A chance encounter between Adam Sandler and Dan Patrick at a Knicks game led to decades of friendship and collaboration. Beginning with “The Waterboy” in 1998, Patrick — the iconic sportscaster who was a fixture at ESPN and later hosted NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” coverage — has appeared in more than 10 of Sandler’s movies. … Read more
D’oh! Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that first appeared in a 1996 episode of the game-changing animated show. A synonym for acceptable or satisfactory, the word joins an array of popular slang … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister has eaten fish from the ocean off the Fukushima coast to dispel safety concerns amid an escalating row over the release of radioactive water — sparking comparisons with The Simpsons. Fumio Kishida and three of his ministers sat in front of cameras in the PM’s Tokyo office on Wednesday for a meal … Read more
This “Simpsons” prediction was no laughing matter. Conspiracy theorists have been torched online after crediting the seemingly clairvoyant cartoon with foretelling a wild and unfounded theory concerning the Hawaii wildfires. Tinfoil-hatted social media denizens detailed this outlandish allegation of life imitating art on social media amid the natural disaster in Lahaina, Maui, which has claimed … Read more
It seems that once again “The Simpsons” has predicted the future. In the past, the animated TV show has seemingly prophesied bizarre historical events which actually came to pass, such as Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run and the death of Queen Elizabeth ii. This time, the show may have predicted the disappearance of the OceanGate … Read more
¡Ay Caramba! Simpsons star Nancy Cartwright — the longtime voice of Bart Simpson — has been honored for donating at least $21 million to the Church of Scientology, according to a new report. Cartwright, who has voiced the young rascal in the Fox hit for more than 30 years, has long been a fervent follower of … Read more
Hank Azaria, 59, opened up about voicing “The Simpsons” Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a white man on the latest episode of NPR’s podcast “Code Switch.” Apu is a recurring Indian-American character in the show who runs the Kwik-E-Mart convenience store, which often keeps him from his wife and eight children. Azaria was first publicly called out … Read more
This may be the one time a Jerry Springer horror show didn’t refer to a guest on his long-running program. The legendary broadcaster — who died from pancreatic cancer Thursday — appeared in a particularly memorable “Treehouse of Horror” episode of Matt Groening’s ever-clairvoyant animated series “The Simpsons.” His voice cameo popped up in the … Read more
With the help of audio processing, a die-hard “The Simpsons” fan has unearthed never-before-heard audio — and, in turn, revealed another joke. In a Season 3 episode, Homer is taking his son, Bart, to the boy’s first-ever rock concert, but the buffoonish dad’s tinnitus, or ear ringing, drowns out a warning from his wife, Marge. Now, … Read more
The D’oh-racle of comedy cartoons has done it again. “The Simpsons” is notorious for making eerily accurate “predictions,” but this time they might’ve executed a prophetic twofer. Social media users are attributing the clairvoyant cartoon with foretelling two unrelated current events — former President Donald Trump’s arraignment and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie hysteria — in … Read more
Did “The Simpsons” predict this? An artist has reimagined the beloved cartoon characters as humans with the help of AI software and a bit of photo retouching. Hidreley Diao, a regular contributor to the site Bored Panda, let curiosity get the best of him, asking AI to render many animated household names in flesh and … Read more
Fans of “The Simpsons” have once again noticed that the longtime cartoon series seemingly predicted real-life events years before they happened. This time, involving Michelangelo’s David. A principal at a charter school in Tallahassee, Florida, resigned last week after parents complained about a Renaissance art lesson involving Michelangelo’s iconic, unclothed David statue — with one parent … Read more
How often have you thought about Jacques, the four-fingered Lothario tried to steal Marge’s heart? The French seducer was a memorable character in the season one episode “Life on the Fast Lane” and he’s just made his comeback – 33 years since he last had a line on the long-running show. Jacques was one the … Read more
It pays to be famous. Forbes has just dropped their list of the top 10 highest-paid entertainers in the world in 2022. Music icon Taylor Swift is the only woman on the list and she joins fellow musicians Bad Bunny, Sting, The Rolling Stones and Genesis. The group of high-earners also includes a number of … Read more
Disney has pulled an episode of “The Simpsons” that features criticism of China from its streaming platform in Hong Kong. The episode, titled “One Angry Lisa,” first aired in October last year and shows Marge Simpson taking a spin class as a screen displays images of the Great Wall of China. “Behold the wonders of … Read more
Chris Ledesma, the longtime music editor of “The Simpsons,” has died. He was 64. The animated show made a tribute to Ledesma in the latest episode with a title card that read, “In loving memory of Chris Ledesma.” The title card was shown below an animated version of Ledesma sitting on the Simpsons sofa with … Read more
Cruel strangers compared a baby whose skin turned yellow due to liver problems to “Maggie Simpson.” Baby Camiyah, who was born in desperate need of a liver transplant, was rushed to the hospital when she was just three weeks old when her mother discovered blood in her feces. After running tests on the newborn’s liver, … Read more
“The Simpsons” has done it again. “Simpsons” producer Al Jean pointed out Wednesday that the hit FOX show “predicted the future” once again. Following Trump’s highly-anticipated announcement that he would run for President in 2024, the producer tweeted a clip from a 2015 episode featuring Homer Simpson and a presidential campaign sign reading “Trump 2024.” The … Read more
There’s yet another “Simpsons” conspiracy theory afoot. The FOX television show — which has a long history of allegedly predicting political and social events — might have also predicted the resignation of British Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss on Thursday. Truss — who has officially became the shortest-serving prime minister — stepped down from Britain’s top … Read more