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Ever since being acquired by the Mouse House, The Simpsons has been producing a number of synergistic shorts for Disney+, combining the world of Springfield with Disney-owned franchises like Star Wars and Marvel — but sadly not Die Hard or Fuzzbucket.

The latest short, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, finds Sideshow Bob celebrating Halloween with a musical number featuring some of the most famous villains in Disney history, not counting current and former CEOs. Being a Sideshow Bob-centric story, naturally it features multiple references to his greatest non-human nemesis: the yard rake.

As we’ve mentioned before, the drawn-out gag from Season Five’s “Cape Feare,” in which rake handles keep smacking Bob in the face for a painfully long time, was originally created as a way to pad out the episode, which was running short. Producer Sam Simon argued, “When something’s funny, and then you do it...

All October long, Cracked is catching up with some of the greatest writers in Simpsons history to discuss the most beloved segments from the “Treehouse of Horror” series. From the cursed monkey’s paw to Krusto the Clown, we’re digging into the making of some real fan-favorites.

Al Jean and Mike Reiss are Simpsons legends — and stalwarts. In fact, they’re such stalwart legends that they were tasked with a feat even more difficult than writing the original “Treehouse of Horror”: writing “Treehouse of Horror II,” something that seemed impossible at the time given just how good (and beloved) the first one is/was.

And yet, they didn’t just outdo themselves; they kind of outdid the show, too, pulling off three segments that are considered classics in their own right. The first is about Homer wishing upon a cursed monkey’s paw. The second is a Twilight...

There are a lot of reasons why "The Simpsons" has lasted as long as it has, but a big one is just how fun those "Treehouse of Horror" anthology episodes always are. Even long past the golden age of the show, these Halloween specials reliably breathe new life into the series; they're funny and sharp, and they allow the show to play around with all sorts of different tones, genres, and animation styles. From the "Death Note" segment in 2022 to the "Coraline" segment in 2017 to the "Tron" segment in 1997, "The Simpsons" has always used these specials as opportunities to show us something we've never seen from them before.

But how'd the writers get the idea for the special in the first place? In a 2018 interview, renowned "Simpsons" writer Mike Reiss explained how he and the other writers were big horror movie fans, name-checking the "Evil Dead" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise in particular.

Omg, have you ever seen "The Simpsons" episode "Dead Bart"? It's gotta be one of the weirdest episodes of the classic animated sitcom ever made! In this bizarre adventure for Springfield's famous family, the Simpsons take a trip that goes terribly wrong. While on a plane in mid-flight, Bart smashes a window and is sucked outside, falling to his death. It's graphic, and tragic, and terrible. The rest of the episode descends into morbid surrealism, with a large chunk of the runtime devoted to the Simpson family visiting Bart's grave in what appears to be a completely deserted version of Springfield.

What's that? You've never seen this? Well, that's because it doesn't exist. "Dead Bart" is a myth; a bit of internet folklore. In technical terms, it's creepypasta. Creepypastas are horror-tinged urban legends and short stories that get shared on message boards and Reddit. Some of these stories can be downright dreadful,...

On December 17, 1989, America sat down to watch "The Simpsons." The animated characters created by Matt Groening first appeared in short segments on the variety series "The Tracey Ullman Show," but by 1989, the Simpson family was ready to take on their own series.

Or were they?

The first episode to make it to air was the holiday special "Simpsons Roasting on and Open Fire," in which a down-on-his luck Homer (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) takes a job as a mall Santa. Eventually, the family adopts a greyhound dog named Santa's Little Helper, and Christmas is saved. It may not be the best episode of "The Simpsons," but it certainly made history: as of this writing, "The Simpsons" is still on the air, having just wrapped its 35th season. But back in 1989, a completely different episode of "The Simpsons" could've been the premiere. Then everything changed at the last minute.

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One of the all-time great episodes of "The Simpsons," at least as far as Lisa fans are concerned, is "Lisa's Substitute" from season 2. It's an episode that finally gives Lisa a teacher that she connects to on a real personal level, and then cruelly rips him away from her. Mr. Bergstrom is an amazing one-off character, a mature and thoughtful teacher that we could totally believe would make Lisa cry when she learns he's leaving. But despite how beloved Bergstrom is by the fans, the episode's closing credits don't properly credit the actor who played him. Instead of listing Dustin Hoffman, the credits read Sam Etic. 

