Headline News (song) Yankovic noted that "without giving you the actual number", he could have "recorded two albums, probably, for what it cost to do that one video." The video features several celebrity cameos, including an appearance by Doug Llewelyn of People's Court fame, and long time radio show host Dr. Demento. Comedian Judy Tenuta also appears as Lorena Bobbitt. "Headline News" was released on September 26, 1994, as the lead-off single for "Permanent Record: Al in the Box", which was also released a day later. Yankovic also insisted that the song be commercially available as a CD single so that his fans
Headline Headline The headline is the text indicating the nature of the article below it. The large type "front page headline" did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines. It is sometimes termed a news "hed", a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a headline and should not be set in type. Headlines in English often use a set of grammatical rules known as headlinese, designed to meet stringent