay with director Eric Appel. The comedy is loosely based on Yankovic’s life, parodying the biopic formula with tongue firmly planted in cheek, much like the musical parodies that Yankovic is famous for.
Radcliffe stars in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” as a fictionalized version of the singer and accordionist, who co-wrote the screenplay with director Eric Appel. The comedy is loosely based on Yankovic’s life, parodying the biopic formula with tongue firmly planted in cheek, much like the musical parodies that Yankovic is famous for.
- 5/16/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“Twenty-seven percent of the movie is actually true,” confirmed “Weird Al” Yankovic when discussing his Roku Channel biopic satire “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” during a television academy-sponsored FYC screening and panel on Sunday at The London West Hollywood hotel. “The idea was to have the first third or so of the movie leave people thinking, ‘Hmm, maybe it’s true.’ But then from there, it goes totally off the rails.” Watch the Q&a with Yankovic and his co-writer and director Eric Appel (moderated by TV critic and blogger Amy Nicholson) above.
Indeed, Yankovic – the musical satirist who has a supporting role in the movie himself as real-life record executive Tony Scotti – explained during his panel with Appel that the “big meta concept that Eric had” for the film was to do a parody movie about the guy who does song parodies. “We totally wanted this to feel dramatic like a real biopic.
Indeed, Yankovic – the musical satirist who has a supporting role in the movie himself as real-life record executive Tony Scotti – explained during his panel with Appel that the “big meta concept that Eric had” for the film was to do a parody movie about the guy who does song parodies. “We totally wanted this to feel dramatic like a real biopic.
- 4/17/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The life story of “Weird Al” Yankovic has finally come to the silver screen, and it’s just as wild and wacky as you’d expect. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is positioned as a standard biopic, but the film delights in exaggerating and embellishing the story of Weird Al’s rise to fame through Daniel Radcliffe’s performance as the iconic parody songster.
But where can you watch the Weird Al movie? All your questions answered below.
When Does “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” Come Out?
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” opens Nov. 4 after first having its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
Is the Weird Al Movie Streaming?
Yes! “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is streaming exclusively on The Roku Channel, which is free. You can download the app.
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But where can you watch the Weird Al movie? All your questions answered below.
When Does “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” Come Out?
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” opens Nov. 4 after first having its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
Is the Weird Al Movie Streaming?
Yes! “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is streaming exclusively on The Roku Channel, which is free. You can download the app.
Also Read:
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Mock Rock Biopic Is Ridiculous Fun Who is in the “Weird” Cast?...
- 11/4/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
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