The reason for this? It was Hoffman's joke about Bergstrom's Jewish features. "The Simpsons" writer Mike Reiss explained in his tell-all book "Springfield Confidential" how this all came to be:

"Sam Simon designed the character, modeling Bergstrom's Semitic good looks (meaning bad looks) on mine.

Bart Simpson’s greatest mortal enemy — other than Dr. Demento and, of course, Bill Cosby — is Sideshow Bob, Krusty the Clown’s former sidekick-turned-homicidal maniac. Bob is mostly defined by his refined taste, his right-wing politics, his passionate hatred for Bart and a penchant for stepping on rakes and smacking himself in the face.

There is perhaps no more iconic Sideshow Bob scene than the one that happens toward the end of “Cape Feare.” After following the Simpsons — make that the Thompsons — to Terror Lake, Bob extracts himself from the underside of their car and immediately steps on a rake. Then he steps on another. And another. Bob keeps stepping on rakes, and grumbling in pain, for what feels like an interminably long time.

It’s such a memorable character-defining moment that The Simpsons has even brought back the rakes for more recent Sideshow Bob episodes.

Yet, while it’s...

As a standout on Saturday Night Live and with 48 Hrs. proving to be a hit (while also reinventing the buddy cop movie), Eddie Murphy was going to be the star of the 1980s. So when Beverly Hills Cop was about to roll around, things were looking on pace for Murphy. Only, it wasn’t even going to star him at all – it was meant for Sylvester Stallone! In fact, Judge Reinhold even had his part in line before Eddie Murphy came on board.

Speaking at the world premiere of the latest Beverly Hills Cop installment, Axel F, Judge Reinhold – who played Detective Billy Rosewood in all four movies – remembered being hired before Eddie Murphy took over as Axel Foley, a role that looked to be Sly’s for the taking. Once Stallone left to do Cobra, Murphy came on board and helped turn it into a comedy, as opposed to...

Judge Reinhold is going four strong in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, and when we caught up with him last Thursday, regaled us with memories of what the project was like before Eddie Murphy arrived.

Specifically, Reinhold had already signed on to the original Beverly Hills Cop as Detective Billy Rosewood when the Jerry Bruckheimer production had Sylvester Stallone attached.

“We weren’t a comedy when we started, it was an action movie for Sylvester Stallone,” Reinhold told Deadline at the world premiere of Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F in Beverly Hills, CA.

He continues, “I was cast then Stallone dropped out to do Cobra, so, I was in a movie with no star, then Eddie came on.”

“We weren’t a comedy, we weren’t. Eddie was fine flying by the seat of his pants, that’s not problem for him, but it was nerve-wracking for us,...

The Simpsons has an odd relationship with Australia. The Season Six episode “Bart vs. Australia” didn’t exactly portray the country in the most flattering light — from the games of “Knifey Spoony” to the depiction of their prime minister as a nude, Foster’s-swilling layabout named Andy.

Longtime Simpsons writer Mike Reiss even claimed that the show was “condemned in the Australian Parliament after the episode.” No word on whether or not the government ever tried to extradite Matt Groening for a public booting.

Now The Simpsons are once again at the forefront of an Australian political controversy — not because of a controversial episode, but because Simpsons memes have been “weaponized” to push back against a controversial plan to build more nuclear power plants.

Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton recently announced that the Coalition Party, if elected, would construct seven new nuclear power plants on specific sites throughout the country.

Kelsey Grammer has been playing Frasier off and on since 1984, a 40-year run that’s remarkable for its longevity if nothing else. But there’s another Grammer character who’s been around for nearly as long: Sideshow Bob, who debuted in 1990 during the first season of The Simpsons. “You are the king of long runs,” said Deadline’s Pete Hammond during a conversation for The Actor’s Side.

As for how he got the Simpsons gig, longtime Simpsons writer Sam Simon knew Grammer from an early stint on Cheers. “He called me one day when he was in the middle of production on The Simpsons,” Grammer said.

Simon asked him, “Are you still singing?”

Of course, Grammer was still singing. The “Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs” crooner was famous on the Cheers set for beginning morning rehearsals with a show tune. You know, the kind of coworker you want to...

