“Midway to EGOT, child!!!,” grasp parodist says after his larger-than-life biopic Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story wins at Artistic Arts Emmys
“Bizarre Al” Yankovic scored his first-ever Primetime Emmy Award because the Daniel Radcliffe-starring biopic sorta primarily based on his life story received Excellent Tv Film on the 2023 Artistic Arts Emmys.
Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story — which the accordion-playing grasp parodist co-wrote and produced — beat out Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, Fireplace Island, Hocus Pocus 2 and Prey to land Yankovic his first Emmy, including to a profession that’s already witnessed 5 Grammy Awards wins.
“Midway to EGOT, child!!!,” Yankovic wrote within the caption of an Instagram put up displaying off his trophy.
It wasn’t all excellent news Saturday evening as Yankovic’s “Now You Know,” a tune he wrote and carried out for Bizarre, was defeated by Ed Sheeran and Foy Vance’s Ted Lasso monitor “So Lengthy, Farewell” within the Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics class. Nevertheless, Yankovic can have a chance to win some extra {hardware} through the second evening of the Artistic Arts Emmys Sunday as he’s additionally up for Excellent Writing for a Restricted or Anthology Sequence or Film.
In true Yankovic style, the singer celebrated the win by going to In-N-Out Burger:
The Final of Us was the massive winner on evening one of many Artistic Arts Emmys with eight awards, adopted by The Bear, Wednesday and The White Lotus, with 4 wins every.
At Monday’s predominant present — which was postponed from September because of the writers and actors strikes — Succession leads all nominees with 27 after its blockbuster last season, together with Excellent Drama Sequence. Each The Final of Us and The White Lotus got here in shut behind Succession in complete nominations, selecting up 24 and 23, respectively.
