Hank Azaria has snagged this year’s Emmy for voiceover performance, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Monday. Azaria won for the episode “Moe Baby Blues,” in which hard-boiled bartender Moe takes a shine to baby Maggie. In addition to Moe, Azaria gives voices to Simpsons characters such as Comic Book Guy and Chief Wiggum. He has won in the voiceover category twice before; he won an Emmy for his supporting performance in the ABC telepic Tuesdays With Morrie. Azaria is also up for guest actor in a comedy for his work last season on Friends. Congratulations to him on his win (and other nomination) from the staff here at The Simpsons Channel!
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First ‘Hit And Run’ Preview
Vivendi has given pre-release copies of the most anticipated Simpsons video game to date to various sources, and Firing Squad are the first to deliver. “Hit & Run doesn’t stray from the underlying concept found in Road Rage – take proven gameplay and insert Simpsons DNA. Hit & Run is unmistakably recognizable as being heavily influenced by Grand Theft Auto. The missions start right away with Marge informing you that Lisa left her science project at home and that you have to beat Principal Skinner to the school to deliver it to her. After a loading screen, you hop into your family sedan and rush off to the school. After getting to the school before Skinner, you walk Homer inside to deliver the goods. Mission complete and Homer gleefully announces “I am so smart, I am so smart. S-M-R-T, I mean, S-M-A-R-T.” This game is sounding better every day. Make sure you read the full three-page preview.
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Beckham Vows Revenge!
David Beckham is set to star in a worldwide Disney cartoon in which he displays fantastic powers on the pitch and unreal ones off it. The cartoon could be shown in 150 countries and would feature team-mates Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo and Raul. A club source said: “Superhero Becks has huge potential. We want it to be bigger than The Simpsons.” As you may remember, Beckham was rejected a guest role on The Simpsons this season and this is apparently his payback. Will his diabolical plan work and will we be known as the “Superhero Becks Channel” a year from now? Stay TUNED!
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Back 2 School With Yoo-Hoo
Yoo-hoo has unveiled it’s first of many Simpsons promotions which will find their way onto bottles and advertisements. The drink company has teamed up with the Simpsons to bring you the raddest sweepstakes this side of Springfield. Their official website today has been expanded to include a section about this promotion, in which you can get the chance to win some great prizes including a 2004 VW Eurovan GLS. By purchasing the products and logging onto the website, you can be in the running to win this great prize as well as various other Simpsons goodies. For more prize details and rules, visit the official Yoo-Hoo website and click on the picture of Bart Simpson. While there you can also download the exclusive Yoo-Hoo Simpsons wallpapers which cannot be found anywhere else!
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This Week In Web News
From the maker of Beyond Blunderdome comes The Simpsons Site Critic, a website which reports about changes in websites and critiques them. I’ve had a bit of a laugh from the updates already there, so it succeeds in entertaining and reporting the news. Springfield Weekly has changed its color scheme today, but basically kept the same design as last time. An improvement, nonetheless. Homerpalooza has been redesigned, and is now much easier to use. A Home For Lenny has received its first activity since July last year, in the form of a new design. It looks quite similar to the last.
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End Is Nigh For Futurama
After a five season run, and over a year since the show was announced as cancelled, the time has come for Matt Groening’s ‘Futurama’ to end. The final episode titled “The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings” airs tomorrow night at 7pm on Fox. This last original episode plays on Fry’s long-standing crush on Leela. Hoping to win her through music, Fry determines to write an opera expressing his feelings for her. The catch: Fry can only become a virtuoso if he first strikes a bargain with the Robot Devil. Groening and the Futurama crew made this episode to be the last, and fans will be pleased that the show will end on a high. The episode guest stars The Simpsons’ Dan Castellaneta and was written by Ken Keeler. Even if you were not a fan of this show, this episode shouldn’t be missed. Reruns of the series can be seen on the Cartoon Network.