Groundskeeper Willie, the aggressively Scottish handyman who works for Springfield Elementary School on "The Simpsons," first appeared in the episode "Principal Charming", the one where Principal Skinner (Harry Shearer) attempted to seduce and marry Aunt Patty (Julie Kavner). Skinner and Patty bond over their mutual grumpiness, as he is a stern taskmaster with his students and she is a general misanthrope. Groundskeeper Willie doesn't play a major part in the story, except when Bart (Nancy Cartwright) breaks into his supply shed to steal grass killer. Skinner will pull a similar prank later in the episode. Willie has two lines in the episode: "You'll be back" and "I told you you'd be back." 

Groundskeeper Willie (Dan Castellaneta) went on to appear in at least 53 additional episodes of the series, a number that will only continue to grow. He has been greased up by Lunchlady Doris (Doris Grau), fallen in love with his tractor,...

Today, Disney+ announced that May the 12th Be With You, a new promotional short from The Simpsons, will launch on May 10, exclusively on Disney+.

In the upcoming short, it’s Mother’s Day, and Marge Simpson joins the moms of Disney+ on a special holiday outing that turns into an epic galactic adventure filled with heroes, villains, and a surprising old friend.

May the 12th Be With You is the latest in a collection of shorts from The Simpsons created exclusively for Disney+. All of the shorts and more can be found in The Simpsons collection on the streaming service.

The collection includes the shorts Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One (2024 Webby Winner), The Simpsons meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad, Welcome to the Club, When Billie Met Lisa (Emmy® nominated), Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens from Its Nap (Emmy nominated), The Good, The Bart, and The Loki,...

"The Simpsons" is a show home to innumerable colorful characters, including two space aliens named Kang and Kodos. How do aliens fit into the world of Springfield? Out of canon, of course! Created by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky, the alien characters made their debut on the Halloween episode "Treehouse of Horror," and have appeared in every "Treehouse of Horror" episode since (with one exception: "Treehouse of Horror Xxi").

These episodes are understood to take place outside of the standard "Simpsons" continuity, which means aliens can pop up and have no effect on the show's "normal" world. While Kang and Kodos mostly get cameo appearances, they occasionally get their own major "Treehouse of Horror" plotlines, like the time they famously switched places with then-presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole for "Treehouse of Horror VII." This is the episode that gave us the now-famous line, "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

Not many animated series have made as huge an impact as The Simpsons did on the world. Ever since its release, the series has had a massive fan following. In fact, the series apparently became so popular in its release year that it started receiving reviews from the First Lady of the United States of America back in the day.

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The Simpsons will arguably go down in history as one of the greatest animated series of all time. The series was created by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon back in 1989 and revolves around the story of a dysfunctional family that burlesques a lot of things including society, politics, popular pop culture, and more.

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However, despite being a success in the early 90s, the First...

In 1977, aspiring cartoonist Matt Groening moved from his hometown of Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a writer. Like most people who move to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a writer, he took on some of the most menial jobs imaginable. Groening worked in a sewage treatment plant, as a dishwasher, and as a waiter. All the while, Groening worked on what would become his signature creation, the "Life in Hell" comic strip.

Groening would leave "Life in Hell" comics in a small corner of Licorice Pizza, the celebrated Los Angeles record store where he occasionally worked. It was an embittered strip about modern life, a harsh critique of life, love, school, and work. Groening attacked everything the establishment celebrated as normal and good, finding nothing but misery in the real world.

"Life in Hell" was picked up by Wet Magazine and, later the Los Angeles Reader.

In the "The Simpsons" episode "Flaming Moe's, the put-upon bartender Moe Szyslak (Hank Azaria) finds his bar struggling to stay afloat in the wake of increased job satisfaction and family bliss in the city. Homer (Dan Castellaneta) suggests Moe try a new cocktail. Homer then reveals the recipe for a cough syrup-infused drink — the Flaming Homer — that becomes more flavorful after you set it on fire. Moe mixes one and it's an instant hit. Moe also instantly claims credit for inventing the drink, much to Homer's consternation.

The redubbed Flaming Moe is a huge success, and Moe's dive bar quickly grow into a massive event space where Aerosmith performs. Eventually Homer, fed up with not receiving any credit or money, reveals the secret ingredients and Moe's quickly returns to being a dive.

This episode, written by Robert Cohen, was inspired by a similar "rivalry" between "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and...

