Austin Powers in Goldmember Jones, Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Katie Couric, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, and The Osbournes. In a self-parody of the "Austin Powers" series, there is a film within the film in the opening. Austin Powers is featured in a bio-pic called "Austinpussy" (a parody of the James Bond film "Octopussy") directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, Danny DeVito as Mini-Me, and John Travolta as Goldmember. "Goldmember" is a loose parody of the James Bond films "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice", also incorporating elements
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Myers created the character of Austin Powers for the faux 1960s rock band Ming Tea that Myers started with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs following his "Saturday Night Live" stint in the early 1990s. Myers said that the movie and the character were inspired by the British films, music and comedy of the 1960s and 70s his father had introduced him to as a child. "After my dad died in 1991, I was taking stock of his influence on me as a person and his influence on me with comedy in general. So Austin Powers was a tribute to my