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Gellar To Guest Star
Currently shooting the sequel to the “Scooby Doo” movie in Vancouver, Canada, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed to Extratv.com that she’ll have a guest role on The Simpsons next season. That’s all we know at the moment, but when we learn more details regarding this we’ll let you know. Other guest stars lined up for Season 15 include Simon Cowell, Tony Blair, Ian McKellen, J.K. Rowling, Jerry Lewis, Jennifer Garner, and possibly Glenn Close & Jackie Mason reprising their roles as Mother Simpson and Rabbi Krustofsky, respectively.
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Chaplain’s Bible Study A Hit
“INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey: Most people would not associate the somewhat irreverent nature of the long-running sitcom, The Simpsons, with church. However, Chaplain (Maj.) Steve Schaick, 39th Air Base Group senior Protestant chaplain here, is not most people. He not only managed to create a tie between a dysfunctional cartoon family and the Bible, but in the process walked away with a National Bible Association Award. The association hands out an award every year to the chaplain from each military branch who manages to teach Biblical truth with the most innovation and creativity. Schaick, who created the Bible study “Blessed are The Simpsons,” is this year’s Air Force winner. To honor award recipients, the association sponsors a New York City luncheon Nov. 18. The chaplain’s relationship with Bart, Homer and the rest of the clan began in 1989, shortly after the show debuted.” Read More >>>
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Duffman’s Can In The Clouds
Duffman may be a coward, but Justin Zollitsch, a recent UW-Madison graduate, certainly isn’t. Zollitsch will don a Duffman costume to pilot a Red Bull Flugtag contraption called Can in the Clouds. Flugtag is German for “flying day.” Red Bull has held more than 20 worldwide, where Aircraft must be entirely human-powered. Zollitsch and friend Eric Drazkowski designed a can of Duff Beer with a 30-foot wing span and propeller. Whether he pilots or not, Zollitsch will don spandex and play Duffman for the preflight skit. “I’m gonna do flips down the runway prior to take-off to pump up the crowd. Though I might shy away from the pelvic thrusts” that are Duffman’s hallmark. Red Bull Flugtag is being held in Chicago’s Monroe Harbour this Saturday August 9th at 11am. To read more and see their design, click here.
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Down Under Simpsons Update
Good news comes in threes for Australians this week. First up, a specialty DVD titled “The Simpsons: Risky Business” will be released on September 24th, retailing at $32.95. The DVD, which has previously been released in the UK, contains work-related episodes ‘Realty Bites,’ ‘Homer The Smithers,’ ‘Deep Space Homer,’ and ‘Marge Gets A Job,’ as well as a Chief Wiggum Featurette. Also on the DVD front, Fox Home Entertainment has finally given an Australian release date for Season 3. The set will be released on October 22nd, retailing at $84.95. Both DVD’s are available for preorder at DVD Orchard.
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Signed Simpsons Art Expo
The Comic Mint Australia is currently running an exclusive on-line Simpsons animation art exhibition with a superb collection of original production cels and drawings for sale, with specially signed cards by the extraordinary voice artist from The Simpsons, Harry Shearer. Harry is the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner & many others! Harry has signed a limited number of the official FOX signature cards for any Simpsons cel or drawing purchased from this on-line exhibition. This offer is only valid for a short time, so order on-line to take advantage of this unique opportunity. The offer is also open to residents outisde of Australia. Harry recently appeared at the Comic Mint to meet and sign fans Simpsons items. Visit the website for further details.
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From Spinal Tap To Simpsons
“Harry Shearer has an interesting level of fame. Half of the performer’s public working life is spent hidden as a radio broadcaster or voice artist on The Simpsons. He says it’s one of his favourite things about the career that he’s “stumbled into”. It’s quite hard hearing such deadly serious talk from a voice that keeps reminding you of The Simpsons. Shearer’s natural tones sound more than a little like Principal Skinner’s. So what’s it like working on The Simpsons? “It’s the most fun you can have working in weekly television. It’s much more fun for me than being in a normal sitcom could ever be. I’ve turned down a lot of sitcoms because I never wanted to play the same part all the time, so this is perfect for me because I get to play like a dozen characters a week. Matt (Groening) is a great friend and I admire him tremendously and I think he’s done a great job of trying to keep the show on course.” Read More >>>