Fun trivia! For its first 12 installments, the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of "The Simpsons" were merely called "The Simpsons Halloween Special." It wouldn't be until 2002 that "The Simpsons" would adopt the more familiar "Treehouse" title for its horror shows.

Starting with the show's second season, the "Simpsons" showrunners used their Halloween episodes to tell shorter, more outlandish stories wherein fantasy elements could be more openly employed, monsters could coexist with the title family, and the characters could die horrible, bloody deaths. For the most part, the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes were anthology shows, with each installment featuring three brief segments, many of them openly ripped off from "The Twilight Zone." Later on, "Treehouse" would be used to lampoon movies in a more general fashion, as when Homer (Dan Castellaneta) and Marge (Julie Kavner) re-enacted the 2005 action film "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."

As of this writing, there have been 34 "Treehouse of Horror" episodes,...

The ‘90s were the decade of The Simpsons, sorry Seinfeld. The family was introduced in 1987 through a series of short clips in between skits on Fox’s The Tracey Ullman Show, overstayed their welcome and were spun off. The series debuted on Dec. 17, 1989 with a holiday special, “Simpsons Roasting on An Open Fire,” before hopping on the rotisserie of regular rotation on Jan. 14, 1990 with “Bart the Genius,” directed by David Silverman, and written by Jon Vitti.

The half-hour animated series was created by Matt Groening, who came up with it as a last-second pitch to foil his own plan to animate his comic strip Life in Hell. The Simpsons was produced by TV legend James L. Brooks, who drove The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi, and Sam Simon, who wrote for Taxi and Cheers.

The voice talent continued over from the shorts. Dan Castellaneta performed the voices of Homer Simpson,...

Actress Jennifer Tilly has been in a relationship with poker player Phil Laak since 2004 and said that while most performers say intimate scenes are “awful”, she enjoys them because she has the opportunity to “get naked” with someone other than her partner.

She said: “I know actors are meant to say, ‘Oh, sex scenes are awful! It’s always a terrible day to have to get through,’… But I love sex scenes! Who wouldn’t love sex scenes? It’s an opportunity to get naked and fool around with somebody that’s not your partner.”

“And all the people standing around that makes it even more fun!”

Meanwhile, the ‘Bride of Chucky’ star, who was previously married to late ‘Simpsons’ producer Sam Simon, reflected on her time starring as Violet in the 1996 noir film ‘Bound’ and explained that while she would wear “sexy outfits” early on in her career, she...

Jennifer Tilly is an anecdote machine, vaulting with relentless, uninterruptible speed from one starry memory to the next. There’s the time she wore a bindi for four months after Sandra Oh told her it’d get rid of bad energy. The time she strapped Daryl Hannah to a metal cart on wheels, and proceeded to drag her across a movie set by her hair. The time she bonded with Joanna Lumley on a luxury yacht in Greece. Tilly is only halfway through that story when her laptop microphone malfunctions – perhaps out of sheer overload. For 20 seconds or so, the Academy Award-nominated star of Bullets Over Broadway, Bound, and the Chucky franchise flaps her arms and widens her eyes, but is otherwise rendered mute. We have to restart our Zoom call. Eventually, Tilly will always land on something quietly profound – a glimmer of something personal and touching, which sort of cracks her whole story open.

A rather amusing headline in a 2008 issue of The Onion read "Some Old Man Still Churning Out Marmaduke." The joke of the article was that Brad Anderson, then 83, the creator of the long-running dog-centric newspaper strip, was toiling away at his 20,000th monotonous "Marmaduke" comic in complete obscurity. Despite being a staple of the funny papers since 1953, much of Marmaduke's audience had long since ceased paying attention. Incidentally, Anderson continued to draw "Marmaduke" until his death in 2015 at the age of 91. The strip continues under the eye of Paul Anderson, his son.

Matt Groening's "The Simpsons" is — a more cynical critic might say — slowly approaching "Marmaduke" levels of tedium. There are now 34 seasons of "The Simpsons" to contend with, translating to 728 episodes, with more on the way. Evidently the show is hoping to live up to the promise made in "Three Men and a Comic Book" wherein Bart (Nancy Cartwright) announced "Quality,...

Mark McCorkle & Bob Schooley, best known for creating, writing and executive producing Disney Channel’s Kim Possible, will receive the WGA West’s 2021 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award. The honor will be bestowed next month at the group’s virtual awards ceremony and member meeting.

