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Here’s how you can stream Weird: The Al Yankovic Story for free in Canada

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the biographical parody film that dives into the life of “Weird Al” Yankovic, starring Daniel Radcliffe, is now available to stream in Canada.

The film casts Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, Quinta Brunso as Oprah Winfrey, Julianne Nicholson as Mary Yankovic, Toby Huss as Nick Yankovic and Jack Black as Wolfman Jack.

The film originally released in September this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was praised by critics. It currently has a 90 percent and 7.6/10 rating on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, respectively.

Here’s how you can stream the movie now:

The movie is streaming on Roku’s streaming service — The Roku Channel, for absolutely free. It’s worth noting, however, that you’ll have to put up with ads.

All Roku devices have the Roku Channel pre-installed, and you’ll be able to find the application on the home screen. If you don’t have a Roku device and you live in the U.S., you can stream the movie directly on the Roku Channel’s website.

Further, the Roku Channel app can be downloaded to any Samsung Smart TV and compatible Amazon Fire TV devices, and the channel can also be streamed directly on your iOS and Android devices via the official Roku app.

It’s worth noting that Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will not release in theatres. It is expected to be only available to stream on the Roku Channel.

Image credit: The Roku Channel

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Emma Watson still in touch with Harry Potter co-stars

Emma Watson says the ‘Harry Potter’ cast keep in touch via a "WhatsApp chat".

The 26-year-old actress starred as Hermione Granger in the popular fantasy film franchise, and has said her cast mates – including Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint – still keep in contact with one another.

Speaking at the Hollywood premiere of her newest venture ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – in which she plays Belle – Emma said: "We actually have a group WhatsApp which invited everyone really from the main cast from ‘Harry Potter’ to come to the screening. It’s a case of trying to, like, get people into the right places, but yeah, everyone has been very supportive and I’m very supported by my old co-stars."

And Emma also admitted that taking on the role of Belle was harder than playing Hermione, because she was more aware of "bringing to life" people’s childhoods this time around.

She added to ‘Entertainment Tonight’: "Playing Hermione when I was a child … was kind of an ‘ignorance is bliss’ factor a little bit. Now as an adult, I knew I was bringing to life … part of people’s childhoods, and I kind of knew what that was."

Previously, Emma turned down the opportunity to star in Disney’s ‘Cinderella’, but accepted the role of Belle because she could see certain similarities between herself and her on-screen character.

She explained: "I didn’t know they were going to make ‘Beauty And The Beast’ at the time I turned down ‘Cinderella’.

"But when they offered me Belle, I just felt the character resonated with me so much more than Cinderella did. She remains curious, compassionate and open-minded. And that’s the kind of woman I would want to embody as a role model, given the choice."

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Elijah Wood is mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe

Elijah Wood finds it "amusing" when he’s mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe.

The 35-year-old actor – who has similar facial appearances to the ‘Harry Potter’ star – has admitted people often mix him up with the English hunk, 27, but he no longer gets frustrated with the confusion and finds himself having a little chuckle to himself.

Speaking to the Telegraph newspaper, he said: "It’s really common. I ran into somebody the other day and they said, ‘I loved you in ‘Swiss Army Man’ (which stars Daniel). I was like, ‘Oh, there we go again!’ I actually find it really amusing."

But it’s not just Elijah who is often left red faced by the error as the ‘Sin City’ star has heard that Daniel – who shot to fame at the tender age of 11 – also has to deal with it.

He added after a brief pause: "Apparently the same happens to him with me."

Much like Daniel, Elijah shot to fame as a child when he starred in the 1990 TV series ‘Child in the Night’ as Luke – a role that landed him a nomination for the Young Artist Award – but he believes he managed to stay grounded thanks to his family.

He explained: "I was lucky in the sense that I started work very young but had a solid family base provided by my mother. She instilled a strong sense of perspective and humility in me from a very early age."

