‘The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening says he’s “proud” of Apu following controversy

Tom Holland really wants to know whether Timothée Chalamet is sitting or standing right now!

Larsa Pippen spilled the tea about what led to the end of her friendship with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West – claiming it all came down to the fact that she “knew too much” about them!

Love Island's Liberty Poole has given a glimpse inside her day out to Brighton with her mum and Dancing on Ice partner Joe Johnson.The Birmingham beauty, 22, who previously revealed how falling like Gemma Collins would be 'scariest thing', shared a peek inside her day to her 1.5million Instagram followers. Liberty enjoyed the sunny day trip to Brighton and revealed how she was with the 'two Joe's in her life' as she posed alongside her glamorous mum Jo Poole and skating pro Joe.

Coleen Rooney was spotted looking downcast as she left the gym during Friday, February 11. The 35 year old mum of four kept her expression low as she took the short stroll from the building to her car parked across the street. Her brunette locks in a ponytail, Coleen, who is married to footballer Wayne Rooney, wore minimal eye makeup and a pair of stud earrings as she braved the cold winter air.

In spite of their busy schedules, when it comes to looking after their children, Kate Middleton and Prince William are extremely hands-on parents. Breaking away from royal tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoy doing the school run, embarking on outdoor adventures and being with their kids as much as possible in order to give them a ‘normal’ childhood. However, though their style of parenting may differ from that of royals before them, it doesn’t mean that Kate and William don’t know how to be firm with their children too.The couple, who are parents to Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, are said to have one important rule in their home.

Yesterday, an hour after announcing she'd be taking a mental health break from Twitter, Charli XCX posted a teaser of a new music video for a previously released track to Instagram. The track in question was her January Rina Sawayama collab, "Beg For You" — the third single from CRASH, coming March 18 — and the video dropped today, as promised.

There are few contemporary bands as prolific and slippery as Animal Collective. In the first two decades of their collaborative career, the boyhood friends from Baltimore experimented in sound art, warped the edges of avant-pop, exploded into mainstream maximalism, and, finally, returned to an ambient, deconstructed naturalism.

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 cast embarked on a month-long nationwide tour.Their first show commenced on January 20 at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.And with just two shows to go before the final gig on Sunday, the 31-year-old took a moment to give thought to the memories she made with her fellow BBC stars as the contestants of series 19 part ways.While it's a bittersweet ending for the Welsh professional ballroom dancer, she went on to mention that she was looking forward to the exciting projects she has lined up once the tour has officially ended.The brunette took to her Instagram Story ahead of her first of three shows at the O2 Arena in London.In view of her 316,000 followers, Amy maintained her composure as she touched on the tour drawing to a close."I just can't believe the tour is coming to an end," she said."I'm gutted, but also really excited for all the adventures to come."Amy briefly mentioned that she had a handful of "exciting" projects coming up, but she opted not to share further details.Last month, Amy was forced to pull out of several Strictly shows after suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, otherwise known as Crohn's disease.The health condition occurs when the colon and rectum can become inflamed.According to the NHS, symptoms include pain, cramps, swelling in the tummy and weight loss.Fans were gutted by Amy's absence seeing that there was no announcement of her non-appearance before the Strictly cast commenced their next gig in Manchester.She addressed the matter in an Instagram Story after fans had tagged her in a social media post, saying they failed to spot her at the concert but hoped she was doing okay.The health condition occurs when the colon and rectum can become inflamed.According to