The pair have specialized in adapting movie characters into TV series, with credits including Penguins of Madagascar, Monsters vs. Aliens, Disney’s Hercules, and Disney’s Aladdin: The Series. On the big screen, their credits include Hotel for Dogs and Sky High.

They also EPed two TV movies based on Kim Possible: Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time and Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama.

The long-time writing and producing team met while working as entertainment managers at Sesame Place, a Sesame Street-themed play park in Pennsylvania (both attended Temple University). They both started in the mailroom of Dic Entertainment, eventually landing staff...

John Swartzwelder, the prolific, admired and reclusive comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons, spoke about his life and career in his first major interview, published in The New Yorker on Sunday.

Swartzwelder worked on The Simpsons between 1989 and 2003, writing 59 episodes, far more than any other writer in the show’s long history. His credits on The Simpsons include a litany of classic episodes, and the list of personal favorites Swartzwelder gave in the interview serves as a solid primer: “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge,” “Bart the Murderer,” “Dog of Death,...

On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria apologized for participating in “structural racism,” via his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

While the Emmy winner continues to voice other parts on the Fox comedy, including Moe Szyslak, and gave voice to Apu from his first appearance on the show in 1990, he announced in February of last year that he would no longer be playing the role. The decision emerged as part of a broad cultural shift in animation, as the industry came to the belief that characters of color should not be voiced by white actors, with other Simpsons roles also being recast.

In the course of his conversation with Armchair Experts hosts Dax Shephard and Monica Padman, Azaria said that he wished he’d committed to exiting the Apu role many years before he actually did. “I’ve had a date with destiny...

Craig Miller will receive the WGA West’s 2020 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award in recognition of his distinguished career and contributions to the animation field. The award will be presented by his longtime collaborator, comic book writer Marv Wolman, at the Caucus’ virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday.

Miller, who chairs the Caucus, has more than 300 credits to his name, including The Smurfs, Curious George, and Pocket Dragon Adventures.

“In his long distinguished career, Craig has been a tireless advocate for the writers of animation, working diligently to get writers like himself covered under a WGA contract,” the guild said. “The WGA West board of directors is proud and honored to give him this well-deserved award.”

Miller started his career in Hollywood as a publicity executive, working as a consultant to Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Disney and Universal. He worked alongside George Lucas, Jim Henson and numerous others on a long...

While Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie may get the lion’s share of credit for making “The Simpsons” work, the extended family also plays a vital role in the show’s humor. No character better exemplifies this than Abraham “Grampa” Simpson. To celebrate this endearing old coot’s sensibility and what he has brought to the show for the past 31 years, we’ve put together 20 hilarious instances of Grampa’s crazy and rambling diatribes in the photo gallery above.

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“The Simpsons” originated from the mind of cartoonist Matt Groening and first started airing as shorts on “The Tracey Ullman Show” in the late 1980s. With the assistance of Oscar and Emmy winner James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, Groening developed the concept into a half-hour program that debuted on Fox in December of 1989. To date, the show has aired over 670 episodes,...

While Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie may get the lion’s share of credit for making “The Simpsons” work, the extended family also plays a vital role in the show’s humor. No character better exemplifies this than Abraham “Grampa” Simpson. To celebrate this endearing old coot’s sensibility and what he has brought to the show for the past 31 years, we’ve put together 20 hilarious instances of Grampa’s crazy and rambling diatribes.

“The Simpsons” originated from the mind of cartoonist Matt Groening and first started airing as shorts on “The Tracey Ullman Show” in the late 1980s. With the assistance of Oscar and Emmy winner James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, Groening developed the concept into a half-hour program that debuted on Fox in December of 1989. To date, the show has aired over 670 episodes, making it the longest running scripted series in primetime television.

Groening first came...

“The Simpsons” has returned for its 30th season. If you wish to honor this momentous occasion like a Stonecutter, you can do so by having ribs! However, we have chosen to commemorate this unbelievable milestone by putting together a list of the 40 greatest episodes of the series, ranked worst to best. Click through our photo gallery above and see if your favorite episodes made it on to the list.

America’s favorite cartoon family was the brainchild of cartoonist Matt Groening, known at the time for his comic strip “Life in Hell.” He was asked to help create a series of cartoon shorts for Fox’s Emmy winning sketch program, “The Tracey Ullman Show,” by Oscar and Emmy winner James L. Brooks. Groening drew from his own upbringing to develop “The Simpsons,” including naming the characters after his own family members. The family first debuted on April 19, 1987, and their popularity took off,...