But his friend Brad Renfro – who also shot to fame as a child – wasn’t so lucky and passed away at the age of 25 from an accidental heroin overdose.

Elijah said: "That kind of excess has never interested me. I find it boring. But I don’t envy people who are suddenly thrust into fame, because there are no tools to understand how to deal with that."

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Joss Stone donates sunglasses to charity

Joss Stone has donated a pair of her sunglasses to a Sightsavers charity auction.

The 29-year-old singer took to Twitter on Tuesday (11.29.16) to share a picture of her purple framed sunglasses, which she has donated to the charity as part of the Specs Appeal campaign.

The campaign aims to auction off celebrity spectacles, with the proceeds going toward helping the Sightsavers charity in their quest to aid people with blindness and disability.

Alongside the picture of the sunglasses, Joss wrote: "I’ve donated my specs to @Sightsavers #SpecsAppeal to help people with blindness & disability. (sic)"

Other celebrities who have donated their glasses to the cause include model Kate Moss, singer Rita Ora, Ringo Starr, the former drummer for The Beatles, and actor Daniel Radcliffe.

Fans of the stars can bid for their favourite pair of glasses on eBay.com, where the charity say they are helping "change lives" by putting an end to "preventable blindness".

The description on the eBay seller’s page reads: "A group of celebrities has generously donated eyewear to raise awareness and funds for Specs Appeal, helping Sightsavers change lives in its mission to eliminate preventable blindness. If you want to own a pair of Daniel Radcliffe’s glasses, or those belonging to David Walliams, Dawn French, Emma Watson, Jenson Button, Kate Moss, Kelly Osbourne, Liv Tyler, Meryl Streep, Rita Ora, Robbie Coltrane, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sean Bean, Stephen Fry, Vic Reeves, Vivienne Westwood, will.i.am, and many, many more, get bidding."

At present, the most expensive pair of glasses on the site have a highest bid of $407.62, and are the glasses worn during races by professional road racing cyclist Chris Froome.

Close behind, Ringo Starr’s vintage 80s specs are currently fetching $367.36 for the charity.

Bidding on all items closes in six days, on Monday December 5.

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Imelda Staunton felt bad after Potter punishment

Imelda Staunton "felt pretty bad for days" after shooting a ‘Harry Potter’ scene where her character dished out a brutal punishment to the titular character.

The 60-year-old actress starred as Ministry of Magic employee Professor Dolores Umbridge, who went on to hold a variety of positions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and headmistress, in the film saga.

And Imelda admits some of the scenes she had to film as her sinster character were very "difficult", particularly one in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ where Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) was forced to write lines – with the words then etching themselves painfully into the back of his hand.

She admitted: "I want to make sure that I serve the purpose in the story and it was very difficult. I loved doing it, but I have to say, the most difficult scene to do, which did leave me feeling pretty bad for a couple days, was actually the scene where I make him do the lines and it happens in his hand.

"You know, the ‘I must not tell lies’ detention scene.

"That touched into something that you think, ‘Gosh, we’re all capable of great cruelty.’ It was a horrible, horrible feeling."

And Imelda found her character’s cruelty so hard to take because of her "absolute and utter belief" she was doing the right thing.

She added: "She’s not sort of twirling her moustache and saying ‘Muahahaha,’ it’s the absolute and utter belief that actually it is going to help and that’s, of course, so much more frightening."

The British star insists she never felt any "sympathy" for her twisted character because she was such a "monster".

Speakign to Entertainment Weekly’s ‘Binge’ podcast, she said: "I don’t have to have sympathy at all, not in the slightest,

"I think she’s a bloody monster and to be played as such.

"I don’t need to understand what she does, but from a character point of view, she believes she’s doing the absolute best for that school. Yet again, I have embraced a completely and utterly deluded woman."

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Adele tops Rich List with £92m fortune

Adele has topped heat’s Rich List with an estimated worth of £92 million.

