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An Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons “pornography” was discovered on his home computer. The central issue in the case was whether a cartoon character could depict a real person. Judge Michael Adams decided that it could, and found the man guilty of possessing child pornography.

Australia, this one’s for you. The Simpsons has been notably absent from Channel Ten in 2008, with the 6:00pm daily slot on hold for the first time in quite a while. With the writers strike, Ten held off airing new episodes in February when the season usually begins. The good news is, new episodes resume [...]

Things are getting ugly in the latest New Zealand election campaign. A group called “The Lisa Simpsons” has proudly taken credit for altering large numbers of billboards for candidate Don Brash overnight and says it plans to keep doing so throughout the country. The Lisa Simpsons were out last night “repackaging” Don Brash to an [...]

A heavily promoted ‘There’s Something About Marrying’ was postponed by half an hour in Australia last night, but that didn’t stop viewers tuning in to discover which character was gay. The first run Season 16 episode was the highest rating show on any station on Tuesday night, which had similar competition to Sunday’s season finale [...]

Whittlesea council in Melbourne, Australia has been swamped by legions of Simpsons fans after a hoax spam email claimed the town had built a real-life replica of the cartoon family’s home. Since the email appeared on the net, complete with colourful inside and outside snaps, people have been trying to find it. The email suggested [...]

Despite being a star of one of the most popular TV series of all time, Nancy Cartwright can usually walk down the street virtually unrecognised. That is until she comes all the way to the other side of the world, where she can hardly walk 2m without a fan stopping her for a chat and [...]

THQ Inc. and Vodafone today announced an agreement for the distribution of ‘The Simpsons’ branded mobile content exclusively to Vodafone customers throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The first content scheduled for release under this agreement, including ringtones, animated picture messages, wallpapers and screen savers, will be available from November, followed by games. “I am [...]