{"id":162197,"date":"2022-07-19T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=162197"},"modified":"2022-07-19T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T00:29:13","slug":"quinta-brunson-oprah-winfrey-weird-the-al-yankovic-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/quinta-brunson-oprah-winfrey-weird-the-al-yankovic-story\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look at Emmy Nominated Quinta Brunson as Oprah Winfrey in &#8220;Weird&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roku released stills today from its musical biopic <em>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story<\/em>. Among these stills was Quinta Brunson (<em>Abbott Elementary<\/em>) appearing as Oprah Winfrey. 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