Danielle Lloyd has revealed she broke down in tears when doctors told her she was expecting a fifth boy.The ex-model, 38, was given the gender news last year after she took a blood test six weeks into her pregnancySpeaking about her reaction to the test she admitted to The Sun: "I cried. I was devastated and didn’t know what to do with myself."We’d said this baby would be our last, so I was thinking, ‘It isn’t going to be my last — we’re going to have to have gender selection after all.'"The former Miss England is already mum to Archie, 11, Harry, ten, and George, eight, who she shares with Jamie O’Hara - and four-year-old Ronnie with Michael O'Neill.Danielle also admits she was so desperate for a little girl she booked in for gender selection treatment in Dubai, bit were forced to abandon their plans due to Covid travel restrictions.After facing backlash for wanting to undergo a gender assignment procedure, Danielle says: "I’ve had a lot of abuse from people saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re so ungrateful’."But me wanting a girl doesn’t mean I’m ungrateful for what I have or that I love my boys any less.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTony Pace, an advertising industry veteran who parlayed top jobs at two of Madison Avenue’s biggest agencies into a role at a major restaurant chain where he prodded TV networks to test new ways of weaving products into programming, has died. He was 64 years old and was in a snowmobile accident Feb.

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Power Book II: Ghost and 2017's Mudbound, which landed her two and made history. (Blige was the first person to be nominated for acting and songwriting—“Mighty River”—in the same year.)And she's not stopping anytime soon.

boxing, athletes are no strangers to making a huge return to the ring.Sometimes it’s for money, sometimes t’s for personal pride - other times it’s a refusal to conscript to the armed forces (that old chestnut.)We have compiled this list following the news is Ricky Hatton, at 43 years old, is reportedly set to sensationally make a return.The Sun Sport report that the Manchester Hitman - who retired in 2012 - will be putting the gloves back on to face Marco Antonio Barrera in an exhibition bout later this year.In light of such news, we take you through some of the notable times boxers came back, for better - and for worse.After leaving the sport in 2005, Mike Tyson came back in 2021 and fought Roy Jones.The two earned a commemorative WBC green belt while tidy purse of around £7.5m would have come in handy too. Jones made approximately £2.25m.But now there have been rumours floating around that he will be fighting Logan Paul next.

Meadowlark Media, the content company launched by former ESPN president John Skipper and ESPN radio and TV host Dan Le Batard, is bringing on board two high-profile additions ascreative advisers. Writer-producer Michael Schur (The Office, The Good Place, Parks & Recreation) and former ESPN host Jemele Hill will advise Meadowlark on current projects, assist in business development and help create new projects for thecompany.

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s defence of the show’s controversial character Apu.This week, Groening said that he is “proud” of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon following criticism of the character. Original voice actor Hank Azaria stepped down from voicing the role last year, which came after a 2018 documentary called The Problem With Apu argued that the role was a racist stereotype.Speaking about the criticism of the character and whether he would change anything, Groening told USA Today: “I think the Apu stories are fantastic, and he’s one of the most nuanced characters on a silly two-dimensional cartoon show.“So, yeah, I’m proud of Apu.

racist stereotype.“I think the Apu stories are fantastic, and he’s one of the most nuanced characters on a silly two-dimensional cartoon show,” the show’s creator Groening told USA Today of the show’s Indian-American Kwik-E-Mart shopkeeper.“So, yeah, I’m proud of Apu,” he insisted.“We’ve got plans for Apu, but we have to see if we can make the stories work … We’re working on something kind of ambitious. That’s all I can say,” he teased fans in the interview.The 67-year-old cartoonist told the paper that he was “trying not to open up another chasm of criticism” in defending the character accused of reflecting racist stereotypes while voiced by a white actor.“But it doesn’t matter what I say.

The Simpsons faced a bit of a reckoning last year, when it came under fire for white actors voicing diverse characters, including Hank Azaria voicing the stereotypical Indian character Apu, who owned and ran the Kwik-E Mart.While the show addressed the controversy by announcing they would no longer have white actors voice non-white roles, series creator Matt Groening said in an interview with USA Todaythat he's still 'proud' of what they did with Apu.The show celebrates its milestone 700th episode on Sunday, with the new episode Manger Things, a Christmas flashback episode.

Matt Groening is standing behind “The Simpsons” character Apu, despite recent debate.