May 11, 2008
In honor of Mother's Day, BuddyTV has compiled this list of our 10 favorite motherly moments.
In the long history of The Simpsons, Mother's Day always reminds me of one special episode and one special moment. In the season 7 episode “Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily,” Homer and Marge are deemed unfit parents and their kids are sent to foster care, living with the Flanderses. Though Bart and Lisa resist, Maggie quickly becomes emotionally attached to Ned and Maude.
February 13, 2008
Actor Hank Azaria, known for lending his voice to several characters in FOX's The Simpsons, has landed starring roles in two upcoming flicks, Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian and Year One. Both movies are of the comedy genre.
The Night at the Museum sequel is being directed by Shawn Levy, whose resume includes the hit first installment as well as The Pink Panther, Just Married and Cheaper by the Dozen. Ben Stiller is returning to reprise his role as museum night watchman Larry Daley, while Amy Adams (The Office, Enchanted) will serve as the lead female character.
February 6, 2008
More than half a year has passed since the big screen adaptation of The Simpsons came out and became a box office success, but the much-talked about sequel still has yet to hit the drawing board. At the root of the delay is the ongoing WGA strike.
“At the moment we have a little situation, a little labor dispute,” series director David Silverman told MTV recently. “It has put things on hold.”
January 26, 2008
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown could make an appearance on FOX's long-running animated series, The Simpsons, but show animators said that they'd probably need to input subtitles in his episode to make sure U.S. audiences would be able to understand his Scottish accent.
"He's Scottish, I don't know if anyone would understand him, he would probably need subtitles," animator Dan Povenmire told Sky News Online.
January 19, 2008
FOX's long-running animated series is about to be stopped short on its tracks.
Due to the ongoing WGA strike, The Simpsons is in danger of not being able to complete its current season, as not enough episodes have been completed in order for the show to survive the strike.
Because each episode of The Simpsons takes a significant amount of time to make, show executives have been unable to create a backlog that will last them through the strike, which has caused several television shows – old or new, hit or miss – to shut down production.
January 13, 2008
Fans of FOX’s The Simpsons will have to wait until the end of this month to catch a brand-new episode of the long-running animated series. However, some details about the fresh installment have hit the web, which means that eager fans can opt to put themselves up for a little bit of spoilery.
Read on to know what happens in the new Simpsons entitled "That 90’s Show."
November 26, 2007
After raking in over $500 million at the worldwide box office, the nearly 20 years in the making Simpsons full-length motion picture will soon conquer home theaters with its release on DVD and high definition format next month.
The Simpsons Movie is scheduled to come out on both DVD and Blu-Ray Disc (BD) on separate launch dates for North America and the rest of the globe.
November 15, 2007
On Tuesday, Jose Duarte, a Sydney man who was arrested in August for uploading a pirated copy of The Simpsons' feature film, was fined $888 by a magistrate for breaching copyright.
Duarte, 21, had uploaded The Simpsons Movie to the Internet after capturing it on his cell phone. Twentieth Century Fox worked with the Motion Picture Association and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in an international operation, and their search eventually led them to the home of Duarte.