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Spider Man on Broadway’s Cruel Simpsons Satire Gets Official Response

Having already received their Taiwanese animated reenactment, it was only a matter of time before the hot mess that is Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark's epic screw ups received a larger pop culture callback. Last night, The Simpsons aired their yearly "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, which included a not-at-all-subtle slam on the show's troubled Broadway production. The producers officially responded this morning, and of course—as is the case with any Broadway producer—are using the wildly insulting lampooning for a press moment. Read More

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Frank Gehry Really, Really Regrets His Guest Appearance on The Simpsons

Because of his successful style, Frank Gehry sometimes comes under criticism for being a hack whose buildings all look the same—even if in their 50th iteration, those waving bands of metal still look amazing, fresh and different. This sensibility was, like so many other things, immortalized on The Simpsons, in which Mr. Gehry was perhaps the first and only architect to ever make a guest appearance—an appearance that still haunts him to this day. Read More

Events Roundup: Monday, March 9, 2009

7 p.m. The School of American Ballet will celebrate its 75th anniversary at Winter Ball, David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street. Individual ticket prices are $2,500; $1,500; $1,000; young patron tickets are $300. 7 p.m. Gay Men's Health Crisis hosts Savor, an annual four-course "New American dinner" Read More

Grey’s Anatomy Wins Big at Deflated People’s Choice Awards

The People's Choice Awards (a.k.a. the most meaningless of awards ceremonies) aired last night, although nobody watched it and actors received their awards like they were pox-diseased blankets from the pilgrims. Because celebrities refuse to cross the Writers Guild of America's picket lines, a "newsmagazine" version of the original ceremony aired. "Host" Queen Latifah giddily Read More

D’oh-tube! Internet Sensation Scores Big Simpsons Moment

On Sunday, Dec. 16, Noah Kalina, a freelance photographer based in Williamsburg, was parodied on an episode of The Simpsons.

For six years starting in 2000, Mr. Kalina, now 27, took a digital photograph of himself every day. He then compiled the pictures chronologically and created a short movie of the gallery, Everyday, accompanied Read More

Today’s ‘Simpson-izing of Manhattan’

Today is Simpsonfest in Manhattan. Fox has painted the town yellow to promote the DVD release of the big screen version of their television show. Anyone in Midtown will find it difficult to miss the yellow-jacketed street teams, the "Simpsons on Ice" show at Bryant Park, the giant inflatable Homers and the Empire State Building Read More