Simpsons Posters News
- ‘Springfield, reinvented’ Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:47AMThe community warms up to its new brand. ... - By Susan Smallheer Staff Writer
- Doctor Who star remains in the dark over future Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:45AMDr Who actress Karen Gillan at a signing event at Hamleys in the St Enoch Shopping Centre, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire Doctor Who star Karen Gillan said she did not know whether she would be part of a third series of the show with co-star Matt Smith.
- 10 Fair freebies Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:32PMHere are the best giveaways, plus a free-parking tip.
- Sub Life Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:23AMLT. JERRY ROLINGER looks through the USS Rhode Island's periscope as the submarine crew prepares the ship to dive on Monday. (Tribune & Georgian photo/Mark Beavers)
- Terrier takes off; town rallies Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:24AMSome guys just don't adapt easily to change. Take Roscoe, a feisty little 10-year-old from Samsula who enjoys life in the country.
- Ludacris Fashion Show Casino Gig Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:03AMA top story from this week. Ludacris has announced a live gig at MotorCity Casino Hotel
- Sub Life Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 9:38AMLT. JERRY ROLINGER looks through the USS Rhode Island's periscope as the submarine crew prepares the ship to dive on Monday. (Tribune & Georgian photo/Mark Beavers)
- Putting 'care' in childcare Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 3:09PMThe city is handing out parenting tips, advising moms and dads to be wary of who babysits their kids.
- Meet a (Formerly) Local Cartoonist: Tony Rubino of Daddy’s Home Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:52AMTony Rubino sent me a press release about his comic strip the other day, noting, “I lived in Bethesda for 15 years before moving to New York City 3 years ago.” With a resume like that, he certainly fits into our interview series.
- Yours, mine becomes ours Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 1:57AMWhen Tanner Knauth met Lauren Worley at Abilene Christian University in Texas, she was dating his roommate.
- City To Parents: Watch Who You Choose To Watch Kids Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:26PMby Robert Pozarycki A new city-wide campaign designed to make parents more mindful about the people they entrust to watch their young children was launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a press conference in Forest Hills last Thursday, July 22. read more
- Mayor pushes child safety campaign Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 3:41AMNine children under the age of 2 in the city this year have been murdered, allegedly at the hands of an individual charged with their care. More than half of the cases occurred in Queens.
- Mayor pushes child safety campaign Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:27AMNine children under the age of 2 in the city this year have been murdered, allegedly at the hands of an individual charged with their care. More than half of the cases occurred in Queens.
- Video: Colbert Defends Sherrod; Blames ‘Racial Pro Firing’ Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:42AM*Stephen Colbert returned to his Comedy Central show fired up and ready vent about the treatment of Shirley Sherrod. The satirical conservative attacked not only the right-wing pundits who called out-of-context snippets of Sherrod’s speech racist, but the Obama Administration for fearing them so much as to fire Sherrod without cause. Underscoring CNN.com’s reference to [...]
- Nene’s Antics Delay Wedding of ‘Housewives’ Castmate Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:27AM*After her wedding last weekend, new “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member Cynthia Bailey is probably thinking “What have I gotten myself into?” According to the New York Post, her Saturday nuptials in Atlanta to restaurateur Peter Thomas was held up for 45 minutes by castmate Nene Leakes, “who barged into Bailey’s bridal suite [...]
- DMX Goes Back to Jail Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:27AM*DMX was recently released from an Arizona jail back in May on fraud, drug, and animal cruelty charges. Now he’s going back, this time he turned himself in for a past reckless driving charge in Los Angeles. His attorney revealed that DMX surrendered to authorities to begin serving a 90-day prison sentence stemming from a [...]
- New ‘Detroit 1-8-7′ Show Has City Officials Nervous Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:57AM*Some Detroit City Council members say they’re concerned that an upcoming ABC Network drama will propagate a negative image of the city as dangerous and crime-ridden, and has asked the show’s producers to attend an upcoming council meeting to discuss it.“Detroit 1-8-7″ – the title uses a former California police code for homicide – is [...]
- Willow and Jaden Smith Fashion Lines? Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:12AM*Will Smith’s children Jaden and Willow may soon have their own fashion line in stores, according to Rihanna’s stylist Mariel Haenn, who is teaming up with the famous siblings to develop a signature style. “With Rihanna, pretty soon after she came on the scene, you started seeing designers from Forever 21 to Gucci coming out [...]
- Video: Foxy Brown Performs at B.B. King’s Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:27AM*Assault charges be damned – Foxy Brown rocked B.B. King’s in NYC this past weekend and brought along some famous friends to join in. Sporting a tiny leather cut-out dress that exposed her florescent blue underwear and backed by a full live band, the Brooklyn MC brought out reggae artist Spragga Benz for “Oh Yeah,” [...]