Brad Falchuk, co-creator of Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens and Pose, will be the recipient of the WGA West’s Valentine Davies Award. The honor will be presented February 1 at the 72nd annual WGA Awards in recognition of his “positive impact on young writers through his work and efforts to improve literacy and promote self-confidence through arts education in schools.”

Falchuk is one of the founding members of The Young Storytellers Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop literacy through the art of storytelling. The foundation was launched in 1997 as a small in-school program by Falchuk, producer Mikkel Bondesen and Andrew Barrett after they learned about cuts to creative arts programs in Los Angeles public schools. The foundation, whose mission is to develop literacy through the art of storytelling, has since been expanded to serve more than 100 schools in Los Angeles, New York City and Denmark. Falchuk...

David N. Weiss, a past WGA West VP and writer of Shrek 2 and The Smurfs and Rugrats movie and TV franchises, has been chosen to receive the WGA West’s 2019 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award. The honor will be bestowed tonight at the annual Awc awards ceremony and member meeting at the guild’s Los Angeles headquarters.

Weiss’ credits on the film side also include Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and Smurfs 2. To date, the box office cume for Weiss’ combined work exceeds $2.3 billion worldwide.

Working with his writing partner J. David Stem, Weiss served as head writer on Nickelodeon’s Rugrats TV series. The duo’s other credits include Cybill, Mission Hill and The Downtowners, along with the features Daddy Day Care, Are We There Yet? and Clockstoppers.

They are writing a remake of Jimmy Stewart...

International non-profit Last Chance for Animals (Lca) is hosting its 35th Anniversary “Glamorous Hollywood Night” themed gala honoring prominent individuals who have made a positive impact for animals around the world.

Last Chance for Animals' Star-Studded Gala

Recreating the glamour and excitement of a bygone era, the event will feature celebrity red carpet arrivals, cocktail reception with vegan hors d’oeuvres, a vegan dinner, awards program, live entertainment and dancing. For tickets and additional information, visit: www.LCAnimal.org/Gala.

Lca’s Founder and President Chris DeRose is proud to announce this year’s honorees:

● Kim Basinger, award-winning actress and passionate animal advocate, will receive the “Albert Schweitzer Award”.

● Donna D’Errico, actress, model and ardent animal activist, will be awarded the “Celebrity Activist Award”.

● Gloria Butler, music manager and wife of Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler, will receive the “Sam Simon Award,” named after The Simpsons co-creator and Lca’s devoted supporter,...

As you should know, celebrities love gambling. Of course, you should realize that some celebrities love it more than others. If you take the time to do some research, you’ll find that celebrities have put together some great gambling stories. Within this guide, you’re going to learn about some of the best celebrity gambling stories ever.

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis is one of the most notable Hollywood actors. He is best known for being an action star. The celebrity is a big fan of gambling. You can guarantee that he is going to show up in casinos across the nation. One of the most notable events was during the Mayweather and McGregor fight. During this fight, Willis showed up wearing a black leather jacket. More importantly, he was rolling dice at the MGM Grand. The celebrity managed to turn heads with his appearance and that is what makes him so cool.

International non-profit Last Chance for Animals (Lca) is hosting its star-studded 35th anniversary fundraising gala honoring prominent individuals who have made a positive impact for animals around the world.

The “Glamorous Hollywood Night” themed event will take place on Saturday evening, October 19, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Recreating the glamour and excitement of a bygone era, the gala will feature celebrity red carpet arrivals, cocktail reception with vegan hors d’oeuvres, a vegan dinner, awards program, live entertainment and dancing. For tickets and additional information, visit: www.LCAnimal.org/Gala.

Lca’s Founder and President Chris DeRose is proud to announce this year’s honorees:

● Kim Basinger, award-winning actress and passionate animal advocate, will receive the “Albert Schweitzer Award”.

● Donna D’Errico, actress, model and ardent animal activist, will be awarded the “Celebrity Activist Award”.

● Gloria Butler, music manager and wife of Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler, will receive the “Sam Simon Award,...

