Tag "Zooey Deschanel"

MacFarlane to Guest on ‘Simpsons’ Season Finale

May 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

Fox will be serving up an interesting animation biz mashup as the season 24 finale of its record-running toon The Simpsons will be an episode featuring the voice of Seth MacFarlane, Entertainment Weekly reports. The creator of Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show will try to make a [...]

Benedict Cumberbatch Has V-Day Date with ‘Simpsons’

February 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Benedict Cumberbatch, star of mystery-solving TV sensation Sherlock, will be guest starring in Sunday night’s special Valentine’s Day themed episode of The Simpsons on Fox. The episode is chock full of romantic pitfalls as Bart’s object of affection Mary Spuckler (Zooey Deschanel) comes back to Springfield, while Homer puts his [...]

Tina Fey to guest on ‘The Simpsons’

September 7, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

30 Rock’s creator and star Tina Fey will have her animated moment this spring on The Simpsons. According to ew.com, Fey will voice the role of Ms. Cantwell, an otherwise nice substitute teacher who does not warm to Lisa for some mysterious reason and bullies her. “She gives Lisa a [...]

‘Simpsons’ Catches Bieber Fever

August 22, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that tween idol Justin Bieber will play himself in an upcoming episode of Fox’s evergreen animated sitcom The Simpsons, slated for season 24 of the series according to original newsbreaker EW. The episode titled “The Fabulous Faker Boy” has Biebs vying for a spot in [...]

Overseas Reviews, Clip from Disney’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’

April 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Disney’s next 2D animated feature, Winnie the Pooh, doesn’t open in North America until July 15 — but it’s already playing overseas and doing fairly well with critics and audiences so far. Here’s a sampling of some of the reviews: The Guardian: The comeback of old-style hand-drawing at Disney under [...]