- Bengals Discuss Contract with Terrell Owens Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:57AM*Not only would they be together in back-to-back reality shows on VH1, but if Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown has his way, wide receivers Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens will be on the same football team. The Bengals initially passed on the chance to sign T.O. after a tryout in March, but have given it [...]
- We Remember: Singer Al Goodman (Ray, Goodman & Brown) Passes Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:27PM*According to phone calls we’ve received and various internet postings, it is with sadness that we report that Al Goodman of the legendary R&B group Ray, Goodman and Brown passed away today at 63. At press time, the cause of death has not been determined. An associate of EURweb called to let us know that [...]
- Photos: Martellus Bennett Literally a ‘Naked Cowboy’ Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:12PM*There’s the Naked Cowboy that strolls around Times Square with a guitar, and then there’s Martellus Bennett – the Dallas Cowboys tight end whose private parts have just landed on the Internet — thanks to a scorned girlfriend. According to Media Takeout, where the photos were posted, Bennett cheated on his girlfriend, so the woman sought revenge [...]
- Video: Sherrod Rejects ‘Beck’ Invite Four Times Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:57PM*Glenn Beck whined to his Fox News colleague Bill O’Reilly that ousted Agriculture Dept. employee Shirley Sherrod has refused to appear on his Fox News show. Beck claims that Sherrod, who reportedly was asked to resign by the White House in part over the administration’s fears that Beck would highlight her out-of-context comments on his [...]
- Bryan Abrams Denies Domestic Assault Reports Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:27PM*Color Me Badd’s Bryan Abrams released a statement refuting reports that he abused his wife and was arrested for domestic assault last week in Honolulu. “I did not hit my wife,” said Abrams. “Reports of me abusing my wife while on tour in Hawaii are highly exaggerated and incorrect. I’ve learned from past mistakes and [...]
- NBA’s Lorenzen Wright Missing Since July 19 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:12PM*NBA power forward Lorenzen Wright went missing over a week ago, and his family is beginning to suspect foul play. Wright’s sister, Adriane Harris, told The Memphis Commercial Appeal that Wright has been out of touch before, but “not to this extent.” Harris said Wright was last seen at a Memphis barbershop on July 19, [...]
- Shirelles Story May Be Headed to Broadway Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:57PM*Baby It’s You!, the musical about a New Jersey housewife who put the singing group The Shirelles on the map, is hoping for a Broadway run in winter 2011. The production focuses on Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered the pop group and created a record label for new voices in the 1960s. [...]
- Wyclef Plans Presidential Run in Haiti? Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:57AM*Responding to rumors that Wyclef Jean is plotting a run for the presidency of his native Haiti, the musician’s rep would neither confirm nor deny, according to the Canadian Press. “We don’t have anything to talk about at this point, that’s for sure,” Adrienne Jacoby told The Canadian Press in a telephone interview Saturday. “I [...]
- Milian Wants Court to Drop Divorce Filed by The Dream Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:42AM*According to TMZ, singer/actress Christina Milian is now saying her husband, R&B singer/producer Terius Nash a/k/a The Dream, cheated on her and she wants to vacate the divorce papers that he filed earlier this year while she was pregnant. Milian is upset over The Dream’s claim that they were legally separated when he filed divorce [...]
- Diddy, Bad Boy Swatted with Fly-Papering Fine Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:27AM*Sean “Diddy” Combs has been slapped with a $996,000 bill from New York City officials who have accused his Bad Boy Entertainment company of plastering the Big Apple with posters. New York Finance Commissioner David Frankel, who is attempting to collect more than $1.9 billion in debts owed to the city, has accused the firm [...]
- TV Review: Comic-Con: Sneak peek at Fox swag Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:41PMGrabbing some good swag is (almost) as important as snagging a choice spot inside the Marvel and JJ Abrams/Joss Whedon panels at this week’s Comic Con. Fortunately, 20th Century Fox TV is happy to oblige: It plans to distribute tens of thousands of poster tubes from its booth over the convention’s four-day span in San Diego.
- Comic-Con: Sneak peek at Fox swag Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:26PMBy Lynette Rice Lynette Rice has a look at the poster tubes 20th Century Fox TV will be handing out in San Diego
- Lethal Germany Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 4:59AMChris Bevan on Germany's World Cup prowess
- Germany go for the jugular Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 4:59AMChris Bevan on Germany's World Cup prowess
- Football: Final piece of Nike ad curse falls as Fed ousted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 8:46PMThe last piece of the Nike World Cup advert curse fell into place today, when Roger Federer was ousted from Wimbledon in the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament
- Open thread June 28-July 2 Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 9:14AMLet’s launch another week with a fresh open thread. As always, links to the latest threads can be found in the sidebar, and you’re free to use the open thread to discuss anything not being covered in our other posts.