When I moved to L.A. in 2006 as an aspiring comedy writer, there were three invites I coveted. But even if I could meet Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, I couldn't afford his poker game. And I was too unathletic to play in Garry Shandling's basketball game. But I could eat pizza, and I could watch a movie. Which left Sunday Movie Nights at Phil Rosenthal's.

Seven years later, I was writing a sitcom pilot for Brian Grazer, and we were looking for a supervising producer. We met Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond. He didn't sign ...

When I moved to L.A. in 2006 as an aspiring comedy writer, there were three invites I coveted. But even if I could meet Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, I couldn't afford his poker game. And I was too unathletic to play in Garry Shandling's basketball game. But I could eat pizza, and I could watch a movie. Which left Sunday Movie Nights at Phil Rosenthal's.

Seven years later, I was writing a sitcom pilot for Brian Grazer, and we were looking for a supervising producer. We met Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond. He didn't sign ...

The Simpsons repeats will start airing on Disney’s Freeform in September. The network will have access to all 30 seasons of the series that will have already aired on the series’ primary network, Fox, which recently renewed it for Seasons 31 and 32. The announcement was made as part of Disney’s upfront press conference.

At the same event, FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said that the company’s Simpsons World online site will close down once The Simpsons launches on Disney+.

FX Networks landed full library rights (including digital) to The Simpsons in 2013 in a ground-breaking deal for Fxx and FXNow.

I hear Fxx will remain the main Simpsons off-network cable home, airing 50 hours of repeats a week vs. 10 for Freeform. The agreement is similar to the one the two new corporate siblings recently struck for another Fox/20th TV animated staple, Family Guy.

FX Networks landed off-network rights to Seth MacFarlane...

“The Simpsons” will begin off-network airing on Freeform in September 2019, the network announced Tuesday.

Still airing new episodes on Fox, at least through 2020-21, “The Simpsons” will now rerun episodes from all 30 seasons of Matt Groening’s animated family comedy on the cabler.

Previously “The Simpsons” ran off-network on Fxx, which has also been the streaming home for the show, having landed the full library rights in 2013. Fxx and its parent company FX Networks, in addition to 20th Century Fox Television (which produces “The Simpsons”), became a part of Disney earlier this year; Freeform is also under the Disney umbrella. Freeform also shares off-network rights to “Family Guy,” another one of Fox’s long-running, hit animated comedies, with Fxx. Last month, it was announced that “The Simpsons” would have a new streaming home on Disney Plus when that new service launches in November 2019.

“The Simpsons” was created by Groening and developed by James L. Brooks,...

“The Simpsons” has returned for its 30th season. If you wish to honor this momentous occasion like a Stonecutter, you can do so by having ribs! However, we have chosen to commemorate this unbelievable milestone by putting together a list of the 40 greatest episodes of the series, ranked worst to best. Click through our photo gallery above and see if your favorite episodes made it on to the list.

America’s favorite cartoon family was the brainchild of cartoonist Matt Groening, known at the time for his comic strip “Life in Hell.” He was asked to help create a series of cartoon shorts for Fox’s Emmy winning sketch program, “The Tracey Ullman Show,” by Oscar and Emmy winner James L. Brooks. Groening drew from his own upbringing to develop “The Simpsons,” including naming the characters after his own family members. The family first debuted on April 19, 1987, and their popularity took off,...

Last Chance for Animals (Lca) hosted its star-studded 2017 Benefit Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Scott and Renee Baio

The event brought together more than 300 animal lovers, philanthropists and celebrities for an evening of vegan hors d’oeuvres, dinner, live entertainment and dancing. Actress Katie Cleary and radio personality Mark Thompson emceed the evening.

Celebrity guests included actors Joanna Krupa, Priscilla Presley and Scott Baio, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, broadcast personality Jane Velez-Mitchell and Congo anti-poaching pilot Anthony Caere

This year’s celebration honored five visionaries who share Lca’s mission to eliminate animal exploitation worldwide. Outspoken animal rights activist and philanthropist, Philip Wollen received the Albert Schweitzer Award for his animal welfare work in over 40 countries. Jane Velez-Mitchell, one of America’s most prominent spokespersons for animal rights, received the prestigious Sam Simon Award, named in honor of Lca’s devoted supporter and The Simpsons co-creator,...

126 people have written or co-written an episode of “The Simpsons,” most of whose names you probably don’t know. Among that company is Mimi Pond, who happens to have penned the long-running show’s first episode; in a new Jezebel interview, Pond says that she never became a full-time member of the writing staff because she’s a woman.

