- Title: "Weird Al" Yankovic honored with Hollywood star
- Date: 27th August 2018
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 27, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** STAR BEING UNVEILED/"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC KNEELING IN FRONT OF STAR AND POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FRAMED CERTIFICATE MORE OF YANKOVIC IN FRONT OF STAR FANS YANKOVIC ABOUT TO TAKE PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC, SAYING: "Mostly it is just an honor knowing
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- Keywords: Weird Al Yankovic Star Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA0018UYRKUL
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- Story Text: Grammy-winning song parody specialist "Weid Al" Yankovic was honored in Los Angeles on Monday (August 27) with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Yankovic, who has scored hits over the past 30 years with parodies such as "Like a Surgeon"(Madonna's "Like a Virgin") and "Amish Paradise" (Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"), joked about his star being vandalized like that of U.S. President Donald Trump.
"By the way I am sorry I even have to say this, I don't want to even have to ask this but please, please don't pickaxe my star, ok guys? I mean I know it's all the rage these days but that's not cool," joked Yankovic.
"Just please don't do that unless at some point in the future I do something unfathomably monsterous and evil, in which case sure, fine, go ahead," added Yankovic, whose star ceremony was funded by his fans.
"I want to sincerely thank all of the generous fans who took out second mortgages on their homes and subsisted on nothing but ramen noodles for years and years just so I could be standing before you here today," said Yankovic.
Radio disc jockey Dr. Demento and actor Thomas Lennon turned out to support Yankovic at the ceremony on Los Angeles' Hollywood Boulevard.
Yankovic scored his first number 1 on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in 2014 with his parody album "Mandatory Fun" and won a grammy in 2003 for best comedy album for "Poodle Hat," the first comedy album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
Other releases inclide 2006's gold-certified "Straight Outta Lynwood," which reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In addition to the music, Yankovic has also written a children’s books. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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