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Russian channel to censor ‘The Simpsons’
A Russian national channel said Thursday it would censor “The Simpsons” cartoon series to comply with a new law banning scenes of violence, drinking and smoking before a late evening watershed. The 2×2 channel, aimed at young adults, told AFP it would cut scenes where the Simpsons family watches a…
Simpsons marks 500th episode with Assange as guest star
LOS ANGELES — The Simpsons, the long-running US television animated comedy show, reached its landmark 500th episode Sunday, with an appearance from controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. America’s most famous dysfunctional cartoon family have played out their lives before a worldwide audience for over two decades since the distinctive yellow…
Iran’s morality censor bans ‘The Simpsons’ dolls
Small, plastic figures portraying characters from the long-running Fox sitcom “The Simpsons” are officially verboten in the nation of Iran, after a religious censor this week deemed them to be tools of Western propaganda. “We do not want to promote this cartoon by importing the toys,” an official with Iran’s…
WikiLeaks founder to guest on ‘The Simpsons’
It’s hard to keep a secret from Julian Assange — and it turns out, it’s even harder to keep a secret about him. It was revealed Monday that the founder of WikiLeaks will make a guest appearance on the 500th episode of “The Simpsons,” one of America’s longest-running television shows.…
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