The 28-year-old singer has knocked One Direction off the summit for the first time in three years after amassing a further £53.9 million compared to her £38.1 million worth last year which saw her finish in fourth place in the annual listing.

Adele was helped out somewhat as One Direction’s earnings are no longer grouped together following the boy band’s decision to take a self-inflicted hiatus.

According to the list, Harry Styles is the 1D star with the highest worth after amassing £37 million, putting him in fifth place, just one place and £1 million behind their former band member Zayn Malik, who quit to form a solo career.

Liam Payne and Niall Horan both have a £34 million worth, putting them in seventh and eighth respectively, while Louis Tomlinson – who has a 10-month-old son Freddie – has £1 million less, leaving him in ninth.

‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe – who played the titular character in the film franchise – is second on the grid on £74 million, with his co-star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) in fifth on £35.7 million, and their fellow wizard Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) in 10th with a £29.3 million worth.

The other star to make up the rich list’s top 10 is singing sensation Ed Sheeran, who is a new entry in third with a £45 million fortune, despite him not releasing an album since ‘x’ in 2014.

Other stars further down the grid include Little Mix at 11, Rita Ora at 21 and former ‘Skins’ star Jack O’Connell at number 27.

Taylor Swift is at the summit of the International Top Five list with her £192 million fortune, while Princess Charlotte has topped the Billion Dollar Babies list as she is reported to be worth £3.2 billion to the UK economy.

What’s more, the publication reports Selena Gomez can earn a massive $550,000 per Instagram post, putting her at the top of their new Insta-preneurs list.

The full list of the 30 Richest Celebrities under 30 appears in this week’s heat, on sale now.

heat’s Top Ten Richest British Celebrities Under 30:

1. Adele (£92m)

2. Daniel Radcliffe (£74m)

3. Ed Sheeran (£45m) NEW ENTRY

4. Zayn Malik (£38m)

5. Harry Styles (£37m)

6. Emma Watson (£35.7m)

7. Liam Payne (£34m) NEW ENTRY

8. Niall Horan (£34m) NEW ENTRY

9. Louis Tomlinson (£33m) NEW ENTRY

10. Rupert Grint (£29.3m)

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Matthew Lewis transported back to childhood with Potter play

Matthew Lewis felt like he was "nine years old" when he saw ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.

The 27-year-old actor – who portrayed Neville Longbottom in the original film series – saw the West End production over the weekend and found the two-part play transported him back to being a fan of author J.K. Rowling’s wizarding series.

Sharing a picture of himself and some of the cast from the play, he wrote on Instagram: "A giant congratulations and an even bigger thank you to these guys and the rest of the cast of #CursedChild. To be in the movies was a dream come true but it became work and I forgot what it was to be a fan a long time ago. However, over the last two nights I was able to enjoy the world of ‘Harry Potter’ once again.

"To lose myself in a story so rich and so powerful and, more importantly, that I had nothing to do with was truly magical. I felt like I was nine years old again, discovering it all for the first time and it is very, very special."

Matthew’s former co-star, Daniel Radcliffe – who played the titular boy wizard in the movie series – recently admitted he is unsure if he will see ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ because he is worried his presence in the audience might distract from what is going on on stage.

He said: "It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it that night, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter’ fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing?

"Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show.

"I don’t know, I’m not sure."

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Daniel Radcliffe’s wants to write a movie

Daniel Radcliffe is "trying" to write a film.

The ‘Swiss Army Man’ star is keen to pen a movie of his own and is working on a couple of projects.

When asked if he wants to write a film, Daniel told the Guardian newspaper: "I’m trying to, but isn’t every actor? I’m doing one thing on my own, which needs a lot of work. I’m also writing a really weird comedy with a couple of friends. We’ve just realised that we’ve written the most expensive film ever made."

In ‘Swiss Army Man’, Daniel portrays a flatulent corpse opposite Paul Dano as a suicidal man and he admits it’s hard that the only thing people want to talk about is his gassy character.

