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The Latest Breaking News from Homer

The Simpsons has been running for decades, and several characters made their debut after the first season. Let's look at 32 of them.

Cinemablend

Homer will continue strangling Bart, The Simpson’s co-creator says

During a recent episode, Homer declared he had stopped strangling his 10-year-old son because ‘times have changed’

The Independent UK

How The Simpsons Strangled Itself Into Irrelevance

The once-subversive show now traffics in the clichés it used to mock so effectively.

Reason

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Ay Caramba: The Simpsons Seemingly Killed Off A Major Character & It Was Pretty Fkn Gruesome

Reports are claiming this iconic Simpsons character is gone for good — we call bullshit!

Pedestrian.tv

‘The good guys don’t always win’: Salman Rushdie on peace, Barbie and what freedom cost him

What can the great myths (and the summer blockbusters) tell us about peace? The writer, who has turned to fables all his life, weighs their wisdom – and considers the price he himself has paid for liberty

The Guardian - UK

Homer won't strangle Bart anymore

On a recent episode, Homer revealed the end of the long-running gag

Salon

OPINION - Can Europe still rely on the United States for its defence?

In 'Secrets of a Successful Marriage', the final episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons, Marge kicks Homer out of the house. Homer subsequently takes up residence in Bart's tree house and is reduced to wearing tattered rags. As he thinks of reasons for Marge to take him back,…

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Natalie Haynes: ‘I couldn’t stop reading Stephen King - even at the top of the Eiffel Tower’

The author and comedian on drawing comedic inspiration from Juvenal, finding clarity in Homer, and the comic strips she loved as a teenager

The Guardian - UK

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation

‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Guardian - UK

16 bizarre The Simpsons predictions that actually came true

From Trump's election to politicians eating fish from near a nuclear plant, here are some of the long-running cartoon's most uncanny predictions

The Independent UK

Fox Reveals Fall Premiere Dates

Season 10 of ‘The Masked Singer’ starts Sept. 27, season 35 — 35! — of ‘The Simpsons’ rolls Oct. 1

Broadcasting & Cable

Boris Johnson's baby name inspired by Greek hero who 'leaves wife behind'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie today announced the arrival of their third baby and the name they've chosen for the little one - which might raise eyebrows to those familiar with the Classics

Daily Mirror

Frank Alfred Odysseus: The meaning behind the name of Carrie and Boris Johnson’s third child

‘Can you guess which name my husband chose?’ Carrie teased in birth announcement post

The Independent UK

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Bizarre AI Simpsons characters spark serious debate

Does AI's beauty bias even extend to Springfield?

Total Film

Strange New Worlds, Poker Face, and the wonder of TV episodes that stand alone

Epic arc plots are all well and good, but sometimes it’s great to watch an entire story unfold over a single hour of TV

Daily Mirror

Obsessed fan has spent 'thousands upon thousands' on Simpsons 'shrine' at home

Most of The Simpsons Man's friends 'think it’s cool' and 'a few of them could even be a little "jealous"' of the room in his Florida home, dedicated entirely to the hit animated show

Chicago Sun-Times

Lizzo over the moon about dual roles on ‘The Simpsons’ season finale

The singer voices a cartoon version of herself and children’s doll Goobie Woo in Sunday’s Season 34 finale.

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The Guardian - AU

Cannibal KFC chickens, Cleo’s nude dudes and Whitlam’s fax: the 10 weirdest Australian commercials

David M Green collects video tapes for fun – which means he has seen his fair share of downright bizarre TV ads. You won’t find any Gobbledoks here

GamesRadar

I found my original 26-year-old copy of the best Simpsons game, and it still rocks

"Seedy ROM": Having the best time with the best Simpsons game a quarter of a century later

Chicago Sun-Times

Greek to me: Students read ‘Odyssey’ aloud at National Hellenic Museum’s ‘Homerathon’

The event, held in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago, includes 13 hours of programming on Friday and Saturday. Volunteers will read the entirety of “The Odyssey” broken into short passages.

The Independent UK

Simpsons fan uses audio processing to unearth lost 31-year-old joke

Moment was buried in the 1992 episode ‘The Otto Show’

Total Film

30 years on, one Simpsons fan discovers a hidden joke we were never meant to hear

It's a perfectly cromulent joke

Evening Standard

Five times The Simpsons was right, as Cypress Hill confirm they’ll perform with the London Symphony Orchestra

All the times Homer and co predicted the future from the 2018 Winter Olympics to smartwatches

Glasgow Live

Glasgow burger joint offers Homer Simpson-inspired doughnut burger

The limited edition Big D'oh! burger is the result of a team-up between Glasgow's Fat Hippo and doughnut experts Project D and is the dream combo for any Simpsons fan.

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