‘The Simpsons’ Star Harry Shearer Stopped Voicing a Black Character and Then Started Hearing ‘Folk Say the Show Has Become Woke in Recent Years’

Fans went into a frenzy when it was reported pop sensation Harry Styles and actress Taylor Russell called time on their blossoming romance - just 14 months after the pair started dating.The heartthrob - known for his chart-topping hits and former One Direction fame - and Bones And All starlet Taylor were an item for over a year. Dating rumours first surfaced last March when they were photographed together on a romantic walk and were then later spotted when Taylor attended Harry's Love On Tour concert in Vienna from the VIP area in July.

Hunter Ingram Before Morgan Spector ever put on the three-piece suit of railroad baron George Russell, he was concerned audiences might feel alienated by the opulence of HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” “The vast majority of people just don’t have anything in common with someone like George Russell,” he says. “When I first read these scripts, it was in 2020. Bernie Sanders was still a frontrunner in the presidential campaign, and class politics were in the news.

Kensington Palace has a "serious concern that Beatrice and Eugenie are becoming increasingly close to Harry and Meghan", according to a royal author.

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria is starting his own Bruce Springsteen tribute band, named Hank Azaria & The EZ Street Band.The actor and comedian, known for voicing characters including Moe, Apu and Chief Wiggum, will lead the band for the first time on August 1 at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge, with all profits going to the Four Through Nine Foundation, a social justice charity. Get tickets for that show here.The band have said they will play a “setlist packed with Springsteen classics and deep cuts, delivered with Azaria’s unique flair and the band’s top-notch musicianship.”Azaria himself has said: “I’ve never worked harder preparing for any role than I did in perfecting a singing vocal impression of Bruce.

According to a royal author, there's a "serious concern" at Kensington Palace that Princesses Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are growing closer to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Prince Andrew's daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, have always had a tight-knit relationship with their cousin the Duke of Sussex, with their bond remaining strong even after Harry's controversial departure from the Royal Family in 2020.

Friends debuted over 30 years ago, and fans can’t believe it’s been decades since the former NBC comedy became a smash-hit.

Lee McCulloch has come up with the perfect farewell present for Rangers’ departing stars to leave behind before heading for the Ibrox exit - hope for next season.

Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice left the UK ahead of claims he is quitting the hugely popular BBC show after nine years.The star, 33, is on a break in Dubai with his girlfriend Molly Brown, 25, who shared pictures of them kissing where she dubbed him "my best friend".The couple, who confirmed their romance at the end of February, proved they were still going strong despite rumours that they had split. Strictly Come Dancing fans were shocked by the news - revealed by The Sun last night - that Giovanni is reportedly set to 'quit' the hit BBC show after nine years.

The CW’s fall schedule includes a number of new unscripted series such as a game show night on Mondays with Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble as well as the return of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group is launching international sales on the action film Alarum starring Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, and Willa Fitzgerald, which has just wrapped principal photography. 

Harry Shearer voices many characters on The Simpsons and was recently replaced as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £3.8 million ($4.7 million), according to numbers from Comscore. Universal’s “The Fall Guy” dropped down to second place with £948,970 and now has a running total of £6.7 million.

You may be shocked to learn that in the two hour and 30 minute long movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the film’s star Anya Taylor Joy only has about 30 lines of dialogue.

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The Simpsons star Harry Shearer has suggested that the recasting of Dr Hibbert has “affected” his former character.The actor was replaced in the role by Kevin Richardson in 2021, after the long-running animated sitcom decided the year before that white actors would no longer voice non-white roles in the series.Shearer previously voiced Hibbert, who is Black, from the show’s inception, and in a new interview with The Times reflected on the change.“Folk say the show has become woke in recent years and one of my characters has been affected,” he said. “I voiced the Black physician, Dr Hibbert, who I based on Bill Cosby.

Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor was introduced to viewers at Christmas - and now he's back for eight new episodes in a brand new series of Doctor Who. And the first Black actor and first openly queer actor to lead the series has promised to be dressed to impress.

The Way Home fans: while you’re waiting for season three, we have some cute new photos for you to see!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. will release the first of its new batch of “The Lord of the Rings” films in 2026, which will focus on Andy Serkis’s Gollum. Original “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy filmmaker Peter Jackson and his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are producing the movie and “will be involved every step of the way” on the movie, Warner Bros.

Micah Richards has opened up about his genuine fear of watching Match of the Day.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (“Terminator Genisys”) and “Heartbreak High’s” Josh Heuston, soon to be seen in “Dune: Prophecy,” will star in the horror thriller “Dangerous Animals.” Adding edge to the package, Australia’s genre auteur Sean Byrne (“The Loved Ones,” “The Devil’s Candy”), one of the highest rated horror directors of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, is directing “Dangerous Animals” which will be brought onto the Cannes market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment. Starting principal photography on Australia Gold Coast on May 7, “Dangerous Animals” is produced by London and Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment, behind Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand” and Guy Pearce-led “The Convert,” sold by Mister Smith, in conjunction with LD Entertainment (“Jackie,” “Ben Is Back”), Oddfellows Entertainment and management-production firm Range Media Partners.