The Simpsons News

Actor Kelsey Grammer says his mild heart attack in May was caused by stress over his sitcom being cancelled. The Frasier star had been....

Read news story: KELSEY GRAMMER WORK PRESSURE CAUSED HEART ATTACK

THE SIMPSONS is heading back to the big screen - creator MATT GROENING has confirmed a sequel to last year's (07) hit movie.
The animated comedy....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS TO RETURN TO BIG SCREEN

Actor Kelsey Grammer is recuperating after suffering a mild heart attack, according to his spokesman. The Frasier star had been....

Read news story: KELSEY GRAMMER RECOVERING AFTER MILD HEART ATTACK

The cast of U.S. TV show THE SIMPSONS have settled an ongoing pay dispute with TV bosses - landing a major pay rise which will see their earnings....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS CAST SETTLE PAY DISPUTE

A de facto strike has hit production of The Simpsons, with the key actors providing the principal characters' voices, Dan Castellaneta (Homer),....

Read news story: SIMPSONS ACTORS GO ON STRIKE

Three women dominate this year's Turner Prize shortlist, traditionally one of the most controversial in British art, announced earlier....

Read news story: TURNER PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUCED

Cartoon classic THE SIMPSONS has been named the best comedy TV show of all time in a new poll.

Editors at AOL Television named the....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS IS COMEDY NUMBER ONE

Hit U.S. TV show THE SIMPSONS has come under fire in Argentina - after the country aired an episode featuring "offensive" comments about former....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS PROVOKES ARGETINIAN PROTESTS

Venezuela's president HUGO CHAVEZ has u-turned on his decision to ban THE SIMPSONS from TV - allowing the popular U.S. cartoon to be shown at a later....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS RETURNS TO TV IN VENEZUELA

THE SIMPSONS has been banned in Venezuela by President HUGO CHAVEZ, because the animated TV show is "unsuitable for children".
The long-running....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS BANNED IN VENEZUELA

A Venezuelan TV channel has deemed THE SIMPSONS "inappropriate" and removed it from its daily slot at 11.00 local time. Elba....

Read news story: VENEZUELAN TV COMPANY DEEMS THE SIMPSONS INAPPROPRIATE

Cineworld said summer blockbusters including the latest Harry Potter film and The Simpsons Movie helped boost pre-tax profits to £12.4 million....

Read news story: CINEWORLD PROFITS HELPED BY SIMPSONS AND HARRY POTTER

Paramount Home Entertainment's Beowulf took over the lead on both the DVD sales charts and rental charts last week, dropping last week's winner,....

Read news story: BEWULF TOPS DVD CHARTS

A Family Guy spin off involving the character Cleveland Brown is reported to be in development. The Hollywood Reporter quotes sources as....

Read news story: FAMILY GUYS CLEVELAND BROWN TO GET SPIN-OFF SHOW

Ratatouille won nine prizes at the 35th Annie Awards in Hollywood yesterday evening. The Pixar movie took the best feature production gong....

Read news story: RATATOUILLE DOMINATES ANNIES

The Producers Guild of America, whose choice of best film often is mirrored at the Oscars, announced its nominees Monday. They include: No Country....

Read news story: PRODUCERS NAME FIVE TOP FILMS -- ATONEMENT NOT AMONG THEM

THE SIMPSONS is set to become a major casualty of the writers' strike - because not enough episodes have been completed to last the current season. ....

Read news story: STRIKE SET TO HIT THE SIMPSONS

Keira Knightley's Atonement and comedian Ricky Gervais' television show Extras were honoured at last night's Golden Globe ceremony in Hollywood.....

Read news story: ATONEMENT GERVAIS WIN GLOBES

In yet another example of a media company taking money from one pocket and putting it into another, 20th Century Fox has announced that it has sold....

Read news story: NEWS CORP KEEPS SIMPSONS ALL IN THE FAMILY

Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood won the best picture award and three other top awards Saturday at the National Society of Film Critics....

Read news story: BLOOD WINS TOP NSFC AWARD

The top-selling DVD over Christmas week was The Simpsons Movie, which held the top spot for the second week in a row, according to Nielsen....

Read news story: SIMPSONS RETAIN TOP DVD SALES SPOT

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been named as the biggest earner at the UK and Ireland box office in 2007. David Yates'....

Read news story: POTTER RULES UK BOX OFFICE

The creators of THE SIMPSONS MOVIE have recreated the cover of PINK FLOYD's 1977 album ANIMALS, as a promotional act for the film's DVD release....

Read news story: THE SIMPSONS RECREATE ALBUM COVER IN PROMOTIONAL STUNT

Striking Hollywood writers have lodged a formal complaint against the studios. Union officials for the Writers Guild of America have filed....

Read news story: HOLLYWOOD WRITERS LAUNCH FORMAL COMPLAINT

BBC3 comedy Gavin & Stacey was the big winner at the British Comedy Awards, with prizes for its writers and co-stars Ruth Jones and James....

Read news story: COMEDY JOY FOR GAVIN STACEY

For the first year since DVDs came on the market a decade ago, studios and retailers are expected to report a sales decline in the format this....

Read news story: DVD SALES SPIN DOWN

Keith Olbermann made a cameo appearance as a cartoon character on Fox's The Simpsons Sunday night in which he berated Marge in a dream for using her....

Read news story: MARGE SIMPSON CONTENT BURGLAR

Animated movie Happy Feet has been named best feature film at the Children's Bafta awards ahead of the latest Harry Potter film. The....

Read news story: PENGUINS HAPPY AT KIDS BAFTAS

Troubled star BRITNEY SPEARS looks set to be immortalised as a cartoon character - in hit TV show THE SIMPSONS. The U.S. pop singer is in the frame....

Read news story: BRITNEY SET FOR THE SIMPSONS TREATMENT

Calls have been made to toughen up restrictions on which adverts can be shown during and around television programmes. New rules introduced....

Read news story: TV AD RULES FAIL CHILDREN