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“I was never invited to be on staff, and I never knew why for the longest time,” she says of her experiences. Eventually the truth came out:

“No one ever called me or explained to me or apologized or anything. And it wasn’t until years later that I found out that Sam Simon, who was the showrunner, didn’t want any women around because he was going through a divorce.

Mimi Pond, the writer of the first-broadcast episode of “The Simpsons,” says she was shut out of the Fox cartoon’s writers’ room because then-showrunner Sam Simon only wanted men writers. Pond, the cartoonist who wrote the show’s premiere episode “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,” was never hired as a full-time writer on the show because Simon refused to have women on his staff, she said in a Jezebel interview earlier this week. “I was never invited to be on staff, and I never knew why for the longest time,” she said. “No one ever called me or explained to me.

“I found out that Sam Simon, who was the showrunner, didn’t want any women around because he was going through a divorce.”...

Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.

I was born in June of 1992, a year particularly important to Simpsons lore. On one hand, my date of birth fell three months before the airing of the show’s fourth season, which is considered by many...

The estate of “The Simpsons’” late co-creator, Sam Simon, has launched a new charity foundation by donating $1 million to PETA. The Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation was announced on Monday in honor of the animal and lover and philanthropist, who died in 2015 following a long battle with colon cancer. Watch: ‘The Simpsons’ Predicted […]...

The estate of The Simpsons’ late co-creator, Sam Simon, has launched a new charity foundation by donating $1 million to PETA.

The Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation was announced on Monday in honor of the animal and lover and philanthropist, who died in 2015 following a long battle with colon cancer.

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Simon was dedicated to helping improve the treatment and welfare of animals and the new organization aims to continue that work, as well as help people out of poverty in Los Angeles.

“Sam was deeply committed to philanthropy throughout his lifetime, and his legacy of giving lives on through the Foundation’s work championing both human and animal rights,” said Julie Miller of the Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation.

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“Knowing that the Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation has committed to supporting our work for animals and their...

Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.

Awards

– The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced that director Johnny Ma has won the Academy’s Best First Feature award, sponsored by Telefilm Canada, for his feature film, “Old Stone.” This award celebrates the outstanding debut of a first-time filmmaker. The film had its North American premiere at Tiff in the Discovery Programme and was awarded the City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. The film can be pre-ordered on iTunes for viewing after April 7, 2017.

The Canadian Screen Awards will be broadcast live on CBC from Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, March 12.

– Acclaimed screenwriter-director Richard Curtis has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2017 Valentine Davies Award in recognition of his humanitarian efforts, charitable initiatives and world service, which have achieved a...

For 28 seasons, Nancy Cartwright has entreated viewers around the globe to eat her shorts as the voice behind Bart Simpson. While also voicing a slew of other character populating the town of Springfield, she's helped turn the Simpson family's resident troublemaker into a globally recognizable mascot just short of Mickey Mouse. In a new video interview exclusive to Rolling Stone, Cartwright looked back on her time on The Simpsons and considered what the Bart Simpson legacy means, both for her and the iconic character's many fans.

"I think that The Simpsons...

Kelsey Grammer explained the origins of the low, melodious voice of Sideshow Bob and explained how singing Tony Bennett songs on the set of Cheers earned him the role as the beloved Simpsons villain.

During an interview on the BBC's The Graham Norton Show, Grammer explained that he was offered the role of Sideshow Bob through Sam Simon, the late Simpsons co-creator, and a former writer and producer for Cheers. When The Simpsons staff decided to give Sideshow Bob a voice (he'd previously been seen as Krusty the Clown's sidekick,...

  When I was 22 I was trying to be something in show business.  I hadn't really narrowed it down.  An actor, a writer, an agent, a coke dealer -- all viable occupations in 1986. I was in what seemed like my 80th semester of UCLA, and still floundering when I got the chance, through a family friend, to work as an "apprentice writer" on It's Garry Shandling's Show.  I had never heard of that job, but it was better than trying to spend hours trying to find a parking spot at UCLA so I jumped at the chance.  It was a new sitcom on Showtime, a place that didn't really make sitcoms or shows.  Well, when I showed up for work in my suit, I was told to get the producer a bagel and cream cheese. I realized immediately there was no apprentice writer job. I was a runner, a production assistant.