- Creativity is Paramount: PPI's Chas Evans brings international savvy to in-theatre promotions Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 5:40PM“In-theatre is very important, as it represents the point-of-purchase,” affirms Chas Evans, senior VP, creative affairs, at Paramount Pictures International (PPI). “Your audience is right there. You are spending a lot of money hitting the right people.
- Meet a Local Cartoonist: A Chat with Trickster Illustrator Michael Auger Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 8:36AMFreelance illustrator Michael Auger may be the most local cartoonist we’ve interviewed so far: He was born in D.C., grew up in Rockville, and lives now in Gaithersburg.
- Petrol prices to drop, but never below £1 a litre, says the AA Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 9:44PMTesco and Sainsbury's have cut petrol by 2p a litre after a fall in world oil prices, but the AA says don't expect bargain fuel again Petrol prices are unlikely ever to go below 110p a litre again even though fuel costs are on their way down again, according to the AA . Paul Watters, head of public affairs for the AA, said that increasing fuel duty combined with Opec measures to control the ...
- 2012 mascot: Faster, higher, stronger, tackier Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 7:21PMIn the run up to the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, leading German graphic designer Otto Aicher decided that his dachshund Waldi was capable of embodying the ethos of the event. As the Games' first official mascot, the dog had a lot to live up to. But Aicher believed that Waldi's pointed snout, fluorescent coat and straight back would epitomise the "gaiety" and "spirit" of the contest. The animal ...
- Nick Robinson Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:12AMWill the Tories fulfil their promise on Human Rights Act?
- TEA, bagged Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 11:12PMGeorge Washington is a fetishistic image at Tea Party gatherings. Many feature someone in costume portraying the revolutionary-in-chief. Others, such as the April 12 rally in front of Orlando City Hall, make do with Washington posters and T-shirts. The symbolism is easy to understand.
- Politicians' pop-culture love-in Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 3:34PMDavid Cameron loves Take That, Gordon Brown's addicted to Glee, Nick Clegg's an Othello nut . . . as politicians vie for cultural kudos, Mark Lawson asks: who are they trying to kid? Gordon Brown's favourite Shakespeare play is Hamlet, while Nick Clegg's is Othello. For the prime minister, the greatest living British painter is David Hockney, but the Liberal Democrat leader prefers Lucian Freud ...
- Message to parties: the slogan isn’t working Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 5:29AMSo far not one catchphrase has stuck in this campaign. The electorate is too cynical to swallow empty phrases
- TV Ratings: CBS shows who's 'Boss' Sunday Monday, March 29, 2010 @ 10:59AMFast National ratings for Sunday, March 28, 2010Who's the Boss? That would be CBS on Sunday night with its reality programming, including the hit "Undercover Boss," which featured Herschend Family Entertainment CEO Joel Manby. CBS averaged 14.47 million viewers for the night and an 8.6 rating/14 share, far ahead of second-place finisher NBC's 6.2 million and 3.9/6. ABC came in third with 5.8 ...
- The Simpsons like you've never seen them before: gambling, doing drugs and soliciting prostitutes Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 9:12PM Our most recent visit to the Windows Too bar in the Jing'an district revealed these hilarious posters. It looks like our favorite purveyor of dirt cheap drinks and equally cheap food has turned to The Simpsons to warn people off illegal behavior. And so: to illustrate the ban on gambling, there's Bart, Lisa and lil' Maggie in an intense game of poker; to show how prostitution isn't ...
- Life in Tier 2 [Featured Workspace] Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ 6:25PM# featuredworkspace Today's featured workspace is a peek inside a small tech support operation for a small west coast university. It's got everything you'd expect from a den of geekdom including piles of gear, movie posters, action figures, and testing stations galore. More »
- Almost Live: Kings at Blazers Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:46PMA very special night here at the Rose Garden, as we have the fantastic Nick Jaina—singer/songwriter, storyteller, frequent LocalCut tour diarist and, from what we hear, excellent cook—on board to blog the contest. Jaina originally hails from the Sacramento area, so it’s fitting that we have him blog the game against the Kings. Nick will [...] Related posts: Almost Live: Kings vs. Blazers Will ...
- What next for Obama's health plan? Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:36AMPresident Obama's health plan has suffered another setback after cross-party talks ended without a deal. What now for the proposals?
- NY-style pizzas offered at an affordable price Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:48PMAlthough it competes against solid Winston-Salem Italian restaurants like Elizabeth’s and Mario’s Pizza, Bambino’s Pizzeria holds its own ground. Conveniently located off of Peters Creek Parkway at Clemmonsville/Old Salisbury Road, it is a mere 10 minute drive from campus. Known for having the best New York Style pizza in town, it is definitely a hot [...]
- Margate man longtime leader of team facing Globetrotters in Wildwood Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:49PMLouis ‘Red’ Klotz, of Margate, started putting together teams to face the Harlem Globetrotters more than half a century ago. The team’s names have varied through the years, but the current name, Washington Generals has been used frequently.