Speaking about appearing on TV shows to discuss it, he said: "You’ve only got three minutes to talk. You can’t give an accurate impression of Swiss Army Man in three minutes. And people fixate on the farting, which makes you want to go: ‘Yeah, but it’s also really beautiful and weird, and there’s nothing else like it.’

However, it admits he doesn’t really break wind himself in public.

When asked about the loudest fart he’d ever done, he replied: "Oh, God. In real life? I don’t know. There’s obviously not been a moment that was embarrassing enough to lodge permanently in my memory."

The ‘Harry Potter’ star recently admitted that the movie started as joke but turned into something else.

He revealed: "It started as a joke. The directors said, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if someone used a dead body as a fart-powered jet ski?’ And they started writing around that.

"They make it utterly beautiful and more poignant than it has a right to be."

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Daniel Radcliffe’s embarrassing selfie moment

Daniel Radcliffe wanted to "crawl into a hole" when he mistakenly thought a fan was asking for a photo with him.

The ‘Harry Potter’ star – who starred in the fantasy franchise for 10 years – was left red faced a decade ago when he thought a girl was asking him for a selfie when she actually just wanted to move past him and get out of the crowd after a play.

Speaking to Chris Moyles on Radio X, he explained: "I had one of the most awful, embarrassing moments, one of those when you just want to crawl in a hole.

"I’d been to see a play, it was a very crowded bar and my friend was standing at the bar and I’d just been talking to him and I was working my way out through the crowd.

"And as I was working my way out through the crowd, I came face to face, very close to this girl who started making a face and going, ‘Oh, oh would you mind? Would it be possible if?’ and I was like, "I’m really, really sorry, I’m just on my way out right now." She just went, ‘No, I’m just trying to get past you’. I was like, ‘Oh God.’ I was 17. I thought I won’t make that mistake again."

Meanwhile, the 27-year-old actor has been the hot topic of conversation recently as it’s believed plans are being made to create a new ‘Harry Potter’ film.

But, although Daniel is the hot favourite to reprise his role as the titular character, he has admitted a lot of things will need to line up before he’ll agree to take on the part once again.

He said: "It would depend on the script. The circumstances would have to be pretty extraordinary. But then I am sure Harrison Ford said that with Han Solo [in ‘Star Wars’] and look what happened there! So I am saying ‘No’ for now, but leaving room to backtrack in the future."

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Daniel Radcliffe would find Potter return strange

Daniel Radcliffe would feel "strange" playing Harry Potter again.

The 27-year-old actor shot to fame as the boy wizard in the movie series and though he would never rule out a return, he is "happy and secure" enough for someone else to portray the character, especially if stage production ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ – which depicts his magical alter ego as a 40-year-old married father – gets turned into a film.

He said: "I’m never going to close the door; that would be a stupid thing to do. But I think I’ll be happy enough and secure enough to let someone else play it.

"At the moment it’s not even a concern because I’m too young to play the character, but even in 10 years’ time I would still feel strange about going back to it."

And the British star joked he worried if he made a return, it would be met with criticism and "sour" the original film series.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "There’s a part of me that’s like, some things are better left untouched. If we went back to ‘Potter’, there’s a chance we’d make what ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ was to the original ‘Star Wars’, but there’s also the chance that we’d make ‘Phantom Menace’.

"So I don’t want to go back to anything like that and maybe sour what people have already loved."

Daniel insists he has no idea about any of the details of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, author J.K. Rowling’s spin-off tale which is set in the same wizarding universe as Harry Potter, but doesn’t think lead actor Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander, will be coming to him for any tips.

He joked: "He’s an Oscar winner, dude, he doesn’t need my advice."

Daniel recently admitted he is unsure if he will see ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ because he is worried his presence in the audience might distract from what is going on on stage.

He said: "It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it that night, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter’ fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing?

"Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show.

"I don’t know, I’m not sure."